Throw rocks (was: Re: [tied] Re: Davs (was Pronunciation of "r" - a

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Jarrette <anjarrette@...>
wrote:

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> glen gordon <glengordon01@...> wrote:
> Andrew:
> > -- I've only heard "cast stones" in the Bible and in
> > jocular imitations of the Bible in printed
> > literature, in my experience living in Canada
> > (mostly in Ottawa). In fact, I can only remember

Cast is a loan from Nordic.

But the whole point in what I have been told is that "stones" gives
an inappropriate association with testicles. Therefore you throw (or
cast) rocks in some places on the North American continent.
Obviously not in Canada.

Lars