|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661
Carpal Tunnel
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661 |
I had a nice walk through the 'loop' here in Chi-town last Sunday and I discovered a few extras: orient ated - I LIU and found it is listed as a word (I always thought the word should be 'oriented', and it was a bit gratuitous sounding), but the definition says "to become adjusted or oriented", then that definition seems to concurr my 'feeling' since the diifference in definition as "orient" = To adjust - *seems to only be the difference between "passive and active". Extra or Enough? government al property - I'm holding back my desire to make a joke about *the pun, but - why? Extra or Enough? The SunTimes Building - It is quite obvious it's a building!  Extra or Enough? Just 'cause it is in the book as a real word doesn't automatically include it in .... I'll shut up now. 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 1,094
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 1,094 |
Well, we've discussed at length orientated before, especially Jackie's aversion to the devilish word.
Governmental sounds like it might be too much, but I've heard it before. It sounds rather appropriate, though. Isn't the government always a little superfluous?
The SunTimes sounds like a newspaper to me. I've not heard of it as a building, probably because I've never been to Chicago.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 3,409
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 3,409 |
Isn't the government always a little superfluous?
Aha! Under that libertarian garb beats the heart of an anarchist!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788 |
My confessor required me to abstain from boiling anyone in his own suet during the forty days of Lent. And now that Ascensiontide is upon us, I seem to have misplaced my cauldron. Or perhaps I am just getting mellow in my old age.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,146
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,146 |
Mellow or not, you would have to "tallow" me, because I use "orient" and "orientate", but not interchangeably. BelligerentYouth will probably get up on his high horse over this, since, of course he believes that informatics equals information science. "Orient", to me, has always had the religious or directional connotation. "Orientate", on the other hand, means "indoctrinate" or "show" something. Certainly, for everyday use, "orientate" is generally regarded here as the more appropriate word. So FS, render me speechless, but not the cauldron again, I beseech you!
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,439
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,439 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
"orientate"
eeech! arrrgh!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 87
journeyman
|
|
journeyman
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 87 |
I'm with wow and tsuwm. To me "orientate" smacks of officious snake-oil purveyors, not to mention high-placed managerial idiots, who, true to the Peter Principle, must demonstrate their inadequacy.
Hmmm, .... the superfluous potentate set out to orientate...
Oh, nevermind. It's a looooong afternoon in my book palace.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,146
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,146 |
So we've heard the American view on orientated ... don't get me started on Americanisms! However, no-one from the British side of the pond has piped up yet. I wait with bated breath for their comments. 
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,915
Posts229,894
Members9,197
| |
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
|
1 members (wofahulicodoc),
656
guests, and
2
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
