Re: Heard at the IETF2000-08-03 07:30:03[ From: John Day <day(_at_)std(_dot_)com> ] [ Date: 17:10 (-0400), Aug 2, 2000 ] > Actually in the Far East there are 2, the Chinese > skip 4 and the Koreans or Japanese skip something > else. I have been in hotels in Korea where there 3 > floor numbers missing which of course is prime as > well! ;-) At least in Korea, they skip "4" as well. This is apparently because the number "4" when pronounced in either Mandarin or Korean sounds like "death" in the same language. -- /amlan
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