nowadays whenever i feel good about something, i say "touchwood" so that nothing bad happens . anybody doing that?
2006-09-20 19:17:04 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
yes. in India they say" touch wood. " i don't know who started in the beginning. but i don't believe it. so i don't do it.
2006-09-20 19:42:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah but I do that after I said something like "It's going to be a sunny day tomorrow...touch wood" The touch wood is to ward off bad weather. It is the same as "knock on wood"
2006-09-20 19:20:52 · answer #2 · answered by Signilda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only the mischievous people use this word in place of taking an oath of God to convince the other about his good intention( in fact the bad one).
2006-09-21 01:07:23 · answer #3 · answered by ars32 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I still do that but I try to say Praise God more often. That is who my luck lies with not a piece of wood.
2006-09-20 19:19:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It used to be "Knock on wood". Yeah, alot of white people say it!
2006-09-20 19:18:45 · answer #5 · answered by Candy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do that sometimes especially when watching a cricket match which includes India, i feel that there is nothing bad with it may sound superticious but it makes us feel better and secured about that thing or that someone.
2006-09-20 19:23:20 · answer #6 · answered by RAMINDER R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most chinese will say "touch wood" or "choy".
But proper should be "knock on wood".
And yes, people still say that. (at least friends around me do.)
2006-09-20 19:22:07 · answer #7 · answered by evelyn_01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope! never heard that one but i often say "knock on wood" whenever i say something bad or negative.
2006-09-20 19:20:47 · answer #8 · answered by Bartypurple lass 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, when I bring a foxy hot mamma back to my place, I always say that.
2006-09-20 19:18:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha...my brother said that words few days ago... i laugh because i think its silly... he beat me up... i should've said touch wood before being beaten huh...those good all days...
2006-09-20 19:23:08 · answer #10 · answered by pheobe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋