When i was a child We referred to films. Americans called them movies. Can someone then explain why this is the "Movie" forum rather than the "film" forum please? I think the title should be changed. ER will tell you that a singer whose name escapes me warbled that "This is Not America". Sort it out!
The term 'movie' makes more sense in the modern age. In an era of computer technology the use of film is on the way out so describing a motion picture recorded digitally as a 'film' makes no sense as they are rarely recorded on that medium any more.
Spot on and when going to the cinema we say going to the 'pictures' or the 'flicks'.While I'm at it we don't use that american term 'trainers',in Ireland we call them 'runners'
But Americans don't call them that they call them sneakers, us Brits call them trainers. While I use the word 'film' I have no issue with others using movie as explained above. It's not physically on a piece of film any more. It's like now I say I'm recording something, rather than taping like we used to.
Oops yeah sorry you're right Athletic shoe is a generic name for the footwear primarily designed for sports or other forms of physical exercise but in recent years has come to be used for casual everyday activities. They are also known as trainers (British English), sandshoes, gym boots or joggers (Australian English), running shoes, runners or gutties (Canadian English, Australian English, Hiberno-English), sneakers, tennis shoes (North American English, Australian English), gym shoes, tennies, sports shoes, sneaks, tackies[1] (South African English and Hiberno-English), rubber shoes (Philippine English) or canvers (Nigerian English).
We say 'pictures' too, though I think the youngsters say 'movies' That's not the worst Americanism though. 'Can I get' as opposed to 'can I have' is worse, as is the following: "How are you?" "I'm good thanks." 'Good'? As opposed to evil? The only acceptable answers are 'alright', 'ok' and 'not too bad'. Even if you are, in fact, suicidal or dying of a terminal illness.
In group discussions where everybody is complaining furiously about new parking restrictions, the listening American present waits for a while and then says 'OK guys, what I'm hearing is nobody's happy about the new parking restrictions; have I got that right?'
We need to think outside the box. Let's run it up the flagpole and see who salutes it. Used to do the rounds in meetings, Buzzword/Bullshit Bingo. Guarantee some twat would come up with a fair few of them.
24/7 gets me and it has creeped over this side of the pond http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14201796
Let's all sing from the same hymn sheet. I was in a meeting once when the 'leader' said that. My mate said, "I'm an atheist. What do you want me to do?" I had to buy him a pint for that one
