I always find it odd when I see how hard modern languages move away from mnemonic style. And I share what I feel is your amusement that some people think there

I always find it odd when I see how hard modern languages move away from mnemonic style. And I share what I feel is your amusement that some people think there is a universal guessability to some symbolic terms. It is all learned, and it is convenient when it leverages other learning. There is nothing really universal, though. As much as that would be convenient.