text_original: The fellow, I told myself, was one of their half backs. Yet, when I looked at their halves, I couldn't make up my mind which of them it was. Try how we could — although we had the best of Digitized by VjOOQIC 154 THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN the play — we couldn't get across their line. Although I say it; we all put in some first rate work. We never played better in our lives. We all had run after run, the passing was as accurate as if it had been mechanical, and yet we could not do the trick.
text_transcription: THE FELLOW I TOLD MYSELF WAS ONE OF THEIR HALF BACKS YET WHEN I LOOKED AT THEIR HALVES I COULDN'T MAKE UP MY MIND WHICH OF THEM IT WAS TRY HOW WE COULD ALTHOUGH WE HAD THE BEST OF THE PLAY WE COULDN'T GET ACROSS THEIR LINE ALTHOUGH I SAY IT WE ALL PUT IN SOME FIRST RATE WORK WE NEVER PLAYED BETTER IN OUR LIVES WE ALL HAD RUN AFTER RUN THE PASSING WAS AS ACCURATE AS IF IT HAD BEEN MECHANICAL AND YET WE COULD NOT DO THE TRICK
phonemes: ðə fˈɛloʊ, aɪ tˈoʊld maɪsˈɛlf, wʌz wˈʌn ʌv ðɛɹ hˈæf bˈæks. jˈɛt, wˌɛn aɪ lˈʊkt æt ðɛɹ hˈævz, aɪ kˌʊdənt mˌeɪk ˌʌp maɪ mˈaɪnd wˌɪtʃ ʌv ðˌɛm ɪt wˈʌz. tɹˈaɪ hˌaʊ wiː kˈʊd — ɔːlðˈoʊ wiː hæd ðə bˈɛst ʌv dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti fˈɔːɹ ðə sˈiːn ænd ðɪ ʌnsˈiːn ðə plˈeɪ — wiː kˌʊdənt ɡɛt əkɹˌɑːs ðɛɹ lˈaɪn. ɔːlðˈoʊ aɪ sˈeɪ ɪt; wiː ˈɔːl pˌʊt ɪn sˌʌm fˈɜːst ɹˈeɪt wˈɜːk. wiː nˈɛvɚ plˈeɪd bˈɛɾɚɹ ɪn ˌaʊɚ lˈaɪvz. wiː ˈɔːl hæd ɹˈʌn ˈæftɚ ɹˈʌn, ðə pˈæsɪŋ wʌz æz ˈækjʊɹət æz ɪf ɪt hɐdbɪn mᵻkˈænɪkəl, ænd jˈɛt wiː kʊd nˌɑːt dˈuː ðə tɹˈɪk.