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by poopicus 5016 days ago
High five for using 'PIN numbers' and not caring about repeating the word 'numbers'. That'll probably drive some people nuts, but not me!
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In this case it actually works because he's looking at the 'numbers behind the PINs' :)
Blame the people who coined the initialism, not the public who uses it the way that sounds best.
I just call them PI /pɪ/ numbers!