sticks and stones

A shorthand way of referring to the phrase "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me," a childish rebuttal to teasing or other harsh speech. A: "There are some pretty unflattering rumors circulating about you now." B: "Oh, who cares? Sticks and stones."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Venkat	-	Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam
Ernestine	er-nes-TEE-nə (German), UR-nəs-teen (English)	French, German, English
Lilias	-	Scottish
Grigor	-	Welsh, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Armenian
Matthias	mah-TEE-ahs (German), mə-THIE-əs (English)	Greek, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Manahem	-	Biblical Latin