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I have created a rough mnemonic to use to memorize the order of the runes. I would like some input/improvements for it. I repeat: it is ROUGH! LOL

Eleven
Elders
Take
Note
Every
Itchy
Time
Readers
Order
Through
Amazon.
Some
Shouldn't
Do
Heavy
Iowa
Lumber,
Kosher
Farmer
Leavened
Pumpkins,
Umber
Male
Islander
Garb,
Verdant
Ohio
Lotuses,
Super
Bee
Jalopies,
(and)
Cheap
Zodiacs.

Let me know what ya'll think.
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I have created a rough mnemonic to use to memorize the order of the runes. I would like some input/improvements for it. I repeat: it is ROUGH! LOL

Eleven
Elders
Take
Note
Every
Itchy
Time
Readers
Order
Through
Amazon.
Some
Shouldn't
Do
Heavy
Iowa
Lumber,
Kosher
Farmer
Leavened
Pumpkins,
Umber
Male
Islander
Garb,
Verdant
Ohio
Lotuses,
Super
Bee
Jalopies,
(and)
Cheap
Zodiacs.

Let me know what ya'll think.
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Schnorki 4093Moderator

PC
Shouldn't mnemonic devices result in a proper, logical sentence or the like to make them actually easier to remember, rather than be equally challenging to remember by being a seemingly rather random combination of phrases and words, meaning you just have even more unrelated stuff to recall instead? I always found unrelated, non-coherent mnemonics harder to remember than just remembering the thing itself. With the only exception being "Soh cah toa", thanks to it being nice and short as well as earworm-level melodic.
Unless you're starting with a mind palace/walk type thing but that's a different story entirely.

That's the challenge of it after all, not to just turn it into something else but to turn it into something that's actually easier to remember.

Came up with one to remember German chancellors (since the BRD that is) just for the hell of it but having had 2 new ones since then makes it a challenge to expand logically while not changing the original/starting sentence so that can stay burned into your skull.

For the German-curious:
Alle ehemaligen Kanzler braucht sich keine Sau merken (sagt Mama).
-> Adenauer Erhard Kiesinger Brandt Schmidt Kohl Schroeder Merkel (Scholz Merz).
(And yes, I'm not counting Scheel's 9 days :P)
Fingers crossed the next one starts with an I or something so I can just slap on an "immer". ^^

(Logically translated: (Mum says) noone needs to bother remembering all former chancellors)

Similarly, still haven't actually fixed our solar system's mnemonic (Mein Vater erklaert mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten) since Pluto stopped being a planet. Or I choose to ignore it I suppose since Pluto has a right to not be forgotten. Which is itself unfair to Ceres, Haumea, Makemake and Eris. So...ah, f it.

Fun side bit:
If you actively use (logical, coherent) mnemonics in multiple languages, they not only help to remember the thing itself but actually also keep a minimum of the language and accent alive for ya. Helps me keep at least a minimum of Spanish competency for example, despite (sadly) hardly having used the language in years.



(Alternatively, simple mind-numbing random repetition also helps I guess. After decades of sorting D2 runes, I actually have that order engraved onto my brain with no mnemonics needed. Similarly, to this day, I still have a Q3 Arena CD Key memorized from by now 25+ years ago.)

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d2jsp 128

Europe PC PC
In Asia, runes are simply referred to by numbers.

Good day to you partner!
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