So you’ll recall that when we thought we had twelve planets we started trying to think of new mnemonics to help people remember the planets’ ordering.
For example, from Yvette:
My Very Educated Mother Can’t Justify Someone Using New Planetary Conventions… oh no, they haven’t named the last one yet!!!
Or from Amara’s friend Damien Broderick:
My very eccentric mother’s cook just served us nine pastry coated xylophones
(On the assumption that the last planet would be named Xena.)
Or from astromcnaught:
My View Embraces Moving Classifications, Just Stop Uncovering New Planets Called 2003 UB313
Or from Alan Hamilton (via Robert Greenham):
Most Victorian Euphoniums Make Cats Jump Suddenly Unless Neighbours Play Calming Xylophones.
So what do we do now we actually only have eight? Do we just drop the last “p” word from the famous:
My very educated mother just served us nine pizzas
and change nine to “nachos”, or “nuts”, or what….?
Your opinions and mnemonic suggestions, please.
-cvj
🙂
-cvj
“Many Very Educated Men Justify Stealing Unique Ninth” and “Many Very Educated Men Just Screwed Up Nature” are my favorites, but “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nothing” is good too.
My very educated mother just said U naughty poodle
My very eager mastiff just slobbered under nine potholders
Many very educated men just screwed up nature. Literally.
pPlease know I did not mean to be flippant, regarding the bbirth of the universe. Sometimes it is too easy to sit at a desk far away and write to a perfect stranger as if you’ve grown up together or something.
So to be more explicit, I will add that I was referring ‘my version’ (obviously) of the birth of the universe, which falls much more under the philosophical nature than the scientific. Novice in science research that I am. I do believe that there is much to be learned by bringing certain points to discussion from both scientific and philosophical perspectives. Then unraveling the mystery for the pure joy of remembering where we came from, so many billions of years ago.
Isn’t life fun? I think so. But know, it will be much more fun when all participate fully, without fear or suffering. Oh, that joyful day!
Enjoy!
Oops.. type-o ‘for “theology” to blend with’
Ciao!
Love love love Alan Hamilton’s mnemonic! But must add a new one for theoolgy to blend the blessed with the spiritually awe inspiring mystery of the scientific universe …
Maria Virgin Ethreal Meets Jesus Singing Under Nightsky
Ahhh…Heavenly bliss!
Maybe someday I will tell you of the First Immaculate Conception, otherwise known as the “Birth of the Universe”
Ciao!
I GOT A MNEMONIC ASWELL IT IS
MY VERY EAGER MUM JUSTS SPEAKS UTTERLY NONSENSE PRIVATLY
I GOT A MNEMONIC ASWELL
It’s difficult to come up with a complaint, mnemonically speaking, but here goes…
Most Venerable Earthlings Make Jokes Surrounding Unnatural Nomenclatures.
Funny how the word mneumonic is hard to spell…