Touch wood

[Clark Whelton]

"Touch wood" is British.


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From: "Drew Danielson" <andrew.danielson at CMU.EDU>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 11:27 AM
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> "A. Maberry" wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Alice Faber wrote:
> > >
> > > >Is there
> > > >regional variation?
> > >
> > > Not that I'm aware of. For what it's worth, I'm from the NY area.
> > > --
> >
> > I've heard "touch wood" but more often "knock on wood" out here in the
> > PNW.
> >
>
>
> Speaks of a desire for less violent speech among some Left Coasters?
>