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Taiwanese & American superstitons

Taiwanese & American superstitons. The sounds usually means its mean. Like 4 sounds like death. . There are some story about the superstitons . . Taiwanese superstitons. American superstitons. American superstitons The Number -- 13 In America.

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Taiwanese & American superstitons

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  1. Taiwanese & American superstitons

  2. The sounds usually means its mean. Like 4 sounds like death. There are some story about the superstitons.

  3. Taiwanese superstitons

  4. American superstitons

  5. American superstitonsThe Number -- 13 In America The number 13 is considered to be an unlucky number in some countries. The end of the Mayan calendar's 13th is superstitiously feared as a harbinger of the apocalyptic 2012 phenomenon.

  6. American superstitonsThe Number -- 13 In America • Hotels and tall buildings usually don’t have the thirteenth floor. It's also unlucky to have thirteen guests at a table. • Friday the 13th has been considered the unluckiest day of the month. Alex Rodriguez – The player in New York Yankees.

  7. American superstitonsFriday the 13th Friday the 13th occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on a Friday, which superstition holds to be a day of bad luck.

  8. American superstitonsFriday the 13th • The Andes Plane Crash of 1972 occurred on Friday, October 13, 1972. • Hurricane Charley made landfall in south Florida on Friday, August 13, 2004. • The "Friday the 13th Storm" struck Buffalo, New York on Friday, October 13, 2006.

  9. Taiwanese superstitons The Number -- 4 In Taiwan The sound of 4= Death In China, Korean, Vietnam and Japan.

  10. Taiwanese superstitons The Number -- 4 In Taiwan • People in Taiwan can hardly see this number. For example, you will find out that there won’t be a bed with the number four in the hospital in Taiwan.

  11. Taiwanese superstitons The Number -- 8 In Taiwan • One of the Chinese lucky numbers that is most auspicious is 8, and this is partly because it sounds like the word for wealth. 8 = a lot of money = wealth One man spent 3.58 million dollars in the license plate --- 8888-88 in Taiwan!!

  12. Taiwanese superstitons The Number -- 8 In Taiwan • The Beijing Summer Olympic Committee set the opening of the games on 08/08/08 at eight minutes and eight seconds after 8:00 pm! Double anything = Perfect.

  13. THE END BY Telephone and 2PM

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