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Vinyls

I think a part of why people call records vinyl is because aside from the labels the rest is just a big hunk of whatever material it truly is, commonly referred to as "vinyl". That and plastic is more common than vinyl for household things. Go get the plastic (for CD) could mean a million things. But go get the vinyl, could only probably mean a few things.

I'm only 22 and I call them records so coming from a "youngin" perspective it seems like because people my age and around my age grew up with CDs they naturally call them that. We did not grow up with records, unfortunately...

Significantly off topic, my copy of Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here SACD just came in. Good day.
 
As a youngin myself I can chime in and say 'vinyls' grates on my ears as well, just doesn't sound right. Same thing when someone talks about their stereo 'gears'. It's vinyl and stereo gear people.
 
its like when that fast and furious movie came out and everyone started using the term "nos" (as one word) when talking about nitrous oxide systems, every car guy I know couldnt stand it. " you got nos on that bro" "you spraying nos player" "gots dat nos homie" everytime I would hear it , it would drive me crazy. you may as well start out by saying " Hi, I'm stupid and have no idea what I'm talking about"
 
I think as a"Young Kid" of 27. I use the term Vinyl because if I say record some think I'm talking about a CD. Even the term LP/EP I've seen used as a term for a Digital album..

I would think with the shift toa mostly downloads world it could change
 
I still post with a correction and explanation when I see someone writing "vinyls", and will continue to do so. It grates on my ears WORSE than fingernails on a blackboard ever did. It really makes me cringe.

I believe there are such things as standards in language, even though language can, does, and to some extent should evolve over time. If we use the fact of change in language to welcome unopposed every mistake that begins to become trendy, we degrade the effectiveness and precision of the language as a medium of communication and especially as a store of information (Its two major --and overlapping-- functions).

I think all of us who know better, adults and youngsters alike, have a moral obligation to correct those who say "vinyls". "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." To my ears, "vinyls" is evil!
 
All hope is not lost with the younger generation. I occasionally "hang out" on the Vinyl Collective message board (vinylcollective.proboards.com), which if I had to guess, is populated by mostly high school and college kids. Believe me - they hate the term "vinyls" just as much as you and I, and anyone who dares type the word in a post is ultimately met with ridicule.

As for why the word "record" is no longer synonymous with vinyl, it's because it has become a catchall for CDs, LPs, digital releases and just about anything that makes up what we'd consider a full-length album. I don't know where the transition happened ... probably when record labels started releasing music in formats other than vinyl. And when a band says, "hey ... we just released a record," it could mean CD, digital and of course, a 12-inch.

Call it ... progress?
 
well if you don't like the new term"vinyls" you could go old school and call it a stack of wax, or maybe licorice pizza.
 
Interesting i wonder when records came about folks calling it wax would get complaints from the cylinder players.
 
catman said:
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.
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I agree catman...and I am guilty as charged. I have found self saying vinyl...but I always knew them as records....and record players....not vinyl, wax, and TT
 
All I ever see in these kinda threads is "Them dang youngfolk and there ipods and nintedoo's back in my day......". We get it it's a dumb term, but so was gag me with a spoon. I don't see people complaining about that one.
 
PickyEars81 said:
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
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I disagree. In this context, vinyl is neither singular nor plural. It's a substance. It isn't one vinyl and two vinyl, like one deer and two deer. It's like air, water, sand, etc.
 
kermit z said:
.....because it doesn't get used anymore maybe:D Like fer shure
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True but I don't see that many people on here using the term "Vinyls" and I damn well know I've never heard it from any of my friends (probably because I don't hang out with hipsters). So honestly it seems to be about as usfull as complaining about stupid terms from other decades.
 
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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The old timers (like me) have called them vinyl for a long time as a collective noun. A record was a record. Records were vinyl. The neologisms are that a record is a vinyl. Records are vinyls.

I have to confess that the use of the term "vinyls" does set my teeth on edge but who appointed me the Chief of Word Police. When my generation started using the term vinyl the previous one probably hated that, preferring their favorite, "wax".

John
 
At my high school, people are shocked that I use something besides an ipod or phone. The term vinyls is never used, mainly because no one listens to it anymore (except me). I'll stick with the Technics Cabinets instead of earbuds.
 
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