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7a
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The one in between seven and nine. You know, two cubed. Four plus four. The one you can't say out loud or else you'll get ate. What do you mean, the ichor god Bel-Shamharoth can't tell the difference between two homonyms like the past tense of the verb "to eat", and the number eight... OK, so they sound identical but have different meanings, that's what a homonym means. Fine, but is this really the time for a grammar lesson?
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7a was also Rincewind's room number in his Hall of Residence. He wasn't surprised.
7a is also the number of rats needed to make a Rat King.
The Opera Ghost demanded sole use of Box 7a on all opening nights.
Whichever way you look at it, this is not a lucky number on the Disc. If triskaidekaphobia is the irrational fear of the number thirteen in any of its associations on Roundworld, there must surely be a parallel condition on the Disc, called perhaps octophobia...
