I always thought it was the first but so many people SAY the second on TV etc...have I been wrong all these years?
2007-09-23 16:45:04 · 37 answers · asked by SEJ71 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
SNOOPY: Yeah or 'axed' me instead of asked LOL
2007-09-23 20:26:12 · update #1
Both are now correct.
One 'orientates' with a compass. to find one's position. Therefore you can be 'disorientated' if you loose your true direction.
To orient is to use a compass to align yourself east/west in particular, so disoriented is to loose your east/west alignment. The Orient being the "East" (China) relative to the UK.
In time both have become interchangeable.
2007-09-23 21:33:43 · answer #1 · answered by Paul 5 · 4⤊ 5⤋
They are interchangeable, but 'disoriented' is used more commonly in America, while 'disorientated' is more common in Europe. I first noticed this while watching "Man vs. Wild" because Bear Grylls used the word 'disorientated' so much and I had always heard 'disoriented'. Since then, I've paid attention when someone uses either word, and probably every time I've heard the word 'disorientated' it was spoken by a European. Yes, sadly, I do pay attention to these things. I am an intractable logophile.
2016-07-30 20:28:44 · answer #2 · answered by djp245 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Disorientated
2016-10-06 13:34:25 · answer #3 · answered by wardwell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disorientation is a noun (a), disorientated is an adjective (b) or past participle verb (c).
(a) My disorientation caused me to lose my way home.
(b) I was feeling very disorientated.
(c) The alcohol disorientated me.
Disoriented and disorientated are interchangeable, but when used as an adjective - disoriented is perhaps the more common choice.
2015-11-21 22:13:33 · answer #4 · answered by lucy 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Disorientated and NOT disoriented
2016-06-07 22:10:09 · answer #5 · answered by BAM 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Disoriented is a noun, disorientated is the past tense of a verb- disorientate which means to disorient someone else, therefore you don't yourself become disorientated.
2014-02-01 18:09:58 · answer #6 · answered by Ashley 1 · 3⤊ 5⤋
According to Mirriam Webster it is proper to use DISORIENTATE, as it is a transitive verb, and has been in use since 1704. Root word being DISORIENT.
2014-02-20 17:43:08 · answer #7 · answered by Curtis 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it's disoriented - only ignorant cops say disorientated
2014-10-15 19:12:10 · answer #8 · answered by chris p 1 · 3⤊ 5⤋
'Disoriented' has been in use in British English since the 1600s, whilst 'disorientated' is recorded nowhere prior to the 1950s. However, both now seem to be treated as options in common usage.
2007-09-23 17:04:52 · answer #9 · answered by sweetsue_2k03 5 · 9⤊ 4⤋
Disoriented
DisorienTATED sounds SO incredibly ghetto it just isn't funny. To hear David Attenborough say "disorientated" while doing the voice over for a nature program with his awful british accent makes me want to shake him silly.
Just think of Shanaenae and/or Marquise sitting on the stoop when someone says disorientated. It's as ghetto and lowbrow as you can get. Save the remarks about racism, it is what it is.
2017-04-02 12:08:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋