Englishuser  +  229445 Sat, 27 May 06 12:20 AM 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. Englishuser Joined on Thu, Mar 30 2006 Regular Member 717 Pronunciation

	CalifJim  +  229522 Sat, 27 May 06 06:47 AM Sounds Australian to me, mate (/maIt/). CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,385 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	nona the brit  +  229556 Sat, 27 May 06 09:51 AM Sounds like a Manchester accent as well. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all. Accents, Pronunciation

	LeicesterLad  +  235083 Mon, 12 Jun 06 02:28 AM 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",  LeicesterLad Joined on Fri, Sep 16 2005 N E England (Orig from Leicester) Junior Member 81 Accents, Pronunciation

	Marvin A.  +  305453 Tue, 19 Dec 06 07:52 PM  CalifJim wrote: Sounds Australian to me, mate (/maIt/). CJ Actually Australians use [ æɪ ] , but it sounds like [ aɪ ] to the rest of us.  They use [ ɑe ] for what other dialects use for [ aɪ ] . Marvin A. Joined on Fri, Dec 8 2006 Regular Member 638 Dialects, Pronunciation