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Mnemonic Weekly Tip: # 37
June 8,
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I have traveled to Louisiana a number of times in
the last few years, teaching two courses at LSU, conducting staff
development training and last week making five presentations at the
state adult education conference.
Each time I need to correspond with officials in the
Louisiana Department of Education, I need to look up the spelling of
the state. I just
couldn’t find a clue to remember how to spell Louisiana
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While I waited for the hotel shuttle, I noticed a
state car that pulled up at the airport and my spelling problem for Louisiana
was solved. I looked at
every license plate I saw during the three days I was in Baton
Rouge, but I did not see another license plate like the one on the
state car. They all
looked like this.
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(mnemonic clue week 4) plate one on the state car looked like this. |
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Whoever
designed the patriotic license plate provided me with a mnemonic
clue for the spelling of the state so I will never have to look it
up again. Lo
is easy to remember because they are the first two letters.
Ui and Si are now memorable as
part of USA and the na balances off the end of
the word, two letters like the Lo in the front of the
word. Knowing there are
two letters means that I don’t add another n as in nna.
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A number of
teachers and students have asked to have the Mnemonic Clue of the Week
sent to them each week. If you would like to receive this service, send
your e-mail address to
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