OT RW Moon Phases

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_...>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:12:19 +1200


Alex wrote:

>Well, to quote Prof. Archie "Ghostbuster" Roy
>(also appearing at your local public library, I'm informed), one
>"mnemonic" that he didn't-exactly-recommend was that you notice that one
>half moon is like a C, and the other like a D. Then you recollect that
>"C" stands for Crescendo, and "D" for Diminuendo. Then lastly, you
>recall it's the other way around. The very stupidity of this method
>may be why I still in fact _do_ remember it, 20 years on.

Perhaps it was coined in the Southern Hemisphere because it works fine here.

--Peter Metcalfe

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