>There's also the question regarding the word "building"... Once the construction is completed, it's no longer in the process of being built so the "-ing" suffix is misleading. One might assume "built" would be the term to use. Taking into consideration entropy, wouldn't it be more appropriate to call it "crumbling?"
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>And then there are these:
>CRT tube (Cathode Ray Tube tube).
>ATM machine (Automated Teller Machine machine)
>The La Brea Tar Pits ("La Brea" translates as "The Tar" -- so we're saying The The Tar tar pits).
And PIN Number for Goddsakes!
Though, to be fair, I've only ever heard CRT and ATM stand-alone.
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
