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! 四 (four) !! 死 (death)
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! Mandarin Chinese
| sì || sǐ
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! Wu Chinese (Shanghainese)
| sy2 || sy2,shi2
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! Cantonese
| sei3 || sei2
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! Hakka
| si || si
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! Min Nan (Taiwanese Hokkien)
| sì,sù || sí,sú
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! Japanese
| shi || shi
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! Korean
| sa || sa
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! Vietnamese
| tứ || tử
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Tetraphobia (from Greek τετράς - tetras, "four" and φόβος - phobos, "fear") is the practice of avoiding instances of the number . It is a superstition most common in East Asian and Southea...
Leif Erikson Day is an annual American observance which occurs on October 9. It honors Leif Erikson (Icelandic: Leifur Eiríksson, Old Norse: Leifr Eiríksson or the Norwegian: Leiv Eiriksson), the Norse explorer who led the first Europeans known to have set foot in North America.
History
America Not Discovered by Columbus by Rasmus B. Anderson was published in 1874. This book helped popularize the now familiar idea that Vikings were the first Europeans in the New World. During his appearance at the Norse-American Centennial in 1925, President Calvin Coolidge gave recognition to Leif Erikso...
The Swedish Chef is a Muppet character that appeared on The Muppet Show. He was originally performed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz simultaneously, and is now performed by Bill Barretta.
Character
A parody of television chefs, the Swedish Chef wears a toque blanche and has bushy eyebrows that completely obscure his eyes. He was one of the few Muppets to employ an actual puppeteer's hands, originally Oz's, in the designs – that is, they were visible to the audience through his sleeves and facilitated handling food and utensils.
Nearly all Swedish Chef sketches on The Muppet Show begin with...
