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Englishuser Posted 20 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Pronunciation of 'today'

Hi,

I wonder in what variety/varietes of (British) English the word 'today' is pronunced with a diphtong close to /aI/ (in contrast to /eI/ in RP) making it all sound more like "to die". Any help regarding this would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance to you all.
  

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Sounds Australian to me, mate (/maIt/). CJ

— CalifJim

  • Sounds Australian to me, mate (/maIt/).
  • CJ
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Sounds Australian to me, mate (/maIt/).

CJ
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Sounds like a Manchester accent as well.
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You get the "to die" (for today) pronunciation to some extent in the London accent, especially the south London accent. The actual phrase "to die" would be somewhere between "to die" and "to doy",
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10Sounds Australian to me, mate (/maIt/).12br
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10Actually Australians use [ æɪ ] , but it sounds like [ aɪ ] to the rest of us. They use [00 ɑe ] for what other dialects use for [ a00ɪ 00] .0-
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