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Illinois
Actress in her early Twenties from Bloomington – Normal, Illinois. She has lived there all her life except for four years when she lived in Decatur, Illinois while attending University..
The following audio samples progress from Common text to Conversation and then to Practice.
Massachusetts
A university Professor originally from Lawrence now living in southern Alberta, Canada. Since finishing her undergraduate work she has lived in many places around the world. She has been in Canada the past seven years.
The following audio samples progress from Common Text to Practice.
Missouri
Northwest Missouri
Student Activities Coordinator for a university in southern Iowa. This dialect subject grew up in a northwest Missouri town about 30 miles from the Iowa border. He presently lives in Iowa, where he has been living now for at least ten years.
The following audio sample is from a natural conversation.
New Jersey
Central Jersey, New Jersey
A female actress/dancer in her mid-twenties. She has spent most of her life in central New Jersey. The past eight years she has lived in New York City, but has retained her central New Jersey dialect.
Trenton, New Jersey
A female set designer in her mid twenties. She grew up in Trenton and Bordentown. Two years prior to this recording she had moved to Philadelphia.
NY – Pennyslvania
An actress in her early twenties from Allentown. She is now living in N.Y. City, where she’s been living for the past five. Both her parents are from N.Y. City.
The following audio samples progress from Conversation to Practice.
Ohio
A male undergraduate student in his mid-twenties. This subject was attending school in Alberta as a transfer student from Ohio at the time of this recording.
The following audio samples progress from Conversation to Practice and then to Poetry.
New Concord, Ohio
A female undergraduate student in her mid-twenties. This dialect subject has lived in New Concord all her life except for a short stays in Cleveland and Alberta. Her mother is from Ohio and her father is from Connecticut. This subject presents a good sample of a General American dialect.
The following audio samples progress from Conversation to Practice and then to Study Sentences.
Washington
A college professor from Everett in his mid-forties. Has lived in Washington State all his life.
The following audio samples progress from Common Text to Practice.
Washington D.C. / Utah
Actress in her mid-twenties, born in Washington D.C. and lived there for 14 years before moving the Utah. For the past three years she has been living in N.Y. City.
The following audio samples progress from Common Text to Casual Conversations, and then to Practice.