Paraskavedekatriaphobia
Yes, it’s Friday the 13th again. The 13th falls on a Friday more than any other day of the week, so get over it. It’s only valid in in English and Portuguese speaking countries, so go visit a Spanish-speaking neighborhood for the day.
If you want to blame someone, it’s the calendar of Pope Gregory XIII that created this imbalance. [He obviously didn’t have a problem with the number on any day.]
OTOH, this is a rare year when it only occurs once, but there is a full moon …
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Can you pronounce that word?-)
Yes, but only because I was a Russian linguist. Zdravstvuite is Hello in Russian, so para-skave-deka-tria-pho-bia isn’t that bad 😉