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  • Re: What is the smallest (positive) number, when spelled out, contains no repeated letters and contains each of

    From Ammammata@ammammata@tiscali.it to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Wed Mar 5 12:43:14 2025
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    After serious thinking HenHanna wrote :
    "Betttuch" is an example of a German word that contains the letter "T" repeated three times. It means "bed sheet."

    https://everything2.com/title/j%25C3%25A4%25C3%25A4%25C3%25A4%25C3%25A4rne

    four consecutive E

    jEEEEarne that's "edge of the ice"
    --
    /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ T /-\
    -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- - -=-
    ........... [ al lavoro ] ...........
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Wed Mar 5 20:00:20 2025
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    On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 08:05:10 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

    going up to Thousand.

    Good point. In English we have "a pair" and "a brace", both meaning two. I suspect we could manage to arrive at a number including the letter 'a',
    which is less than a thousand, without resorting to dialect.

    Best wishes,
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    David Entwistle
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  • From Jeff Barnett@jbb@notatt.com to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Wed Mar 5 17:04:38 2025
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    On 3/5/2025 1:00 PM, David Entwistle wrote:
    On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 08:05:10 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

    going up to Thousand.

    Good point. In English we have "a pair" and "a brace", both meaning two. I suspect we could manage to arrive at a number including the letter 'a',
    which is less than a thousand, without resorting to dialect.

    What about "a" or "an", words that denote a single entity in many contexts?
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    Jeff Barnett

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