There's an easier way, at least up to element
18 (
argon).
If you just
stick all the
symbols for all the
elements together it makes a big word:
HHeLiBeBCNOFNeNaMgAlSiPSClAr
pronounced
H-Heli-Beeb-Canoff-Nenarr-Magal-Sips-Clar.
Well, it works for me.