Comments on Puzzle #33400: Tetraphobia
By sanane samanye (maceraseven)
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Puzzle Description:
Tetraphobia : fear of the number 4
#1: Jota (jota) on Jan 1, 2020
That's insane :-)#2: sanane samanye (maceraseven) on Jan 1, 2020
Number 4 is considered unlucky in Japan.#3: Ga Hendrick (GaHendrick) on Jan 1, 2020
Can't say I've ever heard of this before, but I'm sure it has some sort of significance. Thanks for the puzzle.#4: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Jan 2, 2020
eek!#5: Jyo (heath) on Jan 7, 2020 [SPOILER]
I thought this was "paint BY numbers" -- turns out, it's "paint numbers"! ;)#6: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Mar 16, 2020 [SPOILER]
From lingualift.com:#7: Teresa K (fasstar) on Mar 18, 2020
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Death, agony and suffering
First, let’s get the bad ones out of the way. Four is an unlucky number in Japan because it sounds like shi (æ» â€“ death). This is why there are two readings for the number four, shi and yon. Whenever possible, people try to avoid using the deathy one.
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In Japan, there are buildings that "don't have" a fourth floor like how some western countries have buildings "without" thirteenth floors.
Ah! Thanks for the explanation, Joe.
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