Peg Words 1 to 20

Peg Words 1 to 20

Topic 7: Peg Words 1 to 20 - Tutorial 11

The Peg Word system is based on the sounds of the Phonetic Alphabet. The Peg Word for each number contains only the consonant sounds which that number transposes to, plus any vowels needed to form the word, as necessary. Remember that vowels have no value in the Phonetic Alphabet.

How Peg Words Work

Example: Number 1
The number '1' is always represented by the phonetic sound 't' or 'd', so the Peg Word for 1 must contain only that consonant sound. The word tie contains only the consonant sound 't', and can also be easily pictured, so tie can be the Peg Word for the number '1'.

Of course, there are many other words which could have been chosen to represent the number '1' using these rules - toe, tea, dye, die, and dew are just a few examples. But the Peg System revolves around the idea that there will be one Peg Word for each number, and it will always be the same word. So, a picture of a man's necktie will always represent the number '1'.

Peg Words 1-20

Here are the first twenty Peg Words in the Peg System. They are simple to remember because the phonetic sounds more or less tell you what the words are:

1
t/d
Tie
Picture a man's necktie
2
n
Noah
Picture an old man with a long beard on his ark
3
m
Ma
Picture a little old lady or your mother
4
r
Ray
Picture a ray of sunlight or a torch beam
5
l
Law
Picture a policeman or high court judge
6
j/sh/ch
Shoe
Picture a shoe
7
k/g
Key
Picture a key
8
f/v
Ivy
Picture ivy climbing over a wall
9
p/b
Bee
Picture a large bumble-bee
10
t/d + s/z
Toes
Picture your toes
11
t/d + t/d
Toad
Picture a croaking, wart-covered toad
12
t/d + n
Tin
Picture an empty tin can
13
t/d + m
Dam
Picture a dam on a river
14
t/d + r
Tyre
Picture a car tyre
15
t/d + l
Doll
Picture any sort of doll
16
t/d + j/sh
Dish
Picture any sort of dish
17
t/d + k/g
Dog
Picture any dog that comes to mind
18
t/d + f/v
Dove
Picture the white, cooing bird
19
t/d + p/b
Tap
Picture a tap, perhaps a dripping one
20
n + s/z
Nose
Picture your nose
Practice Time
Go over the twenty words in your mind several times, right now. Remember that the phonetic sounds practically tell you what the words are. You should be able to think of any number from 1 to 20 and know the Peg Word instantly. Conversely, if you hear any of the Peg Words, you should immediately know what number it represents.

When you know the first twenty Peg Words thoroughly, you will be ready to learn how to start applying the Peg System of Memory.