Dune related abbreviations

[Dunenewt]

I was just thinking, we use a lot of abbreviations in our posts, and to someone new to Dune these might be quite confusing, so perhaps we could set up a list and sticky it?  I'll get the ball rolling.

CoD - Children of Dune.

GEoD - God Emperor of Dune

HA - House Atreides.  Generally refers to the book.

HK - House Harkonnen.  Generally refers to the book.

HC - House Corrino.  Generally refers to the book.

OCB - Orange Catholic Bible

BG - Bene Gesserit

BT - Bene Tleilax

[Andrew]

FH - Frank Herbert

KJA - Kevin J Anderson

BH - Brian Herbert

HM - Honored Matres (whores)

[Dunenewt]

BJ - Butlerian Jihad

CHOAM - Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles

[MrFlibble]

CET = Commission of Ecumenical Translators ;)

TP = telepathy

[Dunenewt]

Where did you get those from?

[MrFlibble]

Ever read Dune Appendix II? It's about the religions of Dune. That's where CET is from.

TP is also commented in the Glossary, and used by the Emperor when he is confronted by Alia, who explains that her communication with Mohiam is not telepathy.

[Emperor Harkonnen]

How often do you use those abbreviations?

If this is a thread for newcomers to understand them, then you are only confusing them.

I thought this was supposed to be the abbreviations we use when discussing here, not the ones used in the books? ???

[Dunenewt]

The CET one will be included in the list, but I don't think TP should be included.

[MrFlibble]

How often do you use those abbreviations?

If this is a thread for newcomers to understand them, then you are only confusing them.

To be honest, I missed the whole "to help newcomers" part :-[ There aren't too many Dune-specific abbreviations altogether anyway, so I thought adding these two would be... useful?

[Emperor Harkonnen]

HoD - Heretics of Dune

CHD - Chapterhouse: Dune

HoD :P - Hunters of Dune

SoD - Sandworms of Dune

[Vanguard3000]

It should be noted that B.G. also stands for 'Before Guild'.  Pretty important, that one.

[Emperor Harkonnen]

RM - reverend mother

A.G. - after guild

OM - Other Memory