Frazz by Jef Mallett for January 26, 2016

Sometimes Frazz is just a bit too arch.

She should have rote it down.

I tried using Mnemonics, but couldn’t remember how to spell it correctly.

I wrote and wrote and wrote and wroteUntil I knew the information by rote.

He works in a school. School’s for teaching. Frazz: He knows many strange things, for he walks by night.

Whatever totes yer goat…

It’s not certain what “rote” is from, but it’s probably from Latin “rota”, which means, among other things, “round” as in “Row, row, row your boat,” because, in a round, you hear the same bit of music over and over and over again.

You NEED rote for things like multiplication tables. It frees your mind for thought. And Frazz / Jef is not arch. He’s just unusually smart and the intellect simply shines right through. Don’t criticize; learn to appreciate genius.

Hey, anybody know a mnemonic device that starts with “mn”? Help me out here.

And learned a knew one I didn’t new before.