Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11

Charlie Gibbs <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Message-ID <eM%[email protected]> 
On 2026-08-18, The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 18/08/2026 01:47, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>>   "Corporatocracy" seems to be preferable.
>
> Corpocracy. Be British. Don't multiply syllables beyond necessity. 
> (William of Occam, A Brit, adapted)..

"Orientate" is an example of the trend toward polysyllabificationizing.

(My other pet peeve: saying "preventative" instead of "preventive".)

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