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Teo Posted 19 years ago
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Can the phone number 3357-2981 be read as double three five seven twenty-nine eighty-one?
Can the phone number 3000-2300 be read as three thousand twenty-three hundred?
Can the phone number 3329-8111 be read as double three two nine eight triple one?
  

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Hi, Can the phone number 3357-2981 be read as double three five seven twenty-nine eighty-one? Can the phone number 3000-2300 be read as three thousand twenty-three hundred? Can the phone number 3329-8111 be read as double three two nine eight triple one?

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  • Hi, Can the phone number 3357-2981 be read as double three five seven twenty-nine eighty-one?
  • Can the phone number 3000-2300 be read as three thousand twenty-three hundred?
  • Can the phone number 3329-8111 be read as double three two nine eight triple one?
  • Where I live, phone numbers have 7 digits, so I'm not sure what the convention is for countries that use 8 digits.
  • I don't hear people in N.
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Hi,

Can the phone number 3357-2981 be read as double three five seven twenty-nine eighty-one?
Can the phone number 3000-2300 be read as three thousand twenty-three hundred?
Can the phone number 3329-8111 be read as double three two nine eight triple one?
Where I live, phone numbers have 7 digits, so I'm not sure what the convention is for countri
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You should read them as separate numbers, not as hundreds or thousands.

In the UK you might say double or triple for repeated numbers, but you don't have to.
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