real English?

[Edward M Dumanis]

However, going back to the original translation question, "rukoj podat'" 
does not suggest any visibility of the end point, and it seems that all 
"throw"-expressins somehow do suggest that. Am I wrong?

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, bmdamare at UMICH.EDU wrote:

> I get 240 for "arm's throw", and from an eyeball estimate I'd say about 85% 
> of them are the expression we're discussing, most of them unique hits.  No 
> idea if it's a regional thing - I heard it a lot on the Gulf Coast growing 
> up, but most of the hits are more north-easterly.
>
> Incidentally, one of them is from the New York Times: 
> http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9506EFD81639F934A25755C0A962948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2
>
> All in all, I second the advice that it's better to stick with the stone.
>

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