Mrs. Olsen: Any questions? Caulfield: Why is mnemonics so hard to remember how to spell? Frazz: Was she amused? Caulfield: Fuhgeddaboutit.
Mrs Olson: ’It’s only hard if you don’t know a mnemonic for it Caufield, so that’s your homework for tomorrow.’
Just remember “amnesia” and “amnesty”. Drop the alpha privative and you’re home free.
I see a boy that needs to learn some discipline — by applying the ‘board of education’ to the ‘seat of knowledge’.
My physics teacher pronounced it “em-nemonic,” probably on purpose.
July 31, 2013
Milessio over 10 years ago
Mrs Olson: ’It’s only hard if you don’t know a mnemonic for it Caufield, so that’s your homework for tomorrow.’
lonecat over 10 years ago
Just remember “amnesia” and “amnesty”. Drop the alpha privative and you’re home free.
jimguess over 10 years ago
I see a boy that needs to learn some discipline — by applying the ‘board of education’ to the ‘seat of knowledge’.
Stephen Gilberg over 10 years ago
My physics teacher pronounced it “em-nemonic,” probably on purpose.