"mnemonic possession"

[Joel S. Berson]

Thanks, Arnold.  I had wondered whether the third was the colors of
the spectrum (clearly not), or human bones in ascending or descending
order (the knee bone's connected to the patella?), or what.

Joel

At 10/24/2013 11:12 AM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>On Oct 24, 2013, at 7:03 AM, "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
>
> > Woman in bed:  "I before E, except after C! Thirty days hath
> > September!  King Philip came over for good S-"
> >
> > Bedside visitor:  "Call the grammarians! She's having a mnemonic
> possession!"
>
>on my blog:
>
>http://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/10/23/remembering/
>
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