Do you say disoriented or disorientated?

[kenny]

Do you say disoriented or disorientated?

Your vote is private.

 

[AprilBaby]

Are you the grammar police today? We will have to get you defunded.

 

[Karl_K]

I say discombobulated.
or spinnnnnnaaaaaaayyyyyssss

 

[kenny]

Are you the grammar police today? We will have to get you defunded.

Asking a question is policing?
You are hereby defunded!

 

[kenny]

I say discombobulated. ...

You never get discomboobulated?

 

[Dancing Fire]

Kenny, You are disorientated !

 

[missy]

Disoriented for me.

 

[kenny]

Kenny, You are disorientated !

But I've never even been to what was formerly called the Orient.

 

[gregchang35]

i am from the farrrrr south and i say disorientated.

 

[Mekp]

At work I say orientated ("I'm orientating the new hire today" or "He's orientated x3"). I believe this is the British version and I'm in Canada so it makes sense that we use that.
Outside of work I think I use both.

 

[voce]

I cannot remember an instance of using either word. I think I'm more specific in my use of language, and I have found better adjectives to more accurately describe what I'm feeling than either of these two.

 

[Rockdiamond]

My DW's first language is not English...
Every time she says "Vayrity" I smile
After all, Vayarity is the spice of life

 

[AGBF]

I do not think "orientated" is a word. I may be wrong, but if it were British, I think I would have been familiar with it from my reading. I always assumed that people who said "orientated" simply didn't know the that they could stop after saying "oriented". If I learn in this thread that "orientated" is British, I will be very surprised, but also educated.

 

[AprilBaby]

I use discomboobulated more than either one.

 

[AGBF]

I do not think "orientated" is a word. I may be wrong, but if it were British, I think I would have been familiar with it from my reading. I always assumed that people who said "orientated" simply didn't know the that they could stop after saying "oriented". If I learn in this thread that "orientated" is British, I will be very surprised, but also educated.

Here is a link with a lot of information on the use of the word "orientate".

"Oriented" vs. "orientated"

What are the origins of the word orientated? As far as I know, the correct spelling is oriented and orientated is not an alternative spelling but an error that is in common use. Is it for example...

english.stackexchange.com

 

[Mekp]

I do not think "orientated" is a word. I may be wrong, but if it were British, I think I would have been familiar with it from my reading. I always assumed that people who said "orientated" simply didn't know the that they could stop after saying "oriented". If I learn in this thread that "orientated" is British, I will be very surprised, but also educated.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/dictionary.cambridge.org/amp/english/orientated

This indicates orientated is indeed British.

 

[AGBF]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/dictionary.cambridge.org/amp/english/orientated

This indicates orientated is indeed British.

Thank you for that. Please see the link I posted, too, for a lot more information.

 

[Arcadian]

I usually just say I'm effed up...lol

 

[kenny]

I use discomboobulated more than either one.

Can men be discomboobulated too, or just women?

 

[Rockdiamond]

Every time I leave China I'm disoriented.......

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

Can men be discomboobulated too, or just women?

I've seen some impressive boobulates on men.

 

[Garnetgirl]

I’ve always said disoriented, and so do most people I know.

I just consulted my Canadian Oxford Dictionary. It has both terms, but says that ‘disorientated’ is British, as @Mekp indicated.

 

[Austina]

I say disorientated, and I’m a Brit.

 

[kenny]

I've seen some impressive boobulates on men.

Aw shucks. You're making me blush.
But shouldn't it be discommoobulated?

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

Aw shucks. You're making me blush.
But shouldn't it be discommoobulated?

Yes, we must have equal representation for the men's moobulations!