The Major System

Do numbers evaporate from your mind? Do you wish that they could stay and last like stone megaliths? Then the major number system can help. Invented by Von Wennshein in the mid-seventeenth century, and slightly modified and adjusted by an English man Dr Richard Grey in the eighteenth century.

The major system makes it possible to remember numbers, by substituting words. The words are chosen to be easily visualised and hence easily remembered.

The words that form the mnemonics to represent numbers are selected by using a code. The code associates the numbers 0..9 with letters as follows:

Numbers	Associated Letters
0	s,z, soft c
1	d, t, th
2	n
3	m
4	r
5	l
6	j, sh, dg, soft g, soft ch
7	k, hard ch, hard c, hard g, qu
8	f, v
9	p, b

The vowels a,e,i,o and u and also the letters h, w, and y do not play a part in the major system, acting instead as wild cards, when finding suitable words.

0. sew	10. toes	20. nose	30. mass	40. rose	50. lace	60. cheese	70. case	80. face	90. bus
1. tea	11. toot	21. net	31. mat	41. rat	51. lot	61. jet	71. cat	81. fat	91. bat
2. Noah	12. tan	22. nun	32. man	42. rain	52. lane	62. chain	72. can	82. fan	92. bun
3. May	13. tam	23. name	33. mama	43. ram	53. lamb	63. jam	73. combe	83. fome	93. bomb
4. ray	14. tar	24. nero	34. mare	44. roar	54. lair	64. chair	74. car	84. fire	94. bar
5. law	15. tail	25. nail	35. mail	45. rail	55. lily	65. jail	75. coal	85. foal	95. ball
6. jaw	15. tissue	26. niche	36. match	46. rash	56. leash	66. judge	76. cage	86. fish	96. beech
7. key	17. tack	27. neck	37. mike	47. rack	57. lake	67. checque	77. cake	87. fog	97. bike
8. fee	18. toffee	28. nife	38. muff	48. roof	58. leaf	68. chef	78. coffee	88. fife	98. beef
9. pea	19. tap	29. nob	39. map	49. rope	59. lab	69. ship	79. cap	89. fob	99. baby

No. 13 “tam” is short for tam-o'-shanter, a round Scottish cap with a pom-pom at its centre. <tam-o-'shanter picture>.

No. 29 “nob” as is door nob.

No. 89 “fob” as in key-fob.

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The Self-Enhancing Master Memory Matrix (SEM³)

Thousands		0-99	100-199	200-299	300-399	400-499	500-599	600-699	700-799	800-899	900-999
100-999	Vision		Dinosaur	Nobility	Moonlight	Ravine	Lightning	Ocean	Concord	Fire	Paintings
1,000-1,999	Sound	Sing	Tap	Wind	Moan	Roar	Laughing	Shh	Gong	Violin	Pipe
2,000-2,999	Smell	Sea-Weed	Tobacco	Nutmeg	Mint	Rose	Lily	Cheese	Coffee	Fragrance	Pine
3,000-3,999	Taste	Sausage	Toffee	Nuts	Mushroom	Radish	Lemon	Jam	Crisps	foie gras	Pineapple
4,000-4,999	Touch	Sand	Treacle	Needle	Mud	Rock	Liquid	Jelly	Cabbage	Fur	Bark
5,000-5,999	Action	Swimming	Tango	Nocking	Mingling	Rowing	Leapfrog	Jogging	Climbing	Flying	Painting
6,000-6,999	Animals	Slug	Tarantula	Newt	Monkey	Rabbit	Lion	Giraffe	Crocodile	Fish	Pander
7,000-7,999	Birds	Seagull	Toucan	Nightingale	Magpie	Rooster	Lady Bird	Chick	Crane	Flamingo	Pelicon
8,000-8,999	Colours	Silver	Turquoise	Navy Blue	Maroon	Red	Lime	Jade	Copper	Flash	Pink
9,000-9,9999	Solar System	Sun	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto