In some Western systems, 9 represents completion (3×3) or endings/humanitarianism; in others or certain cultural lenses, it carries heavier or unlucky connotations. Combined with the Japanese linguistic note, it feels “significant.”
Product naming is rarely purely logical—companies obsess over perception, and numbers carry emotional weight. 10 feels like achievement or a fresh start; 9 can feel like “almost there” or carry baggage in specific markets.
n Japanese, 9 (ku) sounds like words for “suffering,” “agony,” or “torture.” This is analogous to how 4 (shi) sounds like “death” (leading many buildings to skip the 4th floor, similar to Western avoidance of 13).
Older reports mentioned Trend Micro (a Japanese antivirus firm) skipping version 9. OnePlus skipped the number 4 (from 3T to 5) explicitly due to Chinese cultural sensitivity around “death.”
You're not correct Piers. Did you consider the impact on innocent Iranians if there was no ceasefire? Should he have gone headstrong and destroyed the country and it's people. Trump may be more compassionate and reasonable than you give him credit.
America/Israel may have won the war on the battlefield, but Iran won the war on the waterways, paralysed the world’s energy supplies, and caused huge global economic damage. That’s why President Trump has moved to do a deal.
It’s not a ‘historic victory’ or anything like it.
He said he was "booking us, fine!" FOR what exactly, for not stopping immediately he asked us to stop! I just came down and starting doing by morning devotion by the side walk. My assistant had to call the top gun, who reprimanded them🫢
How come there's no Official Christian Republic of any Country in the world? There should be like 15 at least tbt😅 Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan, etc. why not Christian Republic of England,😄
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TAX or Citizen Dividends? Drilling Deeper into Africa's Petroleum Potential
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