Vinyls
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boreas
"If it sounds good, it IS good." E.K.E.
It's what hipsters all tend to say and is the subject of many a whiny thread here. I imagine the old fogies hated it when we started calling records "vinyl" instead of "wax" or "sides" or "platters" but they didn't have the internet to complain on.
The only constant is change. This is especially true of slang or vernacular.
John
The only constant is change. This is especially true of slang or vernacular.
John
Eric Lloyd
Well-Known Member
While true that vinyl is a noncount noun, it is also true, as boreas said, that this has been trod to death. Please let it end here!
guitarman50
Super Member
I'm an old fogie and I could care less what anyone else calls them. I'm too busy listening to my rekkids to care.
spicer
Lunatic Member
I got the feeling sprags was referring to the way it was said not the word itself. I was thinking the word vinyl, more than just the material, came into use to distinguish it from shellac which it replaced. They are both records. Didn't non-breakable come into use with vinyl..... I know those shellac discs were easy to break.
spicer
Lunatic Member
Right. How about phonograph record.
Meh, years ago I caught grief for calling a CD an "album".
Thanks to the interwebs and sites like facespace and instabook I know all the hip terms and swell trends for the groovy goings on! When I rap it up with the kids, they're so impressed they just laugh and laugh, especially when I tell them " Peace off!" and stroll away.
Thanks to the interwebs and sites like facespace and instabook I know all the hip terms and swell trends for the groovy goings on! When I rap it up with the kids, they're so impressed they just laugh and laugh, especially when I tell them " Peace off!" and stroll away.
sKiZo
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Glass. Glasses
Vinyl. Vinyls
Same deal. Both hybrid of count and mass nouns. both the material that the item is made of
"hi ladies, would you like some water to drink?" (mass noun)
or- "Can I get you ladies something to drink?" "two waters, please"
"can you bring some beer to the party?" "can you pass me a couple of beers"?
The term "vinyls" is in the movie Empire records- 20 years old. It's not some "damn youngsters" thing. We need to get over it. English is funny.
Vinyl. Vinyls
Same deal. Both hybrid of count and mass nouns. both the material that the item is made of
"hi ladies, would you like some water to drink?" (mass noun)
or- "Can I get you ladies something to drink?" "two waters, please"
"can you bring some beer to the party?" "can you pass me a couple of beers"?
The term "vinyls" is in the movie Empire records- 20 years old. It's not some "damn youngsters" thing. We need to get over it. English is funny.
Every example you give is wrong. Every one. I don't know where to begin.
But, in your first incorrect example, using glass and vinyl is wrong. I cannot say how wrong it is without sounding impolite. Sorry, but you posted this for the world to see. But, to try, I know what a glass is, but what is a vinyl?
Why don't you begin at the beginning? go one by one.
No need to be polite, I won't let an anonymous username on the internet hurt my feelings. Especially not over the topic of "vinyls"
I did start at the beginning. What's a vinyl? (Asked in the same sense as what's a glass, but we all know what a glass is)
the_nines
Lunatic Member
WOW....it didn't take long to get ugly
Yeah....apparently it doesn't take much.
... need some butter.
boreas
"If it sounds good, it IS good." E.K.E.
WOW....it didn't take long to get ugly
Yeah....apparently it doesn't take much.
It never does.
There must be some sort of universal law that says the tendency for a thread to turn nasty is inversely proportional to the importance of the subject being discussed.
John
