http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/im-so-disorientated/ English Translation from German, Spanish and Catalan; English Editing and Writing Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:03:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/im-so-disorientated/#comment-282 Gabriel Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:27:53 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=74#comment-282 It has always been my understanding that orientation, and its related words, derived from the Christian habit of positioning a corpse during burial such that it would be facing East, towards Jerusalem, in order to be prepared for the second coming and Judgement. Disorientation would involve facing a corpse in a different direction, something that was usually inflicted as a punishment for religious crimes. Oliver Cromwell, for example, was exhumed, drawn, quartered, and then re-buried facing West. It has always been my understanding that orientation, and its related words, derived from the Christian habit of positioning a corpse during burial such that it would be facing East, towards Jerusalem, in order to be prepared for the second coming and Judgement. Disorientation would involve facing a corpse in a different direction, something that was usually inflicted as a punishment for religious crimes. Oliver Cromwell, for example, was exhumed, drawn, quartered, and then re-buried facing West.

]]> http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/im-so-disorientated/#comment-281 Casey Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:48:03 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=74#comment-281 Ah, but where are you from? Ah, but where are you from?

]]> http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/im-so-disorientated/#comment-279 Rex Harrison Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:44:26 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=74#comment-279 It's disorientated for me all the way. It’s disorientated for me all the way.

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