<3 ([info]theperks75) wrote in [info]grammar_whores,
2005-08-28 19:43:00
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While I was working one night, a man asked me if there was an ATM machine in the building. I told him there was no ATM machine, but that we did have an ATM. "Yeah, an ATM machine," he replied. "Sir, I don't believe there is such a thing as an automated teller machine machine," I said.

He looked at me like I was the stupid one.

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[info]scarybaldguy

August 29 2005, 02:35:17 UTC 6 years ago

But where else can he use his PIN number?

[info]xxtonicxx

August 29 2005, 07:52:34 UTC 6 years ago

LMAO. Good call.

[info]ionlylurkhere

August 29 2005, 08:24:48 UTC 6 years ago

New Scientist's feedback column loves these things. They refer to it as "RAS (Redundant Acronym Syndrome) syndrome".

As always, someone on the Internet has picked it up and run with it, leading to this long list of examples.

[info]optissima

August 29 2005, 15:40:46 UTC 6 years ago

Don't you mean his Personal PIN Number?

(...yes, I have acutally heard people use that. Several times.)

[info]mrmooky

September 1 2005, 11:54:25 UTC 6 years ago

Ditto.

[info]emosouth

August 29 2005, 02:37:13 UTC 6 years ago

Quality :)

[info]amethystia

August 29 2005, 02:38:37 UTC 6 years ago

I've seen that mistake a lot. I was at the mall once and looked at the map. You can pretty much guess what I saw. I started freaking out in there.

[info]turtle_147

August 29 2005, 02:44:39 UTC 6 years ago

It's so hard to be a grammar geek.

[info]caoil

August 29 2005, 05:16:32 UTC 6 years ago

Between that and "CD disc", sometimes you just want to poke people.

[info]argentina

August 29 2005, 09:49:43 UTC 6 years ago

or HIV-Virus

[info]amplifiedmouse

August 29 2005, 06:29:59 UTC 6 years ago

I saw a sign in a gas station that said "ATM machine".


So I pulled out my pen that I had and crossed out "machine".

[info]badlittlemonkie

August 29 2005, 11:39:59 UTC 6 years ago

You deserve a gold star for liking Questionable Content.

[info]amplifiedmouse

August 29 2005, 14:22:10 UTC 6 years ago

:)

[info]veggieincoma

August 29 2005, 06:42:15 UTC 6 years ago

OH it's like padi!
Padi means 'rice field' so padi field or rice padi would mean 'rice field field' or 'rice rice field'.

[info]sevensixone

August 29 2005, 15:42:24 UTC 6 years ago

Actually, it's like "rice rice field field".

[info]sisiphus

September 4 2005, 17:26:25 UTC 6 years ago

Every once in a while a cop requests an OLN number. OLN stands for 0 License Number. In our database, each field is labeled with a three-alphanumeric identifier, so for License Number, they used a 0 to indicate that it's just a two-letter acronymn. Even still, reducing it to OLN is not enough for quicken communication over the radio, because some just feel the need to addend 'number' to it.

[info]legaiiybrunette

September 8 2005, 18:59:19 UTC 6 years ago

You know how many people tell me (at work) they are going to use 'ATM'? Uh... no, you are using DEBIT.. lol
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