From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: don@DonHopkins.com (Don Hopkins)
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 22:52:07 +0100
Subject: [TUHS] Origin of 'kill -9'?
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> 
> I think 9 has ties to "pain", but the number that has connection to "death" in Japanese is 4 (四 shi, "four", which sounds like 死 shi, "death").
> 
> -嘘.

9 means “no” in German.

-Don