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Originally Posted by fountainhall
Oh really? So how come the Olympics opened at 8:08 pm on the 8th of the 8th month in the year 2008? Nothing to do with the fact that in putonghua and most dialects the number '8' sounds like the word for fortune, I suppose.
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-- But, if the Ch. are that superstitious
etc. etc., why did they prefer to use the western calendar rather than their own trad. one?
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