Repetitive Redundancies

a.k.a. tautologies

It all started when my mother taught me to say "tuna fish". . . .

a big empty void
--The Russler
a big wooden piece of wood
--someone I overheard in a restaurant
A C current
(alternating current current)
--overheard by Andrew Clarke (AC for short)
A C T test
--many people *
A celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.
--anonymous
a change of that kind of change
--radio preacher
a distant light in the distance
--Jacob_Hawk
a group of strangers that he doesn't even know
--Jacob_Hawk
a northern New England community
--a writer in Open Line magazine
A series of icons will be used to differentiate different types of activities.
--Margie_Laughlin
A T M machine
--many people
a topside high-level umbrella-type thing
--Jay_Scholten
a website on-line
--a Richardson, Texas police officer
all of y'all
--Dave Eckert and many others (possibly including y'all)
all sorts of different kinds
--Amanda Jewell
an additional addition
--Mitch Norby
an automatic given
--Dean_Linderman
and et cetera
--John Doe and et al
and, plus . . . also . . .
(double r. r.)
--anonymous speaker
and so on and so forth
--so many people, including Uncle Richard
Another one of the points that you point out is the point of confidentiality.
--Harry
Apart from the unknowns, everything is obvious.
--James_P._Hogan
approximately about
--someone on a children's educational show
arcane secret
--Kurt_Anderson
are now pending at this time
--Jim
as we put the luster back on the shine
--Dick Brown
at least $1600 or more
--anonymous
at the same time simultaneously
--Herman_Procter

Be beware!
--Veronica_Green
born-again Christian
--many people
Brazilian . . . star Xuxa will star in a Spanish language version of "I Love Lucy". . . . The international version . . . will be . . . aimed primarily at Spanish-speaking audiences.
--news release
burning inferno
--preacher

CAN number
(capital appropriation number number)
--many people
CSG group executive
(Client Server Group group executive)
--CSG
Central Center
--shopping area in Richardson, Texas
Church of Christ church
--many people
Church of God church
--many people
Church of the Nazarene church
--many people
City Cafe Diner Restaurant
(double r. r.)
--Chattanooga, Tennessee area
clear transparencies
--only from the mind of Minolta
close proximity
--many people
cold air conditioning
--auto dealership commercial
congregations of Assemblies of God
("Congregation" and "assembly" are the same word in the Greek New Testament.)
--many people
congregations of churches of Christ
("Congregation" and "church" are the same word in the Greek scriptures.)
--many people
contractual agreement
--many people
Could it be the holdup of SOS being on hold?
--Rick_Jasin
criminal defense attorney
--just kidding
currently at this time
--many people
currently right now
--many people
Customer Service Technologies Center Of Service
--EDS

D day
(This comes from Dutch; the "D" stand for "day.")
--everyone
DAT tapes
(digital audiotape tape tapes)
--everyone
daily blessings each and every day
(double r. r.)
--prayer leader
decisive decision
--DH
déjà vu all over again
--The Russler
discussed reopening discussion on this
--Judi_Robinson
Dr. Bose of MIT has re-reinvented radio again.
(double r. r.)
--Paul Harvey

each and every
--many people
$8 Billion Fugitive Financier On Run
--ABC News headline
El-Bethel
(It means "the God of the House of God.")
--Genesis 35.7
emoticon icons
--pop-up ad
end result
--many people
Engineering Systems Engineer
--former job title at EDS
ennvisioned in visions
--Amos 1.1, NASB
et cetera and so on
--many people
estimated ETA
--John Fierke
Every single board member voted unanimously.
(double r. r.)
--Kenny_Shaver
Every time I walk in, I'm always amazed.
--Sam's Club ad
Every time we try to do the impossible, it gets difficult.
--anonymous engineer
Every year since 1966, Starling has taken his Valdosta Red Sox baseball team west to Wichita each year to compete in the National Baseball Congress World Series.
--Valdosta Daily Times (a.k.a. VD Times)
exact same
--many people
explanation of EOB
(explanation of explanation of benefits)
--EDS

FedEx Express
(Federal Express Express)
--FedEx Express
$15 a day per diem
--Lori_Beth_English
final ultimatum
--a guest on the Fox News Channel
Fred Anderson gave a lesson called "Were You Converted When You Were Converted?", and the message of it was "When You Were Converted, Were You Converted?"
--Russell_McLaughlin
free gift
--many people

GM is offering . . . $1000 off the purchase of new and unused . . . pickups.
--GM
GUI interface
(graphical user interface interface)
--many people
gather together
--many people
general consensus
--many people
general jack-of-all-trades
--radio deejay
general rule of thumb
--Gwen_Seaman
give some feedback back
--Jay_Scholten
glee club: a chorus consisting of males and/or females or both
--Marc_McCutcheon
go ahead and proceed with . . .
--The Russler
gold-gilded
--Reader's Digest & Hammond World Atlas Corporation
Good morning to you all, and good morning, everyone.
--"Good Morning, America" weatherman
Growth--it's never ending and doesn't cease.
--Doug_Frederick

He must have some kind of allergies of some kind.
--Jeannette Scott
He looks visibly upset.
--The Russler
He was born with a congenital heart defect.
--someone at a meeting
He was D O A when they brought him.
--the medical examiner
He'll be coming down the chimney down.
--from the song "The Holiday Season"
his first primary goal
--Anna_Hill
hot water heater
(My mother used to ask me to "put some toast in the toaster."
If it's already toast, why put it in?
And my toaster oven has a setting for "baked potatoes."
If they are baked, why . . . ?)
--hot water heater manufacturers, et al.
human person
--Wayne_Ard

ISCG Issues Matrix Table
--EDS
I didn't know these songs until I learned them.
--Steve_Stewart
I do have one addition to add to the list.
--Jerry_L._Miller
I don't know who it is, but there's an anonymous donor . . .
--spokesman for a business that received an anonymous donation, and they weren't aware of who it was, because he or she was unknown, having given it without identifying him/herself.
I get a mental image in my mind.
--John Crowder
I have a mandatory meeting I have to attend.
--Anita Dupree
I have money I haven't even spent yet!
--Robert K. Oglesby
I need to visually see it with my eyes.
--anonymous engineer
I rewrote it again.
--anonymous engineer
I ventured with my father on a venture to Des Moines.
--Jon_Tingblad
I want to spend the day with you together.
--Teresa_Heras
I'm Cynthia Vega, live at the scene of a shooting that happened right here.
--Cynthia Vega
I'm not currently doing that at the moment.
--Jerry_L._Miller
I'm testing the HP sales out report for Hewlett Packard.
--Jeff Feath
I'm trying to remember this from my memory.
--Sean Hannity
I've been to at least 300 plus Rolling Stones shows.
--guy on the news
If everyone uses this space properly, then everyone can use the space as it is intended.
--anonymous
If I hadn't left, I'd probably still be there.
--someone in a divorce recovery group session
if they don't do something fast, quick, and in a hurry . . .
--TV anchor discussing yet another federal government bailout
if we can be of any help to help you solve the problem
--Sam Mihdawi
If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.
--anonymous
If we weren't different, we'd be the same.
--radio ad
If you could, could you please redo it?
--Jerry_L._Miller
in about three to five minutes from now
--Ron Chapman
In particular, women are at a higher risk [of gallstones] than men are. . . . Another large group of people who are prone to gallstones is women.
--from an article in a digestive health magazine
In some cases it's not always the same.
--Jerry_L._Miller
in the mountains / also in the higher elevations
--The Russler
In the recent budget deal, for example, both sides compromised.
--Knight-Ridder
inaugural kickoff
--Robert_Taylor
incidently by the way
--radio show host
individual lone wolf
--Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes.
--anonymous
Is anyone near close to me?
--Carole Mabry
It tells you what you're supposedly supposed to receive . . .
--Michelle
It [the fire] was arson, and it was deliberately set.
--a fire department spokeswoman
It was an unknown piece that no one knows about.
--Troy Price
It was unexpectedly not as bad as we expected.
--Texas State Representative Steve Bartlett
It will know whether or not it succeeded or not.
--Mitch Norby
It would be twice as much as half.
--checkout girl
It's just not smart to be stupid.
--someone overheard by my daughter

just for FYI
--Jerome Obinabo

K-C City
--truckers' nickname for Kansas City
keep yourself hydrated with fluid
--deejay on 102.9

LAPD police department
--David Letterman
Lake Lochlaurel
("Loch" means "lake.")
--Lowndes County, Georgia
Language Learning For Language Learners
--E-newsletter
learn how to learn
--Ed_Boyden
Let me brief you quickly.
--Les_Gleaves
Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn't know where to find them.
--Mother Goose
living at home
--many people
long-lasting semi-permanent formula
--product label
looking back in retrospect
--Dave Buff Beck

MARS Music And Recording Superstore
--MARS Music And Recording Superstore
Masada Fortress
("Masada" is Hebrew for "fortress.")
--archeological site in Israel
Maybe something like habitate [sic] for humanity or something like that.
--Lois_Goodin
mechanical machine gun
--Mike DuPuis
Miller MGD Genuine Draft
(Miller Miller Genuine Draft Genuine Draft)
--bottle cap
misinterpret any and all misunderstandings
--Barbara_Kee
Moscow Circus
(This is redundant according to a Dallas deejay.)
--Russian organization
Ms. Macho was last seen on the night she disappeared . . .
--Dallas Morning News
mutually satisfying to both parties
--marriage enrichment video

new video . . . dramatic new aerials from above
--ABC News
NIV version
(New International Version Version)
--several Bible students
No one was present when life first appeared on earth.
--Alabama State Board Of Education
nothing but all rock and roll oldies
--Max Morgan
Nothing difficult is ever easy.
--Jeff Heller
Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years.
--Genesis 24.1

OS/2 system
--IBM
Oak Farms Dairy & Ice Cream
--delivery truck
obsequious psychophantry
--Doug MacDougall
one other additional thing
--Shrikanth_V._Venkatraman-Gopalan
one single solitary . . .
(double r. r.)
--many people
open forum
--many people
Our future's yet to come.
--Joshua_Lowry
over the next three to five years from now
--Stephen_Eisenmenger
OVER 1000+ LEVELS
--ad for phone game
over three hundred plus times
--Terrell Martinez

PCR Reaction Mix
(Polymerase Chain Reaction Reaction Mix)
--chemical used in DNA testing
PIN number
--many people
PSA announcement
--Steve Cloer
past history
--many people
patchy fog in some places
--KRLD radio
people who are violating the laws of the United States, and doing it illegally
--Senator Alan Cranston
per each
--Kathy Scott
Permanent injuries last a lifetime.
--ad for legal services
pie à la mode with ice cream
--menu item
Please pray with me please.
--leader during a worship assembly
Please R.S.V.P.
("RSVP" stands for "repondez s'il vous plait," which is French for "answer please.")
--on some invitations
Please remain seated in your seats.
--tour guide at Johnson Space Center
Por favor, may I have a sucker please?
--The Lizard
pray for this in your prayers
--someone at church
precycle test testing
--anonymous *
Prevent accidents before they happen.
--poster in a restaurant's kitchen
prior investigations in the past
--law enforcement officer
proceed forward
--Debbie_Ward

RCT Theatre
(Repertory Company Theatre Theatre)
--RCT Theatre
random odds and ends
--Stan Freberg
Raid kills bugs dead.
--ad slogan
redo it again / repeat it again / recalculate again / review again / etc.
--many people
relationship between both parties
--GM International newsletter
Remember, wherever you go, there you are.
--Steve Hecht, who probably heard it from someone else
repeated over and over
(double r. r.)
--anonymous
resynthesize over again
(double r. r.)
--anonymous
Rio Grande River
("Rio" is Spanish for "river.")
--U.S. physical feature
Roaming Road Drive
--Allen, Texas
roughly every 30 minutes or so
--Bowen_Xiao
[Rush hour is] nothing like yesterday morning yesterday.
--traffic reporter Laura Houston

SSN number
--many people
Sahara Desert
--place in Africa
("Sahara" means "great desert.")
Schools Of Learning
(So people won't think "schools of fish," I guess.)
--feature of EDS University
separate and apart
--many people
She has that old antique stuff.
--Connie Jo
shrimp scampi
("Scampi" is Italian for "shrimp.")
--many restaurants
Site Du Jour Of The Day
("Du jour" is French for "of the day.")
--web site
slow poke
--many people
snuff out the life or otherwise kill
--Rush Limbaugh
so far to date
--John, spokesman for Medifast
Some of us are patiently waiting for a visit from the "soda can fairy" to visit
--Tefkar
soup du jour of the day
--menu item
so that we involve everyone who's involved
--Judi_Robinson
State Street Road
--Salina, Kansas
straight linear line
--Robert K. Oglesby
sum total
--many people
systematic brainwashing systems
--Jamie DeWolf

TSB Bank
(Trustees Savings Bank Bank)
--overheard by Andrew Clarke
Tarc architecture
("Tarc" means "technology architecture.")
--Paul_Duckham
That backup is backing up . . .
--radio traffic reporter
That budget has been placed in place.
--Charles_Porter
. . . that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
--Genesis 23.4
that type of work type
--Suellen_Beckwith
That'll feel good when it stops hurting!
--Winfred D. Inloes
That's an exemple of someone speeding too fast.
--Shawn on Channel 8
That's something I'm very pro for.
--Gary McNamara
The average depth is 700 feet deep.
--Clarissa the bus driver
the bay of Green Bay
--anonymous
The contract is imminent and believed to be a likelihood for taking place.
--Chris_Davis
The [eye-scanning] machine will do away with the need for passwords or PIN numbers at ATM machines.
--news item
The first black president will be a politician who is black.
--L. Douglas Wilder, governor of Virginia
The Florida_Flyboy no longer lives here anymore.
--The Florida_Flyboy
The free gift is yours to keep.
(double r. r.)
--TV ad
The intruder was "a pretty smart guy," Gianotti said, "and pretty intelligent."
--news article
The landscaping outside is wonderful.
--someone on "Curb Appeal: The Block"
The Legislature of the State of Texas is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas.
--Wikipedia
the Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday celebration
("Mardi gras" is French for "fat Tuesday.")
--Raymond_Hall
The nominating committee nominates the nominees.
(double r. r.)
--Lois Russell
the opposing opponent
--Robert Oglesby
the previous one before that
--Olympics sportscaster
The problem is is that . . .
--Rush Limbaugh and many other people (who are are not thinking about what they are are saying)
the purpose of what it's for
--anonymous
the reason being is . . .
--many people
the reason is because . . .
--many people
the same identical problem
--John_Fischer
the sentences will run concurrently all at the same time.
--Memories 96.7 news reporter
The stakes are high, and so is the price for losing.
--Johnny Cochran
the titular title
--an Iowa broadcaster
The tournament will end with the final game.
--EDS Guide To The World Cup
The victim died after bleeding to death.
--ABC News
the widespread ubiquitous nature
--Lou Dobbs
There are pros and cons, but there are also negatives.
--David Eckert
There is a point where you get to the point where . . .
--Ron Chapman
There might be a possibility.
--anonymous engineer
These books aren't as current as they used to be.
--a Russian diplomat in the movie "Sneakers"
they were born in their infancy
--Reed_Swindle
thick sliced Texas toast
--a certain restaurant I visited
Things are more like they are now than they ever have been.
--anonymous person who is unknown
Things are the way they are because they got that way.
--Kenneth McDaniel, quoting Gerald M. Weinberg
This case is so big that this is going to be really big.
--a police detective
This doesn't happen often. In fact, it's rare.
--Simply Batteries^®, Inc.
This is just a reminder to please remember to . . .
--Carol_Stanley
This should self-correct itself.
--anonymous engineer
This will be a "leader led" series of courses . . .
--Larry_A._Wright
to help put the context into perspective
--someone at work
Town Village
--retirement community
triumphant victory
--CNN
tsetse fly
("Tsetse" means "fly" in the Tswana language.)
--pest in Africa
two twins
--many people, quoted by ralei

UPC code
--many people
USC University Hospital
--USC University Hospital
unexpected surprises
--Amy Matthews
uniquely different
--Shawn Raab, Fox 4 . . . News
uniquely one of a kind
--Trout Fishing In America
Unless things change, they are likely to remain the same.
--Kenneth McDaniel, quoting W. Edward Deming

Variable rates are subject to change.
--radio commercial
VIN number
--many people
Visibly reduce the appearance of scars.
--MEDERMA
Visitor And Guest Parking
--EDS sign
Visitors, if you are our guests, we want to welcome you.
--announcement during church meeting
visually look for
--Craig_Thomas

Was a celebrity player (along with Betty White) on the final week of the cult-classic gameshow Celebrity Whew! (when the show was known as "Celebrity Whew!").
--IMDb trivia about John Saxon
We annually bring in about two to three thousand a year.
--Scott_Taylor
We've had a history in the past . . .
--many people
We've Only Just Begun
--The Carpenters
What I want to do to begin is to start . . .
--Danny_Holmes
When it's sore, it hurts.
--anonymous
WIDE WIDTH
--package label
win-win situation for both parties
(as opposed to just win-win for one of them)
--anonymous
What is your first initial response?
--Bill_Starcher
what kind of type
--my calculus teacher
what normally would be normal
--Andy Cohan
What's the status of the status?
--anonymous
When it's done, and it's completely finished . . .
--anonymous

You and Connie have 26 mutual connections in common.
--LinkedIn
You are cursed with a curse . . .
--Malachi 3.9
You must prepay before pumping.
--gas station sign

Where I worked, we also had the following:

CAT testing = customer acceptance test testing

FAT testing = formal acceptance test testing

SIT testing = system integration test testing

UAT testing = user acceptance test testing

CAT testing	=	customer acceptance test testing
FAT testing	=	formal acceptance test testing
SIT testing	=	system integration test testing
UAT testing	=	user acceptance test testing

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