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Originally Posted by Mithalwen
You could argue that bur the inverted commas make it clear he means films not individual cells. Standard colloquial British usage of the time for going to the cinema was "go to the pictures".
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Indeed. And he also referred to 'passages', which would also mean films. It's still rare to hear anyone over the age of 21 refer to 'movies' in the UK - it's always films/cinema/pictures. I think if I said to davem "Let's go to the movies!" then he'd spit his tea out
Nice quotes though, Form.