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Old 2008-08-05, 12:54   Link #44
tripperazn
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Originally Posted by LiberLibri View Post
Can you tell what it means?
ポチはん ゆるして ブルブル あるよ
Hint: Po - Cz - Hun - Yu - Ro - Bul - Al

However I think students in other countries employ similar techniques; otherwise, how can they remember?
Japanese Mnemonic Devices are so ingenious, I've memorized the entire sequence by just reading it once. The one where you include the entire periodic table is a story by itself

American ones are really lame in comparison: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

Each of the starting letters represents a mathematical operation in sequence for the order of operations in basic arithmetic (Parentheses Exponents Multiplication Division Addition Subtraction).
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