Stories That Words Tell Us


Leído por LibriVox Volunteers

(3.5 stars; 2 reviews)

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 (6 hr 3 min)

Capítulos

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

Reseñas

Technical Issue


(3 stars)

The only problem with this book is technical: the first 7 or 8 sections need to be edited. They are all too long, so the listener must manually move to the next section. Quite frustrating! The book is actually very interesting. I love etymology and language, and I learned quite a bit. Most of the narrators were very good.