They say "orientated" when we would say "oriented".
I have a pretty cavalier attitude towards grammar, myself. I try to stick with standard usage, although sometimes I will depart from it for emphasis, or simply to make a line flow smoother. And I'm sure I mistakenly occasionally split an infinitive or fail to have subject and verb agree, or accidentally committ some other grammatical faux pas. But so what? English is a difficult language, and I doubt if the world will come to an end because of a minor lapse of grammar.
What I will not tolerate is people who deliberately and repeatedly use bad grammar or spelling because they think it sounds cool. I'm through being cool. Rappers and rednecks are the worst offenders.
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The Brits do have their occasional barbarisms...
