25 Ways to Say “Hello”

Afrikaans Goeiedag

Armenian Barev

Bengali Sunchhen

Burmese Mingalar Pa

Esperanto Saluton

Greek Kalimera

Haitian Creole Bonjou

Hindi Namaste

Japanese Konnichiwa

Kurdish Silav

Latvian Labdien

Lithuanian Laba Diena

Luxembourgeois Moien

Mongolian Sain Baina Uu

Norwegian God Dag

Serbian Zdravo

Swahili Jambo

Tagalog Magandang Araw

Tahitian Ia Orana

Tamil Vanakam

Turkish Merhaba

Ukrainian Pryvit

Urdu As Salaamo Alaikum

Welsh Hylo

Zulu Sawubona

Quiz on Saying “Hello”

1. In Afrikaans, hello is

a) Hylo c) Sawubona

b) Goeiedag d) Magandang Araw

2. In Haitian Creole, hello is

a) Sunchhen c) Bonjou

b) Jambo d) Moien

3. In Serbian, hello is

a) Labdien c) Zdravo

b) Laba Diena d) Barev

4. In Tahitian, hello is

a) Ia Orana c) Mingalar Pa

b) Vanakam d) Sain Baina Uu

5. Saluton is hello in

a) Esperanto c) Luxembourgeois

b) Kurdish d) Welsh

6. As Salaamo Alaikum is hello in

a) Armenian c) Hindi

b) Bengali d) Urdu

7. Pryvit is hello in

a) Burmese c) Lithuanian

b) Latvian d) Ukrainian

8. Konnichiwa is hello in

a) Japanese c) Tamil

b) Mongolian d) Zulu

9. Kalimera is the word for hello in this language: __________________

10. The word for hello in Norwegian is: __________________

25 Ways to Say “Thank You”

Afrikaans Dankie

Armenian Chnorakaloutioun

Bengali Dhanyabaad

Burmese Kyay Tzu Tin Pa Te

Esperanto Dankon

Greek Efharisto

Haitian Creole Mèsi

Hindi Dhanyavad

Japanese Arigato

Kurdish Spas

Latvian Paldies

Lithuanian Aciu

Luxembourgeois Merci

Mongolian Bayarlalaa

Norwegian Takk

Serbian Hvala

Swahili Asante

Tagalog Salamat Po

Tahitian Mauruuru

Tamil Nanedri

Turkish Tesekkur Ederim

Ukrainian Diakuiu

Urdu Shukriya

Welsh Diolch

Zulu Ngiyabonga

Quiz on Saying “Thank You”

1. In Armenian, thank you is

a) Chnorakaloutioun c) Spas

b) Nanedri d) Aciu

2. In Burmese, thank you is

a) Salamat Po c) Kyay Tzu Tin Pa Te

b) Paldies d) Efharisto

3. In Hindi, thank you is

a) Arigato c) Shukriya

b) Dhanyavad d) Mauruuru

4. In Zulu, thank you is

a) Dankie c) Dankon

b) Ngiyabonga d) Diakuiu

5. Mèsi is thank you in

a) Haitian Creole c) Tagalog

b) Luxembourgeois d) Turkish

6. Hvala is thank you in

a) Afrikaans c) Greek

b) Esperanto d) Serbian

7. Takk is thank you in

a) Bengali c) Norwegian

b) Japanese d) Ukrainian

8. Bayarlalaa is thank you in

a) Latvian c) Mongolian

b) Lithuanian d) Urdu

9. Diolch is the word for thank you in this language: __________________

10. The word for thank you in Swahili is: __________________

Learning Long Sequences of Numbers

Numbers can be remembered by learning a simple phonetic alphabet, consisting of just

ten pairs of digits and sounds. Each digit has an assigned letter (or letters) based on a

sound. The key is to pay attention to the sound, not the letter.

We use the following phonetic alphabet, based on “The Memory Book” by Harry

Lorayne and Jerry Lucas.

1: t or d

2: n

3: m

4: r

5: l

6: j or sh or ch

7: k or hard c or hard g

8: f or v or ph

9: b or p

0: s or z or soft c

For example, suppose your phone number is 941-3570. In the phonetic alphabet, this

translates to b r d – m l k s.

Now think of a word (or a combination of words) that makes these seven phonetic

sounds. A silly example is “Brad Milks”. You can picture the famous actor Brad Pitt

furiously milking a big white cow, where the cow’s face is replaced by a picture of you

speaking on the phone! Now when you think, “what’s my phone number?”, you’ll

immediately think of Brad Pitt and his cow, come up with “Brad Milks”, which them

transposes to 941-3570. So that’s your phone number!!

While this is admittedly contrived, this method illustrates the theory that it is always

easier to remember a tangible picture (or series of pictures), rather than an abstract

sequence of digits. So when we remember numbers, we use the phonetic system to

convert the digits into words. Here is a simple way to remember the sounds.

1 = t, d. A typewritten small t has one downstroke

2 = n. A typewritten small n has two downstrokes

3 = m. A typewritten small m has three downstrokes

4 = r. The word four ends with an r

5 = l. The five fingers, thumb out, form an l

6 = j, sh, ch. A 6 and a capital j are almost mirror images of one another

7 = k, hard c, hard g. You can make a capital k with two 7’s

8 = f, v, ph. An 8 and a handwritten f look similar

9 = p, b. A 9 and a p are mirror images of one another

0 = s, z, soft c. The first sound in the word zero is z

A few rules:

The vowels a, e, i, o, u have no value whatsoever in the phonetic alphabet; they

are disregarded. So are the letters w, h, and y.

Silent letters are disregarded. So the word knee transposes to 2, not 72.

Remember, we are interested in the sound, not the letter. Similarly, the word

bomb transposes to 93, not 939; the last b is silent.

Double letters count as one. For example, the word matter transposes to 314, not

3114. There are two t’s in the word, but they are pronounced as one t.

As a test, you can verify the following:

Conservative is 7204818

Liberal is 5945

New Democrat is 213741

Bloc Quebecois is 957797 (the last s is silent)

Green is 742

Prime Minister is 94332014

Governor General is 784246245 (the “G” in “General” sounds like a j)

How do you remember a long number like 94114049427586?

Separate the number into several smaller blocks, such as 941 140 494 275 86.

Determine any word that phonetically fits 941. Examples of words include parrot,

bread, proud, apart, berate, pirate, brat, board, bored, brad, bart.

Now look at the next group of three digits, 140. What word phonetically fits 140?

Examples include tears, throws, dress, duress.

Now start forming a Link, where you associate 941 with 140. An example could

be a giant parrot wearing a dress. Or it could be Bart Simpson crying big tears.

Continue on with 494. Examples include robber, rubber, or arbour. For example,

now your image could be Bart Simpson crying big balloon-shaped tears, running

down the street because he’s being chased by a big angry robber.

Continue on with 275. Examples include nickel, angle, or knuckle. You can

think of a robber cracking his knuckle, and making a really large sound.

Finish with 86. For example, fish satisfies this word. Now when the robber

cracks his knuckle, a giant fish comes out of his head.

You’ve just formed a short Link with five words. This will tell you the number you’ve

just learned! The first word is Bart, then tears, then robber, then knuckle, then fish.

The only number this could possibly be is 94114049427586.

Use the same system to memorize this 20-digit number: 47912734851973608378.

The Smart Border Action Plan

Here are the 32 elements of the Smart Border Action Plan, which was signed by John

Manley and Tom Ridge in December 2001.

1) Biometric Identifiers 2) Permanent Resident Cards 3) Single Alternative Inspection System 4) Refugee/Asylum Processing 5) Managing of Refugee/Asylum Claims 6) Visa Policy Coordination 7) Air Preclearance 8) Advance Passenger Information / Passenger Name Record 9) Joint Passenger Analysis Units 10) Ferry Terminals 11) Compatible Immigration Databases 12) Immigration Officers Overseas 13) International Cooperation 14) Harmonized Commercial Processing 15) Clearance Away from the Border 16) Joint Facilities 17) Customs Data 18) Intransit Container Targeting at Seaports 19) Infrastructure Improvements 20) Intelligent Transportation Systems 21) Critical Infrastructure Protection 22) Aviation Security 23) Integrated Border and Marine Enforcement Teams 24) Joint Enforcement Coordination 25) Integrated Intelligence 26) Fingerprints 27) Removal of Deportees 28) Counter-Terrorism Legislation 29) Freezing of Terrorist Assets 30) Joint Training and Exercises 31) Biosecurity 32) Science and Technology Cooperation

Learning A Sequence of 100 Items!

In the presentation, you memorized a sequence of 10 items, using the Peg System.

Instead of ten pegs, you can have any number of pegs. For example, here is a list of 100

new Pegs, which are all based on the phonetic system. You can use these pegs to

remember any sequence of 100 items!

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

00 SOS SAT Sun Sam Sir Sole Sash Sack Save Soap

10 Toes Tot Tan Time Tire Tail Taj Tack TV Tape

20 Nose Nut Num Nemo Nair Nail Nash Neck Knife Knob

30 Mouse Mott Man Mime Mayor Mail Mash Mic Movie Mop

40 Race Rat Rain Ram Roar Roll Rash Rake Roof Rope

50 Less Lid Lion Lime Liar Lily Lash Lock Love Lab

60 Cheese Jet Gin Jam Jar Gel Josh Jock Jeff JP

70 Kiss Cat Cone Comb Car Coal Cash Kick Coffee Cab

80 Face Fat Fan Fame Fore File Fish Vick FIFA Fob

90 Base Bat Bone Bum Beer Ball Bash Book Beef Gretzky

These are the 100 pegs I use. You will definitely want to replace some of my numbers

with ones that are more meaningful to you. For example, my 26 is “Nash”, which refers

to the Nobel-Prize winning mathematician from the movie “A Beautiful Mind”.

However, you might find it easier to replace 26 with something more meaningful to you,

such as “notch” or “hinge”. The same is true with many of my other numbers.