text_original: I hadn't liked to interrupt him when he was working, because so far as I could roughly estimate, there were thirteen thousand four hundred and fifty three thistles in the meadow—approximately, you understand—and we don't work according to trade union hours here; sometimes we start an hour later and leave off an hour earlier, and miss out several in between.
text_transcription: I HADN'T LIKE TO INTERRUPT HIM WHEN HE WAS WORKING BECAUSE SO FAR AS I COULD ROUGHLY ESTIMATE THERE WERE THIRTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE THISTLES IN THE MEADOW APPROXIMATELY YOU UNDERSTAND AND WE DON'T WORK ACCORDING TO TRADE UNION HOURS HERE SOMETIMES WE START AN HOUR LATER AND LEAVE OFF AN HOUR EARLIER AND MISOUT SEVERAL IN BETWEEN
phonemes: aɪ hˈædənt lˈaɪkt tʊ ˌɪntɚɹˈʌpt hˌɪm wɛn hiː wʌz wˈɜːkɪŋ, bɪkˈʌz sˈoʊ fˌɑːɹ æz aɪ kʊd ɹˈʌfli ˈɛstᵻmət, ðɛɹwˌɜː θˈɜːtiːn θˈaʊzənd fˈɔːɹ hˈʌndɹɪd ænd fˈɪfti θɹˈiː θˈɪsəlz ɪnðə mˈɛdoʊ—ɐpɹˈɑːksɪmətli, juː ˌʌndɚstˈænd—ænd wiː dˈoʊnt wˈɜːk ɐkˈɔːɹdɪŋ tə tɹˈeɪd jˈuːniən ˈaʊɚz hˈɪɹ; sˈʌmtaɪmz wiː stˈɑːɹt ɐn ˈaʊɚ lˈeɪɾɚ ænd lˈiːv ˈɔf ɐn ˈaʊɚɹ ˈɜːlɪɚ, ænd mˈɪs ˈaʊt sˈɛvɹəl ɪn bᵻtwˈiːn.