Re: OT Marx Brothers (was Re: Another Introduction)

Same here, dialectwise. My parents never used "cinema", and I don't either.
It's "pictures" /pitS@z/. And I absolutely worship the Marx brothers. Is it
true that they did some sort of cooperation with Dali, by the way?
Mike
>
> In my dialect, it's ["sIn@ma]. In my parents', it would have been
["sin@m@]
> but would have been perceived by them as being either archaic or an
attempt
> to put on airs. They'd have said _pictures_ ["pIktSVr'z] or ["pItsVr's].
>
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