"Records" or "vinyl"

[ekymetal]

I am a member on an Australian forum, and this thread started.
It got real ugly with people making harsh comments.
Even putting up pictures of people who they thought would buy a vinyl!
Hipsters as they called them.
What are your views on this ?
You don't hear your vinyl collection often, we'll I don't .
To me it's my record collection.
I work at a school and the kids say I purchased a vinyl .
But they say, if it's more than one it's Their record collection.
I don't think it matters as it's a vinyl record!
Lets hear what you all think.
cheers
Ek

[walpurgis]

Does it matter Scott? Not here really I think. Terminology is not critical as long as the point gets across. Any 'ganging up' is frowned on at AOS and gets stomped on if necessary.

[Barry]

I think we had this debate over the nomenclature sometime ago.

Can't remember the outcome (I'll see if I can find the thread), but for what it's worth I would refer to my record collection. Collectors who also play 78s have no other option (not that I have any).

Your question raises two more related questions: do you refer to the records as "LPs" or as "albums", and do you pronounce vinyl as "vin-nile" or as "vine-al"?

[The Grand Wazoo]

I think the term 'a vinyl' is just wrong.
However me thinking that won't stop people saying it, much the same as for people who choose to pronounce 'schedule' as 'skedule' or writing 'your' when they mean 'you're'. I don't like it, but there's no point in having a barney about it.

[Barry]

I think the term 'a vinyl' is just wrong.
However me thinking that won't stop people saying it, much the same as for people who choose to pronounce 'schedule' as 'skedule' or writing 'your' when they mean 'you're'. I don't like it, but there's no point in having a barney about it.

Agreed. "Skedule" is the American pronouciation, and I'm sure I have incorrectly typed 'your' when I should have typed 'you're'. Mea culpa.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Ah, but the difference is that you know when you've got it wrong!

[ekymetal]

Does it matter Scott? Not here really I think. Terminology is not critical as long as the point gets across. Any 'ganging up' is frowned on at AOS and gets stomped on if necessary.

No I don't think it matters.
The reaction here is much better.
I made a comment and the thread starter did not agree.
So he put up pictures of the so called vinyl purchaser.
I was just interested what the reaction would be here.
I am finding this forum fantastic and a wealth of knowledge.
And with people willing to offer advise instead of a flaming!

[twotone]

Always been records and Lps or singles to me but I am from that era.

Vinyl is for searching don't think records would do well in a google search.

[awkwardbydesign]

Records, LPs or "some vinyl", NOT vinyls! Album could refer to CD (just).
So there!

[YNWaN]

I never heard the word 'vinyls' until a few years ago. I guess it is because the music industry still uses the term 'X is releasing a new record' when they really mean recording and the actual format is not necessarily vinyl. When I tell people I've just bought a new record they often think I mean recording and assume it is a CD, so you end up saying vinyl record - shortened, I guess, to vinyl (or the plural vinyls).