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888.com
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Well, essentially you're going to get a fortune for it. From Hong Kong probably.
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I meant the original poster's 888.com IDN.bdss said:
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That words represent the word 'eight' in chinese. It is commonly used when writting a cheque to prevent fraud.
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damitssam said:
It not exactly wrong, but it is a bit obscure.
We own the å «å «å «.com which is much more current, but you should remember that the Chinese are very proficient with Arabic Numerals of the form used in the West.
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Really I don't think this is worth all that much. Try the following experiment. Search for "æææ" at Google.cn, limited to Chinese pages:
http://www.google.cn/search?hl=zh-CN&q=捌捌捌&btnG=Google+搜索&meta=lr=lang_zh-CN|lang_zh-TW
You get about 10k results. That's not much. Try the same search, looking only in Chinese pages, for "888"
http://www.google.cn/search?hl=zh-CN&q=888&btnG=搜索&meta=lr=lang_zh-CN|lang_zh-TW
You get a stunning 14.5 Million results.
So which do you think is more common to use?
http://www.google.cn/search?hl=zh-CN&q=捌捌捌&btnG=Google+搜索&meta=lr=lang_zh-CN|lang_zh-TW
You get about 10k results. That's not much. Try the same search, looking only in Chinese pages, for "888"
http://www.google.cn/search?hl=zh-CN&q=888&btnG=搜索&meta=lr=lang_zh-CN|lang_zh-TW
You get a stunning 14.5 Million results.
So which do you think is more common to use?
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888 is a lucky number. All chinese like the number 8.
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sevent said:
I know which one is in more current use, all the google stats and so on.
I'm interested in hearing more opinions on these complex-form-numbers from native speakers, and especially on the domain in question.
I appreciate the comments. As we know, 888 is the best, most expensive, and sought after. Space is tight, you can only write 888 so many ways. In this case, three. 888, å «å «å «, æææ.
With å «, we are now into the 9 digit space in .com, that just shows how sought after Chinese number domains are.
å «.com, å «å «.com, å «å «å «.com, å «å «å «å «.com, å «å «å «å «å «.com, å «å «å «å «å «å «.com å «å «å «å «å «å «å «.com å «å «å «å «å «å «å «å «.com, all taken by different people.
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