I found it time consuming to construct your man Major PAO. I wanted to share my list in case it is of use. If you are starting with people, here is a compiled list from many different websites. You will find multiple options for each person.
It includes both single digit 0-9 and double digit 00-99.
I hope it is a helpful starting point for someone.
Very nice resources! I found others’ examples so helpful when I was learning my PAO, so I will also post mine here. It contains person, action, and object. With a few exceptions, there is only one example of each— the one I actually use— and many of the people are from my life, so may not work for you, but I hope someone finds the actions and objects useful.
I don’t seem able to edit the original post, so I will post the new links to my PAO down here:
For my finished, edited down PAO:
And for a large PAO list with multiple entries (about five) for each number:
My advice to get started (based on a small level of personal experience and what I’ve read online) is to use the major system to generate only the people, and use associations for the actions and objects. It’s quicker to build and is also what Alex Mullen recommends. That being said, sometimes using the major system throughout, or even just only alliterating the object and action off the first consonant of the persons name (in other words using the major system for the first letter of the object/action) helped me to recall quick and vocalize it faster. That small bonus is only advantageous when the association is good enough you would pick it either way… if that makes sense.
