4649?

[Karen]

My 弟【おとうと】 taught me something cool -- don't know if this is really used, but you can correct me if I'm wrong:

39 (san-kyu) can be be used as an abbrevation for "thank you,"

And 4649 can be used for yo-ro-shi-ku!

I'm guessing this is a text message thing, much like 143 for "I love you."

[Belton]

They're great.

It reminded me that I'd read about this before, but pushed it to the back of my mind not being a keitai type.

You might be interested in this page (a pdf file). It has the other numbers and goes into it a bit more.
It's called goro-awase apparently.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0002/pdf/ppp034.pdf

The home page for pera pera penguin -->
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0002/

[Bueller_007]

They're great.

It reminded me that I'd read about this before, but pushed it to the back of my mind not being a keitai type.

You might be interested in this page (a pdf file). It has the other numbers and goes into it a bit more.
It's called goro-awase apparently.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0002/pdf/ppp034.pdf

The home page for pera pera penguin -->
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0002/

The Japanese are absolute gods at this.

They use mnemonic devices & puns like this to remember everything. One of my students used to remember her student number (7497) with the phrase "ナシ喰うな" (nashi kuu na), which means "DON'T EAT PEARS!"

And there's this famous poem:
"産医師異国に向かう／産後厄なく／産婦みやしろに／虫散々闇に鳴く"
"san ishi ikoku ni mukau / sango yaku naku / sanpu miyashiro ni / mushi sanzan yami ni naku"
Which means something nonsensical about an obstetrician going abroad, but if you just follow the sounds, it means 3.14159265 358979 3238462 643383279. Pi to 30 digits.

I had to rip it from Wikipedia, but I've heard plenty of students who have no interest in math rhyme this mnemonic off from memory when I asked them to (although most of them only make it to sanpu). It's damn impressive that a whole country of people can do this.

There's another mnemonic for root of 2, and another one for root of 3, and probably many many more.

[Brody]

Text messaging is an absolute entirely different language in Japan. They put American kids to shame.

[WCR91]

They're great.

It reminded me that I'd read about this before, but pushed it to the back of my mind not being a keitai type.

You might be interested in this page (a pdf file). It has the other numbers and goes into it a bit more.
It's called goro-awase apparently.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0002/pdf/ppp034.pdf

The home page for pera pera penguin -->
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0002/

The Japanese are absolute gods at this.

They use mnemonic devices & puns like this to remember everything. One of my students used to remember her student number (7497) with the phrase "ナシ喰うな" (nashi kuu na), which means "DON'T EAT PEARS!"

And there's this famous poem:
"産医師異国に向かう／産後厄なく／産婦みやしろに／虫散々闇に鳴く"
"san ishi ikoku ni mukau / sango yaku naku / sanpu miyashiro ni / mushi sanzan yami ni naku"
Which means something nonsensical about an obstetrician going abroad, but if you just follow the sounds, it means 3.14159265 358979 3238462 643383279. Pi to 30 digits.

I had to rip it from Wikipedia, but I've heard plenty of students who have no interest in math rhyme this mnemonic off from memory when I asked them to (although most of them only make it to sanpu). It's damn impressive that a whole country of people can do this.

There's another mnemonic for root of 2, and another one for root of 3, and probably many many more.

You never fail to amaze me.

[Bueller_007]

Hey, I can't remember the damn thing for the life of me.

Props to the guy who made it up to begin with.