text_original: To the great bulk of the London population a news  paper was but a luxury or an oddity with which " the man in the street," as we should now describe him, had really nothing whatever to do.
text_transcription: TO THE GREAT BULK OF THE LONDON POPULATION A NEWSPAPER WAS BUT A LUXURY OR AN ODDITY WITH WHICH THE MAN IN THE STREET AS WE SHOULD NOW DESCRIBE HIM HAD REALLY NOTHING WHATEVER TO DO
phonemes: tə ðə ɡɹˈeɪt bˈʌlk ʌvðə lˈʌndən pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən ɐ nˈuːz pˈeɪpɚ wʌz bˌʌt ɐ lˈʌkʃɚɹi ɔːɹ ɐn ˈɑːdᵻɾi wɪð wˈɪtʃ " ðə mˈæn ɪnðə stɹˈiːt," æz wiː ʃˌʊd nˈaʊ dᵻskɹˈaɪb hˌɪm, hæd ɹˈiəli nˈʌθɪŋ wʌtˈɛvɚ tə dˈuː.