RAS Syndrome– Documenting the misuse of acronyms

Archive for the ‘ISBN Number’ Category

RAS Syndrome: Number Edition

Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 14, 2008

Henley Standard
Back Seat Driver is on sale at Amazon.co.uk or Waterstones online, or from most bookshops. The ISBN number (International Standard Book Number Number) is 978-1-906710-08-8.
Financial News & Daily Record
Usage of the Florida Bar’s Web site continues to climb – and most Bar members have a PIN number (Personal Identification Number Number) for the site [...]

RAS Syndrome: Numbers Edition

Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 6, 2008

Department of Social and Family Affairs (Ireland, on a form that Irish citizens can fill out to receive benefits)
PPSN Number (Personal Public Service Number Number)
The Tech
[Ed.- This is a somewhat unusual example, in that the headline avoids RAS Syndrome, but the article suffers from it.  It's typically the other way around.]
Headline: Textbook Information Available On [...]

RAS Syndrome for 08/29/08

Posted by: rassyndrome on: August 29, 2008

King 5-TV
When you search online, use the book’s ISBN number (International Standard Book Number Number)
Sign on San Diego (attributed to unnamed website)
An advertisement for one of the Web sites run by the ring promised: “Only on our site can you get every detail of any US citizen including SSN Number (Social Security Number Number).”
Schriever Air [...]