7 is always represented by g hard, kc hard, q or final ng.
8 is always represented by f or v.
9 is always represented by p or b.
All the other letters are used simply to fill up. Double letters in a word count only as one. In fact, the system goes by sound, not by spelling—for instance, "this" or "dizzy" would stand for ten; "catch" or "gush" would stand for 76, and the only difficulty is to make some word or phrase which will contain only the significant letters in the proper order, filled out with non-significants into some guise of meaning or intelligibility.[2 ] Suppose you wish to get some phrase or word that would express the number 3,685, you arrange the letters this way:
| 3 | ∩ | 6 | ∩ | 8 | ∩ | 5 | |
| a | m | a | sh | a | f | a | l |
| e | e | j | e | v | e | ||
| i | i | ch | i | i | |||
| o | o | g | o | o | |||
| u | u | u | u | ||||
| h | h | h | h | ||||
| w | w | w | w | ||||
| x | x | x | x | ||||
| y | y | y | y |
You can make out "image of law," "my shuffle," "matchville," etc., etc., as far as you like to work it out.
Now, suppose you wish to memorize the fact that $1,000,000 in gold weighs 3,685 pounds, you go about it in this way, and here is the kernel and crux of Loisette's system:
"How much does $1,000,000 in gold weigh?"
"Weigh—scales."