strollin
Experienced Member
A mnemonic is just a simple memory helper, who cares if it's PC or not. Geesh.
A mnemonic is just a simple memory helper, who cares if it's PC or not. Geesh.
I usually have a "Yeah, right on!" mental reaction to your posts, and don't have much use for most PC nonsense myself, but I can see how some people, especially women, might be as annoyed/offended by casual use of the word 'rape' as they might by the 'F' word. Use whatever works for ya mentally, but something to keep in mind when using it verbally...A mnemonic is just a simple memory helper, who cares if it's PC or not. Geesh.
Yeah, I've been trying, but it ain't easy to reprogram my brain and replace Bad Boys... with Big Beautiful...; so far Big Beautiful Redheads is working better for me than Roses, unfortunately...I suppose the problem that some have is that mnemonics are also a teaching device and you don't want to give the wrong idea when teaching. The flowers one is pretty good, although not as classy as "On Old Olympus' Towering Tops A Friendly Viking Grew Vines and Hops"
Yeah, curiously 47 and 10 are the only two values that I recognize immediately, 47 probably from the tube and analogue days and 10 (K) from the TTL world...At any rate, you know you've arrived when you can pick out a 47K resistor from a pile and have to pause and think about what colors were on the resistor.
Of course, use whatever works for you in your mind, but as Sombunall points out if you use that sort of talk with her or other women you just might be perceived to be a crude and inconsiderate boor and be treated accordingly.You all can use whatever mnemonic you choose. I learned that one 40 years ago in High School electronics class and I have been able to remember it since then. I'm too old to try and learn a new one when the old one worked so well for me!
I'm still working on something memorable to follow "Big Beautiful Redheads" and maybe end in "Very Good/Generous/? Women"... ;-)Strollin, thank heavens that whatever mnemonic you use, it's easy to remember what the words stand for. I can't say the same for "On Old Olympus..."