{"id":9,"date":"2018-06-11T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T17:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2024-10-27T14:00:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T14:00:58","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/logos\/logo_radio-omniglot-small.jpg\" style=\"float:right; margin: 0 0 10px 15px;\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Radio Omniglot logo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Radio Omniglot is a podcast I started 2018 to share information about language, linguistics, interesting words and phrases, and my own and other people&#8217;s experiences of learning and using languages.<\/p>\n<p>It currently features the following series:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?cat=98\">Adventures in Etymology<\/a>, which explores the origins of words, and finds interesting connections within and between languages.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?page_id=2644\">Celtic Pathways<\/a>, which explores connections between Celtic languages, and look for words with Celtic roots in other languages<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?cat=108\">Omniglot News<\/a>, which summaries the latest developments from the world of Omniglot each week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/photos\/sager230917.jpg\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 0 20px;\" alt=\"A photo of Simon Ager, author of Omniglot\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who am I?<\/strong><br \/>\nMy name is Simon Ager, I live in <a href=\"http:\/\/tiny.cc\/JUuyj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bangor<\/a> in North Wales and earn a living from my website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\">Omniglot<\/a>. I&#8217;ve studied quite a few languages, and also linguistics. My other main passion is music &#8211; I play various instruments, sing, and write <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/songs\/sager\/mysongs.htm\">songs<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/music\/index.htm\">tunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/aboutme.htm\">More about me<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s an Omniglot?<\/strong><br \/>\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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\">online encyclopedia of writing systems and languages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/about2.htm\">More about Omniglot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Offshoots of Omniglot:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\"><strong>Omniglot blog<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; adventures in the world of words and language<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\"><strong>Celtiadur<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; exploring connections between Celtic languages.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Omniglot-100430558332117\/\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; a place to find out about the latest developments on Omniglot.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/omniglot\/\"><strong>Omniglot Facebook fan club<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; a Facebook group where you can talk about language-related topics, and a good place to post translation requests.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Omniglossia\"><strong>X\/Twitter<\/strong> (@omniglossia)<\/a> &#8211; the latest up-dates on Omniglot.com, plus &#8216;interesting&#8217; phrases from my language lessons, especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duolingo.com\/profile\/Omniglossia\">Duolingo<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ieithgi\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong> (@ieithgi)<\/a>, photos and videos, including some language-related ones.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/omniglot\"><strong>Youtube<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; videos about words, languages, music, etc.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ommiglot?\"><strong>TikTok<\/strong> (@omniglot)<\/a> &#8211; language-related videos<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ieithgi?\"><strong>Tiktok<\/strong> (@ieithgi)<\/a> &#8211; videos featuring my tunes and songs, and musical mayhem I&#8217;m mixed up in.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\"><strong>SoundCloud<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; my tunes and songs, and some episodes of the Radio Omniglot podcast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">make a donation<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\"><br \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"FFN2KV3PQBF5Q\"><br \/>\n<input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_GB\/i\/btn\/btn_donate_LG.gif\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_GB\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Or you could <a href=\"https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/omniglot\">Buy Me A Coffee<\/a>:<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com\/1.0.0\/button.prod.min.js\" data-name=\"bmc-button\" data-slug=\"omniglot\" data-color=\"#FFDD00\" data-emoji=\"\"  data-font=\"Cookie\" data-text=\"Buy me a coffee\" data-outline-color=\"#000000\" data-font-color=\"#000000\" data-coffee-color=\"#ffffff\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/form>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/create.blubrry.com\/resources\/podcast-media-hosting\/?code=omniglot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_blubrry.png\" alt=\"Blubrry podcast hosting\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Omniglot is a podcast I started 2018 to share information about language, linguistics, interesting words and phrases, and my own and other people&#8217;s experiences of learning and using languages. 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