
Stories That Words Tell Us - Free Audiobook
Author(s): Elizabeth O'Neill,
Language: English
1 / 19I. Some Stories of British History told from English Words
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- 1. I. Some Stories of British History told from English Words
- 2. II. How we got our Christian Names and Surnames
- 3. III. Stories in the Names of Places
- 4. IV. New Names for New Places
- 5. V. Stories in Old London Names
- 6. VI. Words made by Great Writers
- 7. VII. Words the Bible has given us
- 8. VIII. Words from the Names of People
- 9. IX. Words from the Names of Animals
- 10. X. Words from the Names of Places
- 11. XI. Pictures in Words
- 12. XII. Words from National Character
- 13. XIII. Words made by War
- 14. XIV. Proverbs
- 15. XV. Slang
- 16. XVI. Words which have changed their Meaning
- 17. XVII. Different Words with the Same Meaning, and the Same Words with Different Meanings
- 18. XVIII. Nice Words for Nasty Things
- 19. XIX. The Moral of these Stories
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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
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