TS: obligated vs obliged

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so, is it a general ruled that US peeps say 'obligated' where UK will say 'obliged'this is the general vibez i am getting from ILX, as if thats an indication of anything.
are they even synonyms?
where the hell did 'obligated' come from?

― ambrose (ambrose), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 10:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I say "obliged" and "obligation". "Obligated" is a bit superfluous. I'm Australian.

― Andrew (enneff), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 11:14 (twenty-two years ago)

it's just one of those USUK things. Use "bound" instead if you can.

― Alan (Alan), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 11:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Obligated sounds a bit more transitive.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 11:36 (twenty-two years ago)

obliged is in yr head, obligated is in the world

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 11:37 (twenty-two years ago)

mark s OTM.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 11:59 (twenty-two years ago)

That's what I was trying to say.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I would not use obligated, in the real world or in my head.

― Alan (Alan), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:05 (twenty-two years ago)

yes but other ppl might, that's the point: when you tht you weren't obliged to do [xx] but they did

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:07 (twenty-two years ago)

"obliged" is more common in the US South.

― Dale the Merciless (cprek), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 12:16 (twenty-two years ago)

obligado

― JesseFox (JesseFox), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

You can use either word, obv, since they both mean the same thing. However, 'obligated' sounds more pompous.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 20:10 (twenty-two years ago)

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