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Audio Cliche Usage Guide

To help all those in need, I propose the Audiogon Audio Cliche Usage Guide.
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Audio Cliche #1 - "My lost is your gain". Correct usage, "My loss is your gain".

Lost means missing, or no longer possessed. If you still own the unit, then you still possess the unit, and it is not lost.

Loss refers to the decrease in the amount of money resulting from re-selling the item at a lower price on Audiogon.
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Audio Cliche #2 - "I sold all my gears." Correct usage, "I sold all my gear."

Gears refers to several multi-toothed wheels used in motors and machinery.

Gear is a collective term that means all the components that comprise a system...like an audio system.
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Your turn...
tvad
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jond
3,400 posts
 
Those aren't cliche's really. I'm sorry if this is too PC, but I often give the seller the benefit of the doubt that perhaps English isn't his first language hence small errors like those you mention. As cliche's go though, my favorite has to be, "Everyone agress that this version is better than the newer upgraded version." Now I'm sure that may sometimes be the case, but sellers would have you believe that it's always the case!
tvad OP
9,467 posts
 
03-02-06: Jond
Those aren't cliche's really. I'm sorry if this is too PC, but I often give the seller the benefit of the doubt that perhaps English isn't his first language hence small errors like those you mention.
Hence the Usage Guide.

Let's call them worn phrases.

Thanks.
meisterkleef
146 posts
 
"I heard things I never heard before from my favorite recordings."
snofun3
599 posts
 
Never to forget "Power Chord" - hint guys - that's the way a Boston tune starts, it's not the thing you plug into the wall - that's a cord.

Then of course there's "look at my add" - guys, add is arithmetic, an ad, is what you put on AGon - you know - a contraction of advertisement.
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sfar
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"If your reading this ad you already know..."

Two problems:

Problem #1 - Minor. The word is "you're" (you are) not "your" (possessive). Considered a minor problem because we all make that mistake once in awhile.

Problem #2 - Major. The statement itself is absurd on its face. I personally have a minor obsession with reading ads about stuff I've never heard of. That gets complicated, as well, when the text of the ad reads something like, "The Sonic Frenzy LB-RF Mark IV is the last one you'll ever buy." Last what? Is it a power cord, a preamp, a volume knob demagnetizer? What?
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