real English?

[Josh Wilson]

So an "arm's throw" is how far you can throw an arm? Cool - obviously
something from our more barbaric days... 

>The OED defines "throw" as "6. 
>The distance to which anything may or is to be thrown: often qualified, 
>as a stone's throw" giving among the examples:


Josh Wilson
Asst. Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor-in-Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
www.sras.org
jwilson at sras.org


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[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Kjetil Rå Hauge
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 6:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] real English?

Apparently, this piece of phraseology previously allowed you to throw 
almost anything you might have at hand. The OED defines "throw" as "6. 
The distance to which anything may or is to be thrown: often qualified, 
as a stone's throw" giving among the examples:

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