hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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Pardon a direct question.  Is this fear of "666"?

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> At 11/7/2013 09:40 AM, David A. Daniel wrote:
> >A high school cross country runner in Kentucky didn't run in the
> >regional meet on Saturday because she has
> hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, poor thing.
> >DAD
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> 1)  Not identified amongst Monk's phobias.  (In fact, such a symmetric
> number -- even upside-down! -- ought to be one of his favorites.)
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> 2)   Not in the OED.
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> 3)   Might there be a case of religious discrimination here?  (A
> serious question.)  I eagerly await Scalia's (majority?) opinion.
>
> Joel
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