# Please share your redundonyms! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665 "2007-02-18T01:28:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/21 "2007-02-18T17:12:19Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] TLA [/QUOTE] Don’t forget the ETLA, for when TL just aren’t enough… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/22 "2007-02-18T17:20:15Z")
Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome Is not this the name for this ? And there already is a wiki page on it.[link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome) ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/23 "2007-02-18T23:16:37Z")
The one that I deal with every year is the CENTS Show – the Central Environmental Nursery Trade Show Show. When I refer to it as the CENT Show, everyone corrects me. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/24 "2007-02-19T16:24:31Z")
From back in the day: BBS Board. My dad had a habit of saying that. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/25 "2007-02-19T16:34:23Z")
SALT talks NATO organization SCUBA apparatus ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/26 "2007-02-19T16:39:55Z")
The La Brea Tar Pits. “La Brea” (the name of the town at one point, now absorbed into L.A.) being spanish for _the tar_, this would be, in english: The The Tar Tar Pits. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/27 "2007-02-19T16:52:23Z")
Stargate SG1 - (unless the “sg” stand for something else.) This has always irked me. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/28 "2007-02-19T17:25:23Z")
Roast Beef Sandwich “with au jus.” He wore a fez hat (or bowler hat.) She carried a wee little pocketknife. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/29 "2007-02-19T17:47:59Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] The La Brea Tar Pits. “La Brea” (the name of the town at one point, now absorbed into L.A.) being spanish for _the tar_, this would be, in english: The The Tar Tar Pits. [/QUOTE] Similarly, there’s a region of Catalonia called the Vall d’Aran; Aran, as I understand it, is simply Basque for “valley.” So it’s the Valley of Valley. I think a lot of place names end up being like this. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/30 "2007-02-19T19:54:34Z")
Although it’s not entirely wrong, FBI investigation sounds bad as Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation. Every time you start up a machine running Windows NT, you’ll see the phrase “Based on NT Technology” at the load window. NT stands for New Technology. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/31 "2007-02-19T20:42:17Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] From back in the day: BBS Board. My dad had a habit of saying that. [/QUOTE] Or canonically, _BBS system_. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/32 "2007-02-19T21:54:08Z")
ADAP Discount Auto Parts = American Discount Auto Parts Discount Auto Parts. Sounds like a song. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/33 "2007-02-19T22:07:54Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] Similarly, there’s a region of Catalonia called the Vall d’Aran; Aran, as I understand it, is simply Basque for “valley.” So it’s the Valley of Valley. I think a lot of place names end up being like this. [/QUOTE] As an example, the word _Sahara_ is from the Arabic term for “desert”, so _Sahara Desert_ is redundant. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/34 "2007-02-19T22:08:25Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] Similarly, there’s a region of Catalonia called the Vall d’Aran; Aran, as I understand it, is simply Basque for “valley.” So it’s the Valley of Valley. I think a lot of place names end up being like this. [/QUOTE] Indeed: the River Avon (Avon from the Welsh for river, afon). The River River. ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/35 "2007-02-19T22:36:38Z")
Isn’t Chain Mail a redundonym? (IIRC, mail is french for chain, right?) ---
**Author:** ![Smitty\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Smitty\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty_B)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/36 "2007-02-19T22:54:41Z")
SDMB message board ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/37 "2007-02-19T22:56:56Z")
[QUOTE=JustAnotherGeek] Isn’t Chain Mail a redundonym? [/QUOTE] No, it’s a tautology. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/38 "2007-02-19T23:01:42Z")
I bought a beautiful rhododendron to put in the front foyer this morning, but when I got home, I found that my SO had already purchased and placed a rhododendron in the spot of my dreams. Now I am stuck with a redundodendron.[sup]\*[/sup] * * * [sup]\*[/sup]This entire story is a lie. I just wanted some excuse to type the word redundodendron. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/39 "2007-02-19T23:38:18Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] The La Brea Tar Pits. “La Brea” (the name of the town at one point, now absorbed into L.A.) being spanish for _the tar_, this would be, in english: The The Tar Tar Pits. [/QUOTE] I’m with you, but how else would one distinguish those tar pits from other tar pits? And if they are tar pits within La Brea, which includes things other than tar pits, isn’t it identifying which tar pits they are? My nominees: “my personal favorite” “added bonus” ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-redundonyms/392665/40 "2007-02-20T01:25:29Z")
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