Remember More With the Best Mnemonics From Wikipedia

Posted on September 20, 2019 by resourcefulman

Nothing is too clever or too stupid for a mnemonic. They can teach you the characteristics of specific neurological disorders or teach you how to open a jar. Here are some of the smartest memorization aids you may not have known about yet, according to the Wikipedia directory .

Moon phases

You know the moon is waning and waning, but here’s how to tell what it is doing right now: its phases change to D, O, C. So if the crescent moon sticks out to the right like D, it grows to full. If it is on the left, like C, then it wanes on the new moon. (In the Southern Hemisphere, the opposite is true.) Every time I see the moon, I say whether it is increasing or decreasing. My wife, who could not be contacted for comment, loves it.

Guitar strings

The standard guitar has a variety of note mnemonics for each string, but these are the best:

E very verage D ude G ets B Etter E ventually
E at point A LL D ay, G ET B Ig E ASY
E ddy te d ynamite. G ood B ye E ddy

For this ukulele G ood C ooks E at A -lot .

Aviation flight checks

During the flight, pilots carry out several checks, and there is a mnemonic for any of them. All mnemonic words sound like alternatives to the NATO phonetic alphabet .

pre-landing: GUMPS – G as, U ndercarriage, M ixture, P ropeller, S peed.
pre-final: MARFA – M issed (procedure), A ltitude (limit), R goodbye (set), T IME (limit), H eading (final), A irspeed (descent)
pre-high-altitude – FLOWER – F LOW (on), L (test o h), O xygen (charged), W Ater (humidity), E lectricity (on), R Adio (receipt)
pre-flight documents – ARROW – it irworthiness (certificate), R egistration, R equired (diagrams), O perating (control), W eight and balance
recovery during rotation – POKER – P ower (off.), O pposite (full rudder), K slope (flaps, etc…), E levator (fast forward), R ecover (from a dive)

There is a long list to check the fit called, no kidding, BUMMMFITCHH .

Salmon species

The Coyote Outdoor Living blog has five main types of salmon for anglers, and here’s how to remember them:

Chum is your thumb, Sockeye is your index finger (imagine sticking out someone’s eye), King is your middle finger, Silver is your ring finger, and Pink is your pinky.

Each species has several names, and there are others that are not listed here, so I don’t know how far this mnemonic can really take you in Deadliest Catch . But that sounds very clever. If it doesn’t include any edible salmon species, it’s just for the sake of simplicity that we should stop eating them.

Reversible causes of dementia

Hey, it’s not so sad, it’s about reversible dementia, hurray! While most mnemonics use any word or phrase that works best for memorizing terms, this phrase conveniently describes what you memorize:

D mats / D epression
E lderliness
Ulti-M heart attacks / M Education
E nvironment
N utrition
T oxins
I am the scheme
lcohol

It would be great fun during the halftime break. If you like it, take a look at the discredited SADPERA Suicide Risk Scale ! Haha, don’t use this! Seriously, don’t.

Writing

Word-based mnemonics are great for writing:

We are strange
The director is your buddy ; RU is a principle eh
Compliment puts you in the spotlight; add-on adds something to make electronic nough
Rhythm: R hythm H ELPS Our T H WO M Ove ips
Mnemonic: M nemonics N E is to destroy M An O ldest N vomiting, I nsufficient C erebral S torage
You want to separate from the rat
Friend to the end
Fine: B Ig E lephants Recheck U to

Assorted

Large SI prefixes for metric values (exa-, peta-, tera-, giga, mega kilo-, hecto-, Deca): E p erson very t r pr sends ie to isses hours and minutes iarrhea
Calculation of heat loss (P = I ² R): Twinkling, twinkling of a small star, Power is equal to I squared R.
English dynasties (Norman, Plantagenets, Lancaster, York, Tudor, Stuart, Hanover, Windsor): N O P lana L IKE Y our T o S Tudy N history W Isely
Chinese dynasties (Xia (Xia), Shang, Zhou (Chou), Qin (Ching), Han, Jin, South and North, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing (Ching)): She Sha mefully Cho se Ching ESE Han d Jin Gles (a) s I N completely Swee t Tan o Songs : “You (and) Me, Chi ckadee”
STALA gr tites are on the s eiling. STALA g ticks per g round.
Great Lakes, from largest to smallest (Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario): S abut H eroes M est E in ATS O
The first 20 elements of the Periodic Table (H, He, Li, Be, B, C, N, O, F, Ne, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, Ar, K, Ca): H Arry, it will be Li KES e b y t upfuls, n OT e of faiths rothy, n vertices on STY m with Mr. al lowed. Si, st ra AST IX cl osing, ar e K EGS cha ncelled?
“To distinguish color patterns between the harmless king snake and the venomous coral snake:” Red next to black is Jack’s friend. Red next to yellow will kill the person. (Ned Flanders’ Extreme Vibes.)