How do you remember the difference between a "stalactite" and a "stalagmite"?

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Is there a good mnemonic for remembering the difference between "stalactite" (hangs down) and "stalagmite" (points up)?


Here is one from my secondary school geography teacher that I will never forget:

stalactite --- ceiling

stalagmite --- ground

Stalactites hang from the ceiling; stalagmites rise from the ground.

As long as you remember what c and g mean in those words, you will never confuse them!


Stalac tites have to hold on tight! (So they don't fall off...)

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