Episode 52 Mnemonics- English Words and Phrases We Use To Remember Things

Mnemonics is the word we use to describe rhymes or phrases we can use to help us remember things. In today's episode I will talk about a few common things that we use to remember things in English. Some of them are about remembering spelling or language, one is a business phrase and others are just for fun. Maybe you have some of them, or something similar, in your own language, I'd love to know. I'm sure you learned the ABC song, or some version of it, at school. This is probably one of the first kinds of mnemonics we learn, it helps us remember the alphabet. The second common one is a poem or song that helps us remember how many days there are in each month. So the rhyme I learned at school is: 30 days in September, April, June and November. All the rest have 31 except for February alone, which has 28 days clear and 29 in each leap year. Which way to turn a screw? Left or right? No problem, just remember: Lefty loosey, righty tighty! And then you know to turn it left if you want to unscrew it and turn it right if you want to screw it in. For English spelling it's always good to remember: i before e except after c However, the internet has been making jokes for a while now that show how unhelpful it can be! Points on a compass: Never Eat Shredded Wheat We go right (or clockwise) around the compass. So Never is for North, Eat is for East, Shredded is for South and Wheat is for West. Shredded Wheat is a common British breakfast cereal. My Dad eats it every day...but it's not very exciting, you might need some sugar or cornflakes to make it tasty. For reading sheet music: F-A-C-E Every Good Boy Deserves Fun For Mississippi it's all about they rhythm! Our final one is for use in the Business World. SMART, which is an acronym for: Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Timebound This can help you when organising a project or task to make sure it's going to do exactly what you want it to. Additional Vocabularyembed - to put something inside of something, to fix something into something