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Dr Sam CC Ting, an American Chinese and Nobel laureate for
physics, named the particle he discovered as J particle. Many
people were wondering why the particular letter “J” was chosen.
As a matter of fact, the Chinese character of his family name is
very similar in shape to the English letter J. This and many other
examples show that a letter or word or phrase in its written form
or in its pronunciation could play an interesting part in naming
something newly born or known.

In addition to the missing of the 13th floor, some hotels in Hong
Kong do not have the 4th floor because the pronunciation of the
“4th floor” in Cantonese is very similar to “dead floor”. They skip
the 4th to avoid “death”.

The pronunciation of “G4” in Mandarin is very similar to “offering
sacrifices (to gods or ancestors)”.

A speculation can be drawn that these might be the reason, or
partially the reason, for Canon to skip “G4” and jump from “G3”
to “G5”.

My previous supervisor at a university in England told me that his
son was born exactly on Friday the 13th. However, he always
has very good luck.

Have fun with your camera, whatever the name is.
 
Interesting ideas, I think they have merit. Also, however, consider how confusing it might have been for Canon to have a 5 megapixel camera called a "G4". Somehow it doesn't fit...
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BlueSkyY said:
Dr Sam CC Ting, an American Chinese and Nobel laureate for
physics, named the particle he discovered as J particle. Many
people were wondering why the particular letter “J” was chosen.
As a matter of fact, the Chinese character of his family name is
very similar in shape to the English letter J. This and many other
examples show that a letter or word or phrase in its written form
or in its pronunciation could play an interesting part in naming
something newly born or known.

In addition to the missing of the 13th floor, some hotels in Hong
Kong do not have the 4th floor because the pronunciation of the
“4th floor” in Cantonese is very similar to “dead floor”. They skip
the 4th to avoid “death”.

The pronunciation of “G4” in Mandarin is very similar to “offering
sacrifices (to gods or ancestors)”.

A speculation can be drawn that these might be the reason, or
partially the reason, for Canon to skip “G4” and jump from “G3”
to “G5”.

My previous supervisor at a university in England told me that his
son was born exactly on Friday the 13th. However, he always
has very good luck.

Have fun with your camera, whatever the name is.
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pearsonweb said:
BlueSkyY said:
Dr Sam CC Ting, an American Chinese and Nobel laureate for
physics, named the particle he discovered as J particle. Many
people were wondering why the particular letter “J” was chosen.
As a matter of fact, the Chinese character of his family name is
very similar in shape to the English letter J. This and many other
examples show that a letter or word or phrase in its written form
or in its pronunciation could play an interesting part in naming
something newly born or known.

In addition to the missing of the 13th floor, some hotels in Hong
Kong do not have the 4th floor because the pronunciation of the
“4th floor” in Cantonese is very similar to “dead floor”. They skip
the 4th to avoid “death”.

The pronunciation of “G4” in Mandarin is very similar to “offering
sacrifices (to gods or ancestors)”.

A speculation can be drawn that these might be the reason, or
partially the reason, for Canon to skip “G4” and jump from “G3”
to “G5”.

My previous supervisor at a university in England told me that his
son was born exactly on Friday the 13th. However, he always
has very good luck.

Have fun with your camera, whatever the name is.
Click to expand...
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Bruce Crossan said:
pearsonweb said:
BlueSkyY said:
Dr Sam CC Ting, an American Chinese and Nobel laureate for
physics, named the particle he discovered as J particle. Many
people were wondering why the particular letter “J” was chosen.
As a matter of fact, the Chinese character of his family name is
very similar in shape to the English letter J. This and many other
examples show that a letter or word or phrase in its written form
or in its pronunciation could play an interesting part in naming
something newly born or known.

In addition to the missing of the 13th floor, some hotels in Hong
Kong do not have the 4th floor because the pronunciation of the
“4th floor” in Cantonese is very similar to “dead floor”. They skip
the 4th to avoid “death”.

The pronunciation of “G4” in Mandarin is very similar to “offering
sacrifices (to gods or ancestors)”.

A speculation can be drawn that these might be the reason, or
partially the reason, for Canon to skip “G4” and jump from “G3”
to “G5”.

My previous supervisor at a university in England told me that his
son was born exactly on Friday the 13th. However, he always
has very good luck.

Have fun with your camera, whatever the name is.
Click to expand...
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Well, you maight be right.

On the other hand, in my country G3 is short for havind sex with or at least feel inclined to have sex with chickens and/or ducks.
 
Could it be a copywrite thing? Apple's Desktop CPU is the "G4"
BlueSkyY said:
Dr Sam CC Ting, an American Chinese and Nobel laureate for
physics, named the particle he discovered as J particle. Many
people were wondering why the particular letter “J” was chosen.
As a matter of fact, the Chinese character of his family name is
very similar in shape to the English letter J. This and many other
examples show that a letter or word or phrase in its written form
or in its pronunciation could play an interesting part in naming
something newly born or known.

In addition to the missing of the 13th floor, some hotels in Hong
Kong do not have the 4th floor because the pronunciation of the
“4th floor” in Cantonese is very similar to “dead floor”. They skip
the 4th to avoid “death”.

The pronunciation of “G4” in Mandarin is very similar to “offering
sacrifices (to gods or ancestors)”.

A speculation can be drawn that these might be the reason, or
partially the reason, for Canon to skip “G4” and jump from “G3”
to “G5”.

My previous supervisor at a university in England told me that his
son was born exactly on Friday the 13th. However, he always
has very good luck.

Have fun with your camera, whatever the name is.
Click to expand...
 
BlueSkyY said:
Dr Sam CC Ting, an American Chinese and Nobel laureate for
physics, named the particle he discovered as J particle. Many
people were wondering why the particular letter “J” was chosen.
As a matter of fact, the Chinese character of his family name is
very similar in shape to the English letter J. This and many other
examples show that a letter or word or phrase in its written form
or in its pronunciation could play an interesting part in naming
something newly born or known.

In addition to the missing of the 13th floor, some hotels in Hong
Kong do not have the 4th floor because the pronunciation of the
“4th floor” in Cantonese is very similar to “dead floor”. They skip
the 4th to avoid “death”.
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The same superstition about "4" has crept into other languages that use Chinese characters for writing, but in Japan it doesn't often go so far as to skip the 4th floor.

But it does cover numbers that "end in death".

But that didn't stop Nikon from producing an F4....

But maybe Canon were lucky in that they could point to the Apple G4 and use that as an excuse for avoiding the problem of whether or not to risk that superstition....
 
Note that 3 is a lucky number.

Also, I don't really think the Apple thing is the answer, there IS a G3 processor as well.

Also, going by trademark rules, a camera is almost definitely in a different category from a computer.
 
log said:
The same superstition about "4" has crept into other languages that
use Chinese characters for writing, but in Japan it doesn't often
go so far as to skip the 4th floor.

But it does cover numbers that "end in death".

But that didn't stop Nikon from producing an F4....

But maybe Canon were lucky in that they could point to the Apple G4
and use that as an excuse for avoiding the problem of whether or
not to risk that superstition....
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Incidentally, number "5" has good meaning in Japan.
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Medic
 
Medic Laviña said:
log said:
The same superstition about "4" has crept into other languages that
use Chinese characters for writing, but in Japan it doesn't often
go so far as to skip the 4th floor.

But it does cover numbers that "end in death".

But that didn't stop Nikon from producing an F4....

But maybe Canon were lucky in that they could point to the Apple G4
and use that as an excuse for avoiding the problem of whether or
not to risk that superstition....
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Incidentally, number "5" has good meaning in Japan.
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It does?
 
log said:
Medic Laviña said:
log said:
The same superstition about "4" has crept into other languages that
use Chinese characters for writing, but in Japan it doesn't often
go so far as to skip the 4th floor.

But it does cover numbers that "end in death".

But that didn't stop Nikon from producing an F4....

But maybe Canon were lucky in that they could point to the Apple G4
and use that as an excuse for avoiding the problem of whether or
not to risk that superstition....
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Incidentally, number "5" has good meaning in Japan.
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It does?
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Yep. At least business-wise, Japanese companies seem to like all forms of reference to the number.
--
Medic
 
Nothing serious in this message. I just talked with a Japanese friend
of mine. She told me that “4” does sound like death in Japanese.
This is very similar to the situation in Chinese.
 
beerbelly said:
Could it be a copywrite thing? Apple's Desktop CPU is the "G4"
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If it really is a copyright thing, there will be fun if the rumour I have seen is true--that Apple will be launching their G5 on June 23....
 
BlueSkyY said:
Dr Sam CC Ting, an American Chinese and Nobel laureate for
physics, named the particle he discovered as J particle. Many
people were wondering why the particular letter “J” was chosen.
As a matter of fact, the Chinese character of his family name is
very similar in shape to the English letter J. This and many other
examples show that a letter or word or phrase in its written form
or in its pronunciation could play an interesting part in naming
something newly born or known.

In addition to the missing of the 13th floor, some hotels in Hong
Kong do not have the 4th floor because the pronunciation of the
“4th floor” in Cantonese is very similar to “dead floor”. They skip
the 4th to avoid “death”.

The pronunciation of “G4” in Mandarin is very similar to “offering
sacrifices (to gods or ancestors)”.

A speculation can be drawn that these might be the reason, or
partially the reason, for Canon to skip “G4” and jump from “G3”
to “G5”.

My previous supervisor at a university in England told me that his
son was born exactly on Friday the 13th. However, he always
has very good luck.

Have fun with your camera, whatever the name is.
Click to expand...
 
It does?

The only context I can think of is go-en , a pun on "five-yen" and "respected-relationship" (Japanese stores often give five-yen coins as charms).
 
Makes lots of sense to me!

James
BlueSkyY said:
Dr Sam CC Ting, an American Chinese and Nobel laureate for
physics, named the particle he discovered as J particle. Many
people were wondering why the particular letter “J” was chosen.
As a matter of fact, the Chinese character of his family name is
very similar in shape to the English letter J. This and many other
examples show that a letter or word or phrase in its written form
or in its pronunciation could play an interesting part in naming
something newly born or known.

In addition to the missing of the 13th floor, some hotels in Hong
Kong do not have the 4th floor because the pronunciation of the
“4th floor” in Cantonese is very similar to “dead floor”. They skip
the 4th to avoid “death”.

The pronunciation of “G4” in Mandarin is very similar to “offering
sacrifices (to gods or ancestors)”.

A speculation can be drawn that these might be the reason, or
partially the reason, for Canon to skip “G4” and jump from “G3”
to “G5”.

My previous supervisor at a university in England told me that his
son was born exactly on Friday the 13th. However, he always
has very good luck.

Have fun with your camera, whatever the name is.
Click to expand...
--
New gallery of photos from China: http://xjin.instantlogic.com/
 
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