Warren Togami wrote: >>> The "Oddity" I was pointing out at the beginning of the thread is not >>> prevalence of .cn URI's, but rather most of them appear to be exactly 8 >>> characters long. Could someone please commit my T_CN_8_URL rule to the >>> sandbox so we can see if that trend holds beyond my own corpa? >> >> (And yes I'm fully aware even this narrowed rule is prejudiced and >> unsafe. This is is partly out of curiosity, and also wondering if it >> could be made useful if meta booleaned with something else.)
jdow then mused: > I just had a thought, Warren. Look up Chinese numerology. 8 signifies > wealth or sudden prosperity. Conversely, I suspect few Chinese names > are four characters. Four is a pun on death. Some social sites might > like 5 letters - me. 7 is right out, it's a vulgar word in Cantonese. > 9 is also slang or vulgar in Cantonese. > > I wonder how many companies that deal with China have figured out that > an "888" toll free number is WONDERFUL, "Wealth, wealth, wealth." > > I understand numerology is quite important to the Chinese. (Of course, > I am not claiming to be an expert. The above is mostly Wikipoodle and > surmise.) 8 is *extremely* important in Chinese culture. When running these tests, make sure that there is a good quantity of .cn TLD URIs in the ham before drawing any conclusions.
