I Before E (except after c): Old School Ways to Remember Stuff
Can you remember the colours of the rainbow in their correct order? Then meet our friend Roy G. Biv, the letters of whose name conveniently do this for your – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.
That simple mnemonic and many others is the basis of Judy Parkinson’s book. She also deploys acronyms; for example SKILL. This gives you the excretory organs of the body: Skin, Kidneys, Intestines, Liver Lungs. Every Good Boy Deserves Favour supplies the list of the notes on the line of the treble clef: E, G, B, D, F.
You will astonish your friends (and perhaps yourself) with your ability to recall many facts with consummate ease if you buy this book.
Michael O’Mara Books, 2007, 176 pages. Hardback.
Price £9.99