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- ^Additional Exercises - The Peg System\
-
- Try thinking of some practical ways in which you can apply the Peg System to
- things that |you\ would like to remember. >Anything\ which you need to
- remember in a numerical or 'keyed' sequence can be memorised quickly and
- effectively by applying the simple principles of the Peg.
-
- If the items you wish to remember are abstract or intangible, then you
- simply form Substitute Words or Phrases for the items, and associate them to
- the relevant Peg Numbers.
-
- For example, the list of English counties which you learned by applying the
- Link System could easily have been memorised by applying the Peg principles.
- To remember that the twelfth largest county is |Cornwall\, you would simply
- associate |Cornwall\ to Peg Word 12, which is %tin\, and so on.
-
- Incidentally, if you are worried about the ludicrous pictures staying with
- you forever, running round and round in your mind, don't be. One of the
- best things about the Peg System is that it is simply a $means to an end\.
- Once that end has been accomplished, the means simply fade away and
- disappear - they are no longer necessary.#
-
- When the information you have memorised is used a few times, you will %know\
- that information. What you ^will not\ remember are your original ridiculous
- pictures. For this simple reason, you can use the same set of Peg Words over
- and over again, as many times as you like !
-
- Also, there is no limit to the number of Peg Words that you can use. To
- extend your set of Peg Words beyond 100, simply choose words which fit each
- number phonetically. For example, the Peg Word for 101 could be >Dust\; the
- Peg Word for 150 perhaps >towels\; and the Peg Word for the number 500 could
- be >laces\. There really is no limit to how far you can extend the Peg Word
- idea.
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