Monday, July 22, 2013

Mnemonics for Memory


Personally, I love ROY G. BIV, if only because it is a favorite crossword puzzle answer.

However, I did not create it. Here is one that I used to memorize a staff member's name in India:

Raja Mannequin

His name was Rajamannakam, which was a mouthful for me initially, but I was determined to learn everyone's name and pronounce it correctly. So I broke his name down into this mnemonic:

Raja (means king; that much I could remember easily)

Mannequin (because he always stood stiff and straight and saluted me)

Which I managed to practice enough until I got it right.
Sorry it's a bit blurry, but you can see how stiff and straight he always stood. :)

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