Editing Estuary English (section)

====Yod-coalescence====

[[Phonological history of English consonant clusters#Yod-coalescence|Yod-coalescence]] is found in EE: the use of the affricates {{IPAblink|d͡ʒ}} and {{IPAblink|t͡ʃ}} instead of the clusters {{IPA|[dj]}} and {{IPA|[tj]}} in words like ''dune'' and ''Tuesday'' results in the words sounding like ''June'' and ''choose day'', respectively. Although at the time when most studies of EE were carried out, yod-coalescence was not common in RP, it has now become so widely accepted that RP-based pronunciation dictionaries include it. Thus the latest edition of the Cambridge [[English Pronouncing Dictionary]] gives /dʒuːn/ and /tʃuːz.deɪ/ as the preferred pronunciations;<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Daniel |last2=Roach |first2=Peter |last3=Setter |first3=Jane |last4=Esling |first4=John |title=Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary |date=2011 |publisher=Cambridge |edition=18th }}</ref> the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary and the Oxford Dictionary of Pronunciation give /djuːn/ and /tjuːzdeɪ/ as their first preference, but give /dʒuːn/ and /tʃuːz.deɪ/ as second preference.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wells |first1=John |title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary |date=2008 |publisher=Longman |edition=3rd}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Upton |first1=Clive |last2=Kretzschmar |first2=William |last3=Konopka |first3=Rafal |title=Oxford Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English |date=2001 }}</ref> It cannot be said that the presence of yod-coalescence distinguishes EE from RP.