Non-motoring > Nice bit of English. Miscellaneous
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 09:59 
 Nice bit of English. - R.P.
Waiting for a parcel. Checked the online tracking service, I was pleased to see that it had left the "Sortation Facility" - what's that...?
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 10:04 
 Nice bit of English. - Zero
thats the place where they play football with it up and donw the isles.
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 10:54 
 Nice bit of English. - tyro
I think "facility" is something to do with something being easy. From the French "facile".

"Sortation" I can't help you with.
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 11:24 
 Nice bit of English. - Dulwich Estate
From an online dictionary:

sor·ta·tion  [sawr-tey-shuhn]
noun

1. the process or result of sorting things, especially computationally or mechanically.

2. classification of things


I don't see a difference from sorting.

I'm still struggling with transportation instead of transport. It's been in use in UK since at least 1975, so not new.
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 11:30 
 Nice bit of English. - Focusless
You'll like this then DE - example of use from dictionary.reference.com/ :

Lift and unload containers of mail or parcels onto equipment for transportation to sortation stations.
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 16:07 
 Nice bit of English. - Roger.
The Isles (sic) of Scilly, presumably?
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 11:42 
 Nice bit of English. - henry k
>> Waiting for a parcel. Checked the online tracking service, I was pleased to see that it had left the "Sortation Facility" - what's that...?
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The Royal Mail lot advised me of an item at the Esher Office.
Out of interest ,the tracking system agreed - Esher.
One small problem . The whole Esher site and more was flattened some months ago, which I was well aware of.
The nearest site is now some miles away and I had already visited it.

I sent them an email suggesting they update their data base.
I got a high standard reply ....Esher office.
Further emails said Esher and Molesey.... but still no change to the database.

Monkeys / peanuts :-(
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 12:34 
 Nice bit of English. - L'escargot
>> ......... the "Sortation Facility" - what's that...?

It's similar to a Sortation Hub.

"Interlink Express operates a state-of-the-art sortation hub in Birmingham."
:-D
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 12:46 
 Nice bit of English. - R.P.
I knew what ut was it was the wholesale abuse of the language that tickled me. What next. "Your package has been sortated on to deliverization van" ?
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 12:57 
 Nice bit of English. - DeeW
When working as a secretary (remember those?) I had a boss who used particularly florid language in letters - to the stage when the actual point of the letter was lost. It didn't take him long to realise that the typed letter was not as dictated .. after a short while he would just say "Please could you write to X about Y".
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 14:32 
 Nice bit of English. - WillDeBeest
I thought sortation was where they separate the Special Delivery items from the ordinary stuff that they're allowed to steal.
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 15:12 
 Nice bit of English. - L'escargot
>> What next. "Your package has been sortated on to deliverization van" ?
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tinyurl.com/bppdbd7 Click on the word yet and do your bit to bring the word "deliverization" into use.
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 18:00 
 Nice bit of English. - R.P.
Well it arrivified earlier and I have openated it and it is exactly as I orderized.
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 19:23 
 Nice bit of English. - Manatee
You'd have no trouble conversing with George W.
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 20:07 
 Nice bit of English. - MD
Isn't he the anker man.
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New Fri 10 Aug 12 20:11 
 Nice bit of English. - Alastairw
They probably used 'sortation' in place of 'Sorting Office' so that you did not get confused and contact Royal Mail.
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