I always heard it as “-tite” because it hangs tight to the ceiling and “-mite” because it might poke you in the ass
Tight to the ceiling and Might grow to the ceiling here!
We were taught stalaCtite (ceiling) and stalaGmite (ground).
That’s better than the one I learned in school: tits hang.
Stalactites hang tightly. Stalagmites rise mightily. Never forgot it after that.
StalagMITEs MIGHT hang from the ceiling, but they don’t.
Stalagtites hang on tite. Stalagmites crawl on the floor like mites
You should shower less.
I just remember g for ground and c for cats.
stroppy take: Stalactites don’t usually curve and do start out broad and grow down skinny, so really an “m” looks more like stalactites hanging from a ceiling. I’m going to have to forget I ever saw this.
“stalagmite’s got an m in it” - hagrid
“When the mites come (your leg), up the tights go down”. -my 1980’s chem teacher
