Does it bother anyone when people say "PIN number"?

asabour

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PIN stands for "Personal Identification Number". When people say "PIN number", they are saying "Personal Identification Number Number". As with many acronyms, such as the "NAFTA agreement" in which they are saying "North American Free Trade Agreement agreement". I don't know, this just bothers me for some reason. Why can't people use acronyms correctly? They could say "PI Number" or just "PIN" but NOT "PIN number".

-asabour
 

Brutuskend

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Doesn't bother me.....

If I said PI number I'm sure people wouldn't have a clue as to WHAT I was talking about.
 

notfred

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no, the'yre not saying "Personal Identification Number Number". They're saying "PIN number".
 

goldboyd

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It doesn't bother me nearly as much as people saying DVD disc, or FAT table or NIC card...
 

TallBill

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damnit bob.. think of something tricky.. um.. hmm.. uh.. crap.. i suck.. i hate you all
 

flippinfleck

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<< PIN stands for "Personal Identification Number". When people say "PIN number", they are saying "Personal Identification Number Number". As with many acronyms, such as the "NAFTA agreement" in which they are saying "North American Free Trade Agreement agreement". I don't know, this just bothers me for some reason. Why can't people use acronyms correctly? They could say "PI Number" or just "PIN" but NOT "PIN number".

-asabour
>>

That doesn't bother me at all. What does bother me though, is people who are waaaay too anal and need to sit back and relax. Or not :p
 

Logix

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<< That doesn't bother me at all. What does bother me though, is people who are waaaay too anal and need to sit back and relax. Or not :p >>



Hey, I thought you were taking a shower! :confused:
 

Brutuskend

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<< damnit bob.. think of something tricky.. um.. hmm.. uh.. crap.. i suck.. i hate you all >>



HAHA you loose!! ;)
 

Jerboy

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um my and everyone else's pi number is:

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812848111745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196442881097566593344612847564823378678316527120190914564856692346034861045432664821339360726024914127372458700660631558817488152092096282925409171536436789259036001133053054882046652138414695194151160943305727036575959195309218611738193261179310511854807446237996274956735188575272489122793818301194912983367336244065664308602139494639522473719070217986094370277053921717629317675238467481846766940513200056812714526356082778577134275778960917363717872146844090122495343014654958537105079227968925892354201995611212902196086403441815981362977477130996051870721134999999837297804995105973173281609631859502445945534690830264252230825334468503526193118817101000313783875288658753320838142061717766914730359825349042875546873115956286388235378759375195778185778053217122680661300192787661119590921642019(and it goes on)