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Linguistic Taboo inCross-cultural Communication Address In Chinese, the ancestors’ and the older generation’s names cannot be referred directly. 爸爸，妈妈，爷爷，姥姥，姑姑，阿姨，舅舅，叔叔 总经理，董事长，厂长 王总，张局长，李处长 In the English culture, the younger generation can refer the elder generation’s name directly. It shows that they are equal, friendly and intimate. The words like god, heaven, Christ, Jesus are holy and respectable and can’t be referred directly. India——To save disabled children with total solar eclipse 在印度卡纳塔克邦古尔伯加地区，当出现日全食时，一些瘫痪儿童的身体被部分埋入一堆肥料之中。当地人相信，日全食能够治愈他们的瘫痪。 多哥——把葬礼办得像狂欢 Madagascar—“famadihana” 世界各地都有各种纪念逝去亲人的方式，像在马达加斯加岛上，他们死者与生者的联系相当密切，每隔一段时间他们就会举办“翻尸节”。 Number 好事成双，“六“”八“ “四”的避讳在选择电话号码、车牌号码、门牌号码时都会尽量避过“四”。在台湾的医院里没有四号楼或四号病房；公共汽车没有四路；四月忌婚嫁 “七”的避讳源于在中国人死后每隔七天要做一次佛事，称为“作七”直至七七四十九天而止。所以在有些场合，人们是要避过数字七，比如人们选择良辰吉日一般避过逢七的日子。 Number thirteen is considered to be unlucky. No door’s number is thirteen; no hotel has the No.13 Room; they don’t allow 13 people have dinner together. Friday is also considered as an unlucky day. Not only because they believe that Jesus Christ was put to death on the cross on Friday, but also because Friday is for many years the day of execution of criminals, commonly called “hangman’s day” ChinaAccording to our customs，good things should be in pairs。So，it is unpleasant to give your girlfriend a piece of flower which is only a symbol of farewell. Japan Japanese don’t like the numbers “4” “6” “9”. Their pronunciation are similar with “death” ”idiot” ”toil”. It is forbidden to visit patients with root plants because “root” pronunciation is same as sickness”. Russia Russian is more like to flowers of odd number, which would let girls very happy. It is better to give boys tall stem and colorful flower. Russian hate the number “13”which symbolize danger and death.”7”represents luck and success. Taboos of flower Privacy In western countries, people place a high valu