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You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.

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You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
October 30, 2014 at 12:08 pm
(October 30, 2014 at 10:31 am)Chas Wrote:
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People that say "oriented" instead of "orientated".

What? "Oriented" is correct.

Is orientated even a real word? Seems like an equivalent of conversated instead of conversed.
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
October 30, 2014 at 12:18 pm
(October 30, 2014 at 12:08 pm)Losty Wrote:
(October 30, 2014 at 10:31 am)Chas Wrote: What? "Oriented" is correct.

Is orientated even a real word? Seems like an equivalent of conversated instead of conversed.

Of course!
It works for any latin verb!
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photographated
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
October 30, 2014 at 12:58 pm
People from the UK tend to use "orientate" or "orientated" while Americans use "orient" and "oriented". They both sound strange to my ears, and I avoid them like a snake pit.
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
October 30, 2014 at 12:59 pm
While trying to orientate my orientation towards the Orient, I tripped and became disoriented.
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
October 30, 2014 at 1:02 pm
(October 30, 2014 at 11:10 am)pocaracas Wrote:
(October 30, 2014 at 10:31 am)Chas Wrote: What? "Oriented" is correct.

Orientated is when you are oriented to the Orient!
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Actually, Chas, both forms are valid:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/orientated?s=t

Quote: British Dictionary definitions for orientate
orientate
/ˈɔːrɪɛnˌteɪt/
verb
1. a variant of orient


orientate
v. 1849, back-formation from orientation.

It's a variant, a back-formation, it is not preferred.
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
October 30, 2014 at 1:22 pm
(October 30, 2014 at 1:02 pm)Chas Wrote: orientate
v. 1849, back-formation from orientation.

It's a variant, a back-formation, it is not preferred.

indeed... not preferred... but it is valid. Is all I'm saying!
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
October 30, 2014 at 1:51 pm
(October 30, 2014 at 1:22 pm)pocaracas Wrote:
(October 30, 2014 at 1:02 pm)Chas Wrote: orientate
v. 1849, back-formation from orientation.

It's a variant, a back-formation, it is not preferred.

indeed... not preferred... but it is valid. Is all I'm saying!

Not to a card-carrying, fully paid-up Grammar Nazi it ain't. Angry
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
October 30, 2014 at 3:07 pm
(October 30, 2014 at 12:59 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: While trying to orientate my orientation towards the Orient, I tripped and became disoriented.

Just be glad you weren't disorientated. That would really suck smh
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
October 30, 2014 at 4:40 pm
You know what grinds my gears? That there isn't more moaning in this thread.
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
November 3, 2014 at 4:16 pm
I don't have cable, so I watch the Walking Dead on my computer with my sister's account. I've been trying to watch the last five minutes of last night's episode for the past hour and a half because I either get an endless loop of ads, or the episode hiccups at the same moment every time I refresh the page, and then won't start again. I'm getting really fucking frustrated.
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