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| 17th Mar 2023, 11:46 PM | #1 REPORT | |
 | GimmeVinyl Member since Nov 2019 597 Points | Sorry to rant, but... How many of us vinyl collectors have ever heard or read the very incorrect term of a record collection being referred to as.. "vinyls"?? To me, it doesn't even SOUND correct! Is it just me, or has anyone else that is part of our community that is fed up with this incorrect terminology "vinyls"? Hey bub... The correct term is vinyl, whether it is singular, or plural. Now, if you want to say that I own records, I'm fine with that. Or.. I own a LP collection, or a collection of LPs.. those would work. I also own "shellac".. and thank God no one says "shellacs" .. not even my phone likes that one! Once again, one could say I have a collection of 78s... Or have a 78 RPM record collection. Same goes for my collection of 45 RPM singles, which definitely are in the plural and not just singular. But let me make myself perfectly clear... I do not have "vinyls"!!! |
| 18th Mar 2023, 2:14 AM | #2 REPORT | |
 | zabadak Caddacack oh da ca-caddacack, shy shy skagellack Member since Jun 2010 4168 Points | Styrenes?  |
| 18th Mar 2023, 2:30 AM | #3 REPORT | |
 | annaloog Member since Sep 2012 6720 Points Moderator |
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... no one says "shellacs" ....
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| 18th Mar 2023, 7:07 AM | #4 REPORT | |
| Hawkmarty SUBS Do You Like It Here Now Member since Dec 2012 3052 Points Moderator | As a qualified polymer chemist what really makes me wince is vynil. Shudder. |
| 18th Mar 2023, 8:39 AM | #5 REPORT | |
 | Steel-River-Wet SUBS M. Bolan, D. Bowie, A. Harvey & Olivia NJ. RIP x Member since Sep 2011 1871 Points |
Hawkmarty wrote:
As a qualified polymer chemist what really makes me wince is vynil. Shudder.
Agreed a THOUSAND per cent Hawkmarty. (I've seen our records described as that many times since the internet became widely used). Makes my 'Pish' (used as a Scottish term) boil. GRRR! |
| 18th Mar 2023, 3:35 PM | #6 REPORT | |
 | carryonsidney a happy disposition is an omnious sign.... Member since Feb 2010 1707 Points Moderator | The use of "vynils" in adverts makes me laugh every time. |
| 19th Mar 2023, 3:44 PM | #7 REPORT | |
 | Paul Vinyl Member since Feb 2011 8564 Points Moderator | Walking round a car boot sale a few weeks ago, some late teens were saying "I'm going to buy some Vynils today" made me smile, in my day it was going to buy some records. |
| 19th Mar 2023, 4:41 PM | #8 REPORT | |
 | getalife So many questions, so few answers Member since Nov 2010 879 Points Moderator | Is, “l have a collection of vinyl records” acceptable, or “l have a vinyl record collection”. |
| 19th Mar 2023, 5:49 PM | #9 REPORT | |
| GimmeVinyl Member since Nov 2019 597 Points |
getalife wrote:
Is, “l have a collection of vinyl records” acceptable, or “l have a vinyl record collection”.
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| 23rd Mar 2023, 12:42 AM | #10 REPORT | |
 | W.B.lbl The Collector's Collector Member since Feb 2012 3793 Points Moderator |
GimmeVinyl wrote:
How many of us vinyl collectors have ever heard or read the very incorrect term of a record collection being referred to as.. "vinyls"??
They also used "TP" as an abbreviation for "test pattern." But that's for another subject and thread and time. |
| 23rd Mar 2023, 4:06 PM | #11 REPORT | |
 | xiphophilos Member since Dec 2013 3355 Points Moderator | Webster's Third New International Dictionary (unabridged edition, 1986) also gives the plural of vinyl as vinyls. I think when you talk about the material, you may want to avoid the plural, but when you talk about vinyl records, there is no reason not to say vinyls. Vinyls may be a bit slangy still, but hey, it's the users that determine what is correct grammar. Languages are not dead artifacts, but continually developing. And that may mean that even the abomination that is the spelling of vinyl as "vynal" (which I see in Craigslist postings all the time) could at some point be adopted as a valid alternative spelling by Merriam Webster (di melius!). Edited by xiphophilos on 23rd Mar 2023, 4:13 PM |
| 23rd Mar 2023, 7:44 PM | #12 REPORT | |
| GimmeVinyl Member since Nov 2019 597 Points | Well, hello there my friend! I see there is quite a bit of a debate over this particular subject when one punches in "the plural to vinyl is"... And also the Oxford English Dictionary does not support changing the plural to vinyl to "vinyls".. so it depends on which dictionary one uses as a reference. Another point is where many grammar specialists treat the word "vinyl" as a mass noun, just like the words beer, cheese, fish, sheep, and deer, which do not use a plural and as such do not have an "s"... Ah, the debate continues! |
| 23rd Mar 2023, 7:56 PM | #13 REPORT | |
| getalife So many questions, so few answers Member since Nov 2010 879 Points Moderator | Ah, the debate continues! If the subjects are I, we, you and they the verb form would be 'continue'. If the subjects are He, She and It, the verb form would be 'continues'.  |
| 31st Mar 2023, 6:46 PM | #14 REPORT | |
 | Malcyramone SUBS Remember the good old 1980's? Member since Sep 2011 7774 Points | I always thought 'vinyls' were sold by carpet shops. |
| 31st Mar 2023, 8:50 PM | #15 REPORT | |
| Hawkmarty SUBS Do You Like It Here Now Member since Dec 2012 3052 Points Moderator | Cheese is a weird one. I like my cheese. There are 4 different cheeses on my plate. |
| 31st Mar 2023, 8:53 PM | #16 REPORT | |
| Hawkmarty SUBS Do You Like It Here Now Member since Dec 2012 3052 Points Moderator | Vinyl is a descriptor of a specific chemical moiety. A compound can have a multiple of vinyl groups but not vinyls. |
| 3rd Apr 2023, 12:26 PM | #17 REPORT | |
| Malcyramone SUBS Remember the good old 1980's? Member since Sep 2011 7774 Points |
Hawkmarty wrote:
Cheese is a weird one.
I like my cheese. There are 4 different cheeses on my plate. Same with fruit. |
| 12th Apr 2023, 10:36 PM | #18 REPORT | |
| pinkleton123 Member since Jul 2017 230 Points |
GimmeVinyl wrote:
let me make myself perfectly clear... I do not have "vinyls"!!!
You should get some. Vinyls sound much better than CDs. |
| 14th Apr 2023, 11:20 PM | #19 REPORT | |
| GimmeVinyl Member since Nov 2019 597 Points |
Hawkmarty wrote:
Cheese is a weird one.
I like my cheese. There are 4 different cheeses on my plate. |
| 14th Apr 2023, 11:28 PM | #20 REPORT | |
| GimmeVinyl Member since Nov 2019 597 Points |
pinkleton123 wrote:
GimmeVinyl wrote:
let me make myself perfectly clear... I do not have "vinyls"!!!
You should get some. Vinyls sound much better than CDs. |
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