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== Spelling ==
* "'i' before 'e' except after 'c'" is a commonly taught mnemonic rule of spelling, but it is false. The following words break the rule: conscience, society, eighty, science, atheist, leisure, heights, Eiffel (as in [[Eiffel Tower]]), beige, feisty, heinous, sheik, dreidel, geisha, [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]], caffeine, protein, rottweiller, kaleidoscope, zeitgeist, reified.
** To deal with the many counter-examples, sometimes the rule is extended to "'i' before 'e' except after 'c' when the sound is 'ee' or when the sound is 'a' as in neighbor and weigh".
* Spelling of the word 'arithmentic':
** "'''A''' '''R'''at '''I'''n '''T'''he '''H'''ouse '''M'''ay '''E'''at ''T'''he '''I'''ce '''C'''ream"
* Spelling of the word 'because':
** "'''B'''ig '''E'''lephants '''C'''an '''A'''lways '''U'''nderstand '''S'''mall '''E'''lephants"
* Spelling of the word 'business':
** "You take the '''bus''' to '''bus'''iness"
* Spelling of the word 'geography':
** "'''G'''eorge '''E'''liot's '''o'''ld '''g'''randmother '''r'''ode '''a''' '''p'''ig '''h'''ome '''y'''esterday"
* Spelling of the word 'Mississippi':
** "M I crooked letter, crooked letter I, crooked letter, crooked letter I, humpback, humpback I"
* Spelling of the word 'necessary':
** "'''N'''ever '''E'''at '''C'''ress '''E'''at '''S'''alad '''S'''andwiches '''A'''nd '''R'''emain '''Y'''outhful!"
** "A vicar has one collar and two socks" (one 'c', two 's')
* Spelling of 'separate':
** "There is always a rat in 'separate'"
** "Keep your '''para'''chute in se'''para'''te"
* Spelling of 'stationary'/'stationery':
** "Stationery has an 'e' as in '''e'''nvelope, stationary has an '''a''' as in '''a'''utomobile"
** "Station'''er'''y is for pap'''er'''. Station'''ar'''y is for p'''ar'''ked c'''ar'''."
== Mathematics ==
== Mathematics ==
* Sin = Obtuse / Hypotenuse; Cosine = Adjacent / Hypotenuse; Tangent = Obtuse / Adjacent – see [[trigonometry]]
* Sin = Obtuse / Hypotenuse; Cosine = Adjacent / Hypotenuse; Tangent = Obtuse / Adjacent – see [[trigonometry]]
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* Order of the [[planets]]: [[Mercury]], [[Venus]], [[Terra]] (or [[Earth]]), [[Mars]], [[Asteroids]], [[Jupiter]], [[Saturn]], [[Uranus]], [[Neptune]] and [[Pluto]]
* Order of the [[planets]]: [[Mercury]], [[Venus]], [[Terra]] (or [[Earth]]), [[Mars]], [[Asteroids]], [[Jupiter]], [[Saturn]], [[Uranus]], [[Neptune]] and [[Pluto]]
** "'''M'''other '''v'''ery '''t'''houghtfully '''m'''ade '''a''' '''j'''elly '''s'''andwich '''u'''nder '''n'''o '''p'''rotest"
** "'''M'''other '''v'''ery '''t'''houghtfully '''m'''ade '''a''' '''j'''elly '''s'''andwich '''u'''nder '''n'''o '''p'''rotest"
==Engineering==
==Engineering==
* The color code on electronic [[resistors]]: [[Black]] = 0, [[Brown]] = 1, [[Red]] = 2, [[Orange]] = 3, [[Yellow]] = 4, [[Green]] = 5, [[Blue]] = 6, [[Violet]] = 7, [[Gray]] = 8, [[White]] = 9
* The color code on electronic [[resistors]]: [[Black]] = 0, [[Brown]] = 1, [[Red]] = 2, [[Orange]] = 3, [[Yellow]] = 4, [[Green]] = 5, [[Blue]] = 6, [[Violet]] = 7, [[Gray]] = 8, [[White]] = 9
** "'''B'''ad '''b'''oys '''r'''avish '''o'''ur '''y'''oung '''g'''irls '''b'''ut '''V'''iolet '''g'''oes '''w'''illingly"
** "'''B'''ad '''b'''oys '''r'''avish '''o'''ur '''y'''oung '''g'''irls '''b'''ut '''V'''iolet '''g'''oes '''w'''illingly"
==Medicine==
* [[Beta blockers]] end in "olol" which looks like two lower-case backwards B's: [[acebutolol]], [[betaxolol]], [[bisoprolol]], [[oxprenolol]], [[propranolol]].
* [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]]-prevention public health policy: "ABC" – [[abstinence|'''a'''bstinence]], '''b'''e faithful, use [[condom|'''c'''ondoms]].

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Spelling

  • "'i' before 'e' except after 'c'" is a commonly taught mnemonic rule of spelling, but it is false. The following words break the rule: conscience, society, eighty, science, atheist, leisure, heights, Eiffel (as in Eiffel Tower), beige, feisty, heinous, sheik, dreidel, geisha, Einstein, caffeine, protein, rottweiller, kaleidoscope, zeitgeist, reified.
    • To deal with the many counter-examples, sometimes the rule is extended to "'i' before 'e' except after 'c' when the sound is 'ee' or when the sound is 'a' as in neighbor and weigh".
  • Spelling of the word 'arithmentic':
    • "'A Rat In The House May Eat The Ice Cream"
  • Spelling of the word 'because':
    • "Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants"
  • Spelling of the word 'business':
    • "You take the bus to business"
  • Spelling of the word 'geography':
    • "George Eliot's old grandmother rode a pig home yesterday"
  • Spelling of the word 'Mississippi':
    • "M I crooked letter, crooked letter I, crooked letter, crooked letter I, humpback, humpback I"
  • Spelling of the word 'necessary':
    • "Never Eat Cress Eat Salad Sandwiches And Remain Youthful!"
    • "A vicar has one collar and two socks" (one 'c', two 's')
  • Spelling of 'separate':
    • "There is always a rat in 'separate'"
    • "Keep your parachute in separate"
  • Spelling of 'stationary'/'stationery':
    • "Stationery has an 'e' as in envelope, stationary has an a as in automobile"
    • "Stationery is for paper. Stationary is for parked car."

Mathematics

  • Sin = Obtuse / Hypotenuse; Cosine = Adjacent / Hypotenuse; Tangent = Obtuse / Adjacent – see trigonometry
    • SOH CAH TOA

Science

Engineering

Medicine

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