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  "title": "What did I do when my phone number was hard to say?",
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  "source_markdown": "# What did I do when my phone number was hard to say?\n\nBy [Craig Coffee](/craig-coffee)\n\nWhen I moved and was changing my cell phone number, I asked for a choice. Saying my number was hard for me, and I wanted one I could say better.\n\nI went into the store in person and asked the person in charge whether I could choose from the numbers. [I explained that I stuttered](/telling-people-you-stutter).\n\nThey told me they didn't normally allow it, but they understood. They let me look at a page of about twelve or fifteen choices. I picked the one that was best for me to say.\n\nIt was still a struggle to some degree because I was speaking. But this was something I had done successfully years before I told the story.\n\n## The second idea I mentioned\n\nIn the same recording, I mentioned a second number through an internet calling service as another possibility. The thing I described having done myself was the store visit.\n\nThat was the opportunity I had: I was changing my number, and I asked. They made an exception to what they told me they normally allowed.\n\n## Related answers\n\n- [Why was saying my name so hard for me?](/stutter-saying-your-name)\n- [Why did I sometimes use an easier name for an order?](/using-an-easier-name-when-you-stutter)\n- [How do I prepare myself before a difficult phone call?](/stuttering-phone-calls)\n\n[Find your question](/questions)\n",
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      "source_markdown": "## The second idea I mentioned\n\nIn the same recording, I mentioned a second number through an internet calling service as another possibility. The thing I described having done myself was the store visit.\n\nThat was the opportunity I had: I was changing my number, and I asked. They made an exception to what they told me they normally allowed.\n\n",
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      "source_markdown": "## Related answers\n\n- [Why was saying my name so hard for me?](/stutter-saying-your-name)\n- [Why did I sometimes use an easier name for an order?](/using-an-easier-name-when-you-stutter)\n- [How do I prepare myself before a difficult phone call?](/stuttering-phone-calls)\n",
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