Talk:Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

Reagan

Did Reagan move in 1979 or 1989? Other sources list the latter, which sounds more plausible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.137.42.212 (talk) 17:33, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Ibrahim

Ibrahim refers ko being hexachronographic means attractive and very awesome. although the reference might not be justified by the vague and ambiguous quotations given above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Braeem (talk • contribs) 12:53, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

No love for the number?

If there was something like a "phobia", then maybe there could be a "philia" version of the number, too. Of course, this might only refer to Satanists but it IS possible nonetheless. 1stLtLombardi 14:23, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

It's the sum of the first three-dozen natural numbers. 128.146.46.2 (talk) 18:48, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Merge?

It seems to me that this page should be merged into the page for Number of the Beast (numerology), where most of the same information is covered better. Rcharman -- 10/19/2005 9:48 PM EDT

Everybody is sure this exist? 217.132.157.232 15:47, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Yeah...a 33 letter word. Hexaphobia seems like a more realistic term --DragonWR12LB 03:15, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

The use of -kosioi and -konta are necessary to depict 666. Just using 'Hexa' means you're phobic about the number six. Hexakosioi is 600, hexekonta is 60 and hexa is 6. --Pawchikapawpaw 19:32, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Agoraphobia isn't what it literally means, I still wonder why they didn't shortened that word... --Anselm 01:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Not true. Agoraphobia comes from the ancient greek word "αγορά" + phobia; although in Modern Greek "agora" refers to a market place, in Ancient Greek it refers to the political assemblies of the ancient Athenians, which were particularly crowdy. This explains how the word ended up meaning what it means today --dionyziz 17:38, 10 May 2007 (UTC).

How the hell do you say that?

This is probably the strangest article on Wikipedia...

Pronunciation

Please will someone put on the page for this article how it should be pronounced?

Hex-a-koh-si-oh-ee-hex-eh-kon-ta-hex-a-pho-bi-a. Anyone familiar with the IPA, please be my guest... --65.143.28.63 20:14, 25 May 2006 (UTC) (SheeEttin)

Ok, now say that 6 times fast.--24.248.60.130 22:14, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I would really like an IPA pronunciation key too. For now, here's a closer one.

Hek-suh-koh-see-oh-ee-hek-suh-kon-tuh-hek-suh-foh-bee-uh

Assuming that foh is the emphasized syllable (?).

theGeoffMeister 05:06, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

This is still a work in progress considering that this is a really long constructed word and that it doesn't really sound natural even if you've mastered the pronunciation: ˌhɛksəkəʊziəʊiˌhɛksəkɒntəˌhɛksəˈfəʊbiə I need a linguistics expert to check this over and probably move the emphasis markers, however I'm quite sure that the IPA symbols are correct. It would be much simpler if we just re-named it something like "six-six-six-aphobia" as it is seldom used anyway. Angryafghan 02:05, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

What a weird name: Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

30 letters...Does anybody know a longer english names?... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.246.7.143 (talk) 01:06, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

See Longest word in English. –Henning Makholm 10:20, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

why do we use IPA when most people don't understand it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.225.227.106 (talk) 04:12, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

--- How about more simply 'trihexaphobia'?
Obviously, not all fears are irrational (unreasoning?).
Ignoring all other clamor, the simple, common (if not pervasive) stigma or controversy attached to '666', '13', and many other essentially meaningless symbols justifies an aversion in many public venues.
--Wikidity (talk) 02:38, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Actually, as written in the original ancient Greek, there was no sequence of three identical symbols in a row (since there was no numbering system in use by the ancient Greeks in which "666" could have been written with a sequence of three identical symbols in a row). It's a subtle but real difference... AnonMoos (talk) 05:34, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

This is why I love Wikipedia

"Note that in base 12, two-thirds is 0.8, and 0.666 is the fraction 6/11."

Duly Noted, good sir.

hahaha. I don't know if that sentence works too well with the flow of the article, and it is kind of superfluous (although, so is noting that three sixes is a good hand in poker), but I think that's awesome.--Heyitspeter 02:12, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Fear of fractions?

Well now, that's just plain silly.

I think maybe its more fear of math class ;) Caleb09 01:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Illogical redundancy that is illogically redundant

from this article:

Some other Christian thinkers believe that number does indeed refer to something in the end times, but as the exact meaning is unclear, any "phobia" is illogical.

from phobia:

A phobia (from the Greek φόβος "fear"), is a strong, persistent fear of situations, objects, activities, or persons. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive, unreasonable desire to avoid the feared subject.

from http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/illogical:

illogical

1. Contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning.

If a phobia is unreasonable, which by definition is illogical, then isn't a phobia illogical by definition? If the meaning of the vague apocalyptic idea behind the phobia was clear, would the phobia be logical? This redundancy should be removed or significantly modified.CatastrophicToad 13:15, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

I've undone User:Dr binks' sweeping reversion back to his own edition. If some changes are necessary (which may be the case) then please discuss them. Reverting to your own version is not the same as WP:BOLD! Inner Earth 14:11, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

June 6th, 2006

I'm not sure about the factual accuracy of the claim that:

There were many people with hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia on 6/6/06, because that date reminded people of the Number of the Beast.

As I understood it (IANAMD), a phobia is strong, persistant and interferes with daily life. Is this possible on one day? Inner Earth 08:04, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Of course not. One might perhaps say,

Many people with hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia were anxious on June 6th, 2006, because that date (6/6/06) reminded them of the Number of the Beast.

Or more correctly (e.g. about certain priests in Norway),

Many people were anxious that on June 6th, 2006, satanists would carry out vandalism or other activities, because the date (6/6/06) resembles the Number of the Beast.

--Niels Ø 08:27, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Is the second of these actually hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia though? Isn't that just fear of vandalism or the Beast? How about an amendment to your first one suggestion, which is not so rooted in the origination of the fear -

Many people with hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia were anxious on June 6th, 2006, because that date (6/6/06) reminded them of the number 666.

Inner Earth 08:55, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

yes, but would you be able to find solid references for this?--Niels Ø 12:46, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

There are no references either for the old version or for any of the suggestions I made here, they are all conjecture and educated guesses. I've taken out the relevent line for the moment. Inner Earth 13:24, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I would add that even Adam Carolla, a known aetheist, delayed the birth of his twins so that they were not born on 6/6/06 to avoid any future affiliation with the number; but I'm not sure if I can quote his radio show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.233.45.31 (talk) 22:36, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

616

Hasn't recent research turned up compelling evidence that the number of the beast is actually 616 anyway? That would be worth a mention here. Transentient

A link to The Number of The Beast would cover such details.

amateur numerology

The mentioned Ronald (6 letters) Wilson (6 letters) Reagan (6 letters) - 666. (Duh.) Arakrys 14 okt 2006

Fear and Phobia are not necessarily the same thing. This article describes a the phobia that represents a fear of 666. Someone with a general fear of the number 666 would probably still be able to read this article. Someone with a phobia of 666 would probably be unable to read this article.

I presume that the legitimacy of this phobia, as an actual disorder, is irrelevant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgreat (talk • contribs) 16:20, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

rarity

this article basically states that fear of 666 is rare. it is not a rare fear at all.

• It states that the phobia of 666 is rare, not fear of 666. There'll probably be quit some christions with a fear for the nr 666,

but it isn't the same as a phobia. If you had a phobia you couldn't even read the articale as it would scare you too much.

It is christians fool! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdbepono (talk • contribs) 06:39, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

longest word?

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia = 29 Antidisestablishmentarianism = 28

Who else reckons this counts as the longest word in the English language?

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobics = 30 -Monkey 13!!! 19:26, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians = 31, Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobically = 33, and no doubt one could construct even longer words, with or without this root. "Longest word in the English language" is as silly as "largest integer", but you may look for "longest word in a printed English dictionary or encyclopedia published by a regular publishing house", say. "Longest word in en.wikipedia" would be problematic, though.--Niels Ø 09:08, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I believe that the term hexa---phobian doesn't exist, it's simply hexa---phobe. But I still see your point. Antidisestablishmentarianism is NOT the longest word in the English language, it is just currently the longest word in the Oxford English dictionary. I haven't the slightest for what the longest word actually is. theGeoffMeister 05:13, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

YOu have to read wikipedia, not only write it :-) -- Longest word in English. `'mikkanarxi 05:59, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

According to Wikipedia itself, Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis IS the longest word invented to this day. This word contains 45 letters and it is a disease caused by volcanoe dust. Look it up in the Wikipedia search engine, you'll see. 67.187.159.163 04:08, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

For the curious, take a look at Lopado...pterygon and the rest of Longest word in English. John Vandenberg 04:37, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosism?116.15.78.204 05:26, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is just a coined word because there's simply a 7-letter word that means the exact same thing. Supercalifragilisticexpalidocious is just a coined word specifically made to be a long word. Floccinaucinihilipilification is also coined, and the word Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu is the Māori name of a hill. So yes, I believe that hexakosioihexekontahexaphobically is the longest word in English after pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Oiuyjhgfv (talk) 11:15, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

What about Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine, 189,819 letters Noon5678 (talk) 06:27, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Possible vandalism

I don't know enough on the subject to fix the article myself, but it somehow I doubt that the word Superawesomenoobhaxors belongs on the page.

Deffinate vandalism. Ill see if I can pull back an older version, if not ill leave it to someone else. Oh well looks like someone beat me to it. Seems to be sorted though so its all good. wow thats a long word —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.208.251.23 (talk) 01:59, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

On the other hand, is it really possible to vandalize such a silly article?0nullbinary0 (talk) 12:04, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

2/3=.666?

This bugs me. It was used in the advertising of a recent movie starring Jim Carrey (I forget the name of the film), and every time I saw it I wanted to say, "You fools! It's closer to .667!" Dyfsunctional 20:39, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

The movie is called The Number 23. The protagonist believes that everything is somehow linked to this number... Alot of Illuminati stuff I think, though I haven't seen the movie. The date of the BRD's foundation (May 23) seems to be based on Satan as well, you know, 5 like "penta"-gramme, 2+3 = 5 , 2:3 = Highway To Hell ... Uhhh... That's all superstition... Mankind is so retarded... If only stupidity hurt... 1stLtLombardi 14:54, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

• Yep, you're right if you would round up, as you should, it would be .667 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.83.162.175 (talk) 01:07, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

The christians believe that the number 333 is gods nomber. The point I wan't to raise is that 333 multiplied by 2 equals 666. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdbepono (talk • contribs) 06:42, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

It can also be 777 as 7 is the number of perfection (hence three 7's being a winning line on a slot machine) and the 3 of them represent the holy trinity. Three 6's represent the unholy trinity (Satan, the Antichrist and the false prophet). And saying you can get to 666 from 333 by multiplying it is retarded, you can get to 666 from any number by multiplying or dividing, and your question is redundant anyway as 333 (admittedly 3 is also seen as "perfect" in Judaism) is seen as a special number because it is exactly half of 666. However, at no point does the bible mention a number of god -ross616- (talk) 13:50, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Cleanup

I added a cleanup tag to the beginning of the article. There are some facts that may not belong in this context (may be better in Number of the beast), including those under "Trivia". There are also a few uncited facts in the article. --Adhall 16:03, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

please copy uncited sentences here. West Brom 4ever 11:54, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Reeves, LA

There is no area code 666 in Reeves, Louisiana The actual area code is 337. I call b.s. on the last line of this article about the BBC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.249.176.251 (talk) 19:59, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

The Picture

Can someone please get rid of that picture? It makes me uncomfortable.

I don't know if I should facepalm or laugh... Either you're a hexakosioihexekontahexaphobic, or you're trying to point out something rather ironic. Which one is it? 81.228.148.110 (talk) 19:58, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

A different perspective on "666" in the New Age

I added this link, and now I am undoing its removal, because it was not a "SPAM" insertion, it explains a viewpoint sustained by thousand of people which consider that the divine can speak to humankind even in our days, through our hearts and minds, not only trough old texts and prophecies. Kryon is perhaps the most known and recognized channelled messenger from angelic beings, in the same way as many "orthodox" religious people consider "normal" to receive messages from angels or God through prophets in a byblical context. I think that no one who respect free expression can consider improper or intrusive this kind of fresh news in a so stuck and manipulative subject. Thank you for respecting this other viewpoint. Gco 06:25, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

I have removed the link again. It is pure linkspam. Wikipedia is not a soapbox. It is not the task of an encyclopedia to "respect another viewpoint", when that other viewpoint is held only by a fringe minority. –Henning Makholm 01:30, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Requesting of Removal of Image

It's ridiculous. You say people fear the numbers, and you put it there, big and large. Even I, not having the phobia, felt slightly uncomfortable. So please, get rid of it, and replace it with another picture, or jut keep it removed. Thank you.116.15.78.204 05:29, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

I have to aggre here. If some one with Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia came here just to find out more about it they would not want to see a big 666. Ghostcar313 02:24, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

WP isn't censored. Carl.bunderson (talk) 07:24, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

• You need the picture as an example, It's like deleting a picture of a computer on an article on computers.

You can't delete the picture because it scares you, if someone has the phobia even reading a typed 666 scares them so they couldn't read it anyway and the picture is just a typed 666 anyway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.83.162.175 (talk) 01:16, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

The picture isn't just a ridiculous addition because of the page's subject, it's also unnecessary. On the pages for letters and numbers 0-10, it's appropriate to show visual representations of individual characters - how they have evolved over time and through cultures, for instance. But here, there is no need to waste space with a giant image of a number that is already represented the same way in the actual article. It's not about censorship, it's about whether an image adds something to a person's understanding of an idea. In this case it does not, and I'd vote for its removal on that basis. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.50.50.78 (talk) 23:34, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

The picture should go fool. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdbepono (talk • contribs) 06:45, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Are you serious? Come on now

The Nancy and Ronald Reagen example does not show that they are Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobes (even if they might be). Most people would try to get their address changed, why not? That is not a "prominent example" and it should be removed or most likely reworded to be a "possible example" at most.

~ GoldenGoose100 (talk) 00:50, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

The Image

Omg guys! Theres a big massive fuck off 3 6s on the article. This is like when you had a massive picture of a tarantula on the aracnophobia page. Just use some sense.

Does the size of the object have anything to do with the fear level? The numbers "666" are found throughout the article, they're just shown bigger in the picture. If someone really does suffer from this, I doubt they'd even read the text. Completely different from arachnophobia (which does have a small picture of a spider), as that fear is of a physical object and not a series of letters and numbers. Rurik (talk) 22:39, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Image

Whoever added the image is an asshole. 128.146.46.2 (talk) 18:52, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Care to elaborate? Lars T. (talk) 00:42, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

The title

Should it not be:

Hexakosioi (600)

hexakonta (60) (not hexekonta)

hexa (6)

phobia

? Exploding Boy (talk) 16:30, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Nope. In the Revelations text, 600 is "ἑξακόσιοι" with an alpha, and 60 is "ἑξήκοντα" with an eta. As for why, I speak neither modern nor classic Greek so I have no clue. Someone at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language might be able to explain it. —JAO • T • C 16:58, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

---

As a Greek, I believe that using modern Greek it should have been Hexakosiahexentahexephobia In modern Greek 600 is hexakosia ("εξακόσια"), 60 is hexenta ("εξήντα") and 6 is hexe ("έξι") "εξακόσιοι" is used when counting things, e.g. 600 men. -- 79.107.247.180 06:32, 11 August 2010

It's based on the ancient Koine Greek in the original text of Revelations 13:18, which has hexakosioi. Anyway, modern Greek doesn't really have an "h" sound... AnonMoos (talk) 00:37, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

The real area code for 666

Hey guys I found out that the real area code for 666 was in Kansas, specifically in the regions of Topeka. Topeka's zip code might be 66614 or something like that, but I know for a fact that Kansas has the area code 666. Oiuyjhgfv (talk) 11:17, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

You're thinking of ZIP codes, not area codes. But anyway, what changes to the article are you proposing? —JAO • T • C 12:45, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

NANPA telephone area codes currently are forbidden to have the last two digits matching; those "memorable" codes are reserved for special purposes. (When Nevada 702 was split, wags suggested that Las Vegas get 777 or 711, but – pardon the pun – no dice.) —Tamfang (talk) 18:17, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

If there really was an area code 666 in Kansas and it took in Stull then I'd be interested (though not very). But there isn't, so it doesn't, and I'm not. Mr Larrington (talk) 12:58, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Incidentally the (Jesuit) University of San Francisco used (as of ~1985) to have telephone numbers 415-666-xxxx. I think they've been changed tho. —Tamfang (talk) 18:24, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Is This Whole Article A Hoax?

No evidence is presented that a religious distaste for the number 666 constitutes a clinical phobia, or that even one person has ever been diagnosed with this condtion.. The cited sources are all from popular culture, not medicine or psychology. I don't think this is a real phobia.0nullbinary0 (talk) 12:13, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Some people have a real aversion to the number and will go to some length to avoid having the number assigned to them (as a street address, as the designation of a road they use, etc.), while others spin elaborate apocalyptic conspiracy theories about bar-codes etc. It may not be a primal traumatic phobia on the order of fear of the dark, but it is not a "hoax"... AnonMoos (talk) 13:08, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Hoax, preserved just because "it is a long word and therefore is funny". --190.22.203.137 (talk) 19:01, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

You should remove the image

Many people will be afraid of reading this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fixman (talk • contribs) 05:41, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

this has already been discussed ad nauseam in this talk page and it has already been established that people with this phobia would be afraid of reading the article due to the amount of times 666 appears in the text anyway —Preceding unsigned comment added by -ross616- (talk • contribs) 14:00, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

New Image

I have made a new image for this article based on the original notation of the number in the new testament book. I think this is more illustrative and less shocking for a sufferer of this condition. rgs. --Odura (talk) 16:22, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

I like the new image! Having studied Ancient Greek myself, though I have a minor nitpick: the symbol for the number 6 is not a final sigma (ς), as is shown here, but a stigma, which is an old ligature of sigma-tau (στ)--see the Greek numerals article. This symbol looks slightly different, and admittedly I have even seen a New Testament that contained sigma instead of stigma (possibly because the symbol was not available to the typesetters). So if you have time, you can make the correction. You may want to use the Gentium font, as it is freely licensed as well as containing this special symbol.—Jchthys 15:33, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

The Number of this Name

Pardon me, but am I the only one that believes that this phobia and its article are incontrovertibly rediculous? --Hypocritus (talk) 04:34, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

The phobia: I believe yes, but the article no.—Jchthys 15:35, 12 July 2011 (UTC)