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Radio Omniglot

By: Simon Ager
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  • Podcasts about languages and words
    Copyright © Simon Ager 2018-2021
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Episodes
  • Adventures in Etymology – Escape

    Adventures in Etymology – Escape
    Jun 1 2024
    In this Adventure in Etymology we free ourselves by looking into the word escape. Escape [ɪˈskeɪp / əˈskeɪp] can mean: To get free; to free oneself. To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment To elude the observation or notice of; […]
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  • Omniglot News (26/05/24)

    Omniglot News (26/05/24)
    May 26 2024
    Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New writing system: Sheek Bakrii Saphaloo Script, which was created in 1956 by Sheikh Bakri Sapalo from Ethiopia, and is used to write Oromo, a Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Egypt. New fictional script: Exception, which appears in the Netflix anime series “Exception”. […]
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  • Celtic Pathways – Bills and Gouges

    Celtic Pathways – Bills and Gouges
    May 25 2024
    In this episode we find connections between Celtic bills and beaks, and chisels and gouges in other languages. A gouge [ɡaʊdʒ] is a chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc. The word comes from Middle English gouge (gouge), from Old French gouge (gouge), from Late […]
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