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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Opinion only #9885 11/06/00 02:28 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK I'm British, and I can't stand 'orientate' or 'disorientate'. I refuse to to use them in anything I write, if I can help it. But overwhlemingly, I think, the UK tends to use it, and one voice soon gets swamped... A bit like the tendency to use 'myself' in business letters - but that thread's been done already. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Orientated? metameta 11/05/00 05:01 PM Re: Orientated? Jazzoctopus 11/05/00 05:39 PM Re: Orientated? jmh 11/05/00 05:51 PM Re: Orientated? jmh 11/05/00 05:46 PM Re: Orientated? Jackie 11/05/00 08:11 PM Beastly Barbarism Father Steve 11/05/00 08:36 PM Re: Beastly Barbarism Jackie 11/05/00 08:38 PM Re: Beastly Barbarism Max Quordlepleen 11/05/00 08:49 PM Re: Beastly Barbarism Father Steve 11/05/00 09:05 PM au contraire, mon ami tsuwm 11/05/00 09:19 PM Re: au contraire, mon ami tsuwm 11/05/00 09:26 PM Re: beastly beatitudes maverick 11/06/00 12:51 PM Re: beastly beatitudes maverick 11/06/00 01:42 PM Opinion only shanks 11/06/00 02:28 PM Re: Opinion only Max Quordlepleen 11/06/00 05:54 PM Re: Opinion only Bingley 11/07/00 05:56 AM Re: Opinion only Max Quordlepleen 11/07/00 06:27 AM Re: Opinion only Bingley 11/07/00 07:24 AM Re: Opinion only Max Quordlepleen 11/07/00 09:00 AM Re: beastly beatitudes jmh 11/07/00 05:23 PM Re: beastly beatitudes solrep 11/12/00 09:02 PM Re: beastly beatitudes maverick 11/13/00 12:51 PM Re: beastly beatitudes Jackie 11/13/00 04:42 PM orientation and geometry emanuela 11/07/00 06:30 AM Re: orientation and geometry shanks 11/07/00 10:46 AM Totally off-thread AnnaStrophic 11/07/00 04:21 PM Re: Totally off-thread jmh 11/07/00 05:20 PM Re: Totally off-thread Max Quordlepleen 11/07/00 06:05 PM Re: Totally off-thread tsuwm 11/07/00 06:25 PM That would be me... shanks 11/07/00 09:11 PM Re: That would be me... Jackie 11/07/00 09:32 PM Re: That would be me... Father Steve 11/08/00 01:46 AM Re: That would be me... Jackie 11/08/00 03:22 AM You're all wrong! shanks 11/08/00 08:47 AM Re: That would be me... jmh 11/07/00 09:47 PM Re: That would be me... michaelo 11/13/00 08:06 AM Re: Totally off-thread Jazzoctopus 11/07/00 10:52 PM Re: Totally off-thread RhubarbCommando 11/08/00 02:25 PM And back to it... metameta 11/11/00 06:34 PM D's and P's Father Steve 11/11/00 07:14 PM Re: D's and P's tsuwm 11/11/00 11:21 PM philippic Father Steve 11/11/00 11:48 PM At your invitation.... metameta 11/12/00 02:19 AM At your service Father Steve 11/12/00 04:32 AM Re: D's and P's Max Quordlepleen 11/12/00 04:14 AM Re: And back to it... Avy 11/12/00 08:53 AM Re: And back to it... paulb 11/12/00 10:27 AM Re: And back to it... paulb 11/12/00 10:34 AM Re: And back to it... Jackie 11/12/00 11:29 AM Re: Eleven at a blow paulb 11/16/00 10:28 AM Re: And back to it... metameta 11/12/00 06:13 PM Re: And back to it... Marty 11/12/00 09:20 PM Re: And back to it... Avy 11/13/00 12:56 AM Re: And back to it... metameta 11/12/00 06:16 PM Re: And back to it... wsieber 11/16/00 12:00 PM Re: And back to it... metameta 11/16/00 03:25 PM Re: And back to it... wsieber 11/17/00 08:33 AM Re: And back to it... metameta 11/18/00 02:58 AM Re: And back to it... FishonaBike 11/20/00 04:42 PM Re: And back to it... Max Quordlepleen 11/16/00 07:29 PM Re: Orientated? barite 11/12/00 03:20 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,352 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 494 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,550 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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