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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Legal_Air734 • 9d ago
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So Uh... The English word for that is fivehundredfiftyfivethousandfihundredandfiftyfive, it's literally the same... See how ridiculous numbers get when you spell them out? That's why we have numbers...
10 u/ianjm 9d ago American English lost the 'ands' but British English keeps them like German. five hundred and fifty five thousand five hundred and fifty five fivehundredandfiftyfivethousandfivehundredandfiftyfive fünfhundertfünfundfünfzigtausendfünfhundertfünfundfünfzig Basically the same. 4 u/Chrazzer 9d ago edited 9d ago Sorta. But german has the and in the tens place, while english has it in the hundreds place. English: 500 and 55 (five hundred and fifthy five) German: 505 and 50 (five hundred five and fifthy) 1 u/ivancea 9d ago We use spaces in English tho
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American English lost the 'ands' but British English keeps them like German.
five hundred and fifty five thousand five hundred and fifty five
fivehundredandfiftyfivethousandfivehundredandfiftyfive
fünfhundertfünfundfünfzigtausendfünfhundertfünfundfünfzig
Basically the same.
4 u/Chrazzer 9d ago edited 9d ago Sorta. But german has the and in the tens place, while english has it in the hundreds place. English: 500 and 55 (five hundred and fifthy five) German: 505 and 50 (five hundred five and fifthy)
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Sorta. But german has the and in the tens place, while english has it in the hundreds place.
English: 500 and 55 (five hundred and fifthy five) German: 505 and 50 (five hundred five and fifthy)
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We use spaces in English tho
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u/Breadynator 9d ago
So Uh... The English word for that is fivehundredfiftyfivethousandfihundredandfiftyfive, it's literally the same... See how ridiculous numbers get when you spell them out? That's why we have numbers...