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Vinyls

LazySounds

LazySounds

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It's bugged me for a while, records be referred to as "Vinyls".

On the other hand, the english language evolves over time, mostly driven by the young.

Maybe as a middle aged man I should just suck it up and accept that my generation are now longer the driving force behind the constant evolution of the language and just accept that "Vinyls" is the new term and forget about it.

I can't however accept "Rekkids"!
 
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G'day all, yes this tends to be a contentious issue. For me personally, I always and only generally use the word 'record'. Regards, Felix aka catman.
 
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I was only thinking the exact same thing the other day. It's their term and we should get over it.

This thought only lasted a short while though.
 
For the same reason that we don't call CD's plastics. They were records yesterday. They are records today. They will be records tomorrow. IMHO, calling them vinyls only shows a lack of understanding about what they are and where they came from. They are NOT something new. Calling them vinyls also sounds like fingernails on a blackboard to most adults. OK, thats a bad example. Young folks may never have experienced that either. How about it sounds like coffee from someplace other than Starbucks tasts.

Damn, did I just write that? I sound like some old grump! :scratch2:
 
SewerRanger said:
As a "young um" who calls them vinyl, may I ask why that's a problem? They are made of vinyl after all.
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Vinyl is the plural for vinyl, not vinyls.

And you don't gift something to someone, you give it to them.

"I gifted jack all of my vinyls." :gigglemad
 
When I was a kid, we had record parties. When I was in college, we had jam parties. When I got out of college and into a career, we had a hash bash. Now I'm lucky to sit down with a "vinyl" once a week.

Vinyl, record, LP, album....it's all the same to me. Call it whatever you want.
 
At yardsales, I've asked about "records" and been replied with "do you mean vinyl"?
I've asked about "vinyl records" and been replied with "do you mean records"? I guess it's all the same just depending who your talking to at the time. (I've never asked for "vinyls").
 
I'd be more worried if "young people" weren't talking about records, or albums, or even vinyls...

And for the record (HA!) I've heard more people who are older than me call them vinyls than I have younger folks...
 
Again with this?
Every few months there seems to be a new thread expressing disdain for the term 'vinyls'. Who cares, honestly?!:scratch2:
 
G'day all, as an aside I always find it sad when older people of a greatly different age demographic, appear to embrace 'youngspeak'. Regards, Felix aka catman.
 
zenith2134 said:
Again with this?
Every few months there seems to be a new thread expressing disdain for the term 'vinyls'. Who cares, honestly?!:scratch2:
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I do, as a matter of proper usage of the English language.

Now please excuse me while I go and spin some polycarbonates ... :D
 
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