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I would appreciate some help in solving this riddle.

There is a sign that says "どくぞごじゆうにおとりくだちい" in front of candy samples at the
candy shop. It means "Please feel free to take (one)." However, you saw one
passer-by taking as many as fifty-two of them. Why do you think that this
person did so?

Thanks!
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translation meaning ambiguity puns
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Assuming the beginning is 「どうぞ」 and not 「どくぞ」, then it is quite simple.

The sign says **ごじゆうに** おとりください. The store owner's _intended_ meaning is
ご[自由]{じ・ゆう}に, which means "freely" or "feel free to". However, if the sign was
written only in hiragana, the person might have mistook it for ごじ **ゅ** うに
(notice the small-sized ゅ instead of the larger ゆ). In this case, as we know,
ごじゅうに means "52".
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