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* Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce | * (Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce) | ||
* Very Happy Turtles Prepare Themselves For Piercings | * Very Happy Turtles Prepare Themselves For Piercings | ||
** (just remember, Tyler came first - before Taylor) | ** (just remember, Tyler came first - before Taylor) | ||
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* Very Happy Turtles Pick Themselves For President | * Very Happy Turtles Pick Themselves For President | ||
** (this is my original mnemonic, but it doesn't help differentiate between the T's and P's) | ** (this is my original mnemonic, but it doesn't help differentiate between the T's and P's) | ||
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* Buchannan, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur | * (Buchannan, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur) | ||
* Brave Little Johnny Grabbed Hold of Garfield's Assassin | * Brave Little Johnny Grabbed Hold of Garfield's Assassin'' | ||
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* Cleveland, Harrison, Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson | * (Cleveland, Harrison, Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson) | ||
* Clever Henry Chooses Mates Ready To Win | * Clever Henry Chooses Mates Ready To Win | ||
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* Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman | * (Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman) | ||
* Harding Comes Home Really Tired | * Harding Comes Home Really Tired | ||
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These are all the post-WW II presidents... | These are all the post-WW II presidents... | ||
* Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama | * (Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama) | ||
* you're on your own with the rest, because I know them all | * you're on your own with the rest, because I know them all | ||
Revision as of 07:55, 14 March 2011
Specific Mnemonics
Historic
Rankings of Generals:
- Brigadier General (1 star), Major General (2 stars), Lieutenant General (3 stars), General (4 or 5 stars)
- Be My Little General
Presidents
1-7:
- Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Quincy Adams, Jackson
- No mnemonic (it's easy to remember the first seven)
8-14:
- (Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce)
- Very Happy Turtles Prepare Themselves For Piercings
- (just remember, Tyler came first - before Taylor)
15-21:
- (Buchannan, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur)
- Brave Little Johnny Grabbed Hold of Garfield's Assassin
22-28:
- (Cleveland, Harrison, Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson)
- Clever Henry Chooses Mates Ready To Win
29-33:
- (Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman)
- Harding Comes Home Really Tired
33-42: These are all the post-WW II presidents...
- (Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama)
- you're on your own with the rest, because I know them all
Geographic
Great Lakes:
- (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Eerie, Superior)
- HOMES
Scientific/Numeric
Colors of the rainbow:
- ROY G. BIV
Order of taxonomy in biology:
- (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species)
- King Phillip Chose to Order Fish & Got Sick
Roman numerals:
- I=1, V=5, X=10, L=50, C=100, D=500, M=1000
- I Value Xylophones Like Cows Dig Milk
IUPAC prefixes:
- (methyl ethyl butyl pentyl hexyl heptyl octyl nona deca)
- (methane ethane butane pentane hexane heptane octane nonane decane)
- Ma Eats Pot Brownies, Pa Has Hash Only, No Dope
Music
The notes represented by the lines on the treble clef stave (bottom to top):
- (E, G, B, D, F)
- Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
And the notes represented by the spaces between the lines:
- (F, A, C, E)
- Furry Animals Cook Excellently
The notes represented by the lines on the bass clef stave (bottom to top):
- (G, B, D, F, A)
- Good Boys Do Fine, Always
And the notes represented by the spaces between the lines:
- (A, C, E, G)
- All Cows Eat Grass
The order of sharps in music, called the "circle of fifths":
- (F, C, G, D, A, E, B)
- Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle.
And in reverse for flat keys the mnemonic can be neatly reversed:
- Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles' Father.
References
- List of phrasal verbs (good for finding multi-letter verb phrases for generating mnemonics): http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/