Talk:Tetraphobia

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A lot of the things in the article seem to be based on tetraphobia in Chinese cultures. That's fine, but making blanket statements that lead readers to believe that they apply equally to Japanese and Korean attitudes is not. For example, the article had a statement that 13 is actually a lucky number for the Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans. As a Korean, I've never heard of such a thing applying to Koreans. I have read before that 13 is considered lucky by the Chinese, but in a Korean article about Chinese culture where the implicit assertion is that it's a custom that's considered foreign by Koreans. In any case, the homophony reasoning for why 13 is considered lucky does not carry over into Korean.

So I deleted Koreans from that trio and proceeded to clear some things up about Korean tetraphobia, but I cannot comment on the Japanese. Could anyone check the statements in the article for accuracy regarding Japanese culture? --Iceager 06:53, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Definetively i have seen a scene in a japanese etiquette guide: not to place four business cards together. User:YBO 00:09, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
I've added one reference to book, although it is more science-popular, than university textbook style. Should we removed /unreferenced/ tag though? silpol 13:34, 3 July 2007 (UTC)