Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: HenHanna Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=22Belle_=C3=89poque=22_--_In_French=2C_adjectives_?= =?UTF-8?Q?go_before_the_modified_Noun_--_acronym_BANGS?= Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 11:10:42 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <0bdae5180959a930a7352dd9a37e56ac@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 20:10:43 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0b2917fef9857da2f467d2527da3b2d2"; logging-data="3891301"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18D7gV/fvVSEiK2pH6qeWuoEiCe+6Y3uz0=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:1NW6lz0QRpYDYK9/qUTPKRjJ73k= In-Reply-To: <0bdae5180959a930a7352dd9a37e56ac@www.novabbs.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2649 On 7/13/2024 6:18 AM, jerryfriedman wrote: > On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 0:51:01 +0000, Peter Moylan wrote: > >> On 13/07/24 05:20, HenHanna wrote: >>> >>> Both BANGS adjectives  go before the noun:  ( Une belle petite fille ) >>> >>>                        ( Une robe rouge élégante ) >>> >>>                        ( Une élégante robe rouge ) >>> >>> What other  Acronyms (Mnemonics) are  common  for beginning French >>> students? >> >> I never heard of your BANGS when I was learning French, and I'm glad I >> didn't. I think it would have slowed down my learning. > > I found it helpful. > >> I did learn "Every good boy deserves fruit", and it badly hurt my >> ability to sight-read music [1]. A school friend of mine, a music >> teacher, wanted to shoot the person who invented that one. > > That one wasn't so helpful, but it didn't hurt. > >> [1] I finally did learn to sight-read on the treble clef, but I'm still >> struggling with the bass clef. And that's despite my singing bass in a >> choir. > > "Sight-read" meaning you can sing or play something in tempo at > first sight? > > -- > Jerry Friedman Every student of [ .... .... ...] (in the USA) learns "MY LEGS" i doubt how that can hurt (or slow) anyone!!!