Going to the pictures

[Newearringsplease]

Apparently no one goes to the pictures anymore , it's the movies or the cinema. Am I a dinosaur?

I still say the pictures

Occasionally I say cinema

I say pictures. I also watch a film, not a movie. Although its pronounced fillum round here...(North East)

I still call the swimming pool the “baths”. That’s how old I am!

Or Canadian. We say the movies. The last person I heard call it “the pictures” on this side of the Atlantic was my grandfather, and he was born in 1906. So different terminology here.

Oh my gosh I say baths as well

@Newearringsplease, let’s kid ourselves that it’s a regional thing and not an age thing, then.

I am 38 and would never say "the pictures". I imagine it's something my parents' generation would say (70s)

That said, the cinema on my street is called The Picture House. But then again it has been there over a 100 years, so...

Yeah pictures is very outdated, sorry.
Never heard of cinema with a k unless in Geeman.
I hate 'movies', and generally the cultural imperialism that means teens want to sound American in general...
It's not EW it's uuuurrrgh - or ugh pronounces the same as an expression of disgust. You have a bum or arse, not a butt or ass. You are not excited for x event.

I genuinely had arguments with exP about his Americanised English, e.g. movie/s not film or cinema. He is from a European country

Am late 30s btw

Say it here too! But our children don’t get it. We are mid-thirties, London, working class parents (I think it’s a WC phrase).

My late 60s mum would probably say pictures

Cannot stand the word "movies". What's wrong with the word "film"? And why are TV programs now "shows"? I'd rather go "to the pictures" than to an Americanism.

I’m from the NE and everyone says pictures here. Movies would get you laughed at!

I still say pictures sometimes, but am aware my DD hasn't got a clue what I'm on about.

I still say 'I taped that programme' too, instead of recorded it! DH takes the mickey for that one.

I feel ancient now

And why are TV programs now "shows"?

I say programme too (but spelled the English way )

Also seasons. It's a series.

I go to the pictures or go to see a film. I never go to the movies or watch a movie. I hate the word movie.!

@StayInYourLaneBoy quite bloody right! I didn't spot the autocorrect to program - I'm normally good at that. Yes to the seasons thing too. Can't anything be English anymore? Why do Americanisms have to infiltrate everything?

YY to "series". Teenage dd has binge watched too many programmes on Netflix and insists on telling me which season she is on. Drives me mad.

Thank you sanity :)

The pictures.
The baths
Tape a programme

We went to the pictures on Friday