Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica R sounds intriguing
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 22:34:51 -0600
 
First sited 1656 (OED).

> From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu>
> 
> C. E. Workman Jr. jotted down the following:
> 
>> "Transmute"????
> 
> To change one form, nature, substance, or state into another.
> 
> Compare with "transmogrify" (which on the whole is a much tastier word)
> 
> To change into a different shape or form, especially one that is
> fantastic or bizarre.
> 
> Does anyone know if Calvin & Hobes was actually the source of the second
> word?
>