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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Thanks to this thread, I've realized that I've been doing movies all wrong. I used to say "I saw that movie" or "I'm going to watch that movie". I also listened to it! So from now on, I'm going to say "I saw and heard that movie" or "I'm going watch and listen to that movie". Words have meaning   |
Nope, you've still got it wrong. Movies were movies when they were silent, i.e., moving pictures. Once sound was added, they became talkies, a word which clearly needs to be brought back in the interest of precision. So, you would say, "I saw that movie," but "I saw and heard that talkie."