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Stories That Words Tell Us

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

Year of Publication: 1918Genres: Writing & Linguistics , Reference

Running Time: 06 hours 03 minutes 57 seconds

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