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hm! well how about that!
Mar-27-2008 03:15
Lira
Ancient BassAddict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
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Originally posted by Lilith
It means no 4's, which are the chinese (and probably some others) number representing death.
Kind of like 13 is considered bad luck for westerners.
Same in Korea and Japan. Maybe in Vietnam too.
My anguish when I visited my godmother in her death bed is because she was on the 4th floor... unlike 13, which is just unlucky in European tradition, 4 sounds like "Death" in Chinese, so it was a lot more uncomfortable.
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Originally posted by Theresa
Can anyone explain this to me?
I'll let you be my friend T
Mar-27-2008 04:27
Unique2701
in deep space
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: Amsterdam
quote:
Originally posted by RJT
Who do these "Asians" think they are?
If I have to have a four, they should too.
I didn't know four was generally considered as a bad number by all asians, I thought it was only the case with Chinese people. The case with both Mandarin and Cantonese is, that if you pronounce 'four' slightly different, it sounds like 'death' or 'dead'.
The number eight is a lucky number for a lot of people because it rhymes with a word that means 'prosper' or 'wealth'.
Chinese people are very superstitious. There are tons of 'rules' which I don't even know about. Once I gave my friend a funny deskclock for his birthday, he laughed so hard at me after he opened it! Turned out that if you give someone a clock, it means you wish them the death.
You also shouldn't give someone shoes for his/her birthday, can't remember the 'logic' behind that one.
If I am the storm, if I am the wonder..
Will I have flashlights, nightmares and sudden explosions?
Mar-27-2008 19:29
eRRaTiK
g0t milk?
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Toronto, Canada
quote:
Originally posted by Unique2701
You also shouldn't give someone shoes for his/her birthday, can't remember the 'logic' behind that one.
guess what you're getting for your next bday? w00t!
never heard of that but I was taught knives are a no-no for gifts coz they represent cutting the relationship.
Mar-27-2008 19:42
idoru
You Can Call Me Al
Registered: May 2004
Location: Cascadia
quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
It means no 4's, which are the chinese (and probably some others) number representing death.
Kind of like 13 is considered bad luck for westerners.
Hah. Ironically (especially for me), four is my favorite number.
Mar-27-2008 20:55
Lira
Ancient BassAddict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
I know you should always give plants to hot asian girls. That means you want to root them
But, you know, this "4" thing is actually quite funny. My girlfriend once bought a cup set for tenth of its price, in Japan, because there were four cups.
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Mar-27-2008 22:12
mario999
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Re: Asian Friendly!!!
quote:
Originally posted by Theresa
WTF??
So I was looking at my phone information, and saw that I could change my number. Out of curiousity, I wondered what my new number would look like if I were to change it.... and this is what I found:
Can anyone explain this to me?
Cause you're a friggin' bigot. Didn't do it for me...
