The Queen pronounces this word
with a long /ɑː/ vowel in the middle
This may sound old-fashioned
Younger speakers are likely to pronounce this word
with the the vowels /ʌɪə/ in the middle
In the dictionary, you may see the second vowel
of this word
transcribed with two IPA symbols
But this is an old-fashioned pronunciation
Listen to how this speaker from the House of Lords
uses the old-fashioned pronunciation
Many speakers nowadays
including the Queen
use the /ɔː/ vowel
In fact, lots of people change the consonant
so it goes from
to
This means it sounds like “in jaw”.
To sound like a modern British English speaker
I suggest you say
and not
I'd suggest you say
and not
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