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u/4BDUL4Z1Z
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Four is not the only number with the same number of letters.
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u/annie_bean 4d ago
What about phive and sicchs?
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u/FlammerIsMe Technically Flair 4d ago
And not forgetting sevennn
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u/AndrewZiller 4d ago
and aeiygcht
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u/SwissForeignPolicy 4d ago
kneighnne
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u/NadaTheMusicMan 4d ago
Theighhnnn
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u/SirSamuelVimes83 4d ago
Someone is going to use these to name their children
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u/Taco-twednesday 4d ago
Ahhlehvynnn
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u/Scared-Department-96 4d ago
Twwelllveehh
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u/Dumindrin 4d ago
This is just some basic white suburban mom's new "so unique" spelling of Kayl31gh
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u/HowDyaDu 4d ago
Seventysevennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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u/danger_29rus 4d ago
Anybody count?
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u/witheriteMoth 4d ago
yep, can confirm
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u/HowDyaDu 4d ago
Good job! But how many letters are in the word Mettatonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn...
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u/CarbonCrawler 4d ago
The technically true comment is great, but bro really said "to" proudly 💀
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u/topcheesehead 4d ago
We haven't even started this in other languages yet
Ni!
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u/NoWingedHussarsToday 4d ago
Are you a knight?
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u/Eel111 4d ago
You mean the dreaded Knights Who Say Ni?! I thought they were but a tall tale!
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u/Darth_Gonk21 4d ago
They used to exist, but now they are the knights who say “icky icky icky ptang zweep boing arouza”
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u/_andromedak_ 4d ago
last i checked, they also required... a shrubbery!
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u/Moz1981 4d ago
If you had checked a little later, they would have required... A HERRING!
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u/NoticeApprehensive54 4d ago edited 4d ago
Yes well, your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries
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u/PENIZ_69 4d ago
the parrot's not dead, it's just asleep.
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u/tactiletrafficcone 3d ago
AHH! You have sound the forbidden word that the Knights of Ni must not hear!!
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u/Real_Echo 4d ago
Bro that’s one character に or ニ
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u/EmotionalGold 4d ago
And of course ichi just has to be two characters
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u/DrRoald 4d ago
Eh, the kanji is just one :)
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u/EmotionalGold 4d ago
Oh you're right! I'm only just getting into kanji after getting hiragana and sentence structure down, so I'm not too familiar. We found the number!
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u/Farabel 4d ago
Goddamn, I need to get back into Japanese. I ended up getting wayyyyyyy too intimidated by the kanji and basically whole words as a singular symbol. I couldn't figure out how one would figure out what a kanji character would mean without knowing it beforehand, and ended up just stopping out of that. Well, that and other real world factors, but still.
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u/Roflkopt3r 4d ago
But you can read it as "Hi" as well. There is a "short counting system" that goes:
ひ、ふ、み、よ、いつ、む、なな、や
Hi, fu, mi, yo, itsu, mu, nana, ya
Here is an example. It's primary use is... exactly that one joke. When you have to count something out for someone quickly. But it will surprise Japanese speakers if a foreigner knows it.
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u/funnystuff97 4d ago
There's one scene in Azumanga Daioh where one of the characters is assigned a number, 3661, and goes, samurai. I've never quite understood this one.
3 - sa(n)
6 - mu(ttsu)
6 - ra(???)
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u/Roflkopt3r 4d ago
Yeah some Japanese people love their number puns. The readings used for these puns go beyond what's usually listed as kun- or on-readings.
One streamer named Sakura Miko uses the nickname 35 because it's Mi-Ko.
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u/BrickDaddyShark 4d ago
San as well
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u/Dissidence802 4d ago
Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say 'ni' at will to old ladies.
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u/BasedSunny 4d ago
Obviously they're Norwegian or Danish 😫
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u/Bulletorpedo 4d ago
I believe two is spelled “femsoghalvterskamelåså» in Danish, must be Norwegian.
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u/gitartruls01 4d ago
Håhå! We sure shøwed those Danes and their weird language. Now if you'd excuse me, i have to go take my opptakseksaminering for grunnskolebibliotekkunnskap at the handelsfolkehøyskolen before the dagligvarebutikken closes
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u/theKrissam 4d ago
They didn't specify a language, they're correct in Danish, and tre would be as well.
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u/Longjumping_Kick2977 4d ago
"to" means "so" in Hindi ( and he meant "so" by it )
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u/gfieldxd 4d ago
In that case, instead of laughing at their wrong comment we will now laugh at their attempt to react using a different language on an english comment
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u/UnloadTheBacon 4d ago
Forty is still the only number in English with its letters in alphabetical order.
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u/phatwithaphd 4d ago
"There's no word that contains all the vowels in order," I said facetiously.
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u/BonnieMcMurray 4d ago
It's "i" before "e" except after "c"...except when your foreign neighbor Keith obtains eight counterfeit beige sleighs from feisty caffeinated weightlifters.
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u/phatwithaphd 4d ago edited 4d ago
A good chunk of those fit into the second part of that rhyme, which is "and when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh"
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u/xathien 4d ago
And on weekends, and holidays, and all throughout May
And you'll always be wrong, no matter what you say!
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u/BonnieMcMurray 4d ago
This is the first time I've been made aware that there's a second part. And I have an English degree. LOL!
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u/ringtossflamingohat 4d ago
And the letter p is never used until like pentillion
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u/BonnieMcMurray 4d ago
"First" is likewise the only ordinal number with its letters in alphabetical order.
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u/lil_pootis_bird 4d ago
I remember someone misspelling "a".
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u/Roflkopt3r 4d ago
1, 2, 3 would certainly be hard to misspell in Chinese/Japanese:
一 ニ 三
Zero on the other hand... 零
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u/EmperorSexy 4d ago
Chinese Banks will use 壹, 貳, 參 for 1,2,3
Just so you can’t, like, turn 二 into 三 with a little quick mark of a pen.
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u/cwestmarsh 4d ago
Ah yes, financial numbers, one of the many points where people learning the language start to cry.
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u/elyonmydrill 4d ago
My Chinese teacher told us they have the financial alphabet at the bank to help people write checks and other documents using the financial numbers, so even the natives don't know them by heart
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u/Joushua88 4d ago
Am native Chinese, can confirm that we don’t really learn them since the only place anyone would really use them is in banks
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u/EmperorSexy 4d ago
English: We have small and capital letters.
Chinese: We have small and capital numbers.
English: WTF….
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u/MinosAristos 4d ago
English: Our numbers from 11 to 19 have weird names, and many of our sets of ten have special names.
Chinese: You just need to know 11 numbers to count to 100, and 13 to count to 999.
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u/EmperorSexy 4d ago
English: You know ninety has nine tens because there’s a 9 in the tens place.
Chinese: You know 9-10 has nine tens because its written and pronounced 9-10
French: Hold my wine.
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u/4BDUL4Z1Z 4d ago
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u/JustLinus 4d ago
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u/LeTastyGarbage 4d ago
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u/JacobThePathetic 4d ago
THR33 has 3 letters in it.
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u/SH4D0W0733 4d ago
In Swedish tre (three) has 3 letters in it and fyra (four) has 4 letters in it.
Superior language.
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u/ShakethatYam 4d ago
I wonder how long a language could keep this up before the speakers thought it was too ridiculous.
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u/Rupertii 4d ago
In finnish viisi (five) has 5 letters
Also in swedish six is written and pronounced sex which is very funny. Please laugh
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u/PM-Me-Your-TitsPlz Technically an approved Pornhub model. 4d ago edited 4d ago
To is two in Børk Børk.
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u/2TitInPMSWorth10OnOF 4d ago
"absolute negative twenty-seven" has twenty-seven letters! Does that count?
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u/SnooChocolates4183 4d ago
I would say nah because no one says absolute ____ they say absolute value of _______
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u/2TitInPMSWorth10OnOF 4d ago
"absolute value of negative thirty-two" then? Sorry English is not my first language.
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u/Scared-Department-96 4d ago
actually some ppl do say "absolute" only
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u/hiram_macwolver 4d ago
I'd say "absolute" is a function, which isn't quite the same thing as a number even though it gives you a number.
Otherwise "five plus six" would also count.
And l kind of think it shouldn't, but if the reddit hivemind says it should then at least I came up with a clever answer, lol.
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u/absurdwatermelon_1 4d ago
You gotta specify integer so this can't happen
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u/Appanna 4d ago
16.0 is an integer though?
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u/farondis 4d ago
but but it's a float!!
technically is an Int, but we can treat it as a float point number because the .0
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u/Appanna 4d ago
technically
You realise where you are right?
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u/farondis 4d ago
yeah, but that writing is technically a float too! we love type incongruence
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u/Academic_Ad_6436 4d ago
the value is an integer, though typical coding standards would indicate a float in terms of how the data is stored, but it still is an integer value. So though there's reason to consider it a float, it still fits the catagory of integer.
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u/_Fuck_This_Guy_ 4d ago
No, your dumbass electrified rock sees it as a float. Our amazing electrified lumps of meat can clearly see it's an integer.
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u/UnfortunatelyEvil 4d ago
Gotta specify we are using the programming language definition of integer to make it not work.
Using the mathematical language definition of integer means it does work.
Unfortunately, English doesn't have its own consistent definition of integer and just defers to one of the two previous languages.
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u/absurdwatermelon_1 4d ago
Ah well I guess that's where the problem is because I'm not a programmer.
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u/GhostonEU 4d ago
to is two in norwegian so they're technically right lol
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u/k-phi 4d ago
три
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u/Fickle-Insurance-685 4d ago
одиннадцать
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u/BonnieMcMurray 4d ago
And now, the traditional argument about whether 'ь' really counts as a letter...
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u/Fondue_Maurice 4d ago
Whenever I see a post like this I check the user name. I secretly hope it's the same dude trying to keep up the high of his best joke.
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u/FlammerIsMe Technically Flair 4d ago
I also saw “negative fifteen”
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u/janhetjoch 4d ago
I don't even need to count to see that's wrong.
Better would be "positive seventeen"
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u/DopeAbsurdity 4d ago
They need to give this property an overly complex sounding name. Something like: if a number and the letters of it's name in a given language are equal then that number is alphanumaphonic with respect to that language.
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In English four is alphanumaphonic.
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