Dunenewt Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 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 BibleBG - Bene GesseritBT - Bene Tleilax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 FH - Frank Herbert KJA - Kevin J AndersonBH - Brian HerbertHM - Honored Matres (whores) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 BJ - Butlerian JihadCHOAM - Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlibble Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 CET = Commission of Ecumenical Translators ;)TP = telepathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 Where did you get those from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlibble Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Harkonnen Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 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? ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 The CET one will be included in the list, but I don't think TP should be included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlibble Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Harkonnen Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 HoD - Heretics of DuneCHD - Chapterhouse: DuneHoD :P - Hunters of Dune SoD - Sandworms of Dune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard3000 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 It should be noted that B.G. also stands for 'Before Guild'. Pretty important, that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Harkonnen Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 RM - reverend motherA.G. - after guildOM - Other Memory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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