| Question of the day |
[Oct. 18th, 2011|03:24 pm]
|
What's the most pointless mnemonic you've ever had to learn?
I think mine is HOMES, because seriously, what upper Midwestern kid can't remember the Great Lakes without a five-letter word? But then there's also PAY HERB Czechs, and that's pretty useless, because who needs to remember the Warsaw Pact countries these days? I also never liked that East Germany just got E and they couldn't come up with anything for C and so went with Czechs. |
|
|
| Comments: |
It's Heinlein's mnemonic for the planets (T=Terra) from Have Space Suit, Will Travel. No P these days, of course.
I've also seen it as "Mother very easily..."
I got, "My very elegant mother just sat upon nine porcupines." Adaptable, because now she can just sit upon "nothing."
My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas, for me.
Also I have recollections of learning one that began My Very Eager Mother Jumped [something something] Nine Planets, but I cannot for the life of me remember the middle bit. Which defeats the purpose of a mnemonic, rather. | |
