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We interview quite a few developers, and I'd say about 25% of them pronounce it 'orientated'. Maybe it's a British thing? Most are graduates too, fresh out of c
by spxdcz 17y ago
We interview quite a few developers, and I'd say about 25% of them pronounce it 'orientated'. Maybe it's a British thing? Most are graduates too, fresh out of college.
- bmelton 17y agoI've heard plenty of US-born / US-raised developers use the term as well. Moreso when I lived in the South than when I moved to the DC metro area. Another pet peeve of mine are people who "Administrate" computers. I don't know of a polite way to correct them short of correctly using "Administer" in sentences that follow, but I usually come away from that feeling as if they think I'm the one using it incorrectly.
- mahmud 17y agoIf someone said they "administer" computers, I would think they're MCSEs. Real BOFHs sys admin (could have been just "admin", but the sys prefix is there to importantate.)
- bmelton 17y agoInteresting. I ADMINISTER computers, but I used to BE a SYS ADMIN. Administer is a verb to me, and admin a noun. Either way, your suggestion doesn't offend me 1 millionth as much as administrate does, in either usage.
- randallsquared 17y agothere to importantate Clearly you meant "importantize". Sheesh.
- silentbicycle 17y agoiMuy importante! :)