always wondered what a potlatch was... jim
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wordsmith <wsm...@wordsmith.org> Date: Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:11 PM Subject: A.Word.A.Day--potlatch To: jim.cr...@gmail.com * Wordsmith.org*The Magic of Words Mar 3, 2010 *This week's theme* Words borrowed from various languages *This week's words* goulash <http://wordsmith.org/words/goulash.html> cabal <http://wordsmith.org/words/cabal.html> potlatch <http://wordsmith.org/words/potlatch.html> Potlatch [image: potlatch] <http://wordsmith.org/words/images/potlatch_large.jpg> (Artist: James Gilchrist Swan) ------------------------------ <http://wordsmith.org/board/> Discuss <http://wordsmith.org/board/> <http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber-form.cgi?request=feedback&username=jim%2ecroft%40gmail%2ecom> Feedback<http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber-form.cgi?request=feedback&username=jim%2ecroft%40gmail%2ecom> <http://wordsmith.org/awad/rss1.xml> RSS/XML<http://wordsmith.org/awad/rss1.xml> ------------------------------ [image: Bookmark and Share]<http://addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=anugarg&url=http://wordsmith.org/words/potlatch.html> [image: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://wordsmith.org/words/potlatch.html> [image: Twitter]<http://twitter.com/home?status=http://wordsmith.org/words/potlatch.html> [image: Digg]<http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://wordsmith.org/words/potlatch.html> [image: MySpace]<http://www.myspace.com/Modules/PostTo/Pages/?u=http://wordsmith.org/words/potlatch.html> [image: Bookmark and Share]<http://addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=anugarg&url=http://wordsmith.org/words/potlatch.html> A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg We've just hit the 900,000 <http://wordsmith.org/awad/stats.html>subscriber mark, mostly by word of mouth. Thank you! Send a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day<http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber-form.cgi?request=gift&username=jim%2ecroft%40gmail%2ecom>. potlatch PRONUNCIATION: (POT-lach) <http://wordsmith.org/words/potlatch.mp3> MEANING: *noun:* 1. A party or get-together. 2. A ceremonial festival among American Indians of the Pacific Northwest involving feasts, lavish gift giving, dances, etc. ETYMOLOGY: >From Chinook Jargon, from Nootka patshatl (to give, gift). USAGE: "'[The youth ambassadors] were coming to the biggest potlatch in the world, sharing and developing a sense of pride in who they are,' Diane Strand says." Shelley Fralic; World's Biggest Potlatch Changing Attitudes; Vancouver Sun (Canada); Feb 24, 2010. Explore "potlatch <http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=potlatch>" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Twin Mystery. To many people artists seem / undisciplined and lawless. / Such laziness, with such great gifts, / seems little short of crime. / One mystery is how they make / the things they make so flawless; / another, what they're doing with / their energy and time. -Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996) *Sponsored by:* Enjoy Brilliant College Courses in Your Home<http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000027373010&pubid=21000000000237607> The Great Courses on DVD, CD, and Audio Download. Save 70%! Save 70%! Great Courses by Top US Professors<http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000027373006&pubid=21000000000237607> The most engaging professors from America's top universities in your home. How to sponsor? <http://wordsmith.org/awad/ad.html> Unsubscribe<http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber-form.cgi?request=unsub&username=jim%2ecroft%40gmail%2ecom>| Subscribe <http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html> | Update address<http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber-form.cgi?request=address-change&username=jim%2ecroft%40gmail%2ecom>| Gift subscription<http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber-form.cgi?request=gift&username=jim%2ecroft%40gmail%2ecom>| Contact us<http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber-form.cgi?request=feedback&username=jim%2ecroft%40gmail%2ecom> © 2010 Wordsmith.org -- _________________ Jim Croft ~ jim.cr...@gmail.com ~ +61-2-62509499 ~ http://www.google.com/profiles/jim.croft 'A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.' - Robert Frost, poet (1874-1963)
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