Re: Yokozuna Quiz

[jz8d-smmn@asahi-net.or.jp (Doreen Simmons)]

At 08:23 99.6.2 +0000, Da Kine Sumo E-zine & Web site from Kawika wrote:
>I've heard that this unluck 4 business is slowly changing, along with 
>unlucky even numbers.  For example, it used to be that you couldn't give 
>20,000 yen for a wedding because 2 was bad luck, but today you can.  See 
>things even change in Japan 

This is simple economics. Traditionally the money given as a wedding
present goes up in odd numbers, \10,000, \30,000, then \50,000 (that's a
yen sign, in case it comes out funny on your screen). Low-paid youngsters
used to be able to give ten thousand at a colleague's wedding, but when the
cost of weddings went up, the jump from ten to thirty was too big, and
consensus emerged that twenty would have to do.

Doreen in sumoland

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