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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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There are 7a Great Spells in the Octavo; when uttered in {{TLF}}, they facilitated the hatching of 7a baby world-turtles.

7a was [[Rincewind]]'s room number in his Hall of Residence. He wasn't surprised.

7a is also the number of [[Rats|rats]] needed to make a [[Rat King]].

The [[Opera Ghost]] demanded sole use of Box 7a on all opening nights.

The book {{GP}} was the first Discworld book to be divided into conventional chapters. The chapter in between Chapter Seven and Chapter Nine is numbered Chapter 7a. 

There are 7a [[The Dancers|Dancers]] in [[Lancre]] guarding the gateway to the Elf-World. 

During the wizards' second sojourn in [[Roundworld]], [[Ridcully]] demonstrated that magic was non-functional there by repeatedly uttering the number between seven and nine, with no adverse side effects.  Well, none aside from having to drag [[Rincewind]] back out from under the table.

[[Jeremy Extispicy]] is listed in {{CAM}} as a Clairvoyant and Sausage-Maker.  His  possibly unique business is based at [[7a]] [[Marrowbone High Street]]. So even street numbers avoid using the one which is (twenty-four divided by three). The [[Post Office]] must adjust accordingly, then. 

Whichever way you look at it, this is not a lucky number on the Disc. If [[wikipedia:triskaidekaphobia|'''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 '''[[Numerology|octophobia]]'''...


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