[kenrexford]

I thought this might be fun. From time to time we have all used mnemonics to remember something. A fun game perhaps to be to provide mnemonic tools that you have used before and see if anyone can figure out what list you were trying to remember.

I will go first.

Corsidcap.

[The_Badger]

hi Ken,

Corsidcap = Ajaccio.

If that's your identity password to your FBI account, then expect a visit soon from the Police Department

Lol - only joking now. (British sense of humour. Not everyone gets it.)

[Al_U_Card]

bbroygbvgw

learned in 1971 at the age of 15

[kenrexford]

Al_U_Card, on 2016-August-26, 04:13, said:

bbroygbvgw

learned in 1971 at the age of 15

I can't figure out what the extremes would be if the middle is colors. My theory is that you were an alien who sees 4 more colors than most people.

[Cyberyeti]

Madam Pvnsterr (can't remember if madam/madame) learned at school

Having just checked this up, there is no e on madam, and it's missing another p which we weren't taught

[PeterAlan]

"Queen Victoria eats peaches, cherries and cream." (the answer's in the link).

Learnt at 11.

[broze]

Mrs Gren...

[Zelandakh]

2 old aunts sat on high chairs and howled and Sir Oliver's horse came ambling home to Oliver's aunt were a couple I learned quite young and stayed with me. But I guess almost everyone here will know these. Just giving the initials seems silly to me - they are no easier to remember than the original form.

[kenrexford]

Mine was
C ambrian
OR dovician
SI lurian
D evonian
CA rboniferous
P ermian

Weird, but still with me.

OSAIC SPM

Top 8 elements in earth's crust.

It amazes me that mnemonics from 40 years ago stick with me.

[Cyberyeti]

Mine was:

Monter, arriver, descendre, aller, mourir
Partir, venir, naitre, sortir, tomber, entrer, rester, retourner

French verbs that conjugate their past tense with etre rather than avoir, passer was missing

[Vampyr]

Here are a couple that I guess everyone knows: King Philip Come Out For God's Sake and Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally. (long after I was at school the first one became "Dear King Philip..."

[Vampyr]

Zelandakh, on 2016-August-26, 08:20, said:

2 old aunts sat on high chairs and howled and Sir Oliver's horse came ambling home to Oliver's aunt were a couple I learned quite young and stayed with me. But I guess almost everyone here will know these. Just giving the initials seems silly to me - they are no easier to remember than the original form.

These are the same though.

[Al_U_Card]

It was in high school shop class (electricity lab) and was

Bad boys rape our young girls but violet goes willingly

Colour bands on resistors (Brown, blue, red, orange, yellow, green, black,violet, grey, white....I think..)

[Zelandakh]

Vampyr, on 2016-August-26, 12:54, said:

These are the same though.

Yes and I remembered sock-a-toe-a too. My speciality in maths was learning the class way of doing things plus at least one additional method whenever I was unsatisfied with that. Quadratics, y-y1 = m(x-x1) + c, etc - I preferred simplifying the process rather than doing it the "normal" way, an approach that was also helpful when I started maths tutoring for a while.

Another little tune that stayed with me and actually turned out to be vaguely useful 30 years later was for German genitive prepositions (anstatt wegen während trotz außerhalb innerhalb). I made the mistake of only learning the accusative and dative ones the way the teacher taught them and they ended up being forgotten before I got to use them, even though those were actually the more useful lists.

[Thiros]

Kings play chess on Fridays, generally speaking

(in the last three words there is room for variation; this version should make it the easiest to guess)

[diana_eva]

Tomber / monter to remember the difference between stalactites and stalagmites

[Al_U_Card]

diana_eva, on 2016-August-26, 18:02, said:

Tomber / monter to remember the difference between stalactites and stalagmites

Or c for ceiling and g for ground?

[Vampyr]

Thiros, on 2016-August-26, 17:49, said:

Kings play chess on Fridays, generally speaking

(in the last three words there is room for variation; this version should make it the easiest to guess)

Gotta start it with a D nowadays. Druid kings...

[Cyberyeti]

Al_U_Card, on 2016-August-26, 18:50, said:

Or c for ceiling and g for ground?

Tights come down

[fromageGB]

In my elementary German class it was "strong men drink weak tea".