-our numonic devices-

-as of [2 APRIL 2024]

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*WIKI-LIST*

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*CHEAT SHEETS*

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ALGOR ITHM

“al gore”

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*macOS finder shortcut to navigate to ‘downloads folder’* –>

[COMMAND] + [OPTION] + [ l ]

(lowercase L)

remember Load in “download”)

(the KS also opens a ‘downloads tab’ in the ‘chrome browser’)

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“peri-helion”

(nearest to ‘sun’)

(purr – “here kitty kitty!”)

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“aphelion”

furthest from sun

A way…

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(northern/southern hemispheres)

(opposite seasons north/south

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*ACID*

(gives up proton)

(becomes ‘negative’)

(the hydrogen +1 ion)

(‘acid goes down’)

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*RATIO*

*when comparing ‘lengths’* –>

(the ‘higher the ‘value’. the shorter the length)

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*’BACK SLASH’ VS ‘FORWARD SLASH’*

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(when going ‘left’ to ‘right’…)

think of ‘back’ as ‘down’…

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*think of ‘forward’ as ‘up’…

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(same principle for ‘acute accent’ vs ‘grave accent’)

(think of ‘grave’ as ‘going down’ as in ‘buried’)

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*PRO TOOLS*

‘R’ zooms out

‘T’ zooms in

“artie”

(just remember [‘out’ –> ‘smaller blocks’] + [‘in’ –> ‘bigger blocks’])

(we actually move ‘left’ to ‘right’ when we hit ‘r’ / ‘t’)

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*IRIDESCENCE*

(think of ‘iris’ / ‘eye’ / ‘bubble clouds’)
(which is what ‘iridescence’ is)

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*INCANDESCENCE*

(‘visible light’ generated by ‘electro-magnetic radiation’)

(think “candy” and neon ‘fake lights’ flashing)

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*TENOR – C5*

*SOPRANO – C6*

(use this when jotting down ‘reference notes’ for vocal melodies)

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“MIDI TICK”

(remember this when creating tracks in ‘pro tools’)

(microphone tracks use ‘samples’)

(MIDI tracks use ‘ticks’)

(acoustic tracks will be ‘mono’)

(MIDI tracks will be ‘stereo’)

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*’SPACE-BAR’ –> ‘RECORD’*

*ENTER* –> ‘GO TO BEGINNING’*
(think of it as ‘return’ key)

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#1

“THE UNIVERSE” –>

(envision a (local inter-stellar) ‘cloud’ in a (local) ‘bubble’)

(from largest to smallest)

(“local bubble” –> “local cloud” –> “earth”)

(BCE)

(as in “before common era”)

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#2

“REMEMBERING MAC KEYBOARD SYMBOLS” –>

(“2 symbols” for a the “2 word” alt/option button)

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*G-MAIL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS*

(to view the shortcuts list, type [?]

[shift] + [/]

(on most keyboards, the TOP symbol requires you to hold down [shift] key)

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“J / K”
(to navigate to the previous/next ‘e-mail unit’)

*our ‘mnemonic process’* –>

‘j K’ is abbreviation for ‘joking’
(“am i going to actually read this email. joking! onto the next / going back to the last)
(“loads of laughs”)

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‘P / N’

(‘previous’ / ‘next’ email chain ‘sub-units’)

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#
(shift / 3)
(move to trash)

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‘THE NUMBER ZERO’ VS ‘THE LETTER O’
(on keyboard)

(zero calories)

(‘slim zero’)

(zero is vertical rectangle / O is rounder circle)

X

X

X

“mnemonic device forums”

(find them)

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This article contains list of notable mnemonics used to remember various objects, lists, etc.

Astronomy

Order of planets from the Sun:

(Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)

obsolete (per the IAU definition of planet)

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“Most Vegetables Eat More Juice So Usually Never Pee”

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Potatoes[1]

Many Vicious Elephants Met Just Slightly Under New Pineapples

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Stellar classification sequence: O B A F G K M R N S

Oh Be A Fine Girl/Guy, Kiss Me Right Now, Sweetheart!

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Revised stellar classification sequence: O B A F G K M L T Y

Old, Bald, And Fat Generals Kiss More Ladies Than You
(ha!)

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Biology

To remember the order of taxa in biology (Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, [Variety]):

“Dear King Philip Came Over For Good Soup” is often cited as a non-vulgar method for teaching students to memorize the taxonomic classification of system

Other variations tend to start with the mythical king, with one author noting “The nonsense about King Philip, or some ribald version of it, has been memorized by generations of biology students”.[6]

Dear King Philip Claps Often For Good Science

Do Kings Play Chess On Fine Green Silk?[7]:69

Dumb Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach[7]:69

Do Kindly Place Cover On Fresh Green Spring Vegetables[7]:69

Darn Kernel Panics Crash Our Family Game System[8]

Do Keep Pond Clean Or Froggy Gets Sick

Dumb Kids Play Catch Over Father’s Grave Stone

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To remember the processes that define living things:

MRS GREN: Movement; Respiration; Sensation; Growth; Reproduction; Excretion; Nutrition

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To remember the number of humps on types of camels

D in Dromedary has one hump; B in Bactrian has two

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To distinguish color patterns between the harmless kingsnake and the venomous coral snake

Red on black, venom lack; red on yellow, kill a fellow

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To recognize poison ivy

Leaves of three, leave it be

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COWS stand for Cold Opposite Warm Same,

which are the relation between the components of the Caloric reflex test

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Chemistry

To recall the names of the first 20 elements in the periodic table:

Harry, he likes beer by cupfuls, not over frothy, never nasty mugs allowed. Since past six closing, are kegs cancelled?

(H, He, Li, Be, B, C, N, O, F, Ne, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, Ar, K, Ca.)

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Engineering

For the EIA electronic color code, Black(0), Brown(1), Red(2), Orange(3), Yellow(4), Green(5), Blue(6), Violet(7), Gray(8), White(9), Gold(5%), Silver(10%), None(20%)

Big brown rabbits often yield great big vocal groans when gingerly slapped[12]

Bad boys run our young girls behind victory garden walls[13]

B .B Roy [of] Great Britain [has] Very Good Wife

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A mnemonic to remember which way to turn common (right-hand thread) screws and nuts, including light bulbs, is “Righty-tighty, Lefty-loosey”; another is “Right on, Left off”

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For power in watts:

“Twinkle twinkle little star, Power equals I squared R”

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Geography

The countries of South America in order of largest to smallest by area: Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Chile, Paraguay, Ecuador, Guyana, Uruguay, Suriname

Boring, Average Politics Can Become Very Corrupt. People Everywhere Get Used Sometimes

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The countries of Central America from North to South:

Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama

Big Gorillas Eat Hotdogs, Not Cold Pizza

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The Great Lakes in order of largest to smallest: Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario

Super Heroes Must Eat Oats

Or just to remember them at all

Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior: HOMES

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The principal factors affecting climate: LABDOWA

Latitude, Altitude, Build, Distance from the sea, Ocean currents, Wind, Aspect

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Geology

Geological periods:

Precambrian, Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Recent (Holocene)

Pregnant Camels Often Sit Down Carefully, Perhaps Their Joints Creak? Possibly Early Oiling Might Prevent Permanent Rheumatism

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Paleozoic to Cenozoic:

Pregnant Camels Ordinarily Sit Down Carefully, Perhaps Their Joints Creak

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Mohs scale of mineral hardness 1-10:[17]

For Talc(=1) Gypsum(=2) Calcite(=3) Fluorite(=4) Apatite(=5) Orthoclase(=6) Quartz(=7) Topaz(=8) Corundum(=9) Diamond(=10)

Tall Girls Can Fight And Other Queer Things Can Develop[7]:64

TAll GYroscopes CAn FLy APart ORbiting QUickly TO COmplete DIsintegration[7]:64

Toronto Girls Can Flirt And Only Quit To Chase Dwarves

Terrible Giants Can Find Alligators Or Quaint Trolls Conveniently Digestible

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Differentiating stalactites from stalagmites

The ‘mites go up and the ‘tites come down.

When one has ants in one’s pants, the mites go up and the tights come down.[7]:66

(In a strict scientific sense, a mite is not an ant, although “mite” in common speech can refer to any small creature)

Stalactites hang tight, hang down like tights on a line; stalagmites might bite (if you sit on them), might reach the roof.[7]:66

Tights hang from the Ceiling, and Mites crawling around on the Ground

You need might to do push-ups (from the floor). You must hold tight doing chin-ups (off the ceiling).

Stalactites are on the ceiling. Stalagmites are on the ground.[7]:66

Stalactites cling tight to the ceiling; stalagmites might reach the ceiling

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History

Chinese dynasties (simplified): Xia (Hsia), Shang, Zhou (Chou), Qin (Ch’in), Han, Jin, Southern and Northern, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing (Ching)

She Shamefully Chose Chinese Hand Jingles (and) SiNfully Sweet Tango Songs: “You (and) Me, Chickadee!”

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English dynasties (simplified): Norman, Plantagenet, Lancaster, York, Tudor, Stuart, Hanover, Windsor

No Plan Like Yours To Study History Wisely

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Wives of Henry VIII (names): Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr

All Boys Should Come Home Please

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Wives of Henry VIII (manner of death):

Divorced, beheaded, died / Divorced, beheaded, survived

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British nobility rank order (simplified)

Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, Barons

Do Men Ever Visit Boston?

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Assassinated US presidents and perpetrators:

Lincoln by Booth, Garfield by Guiteau, McKinley by Czolgosz and Kennedy by Oswald.

Losers Bearing Grudges Grieve Mainly Cowards Killing Orators

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Languages

Characteristic sequence of letters

I always comes before E (but after C, E comes before I)

In most words like friend, field, piece, pierce, mischief, thief, tier, it is “i” which comes before “e”.

But on some words with c just before the pair of e and i, like receive, perceive, “e” comes before “i”.

This can be remembered by the following mnemonic,

I before E, except after C

But this is not always obeyed as in case of weird and weigh, weight, height, neighbor etc. and can be remembered by extending that mnemonic as given below

I before E, except after C

Or when sounded “A” as in neighbor, weigh and weight

Or when sounded like “eye” as in height

And “weird” is just weird

Another variant, which avoids confusion when the two letters represent different sounds instead of a single sound, as in atheist or being, runs

When it says ee

Put i before e

But not after c

Where ever there is a Q there is a U too

Most frequently u follows q. e.g.:

Que, queen, question, quack, quark, quartz, quarry, quit, Pique, torque, macaque, exchequer.

Hence the mnemonic:

Where ever there is a Q there is a U too[21]

(But this is violated by some words; see:List of English words containing Q not followed by U)

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Letters of specific syllables in a word

BELIEVE

Do not believe a lie

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SECRETARY

A secretary must keep a secret

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TEACHER

There is an ache in every teacher

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MEASUREMENT

Be sure of your measurements before you start work

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FRIEND

Fri the end of your friend

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SPECIAL

The CIA have special agents

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BEAUTIFUL

Big Elephants Are Ugly

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SEPARATE

Always smell a rat when you spell separate

There was a farmer named Sep and one day his wife saw a rat. She yelled, “Sep! A rat – E!!!”

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CEMETERY

There are 3 “e”s buried in “cemetery”

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PRINCIPAL

The principal is your pal

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Distinguishing between similar words

Difference between Advice & Advise, Practice & Practise, Licence & License etc.

Advice, Practice, Licence etc. (those with c) are nouns

and Advise, Practise, License etc. are verbs.

One way of remembering this is that the word ‘noun’ comes before the word ‘verb’ in the dictionary;

likewise ‘c’ comes before ‘s’,

so the nouns are ‘practice, licence, advice’ and the verbs are ‘practise, license, advise’

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Here or Hear

We hear with our ear

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Complement and Compliment

complement adds something to make it enough

compliment puts you in the limelight

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Principle and Principal

Your principal is your pal

A rule can be called a principle

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Remedial and Menial

Remedial work is meant to remedy.

menial work is boring but it’s mean (-ial) to complain

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Their, There and They’re

Theirs is not mine even though ‘I’ is in it

There is where we’ll be.

They’re is a contraction of ‘they are’

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“stationary” / “stationery”

‘A’ vs ‘E’

(i usually default to ‘e’ as in ‘er’)

(think “paper”)

(‘a’ as in ‘car’)

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Stationery contains er and so does paper;

stationary (not moving) contains ar and so does car

A for “at rest”, e for envelope

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First letter mnemonics of spelling

DIARRH(O)EA

Dashing In A Rush, Running Harder (or) Else Accident!

Dining In A Rough Restaurant: Hurry, (otherwise)Expect Accidents!

Diarrhea Is A Really Runny Heap (of) Endless Amounts

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ARITHMETIC

A Rat In The House May Eat The Ice Cream

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NECESSARY

Not Every Cat Eats Sardines (Some Are Really Yummy)[25]

Never Eat Chocolate, Eat Sardine Sandwiches And Remain Young

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BECAUSE

Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants

Big Elephants Cause Accidents Under Small Elephants

Big Elephants Can’t Always Use Small Exits

Big Elephants Can’t Always Use Small Entrances

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MNEMONICS

Mnemonics Now Erase Man’s Oldest Nemesis, Insufficient Cerebral Storage

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GEOGRAPHY

George’s Elderly Old Grandfather Rode A Pig Home Yesterday

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TOMORROW

Trails Of My Old Red Rose Over Window

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RHYTHM

Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move

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Grammar

Adjective order in English:

OSASCOMP

(Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, Purpose)[26]

On Saturday And Sunday Cold Ovens Make Pastry

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Commonly-used coordinating conjunctions in English

FANBOYS

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

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The verbs in French that use the auxiliary verb être in the compound past (sometimes called “verbs of motion”) can be memorized using the phrase “Dr. (and) Mrs. Vandertramp”:

devenir, revenir, monter, rester, sortir, venir, aller, naître, descendre, entrer, rentrer, tomber, retourner, arriver, mourir, partir

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Mathematics

Quadratic equation

The articulation of the quadratic equation can be sung to the tune of various songs as a mnemonic device

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Mathematical operations

For helping students in remembering the rules in adding and multiplying two signed numbers, Balbuena and Buayan (2015) made the letter strategies LAUS (like signs, add; unlike signs, subtract) and LPUN (like signs, positive; unlike signs, negative), respectively

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Order of Operations

PEMDAS

Please – Parenthesis

Excuse – Exponents

My – Multiplication

Dear – Division

Aunt – Addition

Sally – Subtraction

(In the UK, the phrase BIDMAS is used instead; Brackets, Indices, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction)

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Trigonometry

The mnemonic “SOHCAHTOA” (occasionally spelt “SOH CAH TOA”) is often used to remember the basic trigonometric functions

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Sine = Opposite / Hypotenuse

Cosine = Adjacent / Hypotenuse

Tangent = Opposite / Adjacent

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Other mnemonics that have been used for this include:

Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid

Ships Of H olland Call At Harwich To Obtain Apples.

Sighs Of Happiness Come After Having Tankards Of Ale.

Some Old Hen Caught Another Hen Taking Off Alone.

Silly Old Hitler Can’t Advance His Troops On Africa

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Topology

Mnemonics for Euler’s characteristic are “fav. me”, for “F  add V, minus E ”, and “veryfun”

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Medicine

To remember the signs of a stroke:

FAST

Face (Has the victim’s face fallen on one side?)

Arms (Can the victim raise both arms and keep them raised?)

Speech (Is the victim’s speech slurred? Can they repeat a simple sentence?)

Time (It is time to contact emergency services.)

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To remember the steps for Resuscitation:

D.R.S. A.B.C.D

Danger (Check for danger to yourself or others before starting)

Response (Check for signs of life or response)

Send for help (Call for backup, or Emergency services)

Airway (Check for obstruction in the throat)

Breaths (Check for breaths)

CPR (Commence CPR)

Defib (Apply Defibrillator)

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*human body systems* –>

*NICER DRUMS*

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Intrinsic muscles of hand

‘A OF A OF A’

Thenar (lateral to medial-palmar surface):

Abductor pollicis brevis

Opponens pollicis

Flexor pollicis brevis

Adductor pollicis

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Hypothenar (lateral to medial-palmar surface):

Opponens digiti minimi

Flexor digiti minimi

Abductor digiti minimi

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Bones of the wrist

Scaphoid bone,

Lunate bone,

Triquetral bone,

Pisiform bone,

Trapezium (bone),

Trapezoid bone,

Capitate bone

& Hamate bone

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Some Lovers Try Positions That They Can’t Handle

She Looks Too Pretty Try To Catch Her

So Long To Pinky, Here Comes The Thumb

Simply Learn The Positions That The Carpus Has

Send Louis To Paris To Tame Carnal Hungers

Stop Letting Those People Touch The Cadaver’s Hands

Differential Diagnosis

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VINDICATE

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Cranial nerves

List of mnemonics for the cranial nerves, their respective type and foramen

NERVE: Olfactory nerve Optic nerve Oculomotor nerve Pathic (Trochlear) nerve Trigeminal (dentist) nerve Abducens nerve Facial nerve Vestibulo-cochlear (Auditory) nerve Glosso-pharyngeal nerve Vagus nerve Spinal Accessory nerve Hypoglossal nerve

Ophthalmic Maxillary Mandibular

Mnemonic:

(for nerve)[37] OLd OPen OCeans TROuble TRIbesmen ABout Fish VEnom Giving VArious ACute / SPlitting Headaches

On Old Olympus’ Towering Top A Fat Vocal German Viewed A Hop

TYPE: Sensory Sensory Motor Motor Both (sensory + motor) Motor Both Sensory Both Both Motor Motor

Mnemonic:

(for type)[38] Some Say Money Matters, But My Brother Says Big Brains Matter More

FORAMINA: Cribriform plate Optic canal Superior Orbital Fissure Superior Orbital Fissure Superior Orbital Fissure Foramen Rotundum Foramen Ovale Superior Orbital Fissure Internal Acoustic Meatus Internal Acoustic Meatus Jugular Foramen Jugular Foramen Jugular Foramen Hypoglossal Canal

Mnemonics:

(for foramina) Cleaners Only Spray Smelly Stuff Right On Smelly Idiots In Jumbled Junkyards Juggled High

Carl Only Swims South. Silly Roger Only Swims In Infiniti Jacuzzis. Jane Just Hitchhikes

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Music

Bowed strings[edit]

Mnemonics are used in remembering string names in violin standard tuning.

Good Dogs Always Eat[39]

Greedy Dogs Always Eat[40]

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Mnemonics are used in remembering string names in viola standard tuning.

Cats Give Dogs Advice

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*Guitar*

Mnemonics are used in remembering guitar string names in standard tuning

Every Average Dude Gets Better Eventually

Eggs Are Deliciously Good Breakfast Energy

Eddy Ate Dynamite Good Bye Eddy

Every Adult Dog Growls Barks Eats.

Every Acid Dealer Gets Busted Eventually

Even After Dinner Giant Boys Eat

Elephants And Donkeys Grow Big Ears

Every American Dog Gets Bones Easily

Every Angel Does Good Before Evil

Eat All Day Get Big Easy

Eine Alte Dame Geht Heute Einkaufen (German: an old lady goes shopping today)

Een Aap Die Geen Bananen Eet (Dutch: A monkey that doesn’t eat bananas)

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Thus we get the names of the strings from 6th string to the 1st string in that order

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Conversely, a mnemonic listing the strings in the reverse order is:

Every Beginning Guitarist Does All Exercises!

Elvis’ Big Great Dane Ate Everything

Every Big Girl Deserves An Elephant

Easter Bunny Gets Drunk At Easter

Easter Bunnies Go Dancing After Easter

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Ukulele

As for guitar tuning, there is also a mnemonic for ukuleles.

Good Cooks Eat A-lot

In the other direction it is Aunt Evy Cooks Grits

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Reading music

Musicians can remember the notes associated with the 5 lines of the treble clef using any of the following mnemonics,

EGBDF:
(from the bottom line to the top)

Every Good Boy Does Fine.[42]

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (or Friendship, Fun, Fruit, etc.)

Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips

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The 4 spaces of the treble clef spell out (from the bottom to the top) FACE and can be remembered as

FACE
fits in the space (between lines)

The 5 lines of the bass clef from the bottom to the top

Good Boys Do Fine Always

Good Birds Don’t Fly Away

Grizzly Bears Don’t Fly Airplanes

Great Basses Dig Fine Altos

Goblins Bring Death For All

George Bush Didn’t Find Anything

Good Burritos Don’t Fall Apart

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The 4 spaces of the bass clef from the bottom to the top

All Cows Eat Grass

All Cars Eat Gas

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The 5 lines of the ‘alto clef’ from the bottom to the top

Fat Alley Cat Eats Garbage

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The 4 spaces of the alto clef from the bottom to the top

Green Birds Do Fly

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Key signatures of C♯ major or A♯ minor (left) and C♭ major or A♭ minor (right)

The order of sharps in key signature notation is F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯, B♯, which can be remembered using the phrase

Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle

Father Christmas Gave Dad An Electric Blanket.[43]

Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds.

Fidel Castro Gets Drunk And Eats Babies.

Fat Cats Greedy Dogs All Eat Bananas

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The order of flats is B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭, and F♭ (reverse order of sharps), which can be remembered using the phrase:

Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles’ Father

Blanket Exploded And Dad Got Cold Feet.[43]

Before Eating A Doughnut Get Coffee First

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To remember the difference between the whole rest and the half rest:

A whole rest looks like a “hole in the ground”,

and a half rest looks like a hat

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Philosophy

THE LAD ZAPPA

is a mnemonic for the first 11 (and most important) Ionian philosophers:

Thales, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Leucippus, Anaximander, Democritus, Zeno, Anaximenes, Protagoras, Parmenides, Anaxagoras

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THE PLAZA PAD

is another mnemonic for the first 11 (and most important) Ionian philosophers:

Thales, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Protagoras, Leucippus, Anaximander, Zeno, Anaximenes, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, Democritus

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SPA 

is a mnemonic for the philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle in their order of appearance,
(Socrates first)

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Physics

Sequence of colors in a rainbow or visible spectrum
(red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet):

“Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain”

Roy G. Biv is also used as a fictitious name

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Transportation[edit]

Marine[44][45]

“Red, Right, Return”

reminds the skipper entering (“returning to”) an IALA region B port to keep red markers to the starboard of the vessel.

Conversely the opposite convention exists in IALA region A ports, where a similar (but significantly different) mnemonic of “Red on the Right Returning To Sea” can be used.

The phrase “there’s always some red port (wine) left” is used to remember the basics in seafaring. “Red” refers to the color of navigation lights on the port (left) side of a vessel (as opposed to green on the starboard side).

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“Nuclear Restrictions Constrain Fishing and Sailing, People Say”

is used to encode the “order of priority” for which vessels have right of way (earlier in the list has priority over later): Not under command; Restricted; Constrained by draft; Fishing vessel; Sailboat; Powerboat; Seaplane.[44]

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Aviation

uses many mnemonics in addition to written checklists.

See also Category: Aviation mnemonics

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CRAFT –

Clearance limit, Route, Altitude, Frequency, Transponder.

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pre-landing: GUMPS –

Gas, Undercarriage, Mixture, Propeller, Speed.

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pre-final: MARTHA –

Missed (procedure), Altitude (limit), Radios (set), Time (limit), Heading (final), Airspeed (descent)

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pre-high-altitude –

FLOWER –

Flow (enabled), Lights (test), Oxygen (charged), Water (humidity), Electricity (on), Radio (check)

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pre-flight-paperwork –

ARROW –

Airworthiness (certificate), Registration, Required (charts), Operating (checklists), Weight and balance

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night collision avoidance:

Red, Right, Returning –

Red nav light on Right implies target is Returning (closing)

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radio loss Instrument course –

CDEF –

as Cleared, else Direct to last fix, else as directed to Expect, else as flight plan Filed

spin recovery – POKER – Power (off), Opposite (full rudder), Klean (flaps, …), Elevator (briskly forward), Recover (from dive)

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Units of measure[edit]

Common SI prefixes:

kilo-, hecto-, deca-, deci-, centi-, milli-, in descending order of magnitude:

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Kangaroos Hop Down British Driveways Carrying M&Ms[47]

King Henry Drank Both Diet Cokes Monday[47]

King Henry Died Drinking Chocolate Milk[47]

deca-, hecto-, kilo-, mega-, giga-, tera-, in ascending order of magnitude:

Decadent Hector Killed Meg’s Gigantic Terrier[47]

deci-,-, milli-, micro-, nano-, pico-, femto-, atto- in descending order of magnitude:

Darn Clever Mnemonic Makes No Prefix Forgettable, Absolutely

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See also

Mnemonic

List of firefighting mnemonics

List of visual mnemonics

Category: Science mnemonics

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References

^ Jump up to: a b c Brown, Mike (2012). How I killed Pluto and why it had it coming. Spiegel & Grau Trade Paperback. ISBN 978-0385531108.

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Further reading[edit]

Evans, Rod L. (2007). Every good boy deserves fudge : the book of mnemonic devices (1st ed.). New York, N.Y.: Perigee. ISBN 978-0-399-53351-8.

Parkinson, Judy (2008). I before E (except after C) : old-school ways to remember stuff. Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader’s Digest Association. ISBN 978-0-7621-0917-3.

External links[edit]

List of hundreds of mnemonics belonging to several topics

Medical mnemonics pdf (consisting of 22 pages full of) mnemonics on medical topics ordered alphabetically

Medical mnemonics

Searchable database of Medical mnemonics

Mnemonics generator for numbers

Collection of Mnemonics

Collection of Mnemonics by Category

Community website to collaborate and create new mnemonics

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