Thursday, July 4, 2019
Happy Fourth of July to all our website visitors from the United States! To help celebrate America’s birthday, we’re adding eight new IDEA subjects: Arizona 6, Illinois 23,…
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Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Please welcome our 12th subject from the U.S. state of California. He’s an 18-year-old man from Orange County. This is a self-submission. For information on how you, too,…
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Tuesday, July 2, 2019
We’re proud to welcome David and Ben Crystal’s Shakespeare’s Words as a new sponsor of IDEA. David is a world-renowned linguist, Shakespeare scholar, and long-time friend of IDEA,…
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Monday, July 1, 2019
Where does speaking meet singing? If that question has ever intrigued you, check out this month’s edition of IDEA Founder and Director Paul Meier’s In a Manner of…
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Wednesday, June 26, 2019
You’ve probably heard of the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), which is one of IDEA’s sponsors. Let me recommend it to you highly. Joan Hall, DARE’s executive…
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Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Break a leg and best wishes to Dylan Paul (our wonderful webmaster and special consultant) who opens in Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! Previews begin June 28. This is Dylan’s…
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Monday, June 17, 2019
We have just added our first subject from the Central American nation of Honduras. Thanks to IDEA contributors Deborah Ross-Sullivan and Dilcia Guzman for the submission!
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019
IDEA Associate Editor Rena Cook is the guest this month on In a Manner of Speaking. The free monthly podcast is hosted by IDEA Founder and Director Paul…
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Monday, May 13, 2019
Thanks to IDEA Associate Editor Bryn Austin, we now have two new American subjects: one woman from Kentucky and another from Massachusetts. The latter is a great example…
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Sunday, May 12, 2019
First, happy Mother’s Day to all of you moms in the United States, Canada, and other countries that are celebrating the holiday on this Sunday! Today we’re adding…
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