Actually, you append
Get
Some
Now to the end of the mnemonic to remember
gold,
silver, and
none. When used in this way that they do not indicate
negative exponents, but instead the
accuracy of the resistor: gold = 5%, silver = 10%, and none = 20%.
During World War II, there was a variant of this mnemonic that was more suitable for racist children: Black Bastards Rape our Young Girls Behind Victory Garden Walls.