tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 27 23:42:16 2001
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RE: Mnemonics
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> From: Robyn Stewart [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 9:12 PM
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> Subject: Mnemonics
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> mu'tay' chu' vIqaw 'e' vI'olmeH jIqIm. chu'chu'be' HochHom 'ach
> yIHaghQo'. tlhIngan mu'ghom wa'DIchDaq tu'lu'be'chugh, jIHvaD chu'.
>
> These are not all mine, and not the first time they've been posted, but
> like the word of the day a review can't hurt.
>
> word mnemonic
> chan China - in the east
> tIng ArgenTINa - except for Chile, as far southwest as
> you can get
Whenever I look at a compass, I always just think of an enCHAN-TING
'EVening.
> 'ev Everett, a city in Washington State, the American
> "Northwest"
Alfred Hitchcock had a movie named "North by Northwest" featuring Eva Saint
Marie as Eve Kendall.
> me' me - I'm female, female parent's sister
Auntie Em (from the Land of Oz) spelled backwards.
> 'e'mam the other side
Aunt Mame spelled backwards
> 'IrneH mom wears earrings
Uncle Henry spelled backwards
> tennuS dad played tennis
Danny Thomas Show (American TV in the 1960s) had an Uncle Tenus (teh-NOOSE)
> tey' confide in same sex friends - sibling same sex as parent
Don't the Brittish tend to gossip while sipping their favorite flavored hot
water?
> wen when did it happen? whence is an old word
After the full moon has passed, it wanes.
> waQ wacky is a new word
As the full moon approaches, it waxes.
> ret a long time AGO ret meant to soak flax
A long time ago in a movie, someone said, "Frankly, Scarlot, I don't give a
damn."
charghwI'