8- That's the magic number
Mar 10, 2009 | 11:44 pm
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8- That's the magic number
CX has just announced a net loss of 8.558 billion HK dollars in the last year, just to let you all know. Looks like this year's not going to be much prettier either...
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Mar 11, 2009 | 5:14 am
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8.558 is more the figure....
This has nothing to do with numerology but the Chinese use it because the number 8 sounds like the word wealth when spoken.
In Mandarin, 8 is "Pah". Wealth is "Fah".
In Cantonese, 8 is "Pat", and wealth is "Faaht".
So when one goes to any Chinatown in any western countries you will know why most car licence plates have 8's in them.
But the above spells trouble as the number 5 in mandarin is "Ooo", and in Cantonese is "Mmm". Which basically sounds like the word "Not" which in mandarin is "Pooo", and in Cantonese is almost the same except its "mmmM" in a downturn.
So "58" literally means "Not wealthy, no wealth, no money".
Oh dear...
This has nothing to do with numerology but the Chinese use it because the number 8 sounds like the word wealth when spoken.
In Mandarin, 8 is "Pah". Wealth is "Fah".
In Cantonese, 8 is "Pat", and wealth is "Faaht".
So when one goes to any Chinatown in any western countries you will know why most car licence plates have 8's in them.
But the above spells trouble as the number 5 in mandarin is "Ooo", and in Cantonese is "Mmm". Which basically sounds like the word "Not" which in mandarin is "Pooo", and in Cantonese is almost the same except its "mmmM" in a downturn.
So "58" literally means "Not wealthy, no wealth, no money".
Oh dear...
Mar 11, 2009 | 10:47 am
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8.558 is more the figure....
This has nothing to do with numerology but the Chinese use it because the number 8 sounds like the word wealth when spoken.
In Mandarin, 8 is "Pah". Wealth is "Fah".
In Cantonese, 8 is "Pat", and wealth is "Faaht".
So when one goes to any Chinatown in any western countries you will know why most car licence plates have 8's in them.
But the above spells trouble as the number 5 in mandarin is "Ooo", and in Cantonese is "Mmm". Which basically sounds like the word "Not" which in mandarin is "Pooo", and in Cantonese is almost the same except its "mmmM" in a downturn.
So "58" literally means "Not wealthy, no wealth, no money".
Oh dear...
This has nothing to do with numerology but the Chinese use it because the number 8 sounds like the word wealth when spoken.
In Mandarin, 8 is "Pah". Wealth is "Fah".
In Cantonese, 8 is "Pat", and wealth is "Faaht".
So when one goes to any Chinatown in any western countries you will know why most car licence plates have 8's in them.
But the above spells trouble as the number 5 in mandarin is "Ooo", and in Cantonese is "Mmm". Which basically sounds like the word "Not" which in mandarin is "Pooo", and in Cantonese is almost the same except its "mmmM" in a downturn.
So "58" literally means "Not wealthy, no wealth, no money".
Oh dear...
5 is Ooo in mandarin? isnt it 'Woo'?
and with two '5' after and before '8', this makes it sound even worse
Last edited by JALlover; Mar 11, 2009 at 10:57 am
Mar 11, 2009 | 11:23 pm
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just a suggestion to mod, since this thread is so similar to the other thread about cx's losses, it'd be a gd idea to merge and close one?
Mar 12, 2009 | 9:57 am
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Better still. I'm closing this one since the numerology part has run its course in this thread.
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