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by bobthepanda 42 days ago
The mnemonic i use is latitude is flat.
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I usually say to myself "ladder" and that helps. But this time I slipped. Rough morning. Wheels fell off on the way to work.
I say longitude goes longways, which I know isn't accurate except fairly close to the poles, but I remembered it like that when I was a kid and it stuck.
I was going to ask if you were making a joke or just too tired to spell mnemonic correctly, but they would've been pneumatic, not pneumonic.

Edit: oh, boo, you fixed it.

Hadn’t had the morning coffee yet.
Latitude is the only one that matters between the two.
Longitude is also twice as long - 360 vs 180 degrees
latitude -> flatitude
I hate to admit it, but the Corona "Change your Latitude" ads are what locked it in for me.
As they say, if it works it’s not stupid.
Ha! Mine is the Jimmy Buffett song.