[meteorite-list] Question about oriented meteorites

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Dec 5 23:53:00 2004
Message-ID: <00fd01c4db4f$7362a340$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

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" <birdsell_at_email.arizona.edu>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
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"
>> <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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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