text_original: They were like none which either of us had ever heard before ; Digitized by 94 THE JOSS. there was a curious squeakiness about them, as if their natural tone was a falsetto. What they said was gibberish to us ; it was uttered in an unknown tongue. The voices ceased.
text_transcription: THEY WERE LIKE NONE WHICH EITHER OF US HAD EVER HEARD BEFORE THERE WAS A CURIOUS SQUEAKINESS ABOUT THEM AS IF THEIR NATURAL TONE WAS A FALSETTO WHAT THEY SAID WAS GIBBERISH TO US IT WAS UTTERED IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE THE VOICES CEASED
phonemes: ðeɪ wɜː lˈaɪk nˈʌn wˌɪtʃ ˈiːðɚɹ ʌv ˌʌs hæd ˈɛvɚ hˈɜːd bᵻfˈɔːɹ ; dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ nˈaɪnti fˈɔːɹ ðə dʒˈɑːs. ðɛɹwˌʌz ɐ kjˈʊɹɹiəs skwˈiːkinəs ɐbˈaʊt ðˌɛm, æz ɪf ðɛɹ nˈætʃɚɹəl tˈoʊn wʌzɐ fɔlsˈɛɾoʊ. wˌʌt ðeɪ sˈɛd wʌz dʒˈɪbɚɹɪʃ tʊ ˌʌs ; ɪt wʌz ˈʌɾɚd ɪn ɐn ʌnnˈoʊn tˈʌŋ. ðə vˈɔɪsᵻz sˈiːst.