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by smartscience 1382 days ago
Incidentally this is why I see no problem with phrases like 'PIN number', despite others apparently being very bothered by them. English does not use a macro preprocessor to expand acronyms.
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Constructions like 'PIN number' and 'ATM machine' are just fine from a linguistic standpoint. Using them has class connotations, but that doesn't make them wrong.
Adding sounds to single-syllable words is also helpful to reduce ambiguity.