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Ray Heindl
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:16 am
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I see that NBC (a TV network) has a new show called "The $25 Million
Dollar Hoax". I wonder how many of their viewers notice that the title
is redundant. As well as redundant. If they must be repetitive, they
could at least make it "The $25-Million-Dollar Hoax", but I'm sure the
hyphens are too much to ask for.
Maybe they really mean for it to be read "the twenty-five dollar
million dollar hoax", sort of a cut-rate reality show.
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Ray Heindl
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Bob G
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:16 am
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Redundancy on TV? Unheard of!
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Arcadian Rises
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:16 am
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| Quote: | From: Ray Heindl me@privacy.net
I see that NBC (a TV network) has a new show called "The $25 Million
Dollar Hoax". I wonder how many of their viewers notice that the title
is redundant. As well as redundant. If they must be repetitive, they
could at least make it "The $25-Million-Dollar Hoax", but I'm sure the
hyphens are too much to ask for.
Maybe they really mean for it to be read "the twenty-five dollar
million dollar hoax", sort of a cut-rate reality show.
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Or "Dollar twenty-five million hoax" :)
Now, seriously, I agree with you. I believe that the superfluous dollar sign is
redundant and unnecessary.
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Stan Brown
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:05 am
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"Arcadian Rises" <arcadianrises@aol.com> wrote in alt.usage.english:
| Quote: | Now, seriously, I agree with you. I believe that the superfluous dollar sign is
redundant and unnecessary.
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It's also superfluous.
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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"And if you're afraid of butter, which many people are nowa-
days, (long pause) you just put in cream." --Julia Child |
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Donna Richoux
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:06 am
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Ray Heindl <me@privacy.net> wrote:
| Quote: | I see that NBC (a TV network) has a new show called "The $25 Million
Dollar Hoax". I wonder how many of their viewers notice that the title
is redundant. As well as redundant. If they must be repetitive, they
could at least make it "The $25-Million-Dollar Hoax", but I'm sure the
hyphens are too much to ask for.
Maybe they really mean for it to be read "the twenty-five dollar
million dollar hoax", sort of a cut-rate reality show.
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I think Google must be adding more punctuation and symbols to what it
indexes -- I now get meaningful results for things like "The $6". But
not "The $$$" - I wonder why one and not the other.
"The six million dollar man" 34,900
"The 6 million dollar man" 16,200
"The $6 million dollar man" 45
Actually, the ratio is closer for others that are not a fixed title:
"The 8 million dollar" 674
"The $8 million dollar" 583
That's one close ratio.
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Adrian Bailey
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:06 am
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"Arcadian Rises" <arcadianrises@aol.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | From: Ray Heindl me@privacy.net
I see that NBC (a TV network) has a new show called "The $25 Million
Dollar Hoax". I wonder how many of their viewers notice that the title
is redundant. As well as redundant. If they must be repetitive, they
could at least make it "The $25-Million-Dollar Hoax", but I'm sure the
hyphens are too much to ask for.
Maybe they really mean for it to be read "the twenty-five dollar
million dollar hoax", sort of a cut-rate reality show.
Or "Dollar twenty-five million hoax" :)
Now, seriously, I agree with you. I believe that the superfluous dollar
sign is
redundant and unnecessary.
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:-D
http://www.nbc.com/nbc/25_Million_Dollar_Hoax/
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Raymond S. Wise
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:06 am
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"Ray Heindl" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:Xns959DAF253B6D0amfmssb@130.133.1.4...
| Quote: | I see that NBC (a TV network) has a new show called "The $25 Million
Dollar Hoax". I wonder how many of their viewers notice that the title
is redundant. As well as redundant. If they must be repetitive, they
could at least make it "The $25-Million-Dollar Hoax", but I'm sure the
hyphens are too much to ask for.
Maybe they really mean for it to be read "the twenty-five dollar
million dollar hoax", sort of a cut-rate reality show.
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I recently came across a box of rubber bands which had a printed price tag
reading "$125c" (I use "c" here to represent the "cent sign" which was
actually used.)
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Raymond S. Wise
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com |
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R H Draney
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:06 am
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Ray Heindl filted:
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I see that NBC (a TV network) has a new show called "The $25 Million
Dollar Hoax". I wonder how many of their viewers notice that the title
is redundant. As well as redundant. If they must be repetitive, they
could at least make it "The $25-Million-Dollar Hoax", but I'm sure the
hyphens are too much to ask for.
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Not the first time a title has contained a nested part of itself...Brad Pitt was
in a movie called (if one believes the posters) "Se7en", and a certain group of
singing siblings had a cartoon series called "The Jackson 5ive"....r |
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Maria Conlon
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:41 pm
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Arcadian Rises wrote:
| Quote: | Stan Brown wrote:
Arcadian Rises wrote:
Now, seriously, I agree with you. I believe that the superfluous
dollar sign is redundant and unnecessary.
It's also superfluous.
It's also redundant too, as well as unnecessarily useless and
needless.
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Did anyone mention it being like perfume on a pig?
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Jon Miller
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:23 pm
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On 10 Nov 2004 16:20:49 -0800, R H Draney <dadoctah@spamcop.net>
wrote:
| Quote: | Ray Heindl filted:
I see that NBC (a TV network) has a new show called "The $25 Million
Dollar Hoax". I wonder how many of their viewers notice that the title
is redundant. As well as redundant. If they must be repetitive, they
could at least make it "The $25-Million-Dollar Hoax", but I'm sure the
hyphens are too much to ask for.
Not the first time a title has contained a nested part of itself...Brad Pitt was
in a movie called (if one believes the posters) "Se7en", and a certain group of
singing siblings had a cartoon series called "The Jackson 5ive"....r
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Check your memory . . . was that not also the name of the group of
singing siblings?
Jon Miller
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Bloke
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:25 pm
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"Maria Conlon" spake:
Arcadian Rises wrote:
Stan Brown wrote:
Arcadian Rises wrote:
| Quote: | Now, seriously, I agree with you. I believe that the superfluous
dollar sign is redundant and unnecessary.
It's also superfluous.
It's also redundant too, as well as unnecessarily useless and needless.
Did anyone mention it being like perfume on a pig?
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I wish they had. |
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Bloke
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:26 pm
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"Maria Conlon" wrote:
Arcadian Rises wrote:
Stan Brown wrote:
Arcadian Rises wrote:
| Quote: | Now, seriously, I agree with you. I believe that the superfluous
dollar sign is redundant and unnecessary.
It's also superfluous.
It's also redundant too, as well as unnecessarily useless and
needless.
Did anyone mention it being like perfume on a pig?
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I wish they would. |
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Steve Hayes
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:38 pm
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On 10 Nov 2004 22:34:28 GMT, arcadianrises@aol.com (Arcadian Rises) wrote:
| Quote: | From: Ray Heindl me@privacy.net
I see that NBC (a TV network) has a new show called "The $25 Million
Dollar Hoax". I wonder how many of their viewers notice that the title
is redundant. As well as redundant. If they must be repetitive, they
could at least make it "The $25-Million-Dollar Hoax", but I'm sure the
hyphens are too much to ask for.
Maybe they really mean for it to be read "the twenty-five dollar
million dollar hoax", sort of a cut-rate reality show.
Or "Dollar twenty-five million hoax" :)
Now, seriously, I agree with you. I believe that the superfluous dollar sign is
redundant and unnecessary.
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Isn't it in the same category as "ISBN number" and "ATM machine"?
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Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk |
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Steve Hayes
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:38 pm
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On 11 Nov 2004 01:29:48 GMT, bobjames27@aol.com (Bob G) wrote:
| Quote: | The amazing thing is that the erroneous tag had been presumably inspected both
by the printer and the manufacturer and maybe by others and no one had picked
up the gaff.
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Oy!
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Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk |
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Martin Ambuhl
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:03 pm
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Maria Conlon wrote:
| Quote: | Did anyone mention it being like perfume on a pig?
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I applaud the originality of Ms Conlon's deviation from the more usual
"lipstick on a pig." |
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