# Help me create a first letter mnemonic

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-create-a-first-letter-mnemonic/453367>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 18, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-create-a-first-letter-mnemonic/453367 "2008-06-18T17:25:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-create-a-first-letter-mnemonic/453367/1 "2008-06-18T17:25:52Z")

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Can anyone help me create a mnemonic out of the letters below, that is appropriate in a business context? The final order of the letters does not matter. And they can divide into two or more words.

C (or CR, but these two letters have to stay together)  
O  
F  
A  
A  
D

The theme of the words starting with these letters is “values.”

Thanks ever so much teeming millions! I am horribly terrible at anagrams, and I know some people find this stuff fun to play with, so I thought I’d just put it out there.  
rivulus

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**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-create-a-first-letter-mnemonic/453367/2 "2008-06-18T17:31:36Z")

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[QUOTE=rivulus]  
C (or CR, but these two letters have to stay together)  
O  
F  
A  
A  
D  
[/QUOTE]  
Call A Friend And Dine Out.  
If you’re into film noir: CAFé DOA. (This is a loverly pun: é sounds like et which means and, and the accented letter is the only one you don’t need to remember.)

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**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-create-a-first-letter-mnemonic/453367/3 "2008-06-18T18:39:13Z")

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Cool. Call A Friend And Dine Out – I’ll bet I could tie that into “networking” and even “teamwork” by the time I’m done with it. 🙂

Personally, I love CAFé DOA, but I wonder if my audience would get it.