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!barmar
tom@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