Discussion Forum—A Way with Words, a fun radio show and podcast about language

Ha! When I first moved to Arizona (which doesn’t observe DST) I was looking forward to a small simplification in routines. Sure, now we don’t need to reset our clocks twice a year, but the issue has become adjusting for the other places that do … teleconferences, phone calls, working hours. DST is not really needed these days, and IMHO the whole system should be scrapped. Straight UT works just fine.  </rant>

Regarding Emmettredd’s original question, no I had never heard that mnemonic. I only became aware of that tailoring convention post HS. Always thought it was a curious standard. Wondered if there was some historic reason for it, so I searched and found this:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heres-why-mens-and-womens-clothes-button-opposite-sides-1-180957361/

And now you know the rest of the story.  🙂