"vinyls" is here to stay.

[doctor fuse]

"Vinyls, penis, vinyls, vagina, vinyls penis, vinyls vagina..."
I think that was in an old episode of The Larry Sanders Show.

 

[beat_truck]

To them, a VCR is a "VHS player", because if they're even old enough to remember VHS, it's from their childhood when they only ever used a VCR to play Disney movies, never to record anything.

That's splitting a hair pretty thinly, isn't it? I've seen VCRs that say VHS Recorder right on the machine.

It's a player that plays VHS tapes. No different than calling a cassette player as such. A lot of them happen to record, too.

And, at least that's not really doing anything grammatically wrong and cringe worthy.

 

[scavenger]

Part of joining and learning about a community is learning and adopting the commonly used terms of said community.

That is the best counter argument so far. I respect that. But the implication seems to be that it’s a directive that applies outside of AK and that the term is universally wrong.

AND FURTHERMORE!! If that was the case than all other terms for records would elicit the same rebuke.

 

[jbrainey]

 

[Stillhouse]

That is the best counter argument so far. I respect that. But the implication seems to be that it’s a directive that applies outside of AK and that the term is universally wrong.

AND FURTHERMORE!! If that was the case than all other terms for records would elicit the same rebuke.

Vinyls is wrong. Vinyl, while not preferred, is better tolerated among the community, as it is a descriptor of the recording medium. As in vinyl records. Hence why "records" is grammatically correct, accepted and used.

 

[likebike23]

This made me think. If you call a turntable a record player then it stands to reason that you would play records on it. If vinyls is the correct word then shouldn't a record player be called a vinyls player?

 

[scavenger]

Dang. Can’t figure out how to post an image

 

[jbrainey]

Dang. Can’t figure out how to post an image

Ask a "boomer" to show you how.

 

[scavenger]

If you call a turntable a record player then it stands to reason that you would play records on it. If vinyls is the correct word then shouldn't a record player be called a vinyls player?

interesting point but I don’t see a lot of talk about “record players” on this forum and the name of this sub forum is “turntables”

 

[totem]

Older dude here, don't use the term vinyls don't care if you do
as long as you don't call me Karen.
Learned that one just yesterday to each their own.

 

[scavenger]

Ask a "boomer" to show you how.

No need. Got it.

 

[Dswankey]

I doubt the people who call records vinyls care what you call your 78s.

BTW, did you just start this thread to cause trouble, or what?

Trouble? What trouble?

My guess is he's referring to your tone (see above)

I think that's rude to the posters who genuinely come here to learn about and explore the world of vinyl.

What is it you're trying to learn and explore about? in your initial post you state a lot of theories but I didn't see you asking to learn about anything.

 

[scavenger]

So only learning is allowed. No teaching. Interesting.

 

[Dswankey]

All of us that are complaining about the use/misuse of words should listen to what passes for conversation in the inner city. I'm sure many of you have never heard such mangled up nonsense passing for English.

You should head out beyond the suburbs in the rural areas and listen to the nonsense that passes for english in the pillbilly communities it's quite disturbing

 

[Darby Crash]

I dont even like the term "turntable"

Records and record players!

 

[Dswankey]

So only learning is allowed. No teaching. Interesting.

You never said anything about teaching read your post.

 

[beat_truck]

So only learning is allowed. No teaching. Interesting.

You haven't shown anything worth learning, yet.

 

[likebike23]

interesting point but I don’t see a lot of talk about “record players” on this forum and the name of this sub forum is “turntables”

Did you read the meme Beat Truck out up that I quoted? It used the term record player, hence my using the term.

Anyway, I doubt that anyone who would seriously call vinyl/records/LPs "vinyls" is on the turntable forum. To me if you are calling vinyl/records/LPs "vinyls" then you are probably ok with calling a turntable, or record player for that matter, a vinyls player. Both terms are equally silly .

 

[scavenger]

You never said anything about teaching read your post.

You haven't shown anything worth learning, yet.

This is to those who are clearly butt hurt.

Those to whom I have aimed this haven’t demonstrated a willingness to learn.

I started it as a light hearted discussion. Tone is in the eye of the beholder.

The lesson is clear. A considerable number of people call records vinyls. Berating them for that is in no way productive.

 

[beat_truck]

This is to those who are clearly butt hurt.

Those to whom I have aimed this haven’t demonstrated a willingness to learn.

I started it as a light hearted discussion. Tone is in the eye of the beholder.

The lesson is clear. A considerable number of people call records vinyls. Berating them for that is in no way productive.

My butt feels just fine, thank you very much.

The only "lesson" that you are trying to teach is that calling records an incorrect term is OK. It's not. Nothing to learn there.

Have fun. I'm out.