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Re:Microsoft Workers Won't Get Annual Pay Bump Despite $18.3... by yourapostasy on Thursday May 11, 2023 @09:50AM (#35902059)
Examples of Redundant Acronym Syndrome (RAS) [1] or PIN Number Syndrome (PNS), which linguists don't fret over since it apparently serves a modest disambiguation and/or emphasis function in human language. It would be fascinating to find out the comparative prevalence in between different languages, but my Google-fu failed me.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome

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