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This page led me to rediscover the name of the digit-to-consonant mnemonic system I absorbed from the 2000-vintage internet (probably Everything2): the Major Sy
by EForEndeavour 6y ago
This page led me to rediscover the name of the digit-to-consonant mnemonic system I absorbed from the 2000-vintage internet (probably Everything2): the Major System [1].
Fittingly, I'd forgotten the name of this technique, though I still sometimes absentmindedly perform it on phone numbers and other digit strings in my environment when I'm walking around or whatever.
Basically, you map the digits 0 through 9 to specific consonants, then come up with vowels to build out phrases that are more memorable than a bunch of boring numbers. I think I stopped practicing the system around the time I started storing phone numbers in cellphones, but reading this has reminded me to pick it back up and see if I can find any practical uses.
[1] http://www.ludism.org/mentat/MajorSystem http://www.ludism.org/mentat/MajorSystem
- bangonkeyboard 6y agoI extended the Major system to include A-F so I could memorize hex cryptographic keys. Unfortunately, at the same time I also reordered some of the consonants, so I now have two competing mental phonemic mappings and basically ruined the system for myself.
- jedimastert 6y agoI believe this is Arthur Benjamin is using at the end of this demonstration. Super fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4vqr3_ROIk&vl=en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4vqr3_ROIk&vl=en
- _alex_ 6y agoI used to travel a lot for work and this is how I’d remember my hotel room number.
- EForEndeavour 6y agoI'll have to use this next time I stay in a hotel! Here's hoping I get Room 756 so I can tell myself I'm crashing at the club tonight.