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Good article, David. And, yes, I find orientate makes a marvellous verb. Orient is east of me ...
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orientate makes a marvellous verb
run away!
formerly known as etaoin...
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Nope! Orientate is a ditch to die in ...
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I'm waiting patiently for the back formation 'orientatation.'
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I'm sure that someone will oblige. Be patient!
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Orient is from the present participle oriens 'rising' from the deponent verb orior, the past particple of which is ortus. So, the verb should be ort and the noun should be ortion. But that never happened, so we have to settle for the strange word orientate and its noun orientation. If you don't accept one, you shouldn't accept the other. Sure, it violates the grammar of Latin, but then so does the word bus from omnibus.
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the strange word orientate A--HA! So there, CK--put that in your pipe and smoke it!
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it violates the grammar of Latina living language violating a dead one - is that necrophilia?
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Would that verb form be 'necrophiliate'?
Faldo, let's just get as gritty-grating as possible and propose the verb orientationize
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