| Subject |
Re: Closing an image on a form |
| From |
Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
| Date |
Sun, 4 Apr 2021 12:31:12 +0200 |
| Newsgroups |
dbase.getting-started |
On 2021/04/04 11:11, Ronnie MacGregor wrote:
>> I should, of course, have Googled
>
> I wonder if that name was ever chosen with the foresight of the ease of
> it being used as a verb . . . .
It does roll nicely from the tongue. Microsoft missed a trick there.
One would never say one "Binged" it. :-)
Back in the days before electronic copiers one would never Gestetner
copies, one would Roneo them no matter which machine one was using.
And it gladdened the hearts of the Hoover marketing team if you Hoovered
the carpets even though you were using an Electrolux.
Mervyn.
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