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How about Numbers? Did’nt Apple have a low sales rate of the Performa 4400 in Japan due to 4 having a bad meaning?

Four is an unlucky number in Japan because it sounds like shi (死 – death). This is why there are two readings for the number four, shi and yon. Whenever possible, people try to avoid using the deathy one.

https://www.lingualift.com/blog/lucky-unlucky-numbers-japan/




We can also add in alphanumeric sequences.

An example of this was Toyota launching the 'MR2' in France, which phonetically spells out something not very marketable.




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