Just Wondering: ATM Machines
Posted on 09.12.07 in Thoughts and there are 11 comments.
Why do we call them ATM Machines?
Automatic Teller Machine...machine?
Rather redundant isn’t it?
Just wondering…
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Same reason we call it a hot water heater.
Sep 12, 07 at 10:39 pm
Ha! I’d never thought of that.
Sep 13, 07 at 05:17 am
And a PIN number.
Sep 13, 07 at 06:16 am
ha ha ha… that’s true.
Sep 13, 07 at 07:23 am
I always just say ATM.
Sep 13, 07 at 08:02 am
The hot water heater example above is one of my favorites for the “Department of Redundancy Department” category.
How about the Rio Grande River, or my favorite from my home town of Boulder, CO - Table Mesa? Some will claim these are unfair examples, since they’re Spanish, but I think you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in the West or Southwest US that doesn’t know “rio” means “river”.
Sep 13, 07 at 08:14 am
I knew someone who knew someone that used to say queso cheese dip.
Sep 13, 07 at 08:36 am
"Queso cheese dip” - EXTRA cheesy goodness! 
Sep 13, 07 at 07:54 pm
not redundant - but still makes you ask why…
drive on a parkway
park on a driveway
Sep 14, 07 at 07:13 am
Automated Teller Machine - ATM
Thomas
Sep 16, 07 at 10:21 am
Let’s not forget the phrase “tuna fish”
In my experience, most people start dropping the redundancy in conversation once they start thinking about it. I’ve no idea why so many phrases are like this.
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Paul J.
Sep 12, 07 at 10:22 pm