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Origin of the “Dr. and Mrs. Vandertramp” mnemonic

The oldest reference search engines are able to find seems to be this 1984 document :

Experiment in International Living. School for International Training, ‎Peace Corps (U.S.). Information Collection and Exchange

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Note that:

  • native French speaking people are generally unaware of this mnemonic

  • passer is sometimes included in more recent versions of this list (either as Mrs. P. Vandertramp or Mrs Vandertrampp), although j’ai passé is at least as frequent as je suis passé. There are rules to decide which auxiliary verb to use.

 

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