Mnemonics

Paul24

Why
Do
Some
People
Seem
To
Spend
More
Time
Arseing
About
With
Rhymes
Than
Learning
The
Actual
Processes

I mean, some of them are helpful when trying to learn the theory behind double entry, but the amount of brain space required to remember some of the weird and wonderful ones on here must push out some other actually useful stuff!! :huh:

Gem7321

When you were at school did you use
Mexican Vultures Enjoy Making Jam Sandwiches Using New Plums
to remember the order of the planets?

Whoever came up with that was a genius

AdamR

Most Volcanoes Erupt Mulberry Jam Sandwiches Under Normal Pressure is the one my mum uses.

My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets must be the best though.

The funniest thing is the amount of times you see quizzes where people are asked to name the third planet of our solar system. 8 out of ten get it wrong!:laugh:

CJC

Never heard those ones but still remember Richard of York gave battle in vain for the colours of the rainbow.

CJC

And you are forgetting that Pluto isn't a planet.

Gem7321

Don't start throwing your PhD around :001_rolleyes:

AdamR

Any excuse for him to get it out and wave it at passers-by!:laugh:

steveJ

CJC wrote: »

Never heard those ones but still remember Richard of York gave battle in vain for the colours of the rainbow.

I remembered this one as:

ROY.G.BIV

jkc

heres a big one for all the geologists out there
Peter
Came
On
Sunday
during
choir
practice
To
Join
Chris
To
Quartet
Precambian Cambrian Ordovician Silurian Devonian Carboniferous Permian Triassic Jurassic Cretatious Tertiarry
Quaternary. i think thats right any way

lork

My favourite is Many Viscious Eskimos Make Juicy Steaks Using Naughty People!

columbia

Oi Paul 24...

I actually use mneumonics all the time for remembering things. Most I make up quite quickly the rest I use a website for. Sad I know, but we all have our own unique way of learning!

flower

Yes I still remember the Richard of York thing for the rainbow. That is definately an age give away though.

fatandforty

My children were taught how to spell because:-

big
elephants
can't
always
use
small
exits

CJC

I should possibly confess that 'i before e except after c' has helped me in spelling 'received' correctly on more than one occasion.

Jon_1984

fatandforty wrote: »

My children were taught how to spell because:-

big
elephants
can't
always
use
small
exits

Big
Elephants
Can
Always
Understand
Small
Elephants......

AdamR

fatandforty wrote: »

My children were taught how to spell because:-

I was always taught how to spell, because if I didn't know a certain word, I'd look an idiot!

Oh that's not what you meant, sorry!:001_tt2:

Paul24

columbia wrote: »

Oi Paul 24...

I actually use mneumonics all the time for remembering things. Most I make up quite quickly the rest I use a website for. Sad I know, but we all have our own unique way of learning!

I do understand, but I often think that the time spent coming up with and learning some of the crazy mind maps we see on the forum, could be used to work on understanding why (for example) variances are calculated in a certain way.

fatandforty

AdamR wrote: »

I was always taught how to spell, because if I didn't know a certain word, I'd look an idiot!

Oh that's not what you meant, sorry!:001_tt2:

No it wasn't but very funny