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[-] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

While that's correct and all, it still irks me when somebody uses a word that has a shorter, older variant. (Gives side-eye to orientated)

[-] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

orientated

Is this common in American English? I don't think I've ever seen the word oriented double handled like that. Irregardless, it slew me

[-] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 6 points 2 years ago

At least with orientated it kind makes sense because orientation is the process of orienting, so to have done the process would be to be orientated in a weird way but irregardless will always irk me because the ir and the less make a double negative, making the meaning as written 'with regard' which just doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Like if somebody misunderstood a sentence with a double negative we would call them wrong but because it's a single word they get to change the entire language, regardless of its structure and rules? Seems kinda bogus to me.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

You can double for intensification. Language isn't maths, you cannot count negations to reach meaning.

[-] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 3 points 2 years ago

I'm a native US English speaker. I would only ever say oriented. As a kid, not knowing the "correct" form, I got corrected for saying orientated. I watch content from a lot of countries and do hear at least some British English speakers using orientated.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Never seen it here.

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

"Orientated" is reasonably common in British English, I think. I remember thinking someone had misspelt it the first time I saw "oriented" written down.

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