IDEA: International Dialects of English ArchiveGlobal Map IS still working
Monday, December 9, 2019
Some of you might have noticed that our Global Map looks different. Rest assured, it IS still working. But the visual display is a bit odd. Sorry for…
Ben Corbett discusses Arkansas dialects
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
IDEA Associate Editor Ben Corbett was recently interviewed by National Public Radio’s KAUF about his Arkansas Accent and Dialect Project, which seeks to record subjects from every county…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
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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