text_original: I should have said without hesitation, had I heard the voice under any other circumstances, that the speaker had been bom within the sound of Bow Bells. "Had I?" Digitized by VjOO^IC THE HOUSEBOAT 275 It was a man's voice which put the question. There was something about the tone in which the speaker put it which reminded one of the line in the people's ballad, " It ain't exactly what 'e sez, it's the nasty way 'e sez it" The question was put in a very "nasty way" indeed.
text_transcription: I SHOULD HAVE SAID WITHOUT HESITATION HAD I HEARD THE VOICE UNDER ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE SPEAKER HAD BEEN BORN WITHIN THE SOUND OF BOW BELLS HAD I IT WAS A MAN'S VOICE WHICH PUT THE QUESTION THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE TONE IN WHICH THE SPEAKER PUT IT WHICH REMINDED ONE OF THE LINE IN THE PEOPLE'S BALLOT IT AIN'T EXACTLY WHAT HE SAYS IT'S THE NASTY WAY HE SAYS IT THE QUESTION WAS PUT IN A VERY NASTY WAY INDEED
phonemes: aɪ ʃˌʊdəv sˈɛd wɪðˌaʊt hˌɛzɪtˈeɪʃən, hæd aɪ hˈɜːd ðə vˈɔɪs ˌʌndɚɹ ˌɛni ˈʌðɚ sˈɜːkəmstˌænsᵻz, ðætðə spˈiːkɚ hɐdbɪn bˈɑːm wɪðˌɪn ðə sˈaʊnd ʌv bˈoʊ bˈɛlz. "hæd ˈaɪ?" dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˌoʊˈoʊ ˌaɪsˈiː ðə hˈaʊsboʊt tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti fˈaɪv ɪt wʌzɐ mˈænz vˈɔɪs wˌɪtʃ pˌʊt ðə kwˈɛstʃən. ðɛɹwˌʌz sˈʌmθɪŋ ɐbˌaʊt ðə tˈoʊn ɪnwˌɪtʃ ðə spˈiːkɚ pˌʊt ɪt wˌɪtʃ ɹᵻmˈaɪndᵻd wˈʌn ʌvðə lˈaɪn ɪnðə pˈiːpəlz bˈæləd, " ɪɾ ˈeɪnt ɛɡzˈæktli wʌt ˈiː sˈɛz, ɪts ðə nˈæsti wˈeɪ ˈiː sˈɛz ɪt" ðə kwˈɛstʃən wʌz pˌʊt ɪn ɐ vˈɛɹi "nˈæsti wˈeɪ" ˌɪndˈiːd.