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It used to be "motion picture." Because they were pictures....and yet.... they were moving!
So people from generations past started calling them "movies" in their quaint little way. Because they moved. They were movies. Same way as "walkie talkies" were called such because you could walk and talk on them. Walkie Talkies. I have no idea if any of this is true, but I believe it.
I just find it funny the word "movie" is so ingrained in pop culture today I doubt anybody gives it a second thought as to how silly it sounds. "Movie."
So people from generations past started calling them "movies" in their quaint little way. Because they moved. They were movies. Same way as "walkie talkies" were called such because you could walk and talk on them. Walkie Talkies. I have no idea if any of this is true, but I believe it.
I just find it funny the word "movie" is so ingrained in pop culture today I doubt anybody gives it a second thought as to how silly it sounds. "Movie."
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