A Long And Skinny Post About Acronyms
HiHo Listoids,
I'm not a particularly good typist so I often use acronyms to cut down on
keyboard time. Recently I was asked if there is a source of translations for
these things. I did a little checking around and came up with the following
site:
http://home3.inet.tele.dk/hgaarde/Acronyms.html
This page lists hundreds of Internet acronyms ranging from the common ones
like 'FWIW', 'IMHO', & 'OTOH' to some that are so obscure that I doubt that
they've been used more than once or twice ever.
Of course, that site doesn't list the boat/trawler specific acronyms that we
use here on TWL. With that in mind I thought it might be fun (and maybe
useful) to list some of those to help out newcomers to our little group:
BU = Boat Unit; $1,000.00
CHB = Chein Hwa Boat or Chung Hwa Boat; A Taiwanese boatyard that built a
line of trawlers designed (mostly) by Ed Monk.
F/V = Fishing Vessel
GB = Grand Banks
GCF = Gulf Coast Filter; A line of aftermarket lube, coolant, and fuel
filters that use rolls of paper towels or toilet paper as filter medium.
K (as in 15K) = Thousand
K (as in K39) = Krogen
KK = Kady Krogen
KW = Kilowatt
MT = Marine Trader; A line of Taiwanese trawlers designed (I think) by Art
Defever.
M/V = Motor Vessel
RCI = A line of fuel filters that use centrifugal force rather than filter
elements.
RF = Radio Frequency; Usually used in the context of electronic equipment
interference.
RLG = Resident Love Goddess; Originally coined by TWListee Paul Browne
because he didn't want to call his wife "the Admiral".
SSB = Single Side Band; A long range marine radio.
S/V = Sailing Vessel
TWBS&T (or just BST) = Trawler World Buy, Sell, & Trade list; A mailing list
set up expressly for the exchange of boat related goods and services.
TWL = Trawler World List; Well duh!
VHF = Very High Frequency; A (fairly) short range marine radio.
VUP = Voyaging Under Power; Robert Beebe's seminal work on long distance
powerboating.
I'm sure there are more of these and I welcome additions and corrections.
Send them privately and I'll compile them for the list.
Initially yours,
Alex
A Long And Skinny Post About Acronyms
HiHo Listoids,
I'm not a particularly good typist so I often use acronyms to cut down on
keyboard time. Recently I was asked if there is a source of translations for
these things. I did a little checking around and came up with the following
site:
http://home3.inet.tele.dk/hgaarde/Acronyms.html
This page lists hundreds of Internet acronyms ranging from the common ones
like 'FWIW', 'IMHO', & 'OTOH' to some that are so obscure that I doubt that
they've been used more than once or twice ever.
Of course, that site doesn't list the boat/trawler specific acronyms that we
use here on TWL. With that in mind I thought it might be fun (and maybe
useful) to list some of those to help out newcomers to our little group:
BU = Boat Unit; $1,000.00
CHB = Chein Hwa Boat or Chung Hwa Boat; A Taiwanese boatyard that built a
line of trawlers designed (mostly) by Ed Monk.
F/V = Fishing Vessel
GB = Grand Banks
GCF = Gulf Coast Filter; A line of aftermarket lube, coolant, and fuel
filters that use rolls of paper towels or toilet paper as filter medium.
K (as in 15K) = Thousand
K (as in K39) = Krogen
KK = Kady Krogen
KW = Kilowatt
MT = Marine Trader; A line of Taiwanese trawlers designed (I think) by Art
Defever.
M/V = Motor Vessel
RCI = A line of fuel filters that use centrifugal force rather than filter
elements.
RF = Radio Frequency; Usually used in the context of electronic equipment
interference.
RLG = Resident Love Goddess; Originally coined by TWListee Paul Browne
because he didn't want to call his wife "the Admiral".
SSB = Single Side Band; A long range marine radio.
S/V = Sailing Vessel
TWBS&T (or just BST) = Trawler World Buy, Sell, & Trade list; A mailing list
set up expressly for the exchange of boat related goods and services.
TWL = Trawler World List; Well duh!
VHF = Very High Frequency; A (fairly) short range marine radio.
VUP = Voyaging Under Power; Robert Beebe's seminal work on long distance
powerboating.
I'm sure there are more of these and I welcome additions and corrections.
Send them privately and I'll compile them for the list.
Initially yours,
Alex
