In the 1960s, field workers for the UW's Dictionary of American Regional English recorded interviews with hundreds of people around the country, searching for variations in the language. The conversations are now online, providing a time capsule of language and culture.
The Chief Editor Emerita of DARE is with us to talk about what the field workers discovered about words, family, and work in Wisconsin and beyond. And as the project winds down its work later this year, she shares her hopes for DARE's legacy.