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The cAr is stationAry, a pEn is stationEry

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avenueq · 22/11/2020 19:58

That's how to remember it.
Please.
Thank you

OP posts:
superram · 22/11/2020 19:59

E for envelope

Haenow · 22/11/2020 20:02

Never heard that before, helpful reminder. :)

Rufffles · 22/11/2020 20:02

Yep, e for envelopes and a for automobiles.

BobbinThreadbare123 · 22/11/2020 20:02

OP you're a Star
I also learnt the envelope thing.

PinkiOcelot · 22/11/2020 20:03

Ahhh that’s an easy way to remember it. Thanks.

christmaspigeon · 22/11/2020 20:04

Thank you!! Always wondering if I get that one right!

PickAChew · 22/11/2020 20:04

You buy stationery from a stationer's.

Dutchesss · 22/11/2020 20:04

All I read there was penis Blush

underneaththeash · 22/11/2020 20:05

That's great - and also on DD's spelling list this week and she says thank you too.

christmaspigeon · 22/11/2020 20:05

@Dutchesss GrinGrinGrinGrinGrin

AllTheUserNamesAreTaken · 22/11/2020 20:07

Thank you for this!! What a great way to remember. I always have to google this Blush

Twospaniels · 22/11/2020 20:09

Accommodation

In my first job when I was 17 an older lady, she was probably 40 😂, told me:

Two children, two mummies and one daddy.

avenueq · 22/11/2020 20:11

Necessary

Never eat cake, eat salad sandwiches and remain young

OP posts:
Sparklesocks · 22/11/2020 20:12

@avenueq

Necessary

Never eat cake, eat salad sandwiches and remain young

Helpful but I refuse to engage in anti cake propaganda
avenueq · 22/11/2020 20:13

I wrote that while eating cake

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Autumnchill · 22/11/2020 20:14

E for envelope!

RumJerrySailorRum · 22/11/2020 20:18

E for envelope here too.

megletthesecond · 22/11/2020 20:20

I hadn't heard that before. Thank you.

quizqueen · 22/11/2020 20:26

..ICE... is a noun and ...IS... is a verb, as in at the end of words like practice/practise
advice/advise

TinkersRucksack · 22/11/2020 20:28

You Enter a stationEry cupboard

Watto1 · 22/11/2020 20:31

Diarrhoea (sorry to lower the tone) - Dash In A Real Rush, Hurry Or Expect Accidents! I was taught that one as a student nurse by one of my lecturers who was sick of it being wrongly spelled in assignments Grin

quizqueen · 22/11/2020 20:31

also

The cAr is stationAry, a pEn is stationEry
PrincessNutNut · 22/11/2020 20:32

I remember it as statioNARy objects being Now At Rest.

quizqueen · 22/11/2020 20:32

and

The cAr is stationAry, a pEn is stationEry
SadSecretSanta · 22/11/2020 20:33

It is neCeSSary for a shirt to have one Collar and two Sleeves.

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