In a My Mnemoic Core – The Major System I explained how the Major System works. In this post I’ve listed a table of some example words you could use for the numbers zero to ninety nine.
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The Major System – 0-99
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My Mnemoic Core – The Major System
The basis of my mnemonic system is a variation on the Major System. I first learned of the system many years ago in, I think, Tony Buzan’s Use Your Perfect Memory but as with many mnemonic devices, it’s a system that dates back several centuries.
The purpose is to convert numbers in to specific letters which can then be combined to make words and phrases so that the original numbers are easier to remember. The system has some logical constructs, the letter n with two down-strokes represents the number 2, the letter m with three down-strokes is therefore the number 3.
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How to Calculate the Day of the Week for a Given Date
There are a few variations on how to work out the day of the week for a given date but this version, known has the Doomsday Rule by John Conway, has both simple mathematics and doesn’t require a great deal of prior memorisation.
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