Posted on 03/12/2018 5:37:39 PM PDT by left that other site
adjective nih-MAH-nik
Definition
1 : assisting or intended to assist memory; also : of or relating to a technique of improving the memory
2 : of or relating to memory
Did You Know?
The word mnemonic derives from the Greek mnēmōn ("mindful"), which itself comes from the verb mimnēskesthai, meaning "to remember." (In classical mythology, Mnemosyne, the mother of the Muses, is the goddess of memory.) In addition to its adjectival use, mnemonic is also a noun meaning "a mnemonic device," and the plural form mnemonics is used in the sense of "a technique of improving the memory." As with many classical borrowings, we retained the double initial consonant, but not the pronunciation of both, since the combination doesn't occur naturally in English (pneumonia is a similar case). If this spelling strikes you as particularly fiendish to remember, keep this mnemonic in mind: although the word's pronunciation begins with an n sound, the spelling begins with an m, as in memory.
Examples
James taught his students the mnemonic sentence "King Philip Came Over For Good Spaghetti" to help them remember the levels of biological classification (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species).
"Let's illustrate this point with a simple exercise using the elementary school mnemonic 'Every Good Boy Deserves Fun.' Teachers use this tool to help students learn the letters of the musical staff: EGBDF." Richard Klasco and Lewis H. Glinert, The Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2018
Every good boy does fine.
Edith Keeler: If you can leave right away, I can get you 5 hours of work at 22 cents an hour.
[seeing Spock's arcing and sparking tricorder adapter]
Edith Keeler: What... what on Earth is that?
Spock: I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins.
All seriousness aside...
One of my favorite mnemonic devices for describing the LGBTWTFEVUH flag...ROYGBIV.
Only they leave out the “I” for Indigo. Their “flag” has only six colors, while the REAL RAINBOW has seven.
Seven is God’s Number of perfection.
Six is the “number of a man, and represents a deficit of IMperfection.
Interesting...Hmmmmmm
I am a big TOS Fan! :-)
Edith Keeler was played by....Joan Collins! LOL!
(((Now, how did I REMEMBER That?))))
You put your right foot in,
You put your right foot out...
Hey, are those two “Menomics” names “Hokey” and “Pokey”?
“Only they leave out the I for Indigo. Their flag has only six colors, while the REAL RAINBOW has seven.”
I learn something new every day at Free Republic.
Listen, my children and you shall hear,
Of the Midnight runs of Diarrhea....
And Here I thought “Eselbruke” meant “Donkey Dentures”.
It Happens. :-)
I don’t REMEMBER that movie? What’s it about?
LOL!
Keanu Reeves plays a spy with a cybernetic brain...............Kinda like 007 meets Terminator..........
I have my own:
Lines in the Treble Clef: Even Good Bikers Drive Fast
Lines in the Bass Clef: Good Boys Don’t Feed Alligators
Order of Sharps: Fat Cats Get Dunk After Eating Birds
Order of Flats: (Farmer) Brown Eats A Darn Good Breakfast!
:-)
Sounds Like Fun! :-)
It’s production budget was only $26M, and it didn’t even make that much...................
Obama Dear Reader demonic
Used a Teleprompter mnemonic
But despite what he said
Or whatever he read,
His language was always “Me-monic”.
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