diff --git a/2012/kang/.gitignore b/2012/kang/.gitignore
index 7331c5357..9b4ee4301 100644
--- a/2012/kang/.gitignore
+++ b/2012/kang/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 kang
+kang.alt
 kang.orig
 prog.orig
diff --git a/2012/kang/Makefile b/2012/kang/Makefile
index 53ae75f99..9f72bcb4b 100644
--- a/2012/kang/Makefile
+++ b/2012/kang/Makefile
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ OBJ= ${PROG}.o
 DATA=
 TARGET= ${PROG}
 #
-ALT_OBJ=
-ALT_TARGET=
+ALT_OBJ= ${PROG}.alt.o
+ALT_TARGET= ${PROG}.alt
 
 
 #################
diff --git a/2012/kang/README.md b/2012/kang/README.md
index 8eece42da..4505b8c12 100644
--- a/2012/kang/README.md
+++ b/2012/kang/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Seonghoon Kang\
 make
 ```
 
+There is alternate code which fixes some German at the expense of other German.
+See [Alternate code](#alternate-code) below.
 
 ## To run:
 
@@ -25,28 +27,49 @@ echo "full spelling of an English cardinal numeral less than a quadrillion" | ./
 echo Nineteen hundred and eighty-four | ./kang
 echo uno | ./kang
 echo trois | ./kang
-echo vier | ./kang
+echo fier | ./kang # notice the issue here, see alternate code instead
 echo "shest'" | ./kang
 
+./en.sh # English 0 through 13
+
+./de.sh # German 0 through 13 with both umlauts and without (additional 'e')
 ```
 
 How does it have no `u` or `o` in a string in the source code and yet it gets
 `uno` right?
 
-### Also try:
+### Alternate code:
 
-For those who speak Germans:
+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.
+
+#### To build:
 
 ```sh
-for i in eins zwei drei vier fuenf sechs sieben acht neun zehn elf zwoelf dreizehn ; \
-do
-    echo "$i"|./kang;
-done
-
+make alt
 ```
 
-What does it get right? What does it get wrong? Finally why does it get what it
-gets wrong wrong?
+#### To use:
+
+```sh
+echo vier | ./kang.alt
+echo uno | ./kang.alt
+```
+
+#### Also 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
+```
+
+What does it get right? What does it get wrong? How does it compare to the
+original entry without the change of `f` to `v`?
+
+Finally why does it get what it gets wrong wrong? 
 
 
 ## Judges' remarks:
diff --git a/2012/kang/de.sh b/2012/kang/de.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2d0dbf622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2012/kang/de.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 "$KANG" ]]; then
+    KANG="kang"
+fi
+
+# first set up translation (for those who don't know German):
+declare -a NUMBERS
+j=0
+for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13; do
+    NUMBERS["$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.sh b/2012/kang/en.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..995c4d6e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2012/kang/en.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 "$KANG" ]]; then
+    KANG="kang"
+fi
+
+declare -a NUMBERS
+j=0
+for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13; do
+    NUMBERS["$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/kang.alt.c b/2012/kang/kang.alt.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53655c26a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2012/kang/kang.alt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+long long n,u,m,b;main(e,r)char **r;{f\
+or(;n++||(e=getchar()|32)>=0;b="ynwtsvlrabg"[n%=11]-e?b:b*8+
+n)for(r=b%64-25;e<47&&b;b/=8)for(n=19;n;n["1+DIY/.K430x9\
+G(kC["]-42&255^b||(m+=n>15?n:n>9?m%u*~-u:~(int)r?n+
+!(int)r*16:n*16,b=0))u=1ll<<6177%n--*4;printf("%llx\n",m);}
diff --git a/2012/kang/kang.c b/2012/kang/kang.c
index 53655c26a..e2058d486 100644
--- a/2012/kang/kang.c
+++ b/2012/kang/kang.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 long long n,u,m,b;main(e,r)char **r;{f\
-or(;n++||(e=getchar()|32)>=0;b="ynwtsvlrabg"[n%=11]-e?b:b*8+
+or(;n++||(e=getchar()|32)>=0;b="ynwtsflrabg"[n%=11]-e?b:b*8+
 n)for(r=b%64-25;e<47&&b;b/=8)for(n=19;n;n["1+DIY/.K430x9\
 G(kC["]-42&255^b||(m+=n>15?n:n>9?m%u*~-u:~(int)r?n+
 !(int)r*16:n*16,b=0))u=1ll<<6177%n--*4;printf("%llx\n",m);}
diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md
index 0ffe68654..6bc1fbd69 100644
--- a/thanks-for-fixes.md
+++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md
@@ -1921,11 +1921,20 @@ implicitly (linux doesn't seem to but macOS does).
 
 ## [2012/kang](2012/kang/kang.c) ([README.md](2012/kang/README.md]))
 
-Cody changed the code to accept the proper German for four 'vier' where before
-it was spelt with the sound of V (fier not vier). But was this a bug or a
-feature? He's on the fence here but he went ahead and did it anyway as it seems
-useful and not having it fixed somewhat lessens the usability, especially for
-those who know German and expect it to be 'vier' :-)
+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 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.
 
 
 ## [2012/vik](2012/vik/vik.c) ([README.md](2012/vik/README.md]))