Redundant Statements
Redundant Statements
(OP)
I find it interesting when people unconsciously make redundant statements. A recent example occurred when a production foreman entered a work request for the installation of a hot water heater.
Other examples that I have heard include:
ATM Machine
ISP Provider
Cold water chiller
Freezing temperatures occurring below zero
I'm sure I've been guilty of the same, but it's quite funny when you think about it.

Other examples that I have heard include:
ATM Machine
ISP Provider
Cold water chiller
Freezing temperatures occurring below zero
I'm sure I've been guilty of the same, but it's quite funny when you think about it.






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ietech
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Shrimp Scampi
(Scampi means shrimp)
nick
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0650183.html
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http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsTable?_lang=en&_vt_name=DEC_2000_PL_U_GCTPL_ST2&_geo_id=04000US05
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They don't give a breakdown on locations, but Tyson, in toto, has more than 10 times as many chickens as the population of AR:
http://www.tysonfoodsinc.com/corporate/info/today.asp
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I'm sure that's not just in Arkansas, but still....
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I believe it is known as the Tuna Fish in order to distinguish it from the:
a) Piano Tuner: Considered by some to be a delicacy, but very rarely seen on restaurant menus nowadays, as there are very heavy penalties for unlicensed capture and eating. Distribution: global, but becoming endangered and hard to find due to strong penetration into its natural environment from the recent introduction of the Electronic Keyboard.
b) Radio Tuner: Generally considered to be very poor eating – most diners will find the plastic and silicon content to be quite unpalatable. Found in 2 common varieties: Mono (AM) and Stereo (FM). Distribution: global, very common.
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Or is that someone else entirely?
Good Luck
johnwm
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What about TV Tuner? Isn't that the main ingredient in the famous TV dinner?
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http://national.citysearch.com/profile/4141162?cslink=search_name_noncust&ulink=search__searchslot3_1__0_profile_2_1
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Kansas is still around. Saw them last summer (for the 20th time) and they still sound pretty good.
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http://www.toto99.com/
Back to the original post, here's another example: toto (the band) sucks.
At least toto the dog had enough dignity to live out his autumn years in relative anonymity, instead of exploiting himself for more $$. The wizard rules!
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pleonasm
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There is one individual person that works for me who circulated around a top priority memo which was wordy and verbose and completely full of a long litany of such phrases. When I read it with my own eyes I threw a conniption fit and made a definite decision to eliminate, altogether, any future re-occurances. Following below is a memo released by myself which states everyone must cease and desist this practice. Attached together with the memo was an exact replica of the offending memo.
Memo:
It has come to the attention of the current incumbent management of a persistant obsession with the use of redundant statements in circulated memos. A newly recent memo regarding new innovation and extra added features to our PCB boards and SCSI interfaces whose release is immenent at any moment, will help the company ascend up past our competitors, had a grand total of 23 redundant statements.
I believe we must, with intentional planning and mutual cooperation, join together and re-double our efforts to resist the sudden impulse of using such flagrant misuses of language. We are surrounded on all sides by these redundant repetitions in our normal, everyday life. But we must not revert back to these bad habits and always remember the basic fundamentals of good writing. If we do not succed in this endevour we run the risk of failure. I will be watching and observing for all unnecessary redundancies in the future.
Grateful thanks,
The Management
P.S.
Remember: "The rich people have most of the money"
(submitted by an anonymous stranger)
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"Unless Otherwise Specified"
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Don't they teach that in drafting 101 and machine shop 101 and mfg engrg tech 101 anymore?
Jesus is THE life,
Leonard
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On another note I do not expect this since according to all the training I recieved (2 courses in mechanical drafting, 2 courses in architectural, 1 course Eng drafting and 1 course in CAD) over 80% of the prints I look at are dimensioned incorrectly. Forget the fact that the notes include strange language and are in strange places, lets at least get the dimensions and datums done correctly and then use the correct symbols.
P.S. That sound you just heard is me getting tackled off the soapbox.
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What does kirk stand for? Key interlock of course.
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Jesus is THE life,
Leonard
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dic-tion-ar-y (dik'shuh ner ee) n. pl. <-ar-ies>
1. a book containing a selection of the
words of a language usu. arranged
alphabetically with information about
their meanings, pronunciations,
etymologies, inflected forms, etc.,
expressed in either the same or another
language.
2. a book giving information on particular
subjects or on a particular class of
words, names, or facts, usu. arranged
alphabetically: a biographical
dictionary; a dictionary of physics.
3. a. a list of words used by a
word-processing program to check
spellings in text.
[1520-30; < ML dictionarium, dictionarius < LL
diction- word (see DICTION) + -arium, -arius -
ARY]
Is there no end?!
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Good Luck
johnwm
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Rod
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pleonasm? That is a nasty sounding word so I am not even going to look it up especially since I do not know shich way is up.
Oviously you have never seen the movie "Ground Hog Day."
Jesus is THE life,
Leonard
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"end up" generally elicits a more narrative answer than "end":
how did it end up? : With two pleonasts arguing ad naseum
how did it end? : Absurdly
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Jesus is THE life,
Leonard
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I think IRstuff is just getting back at me for the unique battle and it worked. Sorry this being the wrong thread sort of but wouldn't slightly unique be pleonastic?
Jesus is THE life,
Leonard
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I would never stoop that low
besides, I was responding to 25362
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I just heard a guest on CNN state that the police are using "Canine Dogs" in order to apprehend the suspect.
My question is; Is there any other type of dog than a canine?
ietech
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They could say, that the police are using canines (probably not good to use canine as they might be using a fox or wolf) to apprehend the suspect OR they are using dogs to apprehend him. The use of both terms isn't necessary and is redundant.
Thanks,
ietech
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Don't laugh, the Moscow police had a cat especially good at finding smuggled caviar and were most upset when it was run over by a stolen car.
JMW
www.viscoanalyser.com