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churchills_ghost Started conversation Jul 25, 2004
a personal identification PIN number
stands for
Personal IdentificatioN (PIN) number
i work with credit card processing facilities and i got this from one of our manuals. hope that brightens your day!
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Lady in a tree Posted Jul 25, 2004
Charming.
Firstly, I object to you coming onto my personal space and leaving a message with the subject title "you were wrong". I don't know you and you have made no effort to introduce yourself. Very rude.
Secondly, you - and your manual - are wrong. See here... http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Personal%20Identification%20Number
...and here http://www.englishchick.com/grammar/grcomm.htm
It is a redundant acronym.
Thirdly, when one refers to oneself in the first person one should at least capitalise. It is 'I work with...' and not 'i work with...'.
The same rule applies at the beginning of a sentence.
I hope that brightens YOUR day! (English Language Grade A)
I was wrong.
churchills_ghost Posted Jul 26, 2004
Hello I am churchills ghost. thats my introduction.
Unlike you i dont have a grade A in english. No real need to proove myself either.
I was wrong according to your sites. I hold more faith in your sites than i do in a monthly newsletter printed by some man at streamline.
To tell you the truth i was only pointing it out, becuase you saying it was something that you didnt like, by finding out that it was actually true may have put you at peace on the subject and therefore every time someone said pin number it would have not interupted your thoughts anymore as you would not have to think, 'this is wrong' you would think about something else, who knows the cure for cancer may have entered your mind but been interupted by someone saying 'pin number' and annoying you and therefore it going out of your mind, the entire history of the future irrovocabbly damaged. hence the 'hope this brightens your day' as i thought that having one less think to gripe about would brightens anyones day.
oh well you took it in your own way, as the young do.
your notes about the capital I is noted. however when i write the old fashioned way i dont ever dot my I at all, so everything is reversed...suppose some things you just cant change.
Im afraid your attempt at brightening my day was just as unsuccessfull as mine but i welcolme the attempt.
with peace
churchills ghost
I was wrong.
Lady in a tree Posted Jul 26, 2004
Truce 
PS - thank you for referring to me as young. I shall take that as a compliment.
regards
LiaT
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