----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: Conference Travel Tip
> [John]
> > >port (right) side of the airplane<
>
> [Patrick]
> >But the port side is the left (when looking toward the front). Can you
> >confirm which side it should be?
>
> I use this mnemonic to remember which is which. The words that are
shorter
> of each opposite-pair go together. Similarly, for the longer words.
>
> So, we have:
>
> Port Starboard
> Left Right
> Red Green
>
> Another mnemonic...
> (a) Port, the drink, is red, so they go together.
> (b) Port and left each have 4 letters, so they go together.
>
Remember also:
"The red ship left port" or
"Port is left on a ship , but never on the table"
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