[Firebird-devel] Re: [IB-Architect] Bi-Directional cursor support WAS: Re: triggers + plans

[Jim S. <ja...@ne...>]

At 08:42 AM 6/29/2002 +1000, Helen Borrie wrote:
>At 10:49 AM 28-06-02 -0400, Jim Starkey wrote:
>
>>(I do hope everyone understands that "transmogrification" isn't
>>an actual English word but a reference to a beloved but extinct
>>comic strip.)
>
>Collins English Dictionary, 1972 edition:
>transmogrify (tranz-mog/-ri-fi) v.t. (Colloq.) to transform completely as 
>by magic.- transmogrification n. coined word.
>
>So it has been an actual English word for at least 30 years, Jim.  We are 
>getting old when we can remember the origin of a coined word. <g>
>

No kidding.  Well, nothing like having one's advice calibrated.

Jim Starkey

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