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Step 3Bonus thoughts #1 - memory aids
Thats the system in a nutshell. Here is some bonus material to help you remember which families of consonant sounds (and which peg words) go with which number:
1 = "tie" = picture an image of a necktie... it kinda looks like the number one hanging up and down
2 = "noah" = picture the two legs of the letter "n", or picture the biblical noah storing 2 of each animal
3 = "ma" = picture the three legs of the letter "m"
4 = "rye" = picture the word "four" spelled out and the last letter is an "r,"
5 = "law" = picture the roman numeral for 50 is an "L"
6= "shoe" = this one you just have to remember
7 = "cow" = think of the letter K and how it has a verticle part and a backwards "7" in it
8 = "ivy" = think of the number 8 and how it is all curvy like vine growing on a house
9 = "bee" this one also you just have to remember
10 = "toes" think of how a "0" is pronounced "zero" and it starts with the "zuh" sound
Just for fun, here is a list of words and their corresponding numbers:
Mutton Chops (312690) Crazy Captain Michael (7407912375) Massive Shaolin Lip (30865259)
Incidentally, these are all odd numbers that I use frequently for different purposes, and I learned them all in about 5 minutes and will probably never forget them.
Also, since this whole system is based on consonant sounds, NEVER translate SILENT consonants. This will mess you up. Only translate consonants that are actually pronounced in the word.
For instance, the word "mnemonics" would be translated as the digits: 23270; "ptarmigan" would be: 14372; and "hymnal" would be: 325. "Butter" would be: 914.
1 = "tie" = picture an image of a necktie... it kinda looks like the number one hanging up and down
2 = "noah" = picture the two legs of the letter "n", or picture the biblical noah storing 2 of each animal
3 = "ma" = picture the three legs of the letter "m"
4 = "rye" = picture the word "four" spelled out and the last letter is an "r,"
5 = "law" = picture the roman numeral for 50 is an "L"
6= "shoe" = this one you just have to remember
7 = "cow" = think of the letter K and how it has a verticle part and a backwards "7" in it
8 = "ivy" = think of the number 8 and how it is all curvy like vine growing on a house
9 = "bee" this one also you just have to remember
10 = "toes" think of how a "0" is pronounced "zero" and it starts with the "zuh" sound
Just for fun, here is a list of words and their corresponding numbers:
Mutton Chops (312690) Crazy Captain Michael (7407912375) Massive Shaolin Lip (30865259)
Incidentally, these are all odd numbers that I use frequently for different purposes, and I learned them all in about 5 minutes and will probably never forget them.
Also, since this whole system is based on consonant sounds, NEVER translate SILENT consonants. This will mess you up. Only translate consonants that are actually pronounced in the word.
For instance, the word "mnemonics" would be translated as the digits: 23270; "ptarmigan" would be: 14372; and "hymnal" would be: 325. "Butter" would be: 914.
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"9 = "bee" this one also you just have to remember"
Simple just turn 9 180degrees.
Quote from instructable:
"5 = "law" = picture the roman numeral for 50 is an "L""
More for those who have played the old Colin McCray on their PS1s: Imagine the car navigator saying 5 "Left into..." not into the larger roman numerals myself.
Nice ible. May be I can learn my mobile number now >_<.