Washy Ad Jeffy - Presidential mnemonic song


	Washy Ad Jeffy - Presidential mnemonic song

ericskiff

6-18-2008 11:59 AM

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joco, jonathan coulton, mnemonic, learning, president, presidents, song

ericskiff says:

Jonathan Coulton just put up another great song - aside from being a great mnemonic device, it's also a catchy little tune. I've never learned the Presidents, I'm going to use this to finally memorize them

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9-21-2008 12:08 AM

lucasmasiva

nice song!

Otherwise I didn't realise that I was clipping that adoult video, sorry about that.

Thanks

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/eb0c5110-e275-4de7-aac5-59d507202e8c/4485C940-8EF7-4A67-BA90-062D3F63883A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/06/13/washy-ad-jeffy/" href="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/06/13/washy-ad-jeffy/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.jonathancoulton.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/06/13/washy-ad-jeffy/"><P>When I was a wee lad my father taught me the greatest mnemonic device in the history of mnemonic devices. It’s called “Washy Ad Jeffy” and it’s a little jingle/rhyme thingie that helps you remember the order of all the US presidents and how many terms (or partial terms) they served - the number of syllables in the nickname is the number of terms. My father learned it from Mrs. Govan, his 8th grade history teacher at Memorial Junior High School in Ohio. He believes she made it up, but he’s not entirely sure. At the time he learned it, and of course when he taught it to me, it only went up to Eisenhower. I have added to it over the years, so really it’s a collaboration between Mrs. Govan (maybe?) and me.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/06/13/washy-ad-jeffy/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qDqCP5kQIbo" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/06/13/washy-ad-jeffy/">I’ve made an mp3 as well:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/06/13/washy-ad-jeffy/"><P>You can <A href="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/Washy%20Ad%20Jeffy">get it for free</A> or else <A href="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/store/downloads/">pay for it</A>, your choice.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/06/16/lens-washy-ad-jeffy/" href="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/06/16/lens-washy-ad-jeffy/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.jonathancoulton.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/06/16/lens-washy-ad-jeffy/"><P>Len sent in this Washy Ad Jeffy poster - Coolidge kind of looks like Hodgman, don’t you think? 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