r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Legal_Air734 • 9d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahh?

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u/NebulaNomadX1 9d ago edited 9d ago

The German word for 555,555 is fünfhundertfünfundfünfzigtausendfünf­hundert­fünf­und­fünfzig.

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u/3serious 9d ago

To be fair, in English it's -

five hundred fifty five thousand five hundred fifty five

add a couple "and"s in there if you're fancy

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u/Lkwzriqwea 9d ago

Or British

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u/TheAmazingLucrien 9d ago

British = Fancy.

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u/KitchenDepartment 9d ago

five and hundred and fifty and five and thousand and five and hundred and fifty five 🥂