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!”
When in Arizona, be sure to see the Rillito River, Picacho Peak, and Table Mesa.
There’s also a Table Mesa in Boulder, CO.
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.
Oh be quiet. Not all of us are smart and intelligent enough to read the thread before we post.
A common street name in cities in the SW USA:
La Via Way
I hate ,hate,hate,hate redundancy.
I don’t care how it’s written. I just want the $100 hundred dollars.
I think I may throw a little party to discuss this further. You’re all invited!
(Please RSVP by the end of the week).
Two dimes?
This thread doesn’t show much prior pre-planning.
I bought a pegboard once with a lot of pre-drilled holes drilled in it.
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”.
I’ll have mine with au jus gravy.
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.
Bass fish gives me a headache.
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.
You guys should switch to kielbasa sausage.
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… 
“Pizza” and “Pie” are mutually exclusive things in most parts of the English-speaking world, you know. 