"Later on, they made words; they placed stone upon stone, they coupled those syllables of granite, and attempted some combinations. The Celtic dolmen and cromlech, the Etruscan tumulus, the Hebrew galgal, are words. Some, especially the tumulus, are proper names. Sometimes even, when men had a great deal of stone, and a vast plain, they wrote a phrase. The immense pile of Karnac is a complete sentence."

So, Dr. Bill, are you saying the actual etymology of the phrase words in stone alludes to stone monuments arranged as words by ancient cultures rather than, as I always thought, the carving of words in stone?

cool.

etymology of the phrase words in stone

Or either carved in stone, one.

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Words in stone 1.44T

Carved in stone 50.8T

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tryin' to win back some Pickin' Points

Of course "words in stone" was a quote from Victor Hugo in Notre Dame de Paris, from which I am taking these posts.