Setting the record straight
Etymology 101: When We Say ‘Bow’ We Mean ‘Debut’

We seem to have been the inadvertent cause of some etymological confusion. Our story, “Fast, Inexpensive Cartridge Refilling Bows In Astoria” (Gazette, Feb. 15, 2006, page 18), we thought, told our readership that a new, ecologically sound, inexpensive way to refill and reuse their printer, copier and facsimile machine cartridges was open and ready to serve them.

Some people apparently consulted a different dictionary. In their lexicon, “bow” means “ended”.

The dictionary we use, Webster’s New World College Dictionary, published in 1999, among several meanings of the verb ‘to bow”, assigns a connotation of “take a bow”, meaning “to debut.”

That’s what we meant.

Stop by Cartridge World, 36-09 Ditmars Blvd., and you’ll see what we mean. They’re alive and kicking and definitely here to stay.