When a "Memory Expert" memorizes lists of things by their numerical order (shuffled decks of cards, magazine info by their page number, etc.) they've spent a lot of time using a mnemonic peg system which they've carefully prepared and pre-visualized for clarity and speed purposes. That way they're ready to visually "hang" an image on their pegs as they perform their art.
We've already used the rhyme peg list below to memorize the Bill of Rights in my first blogs but now we need a lot more pegs than just ten because in my upcoming blogs I want to help students memorize the Periodic Table's elements by their atomic number. Below there's one hundred and four pegs for the Periodic Table using Mnemonic's Phonetic Code. If you want a more extensive peg list I would like to suggest Dr. Alan Krill's book Pseudonumerology. This book is almost two hundred pages of phonetic codes from 0 through 99940. It's ponderous but I promise you, it won't give you a pseudonumerologicphoebia. (A made up word for sesquipedalian mnemonics lovers that's 0-9 using the phonetic code.)
Before deciding which pegs to choose and pre-visualizing them deep into your memory, I want to share a mnemonic idea that makes this challenge a bit easier and more expedient. We don't want to spend time mentally searching for our peg image so it's helpful to know our peg list as well as the things in our house. Try placing your pegs in a familiar location (Loci method) like your house so a teacup is at your front door and maybe Noah's ark is just inside the front door. This makes the visualization and association Links go even faster and if you decide you want to impress your friends with how fast you can memorize a deck of cards or other numerical lists this will speed up the process. [Note: As you run through your Peg Loci when memorizing shuffled decks of cards or other numerical lists a few hundred times your pre-visualized pegs become extraneous and disappear as the location becomes the peg, which allows you to go even faster.]
Also, when creating your visual image for your chosen pegs give them some life. If you decide to use teacup as "one", don't just visualize a teacup but maybe visualize yourself in a spinning teacup from Disneyland's Teacup ride. You may also find it helpful to visualize yourself in the imagery. Also, and this is very important, if you're thinking about memorizing decks of cards don't use pegs that start with h (hearts), s (spades), d (diamonds), or c (clubs) in your peg list. You're going to need some of those pegs for the cards and then you'll have to redo your peg list.
Rhyme Peg List
1-run, 2-zoo, 3-tree, 4-door, 5-hive, 6-sticks, 7-heaven, 8-gate, 9-dine, 10-den
Phonetic Code Pegs or The Major System
(There are many more possible pegs but I've tried to use the most easily visualized one.)
One - (tea) cup, toy, toe, ad, auto, dough, hat
Two – Noah, Anne, gnu, honey, wine, wino, yawn, hen
Three – Ma, Amie, emu, home, ham, hem
Four – rye, arrow, ear, hair, hero, Ray, war, wire, whore
Five – owl, eel, heel, hole, hula, lye, oil, whale, willow, wool
Six – shoe, ash, hash, hooch, jaw, Jew, Joe, ouch, witch
Seven – cow, ache, egg, hag, hawk, hickey, hike, hookah, hug, key, oak, wig, yoke
Eight – ivy, Eve, hive, UFO, weave, wife
Nine – bee, ape, buoy, boy, hippie, hippo, hobo, hypo, paw, pea, pie, whip, wipe,
Ten – toes, daisy, autos, dose, hats, heads, hoods, hothouse, woods
Eleven – toad, dad, date, death, dude, hothead, idiot, tattoo, teeth, tooth
Twelve – dune, Dan, Dane, dean, teen, thong, tin (don't use this number peg for the periodic table), tongue, tuna, wooden
Thirteen – dam, tomb, dam, Adam, atom, dame, dime, dome, team, thumb, Tom
Fourteen – tire, Audrey, author, dairy, deer, door, hatter (mad), hooter, hydra, otter, Thor, Torah, tower, tree, tray, water
Fifteen – doll, Attila, dial, duel, hotel, huddle, Italy, tail, tool
Sixteen – dish, dash, DJ, Dodge, tissue
Seventeen – tug (boat), deck, decoy, Dick, dike, doc, dock, dog, duck, taco, tag, toga
Eighteen – TV, Dave, dive, taffy, toffee, tofu
Nineteen – tub, adobe, depot (Home), dope, dip, tabby, tap, tape, tepee, toupee, tuba
Twenty – nose, anus, hens, hyenas, knees, NASA, Nessie as in Loch Ness, niece
Twenty one – net, aunt, hunt, knight, knot, nightie, nude, nut
Twenty two – nun, neon (don't use for the periodic table), onion, union
Twenty three – gnome, enemy, enema
Twenty four – Nero, owner, wiener, winery, winner
Twenty five – nail, knoll, Nile, Noel
Twenty six – notch, wench, winch, Angie
Twenty seven – neck, Hank, honky, hunk, Inca, nag, nook, Nick, nuke, Yankee
Twenty eight – knife, knave, nephew, nova
Twenty nine – knob, nap, nip
Thirty – mouse, homes, mace, Mace, mass, Mayas, mesa, Messiah, moose, Muse
Thirty one – mit (baseball), mat, mate, maid, mead, meadow, meat, Medea, moat, moth, mouth, mud, mutt
Thirty two – moon, men, mane, mine, woman, women, yeoman
Thirty three – mime, mamma, Miami, mom, mummy, muumuu
Thirty four – mower, Homer, homer, Hummer™, mohair, myrrh, moray
Thirty five – mule, male, mall, mill, mole
Thirty six – mash (potatoes), Amish, macho, mush
Thirty seven – mug, amigo, hammock, Mecca, Mike, mocha
Thirty eight – muff (ear or hand), Mafia, Mojave, movie
Thirty nine – mop, amoeba, hemp, hump(back) whale, map, mob, Moby
Forty – rose, Aries, arrows, ears, Eros, hairs, harrows, hearse, heiress, Horace, horse, oars, rice, wars
Forty one – road, arrowhead, art, heart, rat, redeye, riot, rodeo, root, wart, yard
Forty two – rain, arena, Ernie, hernia, heroine, heroin, horn, iron, Orion, rhino, Rhine, Reno, ruin, urn, yarn
Forty three – ram, arm, army, harem, rhyme, rim, Rome, room, rum, worm
Forty four – rear, Aurora, horror (movie), warrior, worrier
Forty five – roll, earl, oral, rail, reel, royal, rule
Forty six – roach, arch, Irish, orgy, rajah, rash, rich, rouge, Russia
Forty seven – rock, arc, earache, Iraq, rack, rag, Reich, rook, rookie, rug, wreck
Forty eight – roof, reef, RV, rave (party)
Forty nine – rope, Arab, herb, orb, rabbi, rib, robe, ruby (don't use this number peg for the Periodic Table)
Fifty – lace, Alice, hills, lassie, lasso, lice, Louis, owls, whales, wheels, willows
Fifty one – light, Eliot, Iliad, lady, latte, lath, lathe, lead (don't use for Periodic Table), lotto
Fifty two – lion, alien, Helen, lane, lawn, line, loin, loon
Fifty three – lime, Alamo, elm, alum, lamb, limb, limo, loom
Fifty four – lyre, healer, lawyer, liar, lure, oiler, whaler, Yeller (Old)
Fifty five – lily, lolly(pop), oil well
Fifty six – leech, algae, eulogy, lash, leash, ledge, lodge,
Fifty seven - lock, lick, elk, Hulk™, loco, Luke
Fifty eight – lava, love, elf, leaf, levee, olive, wolf
Fifty nine – lip, elbow, lobby, LP, wallaby
Sixty – cheese, ashes, chess, chews, jaws, jays, jazz, Joyce
Sixty one – jet, chateau, cheat, chute, geode, jade, jetty, judo, shade, shadow, s@#$
Sixty two – chain, China, Eugene, genie, gin, Jane, Jean, John, Johan, June, ocean,
Sixty three – jam, gem, chime, Jimmy, gym, chamois
Sixty four – chair, gyro, jar, jury, sherry, shore, shower, usher, washer
Sixty five – shell, cello, chalet, Chile, chili, jail, Jell-O™, Shelly
Sixty six – judge, cha-cha, choo-choo, hashish, Joshua
Sixty seven – chick, check, cheek, choke, Chuck, chuck, Czech, jack, Jack, jock, jog, jockey, jug
Sixty eight – chef, chief, Chevy, Java, Jehovah, Jiffy™ peanut butter, shave, Shiva
Sixty nine – ship, chap, chip, chop, Jeep™, job, sheep, shop
Seventy – gas, ax, case, cows, eggs, hawks, hex, hickeys, hikes, hogs, kiss, ox
Seventy one – goat, cat, coat, code, coot, cud, egghead, God, god, kid, kit, kitty, kite
Seventy two – cone, can, cane, canoe, coin, con, coon, guano, gun, iguana, Ken, king, queen
Seventy three – comb, cameo, gum, gummy (bear), game
Seventy four – car, choir, chorea, core, cry, cure, curio, Gary, gear, hiker, hooker, Korea, okra
Seventy five – coal, cola, coil, coolie, eagle, galley, Gail, ghoul, glow, glue, goal, goalie, igloo, koala
Seventy six – cash, , cage, coach, cashew, gauge, geisha, gouge
Seventy seven – cake, cock, cog, coke, cookie, gig, kayak, keg, kick, kook, quake
Seventy eight – cave, cafe, calf, coffee, cove, (hand)cuff, goof
Seventy nine – cup, cop, cab, cob, coop, cowboy, cub, Cuba, guppy, hiccup
Eighty – vase, face, fizz, fuse, fuzz, fuzzy, hives, hoofs, office, vase, vice, visa, vise
Eighty one - fat, aphid, feat, feet, fight, feud, food, foot, fit, VD, video, voodoo, vote
Eighty two – phone, fan, fawn, fin, funny, Havana, heaven, oven, phony, van, vane, vein, Vienna, vine
Eighty three – foam, fume, fame, FM
Eighty four – fire, Afro, aviary, fairy, Pharaoh, ferry, fur, Hoover, ivory, voyeur
Eighty five – file, evil, flaw, flea, flu, foil, folio, fool, offal, oval, veal, veil vile, viola, volley
Eighty six – fish, Fiji, fudge, fuchsia, voyage
Eighty seven – fig, fag, fake, fog, f@#%
Eighty eight – fife, Fifi, five, viva, woof-woof
Eighty nine – fob, fib, phobia, phoebe, VIP, VP
Ninety – bus, base, bass, Boise, booze, boss, pass, paws, peas, peso, pizza, piss, pies, posse, pus, wipes, whips
Ninety one – bat, bait, bath, bead, beauty, bed, beet, behead, bet, bite, boat, boot, Buddha, hobbit, patio, patty
Ninety two – ban, bean, bone, bun, bunny, pawn, pen, penny, pin, pony, weapon
Ninety three – bum, bomb, beam, opium, palm, poem, puma
Ninety four – bar, beer, bear, berry, bra, brew, bury, buyer, opera, Peru, power, pyre
Ninety five – ball, apple, Apollo, bell, belly, Bill, bill, blue, bowl, bull, pail, opal, pal
Ninety six – bush, Apache, badge, bitch, Butch, page, patch, peach, pitch, pooch, pouch, push
Ninety seven – puck, back, Bach, beak, beg, bike, bog, book, bookie, bouquet, bug, peg, pick, pig, pug, puke
Ninety eight – Puff (the Magic Dragon), beef, beehive, buffet
Ninety nine – puppy, baby, Bob, booboo, boob, bye-bye, papa, poop, pop, Popeye
One hundred – disease, daisies, decease, diocese, dices, doses, dozes, Odysseus, outhouses
One hundred one – test, toast, dust, taste, wet suit
One hundred two – design, Disney, dozen, Edison, Hudson, teasing, tossing
One hundred three – toss'm, toss me, atheism, autism
One hundred four – (bull)dozer, dowser, howitzer, teaser
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