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Author Topic: Douser or Dowser, Which is Which? Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 08-27-2007 06:53 PM                     These words have been used on these post interchangably, however they have vastly different meanings. Douser--Something to put out a light, fire or flame Dowser--A divining rod or a person using a divining rod. Roughly taken from MSN Encarta  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-27-2007 11:33 PM                        On the front panel of our automation it's spelled DOWSER. It was that way on the old switch panel that we took out when we automated, too. I think that's one of those proprietary words of the industry that doesn't show up in a mainstream dictionary or encyclopedia. "Cel" is another that I've gotten into Scrabble arguments over.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-28-2007 12:19 AM                        Optical Disk or Disc? Laserdisc, which is probably a trademark (Universal MCA?) probably did the c instead of k to make it unique. I actually like disc...it has an aire of uniqueness. And I am constantly fighting over theatre and theater with the academics who insist on "theater" as do most literary types like journalists -- newspapers and magazines tend to use er. But we in the movie industry predominantly use "Theatre." The college publicity department sees themselves as academia, and I see our cinema operation as a MOVIE THEATRE. All my publicity material is "re," so you have the absurdity of a listing on our website (which I manage...hehe) for a production by the Theater Department in the George Gershwin Theatre.  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 08-28-2007 01:10 AM                     "Potato?" "Potatoe?"  |  IP: Logged Sam D. Chavez Film God Posts: 2153 From: Martinez, CA USA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 08-28-2007 01:55 AM                       Theatre as used in the USA to describe a cinema is a pretension on the part of the owner who wants to add some "class" to some little flea pit as if Laurence Olivier is expected to arrive any moment.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 08-28-2007 04:07 AM                     I swear we have the same conversations every few years. The Language of Film Theater or Theatre?  |  IP: Logged

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