11//06 - my heart is cleft in twain...

November 7, 2006 - Tuesday

6:27 PM - My heart is cleft in twain... Current mood: shocked My snobby, grammar- and spelling-obsessed editor self just learned that "orientate" is indeed a word. This after years of silently scoffing at those who said it, at least if I wasn't a big fan of those we call "those." 2 Comments

	amysalley	you can rest assured that the majority of times that you told people it wasn't a word, they were likely at least using it wrong. it doesn't mean to "orient" but "to orient eastward." so, see? you're still better! Posted by amysalley on November 12, 2006 - Sunday at 6:47 PM [Remove] [Reply to this]

Sarah Beth

so when do you use orient and when orientate? i thought the director of my school was an uneducated hick cos he kept talking about us "orientating".....he's not a hick???? i don't get it!!! Posted by Sarah Beth on November 13, 2006 - Monday at 1:47 AM