Stories That Words Tell Us by Elizabeth O'Neill (1877 - 1951)

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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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Latest episodes of the podcast Stories That Words Tell Us by Elizabeth O'Neill (1877 - 1951)

I. Some Stories of British History told from English Words
II. How we got our Christian Names and Surnames
III. Stories in the Names of Places
IV. New Names for New Places
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
IX. Words from the Names of Animals
X. Words from the Names of Places
XI. Pictures in Words
XII. Words from National Character
XIII. Words made by War
XIV. Proverbs
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
XIX. The Moral of these Stories
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