The plural of vinyl is vinyls

In this Axios article from yesterday on the rise of vinyl sales, the author writes,

"...even the world's biggest artists are waiting months for their vinyls to hit the shelves."
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And even on the audiophile site INNER, I was reading an article a couple months ago (can't find it to link) where the author used "vinyls" as the plural form of vinyl. AN AUDIOPHILE WEBSITE!

"Vinyls" is like nails on a chalkboard to me, but I think it's time to get over it and accept that language changes and this is a change that's here to stay.

Looks like my 50 minutes are up. Thanks for the therapy session.

 

Huh, I thought it was records.

 

The plural of sheep is sheeps?

 

I'm glad you got yourself sorted out lol..

 

“Vinyls" is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

I agree my friend, but these are different times.

 

Same here. Calling records or CD's software is about as bad IMO.

 

I dont usually use the term Vinyl. For me its either LPs or CDs depending on format. I have always seen the use of Vinyl to refer to either a single LP or a collection of LPs. I dont get over excited by the term Vinyls however.

 

Could we live with vinylz?

 

Unfortunately (dons "Get Off My Lawn" baseball hat) some younger people aren't familiar with the term "records". It has to be prefixed with "vinyl". Hence "vinyls" as plural. Irritating as it is, language evolves.

 

And CeeDeez!

 

I got treated very sarcastic on this forum some months ago after using the word „vinyls“ although I am a person who mostly talks about LPs or records

 

I consider 'vinyl' to be the medium which includes many different variations ie Lps, 45s, picture discs, boxed sets etc.

 

Agreed x

 

Vinyl is not the record itself but the material it is made of. Referring to LPs or records as "vinyls" is like calling gold watches or gold teeth as "golds."

 

Kill all humans. The only solution.

 

I don't use the word vinyls myself but, correct or not, it's not a new thing, not an evolution of language. I've seen 'vinyls' used in sleeve notes from records from the 50s. I'll have a look for an example later...

 

In the literal sense yes, but the definition has evolved further. Even the dictionary gets updated to reflect new adopted/ accepted meanings.

 

Yes pleaze! It's the beezkneez!

 

I'm gonna spin a few shellacs.

 

I'd love to see that if you can find it.

 

Where do we stand on "spinning wax"?

 

A little to the right.

 

The incorrect use of the plural for vinyl (vinyls) along with people starting every sentence with the word so... drives me crazy.
Don't people go to school anymore and learn to read and write? It's not that diffucult to spell correctly.