IDEA: International Dialects of English ArchiveWelcome a new subject from Sri Lanka
Saturday, August 12, 2023
Please welcome Sri Lanka 5. Click here to listen. This subject, a 40-year-old man, speaks about his time growing up near Colombo and also sings the country’s national…
Hooray for (West) Hollywood
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Please welcome California 19, our latest subject from the Los Angeles area. The 61-year-old man is our first subject from the heart of West Hollywood. Go here to…
Ben Corbett’s ‘Arkansas Accent Project’ to debut
Friday, August 4, 2023
Congratulations to IDEA Senior Editor Ben Corbett, who recently directed The Arkansas Accent Project. The documentary will have its premiere on August 13 at 1 p.m. at the…
Introducing our first Long Beach (Calif.) subject
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Though we have more than a dozen subjects from the U.S. state of California, we had never one one who spent the majority of her life in Long…
Welcome a new associate editor
Sunday, July 16, 2023
Please welcome a new associate editor to IDEA: Roxanne Wellington. Read all about her and listen to her IDEA contributions here. Congrats, Roxanne!
Introducing a new Iranian subject
Friday, July 14, 2023
Please welcome Iran 16, a 31-year-old woman from Tehran. She was recorded by IDEA contributor Roxanne Wellington. Thanks, Roxanne!
Website improvements complete
Monday, July 10, 2023
We here at IDEA have just completed a mammoth project to revise every page of the website to make it more informative, user-friendly, and social-media compatible. All IDEA…
Welcome our fifth Danish subject
Thursday, June 29, 2023
Please welcome Denmark 5, a 58-year-old man from the Copenhagen area. Thanks to IDEA contributor Amaia Villegas for the submission! Go here to listen.
Introducing a new Dublin subject
Sunday, June 25, 2023
Please welcome Ireland 20 to IDEA. This 52-year-old man is an excellent example of a very light Dublin dialect, which he owes to spending about half of his…
Welcome subject from rural Western Australia
Monday, June 12, 2023
Please welcome our first subject from rural, central Western Australia. (Our previous subjects from Western Australia are all from the Perth area.) You can hear the subject, a…
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