Repetitive Redundancies

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 group of strangers that he doesn't even know
  --Jacob_Hawk
• AC current
  (alternating current current)
  --overheard by Andrew Clarke (AC for short)
• ACT 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 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
• ATM 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

• 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
• 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