# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**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 4, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/61 "2010-09-04T01:38:39Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > > [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#): > > > > … **Or maybe I could just live vicariously through you** , and let you chew people out for the both of us? 😛 > > Is the part I bolded intentional? Yeah, it was intentional as a phrase, just not as an actual intention. So were it to happen, I’d probably be breaking the laws of unintended consequences, and could face imprisonment, or worse. By the way, my favorite redundancy came from _ **Cheers** _ when Frasier said to someone (I’ve forgotten everything about the scene but these words): “Now you’re saying I’m redundant, that I’m repeating myself, that I’m saying the same things over and over!” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/62 "2010-09-04T01:42:36Z")
When in Arizona, be sure to see the Rillito River, Picacho Peak, and Table Mesa. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/63 "2010-09-04T02:37:57Z")
There’s also a Table Mesa in Boulder, CO. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/64 "2010-09-04T12:17:37Z")
**Redundancy is driving me crazy and insane** 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:** ![Normal\_Phase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Normal\_Phase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Normal_Phase)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/65 "2010-09-04T15:53:18Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > > [@Normal\_Phase](#): > > > > Heh. My favorite cross-language redundancy is also Los Angeles related: The La Brea Tar Pits. > > > > Apparently there’s also a spot somewhere in Great Britain called Torpenhowe Hill. Quadruply redundant! > > Wow - the double-redundant post. Well done. Oh be quiet. Not all of us are smart and intelligent enough to read the thread before we post. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/66 "2010-09-04T17:01:38Z")
A common street name in cities in the SW USA: La Via Way ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/67 "2010-09-04T21:20:08Z")
I hate ,hate,hate,hate redundancy. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/68 "2010-09-04T21:46:04Z")
I don’t care how it’s written. I just want the $100 hundred dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/69 "2010-09-04T21:51:14Z")
I think I may throw a little party to discuss this further. You’re all invited! (Please RSVP by the end of the week). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/70 "2010-09-04T21:58:40Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Just my .2 cents, but that’s the honest truth. Two dimes? ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/71 "2010-09-05T00:12:48Z")
This thread doesn’t show much prior pre-planning. I bought a pegboard once with a lot of pre-drilled holes drilled in it. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/72 "2010-09-05T21:24:42Z")
> [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#): > > I’m done now. Really? You don’t want to continue ON? (My particular redundancy peeve of late. It’s just CONTINUE. Continue ON is like saying “go on on”, like “with au jus” is “with with jus”. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/73 "2010-09-05T21:50:04Z")
I’ll have mine with au jus gravy. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/74 "2010-09-05T22:34:58Z")
When I was reading a lot of Russian literature it would annoy me to see Prospect Street in real life, even though, since it wasn’t named after the Russian Prospekt, doesn’t really count. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/75 "2010-09-06T01:44:51Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I was having a migraine headache from eating tuna fish. Bass fish gives me a headache. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/76 "2010-09-06T07:10:12Z")
> [@JpnDude](#): > > How about taking a boat ride in the river just south of Tokyo? > > I’ve heard many people refer to it in English as the “Tama-gawa River.” > > Uhmmmm, “gawa/kawa” already means “river”. That good observation was very well observed, Mr. JpnDude-san. Now if you will be excuse me, I need to going to Aomori Forest to eat my bento lunchbox. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/77 "2010-09-06T11:16:30Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > > > I was having a migraine headache from eating tuna fish. > > Bass fish gives me a headache. You guys should switch to kielbasa sausage. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382/78 "2010-09-06T11:49:36Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Redundancy is driving me crazy and insane. Crazy and insane. Redundancy is driving me crazy and insane. But it’s the way of the future. The way of the future. The way of the future. The way of the future. The way of the future… 😛 > [@cosmosdan](#): > > lets all just clam down and have a pizza pie. “Pizza” and “Pie” are mutually exclusive things in most parts of the English-speaking world, you know. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382.md?page=3)