[–] ovt 10y ago ↗ Orientated?I wonder whether implementated will be a word one day. [–] greenyoda 10y ago ↗ "Orientated" is correct usage in the U.K. version of English:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orientate [–] ovt 10y ago ↗ I partly feel embarrassed to have been wrong after all, and partly feel relieved that everyone hasn't just been losing their minds in recent years.There's another one that everyone's been sticking an extra syllable in that I would check...if I could think of it. [–] greenyoda 10y ago ↗ "There's another one that everyone's been sticking an extra syllable in..."Are you thinking of "aluminium", the U.K. version of "aluminum"? [–] ovt 10y ago ↗ No, I know about that one. There something else with an extra -at- syllable that I encounter often enough that I'm surprised I haven't just run into it again since I made that comment.
[–] greenyoda 10y ago ↗ "Orientated" is correct usage in the U.K. version of English:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orientate [–] ovt 10y ago ↗ I partly feel embarrassed to have been wrong after all, and partly feel relieved that everyone hasn't just been losing their minds in recent years.There's another one that everyone's been sticking an extra syllable in that I would check...if I could think of it. [–] greenyoda 10y ago ↗ "There's another one that everyone's been sticking an extra syllable in..."Are you thinking of "aluminium", the U.K. version of "aluminum"? [–] ovt 10y ago ↗ No, I know about that one. There something else with an extra -at- syllable that I encounter often enough that I'm surprised I haven't just run into it again since I made that comment.
[–] ovt 10y ago ↗ I partly feel embarrassed to have been wrong after all, and partly feel relieved that everyone hasn't just been losing their minds in recent years.There's another one that everyone's been sticking an extra syllable in that I would check...if I could think of it. [–] greenyoda 10y ago ↗ "There's another one that everyone's been sticking an extra syllable in..."Are you thinking of "aluminium", the U.K. version of "aluminum"? [–] ovt 10y ago ↗ No, I know about that one. There something else with an extra -at- syllable that I encounter often enough that I'm surprised I haven't just run into it again since I made that comment.
[–] greenyoda 10y ago ↗ "There's another one that everyone's been sticking an extra syllable in..."Are you thinking of "aluminium", the U.K. version of "aluminum"? [–] ovt 10y ago ↗ No, I know about that one. There something else with an extra -at- syllable that I encounter often enough that I'm surprised I haven't just run into it again since I made that comment.
[–] ovt 10y ago ↗ No, I know about that one. There something else with an extra -at- syllable that I encounter often enough that I'm surprised I haven't just run into it again since I made that comment.
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[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 14.7 ms ] threadI wonder whether implementated will be a word one day.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orientate
There's another one that everyone's been sticking an extra syllable in that I would check...if I could think of it.
Are you thinking of "aluminium", the U.K. version of "aluminum"?