text_original: The Welsh were on the whole a practical people always, notwithstanding the wild and fanciful character of their native hterature ; and although their legends made little difference between the possible and the impossible the Welsh people themselves were quick to recognise and to accept, where the practical work of life was con  cerned, the difference between what they could and what they could not accomplish.
text_transcription: THE WELSH WERE ON THE WHOLE A PRACTICAL PEOPLE ALWAYS NOTWITHSTANDING THE WILD AND FANCIFUL CHARACTER OF THEIR NATIVE LITERATURE AND ALTHOUGH THEIR LEGENDS MADE LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE POSSIBLE AND THE IMPOSSIBLE THE WELSH PEOPLE THEMSELVES WERE QUICK TO RECOGNIZE AND TO ACCEPT WHERE THE PRACTICAL WORK OF LIFE WAS CONCERNED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THEY COULD AND WHAT THEY COULD NOT ACCOMPLISH
phonemes: ðə wˈɛlʃ wɜːɹ ɔnðə hˈoʊl ɐ pɹˈæktɪkəl pˈiːpəl ˈɔːlweɪz, nˌɑːtwɪðstˈændɪŋ ðə wˈaɪld ænd fˈænsifəl kˈæɹɪktɚɹ ʌv ðɛɹ nˈeɪɾɪv ˈeɪtʃtˈɛɹətʃɚ ; ænd ɔːlðˈoʊ ðɛɹ lˈɛdʒəndz mˌeɪd lˈɪɾəl dˈɪfɹəns bᵻtwˌiːn ðə pˈɑːsᵻbəl ænd ðɪ ɪmpˈɑːsᵻbəl ðə wˈɛlʃ pˈiːpəl ðɛmsˈɛlvz wɜː kwˈɪk tə ɹˈɛkəɡnˌaɪz ænd tʊ ɐksˈɛpt, wˌɛɹ ðə pɹˈæktɪkəl wˈɜːk ʌv lˈaɪf wʌz kˈɑːn sˈɜːnd, ðə dˈɪfɹəns bᵻtwˌiːn wʌt ðeɪ kʊd ænd wʌt ðeɪ kʊd nˌɑːt ɐkˈɑːmplɪʃ.