Welcome Massachusetts 15

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Thanks to IDEA Associate Editor Bryn Austin, we’ve just added our 15th subject from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The subject, a 57-year-old Asian American, has lived near…

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Researching Romani language and dialects

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

I’ve just heard from IDEA Associate Editor Rena Cook, who has a fascinating gig. She’s dialect-coaching a film with Romani (or Roma) characters, not to be confused with…

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Congratulations, Marco Sciascia

Friday, November 15, 2019

Please join me in congratulating Associate Editor Marco Sciascia, who has just passed his International Phonetic Association examination for the certificate of proficiency in the phonetics of English,…

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Welcome Arkansas 20

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Courtesy of IDEA Associate Editor Ben Corbett, we’ve just added our twentieth subject from the U.S. state of Arkansas. The subject, a 20-year-old white man, is just our…

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Introducing our third Azerbaijani subject

Monday, November 4, 2019

Thanks to IDEA contributor Gunay Mammadova, we have our third subject from the Eurasian nation of Azerbaijan. The subject is an 18-year-old woman from Sumqayit, in the eastern…

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‘RP’ in the podcast spotlight

Friday, November 1, 2019

Received Pronunciation (RP), sometimes referred to as Standard British English, is the subject of IDEA Founder and Director Paul Meier’s latest podcast. Paul discusses the history of RP…

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Welcome three new Arkansas subjects

Saturday, October 26, 2019

Thanks to IDEA Associate Editor Ben Corbett, we have three new subjects from the U.S. state of Arkansas. All three are women who have spent most of their…

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Say ‘salam’ to Azerbaijan 2

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Please welcome our second subject from the Eurasian country of Azerbaijan. The 35-year-old woman has spent almost her entire life in Baku, in the eastern part of the…

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Welcome new American and Swedish subjects

Monday, October 14, 2019

Thanks to IDEA Associate Editor Bryn Austin, we now have a new subject from the U.S. state of Tennessee and a new subject from Sweden. Both are women…

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Introducing our 15th Arkansas subject

Friday, October 11, 2019

Thanks to IDEA Associate Editor Ben Corbett, we now have our 15th subject from the U.S. state of Arkansas. The subject is a 42-year-old woman from the northwest…

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