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