A Modest Proposal. Transcription.docx

A Modest Proposal It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads and cabbin-doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags, and importuning every passenger for an alms. These mothers instead of being able to work for their honest livelihood, are forced to employ all their time in stroling to beg sustenance for their helpless infants who, as they grow up, either turn thieves for want of work, or leave their dear native country, to fight for the Pretender in Spain, or sell themselves to the Barbadoes.

Tanscription ɪt s ə ˈmɛlənkəli ˈɒbʤɪkt tə ðəʊz, huː wɔːk θruː ðɪs greɪt taʊn, ɔː ˈtrævl ɪn ðə ˈkʌntri, wɛn ðeɪ siː ðə striːts, ðə rəʊdz ənd cabbin-dɔːz ˈkraʊdɪd wɪð ˈbɛgəz əv ðə ˈfiːmeɪl sɛks, ˈfɒləʊd baɪ θriː, fɔː, ɔː sɪks ˈʧɪldrən, ɔːl ɪn rægz, ənd ɪmˈpɔːtjuːnɪŋ ˈɛvri ˈpæsɪnʤə fər ən ɑːmz. ðiːz ˈmʌðəz ɪnˈstɛd əv ˈbiːɪŋ ˈeɪbl tə wɜːk fə ðeər ˈɒnɪst ˈlaɪvlɪhʊd, ɑː fɔːst tʊ ɪmˈplɔɪ ɔːl ðeə taɪm ɪn stroling tə bɛg ˈsʌstɪnəns fə ðeə ˈhɛlplɪs ˈɪnfənts huː, əz ðeɪ grəʊ ʌp, ˈaɪðə tɜːn θiːvz fə wɒnt əv wɜːk, ɔː liːv ðeə dɪə ˈneɪtɪv ˈkʌntri, tə faɪt fə ðə prɪˈtɛndər ɪn speɪn, ɔː sɛl ðəmˈsɛlvz tə ðə Barbadoes.

King’s speech I, Edward the Eighth of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Emperor of India, do hereby declare my irrevocable determination to renounce the throne for myself and for my descendants, and my desire that effect should be given to the instrument of abdication immediately. Transcription

aɪ, ˈɛdwəd ði eɪtθ əv greɪt ˈbrɪtn, ˈaɪələnd, ənd ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ dəˈmɪnjənz bɪˈjɒnd ðə siːz, kɪŋ, ˈɛm pərər əv ˈɪndɪə, dʊ ˈhɪəˈbaɪ dɪˈkleəmaɪ ɪˈrɛvəkəbl dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən tə rɪˈnaʊns ðə θrəʊn fə m aɪˈsɛlf ənd fə maɪ dɪˈsɛndənts, ənd maɪ dɪˈzaɪə ðət ɪˈfɛkt ʃəd bi ˈgɪvn təði ˈɪnstrʊmənt əv ˌæb dɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n ɪˈmiːdiətli.