Why do Americans call Cinemas a 'Theatre ..?'
atomb...@my-deja.com
I'm curious to know. A THEATRE is a place for performing on-stage plays
and shows. Why do people in the US call the 'Cinema' (correct term)
a 'Theatre' ?
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hamilton
> Hello,
> I'm curious to know. A THEATRE is a place for performing on-stage plays
> and shows. Why do people in the US call the 'Cinema' (correct term)
> a 'Theatre' ?
>
> Regards
LOL some bozo who thinks the way he does things is the 'correct' way LOL
IN the good old days theaters [note God's own correct spelling] in which
movies were shown were also vaudeville theaters. Early movie houses thus
were theaters and the name stuck for a performance venue whether the
performance was on film or stage -- and in some cities - mine for one --
there are old old theaters in which stage plays and films are still both
presented.
atomb...@my-deja.com
69.bna.bellsouth.net>,
hami...@dnvln.com (hamilton) wrote:
> In article <8trtno$3eu$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, atomb...@my-deja.com
wrote:
> IN the good old days theaters [note God's own correct spelling] in
which
> movies were shown were also vaudeville theaters. Early movie houses
thus
> were theaters and the name stuck for a performance venue whether the
> performance was on film or stage -- and in some cities - mine for
one --
> there are old old theaters in which stage plays and films are still
both
> presented.
<snipped for good measure>
LOL So not only do they not know what it is called, they cannot spell
it either. :-) It was after all the English who invented the English
Language, not the Americans.
Helen & Bob
atomb...@my-deja.com wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm curious to know. A THEATRE is a place for performing on-stage plays
> and shows. Why do people in the US call the 'Cinema' (correct term)
> a 'Theatre' ?
>
> Regards
>
There are many differences between English english and American english.
Just accept it in good Humor (humour), and realize it is meaningless.
Bob
Helen & Bob
atomb...@my-deja.com wrote:
BUT, if you look into it, you will find that around 100 years ago, lots of
English english spelling started to change. By the way, there are
differences between Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, South African, and
American english, also.
So What. It does not matter.
Bob
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I had trouble in school because I wanted to spell some words with their
original English spelling (like theatre). Most of the theatre companies in
the U.S. do spell it with the re instead of er.
Ed-D
> I'm curious to know. A THEATRE is a place for performing on-stage
plays
> and shows. Why do people in the US call the 'Cinema' (correct term)
> a 'Theatre' ?
>
We actually call it a theater. But why the hell do you dumbasses
pronounce "derby" as "dArby"? That makes even less sense.
And I won't even touch the driving-on-the-wrong-side issue. I know
you're very sensitive about that.
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tri...@my-deja.com
Who was it that said America and Englaqnd are two countries separated
by a common language?
I'd look it up but I'm away from my computer at the moment. This was
posted psychically.
Doug
tri...@my-deja.com
Ed-D <baker...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> In article <8trtno$3eu$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
> atomb...@my-deja.com wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm curious to know. A THEATRE is a place for performing on-stage
> plays
> > and shows. Why do people in the US call the 'Cinema' (correct term)
> > a 'Theatre' ?
> >
>
> We actually call it a theater. But why the hell do you dumbasses
> pronounce "derby" as "dArby"? That makes even less sense.
"It's *spelt* 'Throat-Warbler Mangrove,' but it's pronounced 'Luxury
Yatched.'" -- Monty Python
Doug
augustxxi
Lots of American movie cinemas in the past were also used as theatres.
Some still are, especially some of the older, historical art-deco
houses. They have stages, and people put on live theatre there.
Besides that, it's just an Americanism. Kinda like we call the lid of
the automobile which houses the engine, the "hood" and you call it the
"bonnet," I guess. Since cars don't wear hats, I suppose we could
conclude that the English also use improper terms sometimes.
August
Tingli Pan
tri...@my-deja.com wrote:
> In article <3A019B13...@ix.netcom.com>,
> Helen & Bob <chil...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > atomb...@my-deja.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > I'm curious to know. A THEATRE is a place for performing on-stage
> plays
> > > and shows. Why do people in the US call the 'Cinema' (correct term)
> > > a 'Theatre' ?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> >
> > There are many differences between English english and American
> english.
> > Just accept it in good Humor (humour), and realize it is meaningless.
> > Bob
>
> Who was it that said America and Englaqnd are two countries separated
> by a common language?
Is it Bernard Shaw?
mmnnoo
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Michele317
>and shows. Why do people in the US call the 'Cinema' (correct term)
>a 'Theatre' ?
dunno. why do people in england call it an 'operating theatre'? could it be
that 'theatre' includes all sorts of viewable activities?
hamilton
miche...@aol.combover (Michele317) wrote:
well actually, they call it an operating theater in the US too -- but only
a real pansy calls it the 'cinema'
mo...@my-deja.com
gives a rats ass why.
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atomb...@my-deja.com wrote:
mo...@my-deja.com
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atomb...@my-deja.com wrote:
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atomb...@my-deja.com wrote:
Bjorn Olson
Other way around, mate.
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> I'm curious to know. A THEATRE is a place for performing on-stage
> plays
> and shows. Why do people in the US call the 'Cinema' (correct term)
> a 'Theatre' ?
>
Second, uhhh, off: North Americans call that place that puts on plays a
theatre *too*, that place where you go to watch movies is called a
*Movie Theatre*. *Movie* qualifies *Theatre*, so therefore your point
is moot.
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This debate is becoming rather tyring.
Andy S
action takes place.
Hence, 'Theatre' where action takes place on a stage,
'Movie theatre' where the action takes place on the screen,
'Operating theatre' where surgery takes place,
'Theatre of War' where battles take place.
Then again, what do I know!
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tri...@my-deja.com
Bjorn Olson <bemy...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> In article <8tsi1v$mrj$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
> tri...@my-deja.com wrote:
> > In article <8tsgef$l7b$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
> > Ed-D <baker...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> > > In article <8trtno$3eu$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
> > > atomb...@my-deja.com wrote:
> > >
> > > We actually call it a theater. But why the hell do you dumbasses
> > > pronounce "derby" as "dArby"? That makes even less sense.
> >
> > "It's *spelt* 'Throat-Warbler Mangrove,' but it's pronounced 'Luxury
> > Yatched.'" -- Monty Python
> >
> > Doug
>
> Other way around, mate.
It gets changed here in the States. We watch shows on the other side
of the TV.
Doug
Melora
theatres that has been set up for live shows?
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atomb...@my-deja.com wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm curious to know. A THEATRE is a place for performing on-stage
plays
> and shows. Why do people in the US call the 'Cinema' (correct term)
> a 'Theatre' ?
>
> Regards
>
>
stuff whatever we want.
super...@my-deja.com
>
> It was after all the English who invented the English
> Language, not the Americans.
>
>
pawned it off on the English, who communicated primarily through sign
language and grunting while pointing at things.
But my linguistic history may be a bit fuzzy.
ELurio
medical operations take place in theaters as there is space for an audience
above it. As people sit and watch stuff, it's a theater.
eric l.
John Harkness
Yes. Last night I went and saw a game at the hockey theatre.
AFterwards, some friends and I went and had some beers at the
striptease theatre.
John Harkness
Glenworthy@xteleport.com Henry Glenworthy
> A theater is a place where many people watch stuff.
>>>>
So the Astro-Dome is a "theater"?
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Karyudo
>On 18 Nov 2000 14:08:08 GMT, elu...@aol.com (ELurio) wrote:
>
>>A theater is a place where many people watch stuff.
>>medical operations take place in theaters as there is space for an audience
>>above it. As people sit and watch stuff, it's a theater.
>>
>>eric l.
>
>Yes. Last night I went and saw a game at the hockey theatre.
>
>AFterwards, some friends and I went and had some beers at the
>striptease theatre.
>
>John Harkness
Maybe the definition of what's a theatre hangs on whether you're supposed
to be quiet while watching! (Or if you can drink beer while watching?)
I must say John's idea of a "striptease theatre" lends some much-needed
respectability to the genre...
John Harkness
Except that in european movie theatres, you can buy beer and wine.
And attending screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show invites
participation in audience response. Also the "sing-along" Sound of
Music.
John Harkness
Philo D.
Theater
1. A building, room, or outdoor structure for the presentation of
plays, films, or other dramatic performances.
--
Philo D. do...@earthling.net
Karyudo
>On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:44:32 GMT, Karyudo <kar...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Maybe the definition of what's a theatre hangs on whether you're supposed
>>to be quiet while watching! (Or if you can drink beer while watching?)
>Except that in european movie theatres, you can buy beer and wine.
Maybe that's why they're "cinemas" in Europe?!
>And attending screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show invites
>participation in audience response. Also the "sing-along" Sound of
>Music.
Hmm... got me there. I don't have a glib (and hopefully amusing) retort to
those ones. Perhaps on a more theoretical level, though, I could argue that
at "Rocky Horror" and "Sound of Music" those people who participate are
*part* of the entertainment that those who are pure spectators are supposed
to be quiet while watching?? Then my (half-assed) theory would hold...
Almost completely off-topic: The first (and only) time I saw "The Rocky
Horror Picture Show" was in Japan, of all places. They had all the same
things as (I assume) a North American screening would have (e.g. costumes,
toast, rice, etc., etc.), PLUS a number of things that were only funny in
Japanese!
Michael Hafer
>> I'm curious to know. A THEATRE is a place for performing on-stage
>plays
>> and shows. Why do people in the US call the 'Cinema' (correct term)
>> a 'Theatre' ?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>Because we kicked your asses in the Revolutionary War and can call
>stuff whatever we want.
>
Well, we didn't "kick their asses" per se, more like, they just gave up. "Was
logistics killed the beast."
Michael Hafer
Russell Watson
>Hello,
>I'm curious to know. A THEATRE is a place for performing on-stage plays
>and shows. Why do people in the US call the 'Cinema' (correct term)
>a 'Theatre' ?
>
I dunno. Why do you folks calls trucks "lorries", cookies "biscuits",
toilets "loos" , diapers "nappies", hoods "bonnets", trunks "boots",
dimmer switches "anti-dazzle dipping devices" and all the other
butcheries of the language in which you routinely engage? Hmmm?
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