http://effectivus.com/2009/08/invideate/ helping technology companies create products that delight Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:04:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://effectivus.com/2009/08/invideate/#comment-83 Chris Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:39:44 +0000 http://effectivus.com/?p=850#comment-83 Well, Graham, I'm sorry about that but I really can't enter a debate about spelling between you (literary and linguistic genius) and Steve (literary and classics genius). I'll just have to go and mother my inferiority complex in a corner ... here kitty, kitty ... Well, Graham, I’m sorry about that but I really can’t enter a debate about spelling between you (literary and linguistic genius) and Steve (literary and classics genius).
I’ll just have to go and mother my inferiority complex in a corner … here kitty, kitty …

]]> http://effectivus.com/2009/08/invideate/#comment-82 Chris Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:31:59 +0000 http://effectivus.com/?p=850#comment-82 Love it! "Mind Bleach" is just the thing you need after being "invideated" - kills 99% of all known graphic images... Love it!
“Mind Bleach” is just the thing you need after being “invideated” – kills 99% of all known graphic images…

]]> http://effectivus.com/2009/08/invideate/#comment-81 Julie Summers Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:58:34 +0000 http://effectivus.com/?p=850#comment-81 I thought about this article when I heard a woman talking on radio 4 about her brother. He is an author and she heard that he had written a book about love and lust. 'Ugh!' she exclaimed, 'pass me the mind bleach.' I know how she must feel but luckily my brother does not write books, he just makes inappropriate jokes. I'll keep the bleach to hand to counter invideation. I thought about this article when I heard a woman talking on radio 4 about her brother. He is an author and she heard that he had written a book about love and lust. ‘Ugh!’ she exclaimed, ‘pass me the mind bleach.’ I know how she must feel but luckily my brother does not write books, he just makes inappropriate jokes. I’ll keep the bleach to hand to counter invideation.

]]> http://effectivus.com/2009/08/invideate/#comment-80 Graham Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:28:42 +0000 http://effectivus.com/?p=850#comment-80 Although I have to declare an interest (as the aforementioned wordsmith who was consulted on this worthy task of neologism), I still feel entitled to lodge an objection to the unilateral orthographical diktat that has altered the original spelling (invidiate). I don't want to come over all Frank Muir about this, but one of the attractions of the word was its enticing (if fundamentally artificial) relationship to the adjective "invidious", so I would like a philologically convincing explanation of why this change has been made. And if I'm not swayed, I shall invidiate my own spell-check onto every computer in the world to ensure that I get my way. Although I have to declare an interest (as the aforementioned wordsmith who was consulted on this worthy task of neologism), I still feel entitled to lodge an objection to the unilateral orthographical diktat that has altered the original spelling (invidiate). I don’t want to come over all Frank Muir about this, but one of the attractions of the word was its enticing (if fundamentally artificial) relationship to the adjective “invidious”, so I would like a philologically convincing explanation of why this change has been made. And if I’m not swayed, I shall invidiate my own spell-check onto every computer in the world to ensure that I get my way.

]]> http://effectivus.com/2009/08/invideate/#comment-79 Peter Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:28:05 +0000 http://effectivus.com/?p=850#comment-79 Very interesting and amusing subject. I read with great pleasure. Very interesting and amusing subject. I read with great pleasure.

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