theatre or theater
theatre or theater
#0theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 3:37pmI HATE it when people spell theatre "theater". What do you guys think?
#1re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 3:38pm
It varies. I usually type theatre. But whenever I type it, I want to say "Theatray".
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Updated On: 6/1/05 at 03:38 PM
#2re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 3:39pmI was just wondering this yesterday too, lol. I spell it theatre because, well, that's how I've always spelled it, lol, but theater doesn't look as...I don't know...classy? Eh-- it's really the same both ways so whatever.
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#3re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 3:42pmits like the spelling of 'color and colour' and 'check and cheque'
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#4re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 3:48pm
For me, if I'm talking about a playhouse, I'll spell it theatre. If I'm talking about a movie theater, I'll spell it theater.
Just a way to differenciate. (sp?)
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#5re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 3:51pmyes same here.... "going to theatre" i spell with re if it has to do with movies than its er ..... but yea personally im all about the re
#6re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 3:53pmI always spell it Theater. Sorry to hear you all hate it that way.
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#7re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 3:56pmI spell it theatre, prolly cause thats the way i've always spelt it.
#9re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 4:00pm
theatre is British english
theater is American english
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#10re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 4:05pm(technically its the same english, just different spellings.)
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#11re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 4:06pm
THEATRE is a live performance
THEATER is a movie screening
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#12re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 4:06pmI have been taught that the building is a "theater", but the art and the concept is "theatre".
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#14re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 4:16pmcaptain, the minute I hit "post" I wondered about that......I do tend to spell it "theatre" when dealing with live productions........
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#15re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 4:18pm
if its the movies Ill say "theater"
but if its a production house I say "theatre"
but its weird because I spell color as "colour" and neighbor as"neighbour" I know its not correct grammatically in the U.S. really, but that's just always been the way I spell it....
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#16re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 4:20pmI agree with the majority... theater is a movie theater... a theatre is well, a theatRE.
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#17re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 4:22pmI say theater, I don't know why. I use theatre sometimes but I dont know jsut how I type it.
#18re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 4:22pm
It doesn't matter, both are acceptable and both mean the same thing.
If you think it matters either way, you're lame.
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#19re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 6:06pmMy teachers thought it mattered. One spelling lost me marks- the other didn't. ( As a Canadian, guess which one it was)
#20re: theatre or theater
Posted: 6/1/05 at 6:14pm
"I have been taught that the building is a "theater", but the art and the concept is "theatre"."
thats what i was taught. i was also taught movie theater and theatre as in a live performance. but i usually just go with theatre. and when i say i'm studying theatre in college, it "upsets" me when people spell it theater. i think i have a problem!!
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