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Stories That Words Tell Us

Elizabeth O'Neill (1877 - 1951)

A history of English words, written for younger readers.

Parental advisory: the text was published in 1918 and includes some ethnicity terms which may cause offense to the modern reader. - Summary by Kazbek

Genre(s): Reference, Writing & Linguistics

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	I. Some Stories of British History told from English Words	Wayne Cooke	00:22:32
Play 02	II. How we got our Christian Names and Surnames	Garfield Dsouza	00:29:14
Play 03	III. Stories in the Names of Places	Kudrna	00:17:38
Play 04	IV. New Names for New Places	Ethan Voth	00:24:59
Play 05	V. Stories in Old London Names	Colleen McMahon	00:18:38
Play 06	VI. Words made by Great Writers	Connie Bettison	00:15:43
Play 07	VII. Words the Bible has given us	Ezekiel	00:12:18
Play 08	VIII. Words from the Names of People	Connie Bettison	00:18:33
Play 09	IX. Words from the Names of Animals	Louise J. Belle	00:20:09
Play 10	X. Words from the Names of Places	Chad Jackson	00:16:23
Play 11	XI. Pictures in Words	Bhavesh Aggarwal	00:23:05
Play 12	XII. Words from National Character	Wayne Cooke	00:16:17
Play 13	XIII. Words made by War	BettyB	00:13:58
Play 14	XIV. Proverbs	Kinjal	00:11:03
Play 15	XV. Slang	KevinS	00:19:22
Play 16	XVI. Words which have changed their Meaning	Ruth P.	00:35:15
Play 17	XVII. Different Words with the Same Meaning, and the Same Words with Different Meanings	Ezekiel	00:20:55
Play 18	XVIII. Nice Words for Nasty Things	Louise J. Belle	00:14:18
Play 19	XIX. The Moral of these Stories	Garfield Dsouza	00:13:37

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