text_original: This meant, in plain words, that the letters of the class who could best afford to pay for them went free of charge, and that those who could least afford to pay had to pay double — the expense, that is to say, of carrying their own letters and the letters of the privileged and exempt.
text_transcription: THIS MEANT IN PLAIN WORDS THAT THE LETTERS OF THE CLASS WHO COULD BEST AFFORD TO PAY FOR THEM WENT FREE OF CHARGE AND THAT THOSE WHO COULD LEAST AFFORD TO PAY HAD TO PAY DOUBLE THE EXPENSE THAT IS TO SAY OF CARRYING THEIR OWN LETTERS AND THE LETTERS OF THE PRIVILEGE IN EXEMPT
phonemes: ðɪs mˈɛnt, ɪn plˈeɪn wˈɜːdz, ðætðə lˈɛɾɚz ʌvðə klˈæs hˌuː kʊd bˈɛst ɐfˈɔːɹd tə pˈeɪ fɔːɹ ðˌɛm wɛnt fɹˈiː ʌv tʃˈɑːɹdʒ, ænd ðæt ðoʊz hˌuː kʊd lˈiːst ɐfˈɔːɹd tə pˈeɪ hædtə pˈeɪ dˈʌbəl — ðɪ ɛkspˈɛns, ðæt ɪz tə sˈeɪ, ʌv kˈæɹiɪŋ ðɛɹ ˈoʊn lˈɛɾɚz ænd ðə lˈɛɾɚz ʌvðə pɹˈɪvᵻlɪdʒd ænd ɛɡzˈɛmpt.