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by cameronh90 273 days ago
I always thought sohcahtoa itself was quite memorable. Sounds like a war cry!
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bombcar 273 days ago
Or something those wordy math textbooks would have had - the Sohcahtoa Indians who dealt in triangles …
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jcalvinowens 272 days ago
It would get him fired today... but my trig teacher showed up to this lesson shirtless in a floor length native American headdress, and ran into class yelling "I am Chief SohCahToa! Never forget my name!!".

And by God, I never have. Thanks Mr. Wilkinson.

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philipallstar 272 days ago
That sounds like an actual teacher! Amazing.
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jihadjihad 273 days ago
It sounded to me like something some colonists would carve into a fence, like CROATOAN.

SOHCAHTOA.

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m463 272 days ago
always made me think of krakatoa (the exploding island)
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