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word choice: " film" or " movie"
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:24 pm
by jayryan_Archive
we USED to 'practice' until we had a talented friend come play with us, so NOW we 'rehearse'.
can we apply this conversation to cars and automobiles?
word choice: " film" or " movie"
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:25 pm
by Ty Webb_Archive
Who the fuck says automobile?
Besides Grandpa from Sixteen Candles, that is.
word choice: " film" or " movie"
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:25 pm
by John W_Archive
Mayfair wrote:I only use 'film' for comedic effect like when talking about Caddy Shack or the like.
You like Caddy Shack, too?
Capital!
I didn't know you were such a devoted fan of cinema.
Good show!
word choice: " film" or " movie"
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:04 pm
by Mose Varty-Seppanen_Archive
I'm English but "Movie" easily trips off my tongue also the word "cops" (I've had the piss taken out of me for this, perhaps rightly). I use "film" too.
I'm sorry but I dislike the word "dude" uttered by anyone from the UK. I once heard an English guy use the term "parking lot" with a straight face, WTF?.
I accept that I'm totally inconsistent on this one.
word choice: " film" or " movie"
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:08 pm
by Brett Eugene Ralph_Archive
"Movie" and "film" are synonyms; they refer to the same thing.
Overthinking every word that comes out of your mouth? Crap!
word choice: " film" or " movie"
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:05 pm
by atdarecook_Archive
Wow! I was thinking of starting this thread not so long ago because I really hate the word "film". Maybe it's because it seems like it's usually used by someone talking about some movie I've never seen and probably wouldn't understand anyways because I'm simple.
Movie!
word choice: " film" or " movie"
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:12 pm
by Linus Van Pelt_Archive
j_harvey wrote:Reminds me of the discussion my band had last week. Is it "practice" or "rehearsal"?
To me:
rock music = practice
theater = rehearsal
I like when my rock friends refer to my theater friends' rehearsals as "practices", and my theater friends refer to my rock friends' practices as "rehearsals".
Chapter Two: Good looking out!
word choice: " film" or " movie"
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:30 pm
by j_harvey_Archive
Mose Varty-Seppanen wrote: I once heard an English guy use the term "parking lot" with a straight face, WTF?.
What do you guys call them?
Car hole?
word choice: " film" or " movie"
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:42 pm
by Mayfair_Archive
j_harvey wrote:
Car hole?
Food shovel.
word choice: " film" or " movie"
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:43 pm
by Ty Webb_Archive
j_harvey wrote:Mose Varty-Seppanen wrote: I once heard an English guy use the term "parking lot" with a straight face, WTF?.
What do you guys call them?
Car hole?
Heh. In parking lots, my brother-in-law used to jokingly yell out the window, in his best backwoods North Carolina accent, "Sumbuddy fine me a parkin' hole!" when I was much younger. Never failed to crack me up.
I believe the English refer to them as car parks. As if, after you leave your car, it cavorts with all the other cars on waterslides and carousels.