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Does your university have a significant Asian population? Three (homonym with "alive") is a lucky number in Chinese culture. Four (homonym with "death") is an
by jellicle 16y ago
Does your university have a significant Asian population?
Three (homonym with "alive") is a lucky number in Chinese culture. Four (homonym with "death") is an unlucky number. Apartment buildings built for Chinese persons often skip all floor numbers with "4" in them as well as all apartment numbers with "4" in them.
- hammock 16y agoYou can find some buildings in the US with no 13th floor.
- mryall 16y agoYeah. Lots of them have twelve floors or fewer.
- spiralganglion 16y agoHar! I'd like to see one that starts on the 14th floor. I mean, if we're going to indulge arbitrary biases, let's go all-out. And while we're at it, let's have at least a few cases where we number the ceilings, too.
- Tiomaidh 16y ago"I’m staying at a hotel right now, there’s no 13th floor because of superstition. But come on man, the people on the 14th floor, you know what floor you’re really on. If you jump out of the 14th floor hoping to kill yourself, you will die earlier." ~Mitch Hedberg He makes a fair point though--if you're so superstitious that you're uncomfortable with the thirteenth floor, shouldn't you be uncomfortable about it regardless of its nomenclature?
- eps 16y agoDon't know about 3, but if a price includes lots of 8s, the seller is definitely aiming at Chinese buyers. Seeing this left and right here in Vancouver, and it looks corny at best. Like trying to lure Russians with a picture of vodka, or Americans with that of a cowboy hat.