[meteorite-list] Oriented vs. Orientated

2016-05-09 Thread howardites via Meteorite-list
There's no difference both words have the same meaning.  In the USA you use oriented and in the UK orientated is widely used.  It's just one of those words. Some examples of different usage would be. Boot (UK) and Trunk (USA)  Rubbish (UK) Garbage (USA) Trousers (UK) Pants (USA)  I can give yo

[meteorite-list] Oriented vs Orientated

2016-05-09 Thread howardites via Meteorite-list
It certainly got everyone thinking ;-)  If you would like? for the sake of keeping the peace and despite the fact us Brits widely use orientated I will use oriented. Just to let you know in advance I use some really bizarre words and if it's in the English dictionary (UK version) I will use it