text_original: It has long been, and still is, the fashion among the intellectuals of the Continent to regard us as barbarians in most aesthetic matters. Ah! If they only knew how infinitely barbarous they seem to us in their naive contempt of our barbarism, and in what we regard as their infantine concern with things as they are.
text_transcription: IT HAS LONG BEEN AND STILL IS THE FASHION AMONG THE INTELLECTUALS OF THE CONTINENT TO REGARD US AS BARBARIANS IN MOST ESTHETIC MATTERS AH IF THEY ONLY KNEW HOW INFINITELY BARBAROUS THEY SEEM TO US IN THEIR NAIVE CONTEMPT OF OUR BARBARISM AND IN WHAT WE REGARD AS THEIR INFANTINE CONCERN WITH THINGS AS THEY ARE
phonemes: ɪt hɐz lˈɔŋ bˌɪn, ænd stˈɪl ɪz, ðə fˈæʃən ɐmˌʌŋ ðɪ ˌɪntəlˈɛktʃuːəlz ʌvðə kˈɑːntɪnənt tə ɹᵻɡˈɑːɹd ˌʌs æz bɑːɹbˈɛɹiənz ɪn mˈoʊst ɛsθˈɛɾɪk mˈæɾɚz. ˈɑː! ɪf ðeɪ ˈoʊnli nˈuː hˌaʊ ˈɪnfɪnətli bˈɑːɹbɚɹəs ðeɪ sˈiːm tʊ ˌʌs ɪn ðɛɹ naɪˈiːv kəntˈɛmpt ʌv ˌaʊɚ bˈɑːɹbɑːɹɹˌɪzəm, ænd ɪn wʌt wiː ɹᵻɡˈɑːɹd æz ðɛɹ ɪnfˈæntiːn kənsˈɜːn wɪð θˈɪŋz æz ðeɪ ɑːɹ.