IDEA: International Dialects of English ArchiveWelcome a new N. Ireland subject
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Please welcome Professor Malachy O’Neill to IDEA. Professor O’Neill, an expert in the Irish language, agreed to let IDEA Founder and Director Paul Meier record him speaking both…
Introducing a new Brazilian subject
Friday, January 6, 2023
Please welcome our 19th subject from Brazil. Click here to listen. Submitted by IDEA Associate Editor Connie de Veer, the 27-year-old man speaks both English and Portuguese on…
Welcome our fourth Bangkok subject
Monday, December 19, 2022
Please welcome a 29-year-old man from Bangkok. He’s our fourth subject from that city, and the seventh overall from Thailand. He was recorded by IDEA Associate Editor Connie…
Introducing another London subject
Monday, December 5, 2022
Please welcome England 116, who was born and spent his early childhood in South London, England. This subject is rather unusual for IDEA, however, because he spent many…
Welcome Australia 37
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Please welcome Australia 37, a self-submission from a 17-year-old girl from Sarina, near Mackay, Queensland. This is our first subject from this region of Australia.
Introducing our first Coahuila subject
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Please welcome our first subject from the Mexican state of Coahuila. The 19-year-old woman was raised there until the age of 12 and has since lived in Germany…
Welcome Quebec 11
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Please welcome our 11th subject from the Canadian province of Quebec. The 55-year-old man from Montreal identifies himself as an English-speaking, or anglophone, Canadian, though he is fluent…
How do we learn to talk?
Saturday, October 1, 2022
How do children learn to talk? Listen to IDEA Founder and Director Paul Meier and his guest, Professor Jenny Saffran, dive into that topic in the latest episode…
Website updates
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
We’ve just updated the IDEA website. If fonts (particularly page headers) or the Global Map are appearing different for you, please refresh your browser and/or clear your cache….
Remembering the Queen and celebrating Commonwealth voices
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
As we mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II and welcome King Charles III to the throne, we at IDEA are reminded of the enormous variety, diversity, and…
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