[meteorite-list] Question about oriented meteorites

From: John Birdsell <birdsell_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Dec 5 23:48:56 2004
Message-ID: <41B3E4C9.8020407_at_email.arizona.edu>

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"
> <meteoritefinder_at_yahoo.com>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> 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:
>>
>> *************************************
>>
>> " Subject: Oriented meteorite listed now.
>>
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2291946404
>>
>>
>> Here it is, just loaded.
>> Mike "
>>
>> ************************************
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> __________________________________
>> Do you Yahoo!?
>> Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.
>> http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo
>> ______________________________________________
>> Meteorite-list mailing list
>> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>>
>
>
> ______________________________________________
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
Received on Sun 05 Dec 2004 11:49:13 PM PST