The cinema or The pictures?

El Guapo!

Well, what do you call it?
I've always known it as "going to the pictures". People who said "cinema" were usually a bit posh.
And people who said "The Flicks" were just douchebags.

The Backwards Man

The Parish Hall.

Because that's where the films were shown.:(

hatrickpatrick

Funnily enough now I think of it, I pretty much just say "I'm going to see <name of movie> later", or "let's see if there's a good new movie to see". Hardly ever actually refer to the place I'm going to see it unless I'm being specific about WHICH one (If you're in Dun Laoghaire would you be up for IMC tonight? Hey, will be around Stillorgan Tuesday afternoon, might see something in Ormonde if you're around?" etc.

gidget

I actually call it The Movies!

krudler

De picshurs

Conmaicne Mara

Daylight robbery.

Meangadh

Always the cinema. The pictures is what older people say, at least in my neck of the woods anyway.

Ted_YNWA

Whatever happened to calling them " the talkies" ?

smcgiff

El Guapo! wrote: »

Well, what do you call it?
I've always known it as "going to the pictures". People who said "cinema" were usually a bit posh.
And people who said "The Flicks" were just douchebags.

I'd say cinema, my parents would say the pictures.

wilkie2006

Probably use "cinema" more than "pictures", but interchange the two.

Never, ever, ever say "movies", though.

Roger00

El Guapo! wrote: »

Well, what do you call it?
I've always known it as "going to the pictures". People who said "cinema" were usually a bit posh.
And people who said "The Flicks" were just douchebags.

Guess Im a douchebag then.

Qualitymark

"I'm going to see a film", or "Want to come to the flicks?" I'm not a douchebag.

El Guapo!

Roger00 wrote: »

Guess Im a douchebag then.

The first step is acceptance.

Lelantos

I think most people would say cinema. I always found that the people who said "im going to de pictures" were either oap's or a little speshul

El Guapo!

Lelantos wrote: »

I think most people would say cinema. I always found that the people who said "im going to de pictures" were either oap's or a little speshul

I'm not old!



Oh......



I'll just get my crayons and leave.

looking_around

cinema. I find alot of the my foreign friends call it the movies though ..and give me a quirky look when I say cinema >_>

I find only the older gen still sa "the pictures" ......they're not pictures ><'

Lelantos

El Guapo! wrote: »

I'm not old!



Oh......



I'll just get my crayons and leave.

Hang on! Give me 2 mins, I'll get us some 3d specs, tinfoil hats & we'll go to the flicks

harry Bailey esq

the pictures is what everyone would call it round my way.

Antar Bolaeisk

looking_around wrote: »

cinema. I find alot of the my foreign friends call it the movies though ..and give me a quirky look when I say cinema >_>

I find only the older gen still sa "the pictures" ......they're not pictures ><'

They're not Movies either, they're Talkies!

I'd ordinarily use Cinema despite most of them now being cineplexes.

robman60

I don't know anyone under age 50 who says the pictures. I have heard my aunt use the term though. I'd guess the term originates from the silent movies of old, but that's just a guess.

Frosty McSnowballs

I love impromptu soiree's to the talkies to regarde the latest moving picture with my favourite silver screen actor.

Ghost Train

Cinema... Because it's a cinema

Parents do say pictures

phasers

Old people say the pictures.

After I go to the cinema my Mam always asks me "Was the picture good?"

Tom_Cruise

'Entertainment show'

PhlegmyMoses

Goin to watch a fillum.

Lelantos

Tom_Cruise wrote: »

'Entertainment show'

Bloody scientologists, have to be awkward!

Camrat

I would say the pictures mostly. but would use all of them really i suppose.

I new a old guy that called them "The moving pictures"...which they are really. Weird.

Derpington95

I say the movie theatre.

youreadthat

I say my Laptop.

The Backwards Man

robman60 wrote: »

I don't know anyone under age 50 who says the pictures. I have heard my aunt use the term though. I'd guess the term originates from the silent movies of old, but that's just a guess.

I always ask girls if they would like to go to the pictures with me? Is this why they always reject me, because I should say cinema instead?:pac:

spurious

The Moving Pictures.

Lelantos

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I always ask girls if they would like to go to the pictures with me? Is this why they always reject me, because I should say cinema instead?:pac:

No, it's probably because you're having a quick shuffle inside your raincoat, nothing to do with saying the pictures

Renegade Mechanic

I say Cinema myself but I'm about as posh as a cattle trailer:D

seven_eleven

................who cares?

camel jockey

The moving pictures or the talkies.

Thom Merrilin

Ya can't spell "SOAP" without "OAP", which is ironic given most of them smell like piss.

meoklmrk91

I say cinema, so does everyone I know, I am not posh and I don't really think anyone I know is. The pictures would be something that oldies say as far as I know, I don't even think my parents would say the pictures.

Frosty McSnowballs

Thom Merrilin wrote: »

Ya can't spell "SOAP" without "OAP", which is ironic given most of them smell like piss.

Or an "S"

camel jockey

I'd be surprised at anyone under 60 saying 'the pictures'.

Thom Merrilin

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Or an "S"

Well spotted good sir.

ElvisChrist6

What's with Irish people using the words "movies" and "douchebag" these days. Disgrace!

jupiterjack

camel jockey wrote: »

I'd be surprised at anyone under 60 saying 'the pictures'.

im going to surprise u here but I say pictures and im well under 60, my mother is 60..

will.i.am

The cinema. I am a nineties baby!!

gobnaitolunacy

The talkies.

audman

El Guapo! wrote: »

Well, what do you call it?
I've always known it as "going to the pictures". People who said "cinema" were usually a bit posh.
And people who said "The Flicks" were just douchebags.

"I am going to the cinema to see the pictures". On the other hand if you're trying to impress a member of the opposite sex you might say "Flick, would ya go"? It's as simple as that. If I'm feeling a little cheeky (which is rare) I might use the term 'movies'.

Ruudi_Mentari

The cineplex.

I'll be a bee-boppin whilst I wait for that red velvet to part

starlit

I say either the cinema or film/movie.