"the religious rite"

[James Smith]

"Orientate" is common in the US miltary.  Maybe all
that NATO training with Brits.

--- "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
wrote:

> On Oct 25, 2006, at 2:26 PM, Beverly Flanigan wrote:
>
> > My understanding is that "orientate" is the
> preferred form in Britain?
>
> MWDEU says, cautiously, that it's "much more
> frequently used in
> British English than it is in American".  with cites
> from reputable
> folks, like Auden, Huxley, Leavis, Robins, and
> Quirk.  by now it
> might actually be the preferred form.
>
> > And
> > I've heard "mentee" too.
>
> it's unfortunately useful.
>
> > At 05:04 PM 10/25/2006, you wrote:
> >> Regarding another construction in the quoted
> sentence: "Orientate"
> >> is very
> >> common--more so than "conversate," I'd say...
>
> oh, much more.
>
> i didn't comment on it in my original quotation
> because i hear it (or
> read it) so often.
>
> arnold
>
>
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