cwayne@unmc.UUCP (11/18/85)
I have had enough of this!! Hey Guys, what's going on here anyway?
Almost everytime someone here on the net refers to an episode it's always
the title spelled all the way out (which is fine) or some mutilated string
of garbled gibberish like FTWIHAIHTTS, COTEOF, or WNMHGB. I'm sure that Bjo
Trimble wanted to beat her head on a wall just so that ignerents could just
go ahead and ignor the fact that she came up with an 'official' (had to
throw that in so I don't get flamed at as much) handy-dandy reference
episode call letters so that each episode could be referenced by an
easy-to-learn code and have it mean something instead of all this yibberish.
If you don't have the concordance, here is the list. Do yourself a
favor - learn and use them properly. I'm sure Bjo would be proud. I have
also expanded on her original list and have augmented it with call letters
for the book, novels, games, and what ever else came up. Some have caused
problems, i.e. some have the same call letters. Those that do cause problems
are in need of correction (if possible). If you want to help out, give me a
buzz, but in the mean time, see if you like the way I have handled it.
enjoy!
The Baron is Back
Chris Wayne @ UNM
AE - Assignment: Earth
AF - The Alternative Factor
AT - Amok Time
AY - All our Yesterdays
BC - Bread and Circuses
BT - Ballance of Terror
CK - Conscience of the King
CL - And the Children Shall Lead
CX - Charlie X
DD - The Devil in the Dark
DV - Day of the Dove
DY - The Deadly Years
EI - The Enterprise Incident
EM - Errand of Mercy
ET - Elaan of Troyius
EW - The Enemy Within
FC - Friday's Child
FW - For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
GS - The Galileo Seven
GT - The Gamesters of Triskelion
IM - I, Mudd
IS - The Immuntinty Syndrome
JB - Journey to Babel
LB - Let That Be Your Last Battle Field
LG - What are Little Girls Made Of?
LZ - The Lights of Zetar
MG - The Mark of Gideon
MM - Mirror, Mirror
MT - The Man Trap
NT - The Naked Time
OA - Operation Annihilate
OG - The Omega Glory
PA - A Piece of the Action
PF - Patterns of Force
RA - The Return of the Archons
RM - Requiem for Methuselah
RT - Return to Tomorrow
SB - Spock's Brain
SC - The Savage Curtain
SG - The Squire of Gothos
SL - Shore Leave
SS - Space Seed
TA - A Taste of Armageddon
TB - Is there in Truth No Beauty?
TI - Turnabout Intruder
TT - The Trouble with Tribbles
TW - The Tholian Web
TY - Tomorrow is Yesterday
UC - The Ultimate Computer
WE - Wink of an Eye
WF - Wolf in the Fold
WM - Who Mourns for Adonais
AON - By Any Other Name
CEF - The City on the Edge of Forever...
TSP - This Side of Paradise
TWS - That Which Survives
WGD - Whom Gods Destroy
WNM - Where No Man Has Gone Before...
Ap - The Apple
Ar - Arena
Cg - The Changeling
Cp - Catspaw
Em - The Empath
Me - The Menagerie
Mi - Miri
Mt - Metamorphosis
Ob - Obsession
Cml - Court-martial
Cms - The Cloud-minders
CMn - The Corbomite Maneuver
DMa - The Doomsday Machine
DMd - Dagger of the Mind
PSt - Plato's Stepchildren
PSy - The Paradise Syndrome
SGn - Spectre of the Gun
WEd - The Way to Eden
LS/a - The Lorelei Signal
IV/a - The Infinite Vulcan
MP/a - Mudd's Passion
SW/a - Slaver Weapon
EB/a - The Eye of the Beholder
PO/a - The Pirates of Orion
PJ/a - Practical Joker
HS/a - How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
CC/a - The Counter-Clock Incident
OPM/a - One of Our Planets Is Missing
MTT/a - More Tribbles, More Troubles
BFS/a - Beyond the Farthest Star
Yy/a - Yesteryear
Su/a - The Survivor
Te/a - The Terratin Incident
Tr/a - Time Trap
Am/a - The Ambergris Element
Ji/a - Jihad
Be/a - Bem
Al/a - Albatross
Mtu/a - The Magicks of Megas-tu
EE/n - The Entropy Effect
KG/n - The Klingon Gambit
CC/n - The Covenant of the Crown
PD/n - The Prometheus Design
AL/n - The Abode of Life
WK/n - Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan (STII-TWOK)
BF/n - Black Fire
WR/n - Web of the Romulans
YS/n - Yesterday's Son
ME/n - Mutiny on the Enterprise
WS/n - The Wounded Sky
TC/n - The Trellisane Confrontation
FR/n - The Final Reflection
EA/n - My Enemy, My Ally
TS/n - The Tears of the Singers
DA/n - Death's Angel
GW/n - The Galactic Whrilpool
MA/n - Mudd's Angels
SW/n - The Starless World
SM/n - Spock, Messiah!
DW/n - Devil World
TM/n - Trek to Madworld
US/n - Uhura's Song
SL/n - Shadow Lord
KT/n - Killing Time
DC/n - Dwellers in the Crucible
PS/n - Pawns & Symbols
TMP/n - Star Trek - The Motion Picture (ST-TMP)
SFS/n - Star Trek III - The Search for Spock (STIII-TSFS)
VAM/n - The Vulcan Academy Murders
SMD/n - Spock Must Die
WWE/n - World Without End
PPx/n - The Price of the Phoenix
FPx/n - The Fate of the Phoenix
Co/n - Corona
Vu/n - Vulcan!
Tri/n - Triangle
Ish/n - Ishmael
PJg/n - Planet of Judgement
PPl/n - Perry's Planet
INv/x - Intro to Navigation
Bl/x - Original Star Trek Blueprints
BP/x - ST-TMP USS Enterprise Bridge Punchout Book
Cal86/x - Star Trek Stardate Calendar 1986
CE/x - Chekov's Enterprise
TM/x - Star Trek Starfleet Technical Manual
MRM/x - Starfleet Medical Reference Manual
WST/x - The World of Star Trek
STL/x - Star Trek Lives
LST/x - Letters to Star Trek
MST/x - The Making of Star Trek
Com/x - Star Trek Compendium
Con/x - Star Trek Concordance
Map/x - Star Trek Maps
SFC/x - Star Trek Starflight Chronology
Bl14/x - Star Trek - The Motion Picture Ship Blueprints
BOT1/b - BOT7/b - The Best of Trek (1-7)
STC1/m - STC22/m - DC Comics
WST-2E/x - The World of Star Trek, Revised Edition
TT/x - The Trouble with Tribbles
MSTII/x - The Making of Star Trek II
ST1/b - ST12/b - Star Trek Novel Adaptations (1-12)
SL1/b - SL10/b - Star Trek Novel Animateds Adaptations
NV/b - The New Voyages
NV2/b - The New Voyages 2
CL1/m - CL3/m - Captains Log (1-3)
Nx1/m - Nx12/m - Nexus (1-12)
SFB/g - Star Fleet Battles
SFU - Star Fleet Universe
TFG - Task Force Games
ADB - Amarillo Design Bureau
FASA - Fasa Game Corp.
STrpg - Fasa's Star Trek Role laying Game
EK/p - Enterprise/Klingon poster
- STII-TWOK Photostory
- ST Photostory (1-12)
SG# - SFB General Scenarios
SL# - SFB Scenarios from Captains Log
SN# - SFB Scenarios from Nexus
SM# - SFB Monster Scenarios
SH# - SFB Historical Scenarios
SSD - Ship System's Display
Special Security Division
SSD1 - SSD4 - Ship Systems Display book (1-4)
/a - Animateds
/n - Novels
/b - Books
/x - Non-Fiction
/s - Motion Picture Screen
/m - Magazines
/f - Star Trek Fanzines
/g - Star Trek Games
(these suffixs are optional)bulko@ut-sally.UUCP (William C. Bulko) (11/21/85)
In article <526@unmc.UUCP> cwayne@unmc.UUCP (Chris Wayne) writes: > > I have had enough of this!! Hey Guys, what's going on here anyway? >Almost everytime someone here on the net refers to an episode it's always >the title spelled all the way out (which is fine) or some mutilated string >of garbled gibberish like FTWIHAIHTTS, COTEOF, or WNMHGB. I'm sure that Bjo >Trimble wanted to beat her head on a wall just so that ignerents could just >go ahead and ignor the fact that she came up with an 'official' (had to >throw that in so I don't get flamed at as much) handy-dandy reference >episode call letters so that each episode could be referenced by an >easy-to-learn code and have it mean something instead of all this yibberish. > If you don't have the concordance, here is the list. Do yourself a >favor - learn and use them properly. Oh, so the rest of the world is supposed to memorize and follow the convention YOU find preferable? I'm sure. Wouldn't it be easier if the author of an article simply arranged it so that whatever abbreviations he/she used could easily be understood? Newspapers and magazines do it all the time: there's an unwritten rule of style that recommends the unabbreviated form of a phrase should appear somewhere in the article before the abbreviated form is used. Thus, before the abbreviation became common knowledge, any article containing the acronym "AIDS" always used the full phrase "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome" SOMEWHERE. Rather than having every reader of net.startrek memorize Trimble's system (or, Heaven forbid, your *expanded* version!) why not just type out the full title (or a REASONABLE subset thereof) somewhere in the article? Once I mention "For the World is Hollow. . .", I'm sure later references to FTWIHAIHTTS would make sense. I have the Concordance, and I can see that Trimble's system is good and very useful AT TIMES, but I don't think it's necessary for everyone to go out and learn it. For the most part, this newsgroup consists of people who just *like the show* -- not people who buy every single article on the market that says "Star Trek" on the box/cover. (And make up call letters for them.) By the way, "ignerents", "ignor", and "yibberish" do not follow the "official" standards for English. Why don't you go off and memorize the dictionary? :-) Bill
barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) (11/21/85)
I do not believe that Bjo Trimble developed those abbreviations for
everyone to use, they were necessary for the Concordance, which
cross-references episodes a great deal and the savings was important
(probably saved the printers a penny or two per copy). Small
abbreviations also allowed the episode wheel to fit without resorting to
tiny type.
I have complete admiration for Bjo and the Concordance. However, I have
no interest in memorizing her abbreviations. I know the titles and I
can easily generate the initials. Also, this is the same method I use
when abbreviating film and TV show titles, for which no one has created
"official" (I use the term loosely) abbreviations.
--
Barry Margolin
ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics
UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmartom@utcsri.UUCP (Tom Nadas) (11/22/85)
IAWBFASTA
(I agree with Bill's flame about Star Trek acronyms.)
WWTBFTMSEDCA?
(Who wants to be forced to memorize someone else's dumb code anyway?)
TTFN
([Should I explain what that this is the standard abbreviation
for "Ta ta for now" or assume that everyone has got a copy of
Bjo Trimble's Concordance of British Vernacular?)
RJS
(Robert James Sawyer)
c/o
(in care of)
Tom
(Tom)
at
(at)
U of T
(University of Toronto)
--
Tom Nadas
UUCP: {decvax,linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,allegra,utzoo}!utcsri!tom
CSNET: tom@toronto