The word 'tale' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a narrative or story, especially one that is imaginative or fictitious in nature. Example: "Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there lived a brave knight who went on a daring quest to rescue a beautiful princess from the clutches of an evil dragon. This tale has been passed down from generation to generation, captivating listeners with its thrilling adventures."
The twist in the story shocks, but what's really daring is that the village where Mambety sets the tale, where he pins his nation to the wall, is … his hometown.
One of the company's leading lines, Casillero del Diablo, takes its name from the tale, although it seems unlikely that a 19th-century mining magnate and prominent politician would really have spent his evenings lurking in dank corners wearing fancy dress.
Meanwhile, collectors of recherché celebrity litigation may find much to delight them in the tale of one Charles Sarris, who is suing a stage equipment company for injuries sustained during the construction of a giant pink tongue for Miley Cyrus's current Bangerz tour.
This gripping and bizarrely tragic tale of a billionaire who took it upon himself to bankroll and train the US Olympic wrestling team for the 1988 Seoul games is quite extraordinary.
An audacious search for answers amid more than a century of data, The Chimp and the River tells the haunting tale of one of the most devastating pandemics of our time.
Then, at 21, Carlyle chanced upon a copy of The Crucible, Arthur Miller's classic tale of witchcraft, Macarthyism, public hysteria, and personal integrity.
Related: Running With Mother – a child's tale of Gukurahundi killings Zimbabwe's second vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko recently claimed that the Matabeleland massacres were a "conspiracy of the west", with nothing to do with Mugabe.
More often than not there will be a tale of woe to be told, with plenty of visits to the hotel named Heartbreak.
"Who would think I would still be here to tell the tale?" Jonathan was one of the first to be diagnosed with HIV in this country yet recently celebrated his 65th birthday.
Over coffee one day, when she was about 75, she recounted the sad, sorry tale of her upbringing and how it had affected her – how she became a delinquent in her adolescent years and how badly she had treated her mother.
The only problem is that the New College story appears to be false, or as the college's archivist Jennifer Thorp put it back in 2008, in an essay about the tale, a "myth".
