phonetic script HELP!!?

It had been a hot summer and I had expected a bumper crop of raspberries.

Its has been a hot summer and I am expecting a bumper crop of raspberries.

Assuming you are referring to the Received Pronunciation (RP), considering the weak forms and other linkages..

"It had been a hot summer and I was expected a bumper crop of raspberries and gooseberries"

/ɪt həd bi:n ə hɒt sʌmər ənd aɪ wəz ɪkspektɪd ə bʌmpə krɒp əv ræzbəriz ən gʊsbəriz/

It had been a hot summer and I was expecting a bumper crop of raspberries and gooseberries.

Both verbs are past tense so "expectING" is correct within the context you provide.

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Re: phonetic transcribing

Well, it depends on how you pronounce them. For example, you pronounce "go" as [ g@U ] whereas I would say [ go ] or [ goU ] . I would also use a schwa for "to": [ t_h@ ] instead of saying [ tu: ] . Thirdly, I would pronounce brothers as [ br\Vðr-z ] . I would also say [ nju ] rather than [ nu: ] for "new". So you see it all depends on how you pronounce these words. Your pronunciation would be different than mine. You have to transcribe it how *you* say it.

"Had" would be /hæd/ in most dialects.

"Been" would be [ bin ] or [ bIn ] if you say it as "bean" or "bin" respectively

"Hot" -- depends on which vowel you use. It's very variable in different dialects. I would say it [ hOt ] or [ hAt ] . Some dialects would say [ hQt ] (RP I think) or [ hat ] (NCVS shifted Northern Midwestern).

"Summer" [ sVm@ ] I would guess because you don't pronoucne the "r" on brother.

"and" depends. [ ænd ] or [ æn ] or [ n- ] or other variations.

"was" [ wVz ]

"expected" [ IkspEkt@d ] . I have [ I ] for the first vowel. You might have something different.

"crop" [ kr\Xp ] where "X" is the vowel. See comment for "hot"

raspberries /r\æzbEriz/ . The /E/ may be different based on how you say the vowel in "berry".

goosberries [ gusbEriz ] Same comment as for "raspberries"

It was a great pity that the train was late as it meant I might now be in danger of missing my plane.

Well: I read it aloud, now I shall transcribe it as I said it:

[ I? wVz @ gre? p_hI4i ð@? ð@ tSr\en wVz le? æz I? mEn? aI m@I? naU bi In dendZr- @v mIsin maI plen ]

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God bless you and yours!

Fay/Katznhat

it had been a hot summer and i was expected bumper cropof raspberries and gooseberries