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cm0002@lemdro.id to Funny@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 16 days ago

Mnemonic device to remember the Great Lakes

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Mnemonic device to remember the Great Lakes

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cm0002@lemdro.id to Funny@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 16 days ago
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  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    Clearly the mnemonic device is

    Shake My Head … Ehm… Ooooooooh

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      Shaking My Head. Ew, Ohio.

      • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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        i was just suggesting another but this seems appropriate

    • Jyek@sh.itjust.works
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    i prefer Schmoe

    Squirrels Hate Mice Or Elephants

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    Including a map that doesn’t show the lake names is a nice touch.

  • Drekaridill@lemmy.wtf
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    Is Lake Michigan the one next to Michigan or the other one next to Michigan?

    • modus@lemmy.world
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      Michiganagain.

    • drcobaltjedi@programming.dev
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      The western lake, though lake Michigan and Huron are actually a single lake, and also Michigan borders 4 of the 5 great lakes.

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    Which one is superior?

    • cm0002@lemdro.idOP
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      Superior

    • drcobaltjedi@programming.dev
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      The northern most lake. Fun fact about Lake Superior, it contains 10% of all surface freshwater in the world.

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      The one that gives +1 swimming.

    • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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      It’s the one that looks like a big lake

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    ‘Homes’ for just the names. Or, for largest to smallest, ‘Some Horses Must Eat Oats’.

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    Oh. I learned it as Lucy Loves Licking Labia Lustily. Still, same thing.

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    It’s important to know that the “Lisa” in question is the one from Minneapolis stalwarts Wendy & Lisa.

  • ZeroGravitas@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    You had one job, MOSHE

    Go homes

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    Jokes on them, they accidentally gave us the amazing mnemonic device of SMHEO

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      Sailor Moon’s head exploded once

  • wraekscadu@vargar.org
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    Does anyone remember the Great Lakes analogue in the Geronimo Stilton books?

    Lake Lake, Lake Lakelake and Lake Lakelakelake

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    https://youtu.be/BNVQ8k-5BFc

  • 𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢@lemmy.world
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    I can only remember Huronsohn.

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    This is similar to how I remember the relative locations of West African nations. Sierra Leone is left of Liberia.

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    All that I ever see when I look at a silhouette map of the Great lakes is a dog pooping.

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