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.
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/amlan
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