Editing Estuary English (section)

====Diphthong shift====
EE is said to exhibit diphthong shift, particularly of the FACE, PRICE, MOUTH and GOAT vowels (informal example: "nime" for "name").
* {{IPA|/əʊ/}} (as in {{sc2|GOAT}}) may be realised in a couple of different ways. According to {{Harvcoltxt|Przedlacka|2001}}, it is any of the following: {{IPA|[əʊ]}}, {{IPA|[ɐʊ]}}, {{IPA|[əʏ]}} or {{IPA|[ɐʏ]}}. The last two are more often used by females.<ref name="przed44">{{Harvcoltxt|Przedlacka|2001|p=44}}</ref> She also notes a fully rounded diphthong {{IPA|[oʊ]}} (found in some speakers from Essex),<ref name="przed44"/> as well as two rare monophthongal realizations, namely {{IPAblink|ɐː}} and {{IPAblink|o̞ː}}.<ref name="przed44"/> 
* {{IPA|/eɪ/}} (as in {{sc2|FACE}}), can be realised as {{IPA|[ɛ̝ɪ]}}, {{IPA|[ɛɪ]}}, {{IPA|[ɛ̞ɪ]}} or {{IPA|[æɪ]}},<ref name="przed44"/> with {{IPA|[ɛɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ɛ̞ɪ]}} being predominant. it can also be realised as {{IPA|[eɪ]}}, {{IPA|[ɐɪ]}} or {{IPA|[ʌɪ]}}.<ref name="wells94"/>
* {{IPA|/aɪ/}} (as in {{sc2|PRICE}}) can be realised as {{IPA|[aɪ]}}, {{IPA|[a̠ɪ]}}, {{IPA|[ɑ̟ɪ]}}, {{IPA|[ɒ̟ɪ]}}, {{IPA|[ɑɪ]}} or {{IPA|[ɒɪ]}}.<ref name="przed44"/>
* {{IPA|/aʊ/}} (as in {{sc2|MOUTH}}) can be realised as {{IPA|[aʊ]}}, {{IPA|[aʏ]}}, {{IPA|[æə]}}, {{IPA|[æʊ]}} or {{IPA|[æʏ]}}.<ref name="przed44"/> {{IPA|[a]}} denotes a front onset {{IPAblink|a}}, not a central one {{IPAblink|ä|a̠}}.<ref name="przed44"/>
* ''Board'' {{IPA|/bɔːd/}} may be pronounced differently from ''bored'' {{IPA|/bɔəd/}}.<ref name="parsons39">{{Harvcoltxt|Parsons|1998|p=39}}</ref> {{IPA|/ɔː/}} (phonetically {{IPA|[ɔʊ]}} or {{IPAblink|oː}})<ref name="parsons39"/> appears before consonants, and {{IPA|/ɔə/}} (phonetically {{IPA|[ɔə]}} or {{IPAblink|ɔː}})<ref name="parsons39"/> appears at a morpheme boundary.<ref name="parsons39"/> However, {{Harvcoltxt|Przedlacka|2001}} states that both {{IPA|/ɔː/}} and {{IPA|/ɔə/}} may have the same monophthongal quality {{IPAblink|ɔː}}.<ref name="przed43">{{Harvcoltxt|Przedlacka|2001|p=43}}</ref>