^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.~