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[Jeff Wilson]

On 11/4/2011 2:11 PM, Sergei SOLOVIEV wrote:
> To me (IMHO) Gerry's inference looks much more convincing and closer to
> the text,
> let's be fair. "Silver screen" is (or at least was in 70-es) a commonplace
> speaking about the television. Moreover, the cathode ray tubes (when
> television used them)
> contained silver

In American English usage, the silver screen is the large one on which 
motion pictures are projected, and it has been since before the 
invention of television. The motion picture screen also contained silver 
(later replaced by aluminum) as well as having a visibly silvery 
appearance, unlike the visible portions of CRTs.


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Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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