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by nezza-_- 4479 days ago
Just FYI: ATM stands for Automated Teller Machine, so your sentence expands to "automated automated teller machine machine" :)
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derekp7 4479 days ago
I know -- that's why I threw automated at the beginning (inside joke). But adding "machine" at the end seems to happen a lot (and feels natural) when an acronym transitions to a stand-alone name. I wonder if there is a name for this phenomenon?
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tectec 4479 days ago
It is called RAS syndrome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome
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stronglikedan 4479 days ago
Don't even get me started on "PIN number".
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