text_original: The Welsh held out for centuries against England's efforts at supremacy — held out again and again with an absolutely desperate stubbornness ; but at last there came a time when the leaders of the Welsh people and the Welsh people them  selves seem to have made up their minds that it would be useless to argue with the inexorable any longer.
text_transcription: THE WELSH HELD OUT FOR CENTURIES AGAINST ENGLAND'S EFFORTS AT SUPREMACY HELD OUT AGAIN AND AGAIN WITH AN ABSOLUTELY DESPERATE STUBBORNNESS BUT AT LAST THERE CAME A TIME WHEN THE LEADERS OF THE WELSH PEOPLE AND THE WELSH PEOPLE THEMSELVES SEEMED TO HAVE MADE UP THEIR MINDS THAT IT WOULD BE USELESS TO ARGUE WITH THE INEXORABLE ANY LONGER
phonemes: ðə wˈɛlʃ hˈɛld ˈaʊt fɔːɹ sˈɛntʃɚɹiz ɐɡˈɛnst ˈɪŋɡləndz ˈɛfɚts æt suːpɹˈɛməsi — hˈɛld ˈaʊt ɐɡˈɛn ænd ɐɡˈɛn wɪð ɐn ˌæbsəlˈuːtli dˈɛspɚɹət stˈʌbɚnnəs ; bˌʌt æt lˈæst ðɛɹ kˈeɪm ɐ tˈaɪm wɛn ðə lˈiːdɚz ʌvðə wˈɛlʃ pˈiːpəl ænd ðə wˈɛlʃ pˈiːpəl ðˌɛm sˈɛlvz sˈiːm tə hæv mˌeɪd ˌʌp ðɛɹ mˈaɪndz ðˌɐɾɪt wʊd biː jˈuːsləs tʊ ˈɑːɹɡjuː wɪððɪ ɪnˈɛksɚɹəbəl ˌɛni lˈɔŋɡɚ.