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[LUG] Totally OT: Re: OT: Smartphone recommendations?

 

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 09:53:56PM +0000, Shaun Orchard wrote:
<snip>
> touchscreen phones. v4 doesn't exist because the number 4 is
> apparently unlucky in some parts of the world.
> 

Mostly East Asia: Cantonese, etc. The number four is very similar to
"death":

4 in cantonese is spelt "si" with the tone mid falling
death is spelt "si" with the tone mid rising

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture#Four

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