Title text:
In 1899, people were walking around shouting ‘23’ at each other and laughing, and confused reporters were writing articles trying to figure out what it meant.
Transcript:
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3184/


Shwam.
Doo.
Two and helf.
Scheven.
Schfourteen-teen.
Shwenty One.
Shwenty-Seven and Helf
27
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WHAT YOU SAY?!!
I have said “schfourteen-teen” about once per week for the past 20 years
…I’m not sure anyone has ever gotten the reference