Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 12/01/2006
at 01:01 PM, Howard Brazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Occasionally we will mistake the last letter of an acronym ending
with "S" as a plural, which grates on my ears almost as much as
"Enter your PIN number to the ATM machine".
Or what was the last program update tape tape you ordered.
In Los Angeles, we have the La Brea Tar Pits which, when translated,
means "the The Tar Tar Pits". (Humor aside, it's definitely worth a look
if you've never been there http://www.tarpits.org/).
--
Edward E Jaffe
Phoenix Software International, Inc
5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310-338-0400 x318
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/
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