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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread story #1498 04/20/00 06:24 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh OP Pooh-Bah OP jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 When did story stop meaning a tale (as in storybook) and start meaning outfit (as in fashion) You can't look at a clothes catalogue (and I don't often) without seeing "a story in soft grey" or any concoction of clothes described as a story. Has anyone else noticed this. is it just the latest marketing-speak. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: story #1499 04/20/00 07:04 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass maybe we should blame Rod Stewart for this... ("Every Picture Tells a Story") 8-) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: story #1500 04/27/00 12:10 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 9 Richmond, VA, USA P Philophile stranger Philophile stranger P Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 9 Richmond, VA, USA The fashion use seems to be marketspeak, as you say. But another more established use is just as puzzling to me... When did it start referring to a level of a building (as in "The office is two stories up.")? [P.] [P.] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: story #1501 04/27/00 01:08 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass every picture tells a story! (who knew?) from American Heritage Dictionary (AHD): 1. A complete horizontal division of a building, constituting the area between two adjacent levels. 2. The set of rooms on the same level of a building. [Middle English storie, story, from Medieval Latin historia, picture, story (probably from painted windows or sculpture on the front of buildings) http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: story #1502 04/27/00 12:34 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia P paulb addict paulb addict P Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Interestingly, for us non-Americans, this word is spelled with an extra 'e', as in single-storeyed building. Anyone know when or why? My Shorter Oxford just notes 'story' in this sense as 'earlier'. Cheers Paul Bywater Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: story #1503 04/27/00 01:17 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh OP Pooh-Bah OP jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 > maybe we should blame Rod Stewart for this... well Maggie may Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: story #1504 04/09/02 08:24 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear jmh: I am amazed that the style writes could be satisfied with such a pedestrian word as "story" when the could have called it a "symphony" "a poem" "a statement" except that all of those have already been worn out. Figuratively that is. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: story #1505 04/09/02 09:20 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh OP Pooh-Bah OP jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 Gosh Bill, this was well buried, I'd forgotten the discussion. you are quite right, story is such a dull word to use, I'm sure that they could do better. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: story #1506 04/10/02 01:20 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear jmh: I didn't resurrect this thread. What I know about fashion reporting you could comfortably put in your eye. It had no reply, so fool that I am, I rushed in. 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