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#416624 - 02/28/09 12:23 PM What is it with...
47MartialMan Member Registered: 11/17/04 Posts: 180	What are those words, if they have a category, that are misued per: Chai tea (Actually Chai translate to tea) so this is like saying "Tea Tea" PC computer (PC means personal computer-used out of context to mean IBM based machines) "Personal Computer Computer" Bo Staff (In martial arts a staff is a quarter stick-bo is the Asian term and translates the same) "Stick Staff" Aregent Silver "Silver Silver" Can you think of any others?
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#416625 - 02/28/09 03:19 PM Re: What is it with... [Re: 47MartialMan]
Inarai Member Registered: 02/02/09 Posts: 36	It's kind of similar to RAS(Redundant Acronym Syndrome) Syndrome.
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#416626 - 02/28/09 04:38 PM Re: What is it with... [Re: Inarai]
Dereck Prolific Registered: 10/04/04 Posts: 10411 Loc: Great White North	MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) Sheets _________________________ "IF I COME ... I'M BRINGING THE PAIN WITH ME"
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#416627 - 03/01/09 10:43 AM Re: What is it with... [Re: Dereck]
clmibb Veteran Registered: 08/31/06 Posts: 1035 Loc: South Texas, US	ATM (Automated Teller Machine) Machine _________________________ "It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."- Ronald Reagan
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#416628 - 03/01/09 10:50 PM Re: What is it with... [Re: clmibb]
JoelM Professional Poster Registered: 07/26/04 Posts: 6355 Loc: Georgia, USA	TCBY Yogurt (The Country's Best Yogurt) _________________________ We should all take ourselves seriously...and then crumple that image up and toss it out the window.
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#416629 - 03/02/09 05:06 AM Re: What is it with... [Re: clmibb]
ThomsonsPier Member Registered: 06/24/04 Posts: 475 Loc: Reading, UK	Quote: ATM (Automated Teller Machine) Machine Remember your PIN (Personal Identification Number) number! Edited by ThomsonsPier (03/02/09 05:07 AM) _________________________ ThomsonsPier War. It's fan-tastic!
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#416630 - 03/02/09 09:06 AM Re: What is it with... [Re: ThomsonsPier]
Dereck Prolific Registered: 10/04/04 Posts: 10411 Loc: Great White North	SIN (Social Insurance Number) Number _________________________ "IF I COME ... I'M BRINGING THE PAIN WITH ME"
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#416631 - 03/02/09 08:26 PM Re: What is it with... [Re: Dereck]
BlackPaladin Member Registered: 01/02/07 Posts: 29	Runs Batted In (RBI) is often said (or written) RBIs, much to the aficionado's chagrin.
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#416632 - 03/02/09 10:35 PM Re: What is it with... [Re: BlackPaladin]
JoelM Professional Poster Registered: 07/26/04 Posts: 6355 Loc: Georgia, USA	Would you rather RsBI? I always thought that RBI was Run Batted In. Because if someone had 1 RBI then your way it would be 1 Runs Batted In, which is incorrect. So therefore RBIs would be correct for multiple and RBI for singular amount of runs batted in. I love semantics, best way to waste time. _________________________ We should all take ourselves seriously...and then crumple that image up and toss it out the window.
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#416633 - 03/03/09 05:41 AM Re: What is it with... [Re: JoelM]
BlackPaladin Member Registered: 01/02/07 Posts: 29	But RBIs is Runs Batted Ins, and that "s" there is wrong. It is understood that the singular plural would be used if the acronym were spelled out. The extra "s" is just wrong, because the word can't be "ins" in this particular case.
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