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Re:Memorizing a Deck of Cards by dEnigma on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @10:50AM (#24567756)
> In the first place ( incidentally a phrase that originates in mnemonics) [...]

Do you have a source for that or is it a gut feeling? In a quick Google search I couldn't find anything about the history of this idiom.

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Re:Memorizing a Deck of Cards by galuggus on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @11:44PM (#24575025)
Here is a discussion: https://artofmemory.com/blog/first-place-second-place-5806.h....
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Re:Memorizing a Deck of Cards by dEnigma on Sunday October 04, 2020 @06:10AM (#24677719)
Thank you! I will read through that later. Sorry for the late response, I didn't see your reply until just now.
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