Spelling mnemonics

[Yellow Fang]

We learnt it as DOGWUF

Accusative, and the w stands for wider (contrary to )
It also unhappily misses out bis pro (although arguably a latin derivative it nevertheless takes the accusative) and um.
bisuntilproperdurchthroughohnewithoutfür forumaround; at (with time)gegenagainstwideragainst

Oh yes, 'weil' is a conjuction (I think) not a preposition. There is also 'entlang' which takes the accusative I believe, but that's an unusual one.

 

[TheDoctor]

Necessary. One c, first, because it comes first in the alphabet, 2 ss second because s comes second in the alphabet.

Never Eat Cake, Eat Smoked Salmon And Remain Young.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Huhee = H He
Libeb Kanofne = Li Be B C N O F Ne
Namgal Sipsclar = Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
Kakar Scanteeveecrum Feconicousin Gargeearseebrook = K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge Ar Se Br Kr

Since XmisterIS has already strayed into science...

Left hand rule:
Thumb - motion
Forefinger - magnetic field
Second finger - electric current

Right hand rule:
Thumb points in the direction of current down a wire
Fingers curl around pointing in direction of magnetic field

Edit: bugger - a visit to Wikipedia states there's a Fleming L.H.R. for motors and a Fleming R.H.R for generators.

 

[Chromatic]

Huhee = H He
Libeb Kanofne = Li Be B C N O F Ne
Namgal Sipsclar = Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
Kakar Scanteeveecrum Feconicousin Gargeearseebrook = K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge Ar Se Br Kr

Me too. Or is it everyone that studied chemistry?

 

[Night Train]

Bad Eggs Are Useless for the begining of beautiful.

I before e except after c, but that isn't always correct.

Stationery - envelope.

 

[PaulB]

i before e, except after c
or when sounded like a
as in neighbour and weigh
drop this rule when -c sounds as -sh

Thus words such as ancient, efficient and species become covered by the additional rule.


License or Licence?
Practice or Practise?
Well S is the verb and C is the noun,
That's the rule that runs the town.


The DVLA is licensed to issue driving licences
While a doctor practises medicine at his practice.

 

[Cubist]

Big
Elephants
Can't
Always
Use
Small
Escalators

 

[Fnaar]

Michael
Never
Ever
Mentioned
Old
Nell's
Incredibly
Crap
Spelling

 

[XmisterIS]

Since XmisterIS has already strayed into science...

Left hand rule:
Thumb - motion
Forefinger - magnetic field
Second finger - electric current

Right hand rule:
Thumb points in the direction of current down a wire
Fingers curl around pointing in direction of magnetic field

Edit: bugger - a visit to Wikipedia states there's a Fleming L.H.R. for motors and a Fleming R.H.R for generators.

Quite so, Hastings, quite so. Or else one would be able to build a perpetual motion machine.

 

[junglegusset]

I made up my own when I was doing my A-Levels, Kellogs Packeted Cornflakes Often Fill Goats Stomachs, K P C O F G S

 

[Fnaar]

I made one up to remember the rocks of the Weald. But I've forgotten it..

 

[Yellow Fang]

I remember the the numbers corresponding to the colour bars on resistors by the colours of the rainbow, with a few mental modifications:

0 - black, minimum colour
1 - brown, colour nearest to black
2 - red, Richard
3 - orange , of
4 - yellow, York
5 - green, gave
6 - blue, battle
7 - purple, in vain (indigo and violet are too similar)
8 - grey, colour nearest to white
9 - white, maximum colour

Conversion from Centigrade to Fahrenheit is easy:

• double it
• subtract a tenth
• add 32

 

[Aperitif]

^ Ciel bleu pensées j'espere.

Merci

Shaun Connerie. A bien totty

 

[ColinJ]

"They shouldn't always nastily torture a mouse!"

The number of letters in each word represents a digit, so the sentence represents 4867715, the frame number of my bicycle. Unfortunately, it is the frame number of the bicycle that I had stolen from the school bike sheds in 1969!

Can anybody recommend an anti-mnemonic to help forget information that you don't need to remember any more!




"How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics."

3.14159265358979 - Pi to 14 decimal places.




"Don't leave your bicycle where scumbags can steal it"

I think that speaks for itself!

 

[XmisterIS]

The ceiling n'est pas comme le ciel.


The German words "an, auf, hinten, eben, in, uber, unter, vor, und zwischen" seem to go together, but for the life of me I can't remember why we used to chant that in German lessons!

I think (and I emphasise the word "think"), they're all prepositions that imply the dative case. I have never been formally taught German, but I'm thinking that you don't say "vor mich", you always say "vor mir", etc.

Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately!) most of my German comes from an German ex girlfriend who had never been formally taught English! So her response to "why do you say so-and-so like that?" was "I dunno, you just do!" Arguably the best way to learn a language!