Lee Sau Dan ~{@nJX6X~} <sdlee at faith.csis.hku.hk> wrote in message
news:7femdi7zr6.fsf at faith.csis.hku.hk...
> >>>>> "Larisa" == Larisa Migachyov <lvm at leland.Stanford.EDU> writes:
>>> Larisa> I remember pi as a melody, where each note signifies a
> Larisa> digit. So, I have it memorized to 3.1415926535897...
> Larisa> However, when I need to use pi in calculations, I only use
> Larisa> 3.1416.
>[...]
> Therefore, I recite the digits in pi (and any phone numbers of my
> friends/relatives) using by their Cantonese sounds. If you ask me for
> these number in English, I must hesitate to think about the numbers
> once in Cantonese and then translate them into English. Similarly, if
> you ask me for these number in Mandarin, I have to go through a
> "tranliteration", which is, nevertheless, more straightforward than
> English. (FYI, phone numbers in HK are 8 digits long...
In a similar way, I memorize some phone numbers by being aware of the
patterns on the phone-pad. It is sometimes more difficult to recall the
actual numbers than the finger positions on the pad. The "feel" of the
sequence is somehow associated with the telephone owner, not with the
numbers.
Alan
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