What is the meaning of the sentence "My very excellent mother just served us nine pies"?

Correct answer: It is a mnemonic phrase

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Player Ejag
Player Ejag
I love mnemonics!! While teaching 5th grade, I had the class make up a mnemonic sentence to remember words they misspelled—then draw a picture to illustrate it. Resulted in many original, amusing pictures! One of my faves was “Tom eats rotten rats on rye” for terror. The drawing was one to remember!😀
Player #6451555
Player #6451555
Player #4586465, ours was, ‘my very educated mother just showed us nine planets.
Shaddy1997
Shaddy1997
Musicians will know "every good boy does fine"
Player #5265426
Player #5265426
pluto did not deserve the treatment it received
Player #2618562
Player #2618562
Here in the Philippines, we had “My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Papayas” before Pluto was declassified as planet.
Player #2243781
Player #2243781
Life saving use RACE for fires and FAST for strokes.
Player #15775339
Player #15775339
My Very Easy Mnemonic Just Seems Useless Now
majordishlicker88
majordishlicker88
b.i.t.c.h. being in total control of herself
Player #11656033
Player #11656033
My Dear Aunt Sally, for multiplication, division, addition and subtraction. Math order for solving complex equation.
Nobby Nobbs
Nobby Nobbs
Here's a more memorable alternative: Mary's Virgin Explanation Made Joseph Suspect Upstairs Neighbour
Ralph
Ralph
True Virgins Make Dull Companions-aviation!
Player #130998363
Player #130998363
Base clef..good boys do fine always
Player #120374466
Player #120374466
Shaddy1997, Yes, something I learned as child.
Player #120374466
Player #120374466
Player Ejag, Very clever way to correct errors
LillySparrow
LillySparrow
Nobby Nobbs, hahaha
LillySparrow
LillySparrow
Player #5602826, I just said that to myself (I never learned the planets orders)
LillySparrow
LillySparrow
Player #11144479, Those “directions” are how we have the word “news”
LillySparrow
LillySparrow
Player #5265426, you got that right!
Moira
Moira
Player #2243781, and PASS for fire extinguishers. pull aim squeeze and sweep
AnnaV
AnnaV
Well that’s obsolete now so I altered it to My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nachos !!
Bliksim
Bliksim
Nobby Nobbs, I will now always remember the planets 😂
Quizzmaster
Quizzmaster
Player #11144479, Never Eat Shredded Wheat
Goaliegirl
Goaliegirl
Not a common mnemonic device is the US.
McLovin
McLovin
Player #11656033, pedmas is the common one. P-parentheses E- exponents.
arohanui
arohanui
Shaddy1997, we learned it as "every good boy deserves favour".
GlobalImpact21
GlobalImpact21
To help me with spelling because I was told Be Ever Careful And Use Sharp Eyes, which I used for many years.
Ken
Ken
never eat shredded wheat . are directions clockwise north east south and west
Nancy
Nancy
Some say marry money but my brother says big brains matter more. (Sensory; Motor or Both). Cranial nerves function.
PUTINSUX
PUTINSUX
Colours of the rainbow. Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain.
Clo
Clo
Shaddy1997, the way I learned it was, every good boy deserves fudge
Craig
Craig
the only problem with that example is that Pluto is no longer classified as a planet
lashtx
lashtx
TwoTin16, this was to use the entire alphabet in one sentence. I'm not sure it would be called a mnemonic. hmmm? Anyone?
Carole
Carole
Wendy, it’s a breakfast cereal
Olivia
Olivia
Mary's violet eyes made John sit up nights palpitating
Wendy
Wendy
Player #11144479, what is weetbix? I've never heard of it
 Vic
Vic
Player Ejag, i do that to remember my grocery list, i lost my paper list a lot,
TMe
TMe
B.R.A.T. Bananas Rice Applesauce Toast - what to feed a child with a stomach flu
putin sux
putin sux
Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain. A mnemonic for the colours of the rainbow.
Hanoj
Hanoj
After all this time, Pluto is demoted😦
Peter
Peter
Here's one I made up myself to remember the Road to movie starring Bob Hope in order first to last,. Some Zulus Must Use Roads Before Hiking. Road to Singapore, Zanzibar, Morocco,Utopia, Rio, Bali, Hong Kong etc etc