text_original: ' I was coming up to the Hill to ask somebody to play a game of billiards, and everybody seems going out,' he said. They had known him so long in an easy going neighbourly way that he almost took rank as a relation.
text_transcription: I WAS COMING UP TO THE HILL TO ASK SOMEBODY TO PLAY A GAME OF BILLIARDS AND EVERYBODY SEEMS GOING OUT HE SAID THEY HAD KNOWN HIM SO LONG IN AN EASY GOING NEIGHBORLY WAY THAT HE ALMOST TOOK RANK AS A RELATION
phonemes: aɪ wʌz kˈʌmɪŋ ˌʌp tə ðə hˈɪl tʊ ˈæsk sˈʌmbɑːdi tə plˈeɪ ɐ ɡˈeɪm ʌv bˈɪlɪɚdz, ænd ˈɛvɹɪbˌɑːdi sˈiːmz ɡˌoʊɪŋ ˈaʊt,hiː sˈɛd. ðeɪ hæd nˈoʊn hˌɪm sˌoʊ lˈɔŋ ɪn ɐn ˈiːzi ɡˌoʊɪŋ nˈeɪbɚli wˈeɪ ðæt hiː ˈɔːlmoʊst tˈʊk ɹˈæŋk æz ɐ ɹᵻlˈeɪʃən.