You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remember...

[therisingblues]

My grandmother used to refer to the movies at the cinema as "the pictures".

You mean to say that people don't refer to them as "the pictures" anymore?
I'm gonna have trouble with the lingo when I get back from Japan.

[therisingblues]

My grandmother used to refer to the movies at the cinema as "the pictures".

The term "Cinema" is derived from a Greek word that approximates "moving pictures", and was in use before and during the 1920s.
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Actually comes to us via the French "cinematogaphe" which means moving pictures. They derived it from the Greek word "kinema" which means movement, hence in science we have "kinetic energy". The U.S probably pinched the term in the 1920's, as you say, but the French made it up in the late 19thC.

[Psyber]

My grandmother used to refer to the movies at the cinema as "the pictures".

The term "Cinema" is derived from a Greek word that approximates "moving pictures", and was in use before and during the 1920s.
...

Actually comes to us via the French "cinematogaphe" which means moving pictures. They derived it from the Greek word "kinema" which means movement, hence in science we have "kinetic energy". The U.S probably pinched the term in the 1920's, as you say, but the French made it up in the late 19thC.

Yes, quite correct - I just didn't want to make my post too long, and to keep the focus on "Cinema" being as old a term as "pictures" or "flicks".
The term was adopted in some parts of the US from the French before the 1920s, and seems to have become more prominent here more recently under US influence.

(I haven't checked whether it was in use here in some places early in the 20th century, but it wasn't a term I heard in my childhood in the 1950s and 1960s.)

[therisingblues]

My grandmother used to refer to the movies at the cinema as "the pictures".

The term "Cinema" is derived from a Greek word that approximates "moving pictures", and was in use before and during the 1920s.
...

Actually comes to us via the French "cinematogaphe" which means moving pictures. They derived it from the Greek word "kinema" which means movement, hence in science we have "kinetic energy". The U.S probably pinched the term in the 1920's, as you say, but the French made it up in the late 19thC.

Yes, quite correct - I just didn't want to make my post too long, and to keep the focus on "Cinema" being as old a term as "pictures" or "flicks".
The term was adopted in some parts of the US from the French before the 1920s, and seems to have become more prominent here more recently under US influence.

(I haven't checked whether it was in use here in some places early in the 20th century, but it wasn't a term I heard in my childhood in the 1950s and 1960s.)

Cheers Psyber.

[Magpiespower]

You'll find a-lot of "serious" film types hate the term "movie."

They prefer "film" or "cinema."

You can find them at the Nova, Mercury or Trak.

Waffling orgasmic about Iranian cinema/films/movies/pictures...

[The Sleeping Giant]

Yes, they are called douche bags

[Failed Creation]

You know you're getting old in Adelaide (or if you had too much time on your hands), if you remember these...

[Pseudo]

^ you're not old, you young whipersnapper, unless you remember commercials like this:

[smac]

And fighting over the tricycles at the road safety school because you could do awesome stunts!

[Footy Chick]

^ you're not old, you young whipersnapper, unless you remember commercials like this:

I still sing this song

I could almost guarantee that there are no ads on the telly nowadays that you'd still remember word for word in 30 years time..

[am Bays]

remember these? and I remember being involved in our litter drives at school to see if we could win the KESAB tidy town competition back in the day.

[GWW]

From memory, Bruce Lindsay was in a KESAB ad in late 70's.

[Phantom Gossiper]

I could almost guarantee that there are no ads on the telly nowadays that you'd still remember word for word in 30 years time..

I beg the differ..

"Metropolitan Plumbing.. *drip*.. Metropolitan Plumbing.. *drip*.."

[Footy Chick]

We should go on a campaign to find the kid holding that pack of chips on the bus in the top KESAB ad - our own "where are they now" segment

[am Bays]

We should go on a campaign to find the kid holding that pack of chips on the bus in the top KESAB ad - our own "where are they now" segment

How old was Jai Weatherald in 1977.....

[Wedgie]

I could almost guarantee that there are no ads on the telly nowadays that you'd still remember word for word in 30 years time..

I beg the differ..

"Metropolitan Plumbing.. *drip*.. Metropolitan Plumbing.. *drip*.."

LOL. Was going to say exactly the same thing!

[Psyber]

I could almost guarantee that there are no ads on the telly nowadays that you'd still remember word for word in 30 years time..

I beg the differ..

"Metropolitan Plumbing.. *drip*.. Metropolitan Plumbing.. *drip*.."

I wonder what effect that advert has.
I found myself bemused by the association of a plumbing company and taps continuing to drip after their name is mentioned.

[Booney]

Brought a smile to my face, **** every one.

[carey]

Dope being sold in aluminum foil, known as sticks.

[Grenville]

You could buy a packet of lollies called Fags.