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Shortest Long Number (Posted on 2004-04-15)

What is the smallest positive integer that cannot be defined in less than twenty-five syllables?

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maybe

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maybe

11,777,777

including "and"s

one(1) million(2) seven(2) hundred(2) and(1) seventy-seven(5) thousand(2) seven(2) hundred(2) and(1) seventy-seven(5)

25 syllables

Posted by Jessica on 2004-04-15 22:59:32

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