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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Ronald Reagan has won the Presidential Election" was pretty terrifying.

[–] BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah but that's seven words.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"President Ronald Reagan" is three; three and seven average out to five.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I knew I shouldn't have dropped out of statistics

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Well, that adds up.

[–] FakeGreekGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 years ago

"President-elect Ronald Wilson Reagan"

[–] occhineri@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

It's also six in the original quote, who cares about numbers anyway?

[–] tubaruco@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

am i missing something or is there an extra joke because the guy cant count?

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)
  1. we've - contractions are still a single word
  2. improved
  3. our
  4. mobile
  5. app

5 (five) words...

Original quote was "nine" and "I'm with the government and I'm here to help."

[–] tubaruco@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

thanks for clarifying. i did not know contractions counted as one word

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago

Yep. English is a very hard language (and I say this as a native speaker who, caring about proper grammar, still struggles with it).

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Putting nice words in the mouth of the root of most Americans' problems seems kinda cringe.

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Versteht ihr mich?