RE: Pet Peeve: "Hythe" vs. Height
October 4, 2012 at 8:04 am
(This post was last modified: October 4, 2012 at 8:24 am by pgrimes15.)
(September 30, 2012 at 6:38 pm)Doubting_Thomas Wrote: Height with a "th" sound is common in British English, in fact both are used.
Err . . . I've never heard it pronounced like that despite living in UK (southeast, London, midlands) all my life (52 years). If someone used that pronunciation with me I would probably think they were saying "hive".
While I'm here and we're talking about pet peeves, I wish americans would stop saying "oriented" when they mean "orientated".
The "orient" is a synonym for the east. Therefore to "orient" something would be to make it eastern.
To "orientate" something is to align it in a particular direction.
It's an extra syllable and a little bit of a mouthful, but talking does require some effort - it's what distinguishes us from the animals.
Regards
Grimesy
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