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When I got married, I received telegraph message “twenty-five” from many distant friends and relatives.

Cheaper to send a two word greeting rather than a fully decoded message.



“twenty-five” is counted as a single word. I know because I once sent a telegram with such a number.


I guess a money saving hack would be to string everything together using underscores :-)


How does 25 relate to a wedding?




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