text_original: I saw a letter which had been received in this way by a Belgian woman. It was addressed simply to Number Twenty eight. The fire was burning better behind its automobile hood. An orderly had brought in tea, white bread, butter, a pitcher of condensed cream, and an English teacake. We gathered round the tea table. War seemed a hundred miles away. Except for the blue uniforms and brass buttons of the officers who belonged to the naval air service, the orderly's khaki and the bayonet from a gun used casually at the other end of the table as a paperweight, it was an ordinary English tea.
text_transcription: I SAW A LETTER WHICH HAD BEEN RECEIVED IN THIS WAY BY A BELGIAN WOMAN IT WAS ADDRESSED SIMPLY TO NO TWENTY EIGHT THE FIRE WAS BURNING BETTER BEHIND ITS AUTOMOBILE HOOD IN ORDER THEY HAD BROUGHT IN TEA WHITE BREAD BUTTER A PITCHER OF CONDENSED CREAM AND THE ENGLISH TEA CAKE WE GATHERED ROUND THE TEA TABLE OR SEEMED A HUNDRED MILES AWAY EXCEPT FOR THE BLUE UNIFORMS AND BRASS BONINGS OF THE OFFICERS WHO BELONGED TO THE NAVAL AIR SERVICE THE ORDERLIES KHAKI AND BAYONET FROM A GUN USED CASUALLY AT THE OTHER END OF THE TABLE AS A PAPER WEIGHT IT WAS AN ORDINARY ENGLISH TEA
phonemes: aɪ sˈɔː ɐ lˈɛɾɚ wˌɪtʃ hɐdbɪn ɹᵻsˈiːvd ɪn ðɪs wˈeɪ baɪ ɐ bˈɛldʒən wˈʊmən. ɪt wʌz ɐdɹˈɛst sˈɪmpli tə nˈʌmbɚ twˈɛnti ˈeɪt. ðə fˈaɪɚ wʌz bˈɜːnɪŋ bˈɛɾɚ bᵻhˌaɪnd ɪts ˈɔːɾəməbˌiəl hˈʊd. ɐn ˈɔːɹdɚli hæd bɹˈɔːt ɪn tˈiː, wˈaɪt bɹˈɛd, bˈʌɾɚ, ɐ pˈɪtʃɚɹ ʌv kəndˈɛnst kɹˈiːm, ænd ɐn ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ tˈiːkeɪk. wiː ɡˈæðɚd ɹˈaʊnd ðə tˈiː tˈeɪbəl. wˈɔːɹ sˈiːmd ɐ hˈʌndɹɪd mˈaɪlz ɐwˈeɪ. ɛksˈɛpt fɚðə blˈuː jˈuːnɪfˌɔːɹmz ænd bɹˈæs bˈʌʔn̩z ʌvðɪ ˈɑːfɪsɚz hˌuː bᵻlˈɔŋd tə ðə nˈeɪvəl ˈɛɹ sˈɜːvɪs, ðɪ ˈɔːɹdɚliz kˈæki ænd ðə bˈeɪənˌɛt fɹʌm ɐ ɡˈʌn jˈuːzd kˈæʒuːəli æt ðɪ ˈʌðɚɹ ˈɛnd ʌvðə tˈeɪbəl æz ɐ pˈeɪpɚwˌeɪt, ɪt wʌz ɐn ˈɔːɹdɪnˌɛɹi ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ tˈiː.