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		brobinson on Oct 25, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan's hidden caste of untouchables >the number 4 sounds sort of like death This is actually true in all the major Asian languages, surprisingly. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraphobia

rglovejoy on Oct 29, 2015 | [–]

Eight, on the other hand, is extremely lucky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture#Eig...

zhemao on Oct 25, 2015 | [–]

Not really surprising since all of those languages (except maybe Vietnamese) derive the pronunciation of both words from Middle Chinese.

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