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The Pull of Four

Posted in Language by Greg Ross on December 11th, 2005

Think of any number and write it out in words. Count the number of letters and write that down in words. And so on:

  • SEVENTY-SEVEN (12 letters)
  • TWELVE (six letters)
  • SIX (three letters)
  • THREE (five letters)
  • FIVE (four letters)
  • FOUR (four letters)

If your spelling is good, you'll always arrive at FOUR.