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ARGH!

Published 3/17/06

Filed under: Miscellaneous

Note to the folks at KUSA news in Denver: It’s NOT a “pin number,” it’s a PIN — personal identification number.

Now I realize that in conversation a lot of people will say “PIN number” even though it’s redundant (”personal identification number number”), and that’s OK. Ditto for “ATM machine.” But if you’re a news writer — even a television journalist — there’s no excuse for writing “pin number” over and over and over.

ARGH!

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2 responses (add yours)

Jason says:

It’s the same for a NIC in a computer. It’s a Network Interface Card. Not a Network Interface Card Card.

March 17th, 2006 at 10:20 AM

Miranda says:

There’s an ObviousMan cartoon in Non Sequitur that takes on the “ATM machine” issue. You sure you were a philosophy major, and not an English major?

March 17th, 2006 at 6:36 PM

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