Message-ID: <33126618.1075858928109.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 21:02:39 -0700 (PDT) From: wsmith@wordsmith.org To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org Subject: A.Word.A.Day--second fiddle Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Wordsmith @ENRON X-To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged)\Scott, Susan M.\Wordsmith X-Origin: Scott-S X-FileName: SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged).pst second fiddle (SEK-und FID-l) noun Secondary role. A person in such a role. "Until last year the club had played second fiddle to their great rivals Leicester in recent times." Ian Malin, Rugby Union, The Guardian (UK), Mar 10, 2001. ............................................................................ When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in yourself than there was before. -Cliff Fadiman Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone." Invite your friends and family to join in the quest by sending a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day. It is free! http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/second_fiddle.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/second_fiddle.ram