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July 14, 2005
Where the streets have no names
When I first moved to Seattle, I had a hell of a time remembering the street in downtown (no, not the numbered ones, I was able to figure that out on my own). Shannon was kind enought to teach me this great mnemonic device to remember them: Jesus Christ made Seattle under protest.
J - Jefferson, James
C - Cherry, Columbia
M - Marion, Madison
S - Spring, Seneca
U - University, Union
P - Pike, Pine
I have since had the pleasure of sharing this knowledge with many, many people and thought I would pass it on further. Many of the people I teach it to have lived in Seattle for years & years and still don't know which streets are where.
This also led to a funny conversation abour our favorite mnenomic devices, such as:
King Henry died drinking chocolate milk.
FOIL
RAVEN
Bad beer rots our young guts, but vodka goes well
To see what all of these stand for:
Kilo
Hecta
Deca
Deci
Centi
Milli
First, oustide, inside, last - Algebra to multiply two binomials
Remember
Affect
Verb
Effect
Noun
Black
Brown
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Violet
Grey
White
Posted by meloknee at July 14, 2005 07:08 PM
Comments
Did he Create Seattle, or Make it?
Roy G. Biv (for those of us that didn't know what vodka was when learning the colors in 2nd grade).
My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles (and possibly a mysterious 10th planet).
Posted by: Andrew Davis at July 14, 2005 04:08 PM
now, i fix my mistake, so your comment no make sense.
Posted by: melanie at July 14, 2005 04:13 PM
Weird, I just had this conversation with coworkers yesterday and taught them the Seattle street trick.
Also, the notes of the lines in the treble clef:
Every Good Boy Does Fine
and the Bass clef spaces:
All Cows Eat Grass
Posted by: lopolis at July 14, 2005 10:35 PM
I thought the mnemonic went: Jesus Christ Made Seattle Under Pressure. I learned that from a Seattleite when I first moved here in 1991.
Posted by: Ismael at July 19, 2005 02:09 PM