On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:02:30 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

In article , "Steve Barker LT" wrote:
It's not an acronym unless it's pronounced as a word. If spelled out, or it
doesn't make a word it's just an abbreviation.

Then you have the people who insist on being redundant. Some examples:
vin number
nic card
pin number

this drives me up a wall when people say these.

ATM machine

CD disk
HIV virus
VCR recorder
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