|
Digit |
Sound |
Remember |
|
0 |
z,
s,soft c |
z
for zero |
|
1 |
t,
th, d |
t
has one down stroke |
|
2 |
n |
n
has two down strokes |
|
3 |
m |
m has three down strokes |
|
4 |
r |
last
sound in four |
|
5 |
l |
Roman
numeral for 50 is L |
|
6 |
j, sh, ch, soft g |
reversed
j looks like a 6 |
|
7 |
k,
q, hard c, hard g |
k
is made of two 7's |
|
8 |
f,
v |
script
f resembles an 8 |
|
9 |
p, b |
reversed
p is a 9 |
Examples:
|
Number |
Word |
Notes |
|
1 |
tie |
|
|
2 |
Noah |
|
|
3 |
ma |
|
|
4 |
ray |
|
|
5 |
law |
|
|
6 |
jay |
|
|
7 |
key |
|
|
8 |
fee |
|
|
9 |
pie |
|
|
10 |
toes |
|
|
11 |
tot |
|
|
12 |
tin |
|
|
13 |
tomb |
'b'
is silent |
|
14 |
tire |
|
|
15 |
towel |
|
|
16 |
tissue |
'ss'
is pronounced as a single 's' |
|
17 |
tack |
'c'
is silent |
|
18 |
taffy |
'ff'
is pronounced as a single 'f' |
|
19 |
tub |
|
|
20 |
nose |
|
The name of this program, '2Know', is derived from the fact that 'know' is the phonetic equivalent of '2'.
Remember, it is the sounds that are important, not the letters.
* If repeated letters make only one sound, as 'ss' in tissue, it translates to a single digit.
* Silent consonants, such as the 'c' in tack, are not represented by a digit.
* Vowels don't count
* 'x' is usually pronounced as 'ks' as in axiom(703)
Regional accents and individual pronunciation can make for ambiguous translations. For example 'conch' could be translated as either 726 or 727. It is your decision which to use - just be consistent.