[meteorite-list] Question about oriented meteorites

From: JKGwilliam <h3chondrite_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Dec 6 10:12:16 2004
Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20041206080816.028d5eb0_at_pop.west.cox.net>

Jonathan Gore's response on this issue explains why the word "orientated"
doesn't seem correct usage with us Americans. Like Mike and Rob, my brain
automatically labels it as incorrect when I read it even though it is
considered interchangeable with "oriented."

JKGwilliam

At 10:33 PM 12/5/2004, Matson, Robert wrote:
>Have to agree with Mike on this one -- "orientated" has an awful
>sound to it. I flinch nearly as much when I see that word as I do
>reading "proof" when "prove" is meant, and "prove" when "proof" is
>meant (how do people confuse the two?)
>
>So that this post is somewhat more meteorite-related, I note (as
>I believe another list member did a day or so ago) that something
>is wrong with the story about the supposed iron fall in Sri Lanka:
>
>"The object weighing 47.015 kg with a 4.75 specific gravity was
>fallen..."
>
>Either the specific gravity is wrong (or in unfamiliar units), or
>the mass is wrong, or the object isn't an iron meteorite. I suppose
>it could still be another type of meteorite (meso or pallasite?)
>
>--Rob
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