What word is on the tip of your tongue but you just can't think of it?

monster · 10-23-2008, 09:46 PM

over here, they teach the kids that the first finger and thumb on the left hand make an L. Apparently it has yet to occur to them that the kids who have difficulty with left and right are also the ones who can't remember which way an L goes.....

jinx · 10-23-2008, 09:51 PM

The L works for me. Mys sister uses passenger and driver. Neither of us have any issues with letters.

edit: I also always ask "my left or yours" to give me a sec to check for the L.

glatt · 10-24-2008, 07:57 AM

Reminds me of a helpful tip for setting the table if you can't remember where the silverware goes.

"Left" and "fork" both have the same number of letters

"Right," "knife," and "spoon" all have the same number of letters.

And that's where they go.

dar512 · 10-24-2008, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Reminds me of a helpful tip for setting the table if you can't remember where the silverware goes.

"Left" and "fork" both have the same number of letters

"Right," "knife," and "spoon" all have the same number of letters.

And that's where they go.

Or you could just remember that they're in alphabetical order.

dar512 · 10-24-2008, 09:53 AM

The way we learned left/right was: if you are a righty, you write with your right hand.

The lefties used left is write.

10-23-2008, 09:46 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	over here, they teach the kids that the first finger and thumb on the left hand make an L. Apparently it has yet to occur to them that the kids who have difficulty with left and right are also the ones who can't remember which way an L goes..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-23-2008, 09:51 PM	#2
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	The L works for me. Mys sister uses passenger and driver. Neither of us have any issues with letters. edit: I also always ask "my left or yours" to give me a sec to check for the L. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

10-24-2008, 09:53 AM	#5
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	The way we learned left/right was: if you are a righty, you write with your right hand. The lefties used left is write. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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10-24-2008, 07:57 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Reminds me of a helpful tip for setting the table if you can't remember where the silverware goes. "Left" and "fork" both have the same number of letters "Right," "knife," and "spoon" all have the same number of letters. And that's where they go.

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