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From the wise old woman: The only autodial I have now is 911
.........There was a joke on an old (last century sometime) TV show. The new office assistant had programmed the phone system so that you could get 911 by speed-dial using *37
and:The album vs. Compact Disc
.........I did not intend my comment on albums to indicate any reference to CDs. It was in reference to single LPs being referred to as albums. The original albums from the days of 78rpm were needed if you wanted to put more than about 6 minutes on a single sales unit. Anyone who listened to any classical music was familiar with multiple recording albums. When the same amount of music became available on one disc that single unit was still referred to as an album. On this note I have noticed some tendency on the part of some people to start to refer to a CD as a record and then apologize and say, "I mean CD." This despite the fact that the word record carries with it no explicit reference to the medium. Folks generally explicitly say LP or vinyl when referring to a 33-1/3 rpm recording. Record was never, as far as I know, used to refer to tapes.
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Interesting that others (I thought it was only my family) use Kelvinator or Frigidaire for refrigerator. This happens not just in English. I have an Italian friend whose mother came to the U.S. when she was about 50 and never learned English at all well; she didn't speak Italian well either, her language was Calabres', which is similar to Sicilian. She called the refrigerator "lu frigideru".
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Faldage, thanks for putting this one up. I've inherited my grandmother's and mother's collections of 78s, some of which are in boxed albums as you suggest. Try explaining what these are to some people!
A friend who worked for Parlophone about the time that they struck lucky with The Beatles(?) once told me that debate over what LPs should be called (including the use of album) raged unchecked through the record industry for a couple of years until, of course, the public settled it for them.
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CapK notes: the public settled it for them
As so often it will.
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This despite the fact that the word record carries with it no explicit reference to the medium. Folks generally explicitly say LP or vinyl when referring to a 33-1/3 rpm recording.
I beg to differ. Most people I know refer to a 45rpm vinyl as a record, a 33 1/3 rpm as an album or LP. I have never heard anyone use the word vinyl except on U.S. television. Here there is a distinct difference in pronunciation. When pronounce wreck-urd it is explicit to the medium. When pronounce ree-cord it is not.
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When pronounce wreck-urd it is explicit to the medium.Been listening to Oasis too often, Bel. Gawd, that Liam!  For us, record meant either a 45 or a 33.3, or even a 78. We started referring to vinyl only when CDs came in. Record, the noun, has just about dropped out of use. It's either "vinyl" or the speed, tape or CD (and, now - presenting DVD, the newest term to confuse us all!).
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I did not intend my comment on albums to indicate any reference to CDs. It was in reference to single LPs being referred to as albums. Ah-Ha ! Misread.  Sorry. Interesting point and no, I never heard tape recording called records ... My first Messiah recording was a six-record, 12-sides set (1947) !! Liked the joke. Tooooo true. wow
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The Backstreet Boys, who range in age from 20 to 28, refer to one of their CD's as an album. OK, C.K., let's see now: I can segue from one topic to another by starting a new paragraph. Do I get to see the top of your bared head?  Also--third time I've had to do this, first time by my choice: a belated welcome to all who joined during the days I was away.
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No Jackie, only once per bulletin board ... 
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No Jackie, only once per bulletin board ...Now, if you have bowed to me before, I must confess that I do not recall the occasion. You did not kneel and propose to me, I proposed to you. And you used nearly the same weak excuse, too... As far as I know, you are the only board member who has received a proposal of marriage from another! 
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