IDEA is the top online archive of primary-source recordings of English-language dialects and accents, with 1,800 speakers from around the world.
Please welcome our second new Malaysian subject this month. This 27-year-old man is unique because he hails from an island within an island: Libaran Island, which is part of the island of Borneo.
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Please welcome our first subject from the island of Borneo. The 50-year-old man is from the region of Sabah, in the country of Malaysia.
Welcome back to the newly revamped Paul Meier Dialect Services YouTube channel!
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It’s the international film festival of the 48 Hour Film Project. Part festival, part conference, part party.
Congratulations to the Florida Studio Theatre, in Sarasota, on the success of their two latest productions, which I dialect-coached.
Let's recognize the cultural value of IDEA's Black/African-American subjects.
Love Your Shorts Film Festival is turning 16. How sweet it is! (The event will screen 81 short films February 12-15 in Sanford, Florida.)
Get free pronunciation lessons and English-language instruction: videos and audioblogs from Paul's popular "Pronunciation with Paul" series.
Please welcome to IDEA our newest associate editor, Nick Torres.