text_original: Stories were told, often without any point, but not therefore without effect; reminiscences, sorely pulpy and broken at the edges, were offered and accepted with a laughter in which sober ears might have detected a strangely alien sound; and adventures were related in which truth was no necessary element to reception.
text_transcription: STORIES WERE TOLD OFTEN WITHOUT ANY POINT BUT NOT THEREFORE WITHOUT EFFECT REMINISCENCES SORELY PULPY AND BROKEN AT THE EDGE WERE OFFERED AND ACCEPTED WITH A LAUGHTER IN WHICH SOBER EARS MIGHT HAVE DETECTED A STRANGELY ALIEN SOUND AND ADVENTURES WERE RELATED IN WHICH TRUTH WAS NO NECESSARY ELEMENT TO RECEPTION
phonemes: stˈɔːɹiz wɜː tˈoʊld, ˈɔfən wɪðˌaʊt ˌɛni pˈɔɪnt, bˌʌt nˌɑːt ðˈɛɹfɔːɹ wɪðˌaʊt ɪfˈɛkt; ɹˌɛmᵻnˈɪsənsᵻz, sˈɔːɹli pˈʌlpi ænd bɹˈoʊkən æt ðɪ ˈɛdʒᵻz, wɜːɹ ˈɔfɚd ænd ɐksˈɛptᵻd wɪð ɐ lˈæftɚ ɪnwˌɪtʃ sˈoʊbɚɹ ˈɪɹz mˌaɪthɐv dɪtˈɛktᵻd ɐ stɹˈeɪndʒli ˈeɪliən sˈaʊnd; ænd ɐdvˈɛntʃɚz wɜː ɹᵻlˈeɪɾᵻd ɪnwˌɪtʃ tɹˈuːθ wʌz nˈoʊ nˈɛsᵻsɚɹi ˈɛlɪmənt tə ɹᵻsˈɛpʃən.