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Originally Posted by Stuart C
They are called Automatic Teller Machines because they are Automatic, and the clerks in the bank who would normally give you your money are called Tellers.
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Or more likely Cashiers.
The reason ATM is creeping in is because so many of our terms for the magic money machines are trademarks. "Cashpoint" belongs to Lloyds, "Hole in the Wall" belongs to Barclays and I think "Cash Machine" may* belong to Natwest!
ATM is just generic.
As for July 1st as oppose to 1st of July, I have no issue with it as long as you put the word "the" in there.
"July the 1st" sounds more english to me than 1st of July!
*I may be wrong about the last one!
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Originally Posted by sherer
Surely that's only in America though. As you stated over here we call them bank clerks, I used to know someone that did that for a job and he never described himself as a teller.
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Cashiers I tell you!
