From: owner-harbinger-digest@smoe.org (harbinger-digest) To: harbinger-digest@smoe.org Subject: harbinger-digest V5 #18 Reply-To: harbinger@smoe.org Sender: owner-harbinger-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-harbinger-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk harbinger-digest Sunday, January 30 2000 Volume 05 : Number 018 HARBINGER DIGEST To post, mail harbinger@smoe.org To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger-digest To get list info file, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info harbinger-digest Today's Subjects: ---------------- (harbinger) [Fwd: A.Word.A.Day--harbinger] [chiang Subject: (harbinger) [Fwd: A.Word.A.Day--harbinger] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------35D65B8A4E8CB5DADAD106C3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - -- Come stop by.... http://members.aol.com/chiang1 last updated 12-26-99 - --------------35D65B8A4E8CB5DADAD106C3 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from wordsmith.org (wordsmith.org [206.24.0.151]) by wins0.win.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id AAA19714 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2000 00:54:44 -0600 (CST) Received: from local (localhost) by wordsmith.org (mailer 1.7) with SMTP id ; Sat, 29 Jan 2000 00:04:55 -0500 Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 00:04:55 -0500 Message-Id: From: Wordsmith To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org Subject: A.Word.A.Day--harbinger X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 MIME-Version: 1.0 harbinger (HAHR-bin-juhr) noun One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner. verb tr. To signal the approach of; presage. [Middle English herbengar, person sent ahead to arrange lodgings, from Old French herbergeor, from herbergier, to provide lodging for, from herberge, lodging, of Germanic origin.] "And while lower prices could mean an opportunity for investors and some savings for American consumers, such reductions could also be a harbinger of deflation." David Welna, Renee Montagne, Deflation Threat, Morning Edition (NPR), 7 Oct 1998. This week's theme: words that have reversed their meaning. ............................................................................. No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true. -Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (1804-1864) Send your comments about words to anu@wordsmith.org. To subscribe or unsubscribe A.Word.A.Day, send a message to wsmith@wordsmith.org with "Subject:" line as "subscribe " or "unsubscribe". Archives, FAQ, gift subscription form, and more at: http://wordsmith.org/awad/ Pronunciation: http://www.wordsmith.org/words/harbinger.wav http://www.wordsmith.org/words/harbinger.ram - --------------35D65B8A4E8CB5DADAD106C3-- - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Btw, if you are an AOL subscriber the above instruction will work for your EVERY time. Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html ------------------------------ End of harbinger-digest V5 #18 ******************************