Now, that must have her rolling over in her grave.
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A entire city block of land was given to the city by a wealthy woman many years ago, to be used as a park. Her name was Alice Keck Park. The correct name of the park is Alice Keck Park Park. But everyone just calls it Alice Keck Park.
Except that with your examples far more people understand what the USPS is, as it is common lexicon...
Fewer people understand what a VIN is and you would refer to a VIN number when using the acronym to provide context to what you are describing, you would never write it out or say it the way you referred: "Vehicle identification number number" as that would just be silly...
As for the TXV valve, far fewer people even know what that is compared to those who know what a VIN number is... So by adding the "valve" description to the end which you find unnecessary provides context to those who don't know what that part is, other than it is a valve...
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