Appendix 2 - Extracts from the transcription
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
Summary
These extracts provide a fuller illustration of the transcription described in Chapter 3. Capulet illustrates some of the more conservative choices discussed there.
From the beginning of Act I, Scene 2:
CAPULET
But Montague is bǝʊnd as well as ǝɪ,
In penaltǝɪ alǝɪke; ǝn tis nat ha:ɹd, ǝ think,
Fǝɹ men so: o:ld as we: tǝ ke:p the pe:ce.
PARIS
4 Of honouɹǝble recknin a:ɹǝ yǝ bo:th,
5 ǝn pitǝɪ tis yǝ lived ǝt odds sǝ long.
6 But nǝʊ, mɪ lo:ɹd, hwɑt se: yǝ tǝ mɪ syuit?
CAPULET
7 But se:yin o:ɹ hwɑt ǝɪ ǝv said bɪfo:ɹ:
8 Mɪ chǝɪld is yɪt a stre:ngeɹ in the wɑɹld;
9 Shɪ ath nat se:n the che:nge ǝ fo:ɹte:n ye:ɹs,
10 Let two mo:ɹ sɤmǝɹs witheɹ in thǝɹ prǝɪde,
11 ɛ:ɹ we: me: think ǝɹ rǝɪpe tǝ be: a brǝɪde.
PARIS
12 Yɤngeɹ than she ǝɹ happǝɪ mɤtheɹs me:de.
CAPULET
13 ǝn too soon ma:ɹed ǝɹ tho:se so: eaɹlǝɪ me:de.
14 ea:ɹth ǝth swællowed a:ll mɪ ho:pes but she:;
15 Shɪz the ho:peful le:dǝɪ of mɪ eaɹth.
16 But woo ǝɹ, gentle Paɹis, get ǝɹ ha:ɹt.
17 Mɪ will tǝ heɹ consent is but a pa:ɹt,
18 This nǝɪght ǝ ho:ld an o:ld accɤstomed fest,
19 Whe:ɹeto ǝɪ ave invǝɪted mænǝɪ a gest,
20 Sɤch as ǝɪ lɤve; ǝn you amɤng the sto:ɹe,
21 O:n mo:ɹe, mo:s welcome, me:kes mɪ nɤmbeɹ mo:ɹe.
22 ǝt mǝɪ po:ɹ hǝʊse look to bɪho:ld this nǝɪght
23 Eaɹth-treadin sta:ɹs that me:k da:ɹk heaven lǝɪght.
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- Pronouncing ShakespeareThe Globe Experiment, pp. 177 - 180Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005