diff --git a/scratch.js b/scratch.js
index 14e8a51a..671b4970 100644
--- a/scratch.js
+++ b/scratch.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import wtf from './src/index.js'
 console.log('start')
 
-let str = `before {{Vgrtbl|NA|1989-03-12|EU|August 16, 2008}} after
+let str = `before {{literal translation|a|b}} after
 
 `
 
 let doc = wtf(str)
 // const doc = await wtf.fetch('https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Interstate_5')
 
-console.log(doc.template().json())
+// console.log(doc.template().json())
 console.log(doc.text())
diff --git a/src/template/custom/aliases.js b/src/template/custom/aliases.js
index 1f8cd448..89d93028 100644
--- a/src/template/custom/aliases.js
+++ b/src/template/custom/aliases.js
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ let aliases = {
   under: 'underline',
   brackets: 'bracket',
   raise: 'lower',
+  'born-in': 'born in',
+  'c.': 'circa',
+  'r.': 'reign',
 }
 
 //multiple aliases
@@ -256,6 +259,7 @@ let multi = {
   // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Ferry
   'station link': ['amtk', 'cta', 'bts', 'mnrr', 'mtams', 'munis', 'njts', 'scax', 'wmata', 'rwsa'],
   'video game release': ['vgrelease', 'video game release hlist', 'vgrtbl', 'vgrelease hlist', 'vgrh'],
+  aka: ['a.k.a.', 'also known as'],
 }
 
 // - other languages -
diff --git a/src/template/custom/text-only/abbreviations.js b/src/template/custom/text-only/abbreviations.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10d4c97b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/template/custom/text-only/abbreviations.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import parse from '../../parse/toJSON/index.js'
+
+let shorthands = [
+  // {{HWV|251d}} - handel, bach
+  ['bwv', 'BWV'],
+  ['hwv', 'HWV'],
+  ['d.', 'D '], //Deutsch catalogue
+  ['aka', 'a.k.a. '],
+
+  // date abbreviations
+  ['cf.', 'cf. '],
+  ['fl.', 'fl. '],
+  ['circa', 'c. '],
+  ['born in', 'b. '],
+  ['died-in', 'd. '],
+  ['married-in', 'm. '],
+]
+// create a function for each one
+let fns = shorthands.reduce((h, a) => {
+  let [name, out] = a
+  h[name] = (tmpl) => {
+    let { first } = parse(tmpl, ['first'])
+    if (first || first === 0) {
+      return out + (first || '')
+    }
+    return out
+  }
+  return h
+}, {})
+
+// return only the name of the template
+let justNames = [
+  'they',
+  'them',
+  'their',
+  'theirs',
+  'themself',
+  'they are',
+  'they were',
+  'they have',
+  'they do',
+  'he or she',
+  'him or her',
+  'his or her',
+  'his or hers',
+  'he/she',
+  'him/her',
+  'his/her',
+]
+justNames.forEach((str) => {
+  fns[str] = str
+})
+
+export default fns
diff --git a/src/template/custom/text-only/easy-inline.js b/src/template/custom/text-only/easy-inline.js
index c9fcbb8c..dde32ac3 100644
--- a/src/template/custom/text-only/easy-inline.js
+++ b/src/template/custom/text-only/easy-inline.js
@@ -100,11 +100,14 @@ let zeros = [
   'bigdiv',
   'strikethroughdiv',
   'strikethrough color',
-  'pbpe'//pt
+  'pbpe', //pt
+  'video game release/abbr',
+  'nobel abbr',
+  'gloss',
+  'gcl',
 ]
 zeros.forEach((k) => {
   templates[k] = 0
 })
 
-
 export default templates
diff --git a/src/template/custom/text-only/functions.js b/src/template/custom/text-only/functions.js
index 2c32a833..4e4f90e2 100644
--- a/src/template/custom/text-only/functions.js
+++ b/src/template/custom/text-only/functions.js
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ export default {
     return `(r. ${obj.start} – ${obj.end})`
   },
 
-  circa: (tmpl) => {
-    let { year } = parse(tmpl, ['year'])
-    return year ? `c. ${year}` : 'c. '
-  },
-
   // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Decade_link
   'decade link': (tmpl) => {
     let { year } = parse(tmpl, ['year'])
diff --git a/src/template/custom/text-only/index.js b/src/template/custom/text-only/index.js
index 967e271b..0438ba43 100644
--- a/src/template/custom/text-only/index.js
+++ b/src/template/custom/text-only/index.js
@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
 import hardcoded from './hardcoded.js'
 import easyInline from './easy-inline.js'
-import shorthand from './shorthands.js'
+import shorthand from './shorthand-link.js'
 import functions from './functions.js'
+import abbreviations from './abbreviations.js'
 import moreLangs from './languages.js'
 import flags from './flags.js'
 import table from './table-cell.js'
 
-export default Object.assign(
-  {},
-  hardcoded,
-  easyInline,
-  shorthand,
-  functions,
-  moreLangs,
-  flags,
-  table,
-)
+export default Object.assign({}, hardcoded, easyInline, shorthand, functions, moreLangs, abbreviations, flags, table)
diff --git a/src/template/custom/text-only/shorthands.js b/src/template/custom/text-only/shorthand-link.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/template/custom/text-only/shorthands.js
rename to src/template/custom/text-only/shorthand-link.js