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Originally Posted by Allison K
Semi-related and always trips me up... have you ever tried announcing for an FLL competition with five digit team numbers? Take 15886 (made up example, most likely a team somewhere). "Fifteen thousand eight hundred and eighty six" takes eons to say out loud. "One five eight eight six"? "One fifty-eight eighty-six"? "Fifteen Eighty-Eight Six"? This is a serious conundrum. At least there are only two teams on the field for each match.
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I can relate to this. Two weekends ago I was the emcee for an FLL Qualifier and I got tongue tied on those long numbers multiple occasions. Luckily for that particular event we had mostly lower number teams.