Something to remember

Memorizing numbers using the Major system

Further information:

http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/klausi/informatik/gs-informatik/gs-skripte.html

first item: script; second item: transparencies)

ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/informatik/skripte/inoffiziell/

complete script: lernen.tar.gz)

Encoding scheme 

 Number  Consonants           How to remember            

   0     s, ß, z, soft c      ZerO                       

   1     d, t, th             1 downstroke               

   2     n                    2 downstrokes              

   3     m                    3 downstrokes              

   4     r                    fouR                       

   5     L                    roman L = 50               

   6     j, ch, sch, soft g   j is mirror-image of 6     

   7     k, ck, hard c, hard  K contains 7 twice         
         g                                               

   8     f, ph, v, w          handwritten f has 2 loops  

   9     b, p                 b, p are mirror-images of  
                              9

Pronunciation is basis for classification:

Vowels, h, y are left out

Finding words

1 Tee, 2 Noah, 3 Mai, 4 Rahe(trägt Quersegel), 5 Leo [oder Leu(rum. Währung)], 6 Schah, 7 Kuh, 8 Fee, 9 Po, 10 Tasse, 11 Tat, 12 Tann, 13 Damm, 14 Teer, 15 Tal, 16 Tasche, 17 Tag, 18 Tief, 19 Depp, 20 Nase, 21 Naht, 22 Nana, 23 Name, 24 Narr, 25 Nil, 26 Nische, 27 Nick, 28 Navy, 29 Nabe(Rad-Mittelstück), 30 Maß, 31 Matt, 32 Mann, 33 Mama, 34 Meer, 35 Mal, 36 Masche, 37 Mac(schott. Namensteil), 38 Mafia, 39 Mappe, 40 Rasse, 41 Ratte, 42 Ren, 43 Rahm, 44 Rohr, 45 Rille, 46 Rache, 47 Reck, 48 Riff, 49 Rabe, 50 Lasso, 51 Latte, 52 Lahn(Fluß), 53 Lamm, 54 Lehre, 55 Lili, 56 Lasche, 57 Lack, 58 Laff(Drachenkopf-Fisch), 59 Lappe, 60 Schiß, 61 Schade, 62 Schiene, 63 Scham, 64 Schar, 65 Schal, 66 Schach, 67 Scheck, 68 Schaf, 69 Schabe, 70 Kasse, 71 Kate(engl Name, kleines Haus), 72 Kanne, 73 Kamm, 74 Karo, 75 Kehle, 76 Koch, 77 Gag, 78 Kaff, 79 Kap, 80 Faß, 81 Watt, 82 Fan, 83 Fama(Gerücht, Nachrede), 84 Ware, 85 Wall, 86 Fisch, 87 Waage, 88 Waffe, 89 Wabe, 90 Baß, 91 Bad, 92 Bann, 93 Baum, 94 Bar, 95 Ball, 96 Bach, 97 Backe, 98 Beef, 99 Baby

Multiplying the range

Form words/sentences with more consonants, or:

100 - 199 : enclosed in a block of ice

200 - 299 : covered with mit a thick film of oil

300 - 399 : in flames

400 - 499 : coloured with luminous purple

500 - 599 : wrapped with velvet

600 - 699 : totally transparent

700 - 799 : smelling like your favourite fragrance

800 - 899 : placed on the middle of a busy street

900 - 1000: in a cloud on a sunny sky

Eternal calendar 

Monday    Tuesday   Wednesday    Thursday    Friday   Saturday   Sunday    

    1         2          3            4         5         6          0     




  January      February        March         April         May          June      

  0 (Jazz)    3 (Familie)   3 (Marmor)         6         1 (Maid)    4 (Junior)   
                                         (Ach/Apache)                             

    July        August       September      October      November     December    

 6 (Jülich)        2         5 (Saal)          0         3 (Name)         5       
             (Anne/Augen)                 (Ozzy/Ossi)               (Delle/Dall)

leap year: +1 from march on 

1972  1973   1974  1975   1976  1977   1978  1979   1980  1981   1982  1983   1984  1985  

  5     0     1      2     3      5     6      0     1      3     4      5     6      1   

1986  1987   1988  1989   1990  1991   1992  1993   1994  1995   1996  1997   1998  1999  

  2     3     4      6     0      1     2      4     5      6     0      2     3      4   

2000  2001   2002  2003   2004  2005   2006  2007   2008  2009   2010  2011   2012  2013  

  5     0     1      2     3      5     6      0     1      3     4      5     6      1   

2014  2015   2016  2017   2018  2019   2020  2021   2022  2023   2024  2025   2026  2027  

  2     3     4      6     0      1     2      4     5      6     0      2     3      4

weekday = {day + month code + year code (+1)} modulo 7

1932  4   Manier    1936   2   Maschine  1940   0   Rezession     1944  5   Reherl      

1948  3   Rufmord   1952   1   Land      1956   6   Iljuschin     1960  4   Schusser    

1964  2   Schrein   1968   0   Schweiß   1972   5   Kanal/Knall   1976  3   Kaschmir    

1980  1   Fest      1984   6   Frosch/   1988   4   Viehwirtschaf 1992  2   Banane      
                               Fraß                 t/Wafer                             

1996  0   Beschuß   2000   5   Leo       2004   3   Rahm          2008  1   Watt

How to memorize the eternal calendar

- Supplementary description -

The words for memorizing the month codes:

I tried to find short words that begin with the same character as the month names. But to avoid confusing the words for months that start out with the same character (January/June/July, March/May), the words for these months contain 2 or 3 of the first characters of the month's name. The first consonant that's different from the month name represents the information for the number to memorize. Further characters in the word (in "Familie" the characters after the "m" for 3) are to be neglected.

Usage: If you hear the month name (e.g. "May"), you remember the word associated ("Maid") and decode the month code from the first consonant of the word that differs from the month name ("d" --> 1).

The words for memorizing the year codes:

The words to memorize the years are made up from the two last ciphers of the year plus the number to associate. If they contain additional sounds: neglect them!

Usage: You want the code for a leap year (e.g. 1972): Take the last two ciphers (72), encode them with the Major scheme (72 --> k n), remember the word that begins with these sounds ("Kanal"). Take the next relevant sound ("l") and decode it (L --> 5)

Leap years:

All years that can be divided by 4 are leap years. But all years that can be divided by 100 are not leap years. But again those years that can be divided by 400 are leap years.

Properties of the year codes:

year ---> year + 1: +1 (normal year), +2 (leap year)

year ---> year + 4: -2 (in 20th and 21st century)

year ---> year + 28: +/- 0 (in 20th and 21st century)

Ways of finding the year code:

  1. You remember the codes for 28 consecutive years (e.g. 1972 - 1999). Add/subtract 28 until you obtain a year that is within the range you know. The code for the two years are identical. (Example: 2005 --> - 28 = 1977 --> year code = 5)
  2. You remember the codes for leap years.
    1. You know the leap year before the wanted year: add the year difference + 1 to the known code: 2005, known: 2004: 3, --> code for 2005 = 3 + 1 (difference) + 1 (leap year) = 5
    2. You know the leap year after the wanted year: subtract the year difference from the known code: 2005, known: 2008: 1, --> code for 2005 = 1 - 3 (difference) = -2 = 5 (mod 7)

Examples: 

June 20, 1996:                     December 15, 1970:                         
20 day                             15 day                                     
4 June (Junior -> R = 4)           5 December (Delle-> L = 5)                 
0 1996 (Beschuß > ß = 0)           3 1970 (1972 = Kanal = 5 > -2 (years) =    
1 leap year                        3)                                         
-------                            0 no leap year                             
25 = 4 (modulo 7) --> Thursday     -------                                    
                                   23 = 2 (modulo 7) --> Tuesday



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