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The word movie is probably only about 100 years old, yet incredibly ingrained into our culture.

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sonovebitch@lemmy.world
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Wait until he learns about the word smartphone.

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Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world
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Imagine if the guy who named movies with sound talkies also named movies… wait … oh no…

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JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world
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It was just kind of a trend in the twenties to add the suffix “ie” to anything when something new was invented

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livus@kbin.social
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We’re not much better, we’ve had tends for -r and -io.

Movr, movios.

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Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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Don’t forget dropping the last vowel! I wonder what they spend their vowel savings on…

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livus@kbin.social
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Saving them up for a later trend probably. Moviesie.

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Sigmatics@lemmy.ca
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Other examples?

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JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world
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scarabic@lemmy.world
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I mean virtually all the hardware our culture runs on is less than 100 years old.

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entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
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And a good chunk of our buildings, as well.

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WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world
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So am I!

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Aggravationstation@lemmy.world
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Maybe in America. I live in the UK and my house is 150 years old. I grew up in one that’s nearly 300 years old.

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Chaotic Entropy@feddit.uk
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You should take longer showers so that you can think a bit more.

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