COMPLETE: [LANGUAGE] Stories That Words Tell Us by Elizabeth O'Neill-Leni

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This project is now complete! All files can be found at: https://librivox.org/stories-that-words-tell-us-by-elizabeth-oneill/

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

A history of English words, written for younger readers.

Parental advisory: the text was published in 1918 and occasionally uses ethnicity terms that may give offense to the modern reader. (Summary by Kazbek)
    1. How to claim a part, and "how it all works" here To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are "up for grabs." Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you would like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording.
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    6. BEFORE recording: Please check the Recording Notes: viewtopic.php?p=6430#p6430

      Set your recording software to:
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      No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
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      • "Chapter [number] of Stories That Words Tell Us. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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      storiesthatwordstellus_##_oneill_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. storiesthatwordstellus_01_oneill_128kb.mp3)
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Last edited by Kazbek on July 25th, 2020, 12:00 pm, edited 7 times in total.
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Post by Kazbek »

Sections IX ("Words from the Names of Animals") and XVIII ("Nice Words for Nasty Things") have been claimed by maxgal in a Book Suggestions discussion.
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Post by Leni »

Hello. It's me again! :D

Be right back with your window.
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You have a window :mrgreen:
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Leni wrote: May 15th, 2020, 4:11 pm You have a window :mrgreen:
Thank you, Leni! Glad to be working with you on yet another project. :)

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Kazbek wrote: May 15th, 2020, 1:49 pm Sections IX ("Words from the Names of Animals") and XVIII ("Nice Words for Nasty Things") have been claimed by maxgal in a Book Suggestions discussion.
Got 'em! :mrgreen:
And thanks very much for using the PG text.
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Post by KevinS »

15, please.
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KevinS wrote: May 15th, 2020, 7:33 pm15, please.
Thanks!

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Post by BettyB »

I would like to claim 13...
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Post by Kudrna »

Hi everyone,
I can be DPL if the post is still free :) This looks like a great opportunity to learn something about English! :D

Thanks,
Kudrna
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Kudrna wrote: May 16th, 2020, 5:04 am Hi everyone,
I can be DPL if the post is still free :) This looks like a great opportunity to learn something about English! :D

Thanks,
Kudrna
Hi, Kudrna. Yes, glad to have you on board! :)

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BettyB wrote: May 15th, 2020, 9:06 pm I would like to claim 13...
BettyB
Thanks! Assigned.

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Post by Leni »

Kudrna wrote: May 16th, 2020, 5:04 am Hi everyone,
I can be DPL if the post is still free :) This looks like a great opportunity to learn something about English! :D

Thanks,
Kudrna
Adding Kudrna as DPL and moving us to Readers Wanted! :D
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Post by Kazbek »

Thank you!

Michael
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