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it's not its 'nut its 'nyt
because bi'kɔz bik əz
according to ə'kɔ:di ŋ tə ə'kədi ŋ tə
The historically long vowel [i:] tends to lose its
diphthongization; as the next stage it undergoes quantitative
reduction and finally changes its quality as well.
Spelling Formal Informal
I don't believe it ai 'dзunt bi'li:v it ʌ dзun(t) bə'liv it
It seems to be it 'si:mz tə bi it 'simz tə bi
The similar process of reduction is likewise observed in [u:]
simplified to [u].
Spelling Formal Informal
a few more words ə 'fju: 'mɔ: 'wз:dz ə fju mɔ 'wз:dz
a new aspect ə 'nju: 'æspekt ə 'n(j)u 'æspekt
Diphthongs are very often monophthongized in informal
speech. The diphthong [εə] tends to be simplified to [ε(:)], e.g.
Spelling Formal Informal
Where wεə wε
here and there 'hiər ənd 'ðεəƏ 'hi (ə)r ən 'ðε
In an unstressed position it is further modified to [e], e.g.
there is an opinion [ðer Iz ən ə'pInjən].
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