Hi Mike
What can you say, its British and sits right in there with marmite (a disgusting substance) and loo (term for toilet).
Mark
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "John Birdsell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question about oriented meteorites
Hmmmm, I hate to be proven wrong, but if the shoe fits.... To me though, that word sounds absolutely stupid.
I'll stick with oriented.
Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Birdsell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question about oriented meteorites
Hello all....I would have thought that Bob and Mike were right on this, but I was surprised to find the word "orientated" in Webster's New Unabridged Dictionary, being defined as being synonymous with "oriented".
Cheers
-John
Michael Farmer wrote:
Robert, there is no such word as orientated. I have seen it too, never knew where people got that word from.
Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Woolard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 9:02 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Question about oriented meteorites
Hello List and Mike,
Mike just posted this a short while ago:
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" Subject: Oriented meteorite listed now.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2291946404
Here it is, just loaded. Mike "
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First of all...... WOW!! Awesome specimen, Mike!
Secondly, this is a good time to ask a question that I've wondered about now and then. I, too would have used the exact word " oriented " to describe this stone, and I know that is correct. But I often see other list members using the term "orientated" (with an extra "-at-"in the word). So my question is: Are both terms proper, or is "oriented" the ONLY correct term to use to describe such a meteorite as this?
Thanks for any help with this question,
Robert Woolard
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