text_original: My Uncle Benjamin was a curiosity while he lived — my mother used to say that there never was such a devil's limb as he was, and she was his only sister, and disposed to look upon his eccentricities — and they were eccentricities — with a lenient eye ; and it's my belief that he was quite as big a curiosity when he died.
text_transcription: MY UNCLE BENJAMIN WAS A CURIOSITY WHILE HE LIVED MY MOTHER USED TO SAY THAT THERE NEVER WAS SUCH A DEVIL AS LIMB AS HE WAS AND SHE WAS HIS ONLY SISTER AND DISPOSED TO LOOK UPON HIS ECCENTRICITIES AND THEY WERE ECCENTRICITIES WITH A LENIENT EYE AND IT'S MY BELIEF THAT HE WAS QUITE AS BIG A CURIOSITY WHEN HE DIED
phonemes: maɪ ˈʌŋkəl bˈɛndʒəmɪn wʌzɐ kjˌʊɹɹɪˈɔsᵻɾi wˌaɪl hiː lˈɪvd — maɪ mˈʌðɚ jˈuːzd tə sˈeɪ ðæt ðɛɹ nˈɛvɚ wʌz sˈʌtʃ ɐ dˈɛvəlz lˈɪm æz hiː wʌz, ænd ʃiː wʌz hɪz ˈoʊnli sˈɪstɚ, ænd dɪspˈoʊzd tə lˈʊk əpˌɑːn hɪz ˌɛksəntɹˈɪsᵻɾiz — ænd ðeɪ wɜːɹ ˌɛksəntɹˈɪsᵻɾiz — wɪð ɐ lˈiːnɪənt ˈaɪ ; ænd ɪts maɪ bᵻlˈiːf ðæt hiː wʌz kwˈaɪt æz bˈɪɡ ɐ kjˌʊɹɹɪˈɔsᵻɾi wɛn hiː dˈaɪd.