OK I have a genuine question outside the topic of TFA. Do people really prefer "orientate" over "orient"? This pattern baffles me. You don't get out of the subway and "orientate" yourself, you "orient" yourself.

I mean I'm perfectly aware that language is a descriptive cultural process etc etc but man this bugs the crap out of me for some reason

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nyeah 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think Americans tend to say "orient." I think English people tend to say "orientate."

	▲	kevin_thibedeau an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I vote for "eastify".

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moi2388 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I absolutely get out of the subway and orientate myself.

If I orient myself I have not taken the subway but the orient express, I’m afraid..