@Unatributed @scy Agreed. I've used day-tah in the US since the 70's. I think the other is more a regionalism or class difference. It reminds me more of an upper-class prep-school pronunciation. Especially if it's "dah", which sounds affected to me--think Katherine Hepburn. A more nasal "a" would be somewhat more likely.
@nazgul
I was thinking more of a regionalism... New York, especially Brooklyn vs a mid-western type of difference...
@scy