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Re: "orientated" vs "oriented"

#6237 09/19/00 06:16 AM

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wsieber

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wsieber

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Switzerland

I remember when, about 35 year ago, I was laughed at by a native English-speaker when I translated the German "orientiert" by "orientated"! In the meantime it seems to have become accepted because something more vague than "oriented" was needed. You can say "oriented WSW", but "orientated" covers half the horizon .

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what new words do you like? tsuwm 09/09/00 03:34 PM

Re: what new words do you like? william 09/11/00 01:34 PM

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Re: "orientated" vs "oriented" AnnaStrophic 09/18/00 08:34 PM

Re: "orientated" vs "oriented" Max Quordlepleen 09/18/00 10:19 PM

Re: "orientated" vs "oriented" wsieber 09/19/00 06:16 AM

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