• DillyDaily@lemmy.world
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    2 months 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

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      2 months 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.

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      2 months 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.