diff --git a/2012/kang/README.md b/2012/kang/README.md
index 4505b8c12..5161fa8fb 100644
--- a/2012/kang/README.md
+++ b/2012/kang/README.md
@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@ echo "full spelling of an English cardinal numeral less than a quadrillion" | ./
 ## Try:
 
 ```sh
-echo Nineteen hundred and eighty-four | ./kang
-echo uno | ./kang
-echo trois | ./kang
-echo fier | ./kang # notice the issue here, see alternate code instead
-echo "shest'" | ./kang
+./try.sh # try various languages
 
 ./en.sh # English 0 through 13
 
@@ -42,8 +38,11 @@ How does it have no `u` or `o` in a string in the source code and yet it gets
 
 This alternate code fixes the program that would throw off those who know German
 where the sound of 'V' is 'F' and so the program had the letter be 'F'. A
-problem, however, with changing it is that it breaks other words. Thus there is
-the alternate version instead which fixes the problem.
+problem, however, with changing it is that it breaks other words including in
+German. Thus there is the alternate version instead which fixes a problem for
+Germans that causes other problems for Germans so if you're German you'll just
+have to deal with it :-) It is, however, good as you can appreciate the entry
+even more.
 
 #### To build:
 
@@ -58,12 +57,12 @@ echo vier | ./kang.alt
 echo uno | ./kang.alt
 ```
 
-#### Also try:
+#### Try:
 
 
 ```sh
-KANG=kang.alt ./de.sh # German 0 through 13 both with and without umlaut
-KANG=kang.alt ./en.sh # English 0 through 13
+./de.alt.sh # German 0 through 13 both with and without umlaut
+./en.alt.sh # English 0 through 13
 ```
 
 What does it get right? What does it get wrong? How does it compare to the
@@ -83,6 +82,19 @@ colloquial year numbers of the last millennium.
 
 We've added a linefeed to the print format for convenience.
 
+Can you explain why:
+
+```sh
+echo f hundr|./kang
+```
+
+correctly reports 500 but:
+
+```sh
+echo hundr|./kang
+```
+
+does not report 100, instead printing 0?
 
 ## Author's remarks:
 
diff --git a/2012/kang/de.alt.sh b/2012/kang/de.alt.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fd5de0723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2012/kang/de.alt.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# 
+# run 2012/kang with German words for 0 through 13
+#
+# For five, fünf, it uses both ue and umlaut (ü) form, and for twelve, zwölf, it
+# uses both oe and ö.
+#
+# What does it get right and what does it get wrong? Why does it get what it
+# gets wrong wrong?
+
+make everything || exit 1
+
+# set up path to program if not set
+if [[ -z "$KANG" ]]; then
+    KANG="kang.alt"
+fi
+
+# first set up translation (for those who don't know German):
+declare -a NUMBERS
+j=0
+for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13; do
+    NUMBERS["$j"]="$i";
+    ((j++))
+done
+
+
+j=0
+for i in Null eins zwei drei vier fünf fuenf sechs sieben acht neun zehn elf zwoelf zwölf dreizehn ; \
+do
+    echo -n "$i (${NUMBERS[$j]}): "
+	echo "$i"|"./$KANG"
+	((j++))
+done
diff --git a/2012/kang/en.alt.sh b/2012/kang/en.alt.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..afc61e430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2012/kang/en.alt.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# 
+# run 2012/kang with English words for 1 through 13
+#
+# What does it get right and what does it get wrong? Why does it get what it
+# gets wrong wrong?
+
+make everything || exit 1
+
+# set up path to program if not set
+if [[ -z "$KANG" ]]; then
+    KANG="kang.alt"
+fi
+
+declare -a NUMBERS
+j=0
+for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13; do
+    NUMBERS["$j"]="$i";
+    ((j++))
+done
+
+j=0
+for i in zero one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen ; \
+do
+    echo -n "$i (${NUMBERS[$j]}): "
+    echo "$i"|"./$KANG"
+    ((j++))
+done
diff --git a/2012/kang/try.sh b/2012/kang/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..97bec68f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2012/kang/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+make everything || exit 1
+
+echo "$ echo Nineteen hundred and eighty-four | ./kang"
+echo Nineteen hundred and eighty-four | ./kang
+
+echo "$ echo uno | ./kang"
+echo uno | ./kang
+
+echo "$ echo trois | ./kang"
+echo trois | ./kang
+
+echo "$ echo fier | ./kang # notice the issue here, see alternate code instead"
+echo fier | ./kang # notice the issue here, see alternate code instead
+
+echo "$ echo \"shest'\" | ./kang"
+echo "shest'" | ./kang
diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md
index 8ef91315f..f565fb465 100644
--- a/thanks-for-fixes.md
+++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md
@@ -1992,20 +1992,30 @@ Cody restored the original code from the archive.
 
 ## [2012/kang](2012/kang/kang.c) ([README.md](2012/kang/README.md]))
 
-Cody added alt code that fixes the problem where in German 'v' sounds like 'f'
-which the program has as 'f'. Thus with the original version it would translate
-'fier' to '4' when the word is 'vier'. Originally this was updated in the
-original code but it was noticed that this caused _other_ words to be incorrect
-so it was set as an alt version since the code was already there. It might also
-be considered a feature and not a bug so an alt version is the better way to go
-about it. Using both allows one to experience different capabilities and also
-enjoy or appreciate the entry more.
+Cody added alt code that fixes a problem where in German 'v' sounds like 'f'
+which the program has as 'f': with the original version it would translate
+'fier' to '4' when the word is 'vier'. But see below.
 
-Cody also added two scripts, [en.sh](2012/kang/en.sh) and
-[de.sh](2012/kang/de.sh) which counts from 0 through 13 in English and German.
-In the German script it uses the umlaut and also does it without the umlaut (add
-an 'e'). Both scripts can use either version to see the differences. See the
-README.md file for details.
+Originally this was updated in the original code but it was noticed that this
+caused _other_ German (and maybe other languages?) words to be incorrect so it
+was set as an alt version since the code was already there. It might also be
+considered a feature and not a bug so an alt version is the better way to go
+about it. Using both, however, allows one to experience different capabilities
+and also enjoy or appreciate the entry even more, given how simple the
+difference is.
+
+Cody also added five scripts: [en.sh](2012/kang/en.sh),
+[de.sh](2012/kang/de.sh), [en.alt.sh](2012/kang/en.alt.sh) and
+[de.alt.sh](2012/de.alt.sh) which count from 0 through 13 in English and German
+using the original entry and the alt version respectively.
+
+In the German scripts it uses the umlaut and also does it without the umlaut
+(add an 'e'). Notice how the program picks up on this! All scripts can use
+either version but the `.alt.sh` versions default to the `alt` version whereas
+the other defaults to the submitted entry. See the README.md for details.
+
+The fifth script, [try.sh](2012/kang/try.sh), runs a sequence of commands to
+show different languages and numbers.
 
 
 ## [2012/vik](2012/vik/vik.c) ([README.md](2012/vik/README.md]))