"Antony" <antony@dorito.pr.phub.net.cable.rogers.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2002.07.18.05.08.57.44908.3014@dorito.pr.phub.net.cable.rogers.com.
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> On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 08:31:23 -0400, Kakarotto wrote:
>
> > Remember, the other Units are called, Zero-goki, Nii-goki, San-Gouki,
> > Yon-goki, but thats all I have heard.
>
> um, pardon my ignorance of the language, but why do they so frequently say
> Yon (Yo?) instead of Shi for the number four?  Is there a reason for this,
> or just one of those nuances?
> Also I think it is done for several other numbers.


I think its because Shi can also mean death, thats why forty is Yon-ju, not
shi-ju, but then they say ju-shi (14) on occasion.