[Jayne Osborn]

Originally Posted by Rob Stuart

There's a whole class of redundancies around acronyms, like 'PIN number'.

Oh yes... like "LCD display", "PCB boards", "AC current" and "ISBN number".

This thread is fun and it's great to sound off... speaking of which, I also agree with Rob's other post #40, re TV chefs using ''off'' as in ''cook the onions off..." I hate that too.

"Oh, it's hard not to feel superior... when you are!" as my husband likes to say (not knowingly having pinched the expression )

Jayne

[Ann Drysdale]

Ah, my dears - we live, we learn. All over the Eratosphere words and phrases lie awaiting discovery along the shores of the Atlantic. I pick them up and polish them and slip them in my pocket. Moments ago on GT I found another. By planning ahead we can go loaded for bear. Hurrah!

[Lightning Bug]

Ann, you might be referring to the one that inspired this thread - someone saying they would "...continue to persist..." on some mission. I suppose the opponents - being of contrary mind - vowed to persist, in their continued crusade.

[Brian Allgar]

A couple of items posted on Facebook by Pat Myers:

WAMU news: "An audible cheer broke out in the state legislature chambers."

On "All Things Considered," someone was described as having "a unique style all her own."