Re: Silly Mnemonic Tricks

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From: Angus Y. Montgomery
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 22:36

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guy@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Guy Barry) writes:

>>    2.  In Chemistry, part of the Periodic Table was represented
>>	by "Al Sipsclar" (Al-Si-P-S-Cl-Ar) and his girlfriend 
>>	"Phoebe Bicnofne" (Fe-Be-B-C-N-O-F-Ne).

>The second one must be wrong, since iron (Fe) doesn't belong in that
>sequence.  My father used to pronounce the first eighteen elements as
>"H-helibeb-cnof, nenamgal sipsclar".

first twenty.
there's a much better line for the first 10, but i couldn't remember it, so
made my own up (ages ago).

|      |-     |-     |-       |   |   |   |     |    |-        .
Herman Hess's Little Berries, But Can Not Offer Free Neapolitan.
read as:
herman hess (has) little berries, but cannot offer free neapolitan (icecream).

 |-| -|- |-|| |-      |-        |       |-  .
'NaM gAl SiPS Clorine Ardently, Killing Cats.
read as:
vietnam girl sips chlorine ardently, killing cats.

 . a n g u s .

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