2006-12-07 08:49:30 · 11 answers · asked by phillip g 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas
My Very Easy Method Just Simplifies Us Naming Planets
http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/
Except now Pluto isnt considered a planet, who knows when they'll get around to changing it.
2006-12-07 08:52:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
It is a mnemonic trick. An example would be ...
In music and sight singing is a way of assigning syllables to degrees or steps of the diatonic scale or a piano keyboard
do - Doe, a deer, a female deer
re - Ray, a drop of golden sun
mi - Me, a name I call myself
fa - Far, a long long way to run
so - Sew, a needle pulling thread
la - La, a note to follow sew
ti - Tea, I drink with jam and bread
So, for planets, it used to be [back before they downgraded Pluto] My Very Earnest Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
2006-12-07 08:59:38 · answer #2 · answered by istitch2 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My very educated mother just served us nine pizzas. My- Mercury Very- Venus Educated- Earth Mother- Mars Just- Jupiter Served- Saturn Us- Uranus N- Neptune P- Pluto is a pneumonic device.
2006-12-07 09:02:34 · answer #3 · answered by Stacye S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Mnemonic device" is the term used to describe such a thing.
HOMES Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (the spaces on a treble staff)
etc.
2006-12-07 09:00:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's called a mnemonic device, as is any code, sentence, phrase or whatever you use to help you remember something.
2006-12-07 08:58:54 · answer #5 · answered by Honesty 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it's a mnemonic, and it's not just for planets. it's used for remembering just about anything you need to memorize.
2006-12-07 08:58:43 · answer #6 · answered by miss_coco 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, he didn't ask for sentences. He asked what those sentenes are *called*. It is called a mnemonic device (pronounced: nuh-MON-ic).
2006-12-07 08:57:28 · answer #7 · answered by terranrich82 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i agree with what everyone else says cause i had no idea there was a way of remembering it, i just never remembered it...
2006-12-07 12:18:36 · answer #8 · answered by LittleBit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a mnemonic device
2006-12-07 13:14:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"My very educated mother just showed us nine planets."
2006-12-07 08:56:01 · answer #10 · answered by Deonte 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋