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| ==Art==
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| To remember the [[Elements of Art]]: Space, Form, Texture, Shape, Line, Value, Color.
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| *'''S'''paceships '''F'''ly '''T'''hrough '''S'''pace '''L'''ooking '''V'''ery '''C'''ool
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| *'''T'''he '''F'''at '''C'''at '''S'''ings '''S'''ongs '''V'''ery '''L'''oudly
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| ==Astronomy==
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| * [[Main sequence]] of stellar classification: ''Oh Be A Fine Girl [or Guy], Kiss Me Right Now (Smack)'': (O B A F G K M R N S).
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| *Order of Planets from the Sun ([[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]], [[Venus]], [[Earth]], [[Mars]], [[Jupiter]], [[Saturn]], [[Uranus]], [[Neptune]])
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| {{see also|Planetary mnemonic}}
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| My Very Easy Memory Jingle Seems Useful Naming Planets
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| ::'''''M'''y '''V'''ery '''E'''ducated '''M'''other '''J'''ust '''S'''erved '''U'''s '''N'''achos''
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| ::'''''M'''any '''V'''ery '''E'''ducated '''M'''en '''J'''ustify '''S'''tealing '''U'''nique '''N'''inth''
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| ::'''''M'''y '''V'''ery '''E'''arnest '''M'''other '''J'''ust '''S'''howed '''U'''s '''N'''ine'' '''P'''lanets''
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| ::'''''M'''y '''V'''ery '''E'''asy '''M'''ethod '''J'''ust '''S'''peeds '''U'''p '''N'''aming '''P'''lanets''<ref>http://www.feltonfleet.co.uk/departments/science/Resources/mnemonics.pdf</ref>
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| ::'''''M'''y '''V'''ery '''E'''ducated '''M'''other '''J'''ust '''S'''erved '''U'''s '''N'''ine '''P'''ies''
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| ::'''''M'''ary '''V'''isits '''E'''very '''M'''onday '''J'''ust '''S'''tays '''U'''ntil '''N'''oon '''P'''eriod''
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| ::'''''M'''y '''V'''ery '''E'''ducated '''M'''other '''J'''ust '''S'''aid '''U'''h-oh! '''N'''o '''P'''luto'' ([[Stephen Colbert]]'s tongue-in-cheek mnemonic<ref>http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/72973/august-15-2006/all-you-need-to-know---proper-condom-use</ref>)
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| * In ''Have Spacesuit Will Travel'', [[Robert A. Heinlein]] includes 'prices' which represent the mean AU (Astronomical Unit - mean distance of the Earth from the Sun = 93 million miles = 149 million km) of all the planets from the sun:
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| ::* [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] $0.39
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| ::* [[Venus]] $0.72
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| ::* [[Earth]] $1.00
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| ::* [[Mars]] $1.50
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| ::* [[Asteroids]] (assorted prices, unimportant)
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| ::* [[Jupiter]] $5.20
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| ::* [[Saturn]] $9.50
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| ::* [[Uranus]] $19.00
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| ::* [[Neptune]] $30.00
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| ::* [[Pluto]] $39.50
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| ==Biology==
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| *To remember the order of taxa in biology:
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| ** '''D'''on '''K'''ing '''P'''lays '''C'''hess '''O'''n '''F'''riday, '''G'''enerally '''S'''peaking ('''D'''omain, '''K'''ingdom, '''P'''hylum, '''C'''lass, '''O'''rder, '''F'''amily, '''G'''enus, '''S'''pecies)
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| ** '''D'''umb '''K'''ids '''P'''refer '''C'''andy '''O'''ver '''F'''ancy '''G'''reen '''S'''alad ('''D'''omain, '''K'''ingdom, '''P'''hylum, '''C'''lass, '''O'''rder, '''F'''amily, '''G'''enus, '''S'''pecies)
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| **'''D'''umb '''K'''ids '''P'''laying '''C'''atch '''O'''n '''F'''reeway '''G'''et '''S'''quashed. ('''D'''omain, '''K'''ingdom, '''P'''hylum, '''C'''lass, '''O'''rder, '''F'''amily, '''G'''enus, '''S'''pecies)
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| **"'''D'''ear''' K'''ing '''P'''hilip '''C'''ome '''O'''ver '''F'''or '''G'''ood '''S'''paghetti/'''S'''oup" is often cited as a (clean) method for teaching students to memorize the taxonomic classification system.<ref>E.D. Hirsch, Jr., ''The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy'' (Houghton Mifflin, 1993); E.D. Hirsch, Jr., "What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Fifth-grade Education" (Doubleday, 2005) p308</ref><ref>Scott Hagwood, ''Memory Power: You Can Develop a Great Memory--America's Grand Master Shows You How'' (Simon and Schuster, 2007)</ref> 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." <ref>Robert A. Wallace, et al., ''Biology, the Science of Life'' (Scott, Foresman, 1986) p398</ref>
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| **"'''K'''ings '''P'''refer '''C'''ream '''O'''n '''F'''ruit '''G'''elatin '''S'''ometimes"
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| **"'''K'''ing '''P'''lays '''C'''hess '''O'''n '''F'''at '''G'''irl's '''S'''tomach"
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| **"'''K'''inky '''P'''eople '''C'''an '''O'''ften '''F'''ind '''G'''reat '''S'''ex"
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| **"'''D'''irty, '''K'''inky, '''P'''eople, '''C'''an, '''O'''ften, '''F'''ind, '''G'''reat, '''S'''ex." ('''D'''omain, '''K'''ingdom, '''P'''hylum, '''C'''lass, '''O'''rder, '''F'''amily, '''G'''enus, '''S'''pecies)
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| *To remember the lifecycle of cells:
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| ** '''I'''ntergalactic '''P'''lasma '''M'''an '''A'''bducted '''T'''he '''C'''aptain ('''I'''nterphase, '''P'''rophase, '''M'''etaphase, '''A'''naphase, '''T'''elophase, '''C'''ytokinesis)
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| ** '''I'''diotic '''P'''enguins '''M'''ake '''A'''ntarctica '''T'''oo '''C'''old ('''I'''nterphase, '''P'''rophase, '''M'''etaphase, '''A'''naphase, '''T'''elophase, '''C'''ytokinesis)
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| ** '''I''' '''P'''ee '''M'''ore '''A'''fter '''T'''ea '''C'''onstantly ('''I'''nterphase, '''P'''rophase, '''M'''etaphase, '''A'''naphase, '''T'''elophase, '''C'''ytokinesis)
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| ** '''I'''diot, '''P'''ass '''M'''e '''A'''nother '''T'''equila ('''I'''nterphase, '''P'''rophase, '''M'''etaphase, '''A'''naphase, '''T'''elophase)
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| * To remember the processes that define living things:<ref>
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| |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/organisms_behaviour_health/life_processes/revise2.shtml
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| ** '''MRS GREN''': '''M'''ovement; '''R'''espiration; '''S'''ensation; '''G'''rowth; '''R'''eproduction; '''E'''xcretion; '''N'''utrition
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| ==Business and Economics==
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| To remember the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Principles of Professional Conduct from the Code of Professional Conduct:
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| 1) Responsibility, 2) The Public Interest, 3) Integrity, 4) Objectivity and Independence, 5) Due Care, 6) Scope and Nature of Services.
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| Mnemonics:
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| * "'''R'''ude '''p'''enguins '''i'''rritate '''o'''ld '''d'''ying '''s'''eals."
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| * "'''R'''eal '''p'''yros '''i'''gnite '''o'''bjects '''d'''uring '''s'''ex."
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| * "'''R'''isqué '''p'''eople '''i'''nvite '''o'''thers '''d'''own '''s'''tairs."
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| * "Peter '''R'''ode '''T'''o '''I'''ndia '''O'''n '''D'''a '''S'''cooter."
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| * "'''R'''inaldo's '''P'''sychotic '''I'''mpulses '''O'''ften '''D'''istract '''S'''tudents."
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| ==Chemistry==
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| {{main|List of chemistry mnemonics}}
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| * "My Enormous Penguin Bounces Pretty High" to remember the series of alkanes : Methane, Ethane, Propane, Butane, Pentane, Hexane
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| *"Please Send Cats, Monkeys And Zebras In Large Cages Make Sure Padlocked" to remember the reactivity of metals : Potassium Sodium Calcium Magnesium Aluminum Zinc Iron Lead Copper Mercury Silver Platinum.
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| * Harry He Likes Beer Bottle Cold, Not Over Frothy. Nelly's Nanny Might, Although Silly Person, She Climbs Around Kinky Caves; for the first 20 Elements of the [[Periodic Table]]. (Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Neon, Sodium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Silicon, Phosphorus, Sulphur, Chlorine, Argon, Potassium, Calcium.)
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| * He Has Light Brain But Can Not Offer Full Nine Subjects, May All Senior Professional Scientists Come And Protect Chemistry; also for the first 20 Elements of the [[Periodic Table]].
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| * "All Altruists Gladly Make Gum In Gallon Tanks" To remember which form (D or L) the 8 aldohexoses are in for Organic Chemistry; Allose, Altrose, Glucose, Mannose, Gulose, Idose, Galactose, Talose).
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| * "H.HeLi, B.BCNOF and NeNa MgAl SiPS ClArKCa" Another for the first 20 Elements of the Periodic Table
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| ==Chronology==
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| *How to set your clock to accommodate the shift to and from daylight saving time: "Spring forward. Fall back" or "Spring ahead, Fall behind."
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| *The rhyme [[Thirty days hath September]] is commonly used as a mnemonic for the number of days in the months of the year.<ref>http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/documents/1158_01.pdf</ref>
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| ::''Thirty days hath September,''
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| ::''April, June, and November;''
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| ::''All the rest have thirty-one,''
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| ::''Save February, with twenty-eight days clear,''
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| ::''And twenty-nine each leap year.''
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| ==Computing==
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| There are many mnemonics for the seven layers of the [[OSI Model]] in computing.
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| Physical / Data Link / Network / Transport / Session / Presentation / Application
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| Because the layers are numbered from the bottom-up, many mnemonics have been developed in both directions, from the top down and from the bottom up:
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| :*''Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away'' starts at layer 1 (the bottom),
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| :*''Programmers Like Networks That Seldom Postpone Anything''.
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| :*Another commonly used mnemonic starts with layer 7; ''All People Seem To Need Data Processing.''
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| The protocol data units (PDUs) for the OSI model can be remembered using:
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| :*''Do Some People Fear Binary?'' (Data, Segment, Packet, Frame, Bit)
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| The hard-to-remember [[PCMCIA]] standard was ironically encoded as "People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms"
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| In the [[Linux kernel]], a mneumonic to remember the [[Magic SysRq key]] sequence for safe reboot. unRaw / tErminate / kIll / Sync / Unmount / reBoot
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| :*''Raising Elephants Is So Utterly Boring.''
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| :*''Reboot Even If System Utterly Broken.''
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| In [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]], a mnemonic for remembering the order of the shorthand versions of some selectors like border, padding, and margin is ''TRouBLe'' (''T''op, ''R''ight, ''B''ottom, ''L''eft; {margin: Tpx Rpx Bpx Lpx;} ).
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| ==Education==
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| * Bloom's Taxonomy: ''Keep calm at all sporting events'': (Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation).
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| ==Engineering==
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| *'''Color code for Resistor'''
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| {{see also|List of electronic color code mnemonics}}
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| ::'''B'''ig '''b'''rown '''r'''abbits '''o'''ften '''y'''ield '''g'''reat '''b'''ig '''v'''ocal '''g'''roans '''w'''hen '''g'''ingerly '''s'''lapped <ref>^ Jack G. Ganssle, Tammy Noergaard, Fred Eady, Lewin Edwards, David J. Katz, Rick Gentile, Ken Arnold, Kamal Hyder, and Bob Perrin (2008). Embedded Hardware: Know It All. Newnes. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-7506-8584-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=HLpTtLjEXqcC&pg=PA17&dq=resistor+color-code+mnemonic+%22big+brown%22&lr=&as_brr=3&as_pt=ALLTYPES&ei=tzaiSZigOZvgkASsy6GNAg</ref>
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| ::'''''B'''ad '''b'''oys '''r'''un '''o'''ur '''y'''oung '''g'''irls '''b'''ehind '''v'''ictory '''g'''arden walls'' (bad → black, boys → brown, but → blue)<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=ApXSoagqrxcC&pg=PA297&dq=resistor+color-code+mnemonic+"big+brown"&lr=&as_brr=3&as_pt=ALLTYPES&ei=tzaiSZigOZvgkASsy6GNAg</ref>
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| for the colors '''B'''lack, '''B'''rown, '''R'''ed, '''O'''range, '''Y'''ellow, '''G'''reen, '''B'''lue, '''V'''iolet, '''G'''rey, '''W'''hite, '''G'''old, '''S'''ilver respectively
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| ::'''''B''' '''B''' '''R'''oy '''O'''f '''G'''reat '''B'''ritain has a '''V'''ery '''G'''ood'' '''W'''ife'' (B → black, B → brown, Britain → blue) '''B'''lack, '''B'''rown, '''R'''ed, '''O'''range, '''Y'''ellow, '''G'''reen, '''B'''lue, '''V'''iolet, '''G'''rey, '''W'''hite, '''G'''old, '''S'''ilver respectively
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| *For [[electronic color code|EIA electronic color code]]: [[List of electronic color code mnemonics|Bad beer rots our young guts but vodka goes well – get some now]] '''B'''l'''a'''ck(0), '''Br'''own(1), '''R'''ed(2), '''O'''range(3), '''Y'''ellow(4), '''G'''reen(5), '''B'''l'''u'''e(6), '''V'''iolet(7), '''G'''ray(8), '''W'''hite(9), '''G'''old(5%), '''S'''ilver(10%), '''No'''ne(20%)
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| *Another way to remember electronic color code: '''B'''.'''B'''.'''ROY''' of '''G'''reat '''B'''ritain has '''V'''ery '''G'''ood '''W'''ife wearing '''G'''old and '''S'''ilver '''N'''ecklace that represents '''B'''lack(0), '''B'''rown(1), '''R'''ed(2), '''O'''range(3), '''Y'''ellow(4), '''G'''reen(5), '''B'''lue(6), '''V'''iolet(7), '''G'''ray(8), '''W'''hite(9), '''G'''old(5%), '''S'''ilver(10%), '''N'''one(20%)
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| *An Indian variation for this color code: '''B'''.'''B'''.'''ROY''' '''G'''oing to '''B'''ombay '''V'''ia '''G'''ate '''W'''ay of India, representing '''B'''lack(0), '''B'''rown(1), '''R'''ed(2), '''O'''range(3), '''Y'''ellow(4), '''G'''reen(5), '''B'''lue(6), '''V'''iolet(7), '''G'''ray(8), '''W'''hite(9)
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| *A mnemonic to remember which way to turn common (right-handed) screws and nuts, including light bulbs, is "Righty tighty, lefty loosey"; another is "right on, left off"
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| ==Film==
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| *To remember all of the actors who have played the Doctor in the BBC show "Doctor Who" in chronological order. (Hartnell, Troughton, Pertwee, Baker, Davison, Baker, McCoy, McGann, Eccleston, Tennant, Smith, Capaldi.)
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| ::''How to punish bad Daleks before many million earthlings truly see clearly.''
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| *The pronunciation and lexical ordering of the Japanese vowels:
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| ::''Ah we soon get old''
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| :'''AIUEO'''
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| *Common vowel sounds for several languages including [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Esperanto]] (one sound per letter):
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| :''Pa let me go too'' (AEIOU)
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| ===Onomasty===
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| *Given names (masculine and feminine):
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| ::Franc'''i'''s ''(h'''i'''m)'' and Franc'''e'''s ''(h'''e'''r)''
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| ::D'''o'''n ''(s'''o'''n)'' and D'''a'''wn ''(d'''a'''ughter)''
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| * Adjective order in English: OSASCOMP (Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, Purpose). [http://www.icaltefl.com/index.php/tefl-resources/how-to-teach-english/26-teaching-techniques/591-mnemonics]
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| *The distinction between ser and estar, both meaning "to be"
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| ::If it's how you feel, or where you are, always use the verb estar.
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| *The vowels used in Latin subjunctives can be remembered with wE fEAr A frIAr.
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| *Another mnemonic would be hEr brEAsts Are gIAnt.
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| *Word order in German: TeKaMoLo (Temporal (time), Kausal (reason), Modal (manner), Lokal (place)).
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| *In French, consonants that sometimes are pronounced at the end of a word are: CaReFuL (c, r, f, and l).
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| ==Geography==
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| *To remember which direction Latitude and Longtitude are: ''Latus'' is Latin for ''side'' - latitude lines go from side to side (EW). Longitude lines seem longer (top to bottom, NS). Remember "Lat is Fat" - Latitude goes around the equator belt.
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| *To remember the [[Great Lakes]] in an arbitrary order: "HOMES". (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior)
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| *To remember the [[Great Lakes]] in order of decreasing surface area: "Super Heroes Must Eat Oats". (Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario)
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| *To remember the [[Great Lakes]] in order from west to east: '''Super''' '''m'''an '''h'''elps '''every''' '''on'''e (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario)
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| *For the [[Street layout of Seattle#Addressing|streets]] running east and west in downtown [[Seattle]], running south to north: "Jesus Christ Made Seattle Under Pressure" (Jefferson/James, Cherry/Columbia, Marion/Madison, Spring/Seneca, University/Union, Pike/Pine)
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| *To remember the compass directions, starting at the top and going clockwise (NESW, North, East, South, West): Never Eat Soggy Waffles (or Wheatabix), Never Eat Shredded Wheat, Naughty Elephants Squirt Water, Never Eat Slimy Worms
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| *To remember [[Northern Europe|Northern European]] countries, from West to East: "No Soup For Russia" (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia)
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| *To remember countries located around the [[Adriatic Sea]] (in clockwise direction): "Incredibly Slimy Cockroach Bit My Aunt" (Italia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania)
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| *To remember the names of the [[Seven hills of Rome]]: "Can Queen Victoria Eat Cold Apple Pie?" (Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine, and Palatine)
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| ==Geology==
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| ::* Pregnant Camels Ordinarily Sit Down Carefully, Perhaps Their Joints Creak
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| *Mineral Hardness scale 1-10:<ref>http://ict4us.com/r.kuijt/en_minerals.htm</ref>
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| :For '''T'''alc(=1) '''G'''ypsum(=2) '''C'''alcite(=3) '''F'''luorite(=4) '''A'''patite(=5) '''O'''rthoclase(=6) '''Q'''uartz(=7) '''T'''opaz(=8) '''C'''orundum(=9) '''D'''iamond(=10)
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| ::*'''T'''oronto '''G'''irls '''C'''an '''F'''lirt '''A'''nd '''O'''nly '''Q'''uit '''T'''o '''C'''hase '''D'''warves .
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| ::*'''T'''errible '''G'''iants '''C'''an '''F'''ind '''A'''lligators '''O'''r '''Q'''uaint '''T'''rolls '''C'''onveniently '''D'''igestible
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| ::*'''T'''all '''G'''irls '''C'''an '''F'''ight '''A'''nd '''O'''ther '''Q'''ueer '''T'''hings '''C'''an '''D'''o!
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| *For differentiating [[stalactites]] and [[stalagmites]].<ref>http://ict4us.com/r.kuijt/en_stalactites.htm</ref>
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| **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. (Note: In a strict scientific sense, a [[mite]] is not an [[ant]], although "mite" in [[Colloquialism|common speech]] can refer to any small creature.)
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| **Stalac'''tites''' hang '''tight''', hang down like [[tights]] on a line; stalag'''mites''' '''might''' bite (if you sit on them), ''might'' reach the roof.
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| **'''Tights''' hang from the '''Ceiling''', and '''Mites''' crawling around on the '''Ground'''
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| **You need '''might''' to do push-ups (from the floor). You must hold '''tight''' doing chin-ups (off the ceiling).
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| **Stala'''c'''tites are on the '''c'''eiling. Stala'''g'''mites are on the '''g'''round.
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| **Stalac'''tites''' cling '''tight''' to the ceiling; stalag'''mites''' '''might''' reach the ceiling.
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| ==History==
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| *'''543210''' is a mnemonic for the date when [[prohibition]] was lifted in [[Finland]]: '''5'''th April ('''4'''th month) 19'''32''' at '''10''' in the morning (local time).
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| *'''Kings of England''': [[Mnemonic verse of monarchs in England|Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee (etc.)]]
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| *'''Wives of Henry VIII''': divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.
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| All Barons Should Carry Heavy Parcels. Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr.
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| *'''The first eight U.S. presidents''': Will a jolly man make a jolly visitor? (George '''W'''ashington, John '''A'''dams, Thomas '''J'''efferson, James '''M'''adison, James '''M'''onroe, John Quincy '''A'''dams, Andrew '''J'''ackson, Martin '''V'''an Buren)
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| *'''The Royal Houses of England and Great Britain''': [[Mnemonic verse of monarchs in England#Mnemonics detailing the Royal Houses of England and Great Britain|No plan like yours to study history wisely]]. ('''N'''orman, '''P'''lantagenet, '''L'''ancaster, '''Y'''ork, '''T'''udor, '''S'''tuart, '''H'''anover, '''W'''indsor)
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| *'''Thirteen Chinese Dynasties''': She Shamefully Chose Chinese Hand Jingles and Sinfully Sweet Tango Songs: "You and Me, Chickadee!" (Xia (Hsia), Shang, Zhou (Chou), Qin (Ch'in), Han, Jin, Southern & Northern, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing (Ching))
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| The major Roman numerals: 50, 100, 500, 1000:
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| * '''L'''ovely '''C'''adbury '''D'''airy '''M'''ilk ('''L, C, D, M''').
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| * '''L'''azy '''C'''ats '''D'''on't '''M'''ove ('''L, C, D, M''').
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| ==Law==
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| Common Law Felonies: Mrs. Baker: Murder, Rape, Sodomy, Burglary, Arson, Kidnapping, Escape, Robbery
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| Contracts which need to be in writing: My Legs: Marriage, Year (anything which can't be completed in a year), Land, Estates, Goods (sale of goods or services over $500), Surety
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| Seven articles of the [[United States Constitution]]: '''L'''arge '''E'''lephants '''J'''ump '''S'''lowly '''a'''nd '''S'''ink '''R'''apidly: Legislative, Executive, Judicial, Supremacy, Amendment, Statehood, Ratification
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| ==Mathematics==
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| {{see also|Piphilology|e (mathematical constant)}}
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| ===Order of operations===
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| PEMDAS- Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication & Division, Addition & Subtraction can be remembered by the phrase: "Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally"
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| BEDMAS - Brackets (parenthesis), Exponents, Division & Multiplication, Addition & Subtraction
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| ===Trigonometry===
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| Remembering the definitions of sine, cosine, and tangent can be done by memorizing SOH-CAH-TOA, which helps to remind you that Sine = Opposite over Hypotenuse, Cosine = Adjacent over Hypotenuse, and Tangent = Opposite over Adjacent.
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| Other ways to remember SOH-CAH-TOA are:
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| *'''O'''ranges '''H'''ave '''S'''egments, '''A'''pples '''H'''ave '''C'''ores, and '''Oat'''s.
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| *'''A'''pples '''H'''ave '''C'''ores, '''O'''ranges '''H'''ave '''S'''egments, '''O'''ranges '''A'''re '''Tan'''gy.
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| *'''A'''pples '''H'''ave '''C'''ores, '''O'''ranges '''H'''ave '''S'''egments, '''A'''lso '''Tan'''gy.
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| *'''S'''ome '''O'''ld '''H'''orse '''C'''ame '''A'''-'''H'''oppin' '''T'''hrough '''O'''ur '''A'''lley
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| *'''S'''illy '''O'''ld '''H'''enry '''C'''an't '''A'''dd '''H'''undreds, '''T'''ens Or '''A'''nything
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| *'''S'''imple '''O'''ld ''''H'''erman '''C'''arries '''A''' '''H'''uge '''T'''ub '''O'''f '''A'''pples
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| *'''S'''illy '''O'''ld '''H'''arry '''C'''aught '''A''' '''H'''erring '''T'''rawling '''O'''ff '''A'''merica
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| *'''S'''illy '''O'''ld '''H'''ag '''C'''aught '''A'''ll '''H'''er '''T'''eeth '''O'''n '''A'''pples
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| *'''S'''ome '''O'''ld '''H'''ags '''C'''an't '''A'''lways '''H'''ide '''T'''heir '''O'''ld '''A'''ge
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| * '''S'''ome '''O'''ld '''H'''ippie''' C'''aught''' A'''nother''' H'''ippie '''T'''ripping''' O'''ut on''' A'''cid
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| *'''C'''ould '''A''' '''H'''ungry '''S'''tupid '''O'''strich '''H'''ave '''T'''aken '''O'''ver '''A'''merica. (CAH-SOH-TOA)
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| *'''S'''ome '''P'''eople '''H'''ave '''C'''urly '''B'''rown '''H'''air '''T'''urned '''P'''ermanently '''B'''lack
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| * '''S'''ex '''O'''n '''H'''ard '''C'''oncrete '''A'''lways '''H'''urts '''T'''he '''O'''ther's '''A'''ss
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| * '''S'''ome '''O'''ld '''H'''ippy '''C'''aught '''A'''nother '''H'''ippy '''T'''ripping '''O'''n '''A'''cid
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| Another technique is to line up the abbreviations slightly differently:
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| SCT,O/H,A/H,O/A, which stands for Sine Cosine Tangent, Opposite/Hypotenuse, Adjacent/Hypotenuse, Opposite/Adjacent. This mnemonic, "SCTOHAHOA", can be committed to memory as "Sally Can Tell, Oscar Has A Hat On Always". Some students use "Hard On" as opposed to "Hat On", finding that sexual and humorous mnemonics are often easier to recall.
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| Some people have (sine = perpendicular / hypotenuse) curly brown hair (cosine = base / hypotenuse) through proper brushing (tangent = perpendicular / base) is also used for this purpose.
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| ASTC stands for All Students Take Calculus, which represents the trig functions that are positive in each quadrant, beginning with the top right and continuing counterclockwise: All, sine, cosine, tangent.
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| ===Calculus===
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| *For remembering the order of taking the derivative of a quotient in calculus, the phrase "lo-di-hi minus hi-di-lo all over lo squared" can be useful, where lo means the bottom, hi means the top, and di means the derivative. So,
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| <math> \frac{d}{dx} \frac{hi}{lo} =\frac{ lo\cdot hi' -hi\cdot lo' }{lo^2 } </math>
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| Another phrase that one may use is: "Bottom d Top, Top d bottom", where "d" stands for derivative (note that this mnemonic does not include the crucial dividing by the bottom squared). Another phrase memorable for sounding like calling a [[square dance]] is "Low d high less high d low, Draw the line and square below."
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| ===Pi (π)===
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| {{main|Piphilology}}
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| The infinitude of digits in an expansion of the mathematical constant [[pi]] has inspired numerous literary and mnemonic writings. See the above referred article for many examples.
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| ==Medicine==
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| ''Main article: [[List of medical mnemonics]]; See also category: [[:Category:Medical mnemonics|Medical mnemonics]]''
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| *Intrinsic muscles of hand<ref>[http://mc.lifehugger.com/moc/386/intrinsic-muscles-hand] Mnemonic- Intrinsic muscles of hand</ref>
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| ''''A OF A OF A''''
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| Thenar (lateral to medial-palmar surface):
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| '''A'''bductor pollicis brevis
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| '''O'''pponens pollicis
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| '''F'''lexor pollicis brevis
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| '''A'''dductor pollicis
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| Hypothenar (lateral to medial-palmar surface):
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| '''O'''pponens digiti minimi
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| '''F'''lexor digiti minimi
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| '''A'''bductor digiti minimi
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| *Bones of the wrist:<br>[[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
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| : She Looks Too Pretty Try To Catch Her
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| : So Long To Pinky, Here Comes The Thumb
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| : Simplly Learn The Positions That The Carpus Has
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| : Send Louis To Paris To Tame Carnal Hungers
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| *Differential Diagnosis
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| :[[VINDICATE]]
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| *[[Cranial nerves]]{{see also|List of mnemonics for the cranial nerves}}
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| <!-- The table has been used because it is difficult and cumbersome to arrange the respective type and foramen and their mnemonics completely. e.g: We have to mention the name of nerve each time we write the type and foramina of it. For seeing it, look at the section "list of mnemonics for foramen" of the article "List of mnemonics for cranial nerves". There, name of each nerve has to be wriiten for their foramen and mnemonic in brackets(parenthesis)-->
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| {| class="wikitable" style=" border: 4px solid black; text-align: center; width: 75%; height: 50px; font-size:87%;"
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| |+ List of mnemonics for the cranial nerves, their respective type and foramen
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| ! rowspan="2" style="background: darkgrey; color: #FFEF02;border: 2px dotted #FAFAD2;" rowspan="2"| NERVE:!!style="background: #FAFAD2; color: black" rowspan="2" | Olfactory nerve !!style="background: #FAFAD2; color: black" rowspan="2" | Optic nerve !!style="background: #FAFAD2; color: black" rowspan="2" | Oculomotor nerve !!style="background: #FAFAD2; color: black" rowspan="2" | Trochlear (pathic) nerve !! colspan="3" style="text-align: center; background: #FAFAD2; color: black;" | Trigeminal (dentist) nerve !!style="background: #FAFAD2; color: black" rowspan="2" | Abducens nerve !!style="background: #FAFAD2; color: black" rowspan="2" | Facial nerve !!style="background: #FAFAD2; color: black" rowspan="2" | Vestibulo-cochlear (Auditory) nerve !!style="background: #FAFAD2; color: black" rowspan="2" | Glosso-pharyngeal nerve !!style="background: #FAFAD2; color: black" rowspan="2" | Vagus nerve !!style="background: #FAFAD2; color: black" rowspan="2" | Spinal Accessory nerve !!style="background: #FAFAD2; color: black" rowspan="2" | Hypoglossal nerve
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| | Ophthalmic || Maxillary || Mandibular
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| ! scope="row" style="background: darkgrey; color: #FFEF02;border: 2px dotted #FBFFE6"|Mnemonic:<br>(for nerve)<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=odY9mXicPlYC&pg=PA194&dq=mnemonic+cranial&hl=en&ei=r00-TbSvCcuugQfFyuS_CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=mnemonic%20cranial&f=true ''Textbook of Basic Nursing''] by Caroline Bunker Rosdahl and Mary T. Kowalski
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| (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007) p194; ''Medical Terminology for Dummies'' by Beverley Henderson and Jennifer Dorsey (For Dummies, 2008) p327</ref>
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| | On || Old || Olympus' || Towering || colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | Top || A || Finn || And || German || Viewed || Some || Hops
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| ! scope="row" style="height: 25px; background: darkgrey; color: #9400D3; border: 2px dotted #E6E6FF;" |Mnemonic: <br>(for type)<ref>Caroline Bunker Rosdahl and Mary T. Kowalski, ''Textbook of Basic Nursing'' (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007) p194</ref>
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| | Some || Say || Marry || Money, || colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | But || My || Brother || Says || Big || Business || Makes || Money
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| ! style="background: darkgrey; color: Gold; border: 2px dotted #faecc8" | FORAMINA:!!style="background: #faecc8; color: black"| Cribriform plate !!style="background: #faecc8; color: black"| Optic canal !!style="background: #faecc8; color: black"| Superior Orbital Fissure !!style="background: #faecc8; color: black"| Superior Orbital Fissure !!style="background: #faecc8; color: black"| Superior Orbital Fissure !!style="background: #faecc8; color: black"| Foramen Rotundum !!style="background: #faecc8; color: black"| Foramen Ovale !!style="background: #faecc8; color: black"| Superior Orbital Fissure !!style="background: #faecc8; color: black"| Internal Acoustic Meatus !!style="background: #faecc8; color: black"| Internal Acoustic Meatus !!style="background: #faecc8; color: black"| Jugular Foramen !!style="background: #faecc8; color: black"| Jugular Foramen !!style="background: #faecc8; color: black"| Jugular Foramen !!style="background: #faecc8; color: black"| Hypoglossal Canal
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| | Cleaners || Only || Spray || Smelly || Stuff || Right || On || Smelly || Idiots || In || Jumbled || Junkyards || Juggled || High
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| | Carl || Only || Swims || South. || Silly || Roger || Only || Swims || In || Infiniti || Jacuzzis. || Jane || Just || Hitchhikes.
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| ==Music==
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| ===Guitar===
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| *Mnemonics is used also in remembering guitar string names in standard tuning.<ref>http://englishguitarschool.com/web_documents/the_guitar_strings.pdf</ref>
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| :*'''E'''ddy '''A'''te '''D'''ynamite '''G'''ood '''B'''ye '''E'''ddy
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| :*'''E'''very '''A'''dult '''D'''og '''G'''rowls '''B'''arks '''E'''ats.
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| :*'''E'''aster '''A'''ngels '''D'''on't '''G'''ive '''B'''roken '''E'''ggs
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| :*'''E'''very '''A'''verage '''D'''ude '''G'''ets '''B'''etter '''E'''ventually
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| :*'''E'''very '''A'''cid '''D'''ealer '''G'''ets '''B'''usted '''E'''ventually
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| :*'''E'''ven '''A'''fter '''D'''inner '''G'''iant '''B'''oys '''E'''at
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| :*'''E'''lephants '''A'''nd '''D'''onkeys '''G'''row '''B'''ig '''E'''
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| :*'''E'''lephants '''A'''re '''D'''ark '''G'''rey '''B'''un '''E'''aters
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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:
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| :*'''E'''lvis' '''B'''ig '''G'''reat '''D'''ane '''A'''te '''E'''verything
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| :*'''E'''very '''B'''ig '''G'''irl '''D'''eserves '''A'''n '''E'''lephant
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| :*'''E'''very '''B'''eginning '''G'''uitarist '''D'''oes '''A'''ll '''E'''xercises!
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| ===Reading music===
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| *Musicians can remember the notes associated with the five lines of the [[treble clef]] using any of the following mnemonics: ''(from the bottom line to the top)''
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| '''E'''very '''G'''ood '''B'''oy '''D'''oes '''F'''ine.<ref>http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/Every+Good+Boy+Does+Fine</ref>
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| '' '''E'''very '''G'''ood '''B'''oy '''D'''eserves '''F'''udge
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| '' '''E'''very '''G'''ood '''B'''oy '''D'''eserves '''F'''ootie
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| '' '''E'''very '''G'''ood '''B'''oy '''D'''eserves '''F'''riendship
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| '' '''E'''very '''G'''ood '''B'''oy '''D'''eserves '''F'''ood
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| '' '''E'''very '''G'''ood '''B'''oy '''D'''eserves '''F'''ruit
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| '' '''E'''very '''G'''ood '''B'''oy '''D'''eserves '''F'''un
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| '' '''E'''very '''G'''reen '''B'''ogey '''D'''eserves '''F'''licking
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| '' '''E'''mpty '''G'''arbage '''B'''efore '''D'''ad '''F'''lips
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| '' '''E'''very '''G'''reen '''B'''us '''D'''rives '''F'''ast
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| '' '''E'''rnie '''G'''ave '''B'''ert '''D'''ead '''F'''ish
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| *The four spaces of the [[treble clef]] spell out (from the bottom to the top) FACE.
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| '' '''F'''at '''A'''lbert '''C'''an '''E'''at
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| '' '''F''' '''A''' '''C''' '''E'''
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| '' '''G'''ood '''B'''oys '''D'''o '''F'''ine '''A'''lways
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| '' '''G'''rizzly '''B'''ears '''D'''on't '''F'''ly '''A'''irplanes
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| '' '''G'''reat '''B'''asses '''D'''ig '''F'''ine '''A'''ltos
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| '' '''G'''reen '''B'''irds '''D'''ive '''F'''or '''A'''nchovies
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| '' '''G'''reat '''B'''ig '''D'''ucks '''F'''ly '''A'''way
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| '' '''G'''eorge '''B'''ush '''D'''rives '''F'''ancy '''A'''utomobiles
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| * The four spaces of the bass clef from the bottom to the top
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| '' '''A'''ll '''C'''ows '''E'''at '''G'''rass
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| '' '''A'''ll '''C'''ars '''E'''at '''G'''as
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| ==Philosophy==
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| *'''THE LAD ZAPPA''' a Mnemonic for the first 11 (and most important) Ionian philosophers: '''T'''hales, '''H'''eraclitus, '''E'''mpedocles, '''L'''eucippus, '''A'''naximander, '''D'''emocritus, '''Z'''eno, '''A'''naximenes, '''P'''rotagoras, '''P'''armenides, '''A'''naxagoras .
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| *'''THE PLAZA PAD''' another Mnemonic for the first 11 (and most important) Ionian philosophers: '''T'''hales, '''H'''eraclitus, '''E'''mpedocles, '''P'''rotagoras, '''L'''eucippus, '''A'''naximander, '''Z'''eno, '''A'''naximenes, '''P'''armenides, '''A'''naxagoras, '''D'''emocritus.
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| ==Physics==
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| * "'''R'''ichard '''o'''f '''Y'''ork '''g'''ave '''b'''attle '''i'''n '''v'''ain" to remember the colours in order in a rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet).
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| * The fictitious name '''Roy G. Biv''' is also used to remember the order of the colours of the rainbow.
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| * Microwave frequency bands
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| ::Mnemonic for microwave frequency bands in the increasing wave lengths (decreasing frequencies), which are '''Ku''' band, '''X''' band, '''C''' band, '''S''' band, '''L''' band, respectively is given by, '''K'''ing '''X'''erxes '''C'''an '''S'''educe '''L'''ovely princesses"<ref>http://www.chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Mnemonic_device</ref>
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| *The phrase "We guarantee certainty, clearly referring to this light mnemonic." represents the [[speed of light]] in [[meters]] per [[second]] through the number of letters in each word: 299,792,458.<ref name=amazonaws>http://s3.amazonaws.com/spacenookie/MentatHandbook.pdf Page No 40.</ref>
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| ==Religion==
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| * For the [[Apostle (Christian)|Twelve Apostles of Jesus]], remember your BAPTISM (using the ancient Hebrew letter I in place of the modern J):<ref>[http://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/Numeri/Apostoli.html]</ref>
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| ::'''B'''artholomew, '''A'''ndrew, '''P'''hilip, '''T'''homas, '''J'''ames, '''J'''ohn, '''J'''ames, '''J'''ude, '''J'''udas, '''S'''imon Peter, '''S'''imon, and '''M'''atthew
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| * The phrase PALE GAS may be used to remember the [[seven deadly sins]]:<ref>[https://chaosmosis09.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/pale-gas/]</ref>
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| ::'''P'''ride, '''A'''varice (greed), '''L'''ust, '''E'''nvy, '''G'''luttony, '''A'''nger (wrath), '''S'''loth
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| * The phrase SLAP EGG may also be used to remember the [[seven deadly sins]]:
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| ::'''S'''loth, '''L'''ust, '''A'''nger (wrath), '''P'''ride, '''E'''nvy, '''G'''reed (avarice), '''G'''luttony
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| * The position of the hands when making the Christian [[sign of the cross]] can be remembered by the phrase:
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| ::'''Spectacles''' (forehead), '''testicles''' (stomach), '''wallet''' (left shoulder - as when a man's wallet would be carried in the left breast pocket of his jacket), and '''watch''' (right shoulder - as when a pocket watch was carried in the right vest pocket)
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| *I always comes before E (but after C, E comes before I)<ref>{{cite web|title=Great Mnemonics|url=http://www.fun-with-words.com/mnem_example.html|work=Fun-with-words.com|accessdate=29 Aug 2011}}</ref><ref name=kAl>http://www.kidsandlearning.com/mnemonics.html</ref>
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| In most words like fr'''ie'''nd, f'''ie'''ld, p'''ie'''ce,pierce, misch'''ie'''f, th'''ie'''f, tier, it is '''"''i''"''' which comes before '''"''e''"'''. But on some words with '''''c''''' just before the pair of '''''e''''' and '''''i''''', like re'''cei'''ve, per'''cei'''ve, '''"''e''"''' comes before '''"''i''"'''. This can be remembered by the following mnemonic,
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| :::'''''I''' before '''E''', except after '''C'''''
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| But this is not always obeyed as in case of w'''ei'''rd and w'''ei'''gh,w'''ei'''ght,h'''ei'''ght,n'''ei'''ghbor etc. and can be remembered by extending that mnemonic as given below
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| :::'''''I''' before '''E''', except after '''C'''''
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| :::''Or when sounded "'''''A'''''" as in n'''ei'''ghbor, w'''ei'''gh and w'''ei'''ght''
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| :::''Or when sounded like "'''''eye'''''" as in h'''ei'''ght''
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| :::''And "w'''ei'''rd" is just '''weird'''''
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| Another variant, which avoids confusion when the two letters represent different sounds instead of a single sound, as in atheist or being, runs
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| :::When it says ee
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| :::Put i before e
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| :::But not after c
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| *'''Where ever there is a Q there is a U too'''
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| Most frequently ''u'' follows ''q''. e.g.: Que, queen, question, quack, quark, quartz, quarry, quit, Pique, torque, maca'''qu'''e, exchequer. Hence the mnemonic:
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| :::''Where ever there is a '''Q''' there is a '''U''' too''<ref name="kAl"/>(But this is violated by some words; see:[[List of English words containing Q not followed by U]])
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| *'''When two vowels go walking the first does the talking'''<ref name="amazonaws"/>
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| For words like "'''oa'''t" or "'''ea'''t", here the second letter ''a'' is silent and first letter ''o'' and ''e'' respectively are pronounced in the examples
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| *BE'''LIE'''VE<ref name="kAl"/>
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| ::Do not be'''lie'''ve a '''lie'''.
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| *SECRETARY
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| ::A '''secret'''ary must keep a '''secret'''<ref name="kAl"/>
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| *PRINCIPAL
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| ::The princi'''pal''' is your '''pal'''.
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| *TEACHER
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| ::There is an '''ache''' in every te'''ache'''r.<ref name="kAl"/>
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| *MEA'''SURE'''MENT
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| ::Be '''sure''' of your mea'''sure'''ments before you start work.<ref name="kAl"/>
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| *FR'''IE'''ND
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| ::A fri'''end''' is always there when the '''end''' comes.
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| ::'''''Fri''''' the '''end''' of your '''''fri''end'''<ref name="kAl"/> | |
| ::When '''''Fri'''''day '''ends''', you go out with your '''''fri''ends'''.
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| *SPE'''CIA'''L
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| ::The '''CIA''' have spe'''cia'''l agents<ref name="kAl"/>
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| *'''BEAU'''TIFUL
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| ::'''B'''ig '''E'''lephants '''A'''re '''U'''gly<ref name="sws">http://www.skillsworkshop.org/sites/skillsworkshop.org/files/resources/word/e1l2mnemonic.pdf</ref>
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| *SLAUGHTER
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| ::S'''laughter''' is laughter''' with an S at the beginning.
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| *'''PIE'''CES
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| ::'''Pie'''ces of a '''pie'''
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| *ASSUME
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| ::When you assume, you make an '''ass''' of '''u''' and '''me'''.
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| *SEPARATE
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| ::Always smell '''''a'' rat''' when you spell sep'''''a''rat'''e<ref name="kAl"/>
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| ===Distinguishing between similar words===
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| *Difference between Advice & Advise, Practice & Practise, Licence & License etc.
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| Advice, Practice, Licence etc. (those with c) are nouns and Advise, Practise, License etc. are verbs.
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| :::''One way of remembering this is that the word ‘'''n'''oun’ comes before the word ‘'''v'''erb’ in the dictionary; likewise ‘'''c'''’ comes before ‘'''s'''’, so the '''n'''ouns are ‘practi'''c'''e,licen'''c'''e,advi'''c'''e’ and the '''v'''erbs are ‘practi'''s'''e,licen'''s'''e,advi'''s'''e’.''<ref>http://www.future-perfect.co.uk/grammartips/grammar-tip-practise-practice.asp</ref>
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| *H'''ere''' or H'''ear'''
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| ::We h'''ear''' with our '''ear'''.
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| *Compl'''e'''ment and Compl'''i'''ment
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| ::compl'''e'''ment ''adds something to make it '''e'''nough''
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| ::comp'''lime'''nt ''puts you in the '''lime'''light''<ref name="kAl"/>
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| *Principle and Principal
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| ::Your princi'''pal''' is your '''pal'''
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| ::A ru'''le''' can be called a princip'''le'''<ref name="ab2000"/>
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| *Sculpt'''ure''' and Sculpt'''or'''
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| ::A scul'''pture''' is a kind of pi'''cture'''<ref name="ab2000"/>
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| *Station'''a'''ry and station'''e'''ry
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| ::Station'''er'''y contains er and so does pap'''er'''; station'''ar'''y (not moving) contains ar and so does c'''ar'''<ref name="kAl"/>
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| ::'''A''' for "'''a'''t rest", '''e''' for '''e'''nvelope
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| ===First letter mnemonics of spelling===
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| *DIARRHOEA
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| ::'''D'''ashing '''I'''n '''A''' '''R'''ush, '''R'''unning '''H'''arder '''O'''r '''E'''lse '''A'''ccident!
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| ::'''D'''ining '''I'''n '''A''' '''R'''ough '''R'''estaurant: '''H'''urry, '''O'''therwise '''E'''xpect '''A'''ccidents!
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| ::'''D'''iarrhoea '''I'''s '''A''' '''R'''eally '''R'''unny '''H'''eap '''O'''f '''E'''ndless '''A'''mounts<ref name="sws"/>
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| *ARITHMETIC
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| ::'''A''' '''R'''at '''I'''n '''T'''he '''H'''ouse '''M'''ay '''E'''at '''T'''he '''I'''ce '''C'''ream<ref name="fww">http://www.fun-with-words.com/mnem_example.html</ref>
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| ::'''A''' '''R'''ed '''I'''ndian '''T'''hought '''H'''e '''M'''ight '''E'''at '''T'''ulips '''I'''n '''C'''lass
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| *NECESSARY
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| ::'''N'''ot '''E'''very '''C'''at '''E'''ats '''S'''ardines ('''S'''ome '''A'''re '''R'''eally '''Y'''ummy)<ref name="fww"/>
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| ::'''N'''ever '''E'''at '''C'''risps, '''E'''at '''S'''alad '''S'''andwiches, '''A'''nd '''R'''emain '''Y'''oung!<ref name="ab2000"/>
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| *BECAUSE
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| ::'''B'''ig '''E'''lephants '''C'''an '''A'''lways '''U'''nderstand '''S'''mall '''E'''lephants
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| ::'''B'''ig '''E'''lephants '''C'''ause '''A'''ccidents '''U'''nder '''S'''mall '''E'''lephants
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| ::'''B'''ig '''E'''lephants '''C'''an't '''A'''lways '''U'''se '''S'''mall '''E'''xits
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| ::'''B'''ig '''E'''lephants '''C'''an’t '''A'''lways '''U'''se '''S'''mall '''E'''ntrances<ref name="fww"/>
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| *MNEMONICS
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| ::'''M'''nemonics '''N'''ow '''E'''rase '''M'''an's '''O'''ldest '''N'''emesis, '''I'''nsufficient '''C'''erebral '''S'''torage<ref name="ab2000"/>
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| *GEOGRAPHY
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| ::'''G'''eorge's '''E'''lderly '''O'''ld '''G'''randfather '''R'''ode '''A''' '''P'''ig '''H'''ome '''Y'''esterday.<ref name="ab2000"/>
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| *TOMORROW
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| ::'''T'''rails '''O'''f '''M'''y '''O'''ld '''R'''ed '''R'''ose '''O'''ver '''W'''indow<ref name="sws"/>
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| *RHYTHM
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| ::'''R'''hythm '''H'''elps '''Y'''our '''T'''wo '''H'''ips '''M'''ove<ref name="fww"/>
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| ==Transportation==
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| * Marine<ref name=Kuenning>{{cite web|last=Kuenning|first=Geoff|title=Definitions and Mnemonics for Sailors and Powerboaters|url=http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/mnemonics.html|accessdate=20 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=WAgov>http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/imarine/19240.asp in the section "The coming in going out rule"</ref>
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| :* "'''R'''ed, '''R'''ight, '''R'''eturn" reminds the skipper entering ("returning to") an [[International_Association_of_Lighthouse_Authorities#IALA_sea_mark_regions|IALA region B ]] port to keep red markers to the starboard of the vessel.
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| :*The phrase "there's always some red [[Port (nautical)|port]] ([[Port wine|wine]]) [[Relative direction|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).<ref name="Kuenning" />
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| :*"Nuclear Restrictions Constrain Fishing and Sailing, People Say" is used to encode the "order of priority" for which vessels have [[International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea|right of way]] (earlier in the list has priority over later): Not under command; Restricted; Constrained by draft; Fishing vessel; Sailboat; Powerboat; Seaplane.<ref name="Kuenning" />
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| * Aviation<ref>[http://www.dauntless-soft.com/products/Freebies/Mnemonics/ Useful Aviation Mnemonics] (published by Dauntless Software, Inc.)</ref> uses many mnemonics in addition to written checklists.{{anchor|aviation}}
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| :* pre-landing: GUMPS - '''G'''as, '''U'''ndercarriage, '''M'''ixture, '''P'''ropeller, '''S'''peed.
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| :* pre-final: MARTHA - '''M'''issed (procedure), '''A'''ltitude (limit), '''R'''adios (set), '''T'''ime (limit), '''H'''eading (final), '''A'''irspeed (descent)
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| :* pre-high-altitude - FLOWER - '''F'''low (enabled), '''L'''ights (test), '''O'''xygen (charged), '''W'''ater (humidity), '''E'''lectricity (on), '''R'''adio (check)
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| :* pre-flight-paperwork - ARROW - '''A'''irworthiness (certificate), '''R'''egistration, '''R'''equired (charts), '''O'''perating (checklists), '''W'''eight 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 '''C'''leared, else '''D'''irect to last fix, else as directed to '''E'''xpect, else as flight plan '''F'''iled
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| :* spin recovery - POKER - '''P'''ower (off), '''O'''pposite (full rudder), '''K'''lean (flaps, ...), '''E'''levator (briskly forward), '''R'''ecover (from dive)
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| ==Units of Measure==
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| *'''Metric System / [[SI prefix|SI Prefixes]]'''
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| ::'''K'''ing '''H'''enry '''D'''ied '''B'''y '''D'''rinking '''C'''hocolate '''M'''ilk.
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| ::Stands for: ''kilo-, hecto-, deca-,'' base unit, ''deci-, centi-, milli-,'' in descending order of magnitude. As in centigram, deciliter, meter, etc. Mnemonic's acronym is KHDBdcm.<ref name="R.S. Schaeffer">{{cite web |url=http://faculty.kutztown.edu/schaeffe/Mnemonics/mnemonics.html |title=Math Mnemonics |first=Randy S. |last=Schaeffer |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=April 16, 2007 |work=Faculty pages for R.S. Schaeffer |publisher=[[Kutztown University of Pennsylvania|Kutztown University]] |location=Kutztown PA |accessdate=November 26, 2011 }}</ref>
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| ::Also, ''King Henry Doesn't Bother Dusting Clean Money.''
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| ::Also, ''Kangaroos Hop Down British Driveways Carrying Money.'
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Mnemonic]]
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| *[[List of visual mnemonics]]
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist|2}}
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| ==Further reading==
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| *{{cite book|last=Evans|first=Rod L.|title=Every good boy deserves fudge : the book of mnemonic devices|year=2007|publisher=Perigee|location=New York, N.Y.|isbn=9780399533518|edition=1st}}
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://ict4us.com/r.kuijt/index(en).htm List of hundreds of mnemonics belonging to several topics]
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| *[http://www.revise4finals.co.uk/medicine/mnemonics/r4f_pastest_mnemonics.pdf Medical mnemonics pdf (consisting of 22 pages full of) mnemonics on medical topics ordered alphabetically]
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| *[http://mc.lifehugger.com/ Medical mnemonics]
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| *[http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/cgi-bin/search.cfm Searchable database of Medical mnemonics]
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| *[http://www.rememberg.com Mnemonics generator for numbers]
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| *[http://www.mnemonic-device.com Collection of Mnemonics]
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| *[http://www.eudesign.com/mnems/_mnframe.htm Collection of Mnemonics by Category]
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Mnemonics}}
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| [[Category:Mnemonics]]
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