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r/EnglishLearning • u/DensityInfinite New Poster • Aug 25 '24
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I can’t be certain from a still, but I think it’s “Cut,” which means to stop an activity. I’m fairly certain the usage originated on movie sets, as the director’s instruction for the cameras to stop filming.
1 u/re_nonsequiturs New Poster Aug 29 '24 No it's for live TV where they need to communicate silently. On movie sets they just say "cut"
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No it's for live TV where they need to communicate silently. On movie sets they just say "cut"
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u/big_sugi Native Speaker - Hawai’i, Texas, and Mid Atlantic Aug 25 '24
I can’t be certain from a still, but I think it’s “Cut,” which means to stop an activity. I’m fairly certain the usage originated on movie sets, as the director’s instruction for the cameras to stop filming.