Mnemonics

Paul24
Paul24 Registered Posts: 578 Epic contributor 🐘
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:

Comments

  • Gem7321
    Gem7321 Registered Posts: 1,438 Beyond epic contributor πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ
    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
    AdamR Registered Posts: 668 Epic contributor 🐘
    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
    CJC Registered Posts: 1,657 Beyond epic contributor πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ
    Never heard those ones but still remember Richard of York gave battle in vain for the colours of the rainbow.
  • CJC
    CJC Registered Posts: 1,657 Beyond epic contributor πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ
    And you are forgetting that Pluto isn't a planet.
  • Gem7321
    Gem7321 Registered Posts: 1,438 Beyond epic contributor πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ
    Don't start throwing your PhD around :001_rolleyes:
  • AdamR
    AdamR Registered Posts: 668 Epic contributor 🐘
    Any excuse for him to get it out and wave it at passers-by!:laugh:
  • steveJ
    steveJ Registered Posts: 694 Epic contributor 🐘
    CJC wrote: Β»
    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
    jkc Registered Posts: 166 Dedicated contributor πŸ¦‰
    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
    lork Registered Posts: 97 Regular contributor ⭐
    My favourite is Many Viscious Eskimos Make Juicy Steaks Using Naughty People!
  • columbia
    columbia Registered Posts: 580 Epic contributor 🐘
    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
    flower Registered Posts: 160 Dedicated contributor πŸ¦‰
    Yes I still remember the Richard of York thing for the rainbow. That is definately an age give away though.
  • fatandforty
    fatandforty Registered Posts: 553 Epic contributor 🐘
    My children were taught how to spell because:-

    big
    elephants
    can't
    always
    use
    small
    exits
  • CJC
    CJC Registered Posts: 1,657 Beyond epic contributor πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ
    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
    Jon_1984 Registered Posts: 186 Dedicated contributor πŸ¦‰
    My children were taught how to spell because:-

    big
    elephants
    can't
    always
    use
    small
    exits

    Big
    Elephants
    Can
    Always
    Understand
    Small
    Elephants......
  • AdamR
    AdamR Registered Posts: 668 Epic contributor 🐘
    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
    Paul24 Registered Posts: 578 Epic contributor 🐘
    columbia wrote: Β»
    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
    fatandforty Registered Posts: 553 Epic contributor 🐘
    AdamR wrote: Β»
    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 :lol:
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