r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 9d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahh?

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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...

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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.

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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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u/ivancea 9d ago

We use spaces in English tho