Well, I say 'Great', but we'll have to see. I mean, who'd have thought Mundane II would catch fire like it has.

Anyhoo, what little rules do you have for remembering things?

Like, dessert has two esses because you go back for seconds of dessert (as opposed to desert).

Like the gender of names Francis and Frances can be remembered because 'i' is in him and 'e' is in her.

That sort of thing.

Thinking of directions, despite many decades of serial map usage, I still have to use WE to remember which is west and which is east...

A friend of mine depends on "righty tighty lefty loosey"; the fact that he has to say it out loud for it to work never fails to crack me up.

When speaking Swedish*, I remember the difference between he (han) and she (hon) using the following concise, snappy 'rule':

"Han sounds like Hans and Hans is a man, whereas hon is almost honey, which is what some people would call a woman."

Of course, by the time I've remembered that rule, the people I'm talking to have drunk so much stinging-nettle schnapps to relieve the boredom of waiting for me to say my piece that they're all comatose in their seats.

* That sounds like a) I can actually speak Swedish properly and b) I speak Swedish regularly.

The truth of the matter is that I can barely string a sentence together and almost never have to. And, even when I do, nobody has the faintest idea what I've said because I've mispronounced all the words.

I still remember our Grade 7 shop teacher telling us how to properly light the acetylene/oxygen torch: "A before O or up you go" (points to heaven).

xkcd.com/809/

For some reason the idea of mnemonics reminded me of it.

We had a maths teacher who regularly riffed "How many, multiply, take away, bring down". For some reason, he did it in a high voice.

Thirty-odd years later, I can still remember the riff, but can't remember what it was for. I think it was long division.

What's this supposed to be a mnemonic for?

Tightening/loosening screws and bolts.

Screws, bolts, lightbulbs, &c.

Which reminds me -- could someone explain to me the meaning of the (newish?) goal celebration that looks a bit like the player is screwing a lightbulb into their ear?

How I need a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy chapters involving quantum mechanics.

And that stands for?

The only one I can remember at the moment is one that might interest you, WE. It's from my German teacher at school. DOGWUF: durch, ohne, gegen, wider, um, für - prepositions that take the accusative.

It's a Piem.

Ah, right, I get it.

Being a regular pub quizzer, the old "My Very Easy Method, Just Set Up Nine Planets" always stood me good on solar system questions!

The best one I had recently was "Never Eat Cake, Eat Salmon Sandwiches And Remain Young" - necessary

I also use "Never Eat Shredded Wheat" - North East South West (in a clockwise direct)

Dr & Mrs Vandertramp is how you remember the irregular french verbs.

On principle vs. principal, we were taught "The principal is your pal." Corny, but actually the principal was OK at most schools I went to, even the one who laughed when on the first day of 8th grade I got a schedule meant for a boy.

WOM wrote:


Do they live in la Maison d'Etre?

Bored of Education wrote:


Is that the only mnemonic that's actually longer than what you're trying to remember? Could never remember the DST sequence before coming across "Spring forward, fall back".