Can you provide the publication and page number where this ‘gem’ comes from. I have several Harry Lorayne books but this is the first time I am seeing this acronym which by the way works very well!
It’s page 33 in Complete Guide to Memory Mastery.
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So this would be more of a number-letter shape system using actual letters instead of phonetics, so not at all like Major in terms of use. If you are intending to use it via phonetics, then by including vowels I think you’re asking for tons of trouble. If you use these letters you cant use any words with O or I or A in them without encoding those letters as numbers. This takes out almost half your possible “free sounds” that are crucial for building words. I think this approach is going to hamstring word generation too much to be viable. But I could be wrong! As a strictly initials based people system this could be a more natural read than traditional dominic, but thats about all the utility I see.
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Yes if the Major System were adapted to let’s call it a VES (Visual Encoding System) it would not be used “phonetically” just as a PAO where both Action and Objects are not encoded with the number to letter translations themselves but rather by an ACTION and an OBJECT that intuitively fits with each of the Cast of Characters (#00 - #99). For example #85 = BS = Bart Simpson (Person)/ Skateboarding (Action)/ Skateboard (Object).
I think the suggestion I am making (VES) = “Visual Encoding System” is as strong a system as the Dominic System (if not stronger?) which itself uses both the A as a 1 and the E as a 5?
The point you make about disposing of 3 vowel sounds is of course 100% on the money and I knew that the suggestion would raise the ‘ire’ of the ‘Traditional/Major System purists’ in whose corner you clearly stand. Of course in all this we have wandered away from my original question which was 'does anyone have an ACRONYM for the STNMRLJKFP Major Code but again that’s the beauty of a Forum where a lot of people can contribute ideas and we can collectively go down a 100 different ‘rabbit-holes’ together!
I like that but it doesn’t strictly follow STNMRLJKFP as it is using a G and a C and a B (yes, I know “phonetic equivalents”) but not quite the Cigar for you on that one!
I have found the perfect acronym which I have borrowed from the Afrikaans language that puts all the letters in their respective correct sequential order following the S-T-N-M-R-L-J-K-F-P preferred letter order:
Translated into English it means: “Stand more to the left you small &u%$&@ #u#!" last two words are swear words so have self-censored so as not to offend more sensitive readers. My image is an army drill-sergeant lining up his new army recruits and bellowing at them to:
**"Stand more to the left you small &u%&@ #u#!”**
Dutch speakers will clearly understand the insulting way in which my drill-sergeant is speaking too! @erikfromholland you can advise me if you understood it from Dutch as a matter of interest?
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I am sticking to the STNMRLJKFP option to generate my cast of 100 characters in my PAO System. My first two examples are my Blue Diagonal (Same Letter in both First Name and Surname) and represent the number pairs #00, #11, #22, #33, #44, #55, #66, #77, #88, #99 and Reversed Couplet Pairs (e.g.) #01 = Simon Templar - #10 = Tom Selleck:
My complete Major System cast of characters have been put up elsewhere on the forum. I’m merely tweaking things now here and there to find better “Couplet Pairs”. For instance I have changed my original #09 = Saint Patrick to #09 = St. Peter, as this lends itself well to the Object (“Pearly Gates of Heaven”). I also changed my original #90 from Paul Simon to Peter Sellers and again to Patrick Swayze as Patrick Swayze fits more in line with the “Pearly Gates of Heaven” link due to the character he played in the Romantic Comedy Blockbuster - “Ghost” (co-starring Demi Moore).
But back to my original question that seeks an acronym for:
STNMRL(SH)KFP
What are those top 2 images on your post from? some website or is it your own software or something?