peeve: oriented vs orientated

TXaviator · March 22nd, 2007, 14:00

ARGGGGG i cant STAND seeing people use "orientated" when they should be using "oriented"

peeve of the day.

ie - Line ORIENTED Flight Training

not ORIENTATED!!!!

oriented = with relation to (a subject or matter)

orientate(d) = to gain or regain a sense of direction

killbilly · March 22nd, 2007, 14:17

I share this peeve and will add one.

nauseous - that which makes people sick (nauseated)
nauseated - sick (caused by something/someone nauseous)

AngelFuree · March 22nd, 2007, 14:40

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Originally Posted by killbilly

I share this peeve and will add one.

nauseous - that which makes people sick (nauseated)
nauseated - sick (caused by something/someone nauseous)

BINGO!!!!!!!! BIN-%^&*(*&^%-GO!!

I hate seeing people making that mistake all the time. Waaaaay too many people ignore proper usage.

killbilly · March 22nd, 2007, 14:55

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Originally Posted by AngelFuree

BINGO!!!!!!!! BIN-%^&*(*&^%-GO!!

I hate seeing people making that mistake all the time. Waaaaay too many people ignore proper usage.

Sadly, if enough people resort to improper usage, it eventually gets accepted. I understand that language has to evolve, but when it evolves for laziness it bugs me.

"Irregardless" should not be accepted usage, but it is now.

TXaviator · March 22nd, 2007, 15:19

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Originally Posted by killbilly

Sadly, if enough people resort to improper usage, it eventually gets accepted. I understand that language has to evolve, but when it evolves for laziness it bugs me.

"Irregardless" should not be accepted usage, but it is now.

regardless OR irrespective

but not BOTH!@!!1

roundout · March 22nd, 2007, 15:39

ENrichEN the mixture?
spatially disorienTAted?

UAL747400 · March 22nd, 2007, 16:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by killbilly

I share this peeve and will add one.

nauseous - that which makes people sick (nauseated)
nauseated - sick (caused by something/someone nauseous)

That one, for some reason, bothers me so bad. Almost to the point where I de-rail the conversation to correct them. haha

TXaviator · March 22nd, 2007, 16:09

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Originally Posted by roundout

ENrichEN the mixture?
spatially disorienTAted?

enrich the mixture
spatially disoriented

its not some option or preferential choice. its proper word usage.

Booker · March 22nd, 2007, 16:14

To keep it aviation-related, don't ever say "yaw dampener," especially if you go to PDT.

TXaviator · March 22nd, 2007, 16:41

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Originally Posted by Booker

To keep it aviation-related, don't ever say "yaw dampener," especially if you go to PDT.

lol it makes the yaw wet?

roundout · March 22nd, 2007, 16:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by TXaviator

enrich the mixture
spatially disoriented

its not some option or preferential choice. its proper word usage.

i agree. hearing the words said the way which i typed them makes me cringe.

RyosukeFC · March 22nd, 2007, 17:30

It's annoying when phrases like "enrichen mixture" are used in presentations and documents provided by the university. One would expect a higher standard.

Booker · March 22nd, 2007, 18:10

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Originally Posted by TXaviator

lol it makes the yaw wet?

You've got me...I've never flown a plane equipped with one.

Anyway, it was (is?) a checklist item on the Dash, and some new hires still pronounced it that way, even though they were staring right at the word.

Dugie8 · March 22nd, 2007, 19:37

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Originally Posted by Booker

To keep it aviation-related, don't ever say "yaw dampener," especially if you go to PDT.

AWWWW, BULLCRAP. I purposely said DAMPNER just to peeve those crusty guys off!

/side note

both damper and dampner mean to wet and to, well, dampen a motion.

Booker · March 22nd, 2007, 22:09

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Originally Posted by Dugie8

AWWWW, BULLCRAP. I purposely said DAMPNER just to peeve those crusty guys off!

Actually, I was referring to being in training. Aw heck, now you did it: Story time!

My first exposure to the controversy was when MM (you worked with him, right?) was doing our 2-on-1s. My partner, KT, said "dampener" while we were running lines. M looked at K with that half-crooked smile he had and asked, "You guys are from UND, aren't you?" K responded in the affirmative, to which M said, "Yeah, I can always tell because you guys always say 'dampener.' Why is that? I can't figure it out. What are they teaching there?" Typical MM BS, you know. Well, it was all news to me...I had always said "damper." Anyway, you know we were all about cooperating and graduating at that point. But after you get online? Sure...Twist that knife!

Dugie8 · March 22nd, 2007, 22:20

MM was the same "fella" whom I was flying a -300 with and he asked for flaps 5 (the -300 had some odd flap setting the -100 and -200 didn't) so I gave him what he asked for. Well here we are on short final, nose pointing at the moon when I query if he wants flaps 15? He does the typical gruff thing and grumbles yes.

We get on the ground and proceeds to crawl up my butt for giving him flaps 5 and not 15 when he asked for them! BS, he asked for 5 and forgot about it. Real class act this guy was him and "Dag".

Booker · March 23rd, 2007, 00:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dugie8

We get on the ground and proceeds to crawl up my butt for giving him flaps 5 and not 15 when he asked for them! BS, he asked for 5 and forgot about it. Real class act this guy was him and "Dag".

Yup, typical BS. Yeah, I remember some guys would do flaps 5, gear down in the 300 because the speeds were something like 163 flaps and 160 gear rather than 158 gear and 148 flaps on the 1s and 2s. (Or something like that...I'm probably way off.) We were getting line checked in a 300 by JPf one day, and the captain did the flaps 5, gear down thing. Naturally, John was less than pleased, because "we don't train for flaps 5, gear down." The captain's response: "Then why do we have to know the limitation?"

You ever hear that line I like to tell about training guys (I'm talking about *airline* training guys for those reading this) being like pigeons? You have to throw rocks at them to get them to fly, and when they finally do, they crap all over everything.

TXaviator · March 26th, 2007, 15:17

i specifically used "disoriented" in class .... oops! ms. martin repeated it back with disorientATed!!!

oh well.

JaceTheAce · March 26th, 2007, 15:22

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Originally Posted by TXaviator

i specifically used "disoriented" in class .... oops! ms. martin repeated it back with disorientATed!!!

oh well.

Look where she's from. Poor English.

TXaviator · March 26th, 2007, 15:31

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Originally Posted by JaceTheAce

Look where she's from. Poor English.

where IS she from?

shes actually one of the more cool instructors ive had.

RyosukeFC · March 29th, 2007, 12:32

[hijacking thread]

It appears that the aero laptop helpdesk has adopted our favorite font to convey a warm, laid-back feeling on its webpage. Hopefully the rest of the UND aerospace website will soon be redone in this cute and carefree font!

Stinger · March 29th, 2007, 13:09

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Originally Posted by RyosukeFC

[hijacking thread]

It appears that the aero laptop helpdesk has adopted our favorite font to convey a warm, laid-back feeling on its webpage. Hopefully the rest of the UND aerospace website will soon be redone in this cute and carefree font!

Hasn't it looked this way since the beginning of the year at least? I don't see any change.

JaceTheAce · March 29th, 2007, 16:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyosukeFC

[hijacking thread]

It appears that the aero laptop helpdesk has adopted our favorite font to convey a warm, laid-back feeling on its webpage. Hopefully the rest of the UND aerospace website will soon be redone in this cute and carefree font!

Seems to be UND's official font choice for all announcements. It's everywhere. It's on bus schedule change announcements when you ride the bus, it's seen on the 50 other pages of wasted paper you receive daily on the outside of your on-campus apartment, it's in Dakota Student ads, TidBits ads, local TV ads (like, WTF?), etc. They might as well use a font created from Playskool's logo.

And if anyone's interested in fontography and why graphic designers hate this crap font, check out:

www.bancomicsans.com

Pretty soon it will be on US money!

UAL747400 · March 30th, 2007, 04:14

You LOVE comic sans!!!

Copperplate gothic FTW! It's not in here though.

AngelFuree · March 30th, 2007, 17:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyosukeFC

[hijacking thread]

It appears that the aero laptop helpdesk has adopted our favorite font to convey a warm, laid-back feeling on its webpage. Hopefully the rest of the UND aerospace website will soon be redone in this cute and carefree font!

Seeing that Comic Sans makes me feel all warm and cutesie.
Awwww.....Aero Helpdesk.

March 22nd, 2007, 14:00	#1
TXaviator Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ARB - in a backpack Posts: 2,471	peeve: oriented vs orientated ARGGGGG i cant STAND seeing people use "orientated" when they should be using "oriented" peeve of the day. ie - Line ORIENTED Flight Training not ORIENTATED!!!! oriented = with relation to (a subject or matter) orientate(d) = to gain or regain a sense of direction __________________ CPL AMEL-I 250 TT / 25 ME ...and a YOB. 1st Place* - Sportsman - Doug Yost Aerobatic Contest 2nd Place - Sportsman - Illinois State Open Best 1st Time Sportsman - Midwest Aerobatic Challenge

March 22nd, 2007, 14:17	#2
killbilly Old Skool Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 3,305	Re: peeve: oriented vs orientated I share this peeve and will add one. nauseous - that which makes people sick (nauseated) nauseated - sick (caused by something/someone nauseous)

March 22nd, 2007, 15:39	#6
roundout Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: kads Posts: 851	Re: peeve: oriented vs orientated ENrichEN the mixture? spatially disorienTAted? __________________ http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm this reference tool contains examples of the proper spellings and usages of the following words: your, you're, there, their, they're, than, then

March 22nd, 2007, 16:14	#9
Booker Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: IAH Posts: 106	Re: peeve: oriented vs orientated To keep it aviation-related, don't ever say "yaw dampener," especially if you go to PDT.

March 22nd, 2007, 17:30	#12
RyosukeFC Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: KTTD/KGFK Posts: 107	Re: peeve: oriented vs orientated It's annoying when phrases like "enrichen mixture" are used in presentations and documents provided by the university. One would expect a higher standard.

March 22nd, 2007, 22:20	#16
Dugie8 Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: KRST Posts: 1,819	Re: peeve: oriented vs orientated MM was the same "fella" whom I was flying a -300 with and he asked for flaps 5 (the -300 had some odd flap setting the -100 and -200 didn't) so I gave him what he asked for. Well here we are on short final, nose pointing at the moon when I query if he wants flaps 15? He does the typical gruff thing and grumbles yes. We get on the ground and proceeds to crawl up my butt for giving him flaps 5 and not 15 when he asked for them! BS, he asked for 5 and forgot about it. Real class act this guy was him and "Dag". __________________ Aircraft without engine(s) prohibited... -KMIA 10-9

March 26th, 2007, 15:17	#18
TXaviator Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ARB - in a backpack Posts: 2,471	Re: peeve: oriented vs orientated i specifically used "disoriented" in class .... oops! ms. martin repeated it back with disorientATed!!! oh well. __________________ CPL AMEL-I 250 TT / 25 ME ...and a YOB. 1st Place* - Sportsman - Doug Yost Aerobatic Contest 2nd Place - Sportsman - Illinois State Open Best 1st Time Sportsman - Midwest Aerobatic Challenge

March 29th, 2007, 12:32	#21
RyosukeFC Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: KTTD/KGFK Posts: 107	Re: peeve: oriented vs orientated [hijacking thread] It appears that the aero laptop helpdesk has adopted our favorite font to convey a warm, laid-back feeling on its webpage. Hopefully the rest of the UND aerospace website will soon be redone in this cute and carefree font!

March 30th, 2007, 04:14	#24
UAL747400 Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Grand Forks, ND (UND)/ Davenport, IA Posts: 2,204	Re: peeve: oriented vs orientated You LOVE comic sans!!! Copperplate gothic FTW! It's not in here though. __________________

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