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1 is represented by T (or D)
9 is represented by B (or P)
1 is, again represented by T (or D)
4 is represented by R.
Two phonetically spelt words TuB and TaR can be formed (remember you can use whatever vowels you like). Imagine the Prime Minister of one country tipping a tub of tar over the shoes of the Prime Minister of the other country, thus starting the war.
Exercise
Try to think of ways of memorising the following dates:
1066 The Norman Conquest
1189 Start of the reign of Richard I
1215 Signing of the Magna Carta
1399 The start of the reign of Henry IV
1688 James II deposed.
1702 The start of the reign of Queen Anne
1776 Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations.
Remember, use all your senses in the images and make them relevant to the context. Make the connections simple and make them striking.
Learning Languages
Learning languages can be made easier by the use of association. Here are some examples.
In Portuguese the word encima means on top of. I find it easy to think of sitting in the cinema and imagining the light from the projector overhead on top of the audience. The word for beard is barber. Imagine a man going to a barber to have his beard trimmed. There are texts which suggest learning languages using systems of stories and rhymes. Avoid these. You don't get time to run through stories and rhymes when you are trying to think of a word in conversation.
Memorising Long Numbers
If you need to remember long numbers, the major image vocabulary based on Wennsshein's system, provided on pages 80 to 98 can be

 
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