On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 8:05 PM, OldGrantonian<[email protected]> wrote:
> As an example of difficult words, here are some capitals of the world > that I would never be able to memorize using Mnemosyne alone. I need > to use my own method outside Mnemosye (known as "Der Sledgehammer") > before eventually importing them to Mnemosyne: > > Yamoussoukro > Ouagadougou > Tegucigalpa I am currently memorising the capitals and countries of the worlds and using Mnemosyne to test my recall. The capital cities you mentioned are hard to visualise so what I did was convert the capitals and country names into strong similar words with strong images then create a vivid assocation. For example, Yamoussoukro is a YAM and a MOUSSAKA this is the capital of the Ivory Coast. Create an image, say of a Large IVORY elephant tusk jabbing into a YAM, then hurling the yam into a large dish of Moussaka. Tegucigalpa is a cup of TEA being sipped by Mr GUCCI the designer who is GULPing down his tea. This is the capital of a Honduras, so I imagined GUCCI driving a Honda Accord car, sipping the tea and gulping loudly. Ougadougou (OOGA-DOOGA sounds like a dance!) is the capital of Burkina Farso which sounds like BIKINI FATSO. Create a strong association to help you remember. I hope this helps. Read more at http://memoryskills.blogspot.com > > BTW: I apologize in advance if I offend any person who is associated > with any of these towns. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
