Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site abnji.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!mhuxv!abnji!nyssa From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Poor English (here too) Message-ID: <390@abnji.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 07:51:27 EST Article-I.D.: abnji.390 Posted: Wed Mar 6 07:51:27 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 04:42:54 EST References: <4800002@umn-cs.UUCP> Organization: Terminus Hospital, Incorporated Lines: 34 > Why is it that the "word" ORIENTATE seems so popular in >computer circles? The verb is ORIENT!! orient (phonetics) n 1. the east; eastern regions... the verb forms all fall into the catagory of "to place in a particular relation to the points of a compass" orientate is listed as "to orient" These are American definitions. The English definitions are something along the lines of (somebody correct this if I am way off base) orient "to face east" orientate "to change orientation" > It strikes me as singularly appropriate that computer jocks >are incapable of using human languages with any facility. >They can not write; neither can they spell. Any analyses? Thanks alot. > Anyhow, considering that persons acquiring degrees in >computer related fields will probably spend at least as >much time writing ENGLISH as computer programs, I find it >disheartening to find so little emphasis on communications >skills in CS departments. Ever try to write a thesis? -- James C Armstrong, Jnr. { ihnp4 || allegra || mcnc || cbosgb } !abnji!jca "Emotion is a weakness!" "I don't think so" "It brought you back for your friend and it will cost you your life!"