Today is my birthday

[Sun14]

Hello, my friends,

I was wondering whether the underlined part is idiomatic:

Hello, everyone! Today is my birthday.

Thoughts and context: I am going to tell my friends that I am 18 and 18 years ago I was born that time.

 

[Copyright]

It's fine and usual.

 

[natkretep]

Yes, and if you want to swap it around (My birthday is today), that's fine too although that will have a different focus. Your sentence focuses on why today is special; my other sentence focuses on when your birthday is.

 

[DaylightDelight]

What are the differences between these?

• Today is my birthday.
• It's my birthday today.

 

[sdgraham]

What are the differences between these?

• Today is my birthday.
• It's my birthday today.

The second is more wordy.

 

[DaylightDelight]

"Wordy" in a negative sense? Would you prefer the first one?

 

[velisarius]

"It's my birthday today" is more colloquial. I can't imagine myself saying "Today is my birthday". I could of course use the contracted form "Today's my birthday", but if I prefer to use "It's my birthday today" it doesn't cost me anything.

I don't really understand the concept of "wordy" when we're talking about everyday expressions in spoken English .

 

[Sun14]

Thanks for all your kind replies.