# Repetitive Redundancy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000 "2009-04-22T18:42:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/1 "2009-04-22T18:42:11Z")
Mrs. Wheelz and I used to live near a Discount Shoe Warehouse location. They call themselves “DSW” for short. The sign in front of this particular store read “DSW Shoe Warehouse”. This amused me to no end. Every time we drove past, I’d say, “Look, there’s the Discount Shoe Warehouse Shoe Warehouse!” (Reason number 4,382 I’m incredibly lucky my wife puts up with me.) I’m sure there are lots of other examples of stuff like this. Bring 'em on! ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/2 "2009-04-22T18:46:52Z")
The ATM machine (the Automatic Teller Machine machine). ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/3 "2009-04-22T18:48:06Z")
PIN number (Personal Identification Number number) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/4 "2009-04-22T18:57:57Z")
In southeastern PA we have a river called the Schuylkill. It’s often referred to as the Schuylkill River, which means “hidden river river”. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/5 "2009-04-22T19:01:38Z")
There was an old Dilbert strip where they named their project the TTP project. TTP, of course, meaning The TTP Project. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/6 "2009-04-22T19:03:44Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > There was an old Dilbert strip where they named their project the TTP project. TTP, of course, meaning The TTP Project. Ooh, a Mobius redundancy! ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/7 "2009-04-22T19:06:11Z")
Comcast’s on-screen guide lists all Major League Baseball games as “MLB Baseball”. Drives me crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/8 "2009-04-22T19:06:56Z")
There is always the FAT table. FAT stands for File Allocation Table. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/9 "2009-04-22T19:14:16Z")
VIP People. Meat with au jous. 3 a.m. in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/10 "2009-04-22T19:24:47Z")
UMB Bank. UMB is “United Missouri Bank”. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/11 "2009-04-22T19:31:26Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > There was an old Dilbert strip where they named their project the TTP project. TTP, of course, meaning The TTP Project. You just blew my fucking mind. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/12 "2009-04-22T19:31:38Z")
There’s [Cordite SC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordite#Cordite_SC) where the SC stands for Solventless Cordite. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/13 "2009-04-22T19:32:27Z")
A few years ago someone started a Pit thread because his mother just went into a nursing home called Vista View. ---
**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/14 "2009-04-22T19:34:12Z")
AIB Bank. Allied Irish Bank Bank. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/15 "2009-04-22T19:37:37Z")
The La Brea Tar Pits = “The The Tar Tar Pits.” ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@Black\_Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/16 "2009-04-22T19:44:10Z")
I used to work at a Hampton Inn, a Hilton brand hotel. Their preferred customer program, which they unveiled during my tenure, was called Hilton HHonors. What’s the extra H stand for? Hilton. Fine if they every just called it HHonors, but nooooo . . . . we _had_ to refer to it as Hilton HHonors. Die. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/17 "2009-04-22T19:48:32Z")
HHow would one pronounce that? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/18 "2009-04-22T19:54:09Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > HHow would one pronounce that? “Hilton-H.-Honors” would be my guess. Which also sounds like something one might yell when angry or frustrated. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/19 "2009-04-22T20:19:17Z")
Torpenhow Hill = Hill Hill Hill Hill. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000/20 "2009-04-22T20:20:16Z")
There’s a sign for “Table Mesa road” on I17 North of Phoenix. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetitive-redundancy/494000.md?page=2)