Episode Abreviations.

[grinner]

This has bothered me slightly... when did it become policy to mention episode titles by the initials? Was this a memo that I missed? Just wondering... because I read posts and there are Initials. I know that it is an episode title... so then I have to do a search for which title goes with which initials. Not that this is a big deal... it isn't, just wondering out loud about something.
Anyone willing to do a list for episode titles to initials? Maybe for newbies that would be nice... (not just for me... I think:confused: )

[witchdoctor]

Yeah, I have to go look them up too. Writing out the titles would be preferrable, but failing that, an agreed on list of episode title abreviations would be good. Maybe as a thread in the new to Farscape area.

[Kerlin]

Snurcher.com lists the standard abbreviations in each episode entry: www.snurcher.com

Generally, they're acronyms, which means first letter of each word. Shorter episodes will use the whole word: Premiere, Nerve, Relativity, etc.

For episodes like Thank God It's Friday, Again, it's really much faster to write and read TGIFA. You kind of get the hang of it after a while...

[Selena]

Originally posted by grinner
This has bothered me slightly... when did it become policy to mention episode titles by the initials? Was this a memo that I missed?...

http://smilies.jeeptalk.org/contrib/dday/yes.gifGee Grinner, we've told you a million times to read your memos!http://216.40.249.192/s/otn/realhappy/icon_smile_clown.gif

[grinner]

I know... I know... It is just a big pile of papers that just gets shoved further and further back on my desk and then I forget to read them. Whoops apocalypse?

[Chryse]

List:

Season 1
Premiere - (not abbreviated)
I, ET - (not abbreviated)
EFG - Exodus from Genesis
TFAL - Throne for a Loss
BBTF / B&BttF - Back and Back to the Future
PKTG - PK Tech Girl
TGIFA - Thank God It's Friday Again
TOBM - That Old Black Magic
DNAMS - DNA Mad Scientist
TGAS - They've Got a Secret
TTBRC - Til the Blood Runs Clear
FLAX - The Flax
RIB - Rhapsody in Blue
JC - Jeremiah Crichton
DR - Durka Returns
AHR - A Human Reaction
TTLG - Through the Looking Glass
ABL - A Bug's Life
NERVE - (not abbreviated)
HM - The Hidden Memory
BTBW - Bone to be Wild
FT - Family Ties
Season 2:
MTB - Mind The Baby
VM - Vitas Mortis
TTS - Taking The Stone
CDM - Crackers Don't Matter
PIYW - Picture If You Will
TWWW - The Way We Weren't
HOTR - Home On The Remains
DALD - Dream A Little Dream
OOTM - Out Of Their Minds
MTC - My Three Crichtons
LATP 1 - Look At The Princess, Part 1: "A Kiss Is But A Kiss"
LATP 2 - Look At The Princess, Part 2:"I Do, I Think"
LATP 3 - Look At The Princess, Part 3: "The Maltese Crichton"
BOD - Beware Of Dog
WGFA - Won't Get Fooled Again
TL or LOCKET - The Locket
TUT - The Ugly Truth
ACN - A Clockwork Nebari
LGAM 1 or LG&M 1 - Liars, Guns and Money, Part 1: "A Not So Simple Plan"
LGAM 2 or LG&M 2 - Liars, Guns and Money, Part 2: "With Friends Like These"
LGAM 3 or LG&M 3 - Liars, Guns and Money, Part 3: "Plan B"
DMD - Die Me, Dichotomy
Season 3:
SoD - Season of Death
SaL - Suns and Lovers
SIW:CWS or SIW pt 1 or CWS- Self Inflicted Wounds pt. 1: Could'a, Would'a, Should'a
SIW:WftW or SIW pt 2 or WftW - Self Inflicted Wounds pt. 2: Wait for the Wheel
DD - ... Different Destinations
EM - Eat Me
TfS - Thanks for Sharing
GEM - Green Eyed Monster
LT - Losing Time
Relativity (not abbreviated)
Incubator (not abbreviated)
Meltdown (not abbreviated)
SnS - Scratch 'n' Sniff
IPDD - Infinite Possibilities pt. 1 :Daedalus Demands
IPIA - Infinite Possibitilies pt. 2 :Icarus Abides
RA - Revenging Angel
TC - The Choice
Fractures (not abbreviated)
IYYY/IY3- I Yensch, You Yensch
ITLD1:LttS/ITLD1/Ltts - Into the Lion's Den: Lambs to the Slaughter
ITLD2: WiSC/ITLD2/WISC - Into the Lion's Den: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
DWTB/DW2B - Dog With Two Bones
Season 4:
CK - Crichton Kicks
WWL1S - What Was Lost, Pt. : The Sacrifice
WWL2R - What Was Lost, Pt. 2: Resurrection
LMST - Lava's A Many Splendored Thing
Promises (not abbreviated)
NE - Natural Election
JQ - John Quixote
ISTIM - I Shrink, Therefore I AM
APM - A Prefect Murder
CbC - Coup by Clam
UR - Unrealized Reality
Kansas - (not abbreviated)
TF - Terra Firma
TS - Twice Shy
MAA - Mental As Anything
BHtB - Bringing Home the Beacon
ACoD - A Constellation of Doubt
Prayer (not abbreviated)
WSSpt1 or WSSpt1FA - We're So Screwed, Part 1 - Fetal Attraction
WSSpt2 or WSSpt2HtK - We're So Screwed, Part 2: Hot to Katratzi
WSSpt 3 or WSSpt3 LB - We're So Screwed, Part 3: La Bomba
BT - Bad Timing

[AgentSun]

well we're not exactly new to the abbreviation thing. almost every single show fandom abbreviates something, you know? it's easier to type B/A than Buffy/Angel and when it becomes redundant to do so after a while and people know what you're talking about, it's not as important.

however, i'm glad snurcher.com is there to remind me of what they all are!

[grinner]

I realized that every fandom abbreviates... I was just thinking because I have problems remembering... maybe others do to. That is all.

[littulkittons]

Now if they were just alphabetized.

[LadyCrais]

Originally posted by buckshsot
Now if they were just alphabetized.

As you wish.... :D
With the episode number addition assuming the first list was in the correct order. And yes, I know they'll end up with numbers merged but I'm hoping we can find the letters without a problem. ;)

Alpha - All Episodes

118 ABL - A Bug's Life
218 ACN - A Clockwork Nebari
417 ACoD - A Constellation of Doubt
116 AHR - A Human Reaction
409 APM - A Prefect Murder
105 BBTF / B&BttF - Back and Back to the Future
416 BHtB - Bringing Home the Beacon
214 BOD - Beware Of Dog
422 BT - Bad Timing
121 BTBW - Bone to be Wild
410 CbC - Coup by Clam
204 CDM - Crackers Don't Matter
401 CK - Crichton Kicks
208 DALD - Dream A Little Dream
305 DD - ... Different Destinations
222 DMD - Die Me, Dichotomy
109 DNAMS - DNA Mad Scientist
115 DR - Durka Returns
322 DWTB/DW2B - Dog With Two Bones
103 EFG - Exodus from Genesis
306 EM - Eat Me
112 FLAX - The Flax
318 Fractures (not abbreviated)
122 FT - Family Ties
308 GEM - Green Eyed Monster
120 HM - The Hidden Memory
207 HOTR - Home On The Remains
102 I, ET - (not abbreviated)
311 Incubator (not abbreviated)
314 IPDD - Infinite Possibilities pt. 1 aedalus Demands
315 IPIA - Infinite Possibitilies pt. 2 :Icarus Abides
408 ISTIM - I Shrink, Therefore I AM
320 ITLD1:LttS/ITLD1/Ltts - Into the Lion's Den: Lambs to the Slaughter
321 ITLD2: WiSC/ITLD2/WISC - Into the Lion's Den: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
319 IYYY/IY3- I Yensch, You Yensch
114 JC - Jeremiah Crichton
407 JQ - John Quixote
412 Kansas - (not abbreviated)
211 LATP 1 - Look At The Princess, Part 1: "A Kiss Is But A Kiss"
212 LATP 2 - Look At The Princess, Part 2:"I Do, I Think"
213 LATP 3 - Look At The Princess, Part 3: "The Maltese Crichton"
219 LGAM 1 or LG&M 1 - Liars, Guns and Money, Part 1: "A Not So Simple Plan"
220 LGAM 2 or LG&M 2 - Liars, Guns and Money, Part 2: "With Friends Like These"
221 LGAM 3 or LG&M 3 - Liars, Guns and Money, Part 3: "Plan B"
404 LMST - Lava's A Many Splendored Thing
309 LT - Losing Time
415 MAA - Mental As Anything
312 Meltdown (not abbreviated)
201 MTB - Mind The Baby
210 MTC - My Three Crichtons
406 NE - Natural Election
119 NERVE - (not abbreviated)
209 OOTM - Out Of Their Minds
205 PIYW - Picture If You Will
106 PKTG - PK Tech Girl
418 Prayer (not abbreviated)
101 Premiere - (not abbreviated)
405 Promises (not abbreviated)
316 RA - Revenging Angel
310 Relativity (not abbreviated)
113 RIB - Rhapsody in Blue
302 SaL - Suns and Lovers
303 SIW:CWS or SIW pt 1 or CWS- Self Inflicted Wounds pt. 1: Could'a, Would'a, Should'a
304 SIW:WftW or SIW pt 2 or WftW - Self Inflicted Wounds pt. 2: Wait for the Wheel
313 SnS - Scratch 'n' Sniff
301 SoD - Season of Death
317 TC - The Choice
413 TF - Terra Firma
104 TFAL - Throne for a Loss
307 TfS - Thanks for Sharing
110 TGAS - They've Got a Secret
107 TGIFA - Thank God It's Friday Again
216 TL or LOCKET - The Locket
108 TOBM - That Old Black Magic
414 TS - Twice Shy
111 TTBRC - Til the Blood Runs Clear
117 TTLG - Through the Looking Glass
203 TTS - Taking The Stone
217 TUT - The Ugly Truth
206 TWWW - The Way We Weren't
411 UR - Unrealized Reality
202 VM - Vitas Mortis
215 WGFA - Won't Get Fooled Again
421 WSSpt 3 or WSSpt3 LB - We're So Screwed, Part 3: La Bomba
419 WSSpt1 or WSSpt1FA - We're So Screwed, Part 1 - Fetal Attraction
420 WSSpt2 or WSSpt2HtK - We're So Screwed, Part 2: Hot to Katratzi
402 WWL1S - What Was Lost, Pt. : The Sacrifice
403 WWL2R - What Was Lost, Pt. 2: Resurrection

Alpha by Season

Season 1
118 ABL - A Bug's Life
116 AHR - A Human Reaction
105 BBTF / B&BttF - Back and Back to the Future
121 BTBW - Bone to be Wild
109 DNAMS - DNA Mad Scientist
115 DR - Durka Returns
103 EFG - Exodus from Genesis
112 FLAX - The Flax
122 FT - Family Ties
120 HM - The Hidden Memory
102 I, ET - (not abbreviated)
114 JC - Jeremiah Crichton
119 NERVE - (not abbreviated)
106 PKTG - PK Tech Girl
101 Premiere - (not abbreviated)
113 RIB - Rhapsody in Blue
104 TFAL - Throne for a Loss
110 TGAS - They've Got a Secret
107 TGIFA - Thank God It's Friday Again
108 TOBM - That Old Black Magic
111 TTBRC - Til the Blood Runs Clear
117 TTLG - Through the Looking Glass

Season 2:
218 ACN - A Clockwork Nebari
214 BOD - Beware Of Dog
204 CDM - Crackers Don't Matter
208 DALD - Dream A Little Dream
222 DMD - Die Me, Dichotomy
207 HOTR - Home On The Remains
211 LATP 1 - Look At The Princess, Part 1: "A Kiss Is But A Kiss"
212 LATP 2 - Look At The Princess, Part 2:"I Do, I Think"
213 LATP 3 - Look At The Princess, Part 3: "The Maltese Crichton"
219 LGAM 1 or LG&M 1 - Liars, Guns and Money, Part 1: "A Not So Simple Plan"
220 LGAM 2 or LG&M 2 - Liars, Guns and Money, Part 2: "With Friends Like These"
221 LGAM 3 or LG&M 3 - Liars, Guns and Money, Part 3: "Plan B"
201 MTB - Mind The Baby
210 MTC - My Three Crichtons
209 OOTM - Out Of Their Minds
205 PIYW - Picture If You Will
216 TL or LOCKET - The Locket
203 TTS - Taking The Stone
217 TUT - The Ugly Truth
206 TWWW - The Way We Weren't
202 VM - Vitas Mortis
215 WGFA - Won't Get Fooled Again

Season 3:
305 DD - ... Different Destinations
322 DWTB/DW2B - Dog With Two Bones
306 EM - Eat Me
318 Fractures (not abbreviated)
308 GEM - Green Eyed Monster
311 Incubator (not abbreviated)
314 IPDD - Infinite Possibilities pt. 1 aedalus Demands
315 IPIA - Infinite Possibitilies pt. 2 :Icarus Abides
320 ITLD1:LttS/ITLD1/Ltts - Into the Lion's Den: Lambs to the Slaughter
321 ITLD2: WiSC/ITLD2/WISC - Into the Lion's Den: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
319 IYYY/IY3- I Yensch, You Yensch
309 LT - Losing Time
312 Meltdown (not abbreviated)
316 RA - Revenging Angel
310 Relativity (not abbreviated)
302 SaL - Suns and Lovers
303 SIW:CWS or SIW pt 1 or CWS- Self Inflicted Wounds pt. 1: Could'a, Would'a, Should'a
304 SIW:WftW or SIW pt 2 or WftW - Self Inflicted Wounds pt. 2: Wait for the Wheel
313 SnS - Scratch 'n' Sniff
301 SoD - Season of Death
317 TC - The Choice
307 TfS - Thanks for Sharing

Season 4:
417 ACoD - A Constellation of Doubt
409 APM - A Prefect Murder
416 BHtB - Bringing Home the Beacon
422 BT - Bad Timing
410 CbC - Coup by Clam
401 CK - Crichton Kicks
408 ISTIM - I Shrink, Therefore I AM
407 JQ - John Quixote
412 Kansas - (not abbreviated)
404 LMST - Lava's A Many Splendored Thing
415 MAA - Mental As Anything
406 NE - Natural Election
418 Prayer (not abbreviated)
405 Promises (not abbreviated)
413 TF - Terra Firma
414 TS - Twice Shy
411 UR - Unrealized Reality
421 WSSpt 3 or WSSpt3 LB - We're So Screwed, Part 3: La Bomba
419 WSSpt1 or WSSpt1FA - We're So Screwed, Part 1 - Fetal Attraction
420 WSSpt2 or WSSpt2HtK - We're So Screwed, Part 2: Hot to Katratzi
402 WWL1S - What Was Lost, Pt. : The Sacrifice
403 WWL2R - What Was Lost, Pt. 2: Resurrection

[grinner]

LadyCrais... were you the teachers pet?:eek: :P :aok:

[LadyCrais]

LOL! No, just know how to make use of Excel's sort and numbering utilities. A bit of cut and paste, number, copy, and sort and we're done in 5 minutes.

Not to mention motivated!! I've wanted this list for ages and ages and ages. Glad you thought to ask and someone showed up with it!! :aok:

[grinner]

Originally posted by LadyCrais
LOL! No, just know how to make use of Excel's sort and numbering utilities. A bit of cut and paste, number, copy, and sort and we're done in 5 minutes.
don't have anything to say in reply to that... but I love this guys eyes.
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[grinner]

Originally posted by LadyCrais

Not to mention motivated!! I've wanted this list for ages and ages and ages. Glad you thought to ask and someone showed up with it!! :aok:
Well, I sometimes do ask good questions... sometimes:confused: :confused: well maybe?:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
love those eyes:D

[LadyCrais]

It really does look impressive doesn't it? I should have told you I spent hours and hours typing it all in and sorting by hand.
Are those eeks? :eek:

[grinner]

yeah... I love those eyes... going all buggy.:eek::eek::eek:

[grinner]

BTW did you get my email?

[LadyCrais]

Yeah, just haven't had a chance to get the answers yet. Did you mean DRC instead of CRC? If not, what's the first C?

[grinner]

Christian Reformed Church Almost like Dutch Reformed or Reformed... or Protestant Reformed.
All us Dutch people are really stubborn and if we don't like something, we leave and form a new church. Ahh... the pleasures of Calvinist Protestantism.

[LadyCrais]

You know, I'd of guessed Christian, but thought that was too frelling obvious. Sounds like an offshoot of my Mom's church. Or my Dad's. So is this a reformation of the reformed Dutch? :D

[grinner]

Do you want me to get into that? It is really quite funny. It has alot to do with Dutch History in the Netherlands... it goes back to the late 1200's AD. Between the Hoeks(hooks) and the Cabeljauwen(codfish). And how the reformation affected both groups. And also about their feeling on a number of subjects. It is very long... suffice to say that it basically boils down to a number of issues. 1. Children sent to private or public schools. 2. Women as Elders/ Deacons or Ministers. 3. What the influence of the Church is on the Family... etc. 4. If the Church is conservative or liberal. 5. Which peoples are closer to the Mother Church in the Netherlands. It continues like this. There have been 1000 page books written on this subject.
Which is your Mom's church?

[DenAstrogeek]

Personally, when I abrreviate, I tend to lowercase the letters that would have lowercased words in the title -- it makes it a little easier for me to figure out what the real title is.

For example, I would do RiB instead of RIB. That way, you pretty much know the "i" must be "in". Also, if I think of it, I use & instead of "a" for "and". I also do L@tP for Look at the Princess.

[Chryse]

With the episode number addition assuming the first list was in the correct order.

All the eps were listed in airing order. Production order is a bit different for some eps in Season 1 and 2, check http://www.snurcher.com for details about that to be sure.

For example, DALD is actually 2.01 in the production order, so everything in season 2 is bumped up a number, except for LaTP pt 3 which is actually 2.22, not because of production order but because they realized after they assigned production numbers to all the season 2 eps that LatP would need 3 eps, so that got the last number of the season.

Nice job with the alphabetizing. :)

aileen

[LadyCrais]

So the moral of the story is, refer to the abbreviations, not the numbers, cuz they're only sorta close to being right most of the time. :D

Of course if anyone wants to correct the list so the numbers are as accurate as the names presumably are, knock yourself out. Most of the hard work is done and it's just a matter of changing a number here and there that are wrong. ;)

[littulkittons]

I was just being a smartass last night about the alphabetizing.
Guess I should be careful what I ask for.

Anyway, thanks for the updated & organized list.

[ClareBarton]

Thanks for posting all the info on title, everyone (abbreviations, etc).

//Pam

[grinner]

wow... this was a blast from the past.

[Spedoinkel]

People generally abreviate ho it works best for them. I'm not sure if people are going to follow a standardised system, but i could help. Some eps you just could take a word or two and we will still under stand what is being said.
such as; DNA, LATP, ET, Throne, Clockwork, Die Me, Back and Back, Liars, WWW, 3Crichton.

It's just up to the author.

[grapeshot]

I'm with Grinner on this. It is difficult to follow a post when it's full of abreviations. I have made a handy-dandy list that I keep by my computer so that I can decipher what's being discussed, but it puts a definite burden on the reader to have to keep referring to it. I know that this practice won't stop but I'd like to point out that IF the objective of the writer is to make the point crystal clear to his/her reader, then using acronyms only hinders that communication. It may be convenient to the writer to abreviate, but it isn't convenient for the reader.

It has always been my understanding of the rules of composition that IF you want to use acronyms (and I agree, that it is often convenient to do this and definitely silly to keep typing out the same title over and over again) then write out the entire title the first time you use it and put the acronym in parenthesis immediately after it. Thereafter you can continue to use only the acronym, safe in the knowledge that you have explained yourself clearly to your reader.

I usually end up skipping posts that are filled with too many episode title abreviations. In my experience, if the writer is too lazy to spell out the titles, then chances are they exhibit the same lack of rigor in their ideas and thought processes. Life is too short for me to waste my time on on posts in which the writer clearly put little effort.

"Gee, grapeshot, which side of the bed did you get up from THIS morning?"
grapeshot replies, "THE WRONG SIDE, you frellnik!"