Cinemas and general public.
Discussion
jdw100 said:
At mention of Police and 'assault' I did have a bit of an 'oh s
t' moment.
Can't imagine much would have come of it though. Hardly likely to have ended up doing a ten stretch in Pentonville...
Probably NFA as not in the public interest unless one of the little t' moment. Can't imagine much would have come of it though. Hardly likely to have ended up doing a ten stretch in Pentonville...
tsJimmy Recard said:
h0b0 said:
I’ve been struggling with this recently. Microsoft products seem to insist it is “me” but it’s jarring to my mind as I was taught “I”.
Is it an Americanism?
"My wife and I went to the cinema."Is it an Americanism?
"Jim and Katie came to visit my wife and me."
It just depends whether you and your wife are subject or object of the sentence.
There's no special rule. You wouldn't say "Me went to the cinema" or "Jim and Katie visited I". It just follows that.
Just think of it this way - imagine it's just you in the sentence. Would it be "me" or "I"?
Edited by Jimmy Recard on Thursday 23 August 06:31
Back on topic.
I loathe the cinema both in the UK and US. I will not even contemplate the “luxury” places with sofas and alcohol for fear of the general public. I hate the thoughtlessness of the average person at the best of times and feel like the cinema magnifies their selfish behavior. (US keyboard Breadvan). Not only that, the seats in normal cinemas are uncomfortable after 5 minutes and then I become paranoid that my switching my arse around is disturbing other people and I am the problem!
I’m with the others on the thread that watch films at home. I purchased an Epsom 1080 projector for peanuts and set up a 100” screen at my last place. I have just moved and the buyers insisted I leave it so I’m on the look out for a replacement set up. For now, I have a 58” TV in a basement room with a really good audio set up.
I loathe the cinema both in the UK and US. I will not even contemplate the “luxury” places with sofas and alcohol for fear of the general public. I hate the thoughtlessness of the average person at the best of times and feel like the cinema magnifies their selfish behavior. (US keyboard Breadvan). Not only that, the seats in normal cinemas are uncomfortable after 5 minutes and then I become paranoid that my switching my arse around is disturbing other people and I am the problem!
I’m with the others on the thread that watch films at home. I purchased an Epsom 1080 projector for peanuts and set up a 100” screen at my last place. I have just moved and the buyers insisted I leave it so I’m on the look out for a replacement set up. For now, I have a 58” TV in a basement room with a really good audio set up.
I haven't been to the cinema for about 3 years. Used to like it but then everytime something went wrong. eg, lights not out completely, so had to get up and find someone and complain. No sound, so had to find someone and complain. Seat pitch too small, so my knees were squashed.
Now I have a nice OLED TV at home and a surround sound system and with advancing years, I can go for a piss mid-movie without missing anything.
Might give a cinema another go though and see if its OK or they are still cocking up their core business.
Now I have a nice OLED TV at home and a surround sound system and with advancing years, I can go for a piss mid-movie without missing anything.
Might give a cinema another go though and see if its OK or they are still cocking up their core business.
h0b0 said:
Oh, I know how it should be in our minds. I had it drilled into me at my appropriately named “Grammar” school. My observation was that every email I write tries to correct it to “me”. I was wondering if there had been a shift, or the Americans do it differently.
Ah, I must have misunderstood!I think that a lot of people think that you'd say "They gave the vase to my wife and I" although they wouldn't say "They gave the vase to I". I'm therefore not sure why they would say "my wife and I" in that context.
Although I loved his radio programme, Christian O'Connell is really bad at this and I used to notice it many times each morning.
Jimmy Recard said:
h0b0 said:
Oh, I know how it should be in our minds. I had it drilled into me at my appropriately named “Grammar” school. My observation was that every email I write tries to correct it to “me”. I was wondering if there had been a shift, or the Americans do it differently.
Ah, I must have misunderstood!I think that a lot of people think that you'd say "They gave the vase to my wife and I" although they wouldn't say "They gave the vase to I". I'm therefore not sure why they would say "my wife and I" in that context.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMf6hLfFkD0&fe...
I've never seen that beforePothole said:
jdw100 said:
At mention of Police and 'assault' I did have a bit of an 'oh st' moment.
Can't imagine much would have come of it though. Hardly likely to have ended up doing a ten stretch in Pentonville...
Probably NFA as not in the public interest unless one of the little t' moment. Can't imagine much would have come of it though. Hardly likely to have ended up doing a ten stretch in Pentonville...
tsa) should have known better by that age
b) should have packed it in when people got the hump with them
c) should have had the guts to stand up for themselves if they felt it was okay, instead of whining to the manager.
Anyway, this was a good few years ago now...hopefully they learnt a lesson.
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