Mnemonics to remember - what are yours?

[Ellemeno]

Hi Buds,

As you probably know, a mnemonic is a little trick that helps you remember something.  Reading this post of Scott's, gave me the idea for this thread.

http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=5777.msg113371#msg113371


What mnemonics have you learned and used?  Have you even invented one that helps you?

Here's one of mine to start off with.  I'm a pretty good speller, but I used to have trouble remembering 'desert' and 'dessert', which one is which.  Then one day the problem was solved, when a friend taught me this trick, "Which one do you want more of?"  Dessert, of course, the one with TWO S's. 

[southendmd]

Great idea, Elle.

I had to learn lots of mnemonics in gross anatomy class.  That was a very long time ago.  I remember many of the mnemonics, but not what they go to:  my favorite example is "a beautiful little bride looks distressed if minus undies" where each word refers to a structure in the wrist.  I think the "undies" refers to the ulnar artery.

This was for the cranial nerves:  "oh, oh, oh, to touch and feel a Grecian vase, ah, heavenly".  As you can imagine, there were several naughty versions of this one.

Here's a spelling one:  to spell "separate", remember there's "a rat" in there.



Remember Johnny Mnemonic?

[Ellemeno]

Paul, I must say, I think I would need mnemonics to remember those unnatural little mnemonic sentences.    That one for 'separate' is handy, that is a very commonly mis-spelled word.

Here's one I think most Americans know:

HOMES - for the Great Lakes
H - Huron
O - Ontario
M - Michigan
E - Erie
S - Superior

[southendmd]

Here's a good one for the mechanically challenged:

Lefty=Loosie

Righty=Tightie

[southendmd]

Anyone remember the Hoagie Carmichael tune for the months?

30 days have September, April, June and November.

All the rest have 31.

Except quite contrary, February, has 28, most of the time.

But in leap years, 29.

[Fran]

I learned dessert had two "S"s with this:  second supper.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I learned the same one as Paul for how to spell separate.

For the months, I never did know what came after "all the rest have 31, except February." 

Let's not forget the one for the planets, in order from the sun: "Mary's violet eyes make John stay up nights permanently." Except, of course, we now have to drop the "permanently."   

[southendmd]

I won't bore y'all with medical mnemonics (I have tons of them).

Here's one from my childhood (with thanks to Sister Mary):

every good boy deserves fudge

for the notes on the staff lines in treble clef.

face

for the notes on the spaces in the treble clef.

[Lynne]

Here's a good one for the mechanically challenged:

Lefty=Loosie

Righty=Tightie

Yep, Paul - this one got me thru freshman physics...along with ROY G. BIV which helps you remember the colors in the rainbow...not sure our font colors coordinate properly.

[Jeff Wrangler]

And then there is always:

"'I' before 'e,' except after 'c,' or when sounded as 'a,' as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh.'"