# What memory phrases have you created? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-memory-phrases-have-you-created/556247 "2010-10-06T13:35:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-memory-phrases-have-you-created/556247/41 "2010-10-07T16:02:58Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > There’s a neat card trick that depends on the qualities of this array: > > GOOSE > BIBLE > ATLAS > THIGH > > Each row contains a double letter and a letter in common with each other row. > > The trick: (works with up to ten trickees) > > -Deal out 10 2-card groups face down on a surface. > > -Have your trickee(s) select a 2-card group, memorize it, and set it back down while your back is turned or you leave the room. > > - Without mixing the groups together, pick all of them up > > - Lay them out face-up according to the array above. > > -Ask the trickee(s) to tell you which row or rows his/her/their cards are in. > > -Point out, or pick up, the indicated groups and amaze all involved. Nevermind. I found the link that does into detail. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-memory-phrases-have-you-created/556247/42 "2010-10-07T19:03:45Z")
A friend of mine in high school came up with this one to remember the geometry formulas for sine, cosine, and tangent: **S** ome **O** ld **H** ens **C** ackle **A** nd **H** owl **T** il **O** ld **A** ge **S** ome **O** ld **H** ens -\> **S** ine = **O** pposite / **H** ypotenuse **C** ackle **A** nd **H** owl -\> **C** osine = **A** djacent / **H** ypotenuse **T** il **O** ld **A** ge -\> **T** angent = **O** pposite / **A** djacent ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-memory-phrases-have-you-created/556247/43 "2010-10-07T19:24:51Z")
I can’t think of any I’ve invented at the moment, but when my kids are trying to study for tests, I can usually come up with something rude which helps them remember. I vividly recall Grandma teaching us to spell occupy: “Oh see, see! You pee! Why?” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-memory-phrases-have-you-created/556247/44 "2010-10-07T20:14:01Z")
What’s almost as much fun as coming up with neat phrases to remember difficult sequences by, is taking simple and easy to remember things and making complicated mnemonics for them. Example: STOP Skid Tires On Pavement Shouldn’t Tease Our Policemen It gets even worse when acronyms for good old Anglo-Saxon words are invented: Found Under Carnal Knowledge And I have been debating whether to share my PIN for my bank card which, for some bizarre reason, I remember better as a phrase than as a 4-digit number. Betty’s A Crummy Floozie ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-memory-phrases-have-you-created/556247/45 "2010-10-07T20:38:07Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > A friend of mine in high school came up with this one to remember the geometry formulas for sine, cosine, and tangent: > > **S** ome **O** ld **H** ens > **C** ackle **A** nd **H** owl > **T** il **O** ld **A** ge > > **S** ome **O** ld **H** ens -\> **S** ine = **O** pposite / **H** ypotenuse > > **C** ackle **A** nd **H** owl -\> **C** osine = **A** djacent / **H** ypotenuse > > **T** il **O** ld **A** ge -\> **T** angent = **O** pposite / **A** djacent We used the Native American sounding name: Sohcahtoa (So-ca-tow-a) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-memory-phrases-have-you-created/556247.md?page=2)