Thales@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMacaroni and cheesesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1539arrow-down135file-text
arrow-up1504arrow-down1imageMacaroni and cheesesh.itjust.worksThales@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square66linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCyrus Draegur@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·2 days agoMac is not an acronym. It is only an abbreviation of macaroni. Mac and Cheese would be redundant if it were an acronym.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·2 days agoYeah, nobody would say the words of an acronym, like PIN number or ATM machine! (you are correct)
minus-squarestankbucket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·21 hours agoPIN is an acronym. ATM is an initialism. Please pedant properly.
minus-squareCyrus Draegur@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 day agoSame feeling with “VIN Number” ._. Thank you for acknowledging my (fairly manageable) pain
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoThere’s ATMs and there are ATM machines and you don’t want to get the two mixed up
minus-squareCyrus Draegur@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoOh yeah the Access To Money machines that you see at sketchy convenience stores and whatnot usually have bizarrely high fees Whereas Automated Teller Machines operated by established financial institutions are a little more trustworthy and reasonable (I’m only a little bit joking)
Mac is not an acronym.
It is only an abbreviation of macaroni.
Mac and Cheese would be redundant if it were an acronym.
Yeah, nobody would say the words of an acronym, like PIN number or ATM machine!
(you are correct)
PIN is an acronym. ATM is an initialism. Please pedant properly.
Same feeling with “VIN Number” ._.
Thank you for acknowledging my (fairly manageable) pain
There’s ATMs and there are ATM machines and you don’t want to get the two mixed up
Oh yeah the Access To Money machines that you see at sketchy convenience stores and whatnot usually have bizarrely high fees
Whereas Automated Teller Machines operated by established financial institutions are a little more trustworthy and reasonable
(I’m only a little bit joking)