http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishAudioSpeechPronunciation/Forum22.htmBritish, American, Scottish accent or using super-fantastic-high-tech software, we'll help you with pronunciation.enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PronunciationOfToday/cmlpn/post.htm#305453Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:40:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:305453Marvin A.0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PronunciationOfToday/cmlpn/post.htm#305453http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-305453.xmlCalifJim wrote: Sounds Australian to me, mate (/maIt/). CJ Actually Australians use , but it sounds like to the rest of us. They use for what other dialects use for .http://www.englishforums.com/English/PronunciationOfToday/cmlpn/post.htm#235083Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:40:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:235083LeicesterLad1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PronunciationOfToday/cmlpn/post.htm#235083http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-235083.xmlYou 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",http://www.englishforums.com/English/PronunciationOfToday/cmlpn/post.htm#229556Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:40:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:229556nona the brit2http://www.englishforums.com/English/PronunciationOfToday/cmlpn/post.htm#229556http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-229556.xmlSounds like a Manchester accent as well.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PronunciationOfToday/cmlpn/post.htm#229522Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:40:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:229522CalifJim3http://www.englishforums.com/English/PronunciationOfToday/cmlpn/post.htm#229522http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-229522.xmlSounds Australian to me, mate (/maIt/). CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PronunciationOfToday/cmlpn/post.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 22:40:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:229445Englishuser4http://www.englishforums.com/English/PronunciationOfToday/cmlpn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-229445.xmlHi, 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.