Non-motoring > Redundant Acronyms Miscellaneous
Thread Author: zippy Replies: 7

 Redundant Acronyms - zippy
I'm avoiding writing up a report, because it will be bad news.

So here goes... acronyms with a word added that's not needed and should annoy but really doesn't...

E.g. ATM Machine = Automatic Teller Machine Machine.

ATM Machine.
LPG Gas.
VIN Number.
DAT Tape.
SAM Missile.
PIN Number.
RAM Memory.
ROM Memory.
AC Current.
VGA Adaptor.
DC Current.
HIV Virus.
COBOL Language.
ISA Account.
LCD Display
RF Frequency.
UPC Code.
VAT Tax.
RPI Index.
CPI Index.
DC Comics?
DOS System.
ISBN Number.
KFC Chicken.
OPEC Countries.

Any more?
;-)
 Redundant Acronyms - Zero
Ah, you have VGA wrong, Video Graphics Array Adaptor
 Redundant Acronyms - Stuartli
We had a second version for URL (Uniform Resource Locator) on here recently. It was always Universal Resource Locator in my younger days!
 Redundant Acronyms - Biggles
TLA abbreviations?
 Redundant Acronyms - No FM2R
Three letter acronym abbreviations?

And aren't the majority of these initialisms anyway?
Last edited by: No FM2R on Thu 8 Jul 21 at 19:49
 Redundant Acronyms - Duncan
>> Three letter acronym abbreviations?
>>
>> And aren't the majority of these initialisms anyway?
>>

Blast! He beat me to it. They are abbreviations - mostly, not acronyms.

An acronym is a word made up of a series of intials, like NAAFI, or OPEC.

I thought we had done all this, long ago?
 Redundant Acronyms - Runfer D'Hills
WGAF
;-)
 Redundant Acronyms - smokie
Or BACS.

See Zippy's post at Mon 3 Aug 20 00:26 and your subsequent one in this thread. www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?t=28161&v=f
Last edited by: smokie on Fri 9 Jul 21 at 09:27
Latest Forum Posts