Victrola.....slanguage!

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:50 pm

Nowhere near...

Philistine..

Slan,
D.

carrie · Post by **carrie** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:55 pm

I'm afraid I'm the guilty party here. I don't know that my teenager would even know what a Victrola was, and Steve's little joke just gave me the idea to extend it in my usual "can't-think-of-anything-original-but-I'll-play-along-with-others" way.

Sorry.

Carol

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:59 pm

I think that what dubhlinn is referring to is what Carol S. wrote --

cskinner wrote:
SteveK wrote:Not to mention Victrola, a term which is in constant use.
Tell me about it! If I hear ohmyhgod, like, whatever, and Victrola from my teenager one more time I think I'll scream.

I hadn't heard of it either, but I checked with my two 12-year-olds, who set their antiquated dad straight in no time.

"Victrola" is kid-talk for an old fogey, stick in the mud, dour humorless individual, the kind of person, they say, who just sits around all day eating twinkie crumbs off their T-shirt and flicking the fly specks off their glasses. It comes not from Victrola the old record player, although that makes perfect sense, but from Brandon Victrola, the main character in the Samuel Jackson Perlman series published by Scholastic books. Brandon is just that kind of a character, and Perlman has written a whole series of "Victrola" books about his comical efforts to become part of society -- "Victrola in School," "Victrola Goes out for Football," "Victrola's Surgery," " and their favorite "Victrola at the Prom," which they like because it actually has the word "breast" in it.

Sample Victrola humor:

Victrola: How many teachers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

BobbyRay (Victrola's only friend): I don't know, Vic. how many teachers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Victrola: None. She just fills out a maintenance request and turns it in at the office and the janitor changes it.

The kids like it because it's kind of absurdist, anti-humor.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:08 pm

gonzo914 wrote:I think that what dubhlinn is referring to is ..

..exactly on the money Gonzo.

A Google was very misleading but there was a common thread about something American which was just outside my vision.

All is clear now..

Thanks to all...Victrolas..gotta laugh.

Slan,
D.

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:33 pm

dubhlinn wrote:Nowhere near...

Philistine..

Nowhere near Philistine. Well that really clears up the question. I've heard of Palestine, but where the %^&* is Philistine?

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:42 pm

jsluder wrote:
dubhlinn wrote:Nowhere near...

Philistine..
Nowhere near Philistine. Well that really clears up the question. I've heard of Palestine, but where the %^&* is Philistine?

Right here! Let's hope it's a married name

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:47 pm

You need to put a "Disturbing Image" warning on that image link. It sorely frightened the children.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:49 pm

Sorry. I didn't scroll down to see if her husband's name is Frank.

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:33 pm

Frank has an electric cattle prod. Does it show?

djm

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:23 pm

djm wrote:Frank has an electric cattle prod. Does it show?

I think it's hiding behind the lobotomy

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:29 pm

I have a portable version that was made under the name Carryola. It indeed does have adjustable speeds, but LP albums are just a bit big to be used on it, in a practical manner.

I was amused a few years ago by a teenager who, quite sincerely, referred to it as my "CD player," after I'd played some Sinatra and what not on it.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:34 pm

jsluder wrote:
dubhlinn wrote:Nowhere near...

Philistine..
Nowhere near Philistine. Well that really clears up the question. I've heard of Palestine, but where the %^&* is Philistine?

The Philistines lived in the coastal area of ancient Palestine. They seem to have been technically advanced of neighboring tribes, in weaponry, and hence, through their place in the Bible, came to have the popular notion of brutes. Bohemians and such like refer to those whom they consider uncultured as Philistines, whether that is an accurate historical reflection or not.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:36 pm

Walden wrote:
I was amused a few years ago by a teenager who, quite sincerely, referred to it as my "CD player," after I'd played some Sinatra and what not on it.

Smooth..very smooth.

Slan,
D.

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:47 pm

Walden wrote:
jsluder wrote:
dubhlinn wrote:Nowhere near...

Philistine..
Nowhere near Philistine. Well that really clears up the question. I've heard of Palestine, but where the %^&* is Philistine?

The Philistines lived in the coastal area of ancient Palestine.

Both names come from the same source. Standard Arabic for Palestine is Filastiin. (Arabic has no "p". The "t" is the pharyngealized "t".)

So, a Philistine was an early Palestinian.

A lot of my family comes from Palestine--in East Texas, where they at least pronounce the "-tine" as "teen", instead of as "tine". I not sure if this makes them Palestinians or Philistines.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 6:24 am

Darwin wrote:
A lot of my family comes from Palestine--in East Texas, where they at least pronounce the "-tine" as "teen", instead of as "tine". I not sure if this makes them Palestinians or Philistines.

So that's why everything's big in Texas. Queue Goliath.