I don’t have a list, I just improvise. A couple of things to consider.
Some letters are special in the sense that it is difficult to find many appropriate words that start with it so it is wise to start your story invention with those translations. So if for example you have an X or Q in the sequence, your story can be based on something like:
… BX … = Big X (x marks the spot of a treasure);
… FX … = Finding X (solving a puzzle);
… MX … = More X (more of special ingredient x in a dish);
… LQ … = Large Quantity
… SQ … = Super Quality
… DQ … = Difficult Question
The sentence doesn’t have to be perfect language, but it has to be somewhat intuitive.
Take advantage of natural associations, like in the example you gave:
(9) month(s) - (child) delivery - (being in) labour
The whole sentence has concepts that are related to a hospital.
Professional application:
I used to be in charge of the warehouse inbound section for a clothing company. Part of the process was to sort boxes of clothing based on items codes. I would make a list first with codes like:
Usually such a list would have about 50 different codes and I could memorise the entire list in a single coffee break, so that I could look at a code and know inmediately what the sequence number (for example AB 237 KI would be sequence number 1) was and I would write that number on the box. Sorting the numbered boxes is much easier than sorting them without these numbers.
The 3th code and sequence number could be translated as Be (B) mooi (3001 read as letters = dutch for beautiful) pik (P14 = dutch for take) a comb (shape based translation of sequence number 3).
It really helps if you have many different systems in your head, so you have lot’s of ways to translate any possible combination.
Hello…
I understood the idea.
In the next few days I will do some solves.
In the corners I will use my system, (in Portuguese).
On the edges I will use your system (in English).
This makes it very clear who each of the two stories is aimed at.
I’ll give you feedback later!
Thank you very much.
Would it be bending the rules too much if we focus on using the 7 letter pairs as a description of a single object?
AX MH IW XC TD FG LD
So, the object would be a treasured battle axe bequeathed to David from his former adversary Goliath as a sportsman-like gesture of respect and admiration that is sometimes witnessed among rivals
(Of course, I apologize for distorting the original David and Goliath story. This is creative fiction for mnemonic purposes only.)
AX - Axe
MH - Metal Head
IW - Iron Weapon
XC - Ax-Calibur (it’s name, obviously derived from a different legend)
TD - To David
FG - From Goldie - Goliath’s nickname
LD - Live Dangerously
The last three letter pairs are the inscription on the axe that Goliath wrote to David.
Arguably these together form a single word in that they collectively refer to a single object.
Not a perfect answer to the challenge, but hopefully entertaining.
