cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35985472

Ooft, the prize is literally just a trophy, why would you cheat this? Skimming takes skill, but to win you surely need a healthy dose of luck too. Anyway, Easdale looks a fun place to visit

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    Yea, it’s nonsense to say “stone” means worked by human hands.

    Here’s what Dictionary.com has to say:

    the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.

    a rock or particular piece or kind of rock, as a boulder or piece of agate.

    a piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for a particular purpose: building stone.

    The etymology of stone indicates same:

    stone(n.) “discrete piece of rock,” especially not a large one, Old English stan, which was used of common rocks, precious gems, concretions in the body, memorial stones, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (source also of Old Norse steinn, Danish steen, Old Saxon sten, Old Frisian sten, Dutch steen, Old High German stein, German Stein, Gothic stains).

    Anecdotal: I’ve never once heard anyone, ever, make this distinction. Stone and rock are synonymous.