"mnemonic possession"

[Ben Zimmer]

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> At 10/24/2013 11:12 AM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
> >On Oct 24, 2013, at 7:03 AM, "Joel S. Berson" 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/
>
> 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.

More on mnemonics here:

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/mnemonics-from-roy-g-biv-to-marys-violet-eyes/

--bgz

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