14 words and phrases you’ll only hear in the Northeast Insider, October 10, 2018
Can I have a tonic? No, not that tonic Boston Globe, May 30, 2018
Why Are Some Boston Area Convenience Stores Called Spas? 89.7 WGBH, May 22, 2018
Final Words On Wisconsin, March 1, 2018
Photos: 10 works to see at the 2018 Wisconsin Artists Biennial Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 27, 2018
‘Polar vortex’ gives way to ‘bomb cyclone.’ This and other weather terms we love Los Angeles Times, January 4, 2018
OF ALL THINGS: An unusual dictionary finally reaches Z Montgomery News, January 4, 2018
Say What? Lake Mills Leader, December 28, 2017
Etymology gleanings for December 2017 Anatoly Liberman, OUP blog, December 27, 2017
Utah: Talk Like a Native Allan Metcalf, Lingua Franca, The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 18, 2017
15 Wintry Words for Snowy Weather Across the United States Angela Tung, Mental Floss, December 14, 2017
Watch your language: American dialects are alive and well Arkansas Online, November 13, 2017
Purity vs. Diversity Allan Metcalf, Lingua Franca, The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 9, 2017
US dialect dictionary bites the fuzzywog The Times, November 8, 2017
What Do Fuzzywogs, Toad-Stranglers and Devilstrips Have in Common? A Dying Dictionary Wall Street Journal, November 6, 2017
End of a ‘whoopensocker’: UW’s famed dialect dictionary closing after 54 years Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 28, 2017
Two good rules Baltimore Sun, October 28, 2017
Columnist Susan Wozniak: Halloween best as a family affair Daily Hampshire Gazette, October 26, 2017
16 Scary Sayings for ‘Ghost’ From Across the United States Angela Tung, Mental Floss, October 23, 2017
Mishearing eggcorns and mondegreens Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, October 23, 2017
Locavore lingo project comes to sad end Mark Peters, Boston Globe, October 8, 2017
Homeless adjuncts, Proust’s self-promotion, the end of DARE, and more. The Weekly Standard, September 29, 2017
Farewell, ‘Dictionary of American Regional English’ — but Keep in Touch Allan Metcalf, Lingua Franca, The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 26, 2017
The Closing of a Great American Dialect Project Jesse Sheidlower, The New Yorker, September 22, 2017
Dictionary Of American Regional English Interviews Going Digital WPR, Central Time, September 18, 2017
Dictionary of American Regional English digitizes interviews, a serendipitous cultural collection Wisconsin State Journal, September 3, 2017
Finaciously, More Regional Words for DARE Allan Metcalf, Lingua Franca, The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 31, 2017
This Maine slang term is dying out. What does it mean, again? BDN Portland, August 29, 2017
UW DIGITAL COLLECTIONS: DARE FIELDWORK RECORDINGS The Scout Report, Internet Scout Research Group, August 18, 2017
The National Slang Dictionary Is Dying Out. Here Are Some Of Its Best Words. Huffington Post, August 18, 2017
Hear the Interviews that Helped Build the Dictionary of American Regional English Angela Tung, Mental Floss, August 9, 2017
Voices of America Inside UW–Madison, August 8, 2017
Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) Recordings Now Online UpFront with NGS (National Genealogical Society), August 7, 2017
Write Right: Wicked Fresh Episode Y’all Texas A&M Writing Center, August 4, 2017
American voices from the past live again, as DARE recordings available online UW–Madison News, August 3, 2017
‘Dictionary of American Regional English’ Speaks! Allan Metcalf, Lingua Franca, The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 1, 2017
American Voices from the Past Live Again UW–Madison Library News & Events, July 27, 2017
10 Pieces of Lying Lingo from Across the United States Angela Tung, Mental Floss, July 19, 2017
Discovering DARE: Implementing a DARE Curriculum on Language Variation American Speech, July 1, 2017
14 Different Ways to Call ‘Dibs’ Across the United States Angela Tung, Mental Floss, June 5, 2017
Was the Anti-Mexican Slur “B—-” Invented in Orange County? OC Weekly, May 24, 2017
‘Crawdaddy,’ ‘Boomba,’ and a ‘Bounce-Around’: an Online Update of Regional Words Allan Metcalf, Lingua Franca, The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 18, 2017
10 Old-Timey Exclamations From Across the U.S. Angela Tung, Mental Floss, May 9, 2017
8 Old-Timey Names for a Soft Drink Angela Tung, Wordnik, May 2, 2017
15 Regional Words for Vomiting Angela Tung, Mental Floss, April 12, 2017
You Say EEther, I Say AYEther Allan Metcalf, Lingua Franca, The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 4, 2017
14 Ways of Saying “Drunk” Across the United States Angela Tung, Mental Floss, March 31, 2017
13 Sonorous Terms for Snoring from Across the U.S. Angela Tung, Mental Floss, March 24, 2017
A Delightful Dictionary for Canadian English [DARE Note: Article mentions DARE, is about DCHP] Jesse Sheidlower, The New Yorker, March 23, 2017
Jimmies vs. Sprinkles: Why Philly fights over what we call an ice cream topping BillyPenn, March 20, 2017
Patricia Ann “Dr. Patt” VanDyke Maryville Daily Forum, March 14, 2017
Why words die The Economist, March 4, 2017
President Trump says he wants to fix our divisions, but he may gut an institution that does exactly that Dallas News, February 24, 2017
Bowery Dance With Boilo? Allan Metcalf, Lingua Franca, The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 23, 2017
14 Terms of Affection from Across the U.S. Angela Tung, Mental Floss, February 14, 2017
13 Ways to Say You’re ‘Mad as Hell’ Across the U.S. Angela Tung, Mental Floss, February 7, 2017
Commentary: Here’s hoping all youse enjoy this Chicago Tribune, February 6, 2017
Beware the words of winter Casper Star–Tribune, January 31, 2017
11 Idioms for ‘Exhausted’ from Across the United States Angela Tung, Mental Floss, January 20, 2017
“Christmas Gift!” The Roots of a Southern Holiday Saying Daily Shot, The Garden & Gun Blog, December 23, 2016
Talking with Joan Houston Hall about DARE 8 O’Clock Buzz, WORT Radio, December 16, 2016
‘Tis the season for gift-giving games Philadelphia Tribune, December 10, 2016
9 Ways of Saying ‘Stupid’ Across the United States Angela Tung, Mental Floss, December 8, 2016
‘How to Speak Midwestern,’ a Heartland Dialect Guide Books of the Times, New York Times, December 4, 2016
What’s a Woggin? A Bird, a Word, and a Linguistic Mystery Atlas Obscura, Slate, December 2, 2016
Do you speak like a Midwesterner? Crain’s Chicago Business, December 1, 2016
A good dictionary offers plethora of rewards newsminer.com, November 29, 2016
BWW Review: Gabrielle Lamb Presents her Choreography broadwayworld.com, November 29, 2016
From N.H. to La.: ‘Dictionary of American Regional English’ Update No. 6 Allan Metcalf, Lingua Franca, The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 14, 2016
Vitto, voting and yaggering: Election 2016 UW News, November 8, 2016
When art collides with data TEDxMileHighWomen: It’s About Time, October 28, 2016
18 Spooky Halloween Sayings From Around the U.S. Angela Tung, Mental Floss, October 13, 2016
25 Dramatic Dragonfly Nicknames From Around the U.S. Angela Tung, Mental Floss, October 4, 2016
All aflutter Suffolk News-Herald, September 27, 2016
30 words and phrases that will soon disappear from American English Quartz, September 26, 2016
Frog Strangler, Pot Cheese, Whistle Pig: A Celebration of Regional Slang! The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC, September 14, 2016
“A needless four-letter word” Notebook, The Guardian, September 14, 2016
These 50 American Slang Words Are In Danger Of Disappearing Huffington Post, September 9, 2016
How One Podcasting Network is Trying to Save America’s Regional Slang Mental Floss, September 9, 2016
Got any suppawn? I’ve already eaten the last button on Gabe’s coat and I’m out of emptins for the bread. Melville House Books, September 9, 2016
Endangered Connecticut words trying to make a comeback Connecticut Post, September 9, 2016
A Quest to Save America’s Dying Regional Slang The Atlantic, September 8, 2016
‘Sonsy’ campaign launched to preserve endangered American words The Guardian, September 5, 2016
On Fleech and Frog Stranglers: The Dictionary of American Regional English Turns to Podcasts Wall Street Journal, August 29, 2016
Book review: Flypaper Dreams The Chronicle, Barton VT, August 29, 2016
16 Buggy Ways to Say ‘Mosquito’ Angela Tung, Mental Floss, August 18, 2016
New in DARE: Bird’s Nest on the Ground Allan Metcalf, Lingua Franca, The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 17, 2016
21 Pulpy Pieces of Lumberjack Lingo Angela Tung, Mental Floss, July 26, 2016
17 Scrumptious Ice Cream Idioms from All Over the U.S. Angela Tung, Mental Floss, July 17, 2016
Bear Guts? Backwoodser? DARE Updates Sayings Starting With “B” Central Time, Wisconsin Public Radio, July 13, 2016
What is your favourite word? ABC Radio Network, July 6, 2016
Gregorian Chants: Awesome time to be a boxer, Luke Hochevar’s Royals anniversary and more Kansas City Star, June 6, 2016
13 Regional Insults to Offend People Across the U.S Angela Tung, Mental Floss, June 6, 2016
12 Different Ways to Say ‘Doughnut’ Across the U.S. Angela Tung, Mental Floss, June 3, 2016
Adding together and tearing apart words newsminer.com, May 30, 2016
13 Poke-Easy Regional Idioms to Describe Lazy People Angela Tung, Mental Floss, May 25, 2016
Coffee Talk: Regional idioms to describe coffee Angela Tung, Wordnik, May 19, 2016
11 imaginative regional idioms to describe heavy rain Angela Tung, Mental Floss, May 19, 2016
DARE to Carry Guts to a Bear Allan Metcalf, Lingua Franca, The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 19, 2016
Former Iowa congressman to speak at Shepherd commencement Herald-Mail Media, May 2, 2016
Wisconsin has a way with words BTN LiveBIG, April 30, 2016
Great: a massive, important, meaningless word Boston Globe, “Ideas”, by Mark Peters, April 15, 2016
Yinz, youse, and y’all Merrill Perlman, Columbia Journalism Review, January 19, 2016
Droppin’ the U (and G): The Pacific Northwest Accent, Analyzed The Corvallis Advocate, December 28, 2015
Digital ‘DARE’ Update: Half-Price Holiday Special Allan Metcalf, Lingua Franca, The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 14, 2015
Bubbler Or Water Fountain: Dictionary Of American Regional English Revisited The Joy Cardin Show, WPR, December 11, 2015
Updating the Dictionary of American Regional English Live at 4, Channel3000.com, December 1, 2015
Did you leave your Berliner in your Rumpelkammer? Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 30, 2015
Holy Horsecrap, Batman! The Equine BS Vocabulary Mark Peters, OUPblog, November 24, 2015
Words Count: A Rantum Scoot through DARE Inside UW-Madison, November 10, 2015
Flubdub: A Folksy, Rhymy, Awesome Word for BS Mark Peters, Lexicon Valley, Slate, November 4, 2015
Words Count: A Rantum Scoot through DARE Library News & Events, UW-Madison Libraries, November 2, 2015
‘Tricks or Treats’ Goes Singular Wall Street Journal, October 30, 2015
6 Volumes, 60K Words, 60 Years in the Making: Dictionary of American Regional English Observer Short List, October 25, 2015
Eureka! UW is (finally) learning how to push its research to market Isthmus, October 8, 2015
The Great Punkin Controversy “Lingua Franca,” Chronicle of Higher Education, September 25, 2015
Light joins art after dark at Olbrich Gardens Wisconsin State Journal, August 23, 2015
‘So don’t I,’ from Shakespeare to modern New England Ideas, Boston Globe, August 1, 2015
Busy B’s at ‘DARE’ Lingua Franca, The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 14, 2015
Documenting the Diversity of American English Lexicon Valley, Slate.com, June 29, 2015
The Age-Old Question of Whether Jimmies Are Racist Munchies, Vice, June 22, 2015
Nibbling Away Lingua Franca, The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 19, 2015
20 words and phrases that really only make sense to Montanans Independent Record, June 8, 2015
Cap Times’ Evjue Foundation awards 1.45 million to UW, area non-profits Capital Times, June 3, 2015
Do We Talk Funny? 51 American Colloquialisms NPR History Department, May 12, 2015
Dictionary of Regional American English funded through summer 2016 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 11, 2015
Dictionary of American Regional English prepares to close down As It Happens, CBC Radio, April 23, 2015
The word is out: I was a teenage astamagootis “Notebook,” The Guardian, April 22, 2015
Dictionary of American Regional English Threatened by Lack of Funding The Huffington Post, April 21, 2015
Cash crisis threatens dictionary of US regional English The Guardian, April 17, 2015
Dictionary of American Regional English Faces Shutdown “ArtsBeat,” New York Times, April 15, 2015
American dialect project in jeopardy “Books”, Boston Globe, April 11, 2015
The end of the Dictionary of American Regional English? 620 WTMJ, April 9, 2015
Requiem for a Dictionary? Or Life Support? “Lingua Franca,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 6, 2015
Preserving American Language Is Worth Paying for Time.com, April 6, 2015
A way with words UW–Madison News, March 31, 2015
End near for Dictionary of American Regional English? Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 30, 2015
American Regional English Dictionary Running Low on Money ABC News, March 30, 2015
Grammar School: A sense of where words come from PilotOnline.com, March 21, 2015
The Humanities Interviews American Council of Learned Societies, Advancing the Humanities, February 28, 2015
Post-Crescent Media wins 37 awards postcrescent.com, February 28, 2015
‘Dibs’: the Great Northern Parking Tradition “Lingua Franca,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 6, 2015
Words that Originated in the Pacific Northwest KUOW.org, 94.9 FM, Seattle News & Information, December 23, 2014
Do Pacific Northwesterners Have An Accent? KUOW.org, 94.9 FM, Seattle News & Information, December 14, 2014
I Remember Milwaukee Public Television, November 24, 2014
Pittsburghers petition jagoff for dictionary addition The Globe, Point Park University, October 21, 2014
Twitter “rimracked” by Mitch McConnell Quote The Courier–Journal, October 14, 2014
People Be Triflin’, From ‘Bills, Bills, Bills’ To The Bible NPR Code Switch, September 28, 2014
Body Language: On Speaking Terms Harvard Medicine, September 18, 2014
UW researchers to update regional language survey WKOW, September 18, 2014
Do You Speak Portage? Residents asked to take language survey Portage Daily Register, September 16, 2014
Reference Collection Spotlight The New York Society Library Blog, August 21, 2014
Continuing Research on Regional English “The Larry Meiller Show,” Wisconsin Public Radio, August 19, 2014
Grants fund UW technology projects on the road to commercialization University of Wisconsin–Madison News, August 15, 2014
Through Art, Data Gets Humanized WID Culture, August 4, 2014
Response to Dictionary Survey Surges after Report postcrescent.com, July 2, 2014
The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2014 TIME.com, May 1, 2014
DARE Reboots for New Generation Appleton Post Crescent, April 16, 2014
Know Your Collywobbles from Your Mulligrubs . . . Dictionary.com, March 26, 2014
Voices: A Sculptural Book, inspired by the “Dictionary of American Regional English.” Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, January 28, 2014
How America Talks “A Way with Words”, January 25, 2014
The Dictionary of American Regional English: Recent Developments NEH Division of Preservation and Access, January 13, 2014
What you say depends on where you say it Chicago Sun–Times.com, January 12, 2014
The Regional Nature of American Speech Raleigh Telegram, January 8, 2014
A Whoopensocker of a Deal Harvard University Press Blog, March 2, 2012
Words from the Dictionary of American Regional English Smithsonian, March 1, 2012
After only 50 years of dedicated work, American Regional Dictionary wraps it up Daily Maverick, February 28, 2012
Dictionary of American Regional English reaches last volume The State, February 26, 2012
What a whoopensocker! Dialect dictionary reaches Z Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 25, 2012
Regional Dictionary Finally Hits ‘Zydeco’ The New York Times, February 24, 2012
From Adam’s housecat to zydeco: Dictionary of American Regional English completed Eurek Alert!, February 23, 2012
From Adam’s Housecat to Zydeco: After Five Decades, Dictionary of American Regional English Completed Newswise, February 23, 2012
Dictionary of American Regional English complete after 40 years WKOW, Madison, February 23, 2012
Track artwork Chinese Orphans Catch a Break Soundcloud, February 22, 2012
Frog Hair to Woolies: Dust Bunnies by 173 Other Names The Wall Street Journal, February 21, 2012
A ‘Hero’ by Another Name Loses Its New York Flavor The Wall Street Journal, February 21, 2012
The things we say The Baltimore Sun, February 15, 2012
The dictionary of tahn tawk Post Gazette, February 9, 2012
Doug Moe: DARE to believe — 50 years later, ‘Z’ in the books Read more: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/doug_moe/doug-moe-dare-to-believe-years-later-z-in-the/article_d439d904-50c7-11e1-80f0-0019bb2963f4.html#ixzz1oHElG0aI Wisconsin State Journal, February 6, 2012
Yellow cedars victims of lack of snow The Globe and Mail, February 5, 2012
Canadian-speak crossing the border Toronto Sun, February 3, 2012
A Dictionary of American Dialect The Take Away, February 2, 2012
Do you clean dust bunnies, house moss or woolies? Indystar, February 2, 2012
You Say Tomato, I Say Tomahto: After 50 Years, The Dictionary of American Regional English Is Complete BostInno, February 2, 2012
Dictionary of American Regional English CBC Radio, February 2, 2012
Whoopensocker dictionary of American dialect completed after 50 years The Guardian, January 31, 2012
A Whoopensocker of a Dictionary The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2012
Whoopensocker dictionary of American dialect completed after 50 years The Guardian, January 31, 2012
From Aa to Zydeco, It’s in DARE The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 17, 2012
American Dialects A-Z Boston Globe, January 15, 2012
From Adam’s housecat to zydeco: After five decades, Dictionary of American Regional English completed Dictionary of American Regional English, January 1, 2012
Words of America: A Field Guide Humanities, September 1, 2011
A Round of DAREderdash Harvard University Press Blog, July 11, 2011
Dictionary of American Regional English Facebook, May 8, 2011