Stories That Words Tell Us

Elizabeth O'Neill

Play

Length

6 h 4 min

Chapters

19

Language

English

Genre

Reference, Writing & Linguistics

First published

1918

Chapters

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

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