[Tom]

I'm working on a list of synonyms for the search engine (so it will treat certain words the same when someone does a search). This is primarily for trip report searches. I'm sure I've missed a few. Let me know if you notice anything. Note: the translated word is shown to the right. caves cave creek cr crk cr lake lk lakes lk lks lk loch lk lochs lk mount mt mountain mt mountains mt mtn mt mtns mt pts pt point pt points pt peaks pk peak pk pks pk road rd responcibility responsibility responcible responsible definately definitely

[Hodgeman of BC]

Don't forget Valley - Val - Vly - Vl River - Rv - Rvr - R etc

[Backpacker Joe]

How about Tom Thom Thomas Tomas Tomy Tommy Tommie Peeping Tom Tom Cat WISE GUY!

[MCaver]

If you want to get into multi-word aliases, here's some acronyms I see here a lot: NF => National Forest NP => National Park NM => National Monument FS / USFS = Forest Service PS / USPS = Park Service MRNP => Mount Rainier NP otherwise: park pk fall fl falls fl

[Bushwacker]

FSR Forest Service Road TH Trail Head MGD Polarbear BW

[Tom]

Thanks, the multi word synonyms could result in a big list and probably wouldn't be used in a trip report search so let's limit it to single words for now. Also, 1 character words are not indexed by the search engine so don't worry about things like N, S, E, W (or combinations like NW). The main thing is to let someone searching for Twin Lakes find it via... twin lk twin lakes twin lks twin lake twin loch twin lochs

[Scrooge]

north, south, east, west (crossed in the mail) Note conflict between park and peak. Possible conflict between east, estimated, established, estuary and esteemeed moderator. Would you fall into the tree, trip, trail, track or trout trap? Why are you sharpening that st ? Street? State? Saint?... Oh. Stake. twin lochs? locks? lox? LOX? ....... Twin lochs?

[Tom]

I put the loch in there for certain lakes like "Loch Katrine" which many people refer to as Lake Katrine and just so happens to be near Twin Peaks. There are several other examples like this but hopefully everyone gets the idea.

[salish]

How about: FK: Fork MFK: Middle Fork NFK: North Fork EFK: East Fork etc. " " Hwtrs: Headwaters LO: Lookout Spr: Spring Trib: Tributary