Languages
Mnemonic device
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
To type or write every letter of the alphabet.
nr 10 - submitted by Anonymous (10-12-2005)
Mnemonic device
X marks the spot right HERE: esta (Spanish for 'this one') vs. esa ('that one')
Spanish words 'esta' and 'esa' are easily confused-- remembering that the one with the t (which looks a bit like an x...) is the one that's here, not there, makes them easy to remember.
nr 73 - submitted by Anonymous (11-09-2005)
Mnemonic device
If in the air you see a bus then it must be 'au dessus', if on the ground you see a mouse then it must be 'au dessous'.
Differentiate between two similar sounding French prepositions
nr 176 - submitted by Bradnick (10-15-2006)
Mnemonic device
aequor, marmor, cor decline neuterarbor feminine
means of remembering gender of Latin nouns
nr 234 - submitted by Bradnick (12-13-2006)
Mnemonic device
T A M
The mnemonic gives the sequence (Tenues, Aspirantes, Mediae) of the Sound shifts (Lautverschiebungen) in Germanic languages as proposed by Prof Grimm
nr 235 - submitted by Bradnick (12-13-2006)