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Friday, July 13, 2007

~~Triskaidekaphobia~~


Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of 13, a number commonly associated with bad luck in Western culture. While fear of the number 13 can be traced back to medieval times, the word triskaidekaphobia itself is of recent vintage, having been first coined by Coriat (1911; Simpson and Weiner 1992). It seems to have first appeared in the general media in a Nov. 8, 1953 New York Times article covering discussions of a United Nations committee.....((for more info....click on the 13))

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2 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

I am Triskaidekaphobic! I hate the number 13! I used to obsess about it a little when I was younger. I would do things like make sure my room number didn't add up to 13; room 238...no thank you. I didn't even like to see the room labeled 12B.

Fri Jul 13, 02:02:00 PM MST  
Blogger Addict said...

Friday the 13th has always been a fairly lucky day for me... I wonder what that means?
:)

Fri Jul 13, 10:48:00 PM MST  

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