Touch wood

dimitrispearljam

i saw a post from a fellow fan at porch.....for sent away the bad luck ,
she use the frase"touch wood"
in Greece we say,"knock on wood "for sent away bad luck..
anyone knows where this coming from?why people say it?
do you guys use it in USA?

green mountain man

I think she wants to touch your wood

of.the.girl

I use the phrase "knock on wood" all the time. It's used as you would say to keep bad luck away or something bad happening.

I find I use it at work alot more. Like knock on wood that machine didn't crash.

I've never heard "touch wood", but I would imagine it would mean the same thing just a different way of saying "knock on wood"

of.the.girl

green mountain man wrote:

I think she wants to touch your wood

dimitrispearljam

of.the.girl wrote:

I use the phrase "knock on wood" all the time. It's used as you would say to keep bad luck away or something bad happening.

I find I use it at work alot more. Like knock on wood that machine didn't crash.

I've never heard "touch wood", but I would imagine it would mean the same thing just a different way of saying "knock on wood"

we say here "touch red" when 2 people say the exact same thing at the exact same time,we say it for avoid fight to eachother..
and u are half Greek,ofcourse u use the knock on wood

of.the.girl

dimitrispearljam wrote:

of.the.girl wrote:

I use the phrase "knock on wood" all the time. It's used as you would say to keep bad luck away or something bad happening.

I find I use it at work alot more. Like knock on wood that machine didn't crash.

I've never heard "touch wood", but I would imagine it would mean the same thing just a different way of saying "knock on wood"

we say here "touch red" when 2 people say the exact same thing at the exact same time,we say it for avoid fight to eachother..
and u are half Greek,ofcourse u use the knock on wood

here we use "jinx" if two people say the same thing. Or at least I do.

Hey, us Greeks need to stick together.

conman

i say knock on wood, never heard touch wood before

DS1119

I also use knock on wood...but I have touched wood before.

green mountain man

I just cut my wood with a chainsaw and now I am going to burn it. OUCH

Monster Rain

I'd love to know what OCD sufferer first started the belief that knocking on wood was somehow good luck and how he convinced other people that it was true. I imagine an ancient version of Sheldon Cooper doing it and having all sorts of formulas and charts to back up his claim.

dimitrispearljam

got a pm..
"reason we say knock on wood is because pagan people once believe that evil spirits lived in trees or wood.... it was meant to scare them away "
thats an explanation

Carey

dimitrispearljam wrote:

of.the.girl wrote:

I use the phrase "knock on wood" all the time. It's used as you would say to keep bad luck away or something bad happening.

I find I use it at work alot more. Like knock on wood that machine didn't crash.

I've never heard "touch wood", but I would imagine it would mean the same thing just a different way of saying "knock on wood"

we say here "touch red" when 2 people say the exact same thing at the exact same time,we say it for avoid fight to eachother..
and u are half Greek,ofcourse u use the knock on wood

We say ("we" being family or friends) ""jinx! pinch, poke, you owe me a coke" and then you have to try to count to ten before the jinxer says anything. I think I am hanging out with grade school kids too much :?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocking_on_wood

dimitrispearljam

Carey wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

of.the.girl wrote:

I use the phrase "knock on wood" all the time. It's used as you would say to keep bad luck away or something bad happening.

I find I use it at work alot more. Like knock on wood that machine didn't crash.

I've never heard "touch wood", but I would imagine it would mean the same thing just a different way of saying "knock on wood"

we say here "touch red" when 2 people say the exact same thing at the exact same time,we say it for avoid fight to eachother..
and u are half Greek,ofcourse u use the knock on wood

We say ("we" being family or friends) ""jinx! pinch, poke, you owe me a coke" and then you have to try to count to ten before the jinxer says anything. I think I am hanging out with grade school kids too much :?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocking_on_wood

let me learn the beds and bugs bites first..
this is to much for my Greekglish!!

afroannnie

dimitrispearljam wrote:

let me learn the beds and bugs bites first..
this is to much for my Greekglish!!

if they do, hit them with a shoe!

dcfaithful

I use "knock on wood"

"Touch wood" wakes my immature mind. :roll:

eMMI

I use "knock on wood", but have heard "touch wood" as well.

We use the phrase here (Finland) too.

of.the.girl

Carey wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

of.the.girl wrote:

I use the phrase "knock on wood" all the time. It's used as you would say to keep bad luck away or something bad happening.

I find I use it at work alot more. Like knock on wood that machine didn't crash.

I've never heard "touch wood", but I would imagine it would mean the same thing just a different way of saying "knock on wood"

we say here "touch red" when 2 people say the exact same thing at the exact same time,we say it for avoid fight to eachother..
and u are half Greek,ofcourse u use the knock on wood

We say ("we" being family or friends) ""jinx! pinch, poke, you owe me a coke" and then you have to try to count to ten before the jinxer says anything. I think I am hanging out with grade school kids too much :?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocking_on_wood

We've used that one too. Jinx, pinch, poke, you owe me a coke. I thought it was only me and my crazy ass friends. Glad to see someone else uses it.

KingJeremyTheWicked82

I say "touch wood".

Cradles Broken Glass

Has anyone else read this and thought it said Torch Wood at first? I know I did, I thought it may have been a thread about that show or Dr. Who. Anyway, I say knock on wood.

Leezestarr313

I only know knocking on wood, and it is also used in that sense in German, "auf Holz klopfen".

"Touch wood", however, also wakes my immature mind ... :shifty:

javis el errante

dimitrispearljam wrote:

i saw a post from a fellow fan at porch.....for sent away the bad luck ,
she use the frase"touch wood"
in Greece we say,"knock on wood "for sent away bad luck..
anyone knows where this coming from?why people say it?
do you guys use it in USA?

spanish speakers say "tocar (touch) madera (wood) for sending away bad luck... that is what is know as a spanish transfer, a literal translation of what it is said in the source language into the literal words said in the target language... the meaning is the same, but the significant is diferent, "knock on wood" in english, "tocar madera" in spanish...

81

never touch anouther guys wood

RKCNDY

81 wrote:

never touch anouther guys wood

I'll keep that in mind for the next tailgate...

81

RKCNDY wrote:

81 wrote:

never touch anouther guys wood

I'll keep that in mind for the next tailgate...

rule doesn't apply to you

rick1zoo2

get your damn hands off my wood

RKCNDY

green mountain man

MORNING WOOD
According to sexual health practitioners :
Nocturnal penile tumescence ( erection during sleep or when waking up) is caused by :
Testosterone related excitatory actions and/or
A full bladder can stimulate an erection and inhibit urination , there by avoiding nocturnal enuresis.

My personal theory is that it is a safety measure.
The erect penis acts as a wedge and prevents one from falling out of bed.

dimitrispearljam

take your woods and go play to another forest...