Stories That Words Tell Us

by Elizabeth O'Neill

19 chapters6h 3mEnglish1918

About this book

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

Chapters (19)

1I. Some Stories of British History told from English Words

1352

2II. How we got our Christian Names and Surnames

1754

3III. Stories in the Names of Places

1058

4IV. New Names for New Places

1499

5V. Stories in Old London Names

1118

6VI. Words made by Great Writers

943

7VII. Words the Bible has given us

738

8VIII. Words from the Names of People

1113

9IX. Words from the Names of Animals

1209

10X. Words from the Names of Places

983

11XI. Pictures in Words

1385

12XII. Words from National Character

977

13XIII. Words made by War

838

14XIV. Proverbs

663

15XV. Slang

1162

16XVI. Words which have changed their Meaning

2115

17XVII. Different Words with the Same Meaning, and the Same Words with Different Meanings

1255

18XVIII. Nice Words for Nasty Things

858

19XIX. The Moral of these Stories

817

Stories That Words Tell Us

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Chapters (19)

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