There's No 4th Floor - It's Bad Luck!
Jul 18, 2005, 8:36 pm
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I believe it is also unlucky to give someone a clock as a present in china as teh word for clock is similar to the word for funeral. I guess if you gave someone a clock set at 4 minutes past 4 , you woudl be sending a pretty strong message!! I don't think its any more "stupid" than 7 being a lucky number or 13 being unlucky. It's just cultural. I remember as a child spilling salt,dropping a knife, walking under a ladder etc all had connotations attached!
Also, floor 4, 14 etc do exist in Hong Kong and often attract cheaper rents!!
I also believe a building next to a hospital or graveyard is also unpopular.
Also, floor 4, 14 etc do exist in Hong Kong and often attract cheaper rents!!
I also believe a building next to a hospital or graveyard is also unpopular.
Jul 18, 2005, 8:40 pm
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Originally Posted by Globaliser
It doesn't seem so stupid if you've got a product to sell (esp if it's expensive product because you're a property developer) and you can't shift some of it, even if it's because of the unreasonable views held by your target market.
Originally Posted by GK
I am sure we can find many aspects of your life we could label as 'stupid'.. so please refrain from this kind of comment.
Jul 19, 2005, 1:34 am
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Originally Posted by buddhaman
I believe it is also unlucky to give someone a clock as a present in china as teh word for clock is similar to the word for funeral.
Originally Posted by JS
Easy solution -- label the floors correctly and just don't assign rooms on the fourth floor to superstitious people.
I hope that whatever business you're in doesn't require you to be sensitive to your customers' foibles!
Jul 19, 2005, 2:45 am
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I live in Irvine, CA (the original cookie-cutter track housing/planned community capital of the world)... and I noticed that the house numbers are missing both 13 and 69 from all the streets (we have small house numbers here).
Jul 19, 2005, 8:46 am
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Originally Posted by IceTrojan
I live in Irvine, CA (the original cookie-cutter track housing/planned community capital of the world)... and I noticed that the house numbers are missing both 13 and 69 from all the streets (we have small house numbers here).
Jul 20, 2005, 9:17 am
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Originally Posted by QF ExLurker
Actually, I think the reason is that one pronounciation is "onyomi" (Chinese pronunciation reading) and the other is "kunyomi" (Japanese pronunciation reading).
And yes, 9 is considered lucky in Chinese culture, but unlucky in Japan as ku ( 苦 ) can also mean "suffering". This isn't observed as much though, and in general the Japanese are a lot less keen on numerology than the Chinese...