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- ^Introduction - Substitute Words and Phrases\
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- You've now learned two of the basic building blocks of all Memory Training
- systems - Association Of Ideas and the Link System. Using these techniques
- you should now understand how to memorise any list of items in sequence, and
- be able to recall that list both forwards and backwards.
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- That's fine when you're trying to memorise items which can easily be
- pictured in your mind. But what if you want to remember something which
- |cannot\ easily be pictured, such as the name of a person, thing or place ?
- Most names are intangible, which is why they're so difficult to remember.
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- This problem is easily overcome by using the Substitute Word system. When
- you hear a word or phrase that seems abstract to you, think of something, -
- anything - that sounds like, or reminds you of, the abstract material and
- <can be pictured\ in your mind.
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- For example, it would seem impossible to 'picture' (or associate) the place
- name $Hereford\. You might, however, easily picture a $'Hairy Ford'\ - a
- Ford car with masses of hair sprouting out of it.#
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- To take another example, how would you picture the surname >Harrington\ ?
- Unless you know someone with that name, in which case it might remind you of
- that person, the name is virtually impossible to picture.
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- Using the Substitute Word system however, you might easily picture >Herring
- Ton\ - a ton of herrings. This can easily be visualised, and would be an
- easy picture to associate to something else.
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- Of course, not all names are so easy to conjure up Substitute Words for.
- Take the place name |Massachusetts\. There is no obvious Substitute Word
- there. But if you split the name into three parts you could use |mass -
- chew - sit\ and picture a |mass\ of people who |chew\ and |sit\ around. It
- does take a little time to come up with that mental picture, but the more
- practice you get, the easier it becomes. After a surprisingly short time
- you will find that you can come up with a Substitute Word or Phrase for most
- names almost instantly.
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- Tutorial 3 takes you through a detailed example of how the Substitute Word
- system works.~
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