{The Unlucky Number}[12th November 1990]

[Redbook8:112][19901112:1205f]{The Unlucky Number}[12th November 1990]

19901112.1205

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[(Notes for reference [continued]:)]

‘Koreans, like most East Asians, consider the number “four” to be unlucky, perhaps because in Chinese it rhymes with the word for death.*

(In Japan, where it is virtually impossible to buy household utensils in sets of four, it is impolite even to say the word.)**

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*{cf (in Numerology) 13=1+3=4}

[& curiously, in Circles Analysis & Synthesis, on the circle of 8 where C=0, A~=4; & of the Ordinal (diagonal) degrees alone, on the outer circle R~=4 (where T.XIII is found) (& on the inner circle of course S~=4)]

**{cf [[Redbook8:210][19910205:1030c]{Cycles}[5th February 1991],] 210}

***N[ew] S[cientist] 19900729 (1990,127): 64, Feedback

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