Monday, July 27, 2009

Mnenonic First 13 Colonies

Mnemonic to remember first 13 colonies based on current
events.

Georgia--- Government
South Carolina--- Stimulus
New Hampshire--- Needs
Virginia--- Votes
Massachusetts--- Media
Delaware--- Discussed
New Jersey--- Nancy
Pennsylvania--- Peolsi's
North Carolina--- News
Connecticut--- Conference
Rhode Island--- Revealed
Maryland--- Many or (Momumential)
New York--- Negotiations

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Mnemonic Effectiveness

Mnemonics should have one or more of the following characteristics to be the most effective.
This list is rather long. Just browsing through
the list should help when creating a difficult mnemonic.



a bit thick
mad
a bit thin
meaningless
abnormal
monstrous
amusing
moronic
anomalous
nonsensical
asinine
not deserving belief
balmy
not possible
barred
nuts
beyond belief
nutty
bizarre
odd
childish
oddball
closed-out
off
cockamamie
off the wall
comic
open to doubt
contrary to reason
open to suspicion
crazy
out
curious
out of proportion
daft
outlandish
disproportionate
outrageous
doubtable
outre
doubtful
oxymoronic
droll
paradoxical
dubious
passing belief
dubitable
passing strange
eccentric
peculiar
empty
Pickwickian
excluded
poppycockish
extravagant
potty
fantastic
preposterous
farcical
priceless
fatuitous
problematic
fatuous
prohibited
foolish
quaint
freaked out
queer
freaky
questionable
funny
quizzical
futile
rich
grotesque
ridiculous
hard of belief
risible
hard to believe
rubbishy
harebrained
ruled-out
high-flown
screaming
hilarious
self-contradictory
hollow
senseless
hopeless
silly
humorous
simple
idiotic
singular
idle
skimble-skamble
illogical
staggering belief
imbecile
strange
imbecilic
stupid
implausible
suspect
impossible
suspicious
inane
tall
incoherent
thick
incommensurable
thin
incommensurate
trashy
incompatible
twaddling
inconceivable
twaddly
incongruous
unbelievable
inconsequent
unconvincing
inconsistent
unearthly
inconsonant
ungodly
incredible
unimaginable
insane
unreasonable
irrational
unsound
irreconcilable
unthinkable
kooky
unworthy of belief
laughable
vain
logically impossible
wacky
loony
weird
ludicrous
whimsical
wild
witty
wondrous strange

Monday, July 13, 2009

Spelling Mnemonic

Here is one way how to remember to spell
Arrhythmia
A
Rolls
Royce
Hit
Your
Toyota
Heart
Monitor
In
Atlanta

Thursday, July 9, 2009

First Ten Hydrocarbons

Compounds of carbon and hydrogen

Methane ----------------- Most
Ethane -------------------Elite
Propane -----------------Prostitutes
Butane ------------------Bribed
Pentane -----------------Police
Hexane -----------------Had
Heptane ----------------Hotels
Octane -----------------Occupied
Nonane ----------------Near
Decane ----------------Downtown

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Mnemonic (Brain)

Theme: Forest, California, Environment

Lobes of the Brain>>>>>>>Mnemonic

Occipital Lobe------------- Old
Parietal Lobe --------------Pine
Frontal Lobe-------------- Forest
Temporal ------------------Timber

The Limbic System

Hippocampus---------------- Hand
Amygdala -------------------Axes
Thalamus -------------------Trimmed
Cerebellum -----------------Campfire
Hypothalamus ---------------Harvests or Hardwoods

The Brainstem

Pons -----------------------Pacific
Reticular Formation-------- RIM
Medulla-------------------- Markets

The Neuron

Dendrites------------------- Dark
Soma------------------------ Spiders
Axon------------------------ Are
Myelin Sheath--------------- Making
Nodes of Ranvier------------ Nixon's
Synaptic Vesicles----------- Snake
Synapse--------------------- Silk
Resting and Action Potential--Roads

Neurotransmitters

Serotonin-------------------- Saving
Acetylcholine-----------------A
Dopamine--------------------- Delicate
Endorphins------------------- Enviornment

The Brain and its Hemispheres

Cortex----------------------- California
Pineal Gland----------------- People
Corpus Callosum---------------Constantly
Broca's Area----------------- Burning
Wernicke's Area-------------- Woods

New Planet Mnemonic (11 Planets)

The 11 recognized planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Eris. Ceres, Pluto and Eris are considered dwarf planets

The 11 Planet Mnemonic:
1 Mail
2 Vans
3 Every
4 Morning
5 Crash
6 Just
7 South
8 Usually
9 Near
10 Postcard
11 Embankments

First Ten President Mnemonic

Easy phrase to remember first 10 presidents of the U.S. Notice
the last two items numbers 9 and 10 have three options to choose from.


First Ten President List

Washington / J.Adams / Jefferson / Madison / Monroe / J.Q.Adams / Jackson> / Van Buren / W.H.Harrison / Tyler

Mnemonic Aid
1 Washington's
2 Attorneys
3 Joined
4 Malpractice
5 Mania
6 As
7 Juries
8 Verdicts
9-10 Hammered Tears
9-10 Handled Trash
9-10 Hurried Trials

Numbers

I really don't care for the phonetic numbers alphabet system so
after doing a little research I found that the easiest two words, to use, for remembering numbers by converting them into words are:
BACON RUMPS
B=1
A=2
C=3
O=4
N=5
R=6
U=7
M=8
P=9
S=0
English letters by frequency are: E T A O I N S H R D L C U M W F G Y P B V K J X Q Z
The reason I chose BACON RUMPS is because its easy to remember and allows words that begin with vowels letters E and I to be used as filler words.
Here are some example to check out:
00=Swiss Steaks
01=Sail Boat
02=Studio Apartment
03=Siamese Cat
04=Soap Opera
05=Safety Net
06=Ski Resort
07=Student Uniforms
08=Sewing Machine
09=Swimming Pool

Any of the letters not used used to remember numbers can be inserted
as filler words which can make the phrases or sentences easier to remember. So if you want to remember the numbers 09 you could
also substitute the words: That Empty Swimming Pool because the
words "That" and "Empty" have no number assigned to them.
Send my some numbers you want converted into phrases and I will e-mail them back to you using this simple system. I have software that
does the conversions for me.
My e-mail: texasjerky100@aol.com