# Redundancy is driving me crazy and insane **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 2, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382 "2010-09-02T13:53:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/1 "2010-09-02T13:53:02Z")
This may be too lame for the Pit, but it’s bugging the shit out of me. Once again, I just came across the infuriating redundancy of a dollar sign and the word “dollars”. I’ve seen it many times on these boards, and on TV news shows, and in news articles. Fucking stop! Here’s what I mean: “I paid $100 dollars for a pair of shoes.” So you paid one hundred dollars dollars? Knowing these boards as well as I do, I know the majority of people are intelligent, and the other places I’m seeing this crap is not written by the likes of Paris Hilton or some drug-addled sub-moron. So why write it that way? Is the language changing so that this is acceptable? If so, I refuse to accept it (language evolves of course, and I accept that. I just won’t accept this particular change if it is in fact a part of the evolution). I think it’s bullshit, and goes along with what Steve Allen called “dumbth” (he wrote a book with that title, sub-titled “…And 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter”). Either use the dollar symbol, or the word dollar, but not both when talking about the same amount. I’m done now. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/2 "2010-09-02T13:55:46Z")
It could be worse. A LOT worse. It could be: .10 cents Not exactly what the OP wanted, but I like to find any excuse to link to the [Verizon Math Fail](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN9LZ3ojnxY). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/3 "2010-09-02T14:48:17Z")
I wish I hadn’t read this at 10:45 a.m. in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/4 "2010-09-02T14:51:23Z")
Redundancy is driving me crazy and insane. Crazy and insane. Redundancy is driving me crazy and insane. ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/5 "2010-09-02T15:17:33Z")
The thread has been brought to you by the U.S. Department of Redundancy Department. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/6 "2010-09-02T15:20:40Z")
> [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#): > > Here’s what I mean: “I paid $100 dollars for a pair of shoes.” So you paid one hundred dollars dollars? Doesn’t have to be cash. Use your bank card, as long as you remember the PIN number. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/7 "2010-09-02T15:36:19Z")
If you do need cash, though, you could get it at the ATM machine. On your way to go see The Los Angeles Angels. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/8 "2010-09-02T15:40:59Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > If you do need cash, though, you could get it at the ATM machine. If you’re in Dublin you can get it at the Allied Irish Bank Bank Banklink. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/9 "2010-09-02T15:44:57Z")
$100 dollars drives me crazy too. I get to chew people out for it at my job, so I try not to take it out on random internet people. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/10 "2010-09-02T15:45:12Z")
> [@usar\_jag](#): > > The thread has been brought to you by the U.S. Department of Redundancy Department. … and the Natural Guard. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/11 "2010-09-02T15:56:46Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > If you do need cash, though, you could get it at the ATM machine. On your way to go see The Los Angeles Angels. Or before the game, see The La Brea Tar Pits. ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/12 "2010-09-02T16:44:43Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > It could be worse. A LOT worse. It could be: > > .10 cents > > Not exactly what the OP wanted, but I like to find any excuse to link to the [Verizon Math Fail](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN9LZ3ojnxY). It could be much worse. This sort of thing isn’t the end of civilization as we know it (like listening to Sarah Palin squawk), but it just bugs me, and I felt better getting it off my chest. > [@Bosstone](#): > > $100 dollars drives me crazy too. I get to chew people out for it at my job, so I try not to take it out on random internet people. Unfortunately, I don’t have a job like that, so you get to be one of the lucky contestants who gets it taken out on. Don’t you feel more special? 😃 Or maybe I could just live vicariously through you, and let you chew people out for the both of us? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/13 "2010-09-02T17:24:25Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Or before the game, see The La Brea Tar Pits. Heh. I never realized that! I’m on television now! Being repetitive is my job! My job is to be repetitive! Repetitiveness is my job. /Bart ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/14 "2010-09-02T17:36:15Z")
I’ve given up on ATM machine and PIN number. I know it’s an automated teller machine; you know it’s an automated teller machine; we’ll all just call them ATM machines and get on with our frustration at people who can’t park between the lines in a parking lot. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/15 "2010-09-02T17:40:40Z")
lets all just clam down and have a pizza pie. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/16 "2010-09-02T17:50:25Z")
Served with some au jus sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/17 "2010-09-02T17:55:13Z")
I’d rather have some pita bread. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/18 "2010-09-02T18:13:06Z")
To put on my chili con carne, with meat. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/19 "2010-09-02T18:31:38Z")
And some chai tea. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/20 "2010-09-02T19:44:20Z")
Can I wait to have all this food? There’s a recall on my car’s ABS system. I know because I saw it on CNN News. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382.md?page=2)