International Dialects of English Archive
April 2, 2008 12:59 PM   Subscribe

IDEA the International Dialects of English Archive was created in 1997 as a repository of primary source recordings for actors and other artists in the performing arts. Be sure not to miss the special collections.
posted by ozomatli (13 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously (and I put better tags on the earlier post) -- jessamyn



 
Thank you!
posted by Faint of Butt at 1:06 PM on April 2, 2008


double, but it's been a while.
posted by LobsterMitten at 1:15 PM on April 2, 2008


Damn, i did a search and everything. It also said the first link was unique. Oh well. Delete at will.
posted by ozomatli at 1:26 PM on April 2, 2008


It's a really cool link.
posted by LobsterMitten at 1:28 PM on April 2, 2008


No Pittsburghese? Yinzers are people too, you know.
posted by the littlest brussels sprout at 2:17 PM on April 2, 2008


I like this. I should send them a recording of my bizarre accent.
posted by Tehanu at 2:37 PM on April 2, 2008


man, the new york ones were notably missing some dialects.
posted by shmegegge at 2:38 PM on April 2, 2008


hm, I wonder what their policy for sampling or use of the files in a creative work would be. their credits and copyright section doesn't seem to discuss that.
posted by shmegegge at 2:41 PM on April 2, 2008


man, the new york ones were notably missing some dialects.
posted by shmegegge at 2:38 PM on April 2 [+] [!]


Well, the California ones were all Southern California.
posted by vacapinta at 3:26 PM on April 2, 2008


Years and years and years ago I heard Lynn Redgrave doing a whole range of England English accents. Can't recall the context, but would love to hear/see it again if this rings any bells with anyone.

Here's hoping they expand the London section, which, like NYCity, seems a little spotty

But aren't I glad they're doing this at all, esp. as I missed the post the first time round.
posted by IndigoJones at 3:39 PM on April 2, 2008


If you like this, check out the archive the beeb is putting together for our lovely UK accents.

Yorkshire is best. The older the better...or funnier...
posted by 6am at 3:52 PM on April 2, 2008


Any sites out there that document the parentage/progression of accents (i.e. where certain accents came from/how they were developed)?
posted by ikahime at 3:54 PM on April 2, 2008


Wigin [clip from another site] is amazing. <3
posted by taursir at 4:18 PM on April 2, 2008


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