My memory system

ThomdeTarde · February 7, 2022, 8:12pm

Continuing the discussion from What memory system do you use and why? Ben system/2 digit major system/3 digit major system/PAO:

Hello,
I use a peg system that is a striped down version of Charles Dodson’s (Lewis Carroll’s) ‘Memoria Technica’.

Dodson developed a peg system that he then used to convert the words formed into the last part of a rhyming couplet.
I dropped the couplet part of his system & just use his devised peg system, which is, to my mind, less arbitrary in its consonant assignment than the Major System. He took 0-9, & gives each number 2 consonants, one common & one uncommon consonant. One then has a choice of 2 consonants to help form a peg word for a number. The letters he assigned to each digit have a logical excuse to be signed to that numeral. Thus,1 is given inB&C…reason is that they are the first two consonants in the English alphabet.2 gets D&W…reason: Duo, Dos, (Spanish) tWo. 3 is given T&J… reason: Three, Tres(Spanish).For J, Dodson said that it’s the only paring that doesn’t make real sense, but the only constant left after paring all the others together. I make sense of this paring, by noting that when J is written or printed as a capital letter, often, a bar is drawn across its top, so I imagine it as a ‘T’ that has a curve bent into it’s lower section. (the word I use to remember this paring is ‘Jet’ which helps me to remember that combo).
4 is given F&Q…reason: Four; Quattuor, Quarters (4 Quarters make a dollar), Quadrangle,Quadruped, Quadruplets.
5 gets L&V…reason: L stands for 50; V stands for 5(Roman numerals,…also American football’s Superbowl’s numbering system,).
6 is given S&X… obvious reason: SiX;
7 is represented by P&M…reason: sePteM (Latin). For me this is the hardest representation in Dodson’s system to recall, but I just automatically remember now that ‘seven’ rhymes with heaven…& one needs a MaP to go to heaven, and since religion is the map to go to heaven, we may need a MoP to clean up all the messes religion makes on earth.
8 is H&K…reason: Huit (French); oKoto (Greek).I remember this better by imagining that a H is made into a 8 by adding a dome on both the top & bottom of the H (or cutting the domes off the 8 and stretching the (cut 8) to make a H ). K is made by imagining that a capital H is kicked in its side & broken so it becomes a K.
9 is represented by N&G…reason: NiNe; g looks like 9.
0 is Z&R…reason: ZeRo.

So, the rules in this system is mostly the same
as in the Major Peg system. Vowels aren’t given a value, (I fudge on this for negative numbers, but I will elaborate on this at a later time).Y is always a vowel in this system; the second constant in a double constant doesn’t count; also I allow, sometimes, ‘ck’ when it’s at the end of a word and the ‘c’ is silent to be given the value of 8.
Only nouns which make up concrete objects are (usually) used, & the more versitle, the better. Real people are seldom used, but cartoon & fictional characters are.

I make a 3 digit system with this system as thus:
100 can be represented by: BuZzeR; BooZeR; Carrier; Crier; BRiaR; or CZaR; and thus 110 or132 can be represented by BuZzeR BeaR and BuZzeR ToaD,. respestively.

200 can be represented by: DRyeR (clothes or hair…);WaRrioR; or be represented by WoRrieR; and thus 234 & 268 can be represented by the images of WaRrioR(made of)TaFfy, and WaRrioR on a Ski respectively.

300 can be represented by: TeRrieR, or JuRoR; and thus 311 & 399 can be represented by a TeRrieR chasing a giant BooB and a TeRrieR being ridden by a NuN, respectively.

And so on. I have pegs for the rest of the hundreds, then I use word association s to make images of larger ranks of numbers,ex.: Thousands become Trousers, (or Tweezers), and millions become Minions or ( Mini-me’s). There are no reason to make 4 or 5 digit number pegs, since 2 or 3 digit pegs can be put together to represent longer strings of numbers. To add letters into a string of numbers, I borrow the system I use to spell words, which is a system using objects in my Alphabet Zoo.
So this is the system I use. I adopted it into the form I used because I just could not get Major to stay in my head, PAO, seems besides the point to me. Number shape system has potential, and the BEN system seems very logical, but too limiting for me on the choices of images, but it is the one I recommend to others seeking a memory system. I may elaborate on Dodson’s peg system, (which I like to think of as the Lewis Carroll Peg or the Alice Peg system), soon, if anyone is interested in seeing the whole thing.

[quote="JohnnyMnemonic, post:1, topic:33259, full:true"]
I was wondering what system people around here are using lately.
And why are they using their preferred system. 
I have a 2 digit major system. I’m trying to motivate myself to upgrade.
But it’s such a huge undertaking!
[/quote]

ThomdeTarde · February 11, 2022, 6:13pm

My main problem with the Major Peg System is that I could not easily remember what letter went with what number. With Lewis Carroll’s system of combining 2 letters with a number, I found that by making words with both letters, it was easier to instantly recall the order.

1 = B+C : CuB, CaB, CoB, B.C.(comic strip), CuBa, CuBe, BiC( cheap ink pen brand),

2=W+D : WooD, DeW, WeeD, WaD, WooDie(Woodpecker)

3= T+J =JeT, JuTe, ToJo,(famous Japanese WW2 military leader)

4= Q+F : QuaFf, F.a.Q., QuiFf, (sexual slang for fornication)

,5= L+V : LaVa, LoVe, VaLley, VaiL, VoLe, ViLe, VauLe

6= S+X : SiX,SaX, SeX, SoX, oXeS, aXeS

7= M+P: MaP, MoP,PoeM, PaM( oil spay for cooking)

8= H+K: Hook, HiKe, HaKe,

9=G+N: GooN, GuN,GiN, GuaNo, Noogie, NaG

0= Z+R: ZeRo, ZoRro RaZz, ZaiRe.

Yes, the 4’s are kind of a weak link in this system,(F&Q), but the 8’s (F+V) in the Major Peg system pose the same problem.

Then one can use the Number Shape System or the Number Rhyme System to link with .

(For someone new here, & unaware of the Number Rhyme System: examples are: 1= gun, or Hun, or Bone, 2=shoe, 3= tree, 4=floor, door, 5 = hive, 6= stick,7= heaven, 8= gate,9= wine, 10= hen, pin,tin((man?))). 0= hero

So you take a Gun(1) & rob a CaB[1], stealing
the cabbie’s Shoe(2) , you find some WeeD [2],
in it, you smoke it, a Tree (3) offers you a ride on his JeT [3]((it’s really good weed!)), you fall on the Floor (4) after you QuaFf [4] too much alcohol, you roll into a bee Hive,(5) that the tree keeps in his JeT, the bees sting you so you jump out & you fall into a VaLley[5 ] full of LaVa[5], and six
schorched Sticks(6) give you a SaX [6], you play it but it doesn’t sound good because there is a MaP[7] in it, it guides you to Heaven where the Golden Gate(8) is, Saint Peter won’t let you in so you walk past the gate & climb the golden link fence, which is made of gold HooKs .[8] You steal a gold HooK, you find some Wine (9)- this is heaven after all- but a GooN[9] tries to robs you of the wine & the hook, but along comes a Hero (0), rolling a big Zero, he is ZoRro[0], & he carves a Z into the Goons head… & the story fades out with you & ZoRro drinking the wine.

Or you can directly link each each number & word choice to each other & to the next paring in the Lewis Carroll System.

The Lewis Carroll Peg System’s Number /Word Association

0 : oReo,oRe,Zoo, Ra (Egyptian sun god), Ray (gun), ooZe,Rye, eaR, e.R., Rue (herb), oZ (land of), Rya,

1: Bee, Boy, oBoe, Bouy, iCe, C.e.o., Bi, Cue (stick), Boa (constrictor), Yucca,

2: Doe, yoDa, Dye, i.D. (card), Wey (dude in Spanish) Yew, D.o.a. (Dead On Arrival)

3: Toe, Toy, eT, Tie, yeTti, iT (Steven King’s evil clown monster), Joey, Tea, Joe (coffee).

4: Queue, Foe, Fay (fairy), I.Q, Fee, oaF, Q (of QAnon), Quay, yaQui, u.F.o., F.y.i.

5: Loo, Lye, oiL, eeL, iVy, eVe, iu.V., aLoe,

6: Sea,Soy (sauce or bean), aSs (equine), aXe, aSia, oX,

7: Pie, Ma, Pi(π), Pee*, Pea,Poo, Moe ( of3 Stooges), eMu, eMo. yuMa, , yaM, , Poi, Payee, aMmo,

8: Key, Koi, Hoe, Ho, , Hay, yaK, yaHoo,

9: Guy, G.i.(Joe), iNn, Go(sign or light), Go,(the game,), Gay, Yoggi (bear), yoGi (holy man), yeGg, eGg, yeN, yiN,(yiN+yang),

00: ZoRro, aZuRe, auRoRa, RaZa, RaZoo

01:RoBe, RuBy, RuBe, RiCe, ZeBu, oRCa, aRaB, oRB, RiB, RoC, RaBbi,

02:RoaDie, RoDeo, ReeD, RaDio, RoaD, RoD, ZooiD, ZaDdy, RuDd,

03: That, RooT, aRT, RaiJa, RuT, ZiT, yuRT,

04: RooF, ReeF, ReeFa, RuFf, ZaFu, ZiFf, R.a.F., RooFie,

05: ZuLu, ReeL RaVe, RaiL, RoLl, RiLl, oRioLe ZouaVa, RV,

06: RoSe, ZeuS, RuSe, ReX, iRiS, I.R.S., RouX, ZaX,

07: RaM, RoPe, RiM, RuM, aRoMa, aRM, ZiPpy,(the pinhead),

08:RaKe, RooK, RooKie, aRK, RocK,

09: RuG, uRN, uRiNe*, RaG, RiG, ZiGgy, RaGu, oRGy, RouGe, ZioN, ZiNna, RaiN, ReGgae, RoGue,

NOTES: All definitions of the above words can be found in the on line dictionary. Because I will have word choices that will be similar to each other, I will point that out, although in no means will the notes be totally inclusive for all the similar words. I do what I can. Still, the notes will give you a heads-up for deciding what word to associate with what number.

List of similar word choices:

#3= Toe/Toes=36; #3= Joe/CoFfee= 14/JaVa= 35; #4=oX/CoW=12; #1=oBoe/ oBoe= -1through -99 (I’ll explain later on!); #05=RV/CaR=10; #07= RaM/GoaT=93; #7= Poo/PooP=#77; #7= Pee/uRiNe=09; #01= oRB/oRB=-100 through-199 (will explain later); #19= DoG/Lassie= #56;

More to come later

ThomdeTarde · February 13, 2022, 3:48am

The Lewis Carroll Peg System’s Number/Word Association List

10: BeaR*, BeeR, BuRr, CaR*, CRy, CoRe, BaR, BoaR, CuRry, BeRry

11: BooB, CaB*, CoB, CuB*, BiB, BoBby (London police), CuBe, CaBbie, BaBy,

12: BeD, BoW, Bread, BuD, CuD, CoW*, CaD, aCiD, CoeD,

13: BaT, CoaT, CaT*, BeeT, CoT, CooT, BuTt, BuTte, BooT*,

14; BuFfy (the Vampire Killer) CoFfee*, BuFf, BeeF, BbQ, , CuFf, BiFf (the antagonist on Back to the Future),

15: BeLl, BuLl*, BaLl, CeLl, BuLly, CoaL, CoiL, CaVe, CoVe,

16: BuS, BoX, BoSs, CaSe, BaSs, BaSe,

17: BuM, CoP, CaP, CaPe, Beam, CuM, CuP, CaMeo,

18: BiKe, CooK, CaKe, BooK, Beak,

19: BuNny, BeaN, BaG, BoG, BuG, CaGe, BuN, BoNe, CaN, CaNe, CoNe, CooN, BeaNie, BeaNies, CaiN,

List of Similar Word Choices:

#10: BeaR/CuB= # 11; #10: CaR/CaB=#11/auTo=,#01, =#37=JeeP,
#06/,oX=CoW=12/BuLl=25;

#11; CaT/LioN=#59

ThomdeTarde · March 2, 2022, 2:00am

The Lewis Carroll Peg System’s Number/Word Association List;

Note :

    My advice, learned the hard way, is to use

one set of letters for each set of numbers ( B instead of C for the teens, D’s instead of W’s for the Twenties, T instead of J for the Thirties, as examples of what I am talking about ) otherwise it can be confusing to remember on the fly, what word for the number you’re trying to recall. Now on the second letter of the word it is not as important to choose one particular letter, it’s whatever is most powerful and memorable for you as far as a word choice is concerned.
For the tens I found ‘B’, to be easier to start a word than with ‘C’, although you do have many choices for either letter. The 'D’s in the twenties I found stronger than using a word starting with ‘W’,although when I first started I had to use ‘W’ words and I’m stuck with some of them for now…although I have found that I can relatively easily replace a weak word choice with a strong one. For the '30’s, it is much more common and easier to use the letter T rather than a ‘J’ in starting a word. For the 40’s, F is basically necessary to start with for all 10 words. For the fifties, although I do use one or two ‘V’ words like ‘video’ -52, you will probably find it to use ‘L’ as the beginning letter .‘S’ is the de facto starting letter in the sixties. For the '70s I found I had to use both 'P’s and M’s
for word choices.

Using ‘H’ to start your words in the 80s is basically your only good choices, and I just utilize the 'G’s for the word choices in the '90’s. One can use N in some of the choices for the Nineties, it depends on what is strongest for you in recalling, as is true for all of this.

The Lewis Carroll Peg System’s Number/Word Association:

10: BeaR*, BeeR, BuRr, CaR*, CRy, CoRe, BaR, BoaR, CuRry, BeRry

11: BooB, CaB*, CoB, CuB*, BiB, BoBby (London police), CuBe, CaBbie, BaBy,

12: BeD, BoW, Bread, BuD, CuD, CoW*, CaD, aCiD, CoeD,

13: BaT, CoaT, CaT*, BeeT, CoT, CooT, BuTt, BuTte, BooT*,

14; BuFfy (the Vampire Killer) CoFfee*, BuFf, BeeF, BbQ, , CuFf, BiFf (the antagonist on Back to the Future),

15: BeLl, BuLl*, BaLl, CeLl, BuLly, CoaL, CoiL, CaVe, CoVe, CoLa, CeLlo ,

16: BuS, BoX, BoSs, CaSe, BaSs, BaSe,

17: BuM, CoP, CaP, CaPe, Beam, CuM, CuP, CaMeo,

18: BiKe, CooK, CaKe, BooK, Beak,

19: BuNny, BeaN, BaG, BoG, BuG, CaGe, BuN, BoNe, CaN, CaNe, CoNe, CooN, BeaNie, BeaNies, CaiN,

20: DooR, DeeR*, Wire, WiZ (wizard), aDZe,
DaiRy, aDdeR (small poisonous snake),DoRy,

21: WeB, DooBie, DoC (doctor), DoBby (house elf in Harry Potter movies), WiCca,

22: DoDo, DuDe, DuD, DaD, DaDdy, DeaD (the great full dead) DeeD, WooDie, WooD,

23: D J, (disc jockey), WiT, DaTa ( android from Star Trek), iDioT, DoT, DoJo,

24: DaFfy (duck),WiFe, WiFi, DooFus,

25: DoLl, WaLl, WeLl, DeLli, oWL, WiLl, DiaL, DiLl, DoLlie, DoVe, DiVa,

26: WaX, WuSsy, DaiSy, Dixie,

27: DoMe, DaM, DiMe, DuMmy, DoPe, DoPey (of 7 dwarfs), DuPe, DaMe, WiPe

28: WooKie, DuKe, DiKe, DicK (police man) WacKy, iDaHo,

29: WiNnie ( the Pooh), WiG, DoG*, DuNe, DaNe, oDiN, WiNo, DoN (Mafia boss), WaGyu (Japanese breed of cows),

30: TeaR, TaR, TRoy, ToRy JaR, oTteR, JaZz,
Jury, JiZz, TRee,

31: Tube, TuBa, TuB, TaCo JuiCe, aTtiC, TaBby,

32:,ToaD, JaDe, TiDe, ToW (boat), ToDdy TieD, toe Ted, Teddy (bear or nightie),

33: Tut,Tit, ,TeaT, TuTu, jet ,JuTe,

34: TaFfy , ToFu JiFfy (peanut butter),tough, TaFia (a type or rum,from Haiti,

35- TaiL, TeaL, TiLe, JaVa*, JeLlo ,TooL ToLl ,TaiL,

36 - TaXi,TaX, TiSsue, ToeS*, TieS*, aJaX, uTeS,

37- TeePee, TaPe, TaP, ToP, JaM, TiMe, TuMmy , Toupee, JeeP, ATM, ToMe*,

38 - TacK, JocK JocKey TyKe TiKi, JuKe, JacK,

39: Tuna, TiN, JuG, JiNn, ToGa, TaG, TuG,

40: FiRe, FeRry, FaiRy, FuR, QuaRry, FuRries, QuiZ, QueeR, FiZz, FuZz, FRoe, FuRo (short deep Japanese tub,usually with a seat),

41- FaCe, FoB ,FiB, Fab (four-the Beatles), aFfaC (the duck in the commercial), FeeB (feebleminded person- an old fool)

42-Foodie, Food, Fido, FeuD QuiD, FuD (a fuddy- duddy),

43-FooT, Fat, FaTe, FiaT, Feet, Feta, FeeT, QuieT FuTa, FaTty (fat person or a large marijuana cigarette), FiaT, FiJa (a colorful slash),

44:FiFe ,QuaFf, FAQ, FieF, Fu Fu,

45: Fly, FLea ,Quail ,QuiLl,FLue, FueL, fuLl FLu, FoiL, FiLe, FeLla, FoaL* FiLly

46: Fox FuSe FaX for FiX, FuZzy, FuZz, FiZz,

47- FoaM, FoP, FuMe, Fame, QuiP, QuiM, FeMa

48- FaKe, QuaKe, FuKe, QuacK** (snake-oil salesman),

49- FaN ,FiN, QueeN ,FoG Effigy, FiG, FauN, FuGu (edible pufferfish), FuGue,

50: LoRry, LuRe, LeaR (king), LiaR, Lair, aViaRy, LiZzy,

51: LaB ,VaC, LoBby,LiB, LoBbo, LuBe, LaCe, LiCe, ViCe,

52: ViDeo, VooDoo, LiD, LaDy, LoaD, LaD, LoaD, LoDi,

53: LooT, LuTe, VaT, LoT (wife of…), LouT, VJay Latte

54 LuFfa,LeaF, LoVe, LoaF, eLF,

55 Lily, Olive, Vail , ViaL, aLieVe veal, ViLla, Viola,

56 LaSsie, LaSs, ViSe, VaSe, VoSs, ViSa,

57 LooM, ViP, LooP, LouPe, LaMe, LiMe*, LlaMa, eLM, LiP, LaP,

58 LocK, LaKe, eLK, LoKi, aLliaH,
LeeK,

59; LooN, LioN, LiNe, LeG, oVeN,* oViNe, ViNe, VaNe, VaN*, VaPe, VeiN,

60: SeeR, X-Ray*, SoRe, SoiRee, SiR SiRe SiRi

61: SuB, SoB, S.o.B. ,SaaB, SouL, SauCe, SiB,

62: SaW, SoD, SeeD, SoW*, SueDe

63: SooT, SuiT,SeaT,eXiT (sign), SueT, SuiTe

64: SaFe, SuFi, SoFa

65: SeaL, SouL, SoLe, SaiL, SoLo, SoiL,SieVe, SUV, eaSeL,

66: S.o.S., SiS SeX, SaSsy, OaSiS, , Sissy

67 SoaP, SouP, SeaM, SuMo, SaP, SPa, SPy, aSP (small poisonous snake), eXaM,

68: SKi, SaKe, , SHoe, SocK, Ash she

69: SuN, SaGe, SaGa, SoN, XeNa, SieGe

70: PeaR, MaRe*, Pizza, MeeR (cat), MooR, MaZe, PeeR, PieR, au PaiR,

71: MoB, PacK (man), PuG, Moby (Dick), MiC, PuB, PuBe, Po Boy,

72: MuD, PoD, MaD (hatter), MaiD, Meade, PeeWee,

73: MeaT, MoaT, MaT, MuTt*, PoT, MaTey, , PuTty, MoJo, PoeT, PiT, MoJo, PaTty,

74: Puff (the magic dragon), MuFf, muffy PuFfy, Mafi, MoFo,

75: Pole, Pool, Pile, PiLl, MiLl, P.o.W. oPaL,
PiLe, MuLe, Apple, Apollo, MoLe,

76: MooSe, PuSs , Peas, PoX, Pus,

77;OPiuM*, MaP, MoP, PoPpy, MuMmy, PoPe PuPpy, aMP, “M & M’s”

78 PuKe, PucK, Pike, Mack (truck), Pooh* (Bear ), MucK, PicK

79 MooN, MuG MaN PaN, PaGe, PaiN, PuN, PiN, PiNe, PoNy,

80 HaiR, HaRe, HaZe, oKRa, HaZe,HeiR, HaoRi (Japanese garment resembling a coat) HeRo,

81 HoBo, HuB, HoBby, HuBbie, Kobe (beef),

82 HeaD, Hood, HooDie, HiDe (cured skins), HyPe, KiD (baby goat or young human), Hood, KiWi (the bird),

83 HaT, Hut, KiT KiTe, KiTty , HeaT

84 HooF, HQ, Huff, HuFfy

85 HoLe, HeeL, Hill, Hive, HaiL, HuLl, HeLl Koala (bear), KeeL, KaLe, hula (hoop), HaLl HaLo, KiLo,

86 Kiss (the band), HuSsy, HouSe, HoSe, HiSs, HeX,

87 HiPpie, HiPpo, HoP, HaM, HeM, Home,

88: HooK, KooK, HaKe, HiKe, HicK,
HocKey, HaiKu, HacK,

89 HeN, HuN, HoG, HoNey, HaG, Ken (Barbie’s), KeG, HaG, HoKa (another name for red cod),

90: GeaR, GuRu, oGRe*, GaR, Nero, Nazi, GauZe, GyRo

91: NieCe, NuB, GoBi (desert), GuCci (bag), Noogie, NiB, Gob,

92: God, NuDe, NoDe, NoD, GouDa (cheese ), GeoDe, NaiaD

93 GoaT NuT, GuT, NoTe, aNT, auNT, NeT, GaTe, GouT, GoaTee,

94 Goofy, GaFf, , GQ, NaiF, Nef (a gold or silver boat shaped table top furnishing),

95 GoaLie, NaiL, Goal, GoaLie, GAO no Nova , GaLa, GaL GaLley, GuaVa,

96 GooSe, GeeSe, NeWs, NoSe, GaS, NoiSe,

97 GuMmy, GuPpy, GuM, GaMe, Go, GooP,
NaPpy, GyM,

98 GeeK, NecK, NooKie, GooK, GecKo, GHee,

99: NuN, GuN, GiN, oNioN, NaG, GooN, GooNies, GooNie, GuiNea (pig), NaNny, GaG, GNu,GuaNo

100: BuZzeR, BooZeR, BoReR, CaRrieR, CRieR, BRiaR, CRaZy (man),

Below is a list of word choices for the hundreds. This list is proposed so that there is no need to make a list of 3 digit numbers. Example: 133 could be - a buzzer (100) buzzing off in a tutu (33). 194 for me, is a buzzer (100) buzzing off on top of Goofy’s (94) head. 294 would be a dryer, (200), with Goofy, (94), stuck in it & going around & around

For 4 digit numbers , I just link 2- two digit word substitutes together: 5561 is a Lilly(55) on a sub(61)- aka- submarine. 4599 would for me, become a fly (45) picking up a NuN (99), , a flying nun!.. U may need to be a Boomer to appreciate that bit of humour…

For a 5 digit number, one could bunch a 3 digit & 2 digit number together: 19433 is Goofy in a dryer with a tutu dancing around them.

The point has been made to me that this method is redundant, that one can just use 3 or 4 digit word substitutes, that my method is a type of bundling that is too limiting, & I suspect that if one is really smart, that making a specific 3 or 4 digits/word list is the better way to go. I’d agree, except for the facts that my brain is slow, my short & long term memory sucks, (that’s why part of my username is ‘Tarde’), and that if you could complete such a list (I doubt it!) & not have it full of of obscure words that the average person doesn’t know, (likely impossible!), with many numbers left with no word partner,(very likely), it would be known far & wide as the exception (especially the 4 digits/word list), that violates the practical principals of Zephf’s Law on language theory. ( Google Zephf’s Law)

100: BuZzeR, BooZer, BoReR, CaRrieR, CRieR, BRiaR, CRaZy (man),

200: DRyeR, WaRrioR, WoRrioR

300: TeRrieR, JuRoR,

400: Quizzer, FuRrieR, FuRoR, FuRo (a short deep Japanese bath tub, usually, with a seat), FRoRe, FeRraRi, FriaR,

500: VizieR (a high-level diplomat from the Middle East or the Caliphate of the Ottoman Empire), ViZoR (alternative spelling for visor), La RaZa (the Mexican People,the whole of Mexican culture) . LaZaR (person with leprosy, comes from “Lazarus”),

600 X-RayeR (made up word for X-,Ray technician), SiZeR (made up word for someone that measures people for a tailor),

700: MiRroR, Perrier (water),PouReR

800: HaZeR, HoRroR, HaRrieR (a harasser),

900:GeeZeR,

1,000: BraZieR (a metal receptacle used to hold hot coals or embers that are used for heating) . CRoZieR (a staff used by a bishop or abbot, that has a bended hook on it like a Shepard’s Crook).
See, even with just nine 3 digit numbers, there was 1 number that I had to make pretend words forb

Word Substituting:

Listed below are word substitutes for number terms like hundreds, thousands, millions billions, trillions etc. The reason I do that is for when you have to name a number rather than call out the individual digits in that number.

True, now I’m going away from a pure peg system to one that involves substituting easier to remember words, but this system was originally used by Lewis Carroll as a means to come up with rhyme couplets to help him remember facts, so we can say we are still in the spirit of what he was doing. Besides, he’s long dead, & the copyrights to his book is way expired.

Thousands: Trousers, Trout, Thesaurus,

Millions: minnows, mini- mes’ minion, milling onion , Minotaur. Mercedes Benz,

billions: building, big onion, bunions, Fido Biggins,

trillions: Tribbles,( a Star Trek invention: a small, cooing, furry, cute, and rounded creature that is prone to quick & excessive reproduction), twirlers, trollers (I picture Tucker Carlson), tweezers, “Twizzlers,”

quadrillions: cards drilling, quarantine,

Quintillion: Quintuplets, contrarian, Centurions

Negative (-) : naked, nagger, Nero ,

point (.) : punt (kick), punk, pointer dog, paint,

equal (=) : eggs over easy, fecal matter, freckles, Pringles (potato chips),

Exactly: Zachary, Zachary Taylor ejaculate,

Times(x) : limes*, dimes, slime, blinds, vines , pines, lens, binds (Venitian),
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Minus (-) : miners, minors ,manure,

One quarter (1/4) : quarters,

Half (1/2) : calf

Three quarters (3/4) : tree with quarters pouring out.

        Negative Numbers:

The below list of words are suggestions for negative numbers. I made this list for negative numbers to give me an easy method to deal with them. I think that it is easier to have different groups and numbers to help you remember. I use the vowel ‘o’ (looks like a ‘0’) to represent the 1st letter in all but one of the negative word associations that will be used. Then the 1st consonants is the same as in rest of the peg system, but the words you use to designate the negative can have whatever other letters it has. This allows more word choices.
If your word choice for -1 through -99 is ‘orangutan’, - 62 is an orangutan with a saw.
If your word for -100 to -199 is octopus then 162 is a octopus with a saw, maybe sawing off it’s other arms,.For me, 762 would be a opposum with a saw, maybe sawing off tbe limb it’s hanging on.

I chooses the word " Uzi" (an old style assault rifle) to represent any negative number higher than a thousand. So if your word for million is Minotaur, then -1,000,000 is a Minotaur with a Uzi
…a formable opponent indeed…& hell of a mind picture.

01 through - 99: orange ,orangutan, Oracle orchard, ooze*, orb, orator, orchid,
100 through - 199: oboe opposite obsidian Obama, obese, octopus,

-200 through - 299: Odysseus, odd squad, OD, Oedipus,

-300 through -399: otter, OJ, Otter outlaw

-400 through -499: offal, office, officer, offender, oaF,

-500 through -599: oil, olive, oil, oleander, olive oil, Olympics, ovine, overalls, ovine*,

-600 through -699: ox, ostrich, osprey

-700 through -799: opossum, Opera, omelette, , opioids, opium,

-800 through -899 : OK Corral, Ohio, oak, okapi,

-900 to -999: oGRe* onion,* O G (original gangster),

-1,000 + : Uzi,

Now, what if you get letters in front or back or in the middle of a series of digits?
My suggestion is The Alphabet Zoo, A specific letter to word association that’s easy but different enough from this Peg system ,so that it can be used without causing confusion. Of course, as Bob Ross liked to say about the canvas he was painting on, “Remember, it’s your world, paint as you wish on it.”
So it is with this zoo, put what animals you want in it.

        Thomde's Alphabet Zoo

A:= alligator, ape*, angel, alpaca,
B:= boy* (is there any wilder animal than a little boy?), bobcat, Brontosaurus, bear*, butterfly,
C:= Cool Cat, crab, coyote, centaurs, camel, crow, condors,
D:= Dog*, dragon, dingo, dragonfly,
E:= elephant, eagle, egret,
F:= Floozie (every little boy needs a mom), Falcon, Frog, Furies (definitely the type of keeper’s for this zoo!), fairies (did u know? that they play cards with the Furies doing the off hours, but never dare to pull any of their shenanigans) No furries, not after that incident with tea with the alligators, anyways.
G:=Giraffe, goat, griffin, gerbil, grasshopper,
H:= Hippo, Hyenas ( mine wear those red baseball caps),horse, Harpy, hawk,
I:= Iguana, ibex, Ibis,
J:= Jackal, Jackass, jackalope
K:=Kangaroos, Kangaroo rats, killer bees, kiwi bird, kola bear,
L:= Llama, Leviathan, lion, ladybug,
M:= Muskox, mermaid, meerkat, mouse*,
N:= Newt, nightingale, narwhal,
O:- Osprey, orangutan*, ostrich*
P:= Penguin, porcupine, parrot, porpoise,
Q:= Quail, Quetzalcoatl,
R:= Rhino, roadrunner, rabbit, roaches, both kinds, here even the smokable ones have little legs!, But u kinda of suspected that…yes?
S,:= Skunk, shark, squid, squirrel, snake,
T:= Tiger, Tortoise, Triceratops, Tasmanian Tiger, Tick, tarantulas
U:= Unicorn, urchins
V:= Vulture, vole,vampires,
W:= Wolf, woodpecker
X:= X men (nah…not really, some of them just like to hang around with the Floozie during after-hours). ximals (this is what I call those little things in the shadows along the walls and corners in a house at night, things that flicker & scurry just from out the corner of one’s eye field of vision…you turn to see…& they have scurried away… sometimes, maybe, mice, sometimes shadows perhaps, or floaters, those little spots that sometimes scurry within one’s eye. Or perhaps, the supernatural, dark spirits of maleficence, or perhaps just some lost souls…like those of murder victims, of accidental death, suicide, and anti vaxers felled by Covid 19.
Y:= yak, yellow jackets, yabby,
Z:= Zebra, Zebu, zombies

I even use this system for spelling. I find it very helpful for that. I just tell a little story with it to help me remember how to spell something

So coming to the end of this for now. I have other ideas that I may add into this later. I hope some people enjoyed it and maybe a very few people might take it up. I don’t expect anybody who’s doing the Major Peg system to do this, it’ll be much too hard to switch over. I’m hoping maybe a few people who are coming new into the Art of Memory will at least take a look at this, the Lewis Carroll Peg System, and see if it might be useful for them. If I had had this system before me 40 years ago instead of having just the major Peg system, I think things would have been somewhat different for me. Therefore, I make this available to the few people who might be able to use it and if 10 people learn it over the next 10 years, I’ll be happy.

thank you

Thomde Tarde

List of (some of the) Similar Meaning Words:

#10: BeaR/CuB= # 11; #3; Toe/toes=36;
#3: Tie/TieS=36;
#10: CaR/CaB=#11/auTo=,#01/JeeP=#37;
#06: oX/CoW=#12/BuLl=#25/WaGyu=#29;

#11: CaT/KiTty=83; #2: Doe/DeeR=#22;
#11: BaBy/ToT=#33;. #11:,BooB/TiT=33/33=TeaT;. #48: QuacK**(the silent ‘C’ in front of a 'K’is ignored, in order to have more word choices);
#21: DooBie /FaTty= 43; #33: TuT/MuMmy= 77;
#57: lime/ limes as word substitions for multiplied by (times((x)) ). #59 : Van/SuV=65;

fred2 · March 2, 2022, 9:09am

I think that’s a marvelous system that is comparable to the Major System but is probably slightly more powerful given that one has a greater choice of words to choose from, given that each letter has two constanents, whereas the Major System only has one constanent for the numbers 2 = n, 3 = m, 4 = r and 5 = l. So KUDUS or (826) to Charles Dodson’s (Lewis Carroll’s) ‘Memoria Technica’ method! The ‘Memoria Technica’ system in many ways reminds me of the “QWERTY” keyboard (look at the first 6 letters on your computers keyboard) in that whilst QWERTY (to be read Major System is the most popular of mneumonic methods), other systems such as ‘Memoria Technica’ actually be more efficient. It’s interesting to know about other system of coding numbers to letters. Thus far I know of: Dominic system, Major system, the Letter-Getter-system and now the ‘Memoria Technica’ system. It like understanding (although not necessarily being fluent in 4 different languages). Thank you for sharing