"mnemonic possession"

[Neal Whitman]

Well, I learned their names. Chemical properties? Atomic numbers? That came in chemistry class, and is mostly forgotten now.

Neal

On Oct 25, 2013, at 8:08 PM, "David A. Daniel" <dad at POKERWIZ.COM> wrote:

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> If you really and truly learned the elements from Tom Lehrer's song then you
> are my hero, and perhaps a candidate for apotheosis, another being Tom. I
> couldn't mnemonic (ha! verbified!) past hydrogen, which is sad but true. I
> learned my life lessons from "So Long Mom, I'm Off to Drop the Bomb,"
> "Vatican Rag," "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park," "Be Prepared" and so many
> others.
> DAD
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> Poster:       Neal Whitman <nwhitman at AMERITECH.NET>
> Subject:      Re: "mnemonic possession" (UNCLASSIFIED)
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> It's how I learned them, except of course for those that hadn't been
> discovered.
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> Neal
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>> Poster:       Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at STANFORD.EDU>
>> Subject:      Re: "mnemonic possession" (UNCLASSIFIED)
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>> On Oct 25, 2013, at 7:49 AM, "Mullins, Bill CIV (US)"
> <william.d.mullins18.civ at MAIL.MIL> wrote:
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>>> So, what other things have you memorized from a song?  I'm aware of (but
>>> haven't learned):
>>> Lehrer's song about the elements
>>> Animaniacs songs of state capitals and countries
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>> i can't believe that anyone has ever learned the names of the elements
> from Tom Lehrer's song.  it's a tour de force, but not really usable as a
> mnemonic,
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>> arnold
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