IDEA: International Dialects of English ArchiveWelcome a new Chinese subject
Saturday, August 10, 2019
IDEA has more subjects from China than from any other nation except the United States and the United Kingdom. And thanks to IDEA Associate Editor Bryn Austin, we…
Introducing new ‘GenAm’ recording
Thursday, August 8, 2019
We’ve just added a new recording of Comma Gets a Cure being spoken in a General American dialect. As with all our recordings in our General American Special…
Thank you, VASTA!
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
The annual conference for the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) is underway in Orlando, Florida, and more than a dozen IDEA editors are there. In addition to…
New “Estuary” British subject added
Saturday, August 3, 2019
IDEA Founder and Director Paul Meier has just added a valuable new “Estuary” dialect to the archive: England 107.
DARE to listen
Friday, August 2, 2019
The mission of The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), is closely linked to that of IDEA. To find out more about DARE, check out this month’s In…
Congratulations, Dylan!
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Congratulations, Dylan Paul, on your triumphant opening of Moulin Rouge on Broadway! Long may it run! And it sounds like it will, based on The New York Times’…
VASTA conference set for August 4-7
Saturday, July 27, 2019
The annual conference of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) will be held at the Embassy Suites in downtown Orlando, Florida, on August 4-7. VASTA and IDEA…
Introducing a new Australian subject
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Please welcome our 34th subject from Australia. She’s a 22-year-old from Melbourne, and she submitted her own voice sample to the archive. To find out how to contribute…
For July Fourth: 8 new U.S. subjects & new senior editor
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,…
Welcome our 12th California subject
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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