KANA MNEMONICS Richard Brooksby, Ravenbrook Limited, 2005-07-02 RATIONALE Short vowels are used for short sounds.

Short vowels are followed by stops whenever possible. Long vowels are used for long sounds, followed by liquids of possible (except N or M). Vowels follwed by N or M are used for nasalized syllables. If possible, each row has both a noun and a verb, or a word which is both, so that it can be used in stories. Vivid images are chosen where possible, to help with memory. This is a "LinkWord" mnemonic technique <http://www.psychwww.com/mtsite/forlangu.html#LinkWord>. EXAMPLES exhibition

An exhibition of huge kites, so large than ten jeeps were required to pull one kite, making it a TEN JEEP KITE. sightseeing, tourism

Sightseeing is about seeing what's around the next corner. In case you run out of corners, carry a spare CAN of CORNERS to pop open. interpretation

A strange meeting in the animal kingdom required one interpreter on each side: a TOUCAN and a YAK. souveneers

I had to get souveneers for an ODD MIX of relatives. While the talkative shop assistant was YAPping I went round the shop to GET them. post office

The post office is inenefficient. They employ loutish YOUTHs who just throw the mail in the BIN, then run to the KIOSK to get some ramen from the COOK. MNEMONICS act, ant, axe ick, id, if, it, is up, us, usher end, ebb, ed, egg ox, odd, op., oz, obelisk, obese, occult, ocelot, octopus cap, cad, cab, cat kit, kick, kid, kip kook, coop, cook keg

cog, cot, cod, cop, cox car key cool quay corner, core can, candle kindle kunst Ken (and Barbie) con, combo kayak cube kiosk gap gig, git good, goose get, getup god, go, got gala ghee goo gay gold, golf gang, ganja ginko goon, gun gentle, Ghent gone, gong gear goo gyro sad ship soot said, sex, sec, seven sock, sob, soccer, sod, soppy salad sheep soon, soup say sword sand, shin soon, send, song, shack shoe sank sun cent son

shop zap jib, jeep, jig zoo, zulu zebra, zest Zorro jeer zoo

zany, Zanzibar zinc, zing, zip Zen zonked jack juice jog tab, tap, taxi, tack cheese, chick two, toot, tuba, tube teddy, text top, tot, toxin tar cheer toucan table told, torpid tank chin toon ten ton chat chug, chuck chock, chop dad, dab, dash dig duke dead, debt dog, dock dark deep dood day dough dandy

din doom den don, donkey nap, nag, gnat nip, nib noose, nuke neck, never no, not, noddy, knock

[very rare]

nimble, nimrod, ninny nemesis, nematode near new gnocci hat, hack, hag, happy, hatch hit, hip foot head hop hard, heart heat, heap food, fool hay horse, horny hand Hindu fun, funky, fund hen honk hear, hyena, hydra human hyottoko, hypo, hydro bat bib, bitch, big, bit book bed, beg, bet box barber, basket beach boot, booze bay bore, boring

band bin bun bend, bent bond, bongo beer, bylaw beauty beyond pad, pat pig put, pub peck, peg pot, posh, pod

piano, pyre puke, pew peony, pyro map, mat, mack, mad mid, meet, mix, MIG moot, move, mud medal, measure, meadow mop, mob, mock

man minute, minimum moon men monkey, month, monster miander, myna music, muon meal, myopic yap unit, uvula, useful, U-turn yacht yard, yarn

youth yaw yam, yank yummy yonder rat, rack rig, rip rook, rug red, wreck rock, rod raft reason, reef ruby, roof rare, ray raw ran, random, rank rink, rinse rune, run rend, Ren (& Stimpy) Roman, wrong, romp react, rhea reunion, lieu lion, riot whack, wag, wax noon water, wash, whopper corner can Rio night gouge gay jaw Dan yak Ken table tie

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