IDEA: International Dialects of English ArchiveHow are people using IDEA?
Monday, October 19, 2020
Many people use IDEA in many different ways. Take teacher Gustavo Martins, for example, who discussed IDEA at his recent PronSig Conference. The conference focused on equality and…
Welcome new Bengali subject
Thursday, October 15, 2020
We’re proud to introduce our fourth subject from Bangladesh. This subject, who is 77 years old, is unique because he lived in what is now Bangladesh around the…
Introducing new Arkansas subject
Friday, October 9, 2020
Please welcome Arkansas 37, our latest submission from IDEA Senior Editor Ben Corbett. The subject is a 46-year-old Black woman from Fayetteville.
Welcome new Wisconsin subject
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Thanks to a new self-submission, we’ve filled in a noticeable gap in our IDEA map. Central Wisconsin is now better represented. The subject, a 27-year-old man, has spent…
New Arkansas subject addresses racial inequality
Monday, September 28, 2020
Please welcome Arkansas 36, a 39-year-old Black man from Warren, Arkansas. While most IDEA subjects read a scripted passage (either Comma Gets a Cure or, in the case…
Introducing new Russian, Kazakhstan subjects
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Thanks to Ivan Masterov, IDEA’s newest associate editor, we have three new subjects from Russia and one from Kazakhstan. See Russia 22, 23, and 24, and Kazakhstan 3.
Please welcome Ireland 18
Monday, September 21, 2020
Please welcome our 18th subject from the Republic of Ireland. The new sample, a self-submission, is from a 35-year-old woman from South Dublin and County Wicklow.
Introducing new Russian editor
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Congratulations to Ivan Masterov on becoming IDEA’s newest associate editor. Ivan represents his native Russia, for which he has recently submitted five samples. His most recent subjects are…
Welcome two new Russian subjects
Sunday, August 30, 2020
We’re proud to introduce two new subjects from Russia. Russia 16 is from Siberia, and Russia 17 is from a city just east of Moscow. They are both…
Introducing our third D.C. subject
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Thanks to Senior Editor Sarah Maria Nichols, IDEA has its third subject from the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C. The subject is a 33-year-old Black man…
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