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Stories That Words Tell Us
by Elizabeth O'NEILL (1877 - 1951)I. Some Stories of British History told from English Words
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
Listen next episodes of Stories That Words Tell Us:
II. How we got our Christian Names and Surnames , III. Stories in the Names of Places , IV. New Names for New Places , IX. Words from the Names of Animals , V. Stories in Old London Names , VI. Words made by Great Writers , VII. Words the Bible has given us , VIII. Words from the Names of People , X. Words from the Names of Places , XI. Pictures in Words , XII. Words from National Character , XIII. Words made by War , XIV. Proverbs , XIX. The Moral of these Stories , XV. Slang , XVI. Words which have changed their Meaning , XVII. Different Words with the Same Meaning, and the Same Words with Different Meanings , XVIII. Nice Words for Nasty Things