text_original: Uninvited, his visitor took a chair. " I've only just reached Paris. Left London this afternoon, and came straight on here." Digitized by VjOOQIC THE DIAMONDS 203 " This IS — this is funny. This is very funny indeed." Mr. Fungst said "dis" instead of "this," and "vunny" instead of ** funny." '*Is — is it anything you have come to see about?" " Only you, my Fungst — only you."
text_transcription: UNINVITED HIS VISITOR TOOK A CHAIR I'VE ONLY JUST REACHED PARIS LEFT LONDON THIS AFTERNOON AND CAME STRAIGHT ON HERE THIS IS THIS IS FUNNY THIS IS VERY FUNNY INDEED MISTER FUNKS SAID THIS INSTEAD OF THIS AND FUNNY INSTEAD OF FUNNY IS IS IT ANYTHING YOU HAVE COME TO SEE ABOUT ONLY YOU MY FUNGS ONLY YOU
phonemes: ˌʌnɪnvˈaɪɾᵻd, hɪz vˈɪzɪɾɚ tˈʊk ɐ tʃˈɛɹ. " aɪv ˈoʊnli dʒˈʌst ɹˈiːtʃt pˈæɹɪs. lˈɛft lˈʌndən ðɪs ˌæftɚnˈuːn, ænd kˈeɪm stɹˈeɪt ˌɔn hˈɪɹ." dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk ðə dˈaɪəməndz tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd θɹˈiː " ðɪs ɪz — ðɪs ɪz fˈʌni. ðɪs ɪz vˈɛɹi fˈʌni ˌɪndˈiːd." mˈɪstɚ. fˈʌŋst sˈɛd "dˈɪs" ɪnstˈɛd ʌv "ðˈɪs," ænd "vˈʌni" ɪnstˈɛd ʌv ˈæstɚɹˌɪskɐstɚɹˌɪsk fˈʌni." ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk ɪz — ɪz ɪɾ ˈɛnɪθˌɪŋ juː hæv kˈʌm tə sˈiː ɐbˈaʊt?" " ˈoʊnli juː, maɪ fˈʌŋst — ˈoʊnli juː."