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[Scalyback]

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A mnemonic is where the letters stand for words, used in the army a lot, like for a fire order we used CLAP (Clear, Loud, As an order, with Pauses)



Today, my RE chums, We reverse this and try to work out the common mnemonic in the sentences below.



Suicidal Part Requires A God

Starter Pushing Ruined Another Gear

Some Parts Really Aren't Good

Splined Part, Really Awful Grade

Some Parts Rarely Are Good

Starting Produced Really Awful Grinding

Somebody Please Redesign Another Gear

Stupid Piece Really Annoys Guys (or Girls)



Why not add one yourself?



The winning mnemonic gets sent to Mr. V Vikram, senior engine designer at RE! (Maybe)












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[Presto]

Sorry Scalyback - I've tried to avoid doing a reply but I can't hold back any longer!
'Acronym' is I think the word for this type of thing.
REgards

[Norm]

Scaly, I can't see Vicram being too impressed with all this SPRAG talk

[Scalyback]

Er, no

acronyms are covered by mnemonics but not vice versa.

[PeteF]

An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial components in a phrase or a word.
A mnemonic is a learning technique that aids information retention, usually in an easily remembered phrase.
So these are mnemonics and the acronym of all of them is SPRAG (sort of)
The best thing to do with the whole issue is to forget about it and use the kick-starter! You wouldn't need the mnemonic then

[Presto]

Exactly PeteF! We must be using the same dictionary! But it'd be a pity just to forget it

[Scalyback]

Luckily, I used to be of the opinion that if you can't kick your own bike, then you don't deserve it.



Having taken the advice of the forum, i never use the leccy start now!



Er, can my sprag still go even if I only kickstart?

[Dennis C]

Yes.

[Martin]

Let our resident poet have his asy
without a pedantic dictionary definition.
He is amongst our top ten creative
contributors on here both visually and
poetically..kinda adds spice to the
what grade oil queries. Carry on Scaly

[Dennis C]

Commonly encountered mnemonics are often used for lists and in auditory form, such as short poems, acronyms, or memorable phrases, but mnemonics can also be used for other types of information and in visual or kinesthetic forms.

From Wikipedia.

I agree with Gordon, (Hmm where have I heard that before?).