Pet Peeve of mine ATM/VIN

[ElSupreme]

So I see 'VIN number' (and sadly have to use it some times to avoid confusion) a lot and it bugs me. Here is what I hear every time someone says ATM machine!

The only instance that I am aware of breaking all the time is RAID. I usually append 'array' at the end on first use in a conversation, then switch to RAID unless someone is confused.

 

[AnOutsider]

Far too much time on your hands? Nice drawing though

 

[dflye]

Don't forget you have to enter your PIN Number to use the ATM machine! :tongue:

 

[NigelM]

Uh-oh. Grammar-&-Spelling-Misteaks-) alert!

 

[Zextraterrestrial]

haha :biggrin:

 

[gmontem]

All this time I thought an ATM machine was an "At The Moment machine". :-o
Sent from my Nokia Lumia 920 using Board Express

 

[Tommy]

All this time I thought an ATM machine was an "At The Moment machine". :-o
Sent from my Nokia Lumia 920 using Board Express

And I thought ATM stood for "At The Money", which then logically means one is indeed "at the money machine" when standing in front of an ATM machine.:wink:

 

[Liz G]

All this time I thought an ATM machine was an "At The Moment machine". :-o
Sent from my Nokia Lumia 920 using Board Express

Back home (Wisconsin) ATMs used to be labeled TYME machines... (Take your money everywhere)

My Tesla could be my TYME machine. (Take Your ModelS Everywhere)

 

[NigelM]

Back home.....

For me they were always "cashpoints"....

 

[TEG]

"VIN number" could be interpreted as index into a list of VINs.

So when someone says "I have VIN number 3" it could mean they have the 3rd one made, and those with a VIN list could look down at entry 3 and see the actual/full VIN for "VIN number 3".

(OK, I am stretching a bit here.)

BTW, some people say "PIN code" rather than "PIN number".

- - - Updated - - -

Editorial Pet Peeves | Buffalo Editor
ATM Machine... @ derek.broox.com

 

[kcveins]

So I see 'VIN number' (and sadly have to use it some times to avoid confusion) a lot and it bugs me. Here is what I hear every time someone says ATM machine!

View attachment 13066

The only instance that I am aware of breaking all the time is RAID. I usually append 'array' at the end on first use in a conversation, then switch to RAID unless someone is confused.

I feel the same way about baseball and the term "RBIs" - RBI is already runs batted in.........

 

[TEG]

RAS syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

RAS syndrome (short for "redundant acronym syndrome syndrome"), also known as PNS syndrome ("PIN number syndrome syndrome", which expands to "personal identification number number syndrome syndrome") or RAP phrases ("redundant acronym phrase phrases"), refers to the use of one or more of the words that make up an acronym or initialism in conjunction with the abbreviated form, thus in effect repeating one or more words...

...LCD display...

 

[efxjim]

Hot water heater, who needs to heat hot water?

 

[TEG]

Then there is the whole "Roadster has 6831 batteries" saying.
Cell=One unit.
Battery=Pack of cells.
Roadster has one "Battery" of 6831 "Cells".

But I think you could get on some semantical roller coaster there.
"The ESS (Energy Storage System) is a 'Battery Pack' as it is a box/pack that contains a battery of cells."

 

[doug]

LED diode
SEM microscope

 

[spleen]

Hot water heater, who needs to heat hot water?

Love this!

 

[TEG]

Hot water heater, who needs to heat hot water?

Well, if you want to keep it hot...


----


Cold Water Chillers

 

[Johan]

PC computer (as opposed to Mac?)

 

[TEG]

PC computer...

No, that is the "Politically Correct Computer".

(It has no F5 key :wink: )

 

[Twiddler]

While we are on the subject can we have a series of PSAs on apostrophes and when NOT to use them? :-O!