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Is orientate a word? Does it matter where you are when using it? Oxford Dictionaries give 'orientate' as 'another term for orient' Both are used in Britain But this is a bit like 'connotate connote' which came up in discussion elsewhere on the site yesterday
For a deceased person, do we use the late or late? The usage is typically "the late "I haven't heard it used without a determiner Here are some quotations from the OED's definition of "late" (III 2 a(a)) showing this usage is typical and well-attested (entries with "a" or "my" instead of "the" removed
What is a respectful way to refer to a person who has died? I think the only respectful way to refer to a person who has died is when we do not talk about body but we talk about person's ideas, love, theories which has made impact in our lives
etymology - What did we say before clockwise? - English Language . . . In Ireland, when orienting oneself, one always traditionally faced east, towards the rising sun Old Irish maps had the east where we have the north, too Just like we consider north to be ‘up’ in our heads, so the Irish considered east to be ‘up’