List of Mnemonics 💬🗣️

List of Mnemonics to Recall Numbers, Ordered Lists & Word Spelling 💬🗣️

List of mnemonics to use as memory aids which make it easier to store information in your long term memory and recall it accurately on demand.

ADDucation’s list of mnemonics was compiled by Joe Connor and last updated on Jan 18, 2023 @ 10:35 pm

List of mnemonics using words, sentences, catchphrases, rhymes, pictures, songs and rhythms to help you remember and easily recall:

Numbers (number acronyms)
Lists of Facts / Names / Rules in Order (list acronyms)
How to Spell Awkward and Long Words (spelling acronyms).

In the USA, and other countries, where letters are assigned to number keypads mnemonics are commonly used to advertise and help remember telephone numbers. Mnemonic, from the Greek “mneme” for memory, is a tricky word to spell so you’ll be pleased to learn ADDucation’s list of mnemonics includes a mnemonic to spell mnemonic!

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When to use their and there		language, spelling	The person i in “their” indicates their is used when talking about people. The signpost r in “there” is used when talking about a place, e.g “over there”. Currently the only image mnemonic on our list of mnemonics.
Brightest stars in the sky	Sir Can Rig A VCR, Pa	astronomy, science	Sirius in Canis Major, Canopus in Carina, Rigil Kent in Centaurus, Acrturus in Bootes, Vega in Lyra, Capella in Auriga, Rigel in Orion, Procyon in Canic Minor, Achernar in Eridanus.
Conditions for life test	MRS GREN	biology, science	7 conditions that need to be met for something to count as being alive: Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition.
4 DNA Amine bases	At The Girl’s Club	biology, science	At The Girl’s Club = AT + GC. Adenine pairs with Thymine and Guanine pairs with Cytosine.
Order of taxonomy	Do Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach Dear Kate, Please Come Over For Great Spaghetti Dirty, Kinky People Can Often Find Great Sex Do Kings Play Chess On Fine Green Silk?	biology, science	Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Cell life cycle	Idiotic Penguins Make Antarctica Too Cold I Pee More After Tea Constantly I Protect My Artichokes Too Cleatus.	biology, science	Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis. Enter “biology” in this list of mnemonics table filter to see all biology mnemonics.
Bones in the wrist	Some Lovers Try Positions That They Can’t Handle! So Long To Pinky, Here Comes The Thumb Never Lick Tilly’s Popsicle, Mother Might Come Home.	biology, anatomy, science	Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetral, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate and Hamate. Anatomy list of mnemonics.
12 cranial nerves in order	On Old Olympus’ Towering Tops, A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops	biology, anatomy	From CN I to CN XII: Olfactory, Optic, Oculomotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducens, Facial, Acoustic, Glassopharyngeal, Vagus, Spinal accessory and Hypoglossal. Combine this mnemonic with the following one to remember both the order and function.
Cranial nerve functions	Some say my mother bought my brother some bad beer, my, my Some say marry money but my brother says big brains matter more.	biology, anatomy	s: sensory m: motor b: both.
7 essential amino acids	Pvt. Tim Hall	chemistry, biology, science	Phenylanine, Valine, Threonine. Tryptophan, Isolucine, Methionine, Histidine, Arginine, Leucine and Lysine.
Alkanes series	My Enormous Penguin Bounces Pretty High	chemistry, science	Methane, Ethane, Propane, Butane, Pentane and Hexane.
Reactivity of metals	Please Send Cats, Monkeys And Zebras In Large Cages – Make Sure Padlocked	chemistry science	Potassium, Sodium, Calcium, Magnesium, Aluminum, Zinc, Iron, Lead, Copper, Mercury, Silver and Platinum.
Periodic Table, first 20 elements	Harry He Likes Beer Bottle Cold, Not Over Frothy. Nelly’s Nanny Might, Although Silly Person, She Climbs Around Kinky Caves He Has Light Brain But Can Not Offer Full Nine Subjects, May All Senior Professional Scientists Come And Protect Chemistry! H.HeLi, B.BCNOF and NeNa MgAl SiPS ClArKCa.	chemistry, science	The most useful mnemonic is the first one because it also helps you remember the two letter chemical element abbreviations: Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Neon, Na(Sodium), Magnesium, Aluminium, Silicon, Phosphoros, Sulphur, Chlorine, Argon, K(Potassium) and Calcium.
Diatomic elements	Have No Fear Of Ice Cold Beer	chemistry, science	Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Chlorine, Iodine and Bromine.NB: (Beer(liquid), Ice (solid). Enter “chemistry” in this list of mnemonics table filter to see all chemistry mnemonics.
Crude oil products of fractional distillation	Really Great Kings Don’t Forget Birthdays	chemistry, science	Refinery gases, Gasoline, Kerosine, Diesel oil, Fuel oil and Bitumen. Enter “geography” in this list of mnemonics table filter to see all geography mnemonics.
Which form (D or L) the 8 aldohexoses are in	All Altruists Gladly Make Gum In Gallon Tanks	organic, chemistry, science	Allose, Altrose, Glucose, Mannose, Gulose, Idose, Galactose and Talose.
Order of color coding on resistors	Bad Beer Rots Our Young Guts But Vodka Goes Well (in) Silver Goblets Big Brown Rabbits Often Yield Great Big Vocal Groans When Gingerly Slapped.	electronics	Black (0), Brown (1), Red (2), Orange (3), Yellow (4), Green (5), Blue (6), Violet (7), Gray (8), White (9), Silver (10% tolerance) and Gold (5% tolerance).
Which US president is on which dollar bill?	When Jeff Left Home Jack Got Fat	finance, money	Washington $1 Jefferson $2 Lincoln $5 Hamilton $10 Jackson $20 Grant $50 Franklin $100.
Daylight saving time (DST, BST)	Spring ahead, Fall back Spring forward, Fall (Autumn) back.	time, general knowledge	USA: Benjamin Franklin proposed daylight saving in a 1784 essay “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light” but was was adopted following the “Standard Time Act of March 19, 1918” UK: Daylight saving was first proposed by William Willett in his 1907 “Waste of daylight” publication. After a long campaign it became law in the Summer Time Act in 1916. Daylight saving is called “British Summer Time” (BST) and reverts to “Greenwich Mean Time” (GMT) each Autumn The first place to use daylight saving was Thunder Bay in Canada in 1908 The first country to adopt daylight saving was Germany in 1916 during WWI to save fuel.
How many days in a month?	30 days hath September, April, June, and November, all the rest have 31, except February, with 28 days clear and 29 each leap year.	time, general knowledge	There are many variations but this is the most common mnemonic rhyme so we’ve selected that for inclusion in our list of mnemonics.
Which way to turn screws, light bulbs, knobs etc.	Righty tighty, lefty loosey.	general knowledge	NB: bike pedals (and a few other things) undo the opposite way otherwise they would fall off!
Stalactites and Stalagmites	StalaGmites – Grow up from the Ground StalaCtites – Come down from the Ceiling Mites crawl up, tights fall down.	geology, science	Which one is spelt with a C and which with a G? Geology list of mnemonics.
Mineral hardness scale	Tall Girls Can Fight And Only Quit To Chase Dwarves Terrible Giants Can Find Alligators Or Quaint Trolls Conveniently Digestible Toronto Girls Can Flirt and Other Quirky Things Can Do.	geology, science	Talc, Gypsum, Calcite, Fluorite, Apatite, Orthoclase feldspar, Quartz, Topaz, Corundum and Diamond (from 1 to 10, softest to hardest) also known as Mohs hardness scale).
Order of geological time periods/eras	Cows Often Sit Down Carefully. Perhaps Their Joints Creak?Persistent Early Oiling Might Prevent Painful Rheumatism Pregnant Camels Ordinarily Sit Down Carefully, Perhaps Their Joints Creak?	geology, science	Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Recent.
The five great lakes (upgrades below!)	HOMES	geography	Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior. There are many versions, we’ve only included the best on our list of mnemonics.
The five great lakes from west to east	Super Man Helps Every One Sergeant Major Hates Eating Onions.	geography	Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario. Enter “geography” in this list of mnemonics table filter to see all geography mnemonics.
The five great lakes largest to smallest	Super Heroes Must Eat Oats	geography	Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie and Ontario (surface area).
Northern European countries from west to east	No Soup For Russia	geography	Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia.
Countries around the Adriatic Sea	Incredibly Slimy Cockroach Bit My Aunt	geography	Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania.
6 main biomes / ecosystems	The Dry Desert Grows Terrific Castles	geography	Tundras, Deciduous forests, Deserts, Grasslands, Tropical rain forests, Coniferous forests.
The Seven hills of Rome	Can Queen Victoria Eat Cold Apple Pie?	geography, history	Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine and Palatine.
50 Nifty United States song	Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original colonies; Fifty Nifty stars in the flag that billows so beautifully in the breeze. Each individual state contributes a quality that is great. Each individual state deserves a bow, We salute them now…	geography, history	Here’s a song mnemonic junior students learn the states of the USA. Listen on YouTube for all fifty states – enjoy!
The first 8 presidents of the USA	Will A Jolly Man Make A Jolly Visitor?	history	George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren one of our history list of mnemonics favorites.
The royal houses of the kings and queens of England (and Great Britain)	No Plan Like Yours To Study History Wisely	history	Norman, Plantagenet, Lancaster, York, Tudor, Stuart, Hanover and Windsor. Enter “history” in this list of mnemonics table filter to see all history mnemonics.
British order of titles below king and queen	Do Men Ever Visit Britain?	history, genealogy	Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, Baron.
Six wives of Henry VIII in order	All Bishops Should Cease Heeding Popes All Barons Should Carry Heavy Parcels A Big Secret Concealing Her Past Able Bodied Seamen Catch Hairy Pirates. Arrogant Anne seemed more clever at how to catch the ring.	history	Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr Arrogant (Katherine of Aragon) Anne (Anne Boleyn) seemed more (Jane Seymour) clever (Anne of Cleves) at how to (Katherine Howard) catch the ring (Catherine Parr).
Fate of the Six wives of Henry VIII	Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived	history	Catherine of Aragon was divorced, Anne Boleyn was beheaded, Jane Seymour died, Anne of Cleves was divorced, Catherine Howard was beheaded and Catherine Parr survived. Although Catherine Parr survived and remarried (for the fourth time) she gave birth to a daughter (Mary Seymour) but died a week later, just 18 months after the death of Henry VIII.
The seven articles of the United States Constitution	Large Elephants Jump Slowly And Sink Rapidly	history	Legislative, Executive, Judicial, Supremacy, Amendment, Statehood and Ratification
Order of secession of the Confederate States of America	So My Father Ate Grapes Last Tuesday, Very Awesome Tart Napas	history, USA	South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas Lincoln then called for troops (where the comma is) after which a further four states seceded: Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina.
Roman numerals as letters in order of magnitude	Lovely Cadbury Dairy Milk Lazy Cats Don’t Move I Value Xylophones Like Cows Dig Milk.	history	I=1, V=5, X=10, L=50, C=100, D=500 and M=1000
Silent vowels	When two vowels go walking the first does the talking	language, grammar	i.e. the first vowel in “eat” and “oat” is pronounced while the second vowel remains silent. Enter “grammar” in this list of mnemonics table filter to see all grammar mnemonics.
here or hear?	We hear with our ear	language, spelling	Enter “spelling” in this list of mnemonics table filter to see all spelling mnemonics.
affect or effect?	RAVEN	language, spelling	Remember Affect is a Verb, Effect is a Noun. Affect is the action effect is the result.
Difference between compliment and complement?	complement or compliment?	language, spelling	Complement adds something so it’s enough, compliment puts you in the limelight.
Morse code mnemonics	All the dots: Enemy Is Secretly Hiding All the dashes: Take Morse Orders.	language, alphabet, communications	E • I • • S • • • H • • • • T – M – – O – – –
Difference between desert and dessert?	desert or dessert?	language, spelling	A desert is sandy, a dessert has two s’s in it, like sweet stuff.
Difference between stationary and stationery?	stationary or stationery?	language, spelling	a for at rest, e for envelope.
Difference between hear and here?	hear or here?	language, spelling	Both words sound the same. You hear with your ear.
Mnemonics to spell acronym	Alphabetical Code for Remembering Odd Names You Make up A Clever Re-Organization Nudges Your Memory A Coded Rendition Of Names Yielding Meaning A Contrived Reduction Of Nouns, Yielding Mnemonics.	language, spelling	The first two cheat slightly but the last two are perfect. Have you got a better mnemonic for acronym?
How to spell because	Big elephants can’t always understand small elephants Big elephants can always understand small elephants.	language, spelling	Take your pick
🇺🇸 How to spell diarrhea 🇬🇧 How to spell diarrhoea.	🇺🇸 D–I–A–Run, Run, Hurry! Everyone Aaah! 🇺🇸 Dashing In A Rush, Running Harder, Else Accident! 🇺🇸 Damn, In A Real Rush, Help Exploding Ass! 🇬🇧Dashing In A Rush, Running Harder Or Else Accident! 🇬🇧 Diarrhoea Is A Really Runny Heap Of Endless Amounts 🇬🇧 Dining In A Rolls Royce Having Over Eaten Again.	language, spelling, health, illness	Try to visualize and remember the action in the rhythm as well as the rhythm itself – the same applies to the following entries on the list of mnemonics.
Hot to spell embarrass	Remember I go Really Red when my Sibling Sings	language, spelling	The R’s and the S’s make embarrass hard to spell. This mnemonic reminds you there are two R’s and two S’s.
How to spell necessary	Never Eat Crisps, Eat Salad Sandwiches, And Remain Young	language, spelling
How to spell mnemonics	Mnemonics Now Erase Man’s Oldest Nemesis, Insufficient Cerebral Storage	language, spelling
How to spell tomorrow	Trails Of My Old Red Rose Over Window	language, spelling	Enter “language” in this list of mnemonics table filter to see all language mnemonics.
How to spell rhythm	Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move	language, spelling, music
How to spell argument	I lost an e in an argument	language, spelling	Argue loses it’s e so it’s argument, not arguement, and arguing not argueing.
How to spell difficulty	mrs D, mrs I, mrs FFI, mrs C, mrs U, mrs LTY	language, spelling	Works well when said out loud. Spelling list of mnemonics.
How to spell Mississippi	mrs M, mrs I, mrs double S I, double S I, PP I M I double S, I double S, I double P, I.	language, spelling, geography	Another one using mrs – again works well when said out loud. There are other variations but this one has made the ADDucation list of mnemonics.
How to spell Saskat-chewan	Ask At Chew An with S in front of it	language, spelling, geography
How to spell bookkeeper	Double o, double k, double e	language, spelling, accountancy	Triple compound: bookkeeper
Punctuation order	P then Q in the alphabet or “Mind your Ps and Qs”	language, grammar	Way to remember quotation marks come after any other closing punctuation‏‎ marks. Unfortunately the punctuation rules in the USA and UK differ but that’s beyond the scope of this list of mnemonics.
When to start a new paragraph	Four “T” rhyme	language, grammar	A little writing rhyme of topic, territory, talker, time. When there’s a change in one of these, start a new paragraph if you please.
7 coordinating conjunctions in English	FANBOYS	language, grammar	For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet and So
Pi (π) to 6, 7 and 15 decimal places	How I wish I could calculate pi May I have a large container of coffee? Now I need a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy chapters involving quantum mechanics!	mathematics, physics	This list of mnemonics makes it easy to remember pi up to 14 decimal places π = 3.14159265358979 The number of characters in each word gives the number sequence: How (3) I (1) wish (4) I (1) could (5) calculate (9) pi (2) and so on… Piphilology, a wordplay on the linguistic field of philology, offers longer Pi mnemonics based on poems, songs and even whole books. Pi has been calculated to trillions of decimal places is both an irrational number and fundamental physical constant widely used in mathematics.
Euler’s number (e) to up to 15 decimal places	To express e remember to memorize a sentence to memorize this.	mathematics, science	This list of mnemonics makes it easy to memorize e to 10 decimal places: e = 2.7182818284 The number of letters in each word gives the number sequence: To (2) express (7) e (1) remember (8) to (2) memorize (8) a (1) sentence (8) to (2) memorize (8) this. (4) Alternatively you can remember that after 2.7 the year 1828 appears twice: e = 2.718281828 and you can further extend this to 15 decimal places by adding the numbers for the angles in a right angle isosceles triangle 45°, 90°, 45°: e = 2.718281828459045.
Order of SI metric system units	King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk King Henry Doesn’t Bother Dusting Clean Money.	mathematics	Prefixes in descending order of magnitude: kilo, hecto, deca, base unit, deci, centi, milli. Enter “mathematics” in this list of mnemonics table filter to see more maths mnemonics.
Order of math operations	Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally PEMDAS or BIDMAS (depending on locale).	mathematics	Parentheses, Exponents, Multiply, Divide, Add and Subtract Brackets, Indices, Multiply, Divide, Add and Subtract. Mathematics list of mnemonics.
Trigonometry, definitions for Sine, Cosine, and Tangent.	SOHCAHTOA The Old Art Students Of Harrow Could Always Heave Sex On Hard Concrete Always Hurts The Other’s Ass Sex On Hard Concrete Always Hurts Tender Orgasmic Areas Could A Hungry Stupid Ostrich Have Taken Over America Two Old Angels Skipped Over Heaven Carrying Ancient Harps Some Officers Have Curly Auburn Hair Til Old Age.	mathematics	SOHCAHTOA is the easiest to remember but we’ve included some of the most most popular mnemonics in our list for anyone using trigonometry the old-fashioned way! Although the order in the mnemonic changes the key facts remain the same: Tangent = Opposite / Adjacent Sine = Opposite / Hypotenuse Cosine = Adjacent / Hypotenuse.
Long division steps	Dad, Mom, Sister, Brother, Rover	mathematics, algebra	Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Bring Down, Remainder.
Calculus, order of taking the derivative of a quotient..	Lo-di-hi minus hi-di-lo all over lo squared or Low d high less high d low, draw the line and square below.	mathematics, algebra	lo or low refers to the bottom, hi or high refers to the top and di and d are short for derivative.
Direction of graph axes	X is a cross, Y to the sky.	mathematics, statistics	The X axis is across (horizontal) and the Y axis is vertical so you have to reach up to the sky.
Statistics	Hey diddle diddle… The median‘s the middle, You add then divide for the mean, The mode is the one that you see the most, And the range is the difference between.	mathematics, statistics	Recite this to the tune of the nursery rhyme “Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle”
Layers of the atmosphere	The Strong Man’s Triceps Explode	meteorology, science	Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere.
The order of sharps	Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle	music	F, C, G, D, A, E, B (also know as circle of fifths). Enter “music” in this list of mnemonics table filter to see all music mnemonics.
The order of flats	Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles’ Father	music	B, E, A, D, G, C, F
Order of notes (bottom to top) as lines on the treble clef stave.	Every Good Boy Deserves Favor	music	E, G, B, D, F This musical mnemonic was used as the title for the 1971 album Every Good Boy Deserves Favour by The Moody Blues. The notes are played in sequence on piano in track one “Procession”. It was also used as the title for the Tom Stoppard play first performed in 1977.
Notes represented by the spaces between the lines on the treble clef stave.	Furry Animals Cook Excellently (or just FACE)	music	F, A, C, E
Order of notes (bottom to top) as lines on the bass clef stave.	Good Boys Do Fine, Always	music	G, B, D, F, A
Notes represented by the spaces between the lines on the bass clef stave.	All Cows Eat Grass	music	A, C, E, G
Order of guitar strings	Every Average Dude Gets Better Eventually Elephants and Donkeys Grow Big Ears Every Beginner Guitarist Does All Exercises!	music	E, A, D, G, B, E in standard tuning or E, B, G, D, A, E in reverse order. This mnemonic has many variations – we’ve added the guitar related ones to our list of mnemonics.
First 11 notable Ionian philosophers	THE LAD ZAPPA THE PLAZA PAD.	philosophy	In no particular order Thales, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Leucippus, Anaximander, Democritus, Zeno, Anaximenes, Protagoras, Parmenides, Anaxagoras.
Order of colors of the rainbow	Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain Run Off You Girls, Boys In View.	physics, science	Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.
Order of the planets from the Sun	My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas Mervin Visits Every Morning. Just Stays Until Noon My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nachos Mean Very Evil Men Just Shortened Up Nature Many Very Educated Men Justify Stealing Unique Ninth.	physics, astronomy, science	Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto Since 2006 Pluto is no longer classified as a planet, it is now designated as a dwarf planet. There are many other variations not included in ADDucation’s list of mnemonics.
The speed of light	We guarantee certainty, clearly referring to this light mnemonic	physics, science	The number of letters in each word gives you the the speed of light = 299,792,458 m/sec. 2: we 9: guarantee 9: certainty 7: clearly 9: referring 2: to. 4: this 5: light 8: mnemonic.
First 5 books of the bible in order	God Equals Light Not Darkness God’s Excellent Love Never Dies.	religion, christianity	Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy.
Port or starboard	Port wine is red… Port is the same length as left…	nautical, sailing, navigation	… so starboard is green. More sailing mnemonics … so the longer word is starboard.
Venomous snake or not?	Red and yellow, kill a fellow; red and black, poison lack	nature, wildlife, reptiles	Helps distinguish the red and yellow banding of venomous coral snakes from similar looking non-venomous snakes.
Order of actors that have played Dr Who?	How To Punish Bad Daleks Before Many Million Earthlings Tactically Seek Calmer Worlds How To Punish Bad Daleks Before Many Million Earthlings Truly See Clearly (does not include the current Doctor).	television, TV, sci-fi	William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi and Jodie Whittaker.

13 responses to “List of Mnemonics 💬🗣️”

Ted Moss says:

February 20, 2022 at 5:11 pm

Hi there, I’ve just happened on your site and I think it’s brilliant; one of the best I’ve seen. I came upon it looking for that mnemonic for the order of champagne bottles – it starts as follows: Michael Jackson etc,. If you could find and add it I would be grateful. Also a way of recalling elements in the periodic table would be good as would a mnemonic for the satellite stars of the planets in our solar system.
Finally, I’m not just asking for things, I might have something to offer; although it’s neither a mnemonic nor an acronym and I don’t know how you would use it. Here, in the UK we have, in my view, a silly saying from yesteryear about dressing for summer weather, it goes like this: ‘Don’t cast a clout, until May is out’; I said it was silly. Clout? I understand that is a reference to clothing and although it says when to take the ‘clout’ off it doesn’t say when to put it back on. So I have come up with an alternative as follows: ‘Don’t lose your vest ‘til May comes to rest and return to your skin as October comes in’.

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- Joe Connor says:
  
  February 22, 2022 at 4:27 pm
  
  Hi Ted, thanks for your comments, much appreciated. I will check out the order of Champagne bottles – if not we’ll have to make one up! We haven’t heard clout one, for a niche audience but your revamped version might make the list 🙂
  
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Nigel Morley says:

January 27, 2021 at 1:10 pm

I really enjoyed this compilation – thank you. May I offer a couple of updates?

The latest Dr Who is Jodie Whittaker so could I suggest the following mnemonic that builds on yours: How To Punish Bad Daleks Before Many Million Earthlings Tactically Seek Calmer Worlds.

I would also like to suggest a new mnemonic for the wives of Henry VIII as it’s more closely linked to the subject matter: All Bishops Should Cease Heeding Popes

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- Joe Connor says:
  
  January 30, 2021 at 10:34 am
  
  Thanks Nigel, it makes us happy you enjoyed our mnemonics list. We’ve added your excellent King Henry VIII and Dr Who mnemonic sentences to our list of mnemonics.
  
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John Loftus says:

November 5, 2020 at 9:40 am

Great list! Here’s a few you might like to add:
For stalactites and stalagmites: Mites crawl up, tights fall down.
For the colours of the rainbow: Run Off You Girls, Boys In View.
For port and starboard: Left on the ship, but never on the table.

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- Joe Connor says:
  
  November 7, 2020 at 10:20 am
  
  Thanks John, I’ve added the first two to the main list of mnemonics. I can’t get my head around the port and starboard one, can anyone help?
  
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Eric Richards says:

September 25, 2020 at 11:16 pm

There is an error with the resistor color code which should be: Black(0), BROWN(1), Red(2), Orange(3), Yellow(4), Green(5), BLUE(6), Violet(7), Gray(8), White(9), Silver (10%)and Gold (5%) (10% and 5% tolerance value range) so a 1000 Ohm resistor with 10% could vary in value anywhere between 900 Ohms to 1100 Ohms, while Gold tolerance has a resistance value between 950 and 1050 Ohms (Ω). Remember gold has a higher value than silver.

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- Joe Connor says:
  
  September 27, 2020 at 9:18 am
  
  Thanks Eric, I’ve now corrected the main list of mnemonics.
  
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Maryam Waqi says:

August 9, 2020 at 8:01 pm

It’s fun. I find it more like breaking codes, deciphering unknown messages in Sherlock Holmes or Da Vinci code. It’s an interesting way to retain info but nevertheless, one has to concentrate and retain every trick of the game/riddle.

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Tommy Hudson says:

May 16, 2020 at 11:07 pm

Your mnemonic for remembering how to spell diarrhea is misspelled.

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- Joe Connor says:
  
  May 18, 2020 at 8:13 am
  
  Thanks Tommy, diarrhoea is the British english spelling. We’ve added a couple of US diarrhea mnemonics 🙂
  
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Apryl Voner says:

May 11, 2020 at 2:41 pm

Planets in order from the Sun:
Mervin Visits Every Morning. Just Stays Until Noon.

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- Joe Connor says:
  
  May 12, 2020 at 8:54 am
  
  Thanks Apryl, we’ve added your morse code aide-mémoires to the main list of mnemonics.
  
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List of Mnemonics 💬🗣️

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