Talk:List of electronic color code mnemonics

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I separated this page out from Electronic color code because it was cluttering up the article and so many editors insisted on making sure their most favorite mnemonic was mentioned. Separating this out to its own page eliminates that clutter and people who are not interested in learning about the mnemonics can continue on the page without disruption. Those wishing to learn about the field of "combinatorial linguistics" can continue here. jheiv talk  contribs 07:27, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

How about History of electronic color code mnemonics?
A list is not very encyclopedic. An article describing the history of the citations would be more useful. Start by checking the sources listed to see it they document a useage prior to their first edition date, and ordering them by date and geography. When were the first radio clubs in public and high schools? Look for diaries of soldiers & sailors when they were in training schools; if the diary is not published yet, at least publish that page. Look for German, French, etc mnemonics.


 * Sure it is. Useful information for people trying to remember them.  And some quite humorous in a dark way. Tuntable (talk) 02:23, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

The "black bastards rape" version was more memorable to students in eras when there were no Negroes in the instutions or trades, and thus not so offensive as to be unspeakable. As a mnemonic, then, it was more useful.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.73.189.203 (talk) 09:30, 25 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I learned it as the "Black Bastards Raped Our Young Girls" version. Far too politically incorrect to add to the main article on Wikipedia.  What sad time we live in.  (Never used as a racist remark as far as I know, at least it did not use the "N" word.)  Anyone who gave up engineering because of an acronym needs to grow a much thicker skin.  As to all the heavy maths, that might indeed be a good reason to give it up.Tuntable (talk) 02:23, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

So, is is not appropriate to add additional mnemonics? I don't see the harm, and the selection seems weighted towards UK usages, so perhaps others would be helpful. I studied electronics in high school in the western U.S. starting in 1964, and was taught "Bad boys run over your grass but Violet Gray won't." Non-racial, even though the community and school were (at the time) segregated, all white. It's certainly possible that the teacher knew others but chose this one to pass on. I don't have a citation, though I'll look the next time I'm at the library. Dorian Mode (talk) 17:56, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

I learnt one of the racist / mysogynistic versions at college 35 years ago and it stuck from the word go. Well... We were offered the offensive version or a polite version. I have no idea what the polite version was. The racist version is in my head and that's where it stays. Quite frankly they were different times and if any instructor is stupid enough to teach one of the offensive versions these days they deserve all the misfortune that falls on their head as a result. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.78.66.211 (talk) 19:22, 30 January 2018 (UTC)


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Offensive sh*
Is it necessary to keep the 1960's shit about brown boys raping girls in here? This list is too long anyway, why not keep it to mnemonics that a sane person would use in the 21st century? Please don't say "we need to document every crap that some person wrote on a toilet wall at Caltech at one point". --Mison (talk) 18:08, 24 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Reminder... Wikipedia is not censored, per WP:NOTCENSORED. •  Sbmeirow  •  Talk  • 17:41, 6 June 2021 (UTC)