dangerous one of us naked eh?

[spatch]

The Gilbreth Memorial Morse Code Cadence Mnemonic (or "ah-HA", as we've discussed in comments) is finished! I hit upon the answer to J while endlessly drumming .--- and now my finger hurts. There are big ups and major props and shout-outs to you super creative people who helped me out with some of the letters. Let's all learn Morse Code, go out for dinner, and annoy the waitstaff with silverware tapping! HERE WE GO:

ah-HA
The Gilbreth Memorial Morse Code Cadence Mnemonic

A   .-    ah-HA
B   -...  BOIS-ter-ous-ly
C   -.-.  CARE-less CHIL-dren
D   -..   DAN-ger-ous
E   .     eh?
F   ..-.  full of FRENCH fries
G   --.   GREEN GUM-balls
H   ....  ha ha ha ha
I   ..    aye-aye
J   .---  ju-DIC-IOUS-LY
K   -.-   KICK a KID
L   .-..  li-NO-le-um
M   --    MY MY
N   -.    NA-ked
O   ---   ONE OF US
P   .--.  pre-TEND PLAS-tic
Q   --.-  QUITE QUEEN e-NOUGH
R   .-.   ram-BUNC-tious
S   ...   si si si
T   -     TIME
U   ..-   un-a-WARES
V   ...-  va-va-va-VOOM
W   .--   wi-NO-NA 
X   -..-  X in the BOX
Y   -.--  YEL-low-STONE PARK
Z   --..  ZAPP BRAN-ni-gan

I think this is one of the coolest spontaneous projects ever, so thank you for being so cool and creative and stuff.

Comments

[reveritas.livejournal.com]

this is FREAKING awesome. thanks. i might actually remember it now.

[glowkitty]

This is brilliant. Seriously.

[mhaille.livejournal.com]

I have just confirmed that my ring tone does indeed spell out "pick up the phone" as promised.
You rule.

[spatch]

Okay, that ring tone thing is awesome too.

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

My ringtone probably spells out something, too--sadly I'm too lazy to decode DEEDLE DOOT DOO DEE DEE...

[joenotcharles.livejournal.com]

AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING DOWN IN

CAT TOWN

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

The "a-HA! Boisterously!" method? (or, shortened, Ahabois, pronounced in the French "a ha bwa")

I mean, it works for the alphabet.

[spatch]

If anything, "a-HA!" needs to be part of the name, since it's so goddamned apt.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

The 'a-HA! code'?

[spatch]

"ah-HA!" it is.

But not "a-ha" since we are not a pop band.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

*grin*

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

wi-NO-NA?
Who pronounces it that way? I've always said "wiNOna" which would be R.
Wonderful idea, but I think the choices still need some work.

[archyroach.livejournal.com]

seems to me the second half of
your post is missing boss the
part where you suggested a great
replacement for w

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. Hmm... how about "we DON'T CARE!" There are other ways to stress the sentence, but that way is at least valid.

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

er, I guess they should all be Ws - maybe "we WON'T WAIT!"?

[joenotcharles.livejournal.com]

I think this has to be "we WON'T WORK!" And it has to be chanted with placards while shoving around scabs.

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Chanting is really necessary to make some of these metrical enough.

[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

Well, this is the primary reason I didn't respond to the previous post. While I don't have a quibble with wi-NO-NA, I do with F, J, and Y, which I am likely to misremember as ..--, .-.., and -..-, respectively, especially Y. I simply didn't have any constructive alternatives to offer.

But let me try my hand at it: For ..-. I might suggest "full of Feelings" or "flight of Fancy" — though both run the risk of being interpreted as -.-. instead. For .--- I might suggest the gut-wrenching "Jedi Jar-Jar," as horrible as the idea is. And for -.-- I would suggest "Yummy Yum Yum."

Now a question I've been curious about. These mnemonic devises are great, but how does one tell when one letter ends and the next begins? Or a word? A sentence?

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

"Jedi Jar-Jar" is "-.--" not ".---". How about "Jerome just jumps"?

[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

You're right. Brain fart! ;) I like "Jerome Just Jumps."

[maga-dogg.livejournal.com]

Man, human brains are bizarre things.
"I can't remember simple information!"
"Here, associate it with a much larger set of vastly more complex information. So much easier."

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

I found this through a friend's friendslist. Beautiful.

[subbes]

totally fucking awesome and you should totally get attention for it because it could really revolutionize morse code learnage.

now do one for ASL

[redtheblue.livejournal.com]

(suggest maybe GREG GUMbel?)

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I think there really ought to be something about a QTAM in there. It's an electronics term, you know.

I unstress the last syllable in "judiciously", so I think in my own head "just KISS MY ASS" is the more useful J.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Also, O and T are beyond brilliant.

[jp-land.livejournal.com]

That's a really frickin' great idea. When I was a kid, the only thing keeping me from getting a HAM radio license was the MORSE code requirement (that they have since removed from the test). It was more out of laziness than anything.

Having this list would have most certainly helped.

[karyn.livejournal.com]

i showed this to the husband and he was very excited about it. he looked at it for 2 minutes and he has a, e, s and v memorized already. ha.