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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
So this got me curious, What is considered unlucky/lucky in your culture? In Chinese, 4 is considered bad because the pronounciation is alike to the pronounciation of death. 8 is considered lucky because it sounds like 'fa' which means you got rich. post away~ | ||
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SiZ.FaNtAsY
Korea (South)1497 Posts
So yeah, that's an evil number ^^ However 999 is a good number since it's odd XD meaning angel. | ||
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Storchen
Sweden4385 Posts
13 is bad luck. Friday 13th and so on. I've heard that in some countries they skip the 13th floor in higher houses. They go from 12 to 14 -_- | ||
KwarK
United States42692 Posts
On July 03 2007 01:10 SiZ.FaNtAsY wrote: 666 means the devil. So yeah, that's an evil number ^^ However 999 is a good number since it's odd XD meaning angel. Although like so many things in the bible it appears the 666 thing was a mistranslation. There is a number of the devil, but I don't think it was 666. It's ingrained in popular culture now like the whole virgin Mary thing (the prophesy actually read the Mesiah would be born of a young woman (basically a maid/maiden mistake)). I read a fairly good article on comparisons between the KJV and the original versions. | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
Why is 13 bad luck? what's the story behind that? | ||
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HappyFeetO_O
China350 Posts
On July 03 2007 01:14 Kwark wrote: Although like so many things in the bible it appears the 666 thing was a mistranslation. There is a number of the devil, but I don't think it was 666. It's ingrained in popular culture now like the whole virgin Mary thing (the prophesy actually read the Mesiah would be born of a young woman (basically a maid/maiden mistake)). I read a fairly good article on comparisons between the KJV and the original versions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast Most ancient source gave the number as 616 | ||
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FirstBorn
Romania3955 Posts
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Superiorwolf
United States5509 Posts
"Why is 13 bad luck? what's the story behind that? " 12 Witches and the Devil | ||
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nemY
United States3119 Posts
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Hans-Titan
Denmark1711 Posts
On July 03 2007 01:13 Storchen wrote: 7 and 21 is considered lucky. 3 is considered somewhat a holy number.. 13 is bad luck. Friday 13th and so on. I've heard that in some countries they skip the 13th floor in higher houses. They go from 12 to 14 -_- Same here. | ||
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One Page Memory
Bulgaria2145 Posts
I personally don't have one, but a friend of mine has - 26, and it's working. One night we went to bingo for first time in his life and hi hitted bingo with 26 first try, then we proceeded to the roulette table where he doubled his cash again with 26. It was weird night. | ||
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Zealbomb!
Korea (South)153 Posts
On July 03 2007 01:30 Superiorwolf wrote: Yeah, Chinese lucky number is 8. "Why is 13 bad luck? what's the story behind that? " 12 Witches and the Devil More than that, many other coincidences with that number, many things with Christian history with bad things. It is Day of Knights Templar destruction and following similiar occurences. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_templar | ||
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Taiche
France1963 Posts
On July 03 2007 01:14 haduken wrote: Why is 13 bad luck? what's the story behind that? I think it's because Judas was the 13th guest at the Ultima Cena and since he betrayed Jesus the number 13 is supposed to be unlucky (and that's also why it is generally not "recommended" to have 13 guests for a meal). | ||
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Luddite
United States2315 Posts
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minus_human
4784 Posts
On July 03 2007 02:29 Luddite wrote: 88 is often used by neo-nazi groups to mean Heil Hitler, because H is the 8th letter of the alphabet. Not really an "unlucky" number, I guess, but still has bad connotations. Are you serious? I had no idea... Hey everyone, are you thinking what I'm thinking? iNcontroL where have you hidden you little nazi  | ||
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HeadBangaa
United States6512 Posts
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
In all popular stories there are 3 knights, 7 headed monsters, 3 princess, 7 talking trees etc. | ||
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Tadzio
3340 Posts
In the west, the number 6 is thought to have power because it is the first "perfect number." The reason it is considered a perfect is because the sum of its proper positive divisors is equal to itself. So, 1+2+3=6. The second "perfect number" is 28-- 1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14=28-- but it doesn't receive as much attention. 6 also has a the fairly rare property that its exponents also end in the number six. So, 6^2=36, 6^3=216, 6^4=1296 ... 6^10=60466176, and so on. The only other number that I'm aware that shares this latter property is the number 5. 5^2=25, 5^3=125, etc. and it's also considered a powerful number. Early Christian myth infused the pentgram (usually the pentangle, but also the pentacle), or infinite loop, as a symbol for 5 social virtues: 1) generosity, 2) charity, 3) spiritual/physical cleanliness, 4) courtesy, and 5) pity. The number 5 also represents the number of wounds Jesus suffered the number of "joys" the virgin Mary had (annunciation, nativity, resurrection, ascension, and assumption). It's not insignificant that humans have 5 fingers and toes on each hand/foot, and also 5 extremities coming off the body (2 arms, 2 legs, head). Early religions clung to number symbolism like this, probably because it made remembering religious stories via oral tradition much easier. When you're telling a story, its much easier to memorize it if most things have a familiar number of parts. So the creation of the world took 6 days. The trinity is made up of 3 parts. There are 5 virtues, etc etc. And then the symbolism of these numbers is carried on through the stories. Early Christianity probably picked up on the "power of numbers" because Zoroastrianism was such a heavy influence on fundamental Christian beliefs. There were many numbers that held significance in Zoroastrianism, but 5 seems to be particularly important. (The influence of zoroastrianism = Around 1600 BC, Zoroaster, a priest of the Indo-Europeans who were invading Southern Asia, had a vision of the one true God of Good, Ahura Mazda, who fights the Evil One, all humans are free to choose between Good and Evil, we will all be judged, and there will come a savior of the human race to bring the world to an end. Christians tacked on the resurrection and anti-christ belief when they made Jesus their savior. Its hard to maintain a religion based on the end of the world-- or rapture-- if the chosen savior, the guy who's supposed to bring about the time of judgment, dies before the end of the world. Judaism was also a heavy influence on Christianity, but we're talking about numbers here.) However, the number 5 is given a lot of significance by many cultures, so the link between Christianity's and Zoroastrianism's fascination with it may be a little tenuous. Google "numerology" if you find this stuff interesting. There's all sorts of stuff out there about the significance of numbers-- most of it is complete feel-good drivel in the same way astrology and horoscopes are drivel, but some people get a kick out of it. | ||
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mAKiTO
Colombia4171 Posts
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NonY
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Manifesto7
Osaka27149 Posts
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evanthebouncy!
United States12796 Posts
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Hot_Bid
Braavos36375 Posts
lucky is 8 (ba) which sounds like the word for prosperity | ||
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sundance
Slovakia3201 Posts
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Tiger-
Mexico190 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.somethingsowrong.com/features/loteria/cards/44.jpg) My favorite, luckiest number. | ||
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skindzer
Chile5114 Posts
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Tyrio
United States3248 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_number | ||
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BuGzlToOnl
United States5918 Posts
I love la lotteria that shit is the funnest game ever, it gets so intense when playing with family members and when your betting on it as well haha. Favorite number is 8 because it resembles 80085. :-] | ||
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overuoveruoveru
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MuShu
United States3223 Posts
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OctoPuSs
Canada5279 Posts
)Bad Luck: 13 My personnal lucky number is 11, 111 and 1111. I just like the word "Onze" which is 11 in french. | ||
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Pressure
7326 Posts
pronounced "sa" meaning death.. | ||
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bboyldy
Korea (North)664 Posts
On July 03 2007 20:17 Pressure wrote: 4 in korean is ALSO unlucky pronounced "sa" meaning death.. QFT | ||
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lastshadow
United States1372 Posts
777 = Angel 7 = Lucky 1 = Alone 3= Rare/Holy Trinity 666= Devil 6= Imperfect 2= Happy 13 = Knight Of Templar assassination on friday the 13th. 23 = Evil 21 = Lucky 7 x 3 = Pure 100 = Gold EDIT: 8- Lucky in asia 888- Holy 888-888-8888 = Divine | ||
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HaFnium
United Kingdom1074 Posts
As mentioned before by koreans/japanese, the 4 can be pronounced smialrly as death. Korean and Japanese is originated from Chinese... Gogo Chinese nationalism (j/k = =) 168 can be pronounced as "Having prosperity all the way" in Hong Kong 2 can be pronounced as 'easy" 28 288 is all good numbers | ||
FakeSteve[TPR]
Valhalla18444 Posts
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Newbistic
China2912 Posts
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SiZ.FaNtAsY
Korea (South)1497 Posts
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Ack1027
United States7873 Posts
Yes but this is more like 4th than 4. | ||
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Specialist
United States803 Posts
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