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tant; we are interested in the sound only. That's why I call
this a phonetic alphabet. With some of the digits I've
given more than one letter, but the phonetic sounds of these
letters are the same, in each case. Your lips, tongue and
teeth are used in the same identical way to sound P and B,
or F and V, or J, sh, ch, etc. The sound of the letter G in
the exclamation, "gee" would, according to the phonetic
alphabet, represent #6, whereas the same letter in the
word, "go" would represent #7. The letter C in the word
"coat" represents #7, the same letter in the word "cent"
would represent zero, since it is pronounced with the
s sound. The letters Kn in the word, "knee" or "knife"
would stand for #2, because the K is silent. Remember
then, it is the sound that's important, not the letter.
Now, look this over once:—
1. T, D 6. J, sh, ch, g
2. N 7. K, c, g
3. M 8. F, v
4. R 9. P, b
5. L 0. Z, s

Turn away from this page and see if you remember the
sounds from one to zero. Test yourself on remembering
them out of order, too. You should know them all by now.
I could give you one more aid for memorizing these sounds,
by telling you to remember this nonsense phrase: TeN
MoRe LoGiC FiBS. This will help you to memorize the
sounds in order from one to zero. It is necessary, however,
to know them out of sequence—so you shouldn't have to
rely on the nonsense phrase too long—the original memory
aids that I gave you, should suffice.
This simple phonetic alphabet is of utmost importance,
and the sounds should be practiced until they are second
nature to you. Once they are, the rest of the Peg system
will be a cinch for you. Here is a method of practice to