Conversate and basically

[Barbara Need]

>> BTW, it is my understanding that "orientate" is the
>> preferred Brit Eng for
>> Am Eng "orient," though I've heard both here too.
>>
>> _____________________________________________
>> Beverly Olson Flanigan
>
>Then "orientate" crops up in the US military (the only
>place I've ever encountered it in the US, as in
>"Orientate this map.") because of cross-cultural
>dissemination through NATO?
>
>JIM
>
During Freshling Orientation at Swarthmore College (just outside of Philly)
in 1978, I remember hearing my father grumble about _orientate_.

Barbara Need
UChicago--Linguistics

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