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Paul Meier

Associate Editor, Southern England and At-Large
Professor, University of Kansas
IDEA's Founder and Director,
Associate Editor Emeritus, Voice and Speech Review

Contributions to IDEA:
Text Files

AFRICA
Madagascar1 | Nigeria1 | South Africa25 | Tanzania1 |

ASIA
China3 | China4 | China8 | China9 | Japan1 | Japan2 | Japan3 | Japan4 | Japan5 | Kazakhstan1 | Korea1 | Mongolia1 | Pakistan2 | Taiwan1 | Taiwan3 | Thailand3 |

AUSTRALASIA
Australia1 | Australia3 | Australia6 |

CARIBBEAN
Cuba3 |

CENTRAL AMERICA
Costa Rica 1 |

EUROPE
Austria 3 | Bulgaria1 | Cyprus1 | Czech Republic4 | England1 | England2 | England3 | England4 | England8 | England11 | England12 | England28 | England31 | England32 | England33 | England34 | England35 | England36 | England37 | England38 | England39 | England40 | England41 | England42 | England43 | England44 | England45 | England50 | England51 | England52 | England53 | England55 | England56 | England57 | Finland1 | Finland3 | Finland4 | Finland5 | France2 | France3 | France4 | France5 | France6 | France7 | Germany1 | Germany2 | Germany6 | Germany10 | Greece (Hellas)1 | Greece (Hellas)3 | Hungary1 | Ireland1 | Ireland4 | Italy1 | Italy2 | Italy3 | Italy4 | Italy5 | Italy10 | Netherlands 1 | Northern Ireland1 | Northern Ireland4 | Northern Ireland5 | Poland3 | Poland6 | Russia1 | Russia2 | Russia4 | Russia6 | Scotland1 | Scotland2 | Scotland3 | Scotland17 |

MIDDLE EAST
Iraq1 | Saudi Arabia3 |

NORTH AMERICA
Georgia1 | Illinois1 | Illinois2 | Kansas4 | Kentucky1 | Kentucky2 | Maine2 | Massachusetts9 | Michigan11 | Minnesota2 | Minnesota3 | Minnesota4 | Minnesota5 | New Jersey3 | New York5 | New York6 | New York16 | North Dakota1 | Virginia1 | Wisconsin9 |

SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina1 | Argentina2 | Chile1 | Peru1 | Peru6 |

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (PLAY NAMES AND TERMS)
The Bear | Cabaret | The Cherry Orchard | Chess | Fiddler on the Roof | Ivanov | The King and I | The Marriage Proposal | On the Harmfulness of Tobacco | Playboy of the Western World | The Seagull | The Three Sisters | Top Girls | Translations (Latin) | Translations (Irish) | Uncle Vanya |

Audio Files

AFRICA
Madagascar1 | Nigeria1 | South Africa25 | Tanzania1 |

ASIA
China3 | China4 | China8 | China9 | Japan1 | Japan2 | Japan3 | Japan4 | Japan5 | Kazakhstan1 | Korea1 | Mongolia1 | Pakistan2 | Taiwan1 | Taiwan3 | Thailand3 |

AUSTRALASIA
Australia1 | Australia3 | Australia6 |

CARIBBEAN
Cuba3 |

CENTRAL AMERICA
Costa Rica 1 |

EUROPE
Austria 3 | Bulgaria1 | Cyprus1 | Czech Republic4 | England1 | England2 | England3 | England4 | England8 | England11 | England12 | England28 | England31 | England32 | England33 | England34 | England35 | England36 | England37 | England38 | England39 | England40 | England41 | England42 | England43 | England44 | England45 | England50 | England51 | England52 | England53 | England55 | England56 | England57 | Finland1 | Finland3 | Finland4 | Finland5 | France2 | France3 | France4 | France5 | France6 | France7 | Germany1 | Germany2 | Germany6 | Germany10 | Greece (Hellas)1 | Greece (Hellas)3 | Hungary1 | Ireland1 | Ireland4 | Italy1 | Italy2 | Italy3 | Italy4 | Italy5 | Italy10 | Netherlands 1 | Northern Ireland1 | Northern Ireland4 | Northern Ireland5 | Poland3 | Poland6 | Russia1 | Russia2 | Russia4 | Russia6 | Scotland1 | Scotland2 | Scotland3 | Scotland17 |

MIDDLE EAST
Iraq1 | Saudi Arabia3 |

NORTH AMERICA
Georgia1 | Illinois1 | Illinois2 | Kansas4 | Kentucky1 | Kentucky2 | Maine2 | Massachusetts9 | Michigan11 | Minnesota2 | Minnesota3 | Minnesota4 | Minnesota5 | New Jersey3 | New York5 | New York6 | New York16 | North Dakota1 | Virginia1 | Wisconsin9 |

SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina1 | Argentina2 | Chile1 | Peru1 | Peru6 |

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (PLAY NAMES AND TERMS)
The Bear | Cabaret | The Cherry Orchard | Chess | Fiddler on the Roof | Ivanov | The King and I | The Marriage Proposal | On the Harmfulness of Tobacco | Playboy of the Western World | The Seagull | The Three Sisters | Top Girls | Translations (Latin) | Translations (Irish) | Uncle Vanya |

Bio:Paul Meier teaches voice, speech, dialects/accents, and Shakespeare text in the Theatre and Film Department of the University of Kansas. He founded IDEA in 1997 and has been its director and principle contributor of dialect samples, particularly from Southern England. His textbook, Accents and Dialects for Stage and Screen, is in use in many theatre departments and conservatories around the world. This and his other dialect instruction books, booklets, CDs, and services are available at Paul Meier Dialect Services.

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