>>>>>>Redundancy!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>ICU Unit
>>>>>>ATM Machine
>>>>>>PIN Number
>>>>>>Tuna Fish (What other kind of tuna is there? Do we ever say I would like a Bacon Pig Hamburger Cow?)
>>>>>>VIN Number
>>>>>>and ...
>>>>>
>>>>>I'll give you the ridiculousness of ICU Unit and ATM machine, since the acronyms are 'spelled out'.
>>>>>
>>>>>Tuna Fish is part of the vernacular, I'm afraid, as is Cod Fish.
>>>>>
>>>>>But PIN and VIN are generally said as a word, so I guess people want to distinguish between a pin (a piece of metal with a pointy end) and a PIN by putting the 'number' after it.
>>>>
>>>>I agree with Jim.
>>>>
>>>>PIN was doomed and became"pin number" from the very start, although there do seem to be more people dropping the "number" nowadays, I'm pleased to note.
>>>>As for differentiating it from the metal artifact, I'd like to see someone "entering" a pin.
>>>>
>>>>As for ICU unit, I remember I got flak a few years ago for mentioning the redundancy of calling someone a "CIA agent"
>>>
>>>There's no redundancy in CIA Agent is there? One could be a CIA filing clerk, or a CIA Human Resources Manager. So why not a CIA Agent?
>>
>>Kinell! I said I got this same flak a few years ago so no comment, except if the CIA is the C I Agency, then an agent thereof is a CI Agent. Nuff said.
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>Well, almost nuff anyway. The name of the outfit is "Central Intelligence Agency", not "Central Intelligence". A "Joe's Meat Market cashier" is not a "Joe's Meat cashier" just because it's a market.

Different thing. If you go to an employment agency you get an interview with an employment agent, not an employment agency agent.

I accept that there are CIA floor cleaners, but an agent thereof is a CI Agent.