As a kid growing up in '80s/90s England, I feel like ‘movies’ didn’t truly enter the vernacular over here until the early/mid 90s when stations like MTV became more accessible, and US culture was easier to get to.
I mean, I’m only 45, but still don’t feel it’s been that long since it wasn’t unusual to say “I’m going to the pictures” which of course is just short for ‘moving pictures’.
As a kid growing up in '80s/90s England, I feel like ‘movies’ didn’t truly enter the vernacular over here until the early/mid 90s when stations like MTV became more accessible, and US culture was easier to get to.
I mean, I’m only 45, but still don’t feel it’s been that long since it wasn’t unusual to say “I’m going to the pictures” which of course is just short for ‘moving pictures’.