Mnemonics

[lookagain]

In general, they are explained here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemonic

Here is a particular type where you count up the number of letters in each word to
get a digit. And this example also has to do with the meaning of what is desired
to remember (some digits of a number).


\(\displaystyle \text{I have a root of a two whose square is two.}\)

\(\displaystyle 1 \ \ \ 4 \ \ \ 1 \ \ \ 4 \ \ \ 2 \ \ 1 \ \ \ 3 \ \ \ \ \ \ 5 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6 \ \ \ \ \ 2 \ \ \ 3\)



\(\displaystyle \sqrt{2} \ = \ 1.414213562373...\)

 

[JeffM]

Not as good as lookagain's, but, for those of us who frequent the local pub, equally memorable.

How 3
I 1
like 4
a 1
drink 5
alcoholic 9
of 2
course 6

 

[Denis]

Well, my turn:
to(2) swallow(7) a(1) cocktail(8) is(2) impolite(8)

 

[JeffM]

Well, my turn:
to(2) swallow(7) a(1) cocktail(8) is(2) impolite(8)

Hey Denis, let's go to the pub and be rude. Your mnemonic and mine seem to have a certain alcoholic aroma to them.

 

[soroban]

Later, you guys can sober up . . .


\(\displaystyle \begin{array}{cccccccccccc}\text{"May} & \text{I} & \text{have} & \text{a} & \text{large} & \text{container} & \text{of} & \text{coffee} & \text{(cream} &\text{and} & \text{sugar)?"} \\ 3 & 1 & 4 & 1 & 5 & 9 & 2 & 6 & \;5 & 3 & 5\;\;\; \end{array}\)

 

[soroban]

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \(\displaystyle \text{The Planets}\)

\(\displaystyle \begin{array}{ccccccccc} \text{My} & \text{very} & \text{earnest} & \text{mother} & \text{just} & \text{served} & \text{us} & \text{nine} & \text{pizzas} \\ \text{Mercury} & \text{Venus} & \text{Earth} & \text{Mars} & \text{Jupiter} & \text{Saturn} & \text{Uranus} & \text{Neptune} & \text{Pluto} \end{array}\)



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \(\displaystyle \text{The Great Lakes}\)

. . . . . . . . . . . . \(\displaystyle \begin{array}{ccccc} \text{H} &\text{O} & \text{M} & \tet{E} & \text{S} \\ \text{Huron} & \text{Ontario} & \text{Michigan} & \text{Erie} & \text{Superior} \end{array}\)



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \(\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}\text{The Seven Deadly Sins}\\ \text{(Imagine usherettes at a church)} \end{array}\)

. . . . . . . . . \(\displaystyle \begin{array}{ccccccc}\text{P} & \text{E} & \text{W} & \text{G} & \text{A} & \text{L} & \text{S} \\
\text{Pride} & \text{Envy} & \text{Wrath} & \text{Gluttony} & \text{Avarice} & \text{Lust} & \text{Sloth}
\end{array}\)

 

[Deleted member 4993]

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \(\displaystyle \text{The Planets}\)

\(\displaystyle \begin{array}{ccccccccc} \text{My} & \text{very} & \text{earnest} & \text{mother} & \text{just} & \text{served} & \text{us} & \text{nine} & \text{pizzas} \\ \text{Mercury} & \text{Venus} & \text{Earth} & \text{Mars} & \text{Jupiter} & \text{Saturn} & \text{Uranus} & \text{Neptune} & \text{Pluto} \end{array}\)

Pluto is no more.......

 

[Denis]

Bob Hope special: up Uranus

 

[lookagain]

\(\displaystyle \text{How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the long hours studying quantum mechanics.}\)\(\displaystyle \ \ \ \ 3 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1 \ \ \ \ \ 4 \ \ \ \ 1 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 9 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3 \ \ \ \ \ \ 4 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 7 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 9\)