The Major Method Flashcards
What is the Major Method?
The Major Method is a mnemonic device that assigns phonic sounds to numbers so numbers can be turned into words and then turned into visualizations.
What is a mnemonic device?
A Mnemonic Device is any technique to help you remember something. For example, a memory palace or the major method.
What are the 3 rules of the for coming up with words for numbers?
- Consonants get substituted by the number.
- Vowels and the letters w, h, y and x are ignored.
- Double letters are disregarded. So ss equals 0.
Why am I studying this?
So I can remember numbers better and it seems interesting
What sounds are assigned to 0 (zero)?
0 = “Ss” sound
S like soft, sea, sexy,
Z like hazy, oozie
What sounds are assigned to 1?
1 = “Tuh” sound
T like ate, tea
D like Idaho, hood, dad, dog
Th like Thailand, healthy, theatre
What sounds are assigned to 2?
2 = “N” sound
N like no, new, annex, knight, night
What sounds are assigned to 3?
3 = “M” sound
M like Mayan, may, MIA, home
What sounds are assigned to 4?
4 = “Rr” sound
R like roof, road, roar, harry, ray, raw
What sounds are assigned to 5?
5 = “Ll” sound
L like AWOL, Lord, love, howl, hill
What sounds are assigned to 6?
6 = “juh” sound
J like job, Joe, Jewish, jump
Ch like cheetah, echo, ache, chew
Sh like shoe, show, wash
What sounds are assigned to 7?
7 = "cuh" sound C like cake, cave, cane, cook K like kite, weak, woke G like girl, goat, gutter Q like quick, quake Ck like chuck, heck
What sounds are assigned to 8?
8 = “vuh” sound
V like viper, vape, victory, wave
F like food, floor, fake, hoof
Ph like phooey
What sounds are assigned to 9?
9 = “puh” sound
P like pool, pull, pump, pit, powwow, hip
B like boy, bucket, web,
What numbers could “tiger” be?
1 or 174
