Re: Heard at the IETF

[amlan]

    [ From: John Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
    [ Date: 17:10 (-0400), Aug 2, 2000 ]

    > Actually in the Far East there are 2, the Chinese
    > skip 4 and the Koreans or Japanese skip something
    > else.  I have been in hotels in Korea where there 3
    > floor numbers missing which of course is prime as
    > well!  ;-)

At least in Korea, they skip "4" as well.  This is apparently
because the number "4" when pronounced in either Mandarin or
Korean sounds like "death" in the same language.  

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/amlan