Habit of mine only. I took theatre courses in college (way back when) and my professors were very specific in having us use 'theatre' not 'theater' at that time. It stuck. The courses were fun and really came in handy when I was in the military. :o)

>>We actually have some pretty good small town theatres here. A couple of years ago I took my daughter to see a few plays over a period of about 6 months and she really enjoyed it. We refer to movies as simply 'movies' and the term 'theatre' means live theatre (plays) unless we say 'movie theatre.'
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>I thought you guys spelt it "theater"?
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>In the UK, movie theatre is "cinema" or "the pictures"
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>In SA, I understand, it;'s still called the "bioscope" from the old term for those spinning cylinders with stp acation pix on the inside, viewd through a slit.