Don't you hate it when someone says "disorientated" instead of the proper "disoriented"??

Answer 1

I take it you do not own a dictionary. A proper prig must be prepared. Shame on you.

Answer 2

YES .....as doe's dat instead of THAT ..ur instead of You're , You Are, or Your . People use "c" instead of "see" and a whole host of others especially in Chats, IM's, E-mails and "My Space"
What is sad is I wonder if in everyday life ...i.e homework, school exams, job applications etc if these same people use the abbreviations. I swear, sometimes I've seen whole conversations made up of language like this , and have not had a clue what the conversation has been about.

Answer 3

It depends on circumstances, if they just finished orientation, and forgot, then they are disorientated, but if they don't know where they are, or how they got there, they are disoriented.

Answer 4

I don't think i've ever heard anyone say "disorientated" before

Answer 5

Hm, I've never heard anyone say disorientated before, but if I did, it would really bother me much.

Answer 6

"Britain and America - Two nations separated by a common language".
Can't remember who first said that, but this is just the different ways the two countries say the same thing.

Answer 7

Actually, (dis)orientated *is* proper in British English. Although it still sounds weird to me. :)

Answer 8

Aren't both of these terms just a bit racist? Do Asians use the term "disoccidentated" instead? I doubt it...

Answer 9

OMG. YES! Finally...someone that thinks along the same lines as I do.

Answer 10

deary me, and i thought that disorientated was an actual word...