I still use cheerio, marvellous and fortnight but I tell you what word does seem to be
disappearing, 'pictures' as in 'I went to the pictures last night'. Young people are baffled when you say it but I can't bring myself to say 'movies'.
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Posted By: Bravo win or die, Aug 26, 09:09:19
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- 2What words would you replace "fortnight" and "marmalade" with?
Posted By: CB41, Aug 26, 10:28:59 - 2I still say pictures, and say film.
Posted By: protheroe fitzgibbon, Aug 26, 10:23:53 - 1I heard at least a couple of thousand people shouting "Cherio, Cherio, Cherio" on saturday
Posted By: Vivid Data Shark, Aug 26, 09:59:06 - I have to say Cinema and I have trouble saying film
Posted By: Pixelman, Aug 26, 09:51:36 - 2I still say Bonds...
Posted By: Arganth, Aug 26, 09:45:06 - Flicks. Fillums. Talkies.
Posted By: MIKEWALKER, Aug 26, 09:45:01 - I say wotcha, splendid, marvellous, geezer, chap...
Posted By: Dandy Highburyman, Aug 26, 09:43:59 - I just say I went to the cinema
Posted By: SimonOTBC, Aug 26, 09:40:38 - 6I say cheerio, marvellous, fortnight, pictures and wireless
Posted By: Arizona Bay, Aug 26, 09:21:47 - I don't hear the phrase 'Wooly Woofter' much these days
Posted By: Graham 21, Aug 26, 09:21:05 - 2Or "season" for "series". Wrong.
Posted By: APB, Aug 26, 09:10:53
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