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Here is a neat little trick to help you remeber the names of the five great lakes.

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@freemo
Sarcasm ?
Or mostly just 5L's more than actually remembering the *names*

@Maristya No its not. A Lettice is any species of lettuce where the cells are arranged in a lattice. Not to be confused a Lattuce, which is anytime you have many heads of lettuce arranged in a lattice!

@freemo
@Maristya
@cobratbq

I get it. Use the second-to-the-last letter in each word -- kind of...

@freemo @Maristya @cobratbq

It actually makes more sense than it seems...

You lop off "2 letters" from the "right" of the mnemonic phrase, then take the "2nd letter" from the "right" of each word, then "2" of the resulting "letters" have their "right" sides lopped off.

Makes total sense.

@freemo @Maristya @cobratbq

I just realized that this has the added benefit of letting you know which of them are lakes.

@freemo @Maristya @cobratbq

>"I tis doubly useful!"

Well, I know I'll use it whenever I'm in doubt.

@Maristya @freemo @cobratbq

The original toot was a joke that I think would just make sense to English-speaking, sighted people only. (Because the text was in English and in an image file.)

My toot was (another) joke.

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