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    LOOK - THINK - COVER - WRITE - CHECK
    Disestablishmentarianism!!  Supposing I wanted to remember
    how to spell this word. I would LOOK at it carefully to see if
    it would break up into smaller, much easier bits:
    dis-est-ab-lish-ment-ar-ian-ism
    And I would THINK about where the problems might be:
    dis- no problems - spell it just as it sounds -  a very 
    common pattern.
    -est- the letter e isn't very clear when I say the 
    whole word, so I would say it very clearly - 
    like the e in egg.
    -ab- no problem - spell it just like it sounds
    -lish- again - just like it sounds
    -ment- when I say the whole word quickly the e in 
    ment sounds rather like an a - so I need to 
    stress that it's e as in egg
    -ar- this might be a real difficulty - it sounds as if 
    it should be spelled -er-. So when I said the 
    word to myself I would make the sound of -ar- 
    like the -arr- in carrot
    -ian- this bit is easy - it's a boy's name
    -ism another very common ending - written just as 
    you say it
    Now: COVER, WRITE and CHECK

    Sounds complicated? Only because it's such a long, complicated word - which is why I chose it. But you can do the same with any word. Have a try at remembering disestablishmentarianism  to show how easy it is. And to impress your friends! Then go to mem 3

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