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How do you remember?

everydayupsanddowns said:
A few from school - to spell necessary “never eat cake, eat salmon sandwiches and remain young”

To spell because - ”big elephants can always understand small elephants”

Is an envelope stationery or stationary? E for envelope
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E for envelope and A for car (well the A is in the car, at least, but that’s how a teacher taught us)

I like the reading left to right one, will have to see if that helps my daughter. She hasn’t got a clue which is left and which is right, and tends to use 9 and 3 (like a clock face), which for some reason really confuses me even though I am well aware what a clock face looks like!
 
Sally71 said:
I like the reading left to right one, will have to see if that helps my daughter. She hasn’t got a clue which is left and which is right, and tends to use 9 and 3 (like a clock face), which for some reason really confuses me even though I am well aware what a clock face looks like!
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We always told our kids to “stick ‘em up!” If you rise your hands cowboy-surrender style your left hand makes an L shape.
 
Righty tighty Lefty loosey for screwing/unscrewing things. I do then have to make the ‘L’ shape with my thumb & fingers to know which is my lefty loosey hand! I still don’t know my right from my left.

Naughty Elephants Squirt Water for the compass points
 
Flower said:
Righty tighty Lefty loosey for screwing/unscrewing things. I do then have to make the ‘L’ shape with my thumb & fingers to know which is my lefty loosey hand! I still don’t know my right from my left.

Naughty Elephants Squirt Water for the compass points
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Oh yes, I do Righty tighty, Lefty loosey!
The problem with compass points is I have to remember whether I’m going clockwise or anticlock, and that involves a whole extra step thinking about a clock face…
 
Flower said:
Righty tighty Lefty loosey for screwing/unscrewing things. I do then have to make the ‘L’ shape with my thumb & fingers to know which is my lefty loosey hand! I still don’t know my right from my left.

Naughty Elephants Squirt Water for the compass points
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I’m another one who doesn’t know my left from my right! Oh the shame! 😉 I have to check which hand my wedding ring is on. I quite often can’t fathom how to put my shoes on, mostly lace ups, trainers etc. and don’t even go down the welly route! I’m like a pre school toddler. I’m going to write R and L on the bottom, if I can decide which is which!:rofl:
 
I remember some mnemonics from school which gave already been mentioned. Other than that my memory is very visual. I close my eyes to remember where I last saw something.
Compass points aren't a problem but I have absolutely no sense of direction. I rely completely on maps, street names and landmarks. Sat nav is a godsend.
 
eggyg said:
I’m another one who doesn’t know my left from my right! Oh the shame! 😉
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I have given up with shame with regard to left and right.
When I used to sit in the passenger seat navigating (in the days before sat navs) my directions were either "turn my way" or "turn your way". It felt more visual to me and didn't rely on memory (like clock faces or compass points).
 
What gets me is those road signs where there are traffic calming measures which involve one lane being blocked by a bollard and one has to give way to the oncoming traffic and they have a triangular road sign with a big arrow up and a small arrow down or vice versa and for some reason in that split second, when I come upon it, I cannot fathom which arrow applies to me. If I was a pedestrian or passenger, I could look at it and tell you straight away because it isn't difficult 🙄 but as the driver having to make that decision, my mind goes blank. My best bet is to look at the lines painted on the road to see if I have to give way. If they are badly worn and it is dark I have to dither until I get my brain into gear..... or ask my passenger to confirm.

I have to negotiate a road with three such chicanes on it on Thursday night when we are going to the Newcastle arena to see the Strictly Tour and I am anxious about it already.... 3 times in each direction on a 200m stretch of road. Coming back down the hill I pretend I am skiing slalom!! :D

I pretend to write in order to tell right from left if I am uncertain in the moment, but yes, I sometimes resort to my way/side or your way/side when navigating in the car unless I am really switched on and focused.
 
grovesy said:
I personal find mnemonics don't help me if they mean nothing to me.
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Pretty much the same for me - I am no more likely to remember a weird statement than I am to remember the thing itself.

I guess the only partial exception is the colours of the rainbow. I remember most of them by what I think of as a "colour wheel" - primary colours with their mixes in order. But the oddity is the two red/blue combinations which I remember from "In Vain" (Indigo Violet) although I suspect it is just Purple but that didn't work with the mnemonic.
I couldn't recite the full mnemonic beyond those two words.

I vaguely remember that there is a mnemonic which explains the colours on a resistor. I never had a problem just looking it up on a table.
 
Aargh! All this talk of mnemonics just reminded me of piano lessons when I was a child! There were loads of them!
Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle is the order of sharps. The reverse,
Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles's Father is the order of flats.

There were also things like 'All Cows Eat Grass' which I think is the notes that occupy spaces in the bass clef, and 'Every Good Boy Deserves Favour' which is notes in the treble clef that sit on the lines.
There were others! I had to learn them all for homework, which took me ages, because they didn’t really mean anything to me, and learning things by heart has always been a nightmare, i need a visual clue. I can much more easily work out the notes on the stave by looking at them on the manuscript.
 
helli said:
I guess the only partial exception is the colours of the rainbow. I remember most of them by what I think of as a "colour wheel" - primary colours with their mixes in order. But the oddity is the two red/blue combinations which I remember from "In Vain" (Indigo Violet) although I suspect it is just Purple but that didn't work with the mnemonic.
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They are very slightly different. One of the few things I remember from physics lessons.

(This is from Science World):
The range of wavelengths of light that the human eye can see is called "the visible spectrum". This includes the colours of the rainbow. Each colour can be explained as a ray of light that is transmitted at a particular level of energy (with a particular wavelength). The shorter wavelength corresponds with greater energy:
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[td]Colour[/td][td]Wavelength Range (nm)[/td]
[/TR]
[TR]
[td]Red[/td][td]620-750[/td]
[/TR]
[TR]
[td]Orange[/td][td]590-620[/td]
[/TR]
[TR]
[td]Yellow[/td][td]570-590[/td]
[/TR]
[TR]
[td]Green[/td][td]495-570[/td]
[/TR]
[TR]
[td]Blue[/td][td]450-495[/td]
[/TR]
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[td]Violet[/td][td]380-450[/td]
[/TR]
The range of wavelength for indigo is around 425–450 nm. It's hard for the human eye to distinguish and is usually considered a subset of violet.
 
JJay said:
They are very slightly different. One of the few things I remember from physics lessons.

(This is from Science World):
The range of wavelengths of light that the human eye can see is called "the visible spectrum". This includes the colours of the rainbow. Each colour can be explained as a ray of light that is transmitted at a particular level of energy (with a particular wavelength). The shorter wavelength corresponds with greater energy:

[TR]
[td]Colour[/td][td]Wavelength Range (nm)[/td]
[/TR]
[TR]
[td]Red[/td][td]620-750[/td]
[/TR]
[TR]
[td]Orange[/td][td]590-620[/td]
[/TR]
[TR]
[td]Yellow[/td][td]570-590[/td]
[/TR]
[TR]
[td]Green[/td][td]495-570[/td]
[/TR]
[TR]
[td]Blue[/td][td]450-495[/td]
[/TR]
[TR]
[td]Violet[/td][td]380-450[/td]
[/TR]
The range of wavelength for indigo is around 425–450 nm. It's hard for the human eye to distinguish and is usually considered a subset of violet.
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So has this song taken a bit of a liberty?

 
Robin said:
Aargh! All this talk of mnemonics just reminded me of piano lessons when I was a child! There were loads of them!
Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle is the order of sharps. The reverse,
Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles's Father is the order of flats.

There were also things like 'All Cows Eat Grass' which I think is the notes that occupy spaces in the bass clef, and 'Every Good Boy Deserves Favour' which is notes in the treble clef that sit on the lines.
There were others! I had to learn them all for homework, which took me ages, because they didn’t really mean anything to me, and learning things by heart has always been a nightmare, i need a visual clue. I can much more easily work out the notes on the stave by looking at them on the manuscript.
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Ooh you got me thinking about music again! The spaces on the treble clef spell FACE
I can’t remember the rhyme for the lines on bass clef (I played flute and tenor saxophone so only used treble clef myself)
I’d never heard that one for the order of the sharps and flats; what I do remember are the ones for working out what key it is by counting the sharps and flats. Obviously no sharps or flats is the key of C, but then you’ve got Fat Bulls Eat All Dead Grass Cuttings for the flats, and Good Dogs Are Excellent Barkers For Cats for the sharps! That takes me right back to being a teenager… 😳
 
Satan’s little helper said:
So has this song taken a bit of a liberty?

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I think it’s called “artistic licence”!

Microlet lancets are in exactly those colours. And being a very sad person, I do use them in order. (Not a member of the St Swithin’s Day club - I change on the first day of the month)
 
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Hi All,

Like a few others on here I have trouble remembering my left & right. To help me remember I have to put my hands up facing each other - the left hand makes an "L" the right one doesn't!
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To help to remember spellings for stationary & stationery -
For stationery I use the sentences - An envelope is a type stationery or You can buy envelopes from a stationery shop.​
For stationary I use the sentences - An automobile that is parked is stationary or When an automobile is not moving it is stationary.​
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To help to remember spellings for brought & bought -
For brought I remember that brought is the past tense of the word bring & both start with "br".​
For bought I remember that bought is the past tense of the word buy & both don't have an "r" in them!​
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To help to remember spellings for soup & soap -
For soup I have to imagine that the letter is "u" in soup is a bowl or a mug for soup in a mug!​
For soap I use the sentence - You can use both soap & handwash for washing your hands. (Both words contain the letter "a".​
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There might be more but that's all for now!

Blue-16

Susan

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