{"id":519,"date":"2019-02-27T14:05:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T14:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=519"},"modified":"2019-04-14T16:24:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T16:24:39","slug":"episode-13-the-story-of-omniglot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=519","title":{"rendered":"Episode 13 &#8211; The Story of Omniglot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Episode 13 &amp;#8211; The Story of Omniglot\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-02-27T14:05:03+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT17M30S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nWhen people ask me what I do, I usually tell them that I write and talk about languages for a living, mainly on my website. This leads to more questions about what exactly my website is about, how I make money from it, and what I spend my days doin...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode13.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"16.0\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6563\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-519-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode13.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode13.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode13.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode13.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=519-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode13.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"episode13.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/logos\/logo_omniglot_round1.jpg\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 20px 30px;\" alt=\"Omniglot logo\" width=\"250\" height=\"251\"><\/p>\n<p>When people ask me what I do, I usually tell them that I write and talk about languages for a living, mainly on my website. This leads to more questions about what exactly my website is about, how I make money from it, and what I spend my days doing.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode I try to answer these questions, and explain how Omniglot came to be, what my work involves, and how it generates revenue. I also suggest some ways you could turn your interests into online business.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/about2.htm\">Read more about the history of Omniglot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The tunes featured in the episode are:<\/p>\n<h3>Goosing Around \/ Gwyddio o Gwmpas<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/573264390&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Spring at Last \/ Gwanwyn o&#8217;r Diwedd<\/h3>\n<p>The recording I use in the podcast was generated by MuseScore (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/music\/SpringAtLast.pdf\">See a PDF of the score<\/a>). The recording below features me on all the instruments.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/427791939&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Blue Skies \/ Awyr Las<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/444874092&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=494\">Episode 12<\/a> I slipped in a couple of made-up facts and challenged you to spot them. They were:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>There is a version of Cornish called <em>Kernewek Gwir<\/em> (True\/Real Cornish) that is a continuation of traditional Cornish.<\/li>\n<li>There are a few parrots and other birds who can speak a bit of Cornish.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Although I made these up, there are people who believe that Cornish never ceased to be spoken, and it&#8217;s possible that someone has trained their parrot to speak some Cornish.<\/p>\n<p>If you like this site and find it useful, you can support it by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">making a donation<\/a>, or by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contributing 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\"><br \/>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Episode 13 &amp;#8211; The Story of Omniglot\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-02-27T14:05:03+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT17M30S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nWhen people ask me what I do, I usually tell them that I write and talk about languages for a living, mainly on my website. 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This leads to more questions about what exactly my website is about, how I make money from it, and what I spend my days doing. 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