IDEA: International Dialects of English ArchiveVideo guide makes submissions easier
Thursday, September 18, 2025
We’ve just created a video designed to guide you through the IDEA online submission process. It’s a great tool for those who have submitted samples before and also…
Supporting IDEA
Monday, September 8, 2025
As IDEA enters is 28th year, we humbly request your assistance. If you visit the website on a regular basis, please take a moment of your time and…
New Zealand collection expands
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Thanks to IDEA Senior Editor David Nevell, our collection of New Zealand dialects has just grown by about 50 percent. David’s new submissions, most of which he collected…
Welcome first subject from Sarasota, Florida
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Please welcome our first subject from Sarasota, Florida, United States. Thank you to IDEA contributor Benjamin Kleinberg, who contributed his own voice to the archive. Go here to…
Scotland gets a new subject
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Thanks to a self-submission, IDEA now has a new Scottish subject. The 32-year-old man spent most of his formative years in Oban, in the West Highlands (northwest of…
Introducing a new Texas teenager
Monday, July 28, 2025
Please welcome our latest subject, a 16-year-old from Rockport, Texas (near Corpus Christi), who identifies as female to male. Listen to the subject here.
Welcome a new Australian subject
Saturday, July 5, 2025
Welcome Australia 48 to IDEA. Go here to listen. The 50-year-old man from Melbourne submitted his voice himself. To find out how you can submit your own voice…
IDEA’s Russian collection expands
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
IDEA’s collection of Russian accents and dialects continues to expand, mostly thanks to Ivan Masterov, who has just joined our family of senior editors! Congratulations, Ivan! Read about…
Introducing another Russian subject
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Thanks to IDEA Associate Editor Ivan Masterov, IDEA has yet another new Russian subject. The 26-year-old woman is from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, in Sakhalin Oblast, in eastern Russian, near Japan….
Welcome three new Russian subjects
Monday, April 21, 2025
Thanks to IDEA Associate Editor Ivan Masterov, IDEA has three new subjects from Russia. See Russia 39, Russia 40, and Russia 41. All are from places that we…
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