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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!!!