IDEA: International Dialects of English ArchiveWelcome 4 Alberta subjects and new associate editor
Thursday, August 6, 2020
We’re proud to introduce a new IDEA associate editor: Adam Lane Bergquist. Based in Canada, Adam joins IDEA with four new subjects from the province of Alberta. See…
‘The Syringa Tree’
Saturday, August 1, 2020
Thanks to Judylee Vivier, IDEA is now proud to offer a recording of the South African names and terms from The Syringa Tree, by Pamela Gien. The recording…
Welcome our first Sacramento subject
Monday, July 27, 2020
We’re proud to introduce our first subject from the capital city of California: Sacramento. The 19-year-old student is also our first African-American subject from California.
Welcome new Atlanta subject
Monday, July 6, 2020
We’re proud to welcome our first subject from Atlanta, Georgia. Though her regional dialect is extremely slight and could even be characterized as something akin to General American,…
Introducing new subjects and transcriptions
Monday, June 29, 2020
Please welcome two new self-submissions: Australia 35 and Ontario (Canada) 37. In addition, thanks to IDEA Associate Editor Tshari King, we have a complete transcription of one of…
Black voices on IDEA
Thursday, June 11, 2020
As the world re-emphasizes the importance of Black voices in society, we at IDEA are reminded of their importance to our archive. And when we say voices, we…
IDEA submission process now simpler
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Based upon feedback from you, we’ve simplified our IDEA submission process. It’s now less confusing and easier to submit a sample. (Thanks to our editors, especially Senior Editor…
Coal mining in Arkansas
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Senior Editor Ben Corbett’s colorful collection of Arkansas subjects has a new addition: a 66-year-old man from a previously undocumented part of the state (west-central Arkansas, in the…
Introducing our 13th Philly subject
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Thanks to Senior Editor Deric McNish and his student Darah Donaher, we have another subject from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 57-year-old woman from the Mayfair neighborhood has a rather…
Welcome our 33rd Arkansas subject
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Senior Editor Ben Corbett‘s quest to document subjects from every county of the U.S. state of Arkansas continues with Arkansas 33. This female subject is from Clarendon in…
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