Fwd: 'Bow' = "introduce"?

[Damien Hall]

I meant to say below that I'd _never_ heard _bow_ meaning 'introduce'
before. Sorry!

Damien

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Damien Hall <djh514 at york.ac.uk>
To: American Dialect Society List <ads-l at listserv.uga.edu>
Subject: 'Bow' = "introduce"?
Date: 12 Jul 2009 14:46:43 +0100

Noted in this article from _Home Media Magazine_, 9 July 2009:

'Animax Bows Foreign-Language iPhone App for Toddlers'

http://tinyurl.com/bow-introduce

I'm assuming this is a verbalisation of _bow_ /baU/, on the basis of _take
a bow_ 'enter the scene' - I've heard it before, though, and it's not in
OED or MW online. Has anyone else heard it?

Damien

--
Damien Hall

University of York
Department of Language and Linguistic Science
Heslington
YORK
YO10 5DD
UK

Tel. (office) +44 (0)1904 432665
     (mobile) +44 (0)771 853 5634
Fax  +44 (0)1904 432673

BORDERS AND IDENTITIES CONFERENCE, JAN 2010:
http://www.york.ac.uk/res/aiseb/bic2010/

http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/lang/people/pages/hall.htm

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org