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Major System

The technique known as the "Major System", invented in the seventeenth century by Johann Winkelmann, is a conversion code to convert numbers into phonetic sounds. Those sounds can then be turned into words, which can in turn become images for a memory palace. The code works like the following...

# Char
0 S
1 T or D
2 N
3 M
4 R
5 L
6 Sh or Ch
7 K or G
8 F or V
9 P or B

To create meaningful words, you can freely intersperse vowels, just not the consonants.

Examples:

  • 32 → MNMan
  • 33 → MMMom
  • 86 → FSh → Fish
  • 3219 → 32 + 19 → MN + TBMan [with a] tuba

Shout-out to the book Moonwalking with Einstein for introducing me to this system. It's neat.


Available Scripts

✨ Bootstrapped with Create Snowpack App (CSA).

npm start

Runs the app in the development mode. Open http://localhost:8080 to view it in the browser.

The page will reload if you make edits. You will also see any lint errors in the console.

npm run build

Builds a static copy of your site to the build/ folder. Your app is ready to be deployed!

For the best production performance: Add a build bundler plugin like "@snowpack/plugin-webpack" to your snowpack.config.js config file.

npm test

Launches the application test runner. Run with the --watch flag (npm test -- --watch) to run in interactive watch mode.