text_original: _Tradition asserts that Chaucer merged his own personality in that of the Poet in his_ Canterbury Tales. [Sidenote: Prologue to _The Rime of Sire Thopas_.] "... Our Hoste to japen he began, And than at erst he loked upon me, And saide thus; 'What man art thou?
text_transcription: TRADITION ASSERTS THAT CHAUCER MERGED HIS OWN PERSONALITY IN THAT OF THE POET IN HIS CANTERBURY TALES FROM THE PROLOGUE TO THE RHYME OF SIR THOPUS O HOLTER TO JAP WHEN HE BEGUN AND THEN AT REST HE LOCKED UPON ME AND SIDED US WHAT MAN ART THOU
phonemes: tɹɐdˈɪʃən ɐsˈɜːts ðæt tʃˈɔːsɚ mˈɜːdʒd hɪz ˈoʊn pˌɜːsənˈælᵻɾi ɪn ðæt ʌvðə pˈoʊɪt ɪn hɪz kˈæntɚbˌɛɹi tˈeɪlz. [sˈaɪdnoʊt: pɹˈoʊlɑːɡ tə ðə ɹˈaɪm ʌv sˈaɪɚ θˈoʊpəz.] "... ˌaʊɚ hˈɑːst tə dʒˈeɪpən hiː bɪɡˈæn, ænd ðɐn æɾ ˈɜːst hiː lˈoʊkt əpˌɑːn mˌiː, ænd sˈɛd ðˈʌs; wˌʌt mˈæn ˈɑːɹt ðˈaʊ?