Star Sailor: The Story of Words

Star Sailor: The Story of Words — page 3 — A WORD IS BORN Every day at least ten English words are spoken for the first time Some will stick around for centuries some for only a short while Where do they come from Ancient words These words were first spoken over 1,000 years ago LOVE WORM HAND GIVE FIRE MOTHER SPIT

Star Sailor: The Story of Words — page 4 — DECLUTTER BLING froyo New words These words have been around for only a few years PHOTOBOMB E-BIKE COVID-19 WEBSITE

Star Sailor: The Story of Words — page 5 — SPLASH CREAK WORDS IMITATE Many words start out as imitations of sounds HICCUP CHICK-A-DEE-DEE-DEE CHICK-A-DEE-DEE-DEE CHICKADEE Some animals get their names from the sound they make ZYZZYX WASP ZYZZYX CROW CRAW-CRAW 0000L POBBLEBONK POBBLEBONK FROG OWL

Star Sailor: The Story of Words — page 6 — FIZZ giggle SLURP BOING SNIFF CLICK Say these words aloud Can you hear their inspiration BURP HUM beep ZAP SIZZLE PLOP

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