General Chat

Chemistry equations: but this is all I remember, it was a long time ago. H2SO4 (Sulphuric Acid) + CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate) = CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) and water (H2O) Johnny, finding life a bore Drank some H2SO4. Johnny's father, quick to see Gave Johnny CaCO3. Now he's neutralised, its true But he's full of CO2 (and a bit of H2O, of course, but that would spoil the rhyme)

How I wish I could recollect 3 . 1 4 1 5 9 Pi ... 22/7 Kids don't need it these days !!!! Gill

Patricia, and stAnding still is stationAry........... Bob

Dr. ABC for first aid. Check for Danger check for Response check airway check Breathing check circulation RICE for treating sprains Reassure Ice pack Compress (not too much nowadays) elevate The old one for stalictites and stalicmites. tights always come down but socks might stay up.

There were loads we had in Junior school, but at the mo the only ones I can recall is FATher is FAT and PIEce of PIE. Suex

Dee, trust me, they are not interesting lol I find them an easier way to define cos, tan, sin. Ok I admit that sometimes I find them fun - the sad person that I am lol :-)

Lucia, you are getting all technical now, must admit they sound interesting though I think some of the mnemonics go back to the times before children had pen and paper, or chalk and boards, and had to learn things by heart. Dee xx

Has anyone used cast diagrams? so I know what quadrants I should use, I use: Sex¦And -----¦----- The¦ City :-)

Vicky The play was written by Tom Stoppard, I think Dee xx

a very obscure one, may have been invented by my dad Some Old Horses Can Always Hide Their Old Age formulae for trigomometry Sine = Opposite (over) hypotenuse Cosine = Adjacent (over) Hypotenuse Tangent = Opposite (over) adjacent still haunts me 40 years later!!! Dont suppose we need these now, with calculators. My musical one was Every Good Boy Deserves Favour. didn't someone write a play with this name?

I learnt one in history class, reasons for the extension in the franchise for women: Technology Economy Social change Culture pOlitical :-)

I love the one for Glasgow, Christine Dee ;-))

At school for helping spell place names we had GLASGOW Granny Likes A Small Glass O' Whisky EDINBURGH Edward Died In November Buried Under Robert Graham's House for BECAUSE we had Big Elephants Can Add Up Sums Easily Christine

For naming the planets in order we use: My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets. Carolyn

To remember how to spell Genealogy Genealogists Examine Needed Evidence At Lots Of Grave Yards Christine

Aileen You mentioning separate brings back memories of someone telling me that if you assume something you are making an ' ass out of u and me' Dee xx

'Big Elephants Can't Always Use Small Exits' is one we use to remember how to spell BECAUSE. One of my sons could never spell 'said' so we used Sally Ann Is Disgusting. Also, Never Eat Shredded Wheat for the points on a compass. Carolyn

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Contains every letter of the alphabet used when learnng to type. Germaine x

'Spring forward, fall back'....a way to remember how the clocks are changed- forward one hour in Spring and back one hour in Autumn 'Separate is A RAT of a word to spell!'......helps spell this very misspelled word (separate not seperate) 'When 2 vowels go walking, the first does the talking'......eg: moat, eat etc-

Many young Australian, Kiwi and British children remember the compass points in order in clockwise with the phrase Never Eat Soggy Weet-bix, or Never Eat Shredded Wheat (North, East, South, West).