SYates
Camino Fossil AD 1999, now living in Santiago de C
- Time of past OR future Camino
- First: Camino Francés 1999
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Last: Santiago - Muxia 2019
Now: http://egeria.house/
I put this in here because I feel it is most useful for new members, if I am wrong dear mods, please move it ;-)
I just realise that we use quite a few abbreviations on this forum, some specific, some not specific to the Camino. I also noted that some newer members are a bit shy to ask what we mean with them, so I compiled this little list from the top of my head, feel free to add to it and Buen Camino, SY
PS I decided, for better overview, to add the abbreviations mentioned in the follow-up posts to the first post. So no, I didn't come up with the whole list ...
Camino Specific
General
I just realise that we use quite a few abbreviations on this forum, some specific, some not specific to the Camino. I also noted that some newer members are a bit shy to ask what we mean with them, so I compiled this little list from the top of my head, feel free to add to it and Buen Camino, SY
PS I decided, for better overview, to add the abbreviations mentioned in the follow-up posts to the first post. So no, I didn't come up with the whole list ...
Camino Specific
- SJPdP/SJPP - Saint Jean Pied de Port (a popular starting place in France)
- SDC/SdC - Santiago de Compostela
- CdN - Camino(s) del Norte
- MMDD - Miam Miam DoDo (a French Camino guide series concentrating on the bare essential composed of the informal words Miam Miam= yummy food and dodo=nighty-night/sleep)
- VdlP - Via de la Plata (Camino from the South of Spain to Santiago)
- CP - Camino Portuguese or Camino Primitivo depending on the sub-forum you are in ;-)
- CF - Camino Francés (The pilgrimage route that comes from SJPdP (Saint Jean Pied de Port) and crosses the Pyrenees and passes through Roncesvalles and Puente la Reina where it joins with the route coming from the Somport pass. Often translated as the French Way it actaully means the Way of the Franks aka those foreigners that come from behind the Pyrenees out of the Frankish Empire ;-)
- CI - Camino Ingles (The English Way, in ye olde times the way taken, predominatly, by English and Irish pilgrims who arrived by ship/boat in A Coruña or Ferrol and walked/rode from there to Santiago).
- TSA - Transportation Security Administration (USA) - Those that refuse to let you take more than 100ml of shampoo and/or your walking poles on board of a civilian aircraft ;-) For a more 'dry' explanation see this post.
- HYOH - Hike Your Own Hike and WYOW - Walk Your Own Way:
Go at your own pace and don't let other people's experiences determine or affect yours. - SNCF - French Railway (website) - useful for researching travel to/near SJPdP.
- RENFE - Spanish Railway (website)
- ALSA - Main, but not only, bus/coach network (website) in Spain.
General
- OP - Original Poster (the person who started a thread)
- ROFL - Rolling Over Floor Laughing
- LOL - Laughing Out Loud
- IMO/IMHO - In My Opinion/In My Humble Opinion (mostly a very strongly defended opinion ;-)
- YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary (Meaning this is what I experienced, your experience may be different.)
- FSO - From Skin Out (putting all items you plan to take in one ordered list without distinguishing what you wear and what you carry, without food nor water but with the respective containers included).
- TBW - Total Base Weight, similar to the above, for a different opinion than mine see @dougfitz posts starting here.
- PCB - Post Camino Blues (common pilgrim illness and indication for being infected with the Camino Virus, best treatment is planning your next Camino ;-)
- PM - Private Message (me), also called Conversation on this forum. Just click the name of the person you want to message and click on 'start a conversation'.
- @ - An invisible abbreviation, if you type @+forum name, it converts the forum name into a link to the respective profile page of that member and sends him/her a message/alert that s/he has been mentioned in such and such thread if they have that enabled. F.e. @BShea and @nzPhreadde your contributions have been added to the main post.
- ASAP - As Soon As Possible
- KSO - Keep Straight On (used in guides and way descriptions)
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