May 4: Thank you to all those who joined us at our mini-conference: "DARE and American Dictionaries" to celebrate the completion of Volume V. Check back for photos and more from this event coming soon!
April 1: We are extremely pleased to announce that Volume VI has been submitted to Harvard University Press! It contains three sections: Contrastive Maps (Geographic and Social); An Index by Region, Usage, and Etymology to DARE, Volumes I–V; and...
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“Touring the Dictionary of American Regional English is a road trip of the mind from sea to shining sea. . . . It speaks with authority about American regional speech and has also captured the popular imagination. It is a peerless resource for scholars, but at the same time delivers accurate information about regional vocabulary to laypersons who, until DARE, could not count on access to it.” Michael Adams, Humanities “Can a person fall in love with a dictionary? If the work in question is the Dictionary of American Regional English, which has just published its fifth volume, Sl-Z, the answer appears to be yes.” Heidi Landecker, The Chronicle of Higher Education “The recently completed Dictionary of American Regional English . . . explains more than 60,000 regional words and phrases. . . . It arrives in time for the 2012 presidential election with words like snollygoster, a Southern term for a self-promoting politician.” Barbara Rodriguez, Associated Press |
“For scholars of American English, this volume and the series it completes are a hoard of riches. . . . It is a repository of who we have been as a people, and who we are.” John E. McIntyre, Baltimore Sun “A great project on how Americans speak—make that the great project on how Americans speak—is reaching completion this spring. . . . DARE stands alone as the most exhaustive record of regional speech in America, each page bursting with geographically nuanced information about the country’s diverse lexicon. It’s a joy to page through: Where else would you learn that snuff for chewing is called snoose in the Pacific Northwest, and also goes by the name Swedish condition powder?” Ben Zimmer, Boston Globe “A triumph it is, the work of more than half a century, hundreds of scholars, thousands of contributors, survey responses and printed citations in the millions. John E. McIntyre, Baltimore Sun |
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The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) is a multi-volume reference work that documents words, phrases, and pronunciations that vary from one place to another place across the United States... read more...
