IDEA: International Dialects of English ArchiveHappy 20th birthday, IDEA!
Sunday, July 1, 2018
“It was 20 years ago today” … But it wasn’t Sgt. Pepper who taught this band to play. It was IDEA Founder and Director Paul Meier (along with…
IDEA donations
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Today marks the beginning of a two-week IDEA donation campaign. IDEA is a free resource serving thousands of users every day. If every visitor contributed just $1, we…
Introducing five new subjects
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Thanks to IDEA Associate Editors Bryn Austin and Kris Danford, we have added five new subjects over the last couple of days. Three are from the United States:…
Welcome seven new samples
Monday, June 18, 2018
Over the last week, we’ve added seven new subjects to IDEA. They are all from IDEA Senior Editor Deric McNish and his students. The new submissions are: District…
Introducing two new African subjects
Friday, June 1, 2018
We’ve just added two new subjects from Africa: Angola 2 and South Africa 52. Thanks to IDEA Associate Editor Nadia Barnard!
Understanding Pragmatics with David Crystal
Thursday, May 31, 2018
IDEA Founder and Director Paul Meier’s new In a Manner of Speaking podcast for the month of June has just been posted. This month Paul welcomes David Crystal,…
Welcome new subjects from Bulgaria, Nebraska
Monday, May 28, 2018
Thanks to Associate Editor Kris Danford, we have two new subjects from vastly different parts of the world: Nebraska 3 from the United States and Bulgaria 4 from…
There’s no place like home
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Paul Meier founded IDEA in 1998 in Lawrence, Kansas, while he was head of voice and speech in the theatre department at the University of Kansas. (He is…
South Africa sees its 50th subject
Monday, May 21, 2018
We’re proud to announce our 50th and 51st South African subjects. The two women were recorded by IDEA Associate Editor Nadia Barnard.
New Asian, African subjects added
Monday, April 30, 2018
Please welcome two new samples from Asia (one from the Fujian Province of China and the other from Kazakhstan) and also a new sample from South Africa. The…
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