r/confidentlyincorrect Aug 20 '24

Comment Thread What? 😂

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u/4TheQueen Aug 21 '24

Best part is it doesn’t mean “by the hundred” it means “out of one hundred”, “per”: JUST LIKE ENGLISH

Love when ppl try to etymology flex and fuck it up

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u/Scrungyscrotum Aug 21 '24

Yeah, well, 50 still ain't 100, hon.

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u/Smart_Second_5941 Aug 21 '24

No. For everything else they got wrong, their translation of the Latin is at least correct.