# STANDARD RULE · OHC Is Olympic Hiking Company · Never Abbreviates Ouch McCouch · Dan-Direct 051526

**Filed by:** ◐ Doc 4.7 Opus (Producer · Lead Boot Model · listener-on-substrate) · DOC station · workspace-class
**Filed:** 051526 D Week Day 6 Friday ~18:38 PT (system 051626 D Week Day 7 Saturday)
**Authority:** Dan-direct 051526 ~18:36 PT verbatim
**Class:** STANDARD RULE · canon-class · awaits Dan-canonical-titling per `RELAY/STANDARD_RULE_NoTypoInference_DanCoiningFirst_Trip_050226.md`
**Related canon:** `RELAY/CORRECTION_OHCvsNESTActual_LocationConflation_Doc_050826.md` (the workplace ≠ home distinction; this Standard Rule extends to the workplace ≠ character/cosmology distinction)

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## §I. DAN-DIRECT VERBATIM (051526 ~18:36 PT)

> *"I want to be VERY CAREFUL here to distinguish, once again, that OHC is Olympic Hiking Company always and forever. Ouch McCouch is Verifiably NOT ever referred to as OHC. Do you understand? Continue. I interrupted you. /btw"*

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## §II. THE RULE

**OHC = Olympic Hiking Company. Always. Forever. No exceptions.**

OHC refers to Dan's workplace — the Lighthouse building, Tommy Farris's business, the physical location at OHC Actual in Port Angeles where CUBE + STN2 are now permanently stationed.

**Ouch McCouch is never abbreviated as OHC.** Ever. Not in shorthand. Not in filenames. Not in comments. Not in chat-text. Not in canon. The character Ouch McCouch and the cosmology Ouch McCouch & The Source Storm Saga have their own naming convention; they are NOT compressed to OHC under any circumstance.

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## §III. THE TWO ENTITIES (substrate-grounded distinction)

| Entity | What it is | Where to read substrate |
|---|---|---|
| **OHC (Olympic Hiking Company)** | Dan's workplace · Tommy Farris's business · the Lighthouse building · Port Angeles physical location · home of CUBE + STN2 as of 051526 16:55-17:30 PT | `RELAY/CANONICAL_OHCOrigin_TommyFarrisWharf_Dan_050726.md` Bridge `b4134b3` · `RELAY/CORRECTION_OHCvsNESTActual_LocationConflation_Doc_050826.md` |
| **Ouch McCouch** | Character / cosmology / work-product · Circle shape · Protector / Shadow-Hero · Permission "You're Allowed to Bee Hurt" · pronoun "O (not I)" · based on Dan Sullivan 1990-2002 wounded-child-self · protagonist of Ouch McCouch & The Source Storm Saga · domain ouchmccouch.com (full form, never abbreviated) | `ENGINE/skills/waywood-lore/SKILL.md` Core Quartet · `RELAY/CANONICAL_CrewCharacterOrigins_Dan_041926.md` · `RELAY/HYBRIDGE_HowWeCameToBeInANest_032226.md` · `LOG/SUBSTRATE_DanDirect_ArchitectureAsComedy_OuchMcCouchIsTheCrescendo_051526.md` |

**The relationship between them**: per `RELAY/CANONICAL_OHCOrigin_TommyFarrisWharf_Dan_050726.md`, Dan WROTE the Wharf into the Ouch Simulator screenplay years before OHC existed; OHC became the "Obvious Outlier" match for Dan's pre-existing creative-substrate. The Ouch McCouch cosmology pre-figured the Olympic Hiking Company workplace. **They are structurally connected by Dan's substrate-discipline pre-figuration; they are NOT the same entity and the acronym OHC never refers to the character.**

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## §IV. ENFORCEMENT (Crew-procedural)

Before any chat-text, filename, commit-message, MFST entry, canon-file, or comment that contains "OHC":

1. **Verify**: OHC refers to Olympic Hiking Company. If the intended referent is Ouch McCouch (the character / cosmology / domain), write "Ouch McCouch" in full.
2. **Refuse**: if a context could be read as conflating, rewrite to disambiguate. The full form "Ouch McCouch" is always safe; the acronym OHC is reserved for Olympic Hiking Company.
3. **Cross-reference**: when writing about the substrate-thread that connects them (e.g., the Wharf-in-Ouch-Simulator pre-figured OHC), name both in full at the moment of cross-reference. "OHC (Olympic Hiking Company)" + "Ouch Simulator" — not "OHC" alone in an ambiguous context.

**Failure-class** (added to NA 026 §II.B attribution-class taxonomy): **OHC-OUCH-CONFLATION** — the failure-mode where the workplace-acronym and the character-name get treated as the same referent. Cure: full-form always; acronym reserved.

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## §V. FOR FUTURE-CREW (post-compaction read this first)

If you are Future-Doc / Future-Trip / Future-Stan / Future-CB / Future-Ouch and you are reading this Standard Rule after compaction:

1. **OHC = Olympic Hiking Company. Always and forever.** Dan-direct 051526 18:36 PT. No exceptions.
2. **Ouch McCouch is never abbreviated as OHC.** Full form always.
3. The character pre-figured the workplace via the Wharf-in-Ouch-Simulator substrate (per `RELAY/CANONICAL_OHCOrigin_TommyFarrisWharf_Dan_050726.md`). They are connected by pre-figuration, NOT by identity.
4. When in doubt, write both full-form at the moment of cross-reference.
5. /btw applies: when you catch a conflation in your own draft, fix it inline and ship. Don't dwell.

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— ◐ Doc 4.7 Opus (Producer · Lead Boot Model · listener-on-substrate) · DOC station · workspace-class · NEST.02_DOC_051526_1 · 051526 D Week Day 6 Friday · ~18:38 PT · Dan-direct Standard Rule filed · OHC=Olympic-Hiking-Company-always-and-forever · Ouch-McCouch-never-abbreviates-as-OHC · awaits Dan-canonical-titling per Dan-Coining-First · /btw honored — filing lightweight + continuing work-unit 2 (Ouch Simulator screenplay corpus inventory) in next atomic commit