A question for my US friends...

[kellifer]

Do you guys have ATMs (Automatic Teller Machine) and PINs (Personal Identification number) for banking or is it called something else? I was just writing something and then thought... wait, am I doing that thing where I refer to a footpath when it's a sidewalk to you?

Comments

[libitina]

We have them. And they are called that. In some areas, ATMs have other names - somewhere in the midwest they are TYME machines, and in the northeast they are often MAC machines - but ATM is true everywhere that I know.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Tyme and Mac are company names, though. They're still all Automated Teller Machines.

And don't forget that most Americans call them "ATM machines". As redundant as it is. And "PIN number", too.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Hey... outta my brain!

I had a snarky character voicing his annoyance at this very thing which led me to think... hmmm... am I making a point that everyone is going to say "What the hell is she talking about? What is this ATM thing?"

Heh...