IDEA: International Dialects of English ArchiveScotland 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…
Introducing a new subject from Western Australia
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Please welcome Australia 47, a 31-year-old non-binary individual from the rural town of Kununurra, Western Australia. This is our first subject from the northern part of the Australian…
Welcome a unique Alaskan subject
Sunday, March 2, 2025
We’re proud to introduce our first Alaskan subject from the central part of the state. The 20-year-old man is also our first White Alaskan subject, as our existing…
Congrats to Tanera Marshall for ‘The Brutalist’
Friday, February 28, 2025
The Academy Awards are still two days away, but we here at IDEA would like to go ahead and congratulate Senior Editor Tanera Marshall for her dialect coaching…
Welcome Arizona 7, a great GenAm subject
Friday, February 28, 2025
Welcome Arizona 7, a 29-year-old woman from Tucson. She’s a great example of the General American (GenAm) dialect. Thank you, Senior Editor Tanera Marshall, for the contribution. Go…
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