Mnemonics

I had a dream today about a girl with an interesting superpower: she could make the people around her invisible at will. I wonder whether that or becoming invisible yourself is more financially exploitable.

The knot of the day is the Bowline on a Bight, which creates a double loop in the middle of a rope (that last part might be plagiarism but there are only so many ways to convey that meaning):


image borrowed from animatedknots.com

A.k.a. boring as a...what's a bight?

I did a lot of French flashcards today. As my brain gets more and more saturated, I need to rely more on mnemonics. Here's a random sampler. Some are based on the pronunciation, some on the spelling, some on images that point in the direction of the French word. Basic knowledge of French pronunciation and a very loose definition of "makes sense" may be assets.

(Some accents may be missing or wrong)

My earl gray too! Noooo! (malgré tout - despite everything)
"Say 'Tundra!' or you can't get up!" (s'étendre - sprawl out, lie down)
Chevy rides over someone's ankle, crushing it (la cheville - ankle)
Checkmate (l'échec - failure)
Hate test in hate class. They time you to see how fast you can hate someone so you have to hurry. (hâter - hurry)
Oh, Sara A! + something rated R (serrer - to squeeze, tighten)
Baloo (poilu - hairy)
You're in the middle of two hungry tigers and you're the meal, "meal you" (milieu - middle)
"this I want (but can't have)" (decevant - disappointing)
Mom, I brought back Rapper Tay, he's going to live with us from now on (rapporter - bring back)
Ack! Someone hang that roach right away! (accrocher - to hang)
This (insert four letter word that sounds like the French word after the é) is too narrow, eh? (étroite - narrow)
A ring on a finger is like a bag over your head (la bague - ring)
A giant flea is biting pieces of flesh off a dog. Dog gets up and says: "Will you stop that? That is SO irritating." (affligeante - annoying, irritating)
"Sorry, you have to have a menage a trois before you can have your breakfast." (le menage - household chores)
Uncle Jesus wants YOU to be a nun (l'annonce - advertisement)
"I believe this part of an ear belongs to you?" (appartenir - to belong)
Hotel sign: sorry, we have mice (un souris - mouse)
Say Kuwait three times fast while you shake your booty (secouer - shake)
Gryaznaya luzha with fishes (louche - fishy, shady)
"Holy crap you have a thick epee!" (epais - thick)

Two more songs uploaded today on YouTube and TuDou ("Money" and "Go Away").