My one grudge with banks (so far)...
Is that things they have seem to be cut down to letters. Personal Identification Numbers and Automated Teller Machines. Now, this is fine. But it's when people use these shortened names, and then add part of what was shortened back on again!

It's a silly grudge, I know, but when people talk casually of the Automated Teller Machine Machines they visited, or the Personal Identification Number Numbers they have, I can't help but go, "aaaarrrrrgh!" inside. Also outside.

Why shorten it to make it longer? I even do it sometimes! ~shoots self with crossbow as punishment~
( vix0r was not Matthew on, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 2:26, 4 replies)

It's like how schoolkids shorten 'brilliant' to 'brill'
then lengthen it again to 'brillo pads'. Just say brilliant!
( Bob Todd whee, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:55, closed)

Rumour has it
That if you're a VIP person and you put your PIN number into an ATM machine to buy an book with an ISBN number you can catch the HIV virus (all of these came from a website which lists TLA acronyms)
(Banjax, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 12:43, closed)

Oh yeah...
I apologise, I am guilty of this myself. I never actually stopped to think what these initials stood for...

I'm a bit ashamed of myself to be honest, as I tend to be somewhat of a pedant. I shall take great delight in referring to it as my 'pin' from now on - or even my 'pi number'. :D

I've never had a problem with ATM - I always say 'cash machine'.
(Supermonkey, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 19:52, closed)

Too bloody right...
...well said that woman.

This sort of thing boils my blood too but frustratingly I'm as guilty as the next man over PIN. However ATM is alien to my lexicon, existing as Cash Points in my brain, so I escaped that one.

PIN number - Must try harder.

*click*
(Rotimer was micturating windward at, Wed 22 Jul 2009, 14:14, closed)