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Revision 4 . . (edit) December 12, 2001 3:36 am by WOL [and me again. my bad]
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There are also ways to remember information by trying to code it in the form of meaningful words. Like the famouns pi mnemonic, "May I have a large container of coffee?" If you count the letters in each word, and put the decimal point in the obvious place, you get 3.1415926, a close approximation to pi.
There are also ways to remember information by trying to code it in the form of meaningful words. Like the famous mnemonic for approximating the digits of pi, "May I have a large container of coffee?" Counting the letters in each word yields the sequence 3,1,4,1,5,9,2,6

Other methods for remembering arbitrary numbers or number sequences use numerological (lit. number+word) systems like the abjad, where each numeral is represented by a consonant sound.

0 - s, z, soft-c - z is first letter of zero'
1 - d, t, th - letters with 1 downstroke
2 - n - letter has 2 downstrokes or n rotated
3 - m - letter has 3 downstrokes or 3 rotated
4 - r - "four" ends in "r"
5 - L - imagine the 5 propped up against a book end (L)
6 - j, sh, soft-ch, dg, soft-g - g is 6 rotated 180 degrees.
7 - k, hard-ch, hard-c, hard-g, ng - two 7s rotated and glued
together
8 - f, v - cursive "f" looks like 8
9 - p, b - b as 9 rotated 180 degrees.

Memory Peg Lists:

Number Rhyme system:

1 bun
2 glue
3 tea
4 door
5 hive
6 bricks
7 heaven
8 slate
9 line
10 pen

Egg and Spear or Number Shape system:
1 - Candle, spear
2 - Swan
3 - Bosom
4 - Sail
5 - Hook
6 - Club
7 - Cliff
8 - Sand clock
9 - Flag
0 - Egg


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