Something I wondered about for a while is explained in this Chicago Sun-Times article.
In short: “ER is a facility, a room where you go and watch RE.”
Something I wondered about for a while is explained in this Chicago Sun-Times article.
In short: “ER is a facility, a room where you go and watch RE.”
I prefer to use “theatre,” myself. However, when I’m talking about going to the movies, I use theater. I never looked at “re” as being an elitist way of spelling it. I just like the old-English spelling of the word.
I’ve always used -er for movies, -re for live shows, but I’ve seen your way in a lot of places as well (in fact, that’s what we do out here).
@Vox:
“-re” for live shows and the building in which live shows are held? Because I can definitely understand “-er” for movies, as you can’t see theatre in a movie theater.
Uh, if that made sense.