minus-squareNoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Windows 11’s 2025 problems are getting impossible to ignorelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 days agoLots of international manufacturers skip model numbers 4 and 9 because of Asian superstitions. Silly, yes, but they affect sales and even birth rates. At least in Japanese, 4 sounds like “death” and 9 sounds like “suffering”. linkfedilink
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Lots of international manufacturers skip model numbers 4 and 9 because of Asian superstitions. Silly, yes, but they affect sales and even birth rates.
At least in Japanese, 4 sounds like “death” and 9 sounds like “suffering”.