"mnemonic possession" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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>
> I myself confess to mentally uttering the mnemonic for spelling
> "Mississippi" every time I write the word.
>
>
M-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-crooked
letter-I-humpback-humpback-I

I went to school at U of Tennessee, and I can't spell "Tennessee"
without hearing the football cheer as I do it:
T-E
Double N-E
Double S
Double E
TENNESSEE!


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