& The Philologist formerly known as HotForWords

Another 5 star lesson!
This one was so funny & preposterous that I thought you released your April Fools Day video too soon.
VERY entertaining… & I learned something too.
You are truely a triple threat: Intelligent, beautiful & humorous!

if I recall correctly, ” 7 ” was also used as a sign for “et”. even in words, not just for “and”.

‘we’re sorry, this video…’ what happened? :shock:

Please teach us the proper way to pronounce “Medvedev”

sorry, seemed to be a temporary problem with Youtube… :roll:

Let’s see there’s;
@ = at
# = number
$ = dollars
% = percent
as you can probably tell I’m just staring at my keyboard as I’m typing this.
But seriously where can i find those pictures you’ve been showing at the end of your videos?

yeah, founf it. that text is old high german.

it also says that it is a roman abbreviation.

so … did they have both — & and 7?

argh. “found”.

€ = euro
Â¥ = yen
can’t remember more for now…

Excellent Video as always. I didn’t think ampersand made a good name either.

I was wondering if you could explain the origin of the word “Finish” or “Finished” and does it have any relation to Finland?

# hash, sharp.

HFW, can you explain word “Roger that!” used by military soldiers who confirm received orders?

i’m new to the site, it’s fun as to watch ur vids and read comments! ,) bloody excellent idea, i tell ya!

listen, could u try and somehow finally solve the “dinkum” mystery?
“struth” is used a similar way down under, i’d just like to know why…

cheers! ,)

lol i love the end!!! and id like to no if u could tell me the meaning of the word “Hot” and why its used in so many different ways :arrow: :smile:

You did a video request right hdc169? I will def. do that word if I can make an interesting video out of it! So stay tuned :razz:

Well the best one i can think of is Pi but there is no type letter for it.

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I I 3.14144563469356389463894767135679324786478563897683!
Close enough.

Another word that seems to be a little to hot for talk is titallation. I’ve always thought the meaning was; An ecstatic feeling that usually derives from the expression of others. Ok, one more. Ecstatic, either word would do.

thank you so much marina and yes i did! :smile: :smile: :smile:

How about this one Marina, ~ (tilde)?

Too funny….

how about the use of, effect or affect?

I would love you to tell a story concerning the word “convivial”
Pretty Please Marina

Boiiiiiiiing! Booooiiiiiiiinnng! :shock:
How about the Male and Female symbols – the circles with the arrow and cross, respectively?

Thanks for the video!
You seemed a bit rushed during the ‘nonchalant’ vid, but this one was nice and fun~

Oh wait, Tiro was in charge of what??? Keeping track of bitches? or pictures? It sounded like bitches.

There is the @ symbol for the word at.

I would love to have a lesson on the word “discombobulated”! It’s the weirdest word I’ve ever seen! Well, one of them, at least.

I’m probably the youngest student in this class, at 16 years of age!
YAY!!!!

Or, we can do a lesson on why the word is “grateful” instead of “greatful”

Isn’t a grate some sort of metal barrier?

Does that mean Germans designed my keybord? 7& key :roll: or just coincidence.
Love German cars but hate the way the wheels are held on, (No Nuts)
well actually do like the fact that they are held on, but no thought is given to the poor sap at the side of the freeway with a flat 7 no autoclub membership. Oh, its dark 7 it’s raining 7 the handle is missing for the jack 7 when finally getting the wheel off, theres no way to line the wheel up with the little stud holes in the dark 77… What makes you think it happened to me? It’s just a hypothetical situation. Cheers

cf. grace … “gratitude” … “(to) say grace” …

cool thanks. didn’t know that.

well, yes and no.

“Konrad Zuse’s electromechanical “Z machines”. The Z3 (1941) was the first working machine featuring binary arithmetic, including floating point arithmetic and a measure of programmability. In 1998 the Z3 was proved to be Turing complete, therefore being the world’s first operational computer.” (–> link.)
konrad zuse was born in berlin, he was german.

and, of course, the Z3 had a keyboard.

I think I remember saying YAY!!!! after everything I said when I was sixteen. er… no, now I remember I always said, “fuck you”. But I was a very discombobulated young man.

Marina,
I just saw the episodes Bad Cop 1 and 2, and it made me think of an unpleasant word from World War Two. Would the word KAPO be related to the word COP?

COP was defined as a policeman.
COP was also defined as a thief.
KAPO fits both definitions.

Not a pleasant subject, but still a valid question.
KAPO could be related.

I hope this word choice does not offend you.
That is not my intention.

Your audio was picking up background noise, are you using a different mic?

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Thanks for not changing you name HotForWords!!!

sounds almost like someone was vacuum cleaning or mowning the lawn or something. :/

We use “@” to shorten the word AT. It’s also used in Email addresses. Nice video and & would have been nice too. funny but nice

garlnx

Don’t be so mean. What is your problem.

There are these symbole too from the greek alphabet (the most popular):
α: alpha Ω: omega
γ: gamma θ: theta
β: beta Δ: delta
κ: kappa(just like the mark)

usually we use them for math physics and chemistry to definite many things or for algebraic resolution
ex: θ for an angle, α for alpha radiation

and there many others(that I don’t know the meanings so… Help me Hotforwords!!!!)

We use @ for at and $ for dollar. Your site is way cool and so is your show.

this lesson is funny, i’ve here are some interesting words you could investigate, the words entrance and exit

A very funny lesson, 5 stars as usual. I’d like to know if you could tell me the history of the word “kitchen”, as this word kind of applies to me a little. Perhaps you could wear a chef’s jacket and/or hat for the video? Just an idea. Thanks. :grin: :grin:

% £

I am the α and the Ω :mrgreen:

æ is contraction of ‘a’ and ‘e’ or not?? what is it?
is less than
° graus
Ø is empty
§ pharagrafh
… is ‘etc’ and etcetra

And what about

:) is happy :smile:
:( is sad :sad:
:õ is crying :cry:
:D so happy :grin:
and million others ;p

+plus, =equals, -minus and “quote

I got a word request:
I know you grew up in Russia, so are there any interesting or notable words in English with origins in Russian?

Thanks!

I also want to request a word.. well.. it’s more like a phrase..

How did the phrase easy as “a piece of cake” came about?

Cheers!

Thanks for keeping your name. Word request is about the use of the word Love is tennis?

Just needed to correct my typo. Use of the word “Love” in tennis for keeping “Score”. or you could use terms for golf which could be alot of fun. Thank you &.

Woops, I mean Hotforwords! There that is better :mrgreen:

i’m curious about a little translation here. when you look up latin origins of words, we usually see similarities among many of the latin-based languages. my question is regarding false cognates between english and spanish, and why does “yo” in spanish mean “I?” and another, “embarazada” in spanish means “pregnant.” how can they sound almost identical but mean something completely different?

Hello & ….

WORD REQUEST : ADDICTIVE
ADDICTION

Ive sent a msg on ur latest video also about this word
Would appreciate to have the definition of you miss Hotforwords imean &.

Im a guy that gets addicted to things…+ jayz made a song called I know About Addiction in Love factory! so See ya &. Thank you marina!

Марина!! Привет.
очень рад что тебе удалось создать такой проект! случайно набрел на ссылки в сети и теперь изучаю значения слов.
надо бы наших тоже подучить))
самые лучшие пожелания из Москвы!
Стас

@ = at

and the old symbol of and looks more like a RG

Priviet, Marina:

My Marina says hello also. My favorite symbol that represents a word is $, for dollar.

Still waiting for the answer to where the word “jewelry” originated.

Thank you. Specibo.
Charliek

Ω electrical resistance
µ = 10^-6 (used in electronic commonly)
λ = various coefficient and half life :grin:
Δ =variation
and so on…

i wanna know what supercalifragilisticexpialidoshis means and where it was derived from? thanks in advance

i know all of physics. why r u asking her about it????

africa. ask her something worth knowing m8.

my grandpa was a russian that was a nazi. i am nowhere near any of that. anyway my question is bout my last name: kunz. where did it come from and what does it mean?

Hey Marina. I would like to request the word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

I am not asking about physics,I just wrote some examples

Hi Marina,

Great video.

Lots of symbols are out there. In the legal field, sometimes the Greek “delta” and “pi” are used to represent “defendant” and “plaintiff” in a case. Symbols are used for all the major currencies, like the $ and symbol for pound or euro. And you are familiar with the TM and “r” in a circle for trademark claims and registrations.

The # sign is used for “number” or “pound.”

Mathematical symbols like the + and – sign or the x or “dot” for multiplication, etc., are used.

marina has already done this word. At the top of the page, click on lessons then word list. Being busy with knowing all of physics, I thought you might have missed this detail. Since you know all of physics, could you complete the equations for quantum chromodynamics functioning at the level of atomic nuclei? Physicists would be very excited if you could.

Are you talking about the Schrodinger equation? Why would you want to get into that here? But, if you must then I can explain it to somebody eager to know.

wikipedia m8

Hi Marina,

Great lessons!

I have a word (or phrase to be more exact) that have been bugging me for a long time. I was hoping you could maybe help me with it? :sad:

The phrase can actually vary, but usually goes something like “Do you mind ?” or “Would you mind ?”. For example, “Would you mind taking out the trash?” or “Would you mind picking me up at the train station?”

What is bugging me is that I don’t quite get what mind here means. And also, to me, it feels like both the answer “Yes” and “No” is kind of a positive response. So there is like… no way of answering negative to those questions :p

(Hope that made some sense at least :p )

Hey, I was wanting to request the phrase “smart aleck”. I didn’t know what an “aleck” was, so I looked it up, and it’s supposed to be a form of Alexander? To call someone a ‘smart Alexander’? That doesn’t make much sense… Thanks. :mrgreen:

wow! that’s all i can say everytime i watch your lessons.

question: the origin of “meteorsm” ? many thanks for the answer.

as for symbols with meaning, how about these: #, $, and the symbol for one cent which i don’t have on my keyboard.

thank you

always your faithful student
fyshdoc

Marina, I think I already know this one but….. I want to know if it is what
I think it is. “mind your P’s and Q’s”

Cheers, courtney

Don’t be mean Buzzword, he knows a lot of physics, surely he has some nuclear bombs in his garage and he won’t doubt using them.

Being a Firefighter for over 20 years and a Fire Service instructor I think that a great word for “Class” would be CONVECTION. Due to the definition of the word it would be a GREAT lesson for HOT for Words….. :evil:

Hi Marina- :smile:
These two words or symbols are commonlt used these days in chatrooms when a person is addressing or listing a group of people,
it is ” et al ” . Would you please be so kind to explain the irigins of this? I am a recent subcriber having just received my fourth video from your “Hot For Words” video postings and I love what you are teaching and your methods of teaching.Take care now,
nlsmafia2008

Dear Marina- :grin:
What is the word that defines the “the fear of beautiful women ” ?

Tiro “the pimp” as you think, was actually in charge of written speeches
Back when I went to trade school, I had a teacher from Taiwan. Although he’d been a teacher in Canada more than 10 years, his accent was so thick, a casual listener could only pick up the odd word now & then. He explained why he didn’t try to sound more Canadian, (No one sounds more Cabadian than American Broadcasters) by saying ” You heh’ ma voy & f’ you pa’ cos you hav lessen me way good”. So if we wanted to learn the technical stuff we had to decipher what he was saying first. Anyways he was way better than the one other teacher choice, (dry as burnt toast)
We could get him off topic when things got tiring in class, just asked about his daughter. She was a gorgeous, popular, top ten actress & singer in Taiwan & he had pictures & stories that could keep him going for hours. Ah yes memories, we affectionately remember him as “The Taiwanees Terror”
BTW, Did Marina talk in the nonchalant video :?:

My macbook fan makes noise (it’s on then it’s off.. ).. I have a separate mic.. but I think it also picks up all the surrounding noise.. so now I think I need to invest in a directional mic I think they call it.

damn. so close … :/

I just thought I would ask you something that you would consider worth knowing m8. You seem a little unsatisfied, perhaps looking for a challenge. I couldn’t compete with you, you are far superior to me. I don’t know a damn thing about cats, schrodinger, feynmen, heisenberg, godel or any of those mathematical, physicist types.

i got a word reguest tell us where the word dinosuar came from

HAHAHAHAHA AH HAHAHAHA..etc..> :grin:
Literally, laughing aloud here, thanks BillyB I needed that.

I had a similar experience with a Professor of Economics. He would explain complex ideas and theories using the simplified example of his predilection for Philharmonic performances.

Honestly, I went the entire semester without knowing what a ‘ New Yoh Philamony’ was.

By the way, great transcription above. Was it “You hear my voice and if you pay close you have listened to me very good”?

*still chuckling*
:wink: :wink: Rink Rink.

BAH HAHAHAHA..etc..> :grin:
Literally, laughing aloud here, thanks BillyB I needed that.

I had a similar experience with a Professor of Economics. He would explain complex ideas and theories using the simplified example of his predilection for Philharmonic performances.

Honestly, I went the entire semester without knowing what a ‘ New Yoh Philamony’ was.

By the way, great transcription above. Was it “You hear my voice and if you pay close you have listened to me very good”?

*still chuckling*
:wink: :wink: Rink Rink

hey Hotforwords can you do a lesson on the word sex

I would like the know where the word “hump” came from….

Thx you HotForWords…

Your student

Native_Sinner

Hey there HotForWords, what does it really mean to be “photogenic”?

Hi teach, and other fellow students
Well it seems that the not looking and only listening has helped a bit, but we’ll see how long that’ll last. Actually, I am less distracted and can focus more on the lessons. That was a very interesting lesson, about the ampersand, it seems the word “and” must have been used way to much in Rome. What’s funny is that the name for the symbol is longer than the actual reason it was invented (“et” went to “&” to “and” to “ampersand”). Oh well, as long as we know what & means, (et it doesn’t mean the person “&” formally know as Hotforwords) it should all work out.

For the homework assignment, I must find another monogram, and I feel the $ dollar sign is a good one, although it’s origin is fuzzy. One theory is that the dollar sign is a mixture of the abbr. for the United States i.e. U-S, if we overstrike them the bottom part of the U vanishes into the S. I can’t make the symbol with the two bars, but it can be done with mac OS X fonts and LaTex (go here to find out how). The theory I like though is the one that comes from the Bible.

And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Numbers 21:5-9 KJV

This verse foreshadowed what Jesus came to do, to conquer death and sin. We can cross reference this with the words of Jesus Christ in the NT, where Jesus reviles to Nicodemus that the serpent on the pole in the Torah actually represented Jesus Christ taking on the curse of sin & death, imposed on mankind by the serpent in the garden of Eden.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:14-18 KJV

Don’t paraphrase me on this, because this is just my theory on it’s meaning, but the serpent represents sinful flesh, which was conquered by God’s Son, who took on sinful flesh by becoming a man, and being tempted in every way mankind is tempted, he never sinned, as our father Adam did. This Son of God, and man, was obedient unto death on the cross. Anyone who trusted in the word of God and looked upon the serpent of brass on the pole was healed of their serpent bite, likewise, anyone trusting in the word of God, whom died for our sins on the cross also will be healed from it’s (the flesh’s) sinful nature.

So at one time the Germans had a coin called a Thaler, such that one side had the serpent on the pole, and the other side had an image of Jesus Christ on the cross. And so this is where the symbol for the dollar likely came from. (you can see an image of the Thaler here) :neutral:

My dear Marina, could you do a lesson on the words “Jealous” and “Envious?” I constantly hear people say jealous when they mean envious. They say things like: “I’m jealous of her beauty,” when they should say, “I’m envious of her beauty.”

Dear Marina, A few days ago, CBS News did an article about Antarctica. The commentators all said “Antartica” throughout the program. Not even once did they pronounce it “Antarctica.” Our local weatherman also talks about “Artic” winds from the North. This drives me nuts. Can you comment on this?

Good guess, you would have probably made a passing grade. We in the class actually had discussions about what was said to see if we heard the same things. All the older auto tech’s in our little city know what “meggaline fos” means. No other city in Canada would have a clue what we were on about. (Magnetic lines of force) but thats what we learned and it still is a bit of a joke when we phone other shops in town & talk to the guys from our era. Any ways to translate a little better your guess at my accent ” You hear my voice & if you pass the course you have listened to me very good.” Cheers :smile:

i was wondering if u could find the origin of the word hypnosis

thank you

Is that A&G Cashmere?
Anyways, can you post where the word “Tattoo” came from? Thanks!

@@@@@@@@WORD SUGGESTION@@@@@@@@@@@
hello &, :lol:
i looked on the internet and found out that the longest word in the english language is “Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu”. you will notice that in the middle (koauauot) it has 6 vowels in a row. it has 85 letters and is the name of a place. “Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis” is a lung disease and has 45 letters. the longest word ever has 189,819 letters and i am NOT going to paste it in here. my computer might crash. :lol:
i think these are great candidates for your videos. btw, i love your videos. email me back plz.
(insert your famous “ba-bye”) :lol:

If one should look at their computer keyboard they would see a few of these symbols you spoke of, Right! $-money, %-percent, @-at, =-equals, -greater than, #-number, +-plus. I believe these are just a few. Another is the symbol for infinity. Also the peace symbol which I have learned is the combination of the letters N and D in some form of old english. If you haven’t guessed it yet, the ND stand for Nuclear disarmament. Ive forgotten the specific language or writing style though I believe it it english. Can you figure that out?

Hot for words brilliant.
Marina -very yummy….

I dont know if you have done this one before – but the story behind it is really cool – so should you decide to present it – .
“Yours Sincerely…”.

Wax on…wax off… :wink: .

Salaams

hey marina :)
can you tell what is sikhism mean ??
and where is that came from ??
please find it if you can becouse i realy need to know what is dat mean n where it came from i hope we will see you soon on youtube with this word :) thanks!

Hello marina
I have a phrase request, “COLD TURKEY” what does a turkey have to do with it?

Hello marina, how are you doing? can help me w/ a phrase request
and they are yellow pillow puddy of the puddycat and what dose the E stand 4 in the gr8est sorth Gernal E? LEE thanks fireduck01 :razz:

ps your show is the best :mrgreen: :lol:

HI MARINA, HEY CAN YOU DO A SHOW WITH THE WORD (CHUPACABRAS)

hello marina

i have 1 question and 1 request, why do you have to change your name to ampersand (&)?

and my word request is what is the origin of the word “dragon” was wondering that for awhile if you got time can you search the origin

please and thank you

Hey, (&), I mean HFW where did the term “the whole Kit & Kibutal” come from, what is a Kitbutal?

Dear Marina,
where did the @ symbol come from.

Your Student,
goodirishboy 39

Dear HotForWords,
We all know the sky is blue, but how come when we are sad we are considered to be blue too? Please do a segment on the word “blue”.
Thank you so much, your trustee student,
Fiercemonkey.

hi marina – love ur explanations

my word is

buggerluggs

help me on that

celtic col

xxxxxxx

:twisted: hey beautiful Marina
could you do a lesson on the word “a little bit of Poke through the Whiskers?”

Hi Marina. So glad you are not changing your name! As far as the homework goes, I can come up with two for you. First there is the c with the line above it ( unfortunartely I do not know how to do it on my computer) and then there is / as in m/h (miles per hour).

Before I go, I have been wondering what the origin of the saying “shaggy dog tale”

Thanks

apologies, sometimes my wit doesn’t translate well into the written form. I was implying that youth is a time of unrestrained expression. However for different kids that expression comes out differently, “YAY” or “Fuck You!”. For me, a discombobulated youth I was constantly pissed off. The, “fuck you” was not intended toward you at all. I say, “YAY!” much more frequently now but it sounds rather ridiculous. You, being sixteen, “YAY” is real and vital and I’m jealous. Don’t trust anyone over thirty.

hellskitchen23, or it’s the place that people used to tell me in the comments of my first few videos that I should be cleaning! :-)

Hey Marina,

I got a nice word which is very forgein to most people who are not gamers. The word ‘Leet’ (aka 1337)

It has its own language and own meaning

Thanks. Show more of your … :lol:

I think the word “graduation” is timely and interesting. :roll:

I think the homework answer is “#” “pound” because like the “&” “ampersand” it has a name that is completely different from the word it stands in for. &ampersand stands in for “and” while #pound stands in for “number”

I think the word

“Graduation”

is timely and interesting. :roll:

Hey, glad to see you took my advice and used the pronunciation audio at m-w.com. That was very funny. I love all the characters now: Pogo the kangaroo, Splash the mermaid, Arnold the mouse. That’s a great bit right there. Nice job overall!

@ was originally used, BTW, to show the unit price of things. So 7 bananas @ $.25 = $1.75.

Didn’t Marina do that in the third Maxim Radio Show?
Or am I being mean?… I Mean facetious. :lol:

I’m not going to be tempted to mention alx in this connection. :grin:
Oh! Damn!
Now I’m one too :lol:

Wasn’t there a James Bond film named Platypussy? Took place Down Under, I think… :roll: I think in the film, James plays footsy &…..

Well i jus want to congratulate you for an amazing job, keep your name is perfect for you…
i have a word request; where is the word “soccer” come From?

Irish phrase. Irish women used to tell their husbands :evil: “mind your pints and quarts” before going to church.

One of my favorite words is octopuses and I was wondering if you could do a show on this plural form of octopus and its origin because most people I know think the plural is octopi.
Your fan-
Jack

Thanks for Not changing your name… .

I miss those days when you used to record your videos with your kitchen in the background. Maybe you could do a future video with the kitchen in it for old times sake. Thanks.

and I’ll add

= is equals
+ is plus
> greater than
< less than

Opps Ok,….that is math stuff right! How about the triangle of three dots which I cannot figure out how to reproduce with a key board.

In any event the three dot triangle means “therefore”.

I agree this “affect” and “effect” are a real “bug-bur” for proper usage. This could sound like and feel like the famous “Duct [duck] tape video.

Hi,

What camera do you use to record – Really great image and sound

Thanks

Charlie

Actually I was wondering about the words sign, symbol, and symptom.
Could you please do those? Thank you

sketchy… jk not that I wouldn’t feel inclined to sidetrack on a chance visit to Google (with that all-tempting “Images” tab), but I’m not sure if I would be so bold as to say it on her website… although I implicitly just did. Oops. Oh well – I’d be lying if I did try to be high and holy about it. Plus, I used a double negative in my first sentence, so she’s already out of my league (aside from the whole “she’s famous and beautiful while I’m another anonymous college student” thing)

I think a shotgun mic would suit what you’re doing. It focuses on a very specific area so that ambient noises don’t interfere, which is great for video where the director wants to sample only the sounds coming from the area that the camera can see (while this is effective for voice sampling and accuracy, it’s not so great for cinematic… never mind, don’t need to impress you with my amateur sound knowledge lol). B&H Photo Video has a pretty good variety of good, high quality audio supplies as well as some decent information on the products. Abe’s of Maine is also very similar, though not as informative because they’re strictly warehousing. If you find a particular model you want, I’d also check PriceGrabber. Again, keep up the good work.

They also have scientific meanings, such as Lamba and half-life (for radioactive or otherwise degrading materials), or Ohms (electrical impedance, mostly as it pertains to sound), Delta (for change… in anything really – mostly just involves a subtraction equation), etc.

comment withdrawn, should have kept reading down the comment bar

For a far larger supply of symbols (as they pertain to computer use), open Microsoft Word, click the “Insert” tab at the top of the the screen, and then click “Symbols” from the drop-down menu. In the rare case those don’t suffice, symbols.com and a number of other sites can satiate this artificial demand for symbols (though I personally wonder if she really cares to see more symbols as I think this was just a joke…)

Also WORD REQUEST: a word for pickup line. You seem to attract a lot of them lol

there’s no microsoft word on macs anyway, I think.

Microsoft and big macs, sounds like a bunch of football players with ED who are not well endowed.) :roll:

There is, but only for Mac OS 10.3 (Panther), 10.4 (Tiger), and 10.5 (Leopard).
-There’s Office 2004, but that’s only an emulator, not the actual program running as it was originally designed.
-There’s also Office 2008, which is part of the universal software initiative and runs natively on new Macs with newer operating systems. It requires Tiger (10.4.9) or newer, as well as Powerbook G4 processors or newer.

Also, Mac users using iWork ’08 should check this link out: [http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6209948]. It explains it better than I could.

Wow, there’s nothing like hiding the inability to make intelligent comments by making snide remarks about people. Real classy, lividemerald. And how does one become a guru on endowment by judging via internet? Perhaps more importantly, from where did you get “football?” That’s not random, especially because football is associated with masculinity and therefore testosterone. The presence of the aforementioned chemical during the development of a male leads to better endowment, thereby contradicting your statement. My point is you made no apparent sense (which may have been your point, but a waste of calories nonetheless)

Just a humorous remark (notice the rolling eyeballs?) on the juxtaposition of “micro” and “mac” (which had me thinking of a McDonald’s Big Mac). I was actually going to make a reference to Voltaire’s tale, Micromegas, but figured that was a bit obscure. I only mentioned football players because they are a big lot. Just playing with the juxtaposition, nickc1188. I offer plenty of serious assistance in the area of etymology, but I also enjoy humor. This web site is all about those two concepts, I think. I did not mean to offend you or anyone else. On the other hand, I do sometime make somewhat obscure (sometimes etymological, sometimes not) remarks for fun, just in case there is someone out there who has the background knowledge (or time to reference a dictionary) to “get it.” And sometimes it’s fun to be a bit silly. But a guru, I am not!

Thanks for clarifying that. Well played, though I haven’t read enough literature to pick up on that joke without being told.

The last thing I want is to be clobbered by “trolls” like I was when I tried explaining the finer aspects of football on Boston.com. The apparent lack of intelligence among my responses was disappointing to say the least and I eventually just gave up on it.

And the topic of judging endowment via Internet is probably not a good one in which to be an expert haha (we’ll leave that to the Paris Hilton’s of the world to have such expertise in all things related to… male genitalia)

Here’s Wikipedia’s entry:

Micromégas (1752) is a short story written in the 18th century by the French philosopher and satirist Voltaire. It is a significant development in the history of literature because it originates ideas which helped create the genre of science fiction.

The tale recounts the visit to Earth of a being from a planet circling the star Sirius and his companion from the planet Saturn. This story and Voltaire’s ‘Plato’s Dream’ (another early precursor of science fiction) were probable[citation needed] influences upon H. G. Wells; the story itself is very much under the influence of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.

The technique of using an outsider to comment on aspects of western culture was popular at this period, and was used again by Voltaire in Zadig, and by Montesquieu in Lettres persanes (Persian Letters), amongst others.

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What Wikipedia doesn’t say is that the tale plays with notions of very small (Micro-) and very large (-megas), hence the title, which is obviously a juxtaposition of two latin prefices with opposite meanings.

By the way, Micromegas and Candide are essential reading in French Literature. Oh, and Voltaire’s real name was François-Marie Arouet. His pen name is a (rather loose) anagram.

But you made a good point, i.e., even when expressing humor, there is a chance that it will be misinterpreted (rolling eyeballs or not). I should have stuck with Voltaire! :smile:

For starters, it’s not Ki(t)butal, it’s caboodle. The whole kit and caboodle. Just giving you a nudge in the right direction…

All the math symbols (+, -, *, /, =, etc.)

@ at
$ dollars (and the cent symbol, and all the other currency symbols)
% percent

Just a quick little urban meaning for your 3 dot triangle.
Also in the latin culture double for the saying “Mi vida Loca”
I realize thats more a saying than a word but many ppl around here have that tatoo. Although meaning therefore would make it kind of funny.

cicero is pronounced with the hard c sound,{kekaro} not the soft c sound {sesaro} ….~and btw~ tell me the about the word latro?

Dear teacher
I’ve seached for an answer to my question in the comments, and did not find it, so here it is: were you speaking greek during film?
The video is excellent!
Thank you for the lesson I remain your devoted student dear teacher &
Amicalement
Don Felipe

I am wondering about the symbol .’. used for the word therefore. It is suppossed to be three dots but I was not sure how to get that on the computer. Sorry. Can you email me if you are going to answer this question

очень круто!
случайно увидел на youtube и вот я здесь))
давно хотел “подкачать” свой английский, но всё было каким-то скучным.
ребята, вас интересно смотреть!!!
я вас буду советовать!

:shock:

testing 1, 2, 3

good job :grin:

Just my macbook.

@

why is the & not the same as the & that is squashed into a t it is like that on my key board &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&T? :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz:

Symbol: %

sparrowhawk,
I don’t know if this is the case in English, mas it’s not in Italian, the closet to the original language latin. It is pronounced it soft c’s both times, but in Italian it’s more like “chi”, as in chin. So it’d be like and “chichero”.

If you’re sure about the pronouciation (is that written correctly?? I’m goingo to ask for this right now! :) , please would you tell why it came to be like that? Thanks.

Always amazing.

For someone who was thinking of changing her name to “&”, you should have your own starring movie called ‘Pink Rain’. :wink:

“It’s a… (ampersand) ampersand… (ampersand) ampersand or…
& (BOING!).” :mrgreen:

:oops: Uh… yeah, I thought I should mention I only intended that joke as a parody to ‘Purple Rain’, and not her being a squirter or anything as it might suggest. I wouldn’t know whether she is or isn’t. I thought it might suggest something dirty, but I didn’t fully comprehend as to what at the time. But I just got that just now.

…Hell, I don’t even know what Purple Rain is suppose to mean.

Kangaroos FTW!!!!!!11oneone and koala bears too…ftw

sexy fingers. non convincing explanation for this & though :O

@ right

Oh good, can you explain to me how light is made of waves? please? :)

Don’t forget you also promised me you would do my word request : “noob” ! ;)

I don’t know, think she could have made ampersand work out for her personally. The hotforprofits girl needs a name like Marina. Or a symbol. What was prince thinking anyways?

Homework: &
Other symbols are right here on the keyboard!!!
@ At, or at the rate of
# Pound or numver sign
% Percent

‱

Interesting & words do heal. I only now saw that coin. Do not go into the forest and beg for bread or special spirits!

HAHAHAhHAHaHA that one made me laugh. awesome!

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just a few that i could knock out
i have no clue what any of them are called except for the f it stands for forte musical term

We use @ for at and $ for dollar. We also use the pound key for the word “number” and percent signs. :mrgreen:

@ At, % Per Cent, #Number or Sharp
+ Plus = Equals
and I can think of a few more but they don’t appear on my Keyboard

it looks like a backward cursive(sp) S

VIV = Very Interesting Video Marina!!

Would be also Very Interesting to know about the origin of the dollar and the sterling pund symbols… I think it’s design must have an especial origin, because the yen symbol is inspired with the letter Y (form its name “yen”), or the euro symbol is also inspired–obviusly by the letter E… On the other hand, neither the dollar or the sterling pound symbols have an easy way to figure out where they come from…

:wink:

5 estrellas

I’ve got a feeling that the dollar sign comes from the image of a pillar with ivy growing around it which, I think, had something to do with a really old Grecian or Roman building – maybe a financial institution, or perhaps a library (the wealth of knowledge perhaps) – but I can’t be sure. I’d love to be able to remember where I learned that from.
As for the sterling pound symbol. I’d say it comes from the the same root as the weight measurment pound (lb). I don’t know the etymology of it but I know that in Italian a pound in weight is pronounced ‘libra’ (which, come to think of it, sounds a lot like ‘lire’, the old Italian monetary unit… and it also smacks a little of the Italian word for book – ‘libro’ – and … well, I’ve never made his connection, but we’re back at ‘library’).
Um… I think Marina should clarify this for us (she’s always WAY more entertaining than some shmuck randomly answering your post! lol).

Do punctuation marks count?

Brilliant, Interesting, Informative…

I’d call it one of those dual-purpose lessons – the etymology defines the word.

You have a wonderful voice Marina :!: You should try to sing on one of your videos :!: Also I would like to know where the word [sing] came from.

&&&)(&&& :smile: [utterances]….^…eurydice[masks]…[spastic]… :smile: :P [cards] :roll: Jack and Jill…ll…went up the hill :wink: ^ll^

nice… marina…nice

nice & 47 … nice nick…&…

:smile: AND how has elahie been? Symbol writing and the discipline of thinking out………out thinking of discipline, the and writing simply. :cool:

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