Tutorial 4 - Picturing Names

                      ^Tutorial 4 - Picturing Names\

Some names can be easily pictured, because they have %meanings\.  For

example, the surnames |Wood, Bell, Fox, Bush\ and |Green\ immediately create

an image in your mind.

But what about names which have <no\ meaning, such as Forbes, Harrison, or

Pensford ? Using the Substitute Word system which you learned in section C,

>any\ name can be pictured.

For |Forbes\, you might picture |four bees\.  To visualise the name

$Harrison\ you could picture a $hairy sun\, and for ^Pensford\ - someone

writing with a gigantic ^pen\ all over a ^Ford\ car.

The Substitute Word System works beautifully for remembering names.  Just

applying the system will <force\ you to concentrate on the name - to be

$Initially Aware\ of it.  And, no matter how long or strange - sounding a

name is, there is %always\ a Substitute Word or Phrase you can use to help

you picture the name.#

For |Rubenstein\ you could picture someone vigorously |rubbing\ a |stein\

(of beer).  For >Polanski\ you could use >pole and ski\, and picture someone

holding a huge, striped barber's pole in his teeth while trying to ski.  For

$Poppadopalis\ you might use $poppadum and police\ and a picture a policeman

wrestling with a gigantic poppadum.

The Substitute words and phrases you create can be %anything\, as long as

they remind ^you\ of the name you want to remember.  For >MacDonald\, you

could picture >Donald Duck\ wearing a kilt.  Other people might prefer to

picture >Mac don old\ - an old don (professor) wearing a mac (macintosh).

Remember that the ^first\ Substitute Word you think of is usually best for

you to use.

For short names, you can often use a Substitute Word which rhymes, or is

similar - sounding.  For the name >West\, you might use >Whist\, or >Vest\,

or >Waist\, or >Waste\.  Any word (or phrase) which can be pictured will do

the job.~