Try 'Ben' or 'Dune" or 'Craic' with the word mount, as in mountain in part
of the name. I happen to live under Mt Ben Lomond. Duhhh... Yanks naming
stuff Gaelic names should at least understand what the words mean.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Manners" <oice500@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 6:07 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Greek pickiness [was: some more OT stuff]
>
> Hi Dan
>
>> I had exactly the same argument with someone a while ago -- is it like
>> "ATM machine", etc? It's not as clear, because redundant words next to
>> acronyms aren't quite the same; similarly, "the algebra test" is also
>> redundant, but algebra has had the "al" folded into the main word.
>
> Having serviced ATM's in the past, everyone that I know of in that
> industry simply calls them ATM's, it was only Bank staff and the general
> public that called them 'ATM Machines', I suspect because they didnt
> know the meaning of the acronym.
>
> A lot of acronym's have redundant bits added afterwards by those not
> in the industry that originally greated the acronym, and sometimes
> by those in the industry to overcome a possible conflict and thus
> it becomes common. Though I've never had a problem with conflicts
> in meaning as it comes down to its use in the surrounding context
> of the conversation being held that includes the use of that relevant
> acronym. YMMV :-)
>
> Cheers
> Ian Manners
> http://www.comkal.net/
>
>
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