Clever and catchy way to learn and retain the sub-multiple prefixes of the
SI.  How about something for multiples?

Stan Doore

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 7:03 PM
Subject: [USMA:28717] Re: SI prefix mnemonic


Fennel? Gets the 'e' in there, anyway.

Jim

On Sunday 2004 February 15 16:46, Pat Naughtin wrote:
> Dear Bill and All,
....
> Prefixes less than 1 (sub-multiples)
> millie,  mike's  nana,  pickled  fish       at       zepto's  yacht(o)
> milli     micro  nano   pica       femto    atto   zepto    yocto
> m         �         n        p           f             a       z
y
> 10^-3  10^-6  10^-9  10^-12  10^-15  10^-18  10^-21  10^-24
> Note: I considered fems instead of fish, but I couldn't bear its sound or
> its political incorrectness.
....
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