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    What are those words, if they have a category, that are misued per:

    Chai tea (Actually Chai translate to tea) so this is like saying
    "Tea Tea"

    PC computer (PC means personal computer-used out of context to mean IBM based machines)
    "Personal Computer Computer"

    Bo Staff (In martial arts a staff is a quarter stick-bo is the Asian term and translates the same)
    "Stick Staff"

    Aregent Silver
    "Silver Silver"


    Can you think of any others?
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    you forgot - Serious Comedy !
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    Quote Originally Posted by Prince Loeffler View Post
    you forgot - Serious Comedy !
    Nah, thats an oxymoron, not one of those redundancy things,like:

    Song Shan Mountain.
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    VIN Number - Vehicle Identification Number Number

    NIC Card - Network Interface Card Card
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    "Black belt and white belt are the same, white belt is the beginning of technique. Black belt is the beginning of understanding. Both are beginner belts."
    - Doug Perry -Hanshi, KuDan -Shorin Ryu ShorinKan

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    Roast beef "with au jus" - with with gravy
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    ATM machine

    The Way of Aikido/Kendo/etc.
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    PIN number
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    Sumo wrestling.
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    Swa sceal man don, žonne he ęt guše gengan ženceš longsumne lof, na ymb his lif cearaš. - The Beowulf Poet

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    The large number of 'kawa-rivers' and 'dori-avenues' in Hiroshima.
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    Mt. Fuji Yama
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    Quote Originally Posted by robertmrivers View Post
    Mt. Fuji Yama
    That one's not even good Japanese--the yama is normally pronounced san in that case.

    The La Brea Tar Pits
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    Quote Originally Posted by Prince Loeffler View Post
    you forgot - Serious Comedy !
    Military Intelligence?
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    DC comics = Detective Comics comics
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    DOS system
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    Now trotting over a bridge near you!

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    A Mac is better than a PC...
    PC = Personal Computer
    A Mac is a Personal Computer
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