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Tetraphobia (from
Ancient Gr**** τετράς (tetrás) 'four' and
Ancient Gr**** φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') is the
practice of
avoiding instances of the
digit 4....
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which had
similar hardware and
keypad layout, as well as
Nokia observing tetraphobia in
Asian markets where the
number four is
viewed as unlucky. The Nokia...
- not have a
fourth floor due to
Tetraphobia (similar to Triskaidekaphobia), N
Seoul Tower does but
avoids Tetraphobia by
including the 'F'
suffix for...
- of
Turner Construction.
There is no 44th
floor in the
building due to
tetraphobia, so the 43rd
floor connects directly to the 45th floor; the 57th floor...
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Certain numbers: The
number 4. Fear of the
number 4 is
known as
tetraphobia; in Chinese, ****anese, and
Korean languages, the
number sounds like the...
- a
concept car
first exhibited in 1997 Tetra-, a
numeral prefix for 4
Tetraphobia, the
practice of
avoiding instances of the
digit 4 Tetraplegia, shortened...
- were
skipped because it
sounds like "death" in
Cantonese and
Mandarin (
tetraphobia), it also
makes levels "higher",
similar to
Western superstition about...
-
reading of the word
death (死),
which makes it an
unlucky reading (see
tetraphobia);
while shichi may
sound too
similar to ichi (1), shi or
hachi (8). However...
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Series 3. A
Psion Series 4 does not exist, due to Psion's
concern of
tetraphobia in
their Asian markets.[citation needed] The
external appearance of the...
- bad luck in many East
Asian cultures, a
phenomenon that is
known as
tetraphobia).
Tsuyoshi answers the
phone only to hear rasping, cat-like
sounds issue...
