"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?