For Friday the 13th, say it with us: Paraskevidekatriaphobia
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Because we want everyone to feel safe, once again we offer this advice for how to get through another Friday the 13th:
Learn how to pronounce paraskevidekatriaphobia.
Successfully saying that super long word supposedly cures one of any Friday the 13th-related fears. Thanks to our friend, newscaster and Two-Way contributor Korva Coleman, we've got a helpful audio pronouncer. Follow her tips and it's said you'll be OK. We've had two Friday the 13ths this year. (The other was in September.) Next year, there's just one — in June. Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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