User:Benjamin Mako Hill/List of mnemonics I have trouble remembering

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):
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 * 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
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 * 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):
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 * (George VI)
 * After which Elizabeth
 * (Elizabeth II)
 * Has the throne, until her death
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 * 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):
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 * 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):
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 * The fox comes out of his hole,
 * Runs round the tree,
 * And goes back into his hole.
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 * And goes back into his hole.
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