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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: The trouble with acronyms ... #99887 04/02/03 11:51 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) N nancyk addict nancyk addict N Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) suggests that "ID card" is not a redundancy Exactly the point I was making - without really making it. Thanks, sjm, for reading between the lines I didn't write! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The trouble with acronyms ... #99888 04/03/03 02:19 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Thanks, sjm, for reading between the lines I didn't write! Ah--our sjm is clearly lacking the Zildian sloth gene! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The trouble with acronyms ... #99889 04/03/03 11:32 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 I've switched to saying the "word" ID as a word, (id, rhymes with squid) rather than saying the letters. There's some nice multi-layered meaning that way. E.g.: As husband is going out the door - "Don't forget your id." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The trouble with acronyms ... #99890 04/05/03 06:32 AM Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 104 R RubyRed member RubyRed member R Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 104 >E.g.: As husband is going out the door - "Don't forget your id."< LOL at that one, Bean!!!! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The trouble with acronyms ... #99891 04/05/03 06:56 AM Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 104 R RubyRed member RubyRed member R Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 104 I wonder about these tautologies myself. But, then, that always leads me to another theory/query: Perhaps the reason some people tend to add a redundant word after a common acronym, is because the acronym that was originally a noun, has now become an adjective. Not sure if that makes sense...let me try again. The phrase Personal Identification Number is, two adjectives and a noun, as we all know, so adding that redundant noun is bothersome. But, PIN the *word* has become commonplace as an adjective: You need a "number" to access your bank account, your email, etc? So what "kind" of number do you need? Why, a PIN Number, of course! I think that is called colloquial speaking? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 373 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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