What is your favorite mnemonic? (abbreviation to assist in remembering something, like DOP, degree of polarization)
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In Music E.G.B.D.F. - Every Good Boy Does Fine - to remember the note of the treble clef from bottom to top.
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My Very Elegant Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas- used to remember the order of the planets (even though Pluto is no longer a planet lol).
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I was always a fan of a man named Roy G. Biv. He helps me remember the color spectrum goes Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
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Actually, DOP is not a mnemonic; it's an acronym. Mnemonics are words using the same letters as the list or whatever you want to remember. An acronym uses the actual initials of the actual words to create a name that you can sound out, like NATO. Do I get the pedantic award for today?
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One I will never, ever forget is the one my 7th grade Bio teacher taught us to remember the classification of organisms: Kings Play Chess On Fine Green Silk Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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BRASS. Breathe Relax Aim Squeeze Suprise It's the 2d thing I teach my kids about shooting - right after safety. (When I say MY kids, I am referring to a junior marksmanship group). Of course, my own kids could recite it at 4.
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