The increasingly musty expression like a broken record has caused some confusion among digital natives who’ve heard of broken records only in terms of sports! This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Like A Broken Record”
One more skew and more for you, Grant.
This one came from Peter in Dallas. He said that he’s 60 years old and he works a lot with people in their 20s and 30s.
And in a meeting recently, he said, I don’t want to sound like a broken record. And he said they didn’t quite get the simile because for them, a broken record is something you do in sports.
Right. They’ve never seen vinyl that’s been cracked.
Yeah, or heard a broken record, you know? You used to pick up the album, and if you had the slot the wrong way, the vinyl would slide out and maybe crack on the floor, right?
And then you’d still try to play it because you wanted to hear Indiegata DeVita. Crack or no crack.
You’re sounding like an old timer now, Grant.
I love it.
I’m not that old.
You’ve read about records.
Yeah, I’ve read about it.
I might own a few.
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Hi! I always understood this to mean to repeat oneself, like a record with a scratch on it. Love the show, Thanks!