IDEA: International Dialects of English ArchiveAnother Scottish sample added
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
We’re happy to announce our 26th subject from Scotland. He’s a 22-year-old man from Perth. Thanks to IDEA Associate Editor Flloyd Kennedy for the submission.
BBC quiz features IDEA accents
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
A new “Guess the Accent” online quiz by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) pays tribute to IDEA by using accent and dialect samples from our website. Check it…
Welcome two new American samples
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
We’ve just added two new American samples to IDEA: Wyoming 6 and Texas 21. They are from IDEA Associate Editor Deric McNish, with assistance from Shane Bruno and…
Welcome 5 samples from 3 continents
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Thanks again to Senior Editor David Nevell and his students, IDEA has five new subjects, from three separate continents. The new samples are France 15, New Zealand 19,…
Welcome our seventh Kansas sample
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Happy Fourth of July! And, appropriately for the holiday, we have a new sample from right in the heart of America. Courtesy of IDEA contributor Scott Stackhouse, please…
European, Mexican samples added
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Thanks to Senior Editor David Nevell and his students, we have three new IDEA samples: Belarus 3, Sweden 6, and Zacatecas 1. The latter is the first from…
Welcome our 113th Chinese sample
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
We’ve just added our sixth sample from the Chinese province of Sichuan. It’s our 113th overall from China. IDEA has more subjects from China than from any other…
Say hi to another “Yooper”
Monday, June 5, 2017
We’ve just added our third sample from the U.P. (the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan). It’s the 16th overall sample from the state. Affectionately known…
Welcome six new samples
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Please welcome six geographically diverse subjects to IDEA, including the first from the African nation of Kenya. They are Germany 22, Kenya 1, Mississippi 14, Netherlands 7, Philippines…
Welcome new Puerto Rico sample
Thursday, May 25, 2017
We’ve just added the archive’s 11th sample from the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. The subject is a 31-year-old man who was raised in Bairanquitas. Thanks to IDEA…
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