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I have an uncomfortable memory of my 1st grade teacher showing this to us and me refusing to go along with what I insisted was an irrational superstition. I did
by recuter 14y ago
I have an uncomfortable memory of my 1st grade teacher showing this to us and me refusing to go along with what I insisted was an irrational superstition. I didn't understand the context or what her old age meant.
Similarly, I was shocked as a kid when I visited the US and saw apartment buildings skip the 13th floor numbering.
People are weird.
- ghc 14y agoSimilarly, in Japan one pronunciation of 4 is also the word for death, so it's frequently omitted.
- rucker 14y agoThis is also true in China (at least in Mandarin-speaking regions, I don't know about Cantonese or other dialects).
- hcolomb 14y agoAlso in Korea because of the Sino-Korean word for 4.
- oftenwrong 14y agoThe Japanese pronunciation in question is the Chinese-derived pronunciation for both 四 and 死.