[LMB] A VIRTUAL BOW-DOWN IN GLASSFORGE

[Jacki Knight]

On 03/11/2006, at 3:39 PM, Lois McMaster Bujold wrote:
>
> It is pronounced bow to rhyme with know, not bow to rhyme with cow, by 
> the by, in case anyone was wondering.  It's a back-formation from hoe 
> down, of course (and the hyphen placement is anyone's guess.)

This is really interesting.

I had the same pronunciation but assumed it came from the idea of a 
party after the fight/victory - putting the bow down and kicking up the 
heels as it were.

Didn't connect with USian pastoral usage. Actually the whole landscape 
thing went right past me; as I didn't find any aspect of it 
recognisable I just assumed an alien world somewhere.

Cheers

Jacki in Canberra - much taken with the LJ idea; msss is coming to 
visit in a couple of weeks and is going to help the technological idiot 
set up her own (would appreciate suggestions - offlist - for possible 
handle)