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MUSCOVITE Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Mr. Roy G.Biv and similar stuff

Hi,

(1) Let me ask you a very naive question

Why does Mr Roy G.Biv sound so "catchy" to you native speakers (to have been selected to designate the order of the colors in the visible spectrum)? If there is an interesting story behind this "school cliche", please share it with me.

(2) My very excellent mother just served us noodles (Mercury - Venus - etc)

Any other (common) examples of this kind? Emotion: smile

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Biv sound so "catchy" to you native speakers (to have been selected to designate the order of the colors in the visible spectrum)? If there is an interesting story behind this "school cliche", please share it with me. No story.

— Mister Micawber

  • Biv sound so "catchy" to you native speakers (to have been selected to designate the order of the colors in the visible spectrum)?
  • If there is an interesting story behind this "school cliche", please share it with me.
  • No story.
  • That's the best we can do with the initial letters of the colours of the rainbow (even with indigo thrown in for another vowel).
  • MUSCOVITE (2) My very excellent mother just served us noodles (Mercury - Venus - etc) Oh, thank you!
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MUSCOVITEWhy does Mr Roy G.Biv sound so "catchy" to you native speakers (to have been selected to designate the order of the colors in the visible spectrum)? If there is an interesting story behind this "school cliche", please share it with me.
No story. That's the best we can do with the initial letters of the colours of the rainbow (even with indigo thrown
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Oh! 'Every good boy does fine'.
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Richard of York Gave battle in vain.
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Mister MicawberOh! 'Every good boy does fine'.
Thank you, MM! Emotion: shake hands
Just checked the n
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Fanboys: coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

Kings play chess on fine grain sand: taxonomy (Kingdom, phyllum, class, order, family, genus, species)

Soh Cah Toa: trigonometry (sine-opposite-hypoteneuse, cosine-adjacent-hypoteneuse, tangent-opposite-adjacent)
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