Yeah, one would think that Port Adelaide were closer to being humbled than Collingwood. (And we don't mention the last GF... ) But actually, I think the verb you're referring to though, is 'umbled. Also known as falling in a Heep. --Peter M > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: Kathy.Bowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: RE: atw: Humbled >Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 09:15:31 +0930 > >>Have you noticed that every sports star these days is 'humbled' when >>they achieve a milestone or receive an award? Has the meaning of >this >>word changed? I'm not sure what they mean when they say it, and I >>suspect they don't know either. >>Hmmm, I hope this is not sour grapes because my team (Port Adelaide) >did >>not make it to the finals this year! >>cheers >>Kath >> ************************************************** To view the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************