The ‘M’ stands for ‘machine’ so, isn’t it redundant?
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That’s a very good question. Actually, it’s not redundant because people aren’t talking about “ATM”; they’re talking about an “ATM machine”… machines that MAKE ATMs. / (indicates a jump cut) Which, of course, isn’t a machine that you go and get money from; it’s the machine that MAKES the machine that you get money from. / Which, of course, is still inaccurate. / So the reason people call ATMs “ATM machines” is because they’re unbelievably stupid. / But for a totally different reason that you didn’t think about. / Don’t you feel like a selfish prick now? / I don’t.
Automated Teller Machine (cash machine)”
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ATM for most people is ‘atee-em’ a name for a machine that gives money. So they add the ‘machine’ as the object with the name. It probably also feels nice to say it that way.
Automatic Teller Machine Machine.
What’s wrong with that?
no hons its automated teller machines