is it oriented or orientated?

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by cokie
Apr 15, '03   Views: 18,103   Comments: 151

  1. what words do you hear consistently mispronounced.....my pet peeve is when people wish to say oriented, as in alert and oriented, and they actually say orientated....where are they getting the extra a and t......
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  3. by ceecel.dee
    Apr 15, '03
    I hate that one too!

    Prostrate rather than prostate bugs me.....

    In report, a nurse described someone as "emancipated" rather than emaciated....had a tough time not laughing
  4. by RedKat
    Apr 15, '03
    Irregardless instead of regardless.
  5. by sbic56
    Apr 15, '03
    I could care less, when it is I couldn't care less.
  6. by unbridled
    Apr 15, '03
    pacific for specific

    nyukular for nuclear
  7. by rebelwaclause
    Apr 15, '03
    webster dictionary online

    main entry: ori-ent-ed
    pronunciation: 'or-e-"en-t&d, 'or-
    function: adjective
    date: 1944
    : intellectually, emotionally, or functionally directed <humanistically oriented scholars>

    main entry: ori-en-tate
    pronunciation: 'or-e-&n-"tat, 'or-, -"en-
    function: verb
    inflected form(s): -tat-ed; -tat-ing
    date: 1849
    transitive senses : orient
    intransitive senses : to face or turn to the east

    either or is ok. i use oriented, or abbreviate "a & o"
  8. by P_RN
    Apr 15, '03
    Cavalry .......horse soldiers etc.
    Calvary........Easter

    Nuke-you-lar bad
    Nu-clear..... good

    Spink-ter bad
    Sphincter good

    Appendix as a plural
    license as a plural

    Emmy-na bad
    Enema good
  9. by TazziRN
    Apr 15, '03
    Mute point instead of moot point.

    Aggravating phrase that's common out here: "I took her/him a bath."
  10. by memphispanda
    Apr 15, '03
    Originally posted by P_RN

    Enema good
    :imbar
  11. by gwenith
    Apr 15, '03
    Halt who goes there freind or enema?
  12. by ShortFuse_LPN
    Apr 15, '03
    Originally posted by gwenith
    Halt who goes there freind or enema?
    :chuckle

    I work with a lady who says et instead of ate or eaten...drives me absolutly NUTS!
  13. by pdmt
    Apr 15, '03
    How about "fair-nix" instead of pharynx and "lair-nix" instead of larynx. And then there's always the asthma "exasperation".
  14. by EC1234
    Apr 15, '03
    conversate instead of converse

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