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About this blog<\/strong> Who am I?<\/strong> More about me<\/a>.<\/p>\n What’s an Omniglot?<\/strong> Omniglot<\/strong> (‘\u0252mn\u026a\u02ccgl\u0252t) noun Guest posts<\/strong> Republishing posts<\/strong>
\nThis blog contains my musings on language and linguistics. I write about the meanings and origins of words and phrases; language learning techniques; language courses and other learning resources; languages and cultures, and anything else that interests me, from a linguistic perspective.<\/p>\n
\nMy name is Simon Ager, I live in Bangor<\/a> in North Wales and earn a living from my website, Omniglot.com<\/a>. My main passions are languages<\/a> and music<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nOmniglot is a word I coined back in 1998. Originally it was the name of a web design and translation business I tried to set up, and it later became the name of my Online encyclopedia of writing systems and languages<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n1. having a command of all languages
\n2. written in, composed of, or containing all languages
\n3. a person with a command of all languages
\n4. a book containing several versions of the same text written in all languages
\n5. a mixture or confusion of languages
\n[from Latin omnis<\/em> (all) + Greek \u03b3\u03bb\u03c9\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1<\/em> (glossa) – tongue\/language]
\nAdapted from the definition of polyglot in Collins English Dictionary<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI welcome guests posts from people who blog about languages and related topics, and will also consider publishing language-related articles in the articles section of Omniglot<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nYou’re welcome to republish posts from this blog. Please include the following text: “Copyright \u00a9 [Year] Simon Ager. For more language-related musing, go to Omniglot.com\/blog<\/a>”<\/p>\n