Nope, not trolling... If I admit to using the "collection" word, it's because there are no alternative word (in either French, Spanish, English or Dutch) that would make a nuance/shade between a pile of books or CDs that has been acquired here and there without any kind of intention or hobby, and another pile of stuff that has been amassed strictly with the intention of buidling a large selection to be displayed (models, electric trains, exhaustive music/movie memorabilia, etc...)
It's even kind of strange, but whatever collection I might have started as more of a hobby, (and stopped fairly soon afterwards), I never spent nearly as much time or intent than I do for discovering new (to me) litterature or music... Actually, the very thought of actively searching in garage sales or second-hand stores in search of a particular object is actually almost a turn-off for me (yes, even for that elusive early 70's gem that's escaped my radar for the better part of four decades)... If I still find a beer coaster or a deep blue glass bottle for my GF (yup, she collects those as well) to add up to these "collection", it's because I fell upon it by accident, not by design
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