Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:30:02 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > 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".) “Adaptation” or “adaption”?