In French we have "premier quartier" and "dernier quartier" for "first quarter" and "last quarter" respectively. The mnemonics work with lower case letters: p a

In French we have "premier quartier" and "dernier quartier" for "first quarter" and "last quarter" respectively. The mnemonics work with lower case letters: p and d. In English, the "d" for "decreasing" also works in lowercase, I guess that you can use "p" for "progressing".