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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.compression
Subject: Re: Integer not expressable in less than 13 words
Message-ID: <15900@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 20 Apr 91 18:43:46 GMT
References: <1991Apr16.140125.17898@convex.com> <15869@smoke.brl.mil> <1991Apr18.210832.9918@shl.com>
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In article <1991Apr18.210832.9918@shl.com> gardner@shl.com (Gardner Buchanan) writes:
>>So, what is the least positive integer not expressable in less than 13
>>English words?
>I think it's 121,121,121; assuming you don't use "and":

No, if that really were it then you could express it as:
"the least positive integer not expressable in less than 13 English words"
which expresses it in only 12 English words.