# Recite a sequence by heart! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2001, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206 "2001-07-30T07:58:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/21 "2001-07-30T17:43:04Z")
Rollo, William Longsword, Richard I, Richard II, William the Conqueror, Robert Curthose, William Rufus, etc. The early dukes of Normandy. Edward the Confessor, William I, William Rufus, Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, Richard I, John, etc. The kings of England. Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius (Caligula), Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, Nerva, Trajan… 100 years of Roman Emperors. andra moi ennepe, mousa, polutropon+, hos mala polla planchthê, epei Troiês hieron ptoliethron epersen: pollôn d’ anthrôpôn iden astea kai noon egnô, polla d’ ho g’ en pontôi pathen algea hon kata thumon, arnumenos hên te psuchên kai noston hetairôn. all’ oud’ hôs hetarous errusato, hiemenos per: autôn gar spheterêisin atasthaliêisin olonto, nêpioi, hoi kata bous Huperionos Êelioio êsthion: autar ho toisin apheileto nostimon êmar. tôn hamothen ge, thea, thugater Dios, eipe kai hêmin. The first ten lines of the Odyssey. Dies irae, dies illa solvet saeclum, in favilla teste david cum sybilla quantus tremor est futurus quando iudex est venturus cuncta stricte discusurus tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulchra regionum coget omnes ante thronum… It goes on for another 15 verses or so. I know them all. Dies Irae, by Thomas of Celano, c. 1215. Just thinking of that opens the floodgates of poetry…don’t even get me started with more poetry. You all get the idea. It’s amazing I have enough room left to speak English. ---
**Author:** ![Syzygy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Syzygy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syzygy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2001, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/22 "2001-07-30T17:57:24Z")
Speaking of poetry, I memorized Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” at some point. It was harder than I thought, but here it is: 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. “Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!” He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought – So rested he by the Tumtum tree. And stood awhile in thought. And as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came! One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. “And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” He chortled in his joy. 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. -Lewis Carroll ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2001, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/23 "2001-07-30T18:02:35Z")
Poezd’ pribyl - nakonechnaia stantsiya, Primorskaya. Ostorozhno, dveri zakryvaiutsa! Names of U.S. Presidents. Pssh, big deal. George Washington 1789 - 1797 Grover Cleveland 1885-1889 John Adams 1797 - 1801 Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893 Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809 Grover Cleveland 1893-1897 James Madison 1809-1817 William McKinley 1897-1901 James Monroe 1817-1825 Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 John Quincy Adams 1825-1829 William Howard Taft 1909-1913 Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921 Martin Van Buren 1836-1841 Warren Gamaliel Harding 1921-1923 William Henry Harrison 1841 Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 John Tyler 1841-1845 Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 James Knox Polk 1845-1849 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933-1945 Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 Harry S Truman 1945-1953 Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 Dwight David Eisenhower 1953-1961 Franklin Pierce 1853-1857 John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1961-1963 James Buchanan 1857-1861 Lyndon Baines Johnson 1963-1969 Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 Richard Milhous Nixon 1969-1974 Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 Gerald Rudolph Ford 1974-1977 Ulysses Simpson Grant 1869-1877 James Earl Carter, Jr. 1977-1981 Rutherford Birchall Hayes 1877-1881 Ronald Wilson Reagan 1981-1989 James Abram Garfield 1881 George Herbert Walker Bush 1989-1993 Chester Alan Arthur 1881-1885 William Jefferson Clinton 1993-2001 and, of course, George Walker Bush 2001. Sorry it’s a mess - can’t get the code to work right. Hwaet! We gar-dena in geardagum Theodcyninga thrym gefrunon Hu tha aethelingas ellen fremedon… first three lines of _Beowulf_. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/24 "2001-07-30T18:05:44Z")
\*\*The geologic time scale: \*\* Phanerozoic Eon Cenozoic Era Quaternary Period Holocene Epoch Pleistocene Epoch Tertiary Period Pliocene Epoch Miocene Epoch Oligocene Epoch Eocene Epoch Paleocene Epoch Mesozoic Era Cretaceous Period Jurassic Period Triassic Period Paleozoic Era Permian Period Carboniferous Period Pennsylvanian Period Mississippian Period Devonian Period Silurian Period Ordovician Period Cambrian Period Precambrian Time Proterozoic Era Vendian Period Archaean Era Hadean Time (Ok so it makes more sense if you see it diagrammed out with the corresponding time periods. I had to do that on every geology test I took for 2 years in college.) **New England prehistoric timeline (where BP=years before 1950):** Paleoindian 12,000-9,000 years BP Early Archaic 9,000-7,000 years BP Middle Archaic 7,000-5,000 years BP Late Archaic 5,000-3,400 years BP Early Woodland 3,400-2,000 years BP Middle Woodland 2,000-1,200 years BP Late Woodland 1,200-350 years BP Contact 350-250 years BP I’d give you the New England projectile points typology, but you’d all die of boredom… I think archaeology Latin for “the science of memorizing lots of stuff”. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2001, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/25 "2001-07-30T19:19:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scott \* > \*\*“ **Ba** d **Bo** ys **R** ape **O** nly **Y** oung **G** irls, **B** ut **V** iolet **G** ives **W** illingly.” > > **B** l **a** ck, **B** r **o** wn, **R** ed, **O** range, **Y** ellow, **G** reen, **B** lue, **V** iolet, **G** ray, **W** hite. > \*\* Alternately, **Ba** d **B** eer **R** ots **O** ur **Y** oung **G** uts, **B** uy **V** odka **G** in & **W** hiskey. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/26 "2001-07-30T19:37:50Z")
**I D** on’t **P** lay **L** oud **M** usic **A** fter **L** unch. The greek modes: Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian Locrian. In a comparative negligence state, in any accident, each individual will be assessed a percentage of negligence based on their contribution to the causation of the accident, balanced against their attempts to avoid the accident once it became apparent that an accident was likely to occur. Sean Connery, David Niven/Woody Allen (and a host of others), George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2001, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/27 "2001-07-30T21:56:30Z")
You guys are incredible. The only thing I remember is a little French, and I’m sure they’re mispelled… un deux trois quatre cinq sept huit neuf dix onze deuze treize quatorze cinze seize dix-sept dix-huit dix-neuf vingt vingt-et-un vingt-et-deux vingt-trois etc. trente quarante cinquante soizante soizante-et-neuf is as high as I can go… 69! Hah! ---
**Author:** ![dobbinaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dobbinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dobbinaire)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/28 "2001-07-30T22:12:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steve Wright \* > > Every episode of “Blake’s Seven”. In order. > > (Yes, I am a deeply sad geek. No, there is no hope for me at all.) \*\* Yes, there is, **Steve**! I think I just fell in love with you ;). As for myself, so_oo_ mundane … Two allbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonionsona sesameseedbun. Hmmph. I even knew it backwards at one time, like in the commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2001, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/29 "2001-07-30T23:33:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > **Sean Connery, David Niven/Woody Allen (and a host of others), George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan.** > _Underlining mine_ **HEATHEN! MAY WE BURN HIM??** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/30 "2001-07-30T23:49:21Z")
(transferred to modern English cognates because I’m never going to spell it properly in middle English. Rest assured I’m hearing it in my mind in the langue de Chaucer…) When that April with his showers sweet The drought of March hath pierced to the root And bathed every vein in such liquor Of which virtue engendered is the flower When Zephyrus eke with his sweet breath Inspired hath in every holt and heath The tender crops, and the young sun Hath in the Ram his half-course yrun, And small fowls make melody That sleep all the night with open eye, So pricketh them Nature in their courages, Then long folk to go on pilgrimages, And palmers for to seek strange strands, To foreign hallows, couth in sundry lands, And specially from every shire’s end In England to Canterbury they wend, The holy blissful martyr for to seek That them hath helped when that they were sick. (On checking, I find I only missed two words the first time through… _yay!_) ---
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/31 "2001-07-30T23:49:55Z")
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea; But we loved with a love that was more than love I and my Annabel Lee. With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this is the reason that long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee. So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me Yes! That was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we. Of many far wiser than we. And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. And so, all the night tide, I lay down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea In her tomb by the sounding sea. Exactly how memorizing Poe was supposed to prepare me for college I’m not sure, but it by-gods stuck, eh? I can do most of Lenore, too, but I’ve tortured you enough for one day. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/32 "2001-07-31T00:10:21Z")
-No please no, not tonight, please, no mister, Can’t you go, no, I can’t have a scene - -What! -No you, no please, hello, sir! I said no, important customer - -What am I, just a blur? -You sit all night, you never buy - -That’s a lie, that’s a lie! I had a tea the other day - -You couldn’t pay! -Oh yeah… -Benjamin Coffin the Third, here? -Oh, no. -WINE AND BEER! -The enemy of avenue A - we’ll stay. -Oy vey. -What brings a mogul in his own mind to the Life Café? -I would like to propose a toast to Maureen’s noble try. It went well. -Go to hell. -Was the yuppie scum stomped? Not counting the homeless, how many tickets weren’t comp’ed? -Why did Muffy - -ALISON. -miss the show? -There was a death in the family if you must know. -Who died? -Our Akita. -EVITA. -Mimi! I’m surprised! A bright and charming girl like you Hangs out with these slackers, who don’t adhere to deals. They make fun, yet I am the one Attempting to do some good. Or do you really want a neighbourhood Where people piss on your stoop every night? Bohemia, Bohemia, it’s a fallacy in your head: This is Calcutta; Bohemia - is - dead. * * * Dearly beloved, we gather here to say our goodbyes. Here she lies, no-one knew her worth, The late great daughter of Mother Earth, On this night when we celebrate the birth In that little town of Bethlehem, We raise our glass - you bet your ass - To La Vie Bohème. To days of inspiration, playing hooky, making something out of nothing… _ **Here it occurs to me that this is probably all copyrighted, so I’ll just cut it off here. I can’t believe I know an entire sequence for a musical I’ve never even seen, I’m such a faggot.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/33 "2001-07-31T00:10:21Z")
Why are fire trucks red? Because book are read too. Two and two are four. Four times three is twelve. Twelve inches make a ruler. Queen Mary was a ruler. Queen Mary was a ship. All ships sail on seas. All seas have fish. All fish have fins. The Finns were fighting the Russians. And firemen are always rushin’. I have my father to thank for filling premium space in my brain with this. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/34 "2001-07-31T01:18:02Z")
OK, since someone else did the Greek alphabet (and the same way I would have–all run together)… Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I Samuel (I Kings), II Samuel (II Kings), I Kings (III Kings), II Kings (IV Kings), I Chronicles, II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiates, Song of Solomon (Song of Songs), Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi. and Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts of the Apostles, Romans, I Corinthians, II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, I Thessalonians, II Thessalonians, I Timothy, II Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, I Peter, II Peter, I John, II John, III John, Jude, Revelation. Too easy? Not obscure enough? Well, after writing it, I did check myself on Zechariah/Zephaniah. But I was right. And since Biggirl introduced a choplogic, I’ll do the one I remember: **Proof that there is life after death.** After death there comes a mourning. After morning comes the night. Just past the knight stands the bishop. Over the bishop there is the Pope. The Pope has very serious convictions. After a very serious conviction, you get life. Therefore, there is life after death. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/35 "2001-07-31T01:29:34Z")
This is so lame… Fraud history,payment history,payemnt info,previous addresses,memos,unbilled transactions,last three statements,fraud score,credit bureau score and general account info. Fraud review I do on every call I get at work. Doric,Ionic,Corinthian. Classes of Greek Columns. Jody Davis-c,Leon Durham-1b,Ryne Sandberg-2b,Larry Bowa-ss, Ron Cey-3b,Gary Matthews-lf,Bob Dernier-cf,Keith Moreland-rf. Lineup of the 1984 Chicago Cubs. (but the the batting order. Only Crunchy Frog would know that, and for the Cards) ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/36 "2001-07-31T01:40:28Z")
Hear the sledges with the bells–silver bells What a world of merryment their melody foretells How they tinkle tinkle tinkle tinkle in the icy air of night While the stars that oversprinkle all the heavens seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight Keeping time, time, time, in a sort of rhunic rhyme To the tintinabulation that so musically wells From the bells bells bells bells bells bells bells From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells [from 9th grade english. I’m not sure about the line breaks.] I’ve considered typing out the poem we memorized in French, but my spelling’s atrocious. But it’s all there…complete with the awful hand motions the teacher would do… I’ve got the Fibonacci numbers, too…but mine get interupted: 1,1,2,3,5[eureka!],8,13,21,33… [the power of MathNet… :)] Kings Hate Dogs Usually Despsing Cats More Kilo-Hecto-Deca-Unit Deci-Centi-Milli- I’m SURE there’s more floating around here…and if song lyrics count, I could fill pages… ---
**Author:** ![ndorward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@ndorward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ndorward)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/37 "2001-07-31T01:59:02Z")
```auto Gratefully they evade the halflight rising for me, on the frosty abyss. Rub your fingers with chalk and grass, linctus over the ankle, now TV with the sound off & frame hold in reason beyond that. Paste. Thereby take the foretaste of style, going naked wherever commanded, by the father struck in the plain. His wavy boots glow as he matches the headboard. Do not love this man. He makes Fridays unbearable, with the ominous dullness of the gateway to the Spanish garden. His herb-set teeth are impossible, tropic to R.E.M. and the white doll. .... ``` That’s all I can quote from memory (it goes on for another 3 pages). I typed this in & then with the book in hand went back & fixed the linebreaks & a couple punctuation marks, which of course I couldn’t remember. It’s the opening to J.H. Prynne’s “The Bee Target on His Shoulder”, one of the strangest poems I know. When my 3-year-old is behaving badly I start reciting it to her, which flips her out–“not POET’Y!” I like strange poetry. ---
**Author:** ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/38 "2001-07-31T02:21:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Erika \* > **Kings Hate Dogs Usually Despsing Cats More > Kilo-Hecto-Deca-Unit Deci-Centi-Milli-** Terra, Giga, Mega… …mikro, nano, piko, femto, atto Can anyone do this one all the way from 10[sup]24[/sup] to 10[sup]-24[/sup]? ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/39 "2001-07-31T02:23:36Z")
My contribution just pales in comparison to some of these. But here goes: All the “linking” verbs in English, as told to me in sixth grade: be, am, is, are, was, were, has, have, had, do, did, does, may, might, must, can, could, should, would, shall, will. Interestingly, the goal was to be able to recite them all in under 30 seconds. Now when I try to recall them, I have to say them to myself quickly. Trying to type them out slowly, I lose count. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206/40 "2001-07-31T02:57:45Z")
In addition to having us memorize these: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MilTan \* > \*\* > All the “linking” verbs in English, as told to me in sixth grade: > > be, am, is, are, was, were, has, have, had, do, did, does, may, might, must, can, could, should, would, shall, will. > > \*\* my seventh grade English teacher made us memorize all the personal pronouns (in this order) I, me, my, mine you, your, yours he, him, his she, her, hers it, its we, us, our, ours they, them, their, theirs and in a different language, here are the indefinite and definite articles for German, in Nominativ, Accusativ, Dative, and Genetiv: der die das die den die das die dem der dem den des der des der ein eine ein keine einen eine ein keine einem einer einem keinen eines einer eines keiner the pattern being RESE, NESE, MR. MN, SR SR [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recite-a-sequence-by-heart/74206.md?page=3)