[Ads-l] Upturning Ballet
Laurence Horn
laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Tue Mar 3 17:17:00 UTC 2015
...not to be confusing with upturning one's nose
LH
> On Mar 3, 2015, at 3:24 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Saw this headline in New York Magazine:
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> How Boy Wonder Justin Peck Is Upturning Ballet
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> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.vulture.com_2015_01_justin-2Dpeck-2Dnew-2Dyork-2Dcity-2Dballet.html&d=AwIBaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=Qbb-rJ8wjFWNb-B6f2sDg0jNPj-0kvN7JafTGZRkPwU&s=U4NMnjNBaUzHzO9fKMN59_0GxzmS-CTF9AJM06PF2Uk&e=
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> I am not sure the OED has this transitive use of upturn.
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> DanG
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