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Re: our evolving language
Posted By: wintermute, on host 65.189.42.201
Date: Saturday, August 26, 2006, at 11:12:23
In Reply To: our evolving language posted by Howard on Saturday, August 26, 2006, at 10:47:03:

> A movie is now a "film" which is showed in a "cinema" instead of a theater.

It's interesting if the British terms are coming to replace the American ones. One data point doesn't prove that they are, of course, but it caught my attention anyway. It's far more common for American owords to catch on in Britain, probably because America exports so much more of its pop-culture.

winter"and it's 'theatre'"mute

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