Okay, feeling a bit better; I named all fifty states from memory in a little less than three and a half minutes. Granted, not really something most other Americans can do, but I doubt there's many Canadians can do it, either.
I don't think I saw that, no. I can understand Ross's position, though. Usually I get to the three minute mark and I'm short by two states; which two seems to change every time, but I have to sit there and pound my head until the last two come loose. I'm happy if I can hit all fifty in less than five minutes.
I don't know how people do it with lists. I have to mentally walk across the map of the United States, filling in names as I go, so all of my lists run north-south west-east (I start with Alaska, then Hawaii, then Washington, and so on). Just having a list of names doesn't tell me where any of the states are.
See, I learned this STUPID song in like 2nd grade. Can rattle 'em all off in 30 seconds....
There is SO much useless crap in my brain. :D (Well, I suppose it's not totally useless, but really, why can't I ever remember if the index in my road atlas is at the fRONT or the back of the book?
Hey, if wossname... Sherlock Holmes... could yell at Watson for burdening him with the useless (to him) fact that the Earth goes around the Sun and not the other way around, you're entitled to complaints about other useless material!
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I don't know how people do it with lists. I have to mentally walk across the map of the United States, filling in names as I go, so all of my lists run north-south west-east (I start with Alaska, then Hawaii, then Washington, and so on). Just having a list of names doesn't tell me where any of the states are.
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There is SO much useless crap in my brain. :D (Well, I suppose it's not totally useless, but really, why can't I ever remember if the index in my road atlas is at the fRONT or the back of the book?
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