by wisp » Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:26 pm
[quote="Alec"]
[quote="John Lloyd"]
I always remember
"Richard of York gained battle in vain" for the colours of the rainbow
Red, Orange, Yellow, green, Blue, Indigo, Violate
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We were also taught . . . .
"Read over your good books in vain"
and in the early 60s one of my science teachers came out with another one when we had a large group of German exchange students in our class . . . .
"Remember Oh Ye Germans, Britain Is Victorious"
as you can imagine, everyone was stunned into silence and didn't know which way to look.
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Nowadays they refer to the guy with a colourful name... Roy G. Biv
[quote="Alec"]
[quote="John Lloyd"]
I always remember
"Richard of York gained battle in vain" for the colours of the rainbow
Red, Orange, Yellow, green, Blue, Indigo, Violate
[/quote]
We were also taught . . . .
"Read over your good books in vain"
and in the early 60s one of my science teachers came out with another one when we had a large group of German exchange students in our class . . . .
"Remember Oh Ye Germans, Britain Is Victorious"
as you can imagine, everyone was stunned into silence and didn't know which way to look. :o
[/quote]
Nowadays they refer to the guy with a colourful name... Roy G. Biv