I’m gonna go all nucular on you!

OH i thought you spelled nuclear wrong. LOL

I always wanted to be first.

Darn. I knew I should have posted before watching. Second.

Hi Marina – great video as usual

One question – the word lieutenant – why do Americans say ‘LOOtenant’ and the British say ‘LEFTtenant’

Any ideas – thanks

All my love

celtic col

x

That’s a good one celtic… must investigate it :-) Don’t anyone do the answer.. please! :!:

Wuv
UrUkrainiAnangel

I’m gonna go ballistic! lol

GTet a McJob lol

Oh I thought ya had a bit of a southern draw in your accent hahahahahahahahaha

Marina -

I like your hair like that – long, and straight. You look fabulous, as always.

O.k. – suggestions for Mariya’s youtube slogan…. first of all, congratulations to her for all her accomplishments so far and good luck in the future!

Here are some suggestions:

I Love The Ukraine.

It’s Ukraine, not The Ukraine!

How about…..

“If I Want You’re Opinion, I’ll Give it to You!”

Dear Marina,

Question – I was in English class, being *forced* to read the epic poem Romeo and Juliet; and in the first scene, it was shown that it was rather offensive to ‘bite your thumb’ at people.

It’s outdated now, but I was simply wondering how such a term came to be in the first place.

~Nice Video!

Sweet i was number one comment.

Great vid as usual Marina :grin:

I have a word request that i use a lot

“bollocks”

where did this term come from?

but… but… :(

ok, but then you have to do a lesson on this one.
in uniform ;)

That sounds cool.. LEFTtenant HotForWords reporting! :wink:

How about MiniHotForWords????

Anything like MiniMe?

My suggestion for Mariya’s catchphrase:

Upon opening:
“Welcome to the Wild East, I’m Mariya and this is…”

And in closing:
“And remember…go east, young man, go east.”

–ADM

Dear HotForWords, For Maria in Kiev. “Live from Kiev where we don’t use electricity for night lights because we glow in the Dark!” I used to live across the street from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Denver, Colorado and we used to watch the rabbits at night because the glowed at night. :shock:

I believe President Bush pronounces nuclear as nucular because of his Texas accent. Either that or English is not his 1st language. Have you ever noticed how well he speaks Spanish as opposed to his speaking of English?

Hey, Ms HotForWords, I was wondering if you could do “og? Please.
Thanx! :mrgreen:

Sorry, I meant to put jog. lol

Hey! First of all I wanna say I luv ur site, no one wuld have the idea of a sexy word origins teacher! Anyway, I’d want to ask u the origin of the word “Europe”. Thx a lot!

hey, i was wondering if you could look up the word “bollocks” for one of your videos, keep em coming;)

Could you do the origin for the word “dude” or “Mnemonic”?

How about “The NUKEranian Wonder”

Also, you need a HotForWords gallery. Thanks.

HotForWord I would like to know the origin of the word Intelligent. Thaz

HotForWords great video always enjoywatching them. I would like to know the origin of the word car. I know it originally is called automobile, but where did car come from? Thanx in advance

-Gillie Kid 318

entropy — as in,
“Entropy requires no maintenance.”
from Schroedinger’s Cat

It’s because the LOO means washroom in British. That’s why they changed it from LOOtenant to LEFtenant.

Because they don’t want the LOO in your name!

darn…I ruined it.

I like Ivoryshogun’s idea, a gallery of your pics sounds great :razz:
As for your cute little Ukrainian friend, how about; ‘Welcome to the Ukraine, we gave Russia all our nukes, but that’s OK we’re still cooler than them :wink:

By the way, whats the deal with those little pictures, can i change mine?

ok first of all great videos keep up the good work. now i got a suggestion
since you’ve done Google … why no do Yahoo :) I found it strange that it also means a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture. Isn’t this ironic? One of the most used mail client calling it’s users stupid? Maybe you can help me with this Marina. This will get you the first word starting the letter Y in your lesson list and plus you get to go crazy shouting YAHOOOOOOOOOO :D ( that was a joke ) :roll:

andrei, it’s an acronym.. Yet Another Hierarchal Organizational Oligarchy I believe… but yeah.. maybe the stupid thing transferred over to why the company is being taken over by Microsoft years later!

Go to the help section runawayscott.. it shows you how to add one: http://www.hotforwords.com/help

Marina

How ’bout this for a slogan, “Hot for Extraordinary words”?

could you plzzzzzzz do the word “hot”?

Um, i’m on the spelling team at my school and there was this word that i refused to spell because it sounded like the naughtiest word ever. This word was COXCOMBRY. it was pronounced like cocks-cum-bry to me so i didn’t put it down.

thanks, your the best

Great one again.5 starsThanks

How about “Brainyukraini” ? What a smart girl! Here’s my word request: I want you all to “pony up” for a scholarship fund (or beer keg-whatever). Pony up? Is that like cowboy up? Ante Up? I’ll bet Marina likes ponys. I think they make great pets. Ricky

:oops: :cry:

i finally got in!!! Maria, I got a word request for you. My name is William and my friends call me Bill. This is a common name in America. How does one get “Bill” of of William anyways? please advise and thanks for your time. :mrgreen:

Aww–Some how its more interesting when Hotforwords does it..LOL

Another acronym could be “Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle”.

Do you do names? How about mine CHALONER :wink: I swear practically everyone gets it wrong :oops:

Well, I had expected more information about the anatomy of atoms – that atoms consist of a core surrounded by electrons, and that this core, situated in the center, is because of it’s location also referred to as the nucleus of an atom.

There’s also a side-question you didn’t answer: why is nuclear used instead of atomic?

I’m curious ’bout this one too. Is it wrong to salute a ‘LEFTtenant’ with the right? In the chain of command who is his/her right hand man?

lieutenant dM3 kills you now

nice she just said not to do what u just did nice one instine :evil:

Hey how about that. I actualy got the gravitar to work. nice

hey how bout the canada (like i know what it is but maby some eles dosent)
:smile:

Sorry. I was so excited that I finally knew something I didn’t read the other comments. I’m beating myself up right now. And everyone can kill me if they want to. figuratively.

hey if Mr. Nucular gets a picture like that I want a pic too. Anyway, Marina did you click on the bunny on YouTube on April Fool’s day? It got me like four times.

HotForWords who are you voting for? Are youa DEmocrat? Hey where did that word came from anyway? If yes, Obama or Clinton?

kitty corner, katie corner or catter corner.. which is it?

As in, “The shop you want is kitty corner to Vancity Bank at 3rd and Broadway”.

It’s wrong anyway.

well that’s good. SO I didn’t ruin anything. For once I’m happy I’m wrong.

the word echo were thet come from
o eco como decimos en México

Do you bite your thumb at me sir?
I do bite my thumb sir, but I do not bite my thumb at you, sir!

I love Romeo and Juliet… I have the Oxford Press’s Complete Works of Shakespeare, although I am 99% sure it has a mistake in Romeo and Juliet, as in the Oxford Press version, The Capulets are the ones biting their thumb and starting the opening fight with the Montagues, yet every other place I’ve read or seen Romeo and Juliet, it’s the Montagues that start the fight.

As for this video, very cool, and two lessons in one day, this one and the butterfly lesson! Are we lucky or what? :cool:

Also, didn’t Jules Verne actually coin/create the word nuclear in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, or did the word exist and he just had the idea of nuclear based power for Captain Nemo’s submarine?

Bush says nucular because he’s an idiot.

da wa a good vid styll marina. mi an d res of my friends luv these vids..learn more here than in real school!
mi can’t come up wit a good catchphrase tho…mi ah keep work on dat tho.

anyway’z mi ga a word reques fa ya……where did..and i think jus every1 gon laugh at dis 1…..but where did the word “Cannibal” come from? i’d like too know so..tho i’ll get really lucky if this one makes it into a vid. gotta keep ma hopes up :cool:

aii yo btw. mi ah luv dem shades u ga…dey look nice :mrgreen:

another request for the word bigot :roll:

i’m sure anyone can google any of these words as soon as they are requested or announced though so i’m not impressed anymore. you’re getting a bit ahead of yourself, Marina. giving away the word before the next lesson isn’t very suspenseful.

maybe the word epitome might be in order :wink:

i have a word i think you should do and the word is (sexy)

What’s the origin of the word Vanguard? I know the meaning, but where’d it come from?

The President has an issue speaking in public, mayhap because he spends too much time thinking about his answer, since it’s going to be scrutinized by the world and his political enemies. I have heard that behind closed doors, however, he is a rather efficient manager and speaks with aplomb. Anyway, I think his pronunciation as “nucular” instead of the proper contemporary “nuclear” is a southern thing. As I recall, both Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, both southerners, pronounced it that way as well.

Bush W, Ford, Carter and Truman each said noo-kyoo-ler. I guess it’s just a presidential thing!

Prospero, it is indeed called “The Ukraine” by English speakers. It’s the same as when we say certain other place names like “The Hague,” “The Bronx,” “The Argentine,” “The Emirates,” and so on.

The “lootenant” versus “lefftenant” question above is tricky, good luck with that! I couldn’t explain it on my best day, and I know the answer!

Marina, great training website. As a veteran trainer, I commend you for combining all four required elements of successful Web-based instruction into your video blog: Freedom, Power, Belonging, and Fun. Best of luck and continued success to you!

the leftenant pronounciation is a ‘french twist’ if you will.

This one phrase always seemed so painful to me, “Keep your eyes peeled” Eyes peeled.OUCH!!! How did that come to be?

It’s not wise to generalize about how we British pronounce things.
It has been said that it is impossible for an Englishman (sic – erroneous generalization for the British) to open his mouth without another Englishman despising him. (We, as a nation, are such snobs! Hey! Word request, Marina; could you tell us where snob comes from, please?)
In this case, the Royal Navy uses the pronunciation “LOOtenant” and the Americans probably only wanted to emulate the Senior Service and not the lesser ones. That should be good for starting some inter-service repartee. :wink:

Marina,

How about the word esquire (Esq.) which is commonly used by lawyers and placed after their name? What is the true origin of this word and how does it relate to lawyers? Can anyone place this suffix after their name or does it signify something unique?

I forgot to make a uniform request! Can you do a Christina Aguilera Candyman impression for us?

YEAH!!!
I finally got all your podcast downloaded and have a lot of catching up to do while keeping up with the rest. Also, The avatar FINALLY showed up!!!! Again, Marina, a sensual lesson. Now as for the homework, how about, YOUcranium (if this is for youtube). I don’t know. That is kind of hard since I really don’t know much about this person or what she has on her channel. Oh well, I will report back if something pops in my head. Also, could you possible do something a little special for those of us who have subcribed to your podcast??? PLEEEEEASE????!!!! OK, Have a blessed evening!!!!
Luvs

From Russia with word-love108 ?

Marina — What about the word lisp? Is it simply a case of onomatopoeia as it seems or is there more too it than that?

And while we’re at it…what’s up with the word onomatopoeia? Isn’t that any awfully long and overly-complicated word to use for describing such a seemingly obvious phenomenon—a word that imitates the sound it describes?

Thanks for your help!

When i was dating then living with Veronika I sometimes called Her “Verushka”(rolling r),if Your lover-boy wanted to refer to You with affection would He call You “Marushka”? She(Veronika)taught Me some Russian words/phrases but it was a while ago and I seem to have forgotten much.

Maybe do an English word or phrase that has Russian roots,might help to bind the cultures of the 2 countries and promote world peace.

I just finished a bottle of Riesling and am following with My last bottle of Heineken,seems I use yeast poop to do anything public! :lol:

Now there’s an idea,how about investigating the word *bottle*? What is the Russian word for bottle? What is the Russian word to refer to a bottle with affection?

For some reason or other back in the 1980s My old boss called Me “Rasputin”,maybe cause I don’t die easy. :grin: :cool:

nuclear came from Latin word nucleus for one and the the reason y president bush say nucular is that the words nucula means nuclea in Latin term. I believe Bush also speaks Latin as well. :grin:

What’s the origin of the phrase “Sweat Out the Toxins” :?: There are plenty of mixed opinions on this issue. :shock:

Hello Ms. Marina,

My name is Murat and my last name is Suleiman. My question for you my dear concerns my last name. I know it is an Old name and I have seen it spelled in more than one manner. e.g. Sullivan, Solomon, Suleyman, Suleiman and so forth. As well as I know it carries a regality with it but I search deeper. I want to know. I am asking you the expert on the subject for what you know. I am not sure of the proper etiquette for a reply but I am assuming as long as I recieve a response it will be alright.

Thankyou for the time,

- Suleiman

great job as always… I can’t imagine how many people you are teaching etymology to who, more or less, hate learning in general…

on to my word request: I love the word “jejune” and know the definition of it but I have no idea as to how it came to be… if anyone can help me out with it it’s you Marina!

Hi Marina, great video :smile: could you find the origin of the word mnemonic or where the phrase “preaching to the choir” comes from?

Ah! I’m an idiot! :oops:
It’s for Maria, not MariNa.
I was reading and replying to comments while waiting for the video to download – about 40 minutes here in the boondocks in Thailand.
That’s what happens when you put the Heart before the Course – Oh! another spoonerism. :smile:

MariNa, Is there an interesting story behind the word “boondocks”?

Marina, I would like to know where the phrase, off the hook came from. I’ve heard it used in 2 different ways.. It covers both ends of the spectrum. It can mean placing blaming people for not doing good work, and it can beused in the manner of hyperbole, which can be be somone something outstanding or someone recently received something special, and the other person covets that ite.

Thank you Marina
818gregd

words:
cavalcade
plethora
cacophony

for Mariya:
ukie live!
Kiev kitten

Bush W, Ford, Carter and Truman each said noo-kyoo-ler. I guess it’s just a presidential thing!

Apparently Eisenhower started the rot.
Why Does Bush Go “Nucular”?

HotforWords I was wondering Were did the phrase Peeping Tom come from. ~Evilhunter32

Marina, what is the origin of the word “gentleman”? Also, how about the phrase “pretty much”?

gillie kid 318, I would think “car” just a shortening “carriage” as in “horseless carriage” which the first cars were called?

eng12, to my knowledge “mnemonic” just comes from the Greek word “mnemonikos” meaning “of memory”, and is based on the Greek root “mnema” meaning “remembrance”. Remember that!

Nighteye asked, “There’s also a side-question you didn’t answer: why is nuclear used instead of atomic?”

Well, atomic can refer to the whole atom, including the elections. Chemical reactions and electricity are due to the behavior of the electron shells around the atoms. Nuclear energy on the other hand, deals only with energy stored in the nucleus of atoms. Thus the term “nuclear” is has a narrower scope than the word “atomic”. The term “atomic energy” is often a misnomer, since much of the energy we use, such as from burning coal, comes from breaking the electrical bonds between atoms. Really, all our fuels are composed of atoms! But no significant energy comes from atomic nuclei when coal is burned; nuclei remain pretty much unchanged during combustion (or any chemical reaction for that matter); so burning coal is not a nuclear process.

818gregd asked about “off the hook”. That’s also a good question. I want to hear Marina explain that one also!

Lastly, shouldn’t “unless” mean “more”? (Okay, this one is silly, I admit.)

Could you do the words brouhaha or quagmire? I enjoy using both of these to describe certain situations, so I thought it might be interesting to discover their origin.

Hi Marina!

I’d choose #2…

What about word ‘mammal’?

oops! I meant to say and/or, which would make it grammatically correct. Sorry.

Dear Marina- :smile: Great lesson as always! I just want to make sure that I have learned the lesson correctly, both Nucular and Nuclear are
the correct pronounciations, yes??? As for Maria from Ukraine
” Brains and Beauty From The Ukraine” ??? Just an idea :?: Take care of yourself always and keep up the great work…..
nlsmafia2008

whisky!!!! please tell where does it come from and why is said when they take a picture thanks!!!!

Hey Vezen,
You seem to know your stuff on Atoms. Maybe you could help me with a question? Forgive my ignorance, I am more into microbiology however getting my head round physics and chemistry of late. So, could you clarify what a particle actually is and would I be correct in saying that in France, they are building/ built a 16 mile long circular pipe which fires these particle at super speed towards each other. To create random hits, replicating what goes on inside an Atom? And for why would they want to do this? Seems alot for not alot to me with out knowing the reason. Or have I just lost the plot here? – If the Genius of all Geniuses, Stephen Hawkins is correct, string theory is fact with parrel universes therefore do excist, so what fills the gaps between Atoms? Even smaller, real ever so small mini nano Atoms, very much little black holes? Are these smaller things, the particles or they hanging out elsewhere? I have always questioned that when looking through the electron microscope (which was an amazing experience) the way Atoms, electrons and protons behave, is really no different to what goes on out in space. Take our sun as the center of an Atom say, with the solar system planets and moons (the protons and electrons) revolving around and intern our galaxy spiral as if water going down a plug hole…gases ( I think Methane has just been found on a moon someplace far away), tempratures, water and all the elements we find here on Earth are out there too. Planets, stars, milky ways are moving the same as Atoms on the smaller level??? So I conclude there are zillions of universes under my finger nails and that I don’t really know what talking about!! I will keep scratching a bald patch and get back to more thinking……so, as to why we (earth types) still sell, trade build these bombs to countries that could do with the likes of Marina to kick em into shape! all of which could destroy mankind a thousand times over.

thanks if you do reply with ‘sensible’ advice

It’s not outdated at all. Travel to Italy (remember where the play is situated somberserpent? Good i knew you would) and bite your thumb at somebody and you WILL get a reaction. It’s an Italian version of flipping the bird.

duh Ghost where does Ghost come from? I tracked apparition all the way down to Greek epipháneia or epiphany, but for ghost all I can do is cite the Middle english goost old english gāst and I assume since German is the root of english Geist but I wan’t to know it all where does “Geist come from?

President Bush pronounces it “nucular” for two reasons. One is that President Eisenhower pronounced it that way. The other is that it makes his political opponents think he’s stupid. (In private, according to Michael Medved, he pronounces it correctly.)

Of course all the Democrats reading this will immediately say “He IS stupid! He’s an idiot!”

You keep thinking that, and he’ll keep beating you. Same as he’s been doing for the last seven years.

Comes from the Latin word “mamma” which means “breast.”

the word “LIVID”, how did this word originate?

Further reading sugests that geist is an approximation of the Greek word πνεύμα and latin animus and anima, case solved, Though it would be nice if you still featured it infact I don’t know if I am 100% correct I’d like to atleast hear from you

Latin līvidus for black and blue

Whiskey is a shortened form of usquebaugh, which English borrowed from Irish Gaelic uisce beatha and Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha. This compound descends from Old Irish uisce, “water,” and bethad, “of life,” and meaning literally “water of life.” (It thus meant the same thing as the name of another drink, aquavit, which comes from Latin aqua vÄ«tae, “water of life.”) Uisce comes from the Indo-European suffixed form *ud-skio-.

cavalcade -good one hard to explane but comes from middle french cavalcata or horseback raid, equivlent to cavalc to ride on horseback wich comes from an even earlier latin word for horse

plethora РGreek pl̩thora or fullness

cacophony – comes from Greek kakophōnía

good works though I like cavalcade but the otherones probably dont have an interesting story behind them

brouhaha- is of French origin brou, ha, ha! was exclamation used by characters representing the devil in the 16th-centary dramas or Hebrew distortion of the recited phrase bārÅ«kh habbā (beshém ădhōnai) “blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord” (Ps. 118:26) I hear another word game comming

quagmire – another good one combination of the word quag and mire

Now the word quag comes from the variant of Middle English quabbe, from Old English cwabba(note old english is hard to write on the computer as some charecters don’t exist any more, don’t wory you wouldn’t be able to pronounce it anyway)

While the word mire is much easier to track down as from the old norse myrr for bog or swamp cognate with Old english. mos for bog

jejune – comes from the latin jéjÅ«nus for empty or poor

you are correct that your name connected with those others, and that it has some regallity as Solomon was king of Israel and son of David. but it doesn’t stop there likely the lame Solomon came from the Hebrew Å¡É™lōmōh for his peace or the šālōm, peace

lisp- comes from middle english wlispen, lipsen which came from the old englise āwlyspian from the adjective wlisp likely imitating word from other similar launguages like Swedish läspa

first off an esquire is unofficial title of respect or ranking next below a knight. secondly it comes from the middle english esquier (remember the above deffinition) wich comes from the middle french escuier wich in turn comes from the latin scÅ«tārius or “shield bearer”

a variation of the middle french avant-garde or, you guessed it avaunt and guard, avant is the middle french word for “to the front” and you should be able to figue out what guard is

I’ll try this one, maybe I can help. (I’ll try to extend what vezen said)

Atom basically means “un-splittable”. This term originates from the idea people, I believe in greece but I may be mistaken, had, that when you start splitting an object into smaller parts, then you would eventually wind up with something that the former object was made of that you can’t split.
They might have imagined it more like a grain of sand, but all in all, they were pretty much correct, as there are these tiny little somethings you can’t split with a hammer or so. The atoms.

Then, some smart guys came along and found out, that an Atom IS actually splittable into three different somethings:
Positivly charged protons and neutral Neutrons in the atomic nucleus (which makes up most of the atoms weight) and a bunch of negativly charged electrons flying around this core (which weight close to nothing).
All this is held together by the electric force between the positive core and the negative electrons.
These orbits in which the electrons fly do not neccessarily have a circular shape, so your star-system analogy is pretty much false. A star system is held together by the gravitational force, not electrical.
Also, you can exactly say WHERE a planet is right now. But you can’t for an electron. You can just have propabilities. But thats a little more complicated.
Interestingly, an atom consists of pretty much… nothing.
(Here, your solar system analogy comes in handy. Our solar system also consists of pretty much nothing compared to some tiny planets and a sun)
To answer your question if everythings made of little solar systems: no. It might just help to imagine it for a start.

In nuclear fission (nuclear fission reactors and atomic bombs), you split up a heavy atomic core (say, plutonium, uranium etc.) by shooting neutrons at it. If the core breaks, it releases futher neutrons that can hit other cores, causing a chain reaction that produces a LOAD of energy. And radiation.
In H-Bombs (and nuclear fusion reactors and our sun), you melt two lighter cores together to a heavier core.

Okay, back to what Stuff is made of.
Then other smart guys came along and said: Man, protons and stuff could be made of something else.
And how do you find out what stuff is made of? BREAK IT of course!

So they built a particle accelerator (much like the CERN’s LHC you are referring to, which is actually in swizerland with small portions in france) in which they accellerate particles (I believe mostly protons or nuclei, but I may be mistaken) to INSANELY high speeds (as close to light speed as possible) and let two of these streams have a head-on collision.
Which causes a few of these particles to break up into even smaller parts. And that’s where we enter the quarks world.
And that’s were I’m gonna leave you ;) For here my knowledge ends here.

Now that’s a lot of text. hope it did clear things up.

yea canada is a good one but do you mean the one of spanish origin or the country cañada is a dry riverbed while the county Canada is origin is kanata, which in Huron (Native American, namely Iroquoian) meant “village” the first french settalment in america was a village and the name stuck (note the name of that village was Quebec)

not likely buddy, lieu is french for place, how do you pronounce lieu in frence LOO, its a fact,

Americans probably pronounce it LOO because that is the correct way to pronounce it

Hey Marina, I just “found” you on YouTube yesterday and instantly subscribed. :) I love the idea of your videos, very smart way to get viewers AND getting your point across.

And now I have a word request: burlesque. Weird word.

another word for you…the term “hoodwinked” or “hood-winked”. How did this word come about?

Dear Marina,

I have a few words for your expertise, the first two are HEAVEN and HELL. We all know what they mean, whether or not they exist is another debate altogether, but i was wondering when they were first used and why they are spelt the way they are today.
I also have another long word, because i know you’re fond of them :razz: : honorificabilitudinitatibus. It’s the longest word in Shakespeares works, at 27 letters. I’m not sure if can be classed as real word, but you analysed supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, so what the heck. Thanks Marina, keep up the great work :eek:

The shot w/ you n’ bush made me lol. Word request(s): spring, blossom, crown, & creation.

i wanted to post my own comment, not reply under that guy. i don’t see a comment button only the reply under matty ^.^

Word requests…

Regarding the & video. I came across HENDIADYS, the expression of an idea by two words connected with ‘and’, instead of one modifying the other. hen dia duoin one thing by two. Could you explain more about this and is there word for the opposite, Two things by One?

And one that is a hotty, ‘NOOKY’

Be well

thanks a lot marina for ur educational vids :mrgreen:

i would like to request if thats ok with u, 2 words….one is L O V E and the other is H O T.

thanks

take care

a lotta hot love

Dear Marina,

As we all know that mosaic Covenant relates to Moses, the hebrew prophet, you are kindly requested to clarify if Mosaic, the decorative art, does also relate to the same aforesaid prophet.
thanks

Thank you so very much in taking the time to explain. My head is spinning, which is a good thing. Will digest.

Just a quick one then, regarding Gravity. Showing my God children magnets (very young and bright bunch), one asked how a small magnet no larger than a finger nail could attract a small paper clip when the Earth and all her might of Gravity could not keep the paper clip from being grounded. So, got me thinking about invisible forces. Certainly think that Gravity is some how weak now compared to a magnet. Any laymans terms in how to explain this to my Pupils at all? If not please do not worry. If they knew star systems were held together by Gravity having seen the power of magnets ….could make for a long day and not a good day in explaining when I see them next!!

Would love to see the Particle accelerator machine in action. Light speed, wow!

You quoted ‘Also, you can exactly say WHERE a planet is right now. But you can’t for an electron. You can just have propabilities. But thats a little more complicated.’ – is this getting into quantum physics? Displacement, two places at once or maybe more?? Or again, have I confused the issue?

Quark world sounds exciting. Pennies are dropping between my ears having re-read your article. Very kind of you so thank you once again for your input and help.

Things have cleared up however, more Q’s are forming as a result.

Be well.

I think atomic is narrower – nuclear can refer to the core of anything, not just atoms. And burning coal is a molecular reaction, not an atomic reaction – so that disambiguation is covered. Maybe the term should be atomic-nuclear energy or nuclear-atomic energy – to be more precise.

well, please show bush this video, so atleast he will know how smart(?) he is when he says nucular. I wonder if he ever took english lessons, let alone latin ones! anyway, what is the origin of the word ‘koala’(which I posted in ‘kangaroo’ lesson) AND ‘colloquial’(whoever made up this word!)?????

hello marina,
i also would like to know the words heaven and hell.
its used by everyone but i really wanna know its orgin.
wonder how it comes.haha
do it for the next lesson please.
your student :mrgreen:

The shot w/ you n’ bush made me lol. Word request(s): spring, blossom, crown, & creation. There. All I had 2 do was scroll down hehe. sorry :oops:

well, thats bcoz the energy that one gets after exploding a nuclear bomb comes from the FISSION of the nucleus and not atom. of course the atomic structure changes, but the mass defect is due to splitting of the nucleus.

thx, man

And what was Bush saying to Marina?
“I’m gonna go all unclear on you”, of course. :lol:

Yes, Marina, you should do “lieutenant” in appropriate garb:

Maybe this for the American version: http://www.lollipoplingerie.com/stat/GAC7-53019.html (LOOtenant hotforwords…)

And this for the British version: http://www.lollipoplingerie.com/stat/SHC7-7521.html (LEFtenant hotforwords…)

Ha!

For Maria: Don’t Messa with Odessa.

Yep – found this on the web – sounds credible, although I have not heard audio of Clinton, Carter, Kennedy and Eisenhower using the “nucular” pronunciation.

It’s not exactly correct to say the president mispronounces the word. He uses an alternate pronunciation — “nu-ku-lar” — that might be considered dialectal. It is commonly heard in the U.S. South, and in the U.S. military (which traditionally draws disproportionately from the old Confederacy states). Its use has been noted since the early 1960s among nuclear scientists themselves, including British and Canadian scientists.

Bush is not the only modern president to say it that way. Oddly, his father wasn’t among those who did (though he had his own grating way with Sa-a-addam). But Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, both Southern men, said “nu-ku-lar.” So did John F. Kennedy and Gerald Ford, who perhaps picked it up during their military service.

The first U.S. president we know of to say “nu-ku-lar,” and the first to be widely scolded for it, was Eisenhower, as far back as his “Atoms for Peace” speech to the UN.

[Before the Atomic Age, the word hardly entered a president's vocabulary, so we have no idea how Wilson or Coolidge said it.]

The cause of this alternate pronunciation is a natural, universal human quality that has had a tremendous impact on the complex structures of language over the millennia: laziness.

The two vowels at the end of the spoken word nuclear tend to melt down in modern American speech to a “ye-” sound, making the word “nukly-er.” But that “-kly-” sound chunk is not one that English-speaking mouths like to make. So the speech part of the brain does what it has done since time immemorial when confronted with a knotty sound cluster. It rearranges it.

One of the most common ways to do this is to swap one sound for another nearby in the word. The process is so common that linguists have a name for it: metathesis. . .

Marina, could you please cover my favorite word, “callipygian?”

Many thanks/BobF

i’d like to request an explanation to the word sarcophagus please…i’ve looked it up in tons of places but i never seem to find out where it came from:)

Actually, it’s incorrect to say “the Ukraine.” Since it’s independence it has been called “Ukraine” and saying “the Ukraine” implies that it is just a region, like “the steppes of Russia.”

As for “the Bronx”:- Jonas Bronk, a Dutchman, settled on 500 acres north of the Harlem River in 1639 and promptly affixed his surname to various features of the local geography, notably the Bronx River.

As one of his descendants explained, “The termination of `x’ merely indicates the possessive case. Instead of writing Bronk’s River or Bronk’s farm, the Dutch took the phonetic short cut and made `x’ do duty for the fusion of `k’ and `s’; extremely simple, and a space saver too. Thus, when Jonas impressed his own family nomenclature on the region he settled, the Aquahung River became Bronk’s River–the Bronx, as it remains today, correctly expressed in Dutch.” The name “the Bronx” didn’t signify the entire area now known as the Bronx until late in the 19th century.

In 1874 about 20 square miles of mainland Westchester county was annexed to New York City. This region was known thereafter as the Annexed District of the Bronx, in apparent reference to the Bronx River, then the district’s eastern border.

In 1898 the Annexed District became part of the Borough of the Bronx–presumably still referring to the river. After a while, however, people forgot about the river and began casually referring to the entire borough as “the Bronx.” The use of “the,” in other words, is simply a historical accident.

As for “the Hague” that came about as the English vernacular for “Den Hague.”

In English, it’s “Argentina” not “The Argentine.”

And the Emirates is really the United Arab Emirates, so it’s like saying the United States, referring to several emirates and several states combined into one unified body.

Didn’t the French usually just bring up the rear in the military? I mean, where did the saying, “He was so scared, he was shaking like a French soldier,” come from? :mrgreen:

:idea: is it even possible for you to read all these comments and not laugh yourself silly .. speaking of laughing, how does one “Laugh My Ass Off” .. I sometimes get all choked up when I laugh but I’ve never lost a body part * although sometimes I pass gas if I get too busted up over a good joke .. thanks for all you do … this (((((((((KISS))))))))))) is for you

:twisted: you asked if there was anything you could add to the site .. :!: it IS possible to add by subtracting :shock: and THAT would make everyone’s “eyes” bigger, too ..well us guys anyway * so, now that I have divulged another fantasy .. I wish for you sweet dreams my sexiest teacher

Hello!

Long time student, first time commenter. :smile:
I just wanted to thank you for all the amazing lessons you have put together. I have learnt so much.

Best class to take while sitting at home in my pyjamas!

Speaking of pyjamas or pajamas… It’s such a strange word. What’s the origin of that word? Perhaps you can investigate?

(just testing the Gravatar system)

Dear Marina,
I think that one interesting lesson would be on the history of the schwa (the upside down e used in phonetic spellings of words, for the non-philologists….). Besides which, the lip motion of saying schwa is very sexy……

huh? history?

syncretisms? vowel reduction in non-stressed syllables?

Wow Marina…. 140 responses in less than 24 hours on this vid… and more than 1 million views in just 3 days on “balls to the walls” :!: :!: :!:

“Crazy isn’t it?”

So watching the vid request from “MaryKiev” made me think of the word “Precocious”. I’ve always liked that word.

Wow!
IGreat how this forum is so beautifully informed. Thanks to Marina and all for experience here. The young Mariya is wonderful too. No answer for a good nickname or slogan for her without seeing more.
Also,
Been to the linear accelerator at Stanford Univ. CA. USA and you wouldn’t want to be there when (see it in action) it’s beeing run because of fierce electromagnetism forces and super high klystron radiation. The outcome is recorded in pictures that may be availabe but I’m not sure where. It depends on who is doing the research. They look something like the Hubble telescope pics from deep space. Rather beautiful. Boys breaking things you know, girls sorting them out. Thanks and love to all.

request: “off the chain”

Since I own a Kiev 3030 which is a Soviet era 16mm subcompact camera from the cold war era (a spy camera? no, just a copy of the Minolta 16) may I suggest for Marykiev:

It’s sleek, shiny and Ukranian, it must be a Kiev.

Okay, maybe not. Sounds more like a car ad.

Hello,

I wanted to know the story about how a Stuffed bear came to be known as a Teddy Bear.

thanks,

-calaveracafe

Okay, seriously, for Marina, :!: a word request :!: :

Cast yourself back to a sunny day at a baseball game in a former cornfield in Iowa, a mid 40′s “Field of Dreams” type scene.

The star of the game is at bat, bases loaded and all eyes turn to the PITCHer’s mound…

“There’s the windup, and the PITCH! It’s a high one past the outfield, and it’s off the field! Home run! ” screamed the annoucer.

The ball continued to where someone had PITCHed a tent near a tree, hit the tree, which immediately began dropping PITCH on the tent, and knocked over their PITCHer of lemonade. The guy came out of the tent and PITCHed a fit and waved his PITCH fork about angrilly, but to no avail. He could never be heard over the excited din from the spectators.

So, pitch is a noun, a verb, a container, tree glop, to throw, to assemble, the slant of a roof, a cricket field, the person who throws… HELP! Can you please help me sort this word out?

Hi Marina

Nice web site you have here. You are sooooo smart and cute too. I couldn’t stop smiling.
So for the word… Chinook
As in, “Man is the Chinook hot today”
or “Marina, do you get any Chinooks where you live?”

See ya’

Harold

Very nice. Thanks.

Hey Marina can u tell me where the word “Boycott” comes from

i would like to know the origin of the phrase “stone cold fox”. i just think stone cold and being hot are an odd match

I bet that JWB was going for nuke-ular more than nucular, don’t you think? And don’t laugh at him just because he is stupid, that’s not nice :smile: .

How about a really short word for a change – a bot (as in infobor or spybot). I believe you can not track this one back to latin.

Actually, the French don’t quite pronounce it that way, Призрак. The correct pronunciation is lyø, wih the ø approximating the oo in the English word good, and the y pronounced as in the word few (fyü). Take it from someone who speaks French fluently. Americans therefore pronounce the word incorrectly when they use expressions like “in lieu of” or say “lieutenant.” French is a bt difficult to pronounce correctly, so it’s understandable that English speakers approximate the sound. But, to be truthful, if you say “lieu” using both French and English pronunciations, they don’t actually sound very similar at all.

Good reply, prospero811. :cool:

Great one! :cool:

You might want to Czech my facts, but a “bot” is used to “serf” the net, in a manner of speaking, with an infobot and spybot “slavishly” seeking information and spying, respectively.

I’ve read this book a couple of times in French, but it’s been too many years, and I don’t remember. But no doubt many Verne words–maybe even “nucular”–are in the Vernacular.

Wow! Great stuff, prospero811. Very informative! :cool:

I know, it takes about 21 seconds to find that one out. Internet sucks, it spoils all the fun of going through the dictionaries:].
Anyway, it is a nice example of neologism.

Marina -

I know this is about 2 weeks old but where do the following words come from:

leprechaun

and

shamrock – (some type of rock? some Irishman trying to fraud another?)

Thanks! Love the iTunes podcast!

Yes, I am sure it can be found out quickly on the net. But, I can claim pure knowledge on this one. I have been a fan of the late Isaac Asimov since I was 12 years old, and learned early on that he originated the term “robotics” and got the origin of the word “robot” way back then. Sorry to spoil your thing.

Yeah prospero811.. I ask people to ask for word origins in the comments here.. but if you go and give them away.. then I don’t get to make a video! I must think of a way to keep threads of conversations going but also give me a chance to do videos… hmm… I have to figure that one out.

I didn’t want to make people as for words with a form as that’s very impersonal….

Any ideas?

It may be interesting to note that the French translation of “to take French leave,” which means to run off or run away, is “filer à l’anglaise,” and that consequently the English translation of “filer à l’anglaise” is “to take French leave.” In other words, each side has developed an expression denigrating the bravery of the other. I don’t know if this goes back to the Hundred Years War or further, but I think it is more an expression of animosity than of accuracy. Since the world wars of the 20th Century, the Americans have been fond of the expression “to take French leave” despite the fact that we owe the French a word of gratitude for helping us win the American Revolution (for info, look up the Marquis de Lafayette on Wikipedia). Most Americans aren’t aware that the French have a long and very complex military history, and that they showed bravery and valor countless times as well as won many victories. The 20th Century was not kind to the French (although importance of the French Resistance during WWII is generally underestimated). On the other and, has America won a war since WWII? Korea and Vietnam go in the loss column. As for Iraq, that remains to be seen. Although I am born and bred American with absolutely no French blood of any kind, I have read French history (part of my M.A. in French Lit) and have a slightly different perspective on the French than the image which is promoted by the American media. Anyway, it’s unfortunate that expression like “to take French leave” and (to be fair) “filer à l’anglaise” promote ill feelings towards other peoples. Americans tell Polish jokes. The French tell Swiss and Belgian jokes. No doubt, all cultures tell jokes detrimental to an old enemy or cultural rival.

Sorry… I didn’t actually mean to give it away….. I was writing out a little play on words with “serf” and “slave” etc., but I guess I was way too obvious with it….. I do apologize. Normally, I do not comment on word requests, but I got carried away.

I do have an idea. Why don’t you set up a permanent “word request” page, where people can post what they want, but it’s not in the general discussion area after your videos. You know, like a link that says “Submit Word Request” and takes you to a little video of you explaining the word request process – new users can watch a video where you tell them to search the word list to make sure their word hasn’t already been done. You can flirt with the new users a bit, explain how you do the investigating and who you are, etc. – like a 2 or 3 minute introduction to Hot For Words. Then most everyone will have the process understood from the get-go.

Then they put their word requests in the comments below that video, just like the current discussions underneath your videos. That way there won’t be discussion about word-requests.

This will serve the incidental function of clearing out some excess comments and postings underneath your videos, because people will make word requests in the word request place, and discussions of your specific video will be all that takes place under that particular video. In other words, it will organize it a bit.

If you want to, though, why not delete my comments concerning “bot” and make a video? I am sure most people have not read my comment, and the video will be great.

Never mind. I thought it might be fun for Marina to track this one back to russian (or almost), as there are not so many words adopted to english from slavic languages.
I’m sorry to spoil your thing either, but Asimov was not the one who came with the word robot. Maybe you should give it another minute and find out for yourself who did.

what is the origin of” It is what it is” I hate this saying.

I’ve always found bananas a-peeling…. :roll:

I thought about that prospero. .but then it draws people away from the area where the most current conversations are going on. I think I’ll leave it the way it is for now.. it seems be working overall :-) Plus if someone answers it, there are still a million youtubers who haven’t seen the answer yet :smile:

Well klowy9116, it is what it is.. now don’t be hatin’ on it! :cool:

Interestingly, “eau-de-vie” (French) means brandy, not whiskey. Eau-de-vie literally means “water of life.”

Well, it is just all in fun. Patton said, “I’d rather have a German division in front of me than a French division behind me,” or something like that.

I’m sure you are correct that most Americans are not well aware of French contribution to our independence from Britain, etc. I’ve honestly never heard anyone say “taking a French leave” though.

I have to say that since WWII, however, the U.S. lost Vietnam, but nothing else. Korea was not “lost,” as the dividing line is still where it is. It was a draw – a cease fire, actually (technically, the Korean War did not end, it was just a cease fire). Also, Korea was very much a U.N. war, not a purely American adventure.

The next “war” would have to be the Gulf War in 1991, and clearly the U.S. led forces (again a UN adventure) prevailed hands down. That, again, ended in a cease fire, not a peace, but it’s hard to chalk one up in the loss column for the U.S. there.

We clearly won the Iraq War of 2003 – the question is whether we will be able to hold on in the long term and exit with a stable democracy there. But clearly we did not lose the Iraq War.

We clearly won in Afghanistan too, in 2001.

Not really a war, but the U.S. won in Grenada. But that was just a small incursion ostensibly over some Cuban activities there. I wouldn’t call that a war, though, anymore than the failed helicopter trip into Iran could be considered a war. They were just incursions.

There’s the Panama adventure where GHWBush went and captured Manuel Noriega. That was a battle, but I don’t think you can call it a war. It’s closer to a war than Grenada or Iran in 1979 though.

I can relate to that!

I didn’t say Asimov coined the word “robot.” He was the first to use the term “robotics” with the “ics” at the end. It would be fun to see Marina’s video on this, which is why I suggested she delete my posts concerning it and do the video. I am, again, sorry I spoiled the fun. As I explained, I did not intend to, I merely tried to create a play on words and went too far. Mea culpa.

Son of a ……! :mrgreen:

So your really saying that a person has just given up and taken the easy way of just saying I QUIT> why be a quitter. finish what you started for better or worse. SEE IT through till the end.

Hey – here’s another idea.

On the current video page, add a button that works similar to the “reply” button on messages, only it says “word request.” A box opens up allowing someone to request a word. They type it in, it immediately searches your already completed word list, and kicks it back if it’s already been done. If it hasn’t been done, it adds it to a “requested word” list. This can automatically track how many times a word has been requested, so if a lot of people request a certain word, you can focus on that one to meet the demand.

You can then even have the requested word list off to the right (or, the top 10 or 20 or whatever), and then people can click on one of those already requested words to “vote” on them to be the next word.

That would keep people on the current video discussion page, and give them something more to look at and at the same time help you organize the word requests.

Eric

I am guilty of solving a few etymological requests. I think that there are so many requests that some of us want to help out, figuring that Marina doesn’t have the time to address them all. Also, some of the requests simply do not have answers that are interesting enough to spawn a video. Personally, I enjoy reading the answers provided by the likes of prospero811. Anyway, if an answer is provided to a question that deserves Marina’s attention, then perhaps she can simply put that term on the back burner for awhile, and addres it at a later date when our spoilers have long been relegated to the cobwebs of the archives.

I think it all depends on what your definition of “is” is. (For the young folks, that’s a willyism.) :mrgreen:

Nice gravatar! :cool:

I prefer to say, “it isn’t what it isn’t.” It isn’t? Or, is it? Isn’t it?

hello from france, nice teacheri, i request for an investigation of this word : Preemptive, many thanks for the concept of hfw, nice idea !!!

see you on the next explaination, kiss.

Hello (or should I say Ahoy? :wink:) Marina.

I’m from denmark (a small country in Europe), and I have seen the word “Onomatopoietikon” in a danish dictionary, and I hope you can help me finding out what it means and where it comes from :)

I’m not sure if such a word exists in English, but anyway, won’t you help me?

So my word request is “Onomatopoietikon”

That’s really interesting about nucular being a derivative of the original word. I wouldn’t give Bush any credit for his pronunciation, though. He’s just an idiot. That’s why he says “nucular”.

I know you have a lot of ideas already; however I think it would be cool to find out how youget all of your information.

Still looking for a good gravatar picture.

Hey Marina, What’s the origin of Avocado?? How did it get it name?? :?:

And the Germans spell it “Leutnant” and pronounce it “loyt-nant”. Can’t wait to see this one from our trusty HFW! :grin:

Hey, Marina, I have a question for you. What is the origin of the word orthodox? Can you please find this out for me?

Moonday, Tuosday, Wodensday, Thorsday Frichensday Saturnday,Sunday, these are days of the week named after Norse gods, or so Ive believed for atleast 30 years Kanguru?! Well on the last radio show, that I listened to, the guy said fuck was, derived from a German word, Fricke as I’m guessing it’s spelled. What I’ve heard origin of the word, or rather it’s acronym, F.U.C.K. stood for Fornication Under Carnal Knollege. That is what the puritans used in this country in the 1600′s, to label, erm people that were cought, having pre-marital sex, and when they were bound by their neck,, and wrists in the stock (wooden structure which had three holes, one large enough to accommodate the average size of ones neck, and 2 smaller ones for the wrists on either side), while they were held there,, a sign with with F.U.C.K. was placed around their necks to further humiliate them.

How about the origin of “vitriolic”, as in “the old man was mean and vitriolic”?

the origin of “harangue” and “inundated” Can’t wait for your next video :!:

Marina, I wouldn’t worry too much about people giving things away in these conversations. First, there is more incorrect info posted here, than correct info… so I never assume the answer is actually “given away”. Second, even when the correct answer is posted, it is nothing like seeing a clever well done HFW video on the subject. Third, most of the viewers of your videos never read these comments. (it’s sad but true… and it’s their loss) Anyway, my suggestion is to keep the conversations going and don’t let the “give away” comments affect your decisions on which words you choose for videos.

Another 5 star video!
(Plus 1 star for introducing us to marykiev… I think you quadrupled her subscribers in just 1 day)
I rarely have trouble understanding you in your videos, but what did you say at 0:12 when your eye twinkled? Was it blocked, blogged, blood… None of these seem to make sense?

Similar to “If it’s meant to be it will happen!”… instead of perhaps putting in an effort to make sure it happens? Right?

toungetwisted, Oxford English Dictionary is my primary source and then I have a whole slew of other books I go to to back up the OED.

Mary’s catch phrase should be ” the Ukranian with the brainian” or the Ukranian with the carainium” Now where’s my prize?

WOW I spelled cranium wrong. Always proofread.

Where did the saying “riding shotgun” come from?

I have a word request, and please no one answer this one, I’d like to see a video on it; “CARTOON”

Marina is going to have to have a new website for archaic phrases, but to answer your question. It orininated in the 1800′s. When transporting money or gold by stagecoach, the driver would have a man sitting next to him with a gun, (usually a shotgun) to protect him and the money from robbers. So now any time someone wants to sit up front by the driver the say “I want to sit shotgun”

I want to see the investigation of the word THONG! Since I am deaf I will need a lots of visuals to understand. And don’t bother with subtitles, because I am also illiterate. So, just lots and lots of visuals.

what it is.

I have a good word for you. Where does the word “school” come from? we have all gone to school and never really known why it is called a school so any info would be nice.
BTW: I love your videos, ive been watching for almost a month now and have learned alot, I can even say pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis now.

Thanks a bunch
love ya

Wow, this comments are interesting and thought provocative comments. I must admit, I’m quite impressed. Perhaps I should read these comments more often, or in place of my books, “The Red President” or “Kite runner”.

For anyone who doesn’t know, “it its what it is” ….simply stands in as a response for “the end result of a series of unexplainable series of events”. It is sort of like the positive aftermath of kitch, fate, destiny, flukes, a/o serendipity…my favorite word…and yet it has a connotation of “live and let live” and “C’est Le Vis” (Transl:That’s life) .

Marina is right, in that it goes along with the notion of
“going with the flow” rather than controlling something that wasn’t meant to be.

I am a big fan of going with the flow b/c I don’t like to force people to do what they don’t want to do. Dominearing, and persuasive, maybe. Always improving myself, definitely, but never controlling what isn’t meant to happen. You can prep and plan as much as you’d like, but you can’t control human nature. That’s why I know about this saying.

I think what she said is “blast” as in this lesson will be a blast.

nice one :cool:

Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for responding.

Bush couldn’t even find an origin for Weapons of Mass Destruction. He made that shit up too.

Wow A Gramatical NIGHTMARE

What is it with all these text speach and shortened sentances :?: :?: :?:

Is the Engish language destined to die out, replaced with these grunting sounds of 2-3 letters :?:

Marina may help in saving us from ignorance, but what can be done with these illiterate, gangster rap culture spellings :?: :!: :?:

…arrrrgggggggggggg…

Rant over.

lividemerald is on his way to tell you that it’s “c’est la vie” … he’ll be with you … soon.

He said he knew the definition …

Stop googling every word :roll:

Hi Marina. Thanks for creating such an interesting and entertaining community. You deserve every success!

Now, I would like to know about the origins of the word “dog” which are not so obvious as say “cat” or “mouse”. You have already explained about “hot dog” but what about other expressions like “dog day” and “dog gone”?

Being an election year, could you look into the origin of the word gubernatorial?

Thanks!

One suggestion to your word request….put the most popular request up for votes by the people who do stick around and read all the post. That would also bring those who don’t on down the page and check back on your web page. Just a suggestion.
luvs

hey i was wondering were the word incredible came from. it has such a great meaning and gives a good title to just about anything that you put this word in front of.
so i was wondering if you could tell me were it came from thank you!
X~O~X~O Josh X~O~X~O :grin:

magnetics are fun, but tend to only have a strong influance at short distances.

Where as Gravity on the other hand is a force that is very strong and is strongest between large objects

With children you could ask them to jump up and down, and tell them that it is gravity that pulls them back down to the ground.

That same force will keep pulling them to the ground untill they could go fast enough away from the pull of the Earths mass.
And as for the orbits of a solar system, the planets are traveling as fast away, as gravity is pulling on them, so they stay where they were put…

Where as with a magnet. if you slide one magnet on a desk away from another, it will only return to another magnet within a short distance as the power fades rapidly like ripples in a pond

Again with the google/Wikipedia, but while you explined the basic origin, you yet again failed with the philology, and did not express the meaning of Quag! Or how it came into its current usage

So while modern use of quag-mire is a very wet bog, does quag meen overly watered area. where does it come from.

How can Whiskey is a shortened form of usquebaugh :?:

There are no common sound formations, which traditionally are found in words that migrate from one dialect to the next, or are transformed through mispronunciation or laziness…

And yet Livid means extrmely angry not black and blue…

Otherwise it would be used in a violent conotation such as “I’ll beat you Livid”, which is something I have never heard…

I think the word sinister has an interesting etymology…anyone know any other words with the same root?

i wanna know the origin of the word onomonpia i think i spelled it right well thx if u decide to use this word ill be watchin your videos bye :lol:

Marina,

You give President Bush more credit than he is due, in my humble opinion.

I feel it is more likely he is basing his pronunciation from the derivative word “nuke.”

I feel is it UNCULAR why President Bush says “NUCULAR”… unclear / nuclear… get it?

That’s a good idea… but Marina might have to ditch WordPress in favour of SlashCode for it to work. Or better yet, are there any other internet developers on here who would be interested in developing a custom web application for philology?

Oh, and one more thing… I would like to see an explaination of the phrase, “Libertine Debauchery.” :twisted:

Well in Biblical terms, heaven has 2 meanings
1. The area above the ground and below the cloud canopy.
2. The area that God (YHWH), his Son (Michael, aka Jesus Christ) and all other angelic host reside.

As for ‘Hell’, the bible does not mention it, although it does use the word Hades which means the ‘common grave of mankind’.

However the modern day vision of Hell was introduced as a punishment for sinners, to control an increasingly growing and unruly mass of believers who were to do as they were told and not question it. Much the way some parents invent monsters to control children, but as with children’s stories, once the Bible was translated into the common languages of each country, many who actually bother to read it with any real insight soon found these stories to be erroneous.

However it has been romanticised by its constant usage in rock music, and is now seen as iconic of a dangerous character, or the stereotypical ‘bad boy’ persona, that many who are socially deficient tent to adopt, to compensate for their poor education and inability to fit into society.

Stop perving over the teacher, and learn something…

Thankyou for the response my friend, thankyou for the knowledge, and I thankyou for your time

wats up my name is Max i just wanted to know the origin of the word LOVE……..did it have an effect on the word LIKE…since they start and finish with the last letter…..plese give LOVE a chance and answer me…… : ) great show.

Wow what an interesting website you got here Marina.

Found your videos by accident on You Tube but boy am I glad I did.

Please keep up the great work and I think I will be another small addition to your supportive fan base…=)

lividemerald wrote …
As for Iraq, that remains to be seen.

I agree. For Prospero to claim it as an away win seems odd to me; remember that it’s the final score that counts, not who scores the first goal.

It was named after the President at the time, Theodore Rosevelt. Here’s the story:
http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/Teddy_Bear.htm

onomatopoeia — from wordnet: using words that imitate the sound they denote

Don’t be fooled by the very creative spelling of Scottish and Irish Gaelic.
I’m sure to get shot down by a real Gaelic scholar on this but usquebaugh is pronounced something like “oose-key-bay-har” so the pronunciation of “Wiss-key” is as close as most sassenachs can get to it.

Another example … the Gaelic girls name “siobhean” is pronounced “shi-vorn”

Word request:

Onomatopoeia. I love this word, as the sound is very distinct (which is interesting since it refers to sounds itself), but I’m wondering what the origin of the word is. Where did it come from, and when was it invented? I’m sure my trusty hotforwords can figure it out :wink:

I request the history and origin of the word ‘fuck’ and why is it so taboo… is it latin or greek? Why is it so versatile (Like smurf)? And why is the british version of ‘fuck’, the word ‘bloody’…?

wow, I totally want to ride shotgun now, old school style for those drivers who cut me off jk lol

excited4etymology, the expression is “C’est la vie”.
What you wrote, amusingly, was “That’s the screw” which may be a rappers translation, but if life is screwing you then you have my sympathy. Don’t Give Up!

not to be vulgar, but the word “Shit” is pretty versatile, too
http://www.rickroot.com/blog/1/2006/03/The-Most-Versatile-Word-in-the-English-Language.cfm

Hey Marina,

I have a request for the origin of the word/saying “chicken run” it came up in conversation with a few friends of mine and none us could really figure out it’s origins.

Thanks!!

-Aqeel.

I don’t know why no-one likes Bush.
I think he’s rather avuncular.

I’d like to know the origin of the word Hooters. Thanks Marina!

dont give me that, I am famillar with my french enough to understand then the correct pronunciation would be close to ‘leeyuh’ tenant which does sound more so similar to loo than left, so pronouncing lieu as loo is absolutly 100% correct in our (english) vernacular, left is incorect because it is not spelled left.

Just go down to the bottom and use the box down there.
:oops: I just realised what I wrote.
Scroll to the end of the comments and enter your comment in the text area after the last comment.

Quag is a variant of middle english quabbe for a marsh or bog, from old english cwabba or cwacianfor shake, tremble as for cwacianfor it no certain cognates outside of english

ooooooooooooooooo

could u do a video on the origin of paintball

i was going to say

how about the word Food

Dear Marina, where does word KLEPTOMANIAC come from? THNX!!

We beat Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, that’s for sure. The country was taken, the army disbanded, it’s leaders captured and killed. That’s a victory, by any definition. The U.S. already turned over the government to a new Iraqi elected government.

There is an insurgency now – rebel elements. They are not affiliated in any way with the old Baathist regime, the deceased Hussein, etc. If the rebels gain ground and force the U.S. out, then yes, the US will have lost, but it seems to me more reasonable to consider that an entirely new conflict.

But it’s semantics anyway, I suppose. If you define the Iraq War as including everything up until the U.S. leaves (judging defeat or victory by virtue of how the U.S. leaves – head high or tail between legs) then yes, I agree, the war is not over and that is to be decided.

Why did Carter, Clinton and Eisenhower pronounce it that way?

I hear the word word “torte” used in reference to “Torte Reform”. What does that have to do with cake?

The word bullocks please. And as everyone has said good video.:cool:

People who steal paperclips are called cliptomaniacs :lol:

Yes, aLx, and yes, Bob, the French expression is indeed “C’est la vie.” And yes, “C’est le vis” does indeed mean “That’s the screw.” You guys know your stuff! Two thumbs up, one for each of you!!!!

I will bow to prospero811 on the Korean War. Not the same as the Vietnam War in which we evacuated and South Vietnam was overtaken by the north. Like Bob, I think the Iraq War is still ongoing, as is the war in Afghanistan, but I also agree with prospero811 that it is a matter of semantics because the regimes were toppled and governments friendly to the U.S. were put into place by carefully monitored elections. “War” and “win” are tough terms to define these days. Not like in centuries past where wars were a matter of conquest and defeat in which the spoils went to the victor. Excellent commentaries, both of you!

Sandra Annette Bullock (born July 26, 1964), a congenial actress who is into practical magic, was born to John W. Bullock and his now deceased wife, a German opera singer. Sandra gained stardom with amazing speed, probably while you were sleeping. Does that solve the mystery for you :?:

Baba Yaga’s Baby Girl

the little Babushka

By the way, where does Babushka come from?

I heard Sandra really has a ball with her acting. Her congeniality is congenital. She got a bad reputation for being a little hairy to deal with, and because she was always found hanging around with some dick. It’s hard to hold it against her though, she’s very sensitive and can get hurt easily. :lol:

As for Mary from Kiev:
Coming at you live from Kiev, Ukraine, this is the ______(name of show)_____

(I was thinking Word Herd – cheesy; Word Watch? There’s nothing like a lot of alliteration lol; Language Lovers? tacky; Slang Gang – depends on what you do with your show… Lang Gang – cut off the rest of the word, or use the whole word “language” for a slant rhyme that only a few people would understand; I’ll come back with other ideas…)

with your [host? teacher?] Mariya _____ (make up something fake but catchy like the models do like Katchakova or something – while this is probably a debauchery of the Russian naming system, it sounds authentic enough to fool the Americans and possibly a few other none-Russians who would make up a large share of your audience – then apologize to all the people whose names now draw sketchy emails from fans lol)

I would like to know the history of the word “naked”. I would also like to know why the words “naked” and “nude” are so different.

Thank you :)

It has nothing to do with babies unless the babushka is babysitting for her Grandchildren.
Babushka=Grandmother

How about Paradox?

Yes, but they should be LEFT out.

What is the history of the word Paradise?

I am a multi-tasker and can easily perve AND learn. If I wanted to just learn I would use a dictionary.

Hey I got a word request here. I recently took part in an english competation (being a foreigner) and I had to speak about diets and the word “disappointed” didnt come to mind so I totally screwed up one of my sentences. Of course I as soon as it was over I remembered the word and couldnt stop thinking about it. And then I realized that appionting and disappointing have nothing to do with each other, what’s up with that?

That’s a good one! I second the motion for “disappointed” and “appointed.” There are a lot of these kinds of words. Unless you think about them, you don’t notice them.

I’d be very “appointed” if Marina would look into them for us. She’d make me very “gruntled” and “consolate” if she investigated some of these strange words.

Don’t you just love the beautiful Marina? Her hair is so “kempt,” and her cute outfits are always so “shevelled.” She moves in such a “gainly” fashion. If only my love for her would be “requited” I would die happy man!

:lol:

I think it means four die. :lol:

That just a word for a couple of mallards sitting next to each other.

“Torte reform” is when you put back together a smashed up cake. :lol:

Hi Harold

I think chinook winds are called “foehn winds” in much of the world. Thay’s the meteorological term for them anyway. But everone has colloquialisms.

Cheers

Yes. Well…on that note, I pulled an interesting quote of his from the “Verbatim” segment of TIME magazine dated June 4, 2001 (that’s right, pre-9/11). GWB was addressing the cheering grads at the commencement ceremony at Yale University when he said,

“To those of you who received honors, awards, and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too can be president of the United States.”

This is a direct quote. Makes ya kinda proud, doesn’t it? Check it out.

“For UNLAWFUL Carnal Knowledge” was how I heard it.

Hmmm. Now you don’t suppose his daddy has anything to do with that (or his daddy’s main fenagler, the dick off-the cheney of the oil exploitation industry)? Nah. It’s just a co-inky-dink. Check the film “Iraq for Sale.” It’s truly an eye-opener.

You are so write.

Okay, that’s it. You’ll be PUNished for that.

The word “foundering” means to stumble or fail. The word “founding” means to establish. How did these two similar words come to mean such opposite things?

Призрак, I agree that LOO is a fair approximation of the French pronunciation,and that LEFT is far afield. I was just making a friendly correction to your statement “. . .how do you pronounce lieu in frence LOO, its a fact,” You admit above that the correct pronunciation is close to “leeyuh” so maybe we are on the same page after all, even though your original posting seemed to state otherwise. Anyway, I’m just helping out. French can be difficult to pronounce. I’m sure we can all agree on that.

lol – like that answer lividemerald :grin:

Thank you Marina,

for looking in LOOtenant & (your old symbol – :smile: ) LEFTtenant

reading your comments – it might be an idea to have a seperate page to submit requests on one page with no replys (no spoilers) and the usual comment room – that way you can pick the words you want to use in your videos – without people giving answers to everyone

Just a thought – love ur show

celtic col

xxx

Eh, no – that is Paradux. Paradox is two physicians.

no ican’t say any thing, just have a g’day

So I guess Paradise Alley refers to a back alley where a couple of craps games are being played, right prospero811? That’s my sly remark of the day! :grin:

Let me know after you’ve found out.

Back in the Ozarks, paradox means a couple of makeshift wharfs down at the river where you can tie up your fishin’ boats. Actually, I’m quite proud to be from the Ozarks. After all, our farmers are outstanding in their field. :smile:

Catchphrase for Maria….sorry, best I could do!! :neutral:

From East to West, Maria Kiev is best!

Marias (Beauliciouse) Arena!

If boys liked shoping, they would call it research!

It was “BLESSED.” Listen to the sentence again now and see if it fits.

Cheers.

I would like to know the phases. men are maras & wemen are from vinus ? Huges & kisses to the teacher

:smile: dude no offence ut i alredy knew that and it wasent the americans that picked the name it was the english ppl that came from england by order of the king(@ the time) and its alogonquin(im not shure if thats how u spell it in english) iroqouis is by the great lakes im actuly 4 desent of les algonquin(well im métis) :roll: :lol:

Hot Buttered Kiev

Well, while the word doesn’t “fit” with the topic. It does sound a bit like blessed. However if you take into account our lovely teacher’s accent, “blast” can become “blessed” very easily.
In fact, when I first saw the video I thought blessed but then I did an automatic translation in my head to blast given the topic at hand.
(I’ve been given many opportunities to practice this since I’ve gone to school and worked with many immigrants from many different parts of the world)
I may be “off base” on this one but the only way to know for sure would be to ask the teacher.

Marina? Ruling please?

Well, according to the Wikipedia, “Paradise is a Persian word that is generally identified with the Garden of Eden or with Heaven. Originally meaning a walled garden or royal hunting grounds, the term entered Jewish (and eventually Christian) beliefs as a Greek translation for the Garden of Eden in the Septuagint.”

Also, “The word “paradise” entered English from the French “paradis”, inherited from the Latin “paradisus”, which came from Greek παραδεισος (royal garden). The Greek word came from the Avestan word “pairidaêza-” (an Eastern Old Iranian language) = “walled enclosure”, which is a compound of pairi- (= “around”) (a cognate of Greek περί peri-) and -diz (= “to create, make”), a cognate of English “dough”.

Sorry for the long comment. Long live!

1. You need to cool down on the texting.
2. It was a Frence settlement before it was a brittish possesson, no english people came from englnad by the order of the king to Canada
3.Huron was a launguage spoken by a large group of indian tribes in the north east and canada, iroqouis was the tribe specificaly that lived in the vicinity Quebec, the french who lived there heard the indians refer to the then town of Quebec as kanata (meaning town, or village) eventually anywhere on the other side of the border between french and british possessions (and later American and British) became known as kanata.

Thanks for the reply Bob,
Though it’s original meaning is Grandmother hasn’t Babushka become a general term of affection. My grandmother, who we called Baba, was from the Ukraine and she called all of her grandkids her “little babushkas” is there a different word she may have been using that just sounded the same to us?

based on that “the little babushka” was my suggestion for Maria’s screen name.

What about Baba vs Babuska? same or similar meaning?

Thanks and Za Vas!

How about “chick in Kiev?”

Get it? Har har harrrrr dee harr harr!

I think naked means “nothing on except for your sneakers (keds).” Marina, would it be too much to ask if you investigated that? And, dressed accordingly? :grin:

That may be, seriously, another interesting word request. In NJ where I grew up, sports shoes were referred to as “sneakers.” In the Midwest, even basketball shoes and gym shoes are referred to as “tennis shoes.” What is the deal with that?

Marina, I believe that would be “Major” hotforwords!!!

no he is just a dumb ass hick who likes to blow shit up and doesn’t know how to speak properly

My daily random lesson and comment– partial fake hair? Food and love goes together. I knewed to be cleared on that one, but the word request is pastorial? Would the USA nuke a pasture? good luck on the literary work :cool:

I have Anglophobia. :razz: But I speak English. So why don’t we say anglish? Are you a Russian Anglicist? :lol: PEACEhttp://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=1OnWAOqZj58

i’M A ROOKIE at some skills http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=1OnWAOqZj58

bread and money, so then you can complain with a tortilla

A phrase (in 8 languages), to help marykiev: Farmers feed all cities with food, both before work, and after work. Another random lesson and thanks to HotForWords…[bushkie]

an American too :shock:

Nucular is an ad hoc spelling of a[ metathetic] pronunciation of the word nuclear, representing the /ˈnjuːkjələr/ pronunciation of that word instead of the more widely accepted /ˈnjuːkliːər/.

While most dictionaries do not list the pronunciation as correct, some recognize it because of its increased usage… :razz:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucular :lol: Usage by politicians
U.S. presidents that have used this pronunciation include Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton,[5] Dwight D. Eisenhower, and George W. Bush. Other politicians who have used this pronunciation include Vice President Walter Mondale and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin
… from above link :smile: good nite