List of Mnemonics I have trouble remembering
- See the list of mnemonics article for more mnemonics including many that I never knew or don't have trouble remembering, but that you might have trouble with.
I have trouble remembering many mnemonics including the ones in the following list. In some situations (i.e., the planet names) I have no problem remembering the referent (i.e., the planet names) and must them as a mnemonic for the mnemonic itself:
- Notes on the lines of the Bass clef: Good Boys Do Fine Always
- Differentiating stalactites and stalagmites (I can't remember if the operative preposition is from or to): Stalactites project downward from the ceiling and stalagmites project upward from the ground.
- The planets (now that Pluto is not a planet, we all have to remember a new mnemonic): My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles
- Trigonometric functions: Chief Sohcahtoa (Soh: sine opposite hypotenuse, etc.)
- The poem used to remember British monarchs (This seems only marginally easier to remember than the list. Luckily, I am not British so this is probably forgivable in my case):
Willie Willie Harry Stee ( William I, William II, Henry I, Stephen) Harry Dick John Harry three; ( Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III) One two three Neds, Richard two ( Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, Richard II) Harrys four five six, then who? ( Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI) Edwards four five, Dick the bad, ( Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III) Harrys (twain), Ned six (the lad); ( Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI) Mary, Bessie, James you ken, ( Mary I, Elizabeth I, James I) Then Charlie, Charlie, James again... ( Charles I, Charles II, James II) Will and Mary, Anna Gloria, ( William III, Mary II, Anne) Georges four, Will four, Victoria; ( George I, George II , George III , George IV , William IV , Victoria ) Edward seven next, and then ( Edward VII) Came George the fifth in nineteen-ten; ( George V) Ned the eighth soon abdicated ( Edward VIII) Then George six was coronated; ( George VI) After which Elizabeth ( Elizabeth II) Has the throne, until her death
- Old elephants have much skin (Remembering the names of the Great Lakes in their correct order.)
- Resistor color band colors: Black beetles running on your garden bring very good weather
- Daylight savings time: Spring forward, fall back.
- Hierarchy of the taxonomy in Biology (In this case, there are so many of them that I'm confused as to which mnemonic, if any, are correct): King Phillip Came Over For Great Spagetti
- Geological eras (i.e., Precambrian, Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous): Pregnant Camels Ordinarily Sit Down Carefully. Perhaps Their Joints Creak
- Which side are men and women's buttons sewn onto normally: Women are always, right.
- How to tie a bowline (Well, I remember this one but it doesn't help me remember how to tie the knot because other information, like what the scene looks like, is not included in the mnemonic):
The fox comes out of his hole, Runs round the tree, And goes back into his hole.