Vodka like water

Why is vodka named after water in Russian and why do they drink it like water?

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  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    It’s Miller Time!

    I prefer Micro Brewed Beers. Other times I’ll drink margaritas.
    I do like Vodka. I think its the only hard alcohol that doesn’t make me sick.

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Hey, am i first? :mrgreen:

  • elite_panda

    well i like to drink water because it hydrates me and soda or alcohol isn’t really my thing because of how unhealthy it is. Marina, i love the end when you say please subscribe, it sounds pretty demanding and hypnotizing. lol

    Vodka ad that didn’t make it:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=J1rIiCEevd8

  • elite_panda

    yes, congrats :mrgreen: i was gonna be first, but i lost my pass word :neutral: . oh well

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Awe, I see you too have pre-typed comment. You sneaky little Panda. :twisted:

  • http://www.myspace.com/Albarinn albarinn

    Hi Marina.
    I would like to say that Tequila is my favorite to drink since I’m from Mexico, but the reality is that I like Whiskey on the rocks, it’s awesome.
    Ok time so say goodbye, keep those investigations going on. I love you will you marry me LoL… Have a great weekend.

    Love Peace & Beats !!!

  • elite_panda

    no, i type too fast :shock:

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Hum.. I type farly fast but my spealing gert in th e hay. Then I have to use spell check to fix all that. I think my brain just shorts out from time to time. Im adsorbing way too much information and its starting to leak out my ears.

  • stevets

    We drive on it every day….Where does the word asphalt come from?

    thanks
    Stevets

  • gwillikers

    Hi Marina,

    May I have a word with you please? …

    Cockamammy or is that cockamammie? … No one really knows?

    It sounds like it may have an arousing etyology.

    MWAAAA xoxox Gwillikers

  • roadrunrnch

    is any one having a problem with this video?

  • pedantickarl

    Ahhhh, just in time….
    I received the new vodka video in a vodka bottle :lol:
    <—-

  • wetsuit5

    Bombay Saphire Gin
    Miller Genuine Draft

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=8eyh-thvM7s
    :wink:

    For your homework…
    Drink your favorite drinks. :twisted:

  • pedantickarl

    Noooo, why…. what’s up?

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    So funny! :smile:

  • http://youtube.com/gsnaples jnaples

    I’ll take Manhattan…But really, let’s do some whiskey shots!
    I’m not having any trouble with this video.

    Marina, I hope Kobe is doing better after the vampire video.

  • melikadothechacha

    Thanks for saving my spot LOL!!
    Congratulations!

  • roadrunrnch

    I think maybe Marina was punishing me. And did a little Voodoo on my PC. Or maybe gave it some Vodka. I just did a couple of Hail Marinas and it started up. :idea:

  • pagedoll

    Remember kids, its not a problem…its a choice. :smile:

  • wetsuit5

    Marina,

    Serious and real couple of questions.

    It may be a pronunciation thing.

    You said that the russian word for water was “Voda” (pronounced vAda)

    I ran into this video by Viagra.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=fo0tHsHjs5U

    I don’t know what it’s about but the only thing I thought I could make out was crystal water.

    1. Is it pronounced vOda or vAda?
    2. Intercultural question. What’s the true meaning of the video?

    Ut Oh – Getting away from fun and into serious academics. :shock:

    Thanks

  • samuel3d

    I don’t drink Alcohol yuk, I drink Arizona Ice Tea. :wink:

  • pagedoll

    I wish I had your problem, I need earplugs to keep it in!!

  • roadrunrnch

    Red Kneckks ( Crackers ) have a name for this same thing made in the south.
    It is called :
    White Lighten.
    Boot Leg.
    Moon Shine.
    Rocket Fuel.

  • sirzodxx

    58 years old….drank everything….dont drink anymore…lol…i have a word for you ….serenety

  • pagedoll

    1st!!…and such a long message! :shock:

  • sirzodxx

    oops sorry serenety….lol must be the vodka!

  • sirzodxx

    try again ….serenity

  • tryant

    I’ve liked Heineken for a looong time now but lately have been drinking some Mexican beers,Negra Modelo is good stuff,good to have with a meal or just to get a buzz like right now. :cool:

    I have zero time for political correctness when it affects the ingredients of My buzzes,,,bad PC,,bad bad bad. Drink all the Vodka(or whatever)You want Folks! Enjoy! It’s the weekend! :lol:

    Tryant

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Dream on Little Boy! :razz:

  • http://youtube.com/gsnaples jnaples

    Marina
    I have a podcast question. I can download “horny answer” off of iTunes but I cant download “horny game”.
    Guess I’ll try tomorrow. It’s been fun having you on my iPod. I’ve shown several people who you are that have never heard of you. Not everyone scans YT.

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Miss Page is first. You, sad to say came in near last. :razz:

  • pagedoll

    Lemon Drop Kamikazes( Kettle One only)….oh yes…Unforunfortunately its no fun to drink alone OR with a bunch of guys so I’ll be on the water tonight. :sad:

  • pagedoll

    Nooo! I ment you were first and with such a long message ta boot…ya silly! :grin:

  • pr7113

    How did the word pussy evolve into meaning
    a woman’s vagina ?

  • salacious

    :mrgreen: Hey Marina

    i have a word Salacious
    its my nick name but and people always think its one of those made up words and they say like SAL A LICIOUS and i would love for you to look this one up, also people think i just got the word from the Star wars movies because one of the charactors name was Salacious Crumb… Ohh and im not Russian but i do drink lots of water.. :mrgreen:

  • melikadothechacha

    I only drink occasionally these days,
    usually 2-3 Heinekens when I do.

    Depends on my mood. Corona’s with
    a lime wedge, are tasty.

    Mostly, Gatorade is my preferred
    beverage, after coffee. I get the
    powder mix – no preservative taste.
    These days, I kill a gallon a day.
    If I drink water, I’m cramped and
    crippled at the days end. I am
    addicted to the stuff, I guess.
    We’re averaging 90 degree days
    and way high humidity last week.

    Vodka always clears my sinuses.
    Belvedere, Scmirnoff’s – not bad
    Absolute (reserve from the decanter)
    was the best I ever had.

    Marina should explain the story
    behind Cristal, bottled in clear
    glass by a Russian czar’s decree!
    I think it was a Romanoff, but
    my Russian history is fuzzy
    at best. Best to consult Marina. :mrgreen:

  • pedantickarl

    Word(s) Request:
    I kindly request the origins of the word Romance or Romantic as in romance novels, romance music, romance languages and romantic ♥ relationships and how are they related.

    In a similar vein, Chivalry is considered a romantic ethic. Are these ideas and words dying out, and if so, what is replacing those ideals?

  • melikadothechacha
  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Hi Cutie, How’s sweet Marina doing today? Your face was so glowing in today’s lesson. I think you make a fantastic teacher. How is Kobe doing lately? Tell me more about your day…

    I hope my flirting with you didn’t embarrass you any.
    Ok see you soon. bye… :kiss:

    NEXT!

  • chadcrowley

    I would like to request “piffle”, “preposterous”, or “pontificate”… it is all about the P’s, I guess.

    :D

  • pr7113

    How did the phrase that woman has a”killer ass” evolve into meaning
    that woman has a great ass ?

  • senior

    I like iced green tea… :grin:

  • danielpool52

    good for you god bless you i bet you got a lot of words you could teach us what is bet er wisdom or knowledge i would go with wisdom

  • snowwhiteprincess

    I was wondering what is the origin of the word origin y call how a word began its origin?

  • melikadothechacha

    Did you ever see Dr. Detroit? Dan Aykroyd

  • pr7113

    How did the word DICK evolve into meaning
    a man’s PENIS ?

  • pr7113

    How did the word ASSHOLE evolve into meaning
    a STUPID PERSON ?

  • versusx

    Vodka is really tasteless, its the alcohol/impurities you taste rather than the vodka itself. You can test this yourselves, buy a cheap vodka like Absolut and a higher end, Grey Goose or my fav VOX….chill it in the freezer (don’t worry it won’t freeze), Grey Goose will be flavorless while you’ll still taste some of the Absolut.

    And, Tequila shots…Cuervo 1800 or Patron… mmmmm yummmy

  • versusx

    I’ll drink with you :)

  • justgetalife6

    pepsi :cool:

  • melikadothechacha

    Marina, do Gatorade and Vodka mix?
    shaken or stirred? I say both, but I’m
    just flirting around. :mrgreen:

    xox ciao

    NEXT!!

  • melikadothechacha

    Looks like a Red Bull and Vodka dance mix!
    gnarly kewl! :mrgreen:

  • poknish

    Where did the word cartalige come from, I mean it has nothing to do with a cart… or does it?

  • annuddermale

    i seldom drink alcohol anymore, really…i’ve slowed down in my latter years…quite a bit…

    but when i drink, it’s usually a mixed drink – Jack & Coke or 7 & 7, occasionally, but more rarely now, beer…shoot, beers are all about the same to me, except Coors & Rolling Rock

    drank an awful lot of Blue Moon in Austin last summer…something about seeing the women at Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill made me thirsty…

    oddly, i can drink several mixed drinks with few ill effects, but give me a couple of beers & i’m not only feeling fine, but making frequent contributions to the local water supply… :cool:

  • pedantickarl

    No, I missed that one somehow…
    Great Dr. movies….

  • davidtieman

    I would like to find out about the word “savvy”. I seem to hear it used on TV and in movies fairly often. I also would like to know if there are any other words that use the double v. Thanks.

  • smokey36bear

    I am a rum&coke ma, my self, but ometimes it is tequila shots, and beer. MMMMM beer. :grin:

  • melikadothechacha

    Your name is … Jim?

  • roadrunrnch

    Hey there Newbies ,
    Have you seen this video from one of Marinas Students,
    Click on this little green ( :mrgreen: ) man Maybe the best video

  • aegius

    Requested word: fishy. How did it come to mean, “mysterious” or suspicious”?

    That’s “fishy”.

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Well I didn’t want to say “FIRST” and get embarrassed again. :oops:
    So I thought I would play it safe, and pretend that I was just making a normal comment. I also pulled out all my tricks to load the page very fast. I locked out all the ads and most of the graphics ( I normally view HFW this way ) and then I typed in the page url with the date only. I get a 404 error but the page loads lightning fast on my old computer. When the new page is posted I just paste in my response. :mrgreen:

  • felicity

    This is felicity from Japan. I have the same problem as you. I can’t downlad it, either. Please solve the issue, Marina.

  • californiachelovek

    Мы с женой пьём вино, gin & tonic, single malt scotch and, I’m happy to say, водку. Очень хорошо! Жарко для слов, мы вас любим! :)

  • pr7113

    YES !

  • sww92498

    My favorite drink other than wine is stoly right out of the freezer.

    Can you answer this? When, where, why, what are all pronounced as if the “h” is silent. Why, then, is the word whore pronounced as if the “w” is silent?

  • pagedoll

    Cool, let me get the shaker out!! :wink:

  • seesixcm6

    Dear Marina,
    I no longer drink alcoholic beverages because it isn’t healthy for me. I used to enjoy beer and wine, but no longer. So, I now enjoy tea, particularly organic green tea, served hot and Lipton’s Orange Pekoe, served as iced tea. In Chinese restaurants, Oolong or Jasmine teas are nice. I occasionally have coffee, but not the high-priced types. Plain water is also good for me. So, Marina, if you handle those vodka martinis, shaken and not stirred, you would be able to “drink me under the table” in no time. (And also take advantage of my passed-out person!) But I still think you are a nice young woman!
    Your dear student, seesix CM6

  • pedantickarl

    How long did it take Gucci to go from being a little pup to the size of a horse? Amazing….

    I love these videos with the camera at eye level, where you look directly at at me, er…. I mean the camera and you play to the camera. Very nice.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    Моя любовь, Moya lyubov(film)

  • melikadothechacha

    You gotta see this
    WARNING VERY EXPLETIVE!!

  • melikadothechacha

    I was looking for a fish song for fishy boy
    I couldn’t pass this up but I couldn’t do
    this to a new guy. Thought you might
    understand better than most :mrgreen:

  • tanathos23

    i drink a lot. I almost drink every day.

    my favourite drink is fernet+cola, the fernet MUST be Branca

    right now, because of the accident, i can’t drink alochol :cry:

  • BillyB

    Getting older :lol: I can’t even keep the hotforwords videos from mixing up in my head… ie Soccer & Vodka or like, from the radio show happy referee BTW my weakness for drink would be tequila, only drank it when I was in Mexico & only want to drink it again when I go back.
    Mexico’s National Drink bumpkin style.
    I remember going to work as a teen, before sun up, listening to this, by the Eagles (Wifes favorite band)

  • melikadothechacha

    Hm’kay – just making sure. ummm…
    First time visiting Hot For Words? :mrgreen:

  • tanathos23

    great video lol :mrgreen:

  • BillyB

    No it’s… JIM!

  • pagedoll

    Well, I just got back from looking at the Macs. They sure are pretty. :eek: From the way the screen looks to the overall style…very tempting. I’m amazed that the whole thing is seminally shoved right into the monitor! I went to a place that said they would come out after I bought it and transfer all my stuff over for me, which isn’t much, and also spend about an hour with me to show me the ropes and give me a little push in the right direction, which made it all the more attractive. :smile: I was lookin’ at one that had 2gigs and 320gigs of ram and it came with a printer for under 2 grand. Does that sound right? I’m not sure on the terminology but the guy told me that it was pletty for what I do, and for almost anything I wanted to do. My opinion is, get more than I need and in turn never worry about not having enough. sound like a plan :?:

  • danielpool52

    you have a good web site marina have you every consider to tack your camera out and go on a field trip with all your students

  • melikadothechacha

    fish fight!

  • pagedoll

    I’ve asked the same thing …we could all sing songs the bus!…the wheels on the bus go round a round, round and round…HA! :lol:

  • pagedoll

    “I’ll brake my tail off in your ass” :lol: :lol: :lol:

  • masco82

    what about that word in german that has no real transaltion in english…its gemutlichkeit….theres an umlaut over the u …ok skip that one…heres a different one…the word fried…as in “getting fried” means your in the hot seat or in a cituation that may make one sweat…but how does that relate to the drug/alcohol version of “getting fried”…is it that this is your brain on drugs commercial?…just courious…

  • roadrunrnch

    reel them in.

  • http://www.dictionaric.com dictionaricdotcom

    The concept of “water” is not rare for alcohol : WHISKEY is taken from Celtic Irish UISCE BEATHA “water (of) life”. UISCE comes from ancient Celtic ESCA “water”.
    In modern French we still say EAU DE VIE “water of life”.

  • melikadothechacha

    Ever been to the circus?

  • pagedoll

    Awww, Blue moon , that stuff can catch up to ya real quick!…like before you even know what happen :wink:

  • roadrunrnch

    You get called an asshole a lot?

  • pagedoll

    Thats one down home rock and roll band there, chacha! :grin:

  • http://www.dictionaric.com dictionaricdotcom

    I think it’s because of the intense sexual activity of the rooster :mrgreen:
    In Russian KHUY means “dick” but the same word means SWINE in Arménian :mrgreen:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    water ,coke cola ™,tea, pepsi cola(TM), beer, cinnamon snops, whiskey sours/with salted rim, however none of these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYIla0x6LOU

  • http://www.dictionaric.com dictionaricdotcom

    PONTICATUM is latin “function of PONTIFEX”.
    The PONTIFEX is the Pope or “Bridges Maker”.
    PONTI “bridge” + FEX “maker”.

  • Charles

    Hi Marina, what is the origin of the word “loophole?”

    And, what is the origin of the phrase “changing water into wine?” Not in the religious sense, but in the carnal sense.

  • masco82

    yall are wierd…imagine the last time you were on a bus for a field trip …now remember your teacher about to pull her hiar out the whold time….now imagine a bunch of internet junkies on a bus ….yikes…i was always the quiet one on the bus….the one who broght a bag lunch with a pocketknife to cut my apple (childhood missing all four front teeth)…very shy and clausterphobic…often would fall asleep from the vibration of the motor and raod and god that noxious perfume would always wake my ass up like a smelling salt when the teachers aid would walk by…..never failed to have the teacher sitting beside me by the end of the trip with the row in front and behind me cleared out…..that was my first date with mrs christianson in the second grade…we went to ….i forget…just remeber the bus rides….dont remember the …dang not a one of em…we jsut drove around in a bloddy buss all day i think….how odd…i dont remember one single field trip….i guess all the wierdos on the bus freaked me out and made a mental block…or my teacher slapped me so hard when i grabbed her tits and made rasperies in her cleavage i got amnisia….wow…one to ponder on…might have to recreate…field trip anyone?…i hear alot of good things about places this time of year….shot gun!

  • melikadothechacha

    words like schadenfreude and
    weltanschauung fit this category.
    The literal word translation does
    not convey accurately into english.
    same for gemutlichkeit.
    I’m going to get fried in the sun tomorrow
    got races, rain or shine
    (hoping for rain)
    schuss bis spater

  • melikadothechacha

    masco82 and I went to different schools together – LO :mrgreen:
    preschool – music time, coaxing the girlies to the coat room!
    Busted! It sucks when adults are bigger than you.
    Gave me two sticks, old macdonalds farm??
    (I was playin’ Magic Bus – corner time!)

  • pagedoll

    DR. Detroit…Devo rules!…”we are not men, we are, DEVO.”

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    water as in h2o, I have been know to drink some DiHydro Monoxide at times also, its good stuff, (caution should be used if mixing with fires however).

  • danielpool52

    webb wilder i like him a lot i would have new of him thank you melikadothechacha :lol:

  • jnnvac

    Teacher, please explain where member as in belonging to a group comes from.

    Thanks

  • chevolay

    Until two months ago I was living in the high mountain jungles of central Mexico, so having a cocktail in such a remote area was an ordeal.

    So I made my own concoction I called Aqua de Agave (mescal) con Coco y Pina. These ingredients were available, it was the darn ice which was hard to get. A burro ride down the mountain then a 4-wheel drive to the blacktop highway; eight miles down a dangerous mountain road. Purchased the ice (10 pesos, wow!) retraced the route back up the mountain then at the fiesta we chipped away at the ice with our machetes, blended all the ingredients while someone was making cups out of a banana leaf (kidding). In conclusion we were glad we had to do all this before we had a few drinks.

    PS So I had to watch all your videos in a two day marathon which is the moynf (milk out your nose funny) story.

    Yeah! am I the 100th comment.

  • http://cargalmathbooks.com jmcargal

    Marina:

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Well basically they take parts from a laptop and just put it in the back of the monitor. Kinda cool how they do that hu? This reduces two of the wires from the computer to the monitor. Also there is not large box sitting on or below your desk. More room for your junk! :roll:
    They really try hard at customer service. If they fail at that, then they might as well pack up and go home.
    Two gigs of Ram and 320 gigs of Hard Drive is very good. Yea the price is fixed. Anyone who sell Apple products must sell it for the same price. You can buy from just about anywhere ( except other countries ) without having to price shop. If this is a Corporate store or someone who is selling Macs?

    Yes he is right. I don’ t know what model your getting but you can buy just about anything and be happy. I haven’t asked you any qualify questions yet but Im guessing he did and It should suite you just fine. It just needs to be good enough for you needs to last you 4 to 6 years before you have to replace it. Whats very nice about Macs is when Apple release a new OS and you buy it. Its like getting a new computer without having to buy a new computer. Im still running OS 10.3.9 and now most everyone is on at least 10.4 or 10.5 version of OS X. I hope to get a new machine this month. Yes its good to buy a bit more than what you need so when new programs come out you won’t have to go buy a new computer to use them. You will also extend the value of your money over the years.

    I think your a go to buying the computer. If you want just email me with more questions or give me a call if that is easier. Your soon to be a Mac Addict!

  • melikadothechacha

    Sweet :mrgreen:
    tequilla makes her clothes fall off

  • melikadothechacha

    Call the Doctor – DEVO
    enjoy

  • pagedoll

    Thanks for that, loved it!! :smile:

  • http://www.youtube.com/labbatt78 labbatt78

    I mostly stick with at least 2 Canadian Imported beers. Anyways, how about a lesson on Vodka in Russian :?:

  • brando13072

    why do people say cheese when taking a picture?

  • jarkaruus

    Well, I used to be a rum drinker for the most part but since our deployment last year and the subsequent imposed “dry” spell..** we couldn’t drink for 16 months**…I’m sort of lost my taste for drinking. On the occasions I do partake, I usually like a Guinness or Morgans and coke. I have a friend who likes to experiment and will sometimes use me as his guinea pig. I’ll give him credit though, he makes some great Black Russians and he is a big vodka drinker. He does tend to go overboard sometimes though.

    In keeping with the last video, he threw a Halloween party last year and made up a “house” shot he called a “Vampire’s Kiss”. I’m not sure what alcohol he used but I know that Tabasco and some form of Jalapeño figured prominently into it. After trying it I was reminded of a “Pearl of Wisdom” my father passed on to me years ago, “That a find drink is meant to be enjoyed, it shouldn’t have to be a test of manhood.”

    I went back to the Black Russians after that….. :cool:

  • danielpool52

    hi marina word request polk salad

  • jarkaruus

    Ugh, can’t even spell…that’s what I get for being up so late…wish you had an edit function here Marina….I hate sounding like an idiot when I misspell words here….After trying it I was reminded of a “Pearl of Wisdom” my father passed on to me years ago, “That a FINE drink is meant to be enjoyed, it shouldn’t have to be a test of manhood.”

    I’VE sort of lost my taste for drinking.

    **hangs head in shame and reaches for the dunce cap** :oops:

  • foxdat

    Vodka :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

  • dallasman2

    Im more of a brandy guy and im only 18 i prefer double shots or even better triple shots straight up with no chasers :mrgreen:

  • laron

    where did the word phrase “Et cetera” originate from?

  • bauer1977

    where the word SEXY come from??

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Since our buses her in Seattle have Wi-Fi internet on them. We could go live on the internet with HFW site.
    Since there is a lot of us, I’ll bring the Double Dutch Bus
    Frankie Smith Performing Double Dutch Bus!!!!!!!

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    “I’ll break my tail off in your ass” is my favorite part! :lol: :lol: :lol:
    ROTFLMSAO…..

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    So there is no traceable connection with the two?

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Love that movie!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    melikadothechacha, weird song, mean anything special?

  • http://www.dictionaric.com dictionaricdotcom

    Of course there is ! You can call your penis “my little darling swine” :mrgreen:

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    melikadothechacha said NEXT! Come on step up guys! Bob, Billy, PT, Pagedoll, LFW, cwcurnutt, ….im not going to name you all…..

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    melikadothechacha, another weird song

  • Bob

    Cue for some prospero811 jokes, I think – “There was a blonde, a brunette and a redhead in a boat on the river …”
    So, were they nymphs or sirens? What is the difference, fresh v. salt water? :?:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    cool

  • Bob

    In Thai KHUAY means Penis, but if you say it with the wrong tone or vowel sound , as many Farangs (foreigners) do, it can mean Buffalo or Banana. Go figure. :lol:
    Thais also get a lot of laughs when Farangs talk about the River Kwai.

  • BillyB

    Nice to see you mention your Father.
    You mention in the video that in, is it, the Russian Orthodox church that the jug of vodka is passed around & is considered a sin not to partake. Who considers it a sin, the leadership, or everyone there?
    The Catholic church did not institute the partakeing of the bread & wine at the remembrance table, Christ did… but my humble opinion is that most organized (christian) religions got away from what the remembrance table was about & made it into a ritual, without the heart & meaning intended, obscuring the picture, so simply portrayed by the emblems of bread & wine… which were just common items at everybodys table, in Christs time. Making wine was a common way to preserve valuable drink, as clean water for drinking was not always available, & didn’t store well pre. refrigeration. With a lack of grapes, as you say, in Russia, vodka, made from grain would have been a way to preserve valuable drinking fluid, as water can be scarce or even bad, making vodka the safe “water” to drink. Just wondering, was it the official Orthodox position to substitute the vodka for wine in the ceremony or just for convenience & availability? Just curious if anyone knows.
    Enjoyed the video, BTW, always… cheers

  • http://www.dictionaric.com dictionaricdotcom

    I presume FARANG means especially FRENCH ??? :mrgreen:

  • BillyB

    better sound DD Bus.
    Cool human cannonball cha cha

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    ????

  • Bob

    No, any Caucasian foreigner, although it is believed to be a corruption Français, as the French in Indochina were probably the first Caucasians that the Thais encountered.

  • James

    There hasnt been a teachers pet for a while lately, Over on youtube someone said i should try and eat soup with my hands, although i chose on the fork free day not to use utensils to add a more comedic effect some people do not get the idea. You don’t eat soup with a fork anyway. but what do you think if i try and make a video of me eating soup with no spoon

  • James

    I like shots of archers (straight)
    rum and coke
    wkd
    haha my cat just opened the door :lol:
    beer

  • Bob

    Salt water? :???:

  • Bob

    That would be clutching at straws. :lol:

  • Bob

    Although I can remember not being able to remember anything because of drink in the past, these days a glass of wine with a meal, or a beer if it’s a curry, is enough for me. Gotta conserve my brain cells – the remaining ones are getting lonely.

  • nighteye

    I like whiskey – also called the water of life, if you translate the gaelic term for it. ;)

  • James

    do you thik i should do it or not

  • slodkichsnow

    Whisky and Vodka are both called the “water of life” in their lands of origin. Possibly from the latin term Acqua Vitae?

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    clear blue easy?

  • Bob

    If you can think of a way to make it entertaining or significant, then go for it. Don’t just do it because someone asked for it. Take a leaf out of Marina’s book – she only makes videos of the words requested if she can think of a way to make it interesting, amusing and/or sexy.

  • okay4now

    The notion that Jesus drank a ‘little’ wine only because there wasn’t much choice is really a bit of modern revisionism. Water stores very well, wine doesn’t. But considering that the middle East was Roman territory at the time of Christ can a person really claim that there wasn’t ‘good’ water–the Romans were the masters at it. Follow where ever Rome went great water followed, they built aqueducts, bathed in it daily, their houses had running water…

    Wine was a food product which Jesus of Nazareth partook of often and maybe at times in fair quantity, he said: some might call me a drunkard.

    Roman Catholic’s consider the Eucharist a Holy Sacrament, of course it’s ritualized, but the sanctity is a belief that the spirit of Christ ‘actually’ enters that bread & wine in the church–every time.

    Curious enough, it is believed that the first wine actually came from Russia where they dug big pits, threw fruits (grapes too) into it, covered it and later drank the mixture.

    :arrow: Please, the above is not religious. Just trying to be an armchair historian.

  • annuddermale

    my brain cells up & left long ago…i just hope to be a nice dodderin’, droolin’ old fool one day…

    oh, wait… :shock:

  • annuddermale

    chunky soup would clog the straws…

  • annuddermale

    remember to keep both pinkies out when picking up the bowl…

    must maintain proper etiquette… :cool:

  • vigarlunaris

    Well there are some nice words now. At all why even don’t try to explain “Solaris” for the people around there. As often this word has been used for Operatingsystem (SunOS / Solaris) or Movie (Solaris the Movie) or a kind of Wine well could be intresting to get a intresting lesson for the viewers of hotforwords :)

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    I don’t drink alcohol..my friends say i’m a pussy but I don’t care, it’s not that I can’t drink it I just don’t see wy I should drink , it’s unhealthy and I can’t think of any positive reason of getting drunk.

    I mainly drink water and milk :P hehe, and whatever is in the fridge.

  • annuddermale

    didn’t the Romans have the first piping system? made of lead?…

    plumbum pignus… :cool:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    No you should not do that, it’s totaly disgusting :???:

  • annuddermale

    she’s welcome to come pick the blueberries at my place anytime…

    well, not anytime, ’cause they’ll be past in a couple of weeks…

    but i’ve got plenty right now, so c’mon Marina…

    lol, i’m sure the culture shock would be awesome to see… :mrgreen: :shock: :cool:

  • annuddermale

    good thing you corrected that, since we all know she’s lookin’ at ME…

    and gigglin’ once in a while… :mrgreen: :cool:

  • annuddermale

    well…’er… :oops:

  • felicity

    I drink Coca Cola like water every day. I know that’s not really good for health, but I can’t stop the habit. I want anyone to call it a sin. Well, in my case, hair of the dog doesn’t get needed….

  • myork

    origin of nosdrovia Polish? Russian? Both?

  • vigarlunaris

    Well if you’re ask me what i prefer to drink all over the day the answer is easy …. water and pepsi light :)

    I am not a fan of alcohol at all it’s types.

  • annuddermale

    lol…well, actually i found the Blue Moon a mite weak…but it was cheap, and i was in Austin to ref at an adults’ tournament where i knew i’d be losing money bigtime, but was required to attend to maintain a national rating… :cool:

  • Bob

    Flirting, even?

  • annuddermale

    kinda a crappy question… :mrgreen:

  • djmarklew

    Hey Marina
    Have you ever looked into the ‘Black Country’ language? (the local dialect of a certain part of the Midlands in England)! If not, I recommend anyone to have a look, there any a couple of sites you can visit, it is quite amusing :lol:

  • annuddermale

    wasn’t that where Aykroyd met his wife Donna Dixon?… :cool:

  • annuddermale

    of course Russian history is fuzzy…after all that vodka… :cool:

  • annuddermale

    well, it’s an interestin’ word…one of those that kinda describes an action (there’s a term for that, i think, but the alcohol in this vid is affectin’ my memory)…

    anywho, salacious is from the Latin salax, which came from salire (“fond of leaping”) [see Marina’s most excellent lesson about Salmon…’cause males tend to leap on females for…’er…playful embraces… :shock: :twisted:

    which reminds me, i’ve got (warning: not for the purient) the doggie-style blues… :sad:

    oh, and this is too cute to pass up…Marina, get Kobe one of these… :cool:

  • James

    Well, thanks for your support foxbow

  • annuddermale

    i prefer to think of it as “lustful longing”… :roll: :wink:

  • prisek

    i was wondering were is LOL coming from and was it created on the web or not :mrgreen:

  • okay4now

    Don’t know Latin, or even if Romans had lead piping but they certainly had lead–plumbum pignus could be modern Latin…

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    type in lol in google, and click the first link(probably wikipedia) there you have it.

  • http://handscribbledproductions.com anubisfortytwo

    I realize that the word broad has a broad array of meanings, however I’m confused as to how it (in slang) can mean a woman. Perhaps the word’s history will help me out. I’ve heard women insulted upon hearing the word, and I’ve heard women refer to themselves as “broads” in a seemingly good way. Is it good or bad, or unrelated? Thanks again. – A42

  • tayljim

    Homework: imported beer, scotch, whiskey, wine, and
    of course vodka

    5 stars

  • lorelei

    Hello, I was just wondering why the term for a four-door/four-seater (and above) car is called a “sedan”? Where did the term “sedan” originate from?

    Thank you.

  • James

    I have an idea. People keep asking Marina to find the origin of the words poo, poop, and sexy. Can you imagine if all Marina did was talk about poo, and sex all the time. So maybe I should make a video or a post explaining the origin of these words so people stop asking stupid questions?

  • superdanilchik

    Even if the Russian soul prevails in me over the other two,being a connaisseur of wine and a sommelier, my favourite drink is wine….. i’d drink BAROLO like water,anyway in my personal taste ВОДКА ranks 2nd…smooth,classical СТОЛИЧНАЯ /read stalichnaya/from Moscow is the best…i allow myself to add that letter k in the word voda serves to make the hypocoristical form,therefore vodka lit. means something like ”sweet little water” :smile: :cool:

  • superdanilchik

    interesting to see how our Ukrainian neighbours call vodka: горiлка,(gorilka)from verb горiти(goriti)=to burn! by the way if there are some Ukranian students, please forgive my Ukranian in case of mistakes :!:

  • darkstrider

    Hey Marina, i was wondering where the word Coolie originated from. you know the term they use for the asian labourers. I love you, keep the good work up! :mrgreen:

  • tedt

    :mrgreen: Vodka is the purest Alcohol.
    You look good again :wink: Nice latest lesson picture, could call you a drunken *** :razz: .

    Hum, how about a “small” glass Vodka later (sing and jump around like bagpipes) ? :lol:

  • http://www.dictionaric.com dictionaricdotcom

    NA ZDROWIE is Polish and NA ZDOROWIE is Russian.

    NA means “at, on” ZDRAVIE “health”. ZDRAV “healthy” PANSLAVIC

  • annuddermale

    “Marina never looks anything but exquisite.”…Rule Ubtrbrshuponcompliments in The Marina Sychophant Handbook”… :cool:

  • annuddermale

    interesting word, true…from Wikipedia:

    In 1727 Dr. Engelbert Kämpfer described “coolies” as dock laborers who would unload Dutch merchant ships at Nagasaki.[2] [3] The word coolie can be traced back to the Hindi word qÅ«lÄ« (क़ूली), which means “(day-)labourer”, and perhaps ultimately to KulÄ«, an aboriginal tribe in Gujarat[4][5] or to the Tamil word kuli கூலி (“wages”) (Encyclopædia Britannica). Another form closely related to the Hindi qÅ«lÄ« is the Bengali kuli.

    The Chinese word 苦力 (Pinyin: kÇ”lì) literally means “bitterly hard (use of) strength.” The most commonly used cultural Chinese term is å’•å–± (Pinyin: gu1 li2).

    … :cool:

  • prospero811

    Bar none – the gin and tonic is the best, particularly with Rangpur Tangueray gin. Love them…

  • annuddermale

    ‘er, James…don’t make an ass of yourself discussing “poo”… :shock: :mrgreen:

    as for “sex”…save it until you are old enough to really, really appreciate it…

    IMO… :cool:

  • tedt

    :???: In German please.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Kewl. Good work, Nud.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Women have wider hipbones than men. Gotta have enough room for that birth canal. It’s that simple. Vive la difference!

  • pennsyltucky9

    Careful what you wish for, bro…

  • pennsyltucky9

    You asked for opinions, and foxbow offered one. That IS support. I don’t think I’d be real quick to select a video of someone eating soup without a spoon either, if you want the truth. But at this point I’m unconvinced that you do.

  • pennsyltucky9

    I thiink that’s poke salad. Poke is the common name for a leafy green that is found in the Southern States along the Gulf Coast.

  • James

    OK OK OK, soup idea is offf.

  • zezottie

    Will you investigate About the word >> Succubus <<
    & Thanks

  • pennsyltucky9

    Because you can hold a smile for a long time while saying it. Watch yourself in the mirror and try to smile while saying “cheese.” Then try to hold a smile while saying something without that long “Eee” sound, like “Rose” or “Flag.” See what I mean?

    Of course, the best way to get people to smile while photographing them is to say something totally unexpected that makes them bust out laughing. I used to tell people to “Take a deeeeeep breath….. Hold it……. hold it….(waiting that extra moment for comedic value) Now blow it out your ass!” And I always got excellent results, even from Grandma or the in-laws who can be very stodgy and stand-offish.

  • http://rocknrolldrummer.blogspot.com rocknroll_drummer

    Hey HotforWords, can you investigate the term “Drawing a Blank” and how it came to mean forgetting or not knowing something?
    Thanks!

  • http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale

    auf Deutsch? “Marina schaut nie alles andere als das vorzüglich.” Ordnen Sie SiebürstenbesserobenaufIhrenKomplimenten an im “Die Marina Schmeichler Handbuch

    hope it’s close… :cool:

  • pennsyltucky9

    Same as the word “who.” Just goes to show, for every English pronunciation rule there are probably at least several exceptions. Probably due to the large number ofcompletely different languages English is derived from; everyone from the Norse to the Franks to the Celts to the Saxons to the Romans (and others I may have overlooked) invaded it and left their imprints on the language at some time or other.

  • Bob

    Do you find pigs grazing in it?

  • Bob

    Unless he could find Marina swimming about in his soup. :grin:

  • that fun guy

    I would like to know what “apocalyptic” means and where dd it come from

  • njgazett

    I would like to know the origin of “the bees knees” or “the cats meow” why does it mean something good?

  • blackhawksfan13

    You know whats crazy I was going to ask where “spirits” come from and you answered it. Anyway I like beer ( Killeans, Sam Adams, Goose Island, Molson) vodka (Stoli, Belevedere, basically any Russian vodka), and Bicardi and Diet Coke.

  • http://www.cupidsalley.com cupidsalley

    I love your site and I always wanted to know the origin of the phrase “all of a sudden”. It doesn’t seem to make sense by itself.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    Marina’s version of a field trip:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmzTFPqozRw

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1
  • http://fire.ci.fayetteville.nc.us/ capman911

    I think I am probably last this time. I just logged on , so congrats Jack for being first for a change. :smile: Hey PageDoll so you are going to buy a new pc. You will probabley be first alot now. So save some room for me. :wink:

  • http://fire.ci.fayetteville.nc.us/ capman911

    Good for you Foxbow, stay healthy :cool:

  • http://fire.ci.fayetteville.nc.us/ capman911

    I like Everclear and Moutaindew. 190 proof grain alchohol will defenatly tickle your ennards :twisted: Excellent video. Drank some vodka to get rid of my last kidney stone I had. I know beer works well, but as they say liquior is quicker :wink:

  • ronaldinho10

    hi
    I was just wondering where did the word “fuck” originate from :?:

  • James

    ok bob ill make an exeption there

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    Vodka like water
    Water like Vodka very,verry, much

  • James

    THE NUMBER OF TIMES PEOPLE ASKED THIS!!! I AM GOING TO FIND THE ORIGIN OF THIS NOW BECAUSE MARINA IS NOT GOING TO SIT DOWN FOR 3 MINUTES DISCUSSING FUCK.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Flirtin’ with disaster, guys. Just think of the homework overload! Not to mention the endless call-backs. What did you say your name was again? Hmmmm. Maybe it’s a good word choice after all.

  • .bloood.91

    Hi marina :)
    I would like to know the origin of the word “Viking”… would be cool.. thanks I always rate your videos *****

  • http://adventuresinvertigo.blogspot.com pagano60

    WORD REQUEST: Hey, Marina, how do we get the word “gymnasium”?

  • bobsully

    My favorite alcohol is gin, but I rarely drink it. :grin:

  • pennsyltucky9

    She could swim in my soup if she depilates first and wears a shower cap!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    foxbow15 ,http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15…….here you looking at you……

  • pennsyltucky9

    If you don’t mind my asking, what IS the carnal sense of that phrase? It’s unknown to me, and I was a Preacher’s kid. We’re supposed to know all the nasty stuff there is to know.

  • pennsyltucky9

    How about a nice tall glass of frosty H2So4? Mmmmmmmm!

  • chevolay

    James, you forget the comma after the word ‘minutes’
    Chillax have a cup of tea. :smile:

  • pennsyltucky9

    Fresh fish should smell like the ocean. If they don’t, they’re yesterday’s catch and they’ll smell fishy. Only good for bait at that point.

  • keerajordan

    hey! love your videos!

    I would like to request a word. ‘X-ray’. I do know when X-rays were found, but why ‘X’ ray? Were they ‘wrong’?

    Thanks, HFW. <3

  • roadrunrnch

    This is a good site for you to check out.This would be the right place to ask your question. Click Here.

  • pagedoll

    Hey james, first calm down, we all know how you feel. Next, go to “happy as a clam” lesson and scroll a liitle more than half way down and you’ll see a post from RRR that he pasted from me on a previous lesson…just do the same thing…it has all the answers you’ll want :grin:

  • ibm6789

    I am too young to drink alcohol, so I drink soda instead. Root Beer is the best! (especially out of keg :mrgreen:)

  • roadrunrnch

    As soon as a boy learns to spell ” FUCK ” he want to show that he can.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    mys new words request: Benedict

  • Charles

    Well, as I understand it; it is during the act of a woman performing oral sex on a man. Before he ejaculates, she takes warm water into her mouth, this is supposed to heighten the man’s pleasure, and then he ejaculates into her mouth. Thus, the phrase “changing water into wine.” I was just wondering how that phrase became associated with that particular act.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    Now thats a pisseroffer

  • James

    Thanks pagedoll. I have found some other possible origins, and I am going to do a video about it now but my final line is ” no-body is 100% sure,” Who suggested Marina should list all the words she is not going to do. I think that’s a very good idea.

  • Bob

    The wages of Gin are Breath. :roll:

  • pennsyltucky9

    Hi pagedoll

    :cool: Love my Mac. Put up with my PC. :neutral:

    I have an old G4 powerbook my friend Frankensteined together out salvaged parts from the recycle bins. Yours will be way faster w/ 2 gigs of SDRam. Mine only has 768 MB. It totally limps along on its little mismatched parts yet kicks the Holy Crap out of my windows PC because the operating system it uses requires far less security BS getting in the way than the microsoft platform does, among other things. It’s tough going back to the PC after using the mac. At this point, I only use the PC when I have to print something out.

  • beetoebee

    Hello Marina,

    I have so many words i would like you to investigate. Here are few of them, penny, apoplectic, and pissed.

    thank you for considering these as subjects in your show.

    beetoebee

  • roadrunrnch

    Nothing sinister intended.
    Just wanted to know why he would care?
    Does he believe that stupid people are being misrepresented. Or the Assholes?
    Stupid people are sometimes very sweet and nice. And Assholes are very smart. To me an Asshole shows total contempt and disregard,
    Can a truly stupid person do this?

    But really, Can a truly stupid person be an Asshole?
    That is a very good question for the Minions to discuss

  • http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale

    1) Marina did this word already in a Maxim show…;
    2) listen to pagedoll…he knows his fuck ‘n shit… :cool:

  • chiefakira

    i think the word lol came from us dutch people . we use it a lot in text to show we liked it or having fun.
    the meaning of the word lol , is also FUN in dutch.
    so i think we dutch people are to blame fot it appearing on the internet. :grin:

  • http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale

    my reply wasn’t aimed at you, RRR, but assholes are implicitly stupid…

    or are they?…

    they obviously know their shit… :cool:

  • purrington

    Hotforwords:

    I think you are the Cat’s Meow but I am embarrassed to to say that I do not know the origin of the expression “Cat’s Meow.” :oops:

    Could you investigate this for me? :grin:

    ~Purrington

  • roadrunrnch

    Then what you are saying is that An Asshole shows. Ignorance?
    Me, I think an Asshole is smart, cunning and dissipative, A liar and a back stabber. That Guy that talks smack behind your back and your friend to your face.

  • chiefakira

    aha i see on the wiki
    also english use it for short “loads of fun”
    i didnt knew that before
    thnx for the info

  • mattym

    If you are going to drink vodka, it has to be Russian. Stoli.
    Glad to see Kobe is OK. I was concerned after the last lesson. :smile:

  • chiefakira

    i like that answer :grin:

  • tedt

    “*Marina schaut nie anderes als ausgezeichnet aus*”….. Regel (Ordensregel) (dunno*)besserobenaufihrenKomplimenten an im Das Marina Schmeichler Handbuch…..

    The first sentence I can´t translate, it is hard to fit the words in, so I tried it by using the words you wrote in English.
    English holds a different…..hum, sentence construction Germans go crazy with that, if you replace some words you hold a wonderful German sentence.

  • http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale

    sorry, i’d accept a hirsute or glabrous Marina…

    it’s not the hair, it’s the woman… :cool:

  • http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale

    nekkid women make me smile, too… :cool:

  • pedantickarl

    Hi James,

    In the recent past, Marina has said that she would do those vulgar type words which are part of the English lexicon, but she was looking into doing it in a way where her video would not get flagged. So, maybe you may want to wait, or get the nod from Marina….

    It seems, on YouTube, you can swear like a drunken sailor and not get flagged, but wear a very classy dress, blouse or bathing suit, and wham, you get flagged.

    Maybe Marina could do those words wrapped in a blanket, but have a close-up of her face so we can get lost in those gorgeous blue eyes. :smile:

  • okay4now

    homework:
    I’m not tired of liquor just people who aren’t worth being around when they drink—a few sips away from being super-stars, masters at subtraction not addition, “Know-what-I-mean?”, ” Know-what-I’m-sayin?”

    But…if the occasion calls I still like: ambers or pilsners out of a tap in a frosted glass, cheap scotch (only cheap ’cause it’s extra smoky or has the taste of charcoal the way the Scott’s like it) & it should be 1/3 water at least & no ice (again, the way it’s drunk in Scotland); also, love single malts & have had Macallan 50 (it was $643 a glass) or table wine that’s rich and rutty, of course great expensive wines too, my favorite is merlot or German white’s, with California chardonnays I like half wine half water and ice, also ‘new wine’ which can only be drunk shortly after harvest and never bottled, great with fresh hot onion tart. There is also Maker’s Mark & Crown Royal or cheap tequila for shooters, expensive is great too but often a put-on and better saved for mixed drinks, and, somehow it’s just fun to say ‘give me the cheapest tequila you’ve got– no salt no lime,’ (NFL). Jack Daniels works but now I like it on the rocks slowly sipped at the end of a night in a café. Vodka, yep! Especially in summer with a dusting of some fruit mixture and a great tonic, or just Vodka on ice, spent two years of my life drinking vodka gimlets (Roses); for me, cheap U.S. vodka sucks. I like gin when it’s mixed sweet and at the right time I am a big fan of liqueurs & Grand Marnier is just that—grand; another great degestif is grappa and whomever invented port is my hero; schnapps’ is fun to ski with. I don’t like cheap beer except Coors Extra Gold, would rather have one great beer instead of 6 bad beers; my favorite is Fischer with a porcelain top, ‘cuase the bottle’s ‘bitchin’, the beer’s fantastic and you can make it sound like champagne when you open it. Oh, yeah, champagne is wonderful & my favorite aperitif is Kir Royal, unless I am eating Japanese food then it’s sake, the dryer the better (for me) & not heated. I don’t like mojitos or have never had a good one and don’t drink bloody marys, but I love coffee & Kahlúa with a shot of bourbon. I’ve never been to Long Island but I’ve had their tea & I think Rum Jungle isn’t a place it’s a state of mind. But really, the secrete ingredient to any drink is not in the mixture or recipe it’s the company you’re keeping at the time, and nothing outstrips pacing.

    I think I did my homework. :wink:

  • http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale

    yes, i think you sentence works…it’s been years since i used my college German, so i’m weak and used an online translation…

    Handbook= Guidebook = Rulebook = Rules

    i’m sure my…mmm…SLIGHT smartarseness may have misled you, also…

    Nice to meet you…I’m Tom

    Bis später!

  • okay4now

    For a while this word & soccer seemed neck & neck–I hope she doesn’t do it because people would still ask and…well…

  • http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale

    okay, here’s my opinion:

    assholes come in two flavors…

    some are too ignorant to recognize they’re assholes (uneducated & educated alike can fit in this category)…this is what is meant by ignorant asshole! comments…

    others are as you described, just plain mean jerks, out to deliberately harm another…mean asshole!-types…

    that exhausts my store of sphincterisms… :cool:

  • James
  • tedt

    I use a handbook either :mrgreen: .

    I´m Moritz = Morris (should be similar) e.g. Max and Moritz those two louts (it´s a German story) :mrgreen: .

  • James

    Ok, perhaps I will wait and see what marina has to say. Thanks

  • koby

    I like Vodka Gimlets, made with Stoli or Absolute of course.

  • okay4now

    I thought her eyes were green? I better take a closer look, or get this computer fixed…

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    I’m also dutch but I hate the word “lol” it sounds so stupid :lol:
    Even tough I use it way to often -.-

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    ?

  • smartguy2812

    Hi could you tell me the origin of the word “holic” which applies to alcoholic, workerholic or even shopperholic. Thanks a lot.

  • lostforwords

    My view is that anyone who has been <b.ABLE to answer this homework question last night or today is all talk and no action. The only A grade answer is: I can’t remember….

    I just regained partial consciousness @ 4PM EST. Who put a a box of cotton balls in my mouth? I’ll find out later. Time to go back to sleep zzzzzzzz

  • pennsyltucky9

    Well Yeee-Haw! That sounds like a good ol’ time!

    Can’t get ahold of good WL in these parts, so I stick to Stoly shots chased by Miller Lite. The Miller Lite is one of the easiest beers for a chaser because it has less carbs than those other ‘light’ beers and it’s mostly water, so I can chug it without fear of getting hung over later. Microbrews are too syrupy for that. Instant headache after 2 beers. Plus, I’m watching my weight. Drinking Bud Light made me gain 10 lbs!

    Cheap Vodka gives me a headache also. Smirnoff, yuck! Same goes for Cuervo Gold. I gotta be more selective than that. Patron or 1800 are as low as I’ll go.

  • roadrunrnch

    Huuumm?
    Can it be said then, That everyone is an Asshole, The difference is in what kind of an asshole, … We are??

    Like as for stupid;
    In most cases, Stupid just means ” I think you are wrong “.
    People call Dick Cheney stupid, really…. stupid?
    You may think He is a lot of things…, but stupid?
    When someone calls me stupid because they believe I am wrong, They are right to say I am stupid. ( Because, I think differently ) right?

  • pagedoll

    I can’t really tell, but i looks like your new av is a picture from pink floyd- the wall?

  • pennsyltucky9

    No need to apologize. I prefer my soup sans pubes.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Usually the Dunkin’ Donuts is a better bet.

  • roadrunrnch

    Shit forgot my sig.

    RRR
    sphincterist

  • pennsyltucky9

    Learn something new every day…..

  • okay4now

    Looks like this site is really reaching a high-water-mark. :neutral:

  • allster

    How did the word Lemon, begin to refer to a car which is defectable :?:

  • http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale

    nope, not everybody is an asshole, only that everyone can be an asshole at times…

    i know i have [don't y'all run in with examples, either... :lol: ]…nothing like a bad day to bring out the assholeyness in someone…

    and taking it out on others is part & parcel of being an asshole…

    but, again, a stupid asshole, to me, is someone who just does NOT know any better…it’s not in their experience…

    down here we have, unfortunately, classes of people who seem to just be simple-minded…not well-educated (there wa a 51% dropout rate among students headed for high school here in GA in 2001); some of the poorest of the poor here are just stupid…they can’t help it, they just are

    and sometimes these same folks do stupid, ignorant things…unintentionally…and these are stupid assholes

    as for whether you are an asshole… :neutral:

    …:cool:

  • pennsyltucky9

    moynf!

  • roadrunrnch

    I not sure here is a better picture. :shock:

  • roadrunrnch

    I think I just got Censored??

  • aegius

    That’s one theory. I have been looking for information on it. There have been books that referred to “fishy stories” or “a fish story”, meaning a story that wasn’t true.

  • dr.kindo

    WHAT IS THE ORGIN OF THE WORD “DOUCHE BAG” OR “DOUCHE”

  • pagedoll

    I see now!. Nope , not floyd, but funny! :cool:

  • lostforwords

    Look further down the page kindo….

  • melikadothechacha

  • melikadothechacha

    Next week? :twisted:

  • http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale

    more like when he goes off to college…

    or later… :cool: :roll:

  • melikadothechacha

    I blame StarTrek – The Next Generation
    They gave Data a robot girlfriend :mrgreen:
    named Lol! At least NOW we know it means “fuh”

  • melikadothechacha

    Whoops! fuN LOL :mrgreen:

  • http://cargalmathbooks.com jmcargal

    Marina:

    When I tried to post a comment (below) I would get as far as “Marina:” and a message appeared that my comment was a duplicate and I would be bounced out of the box.

    I prefer bourbon actually, and especially Wild Turkey. Anyway, I wait for your next posting with bated breath. In fact I would like to know the origin of the expression “bated breath.”

  • melikadothechacha

    Nothing in excess, everything in moderation
    Sometimes you have to try new things.
    I didn’t like fish for a long time, now
    I loves ‘em – can eat ‘em 3 x a day!

  • melikadothechacha

    Ther is no explaining that movie (Solaris)
    George Clooney was great, but
    whoever wrote it wasn’t even good. :mad:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    Wasn’t his girlfriend , was his daughter by his interpretation, based off his own design.

  • melikadothechacha

    James? I think you should try a vegetable medley.
    peas, corn niblets, broccolli, cauliflower, those little
    baby carrots. And NO HANDS this time!
    At least then there will be much humor in
    seeing you try to eat the (colorful) veggies
    that stick to your face! Maybe go around in circles
    with your tongue pulled in that direction as if
    in pursuit of a pea stuck to your cheek, just
    out of reach (of your tongue). The funnier
    you make these vidoes, the more longevity
    the series will have. ie levity = longevity

    a bowl of oatmeal (with raisins – gotta have texture)
    might also be pretty funny! Keep playing with it.
    Marina loves it when her students get busy! :mrgreen:

  • melikadothechacha

    Et tu, Brute? Definitely old Latin :mrgreen:

  • melikadothechacha

    Yes, in the vicinity of Ft. Polk, Louisianna
    Poke is a corruption, I bet a doughnut! :mrgreen:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    Looks like you have already tried it, no thanks.

  • melikadothechacha

    YOU? a PK? LMAO! :grin: :grin:
    That explains a bunch of things! :grin:
    I dated a few preacher’s daughters!
    Some wild stories I can’t tell you here!

  • melikadothechacha

    Got a huge break! Cloud canopy umbrella-ella
    of shade ALL DAY! No rain, and the sun came
    out right at the time awards ptictures were snapped.
    No injuries, no major accidents, no blood, no fire
    It doesn’t get any sweeter :mrgreen:

  • melikadothechacha

    Oh no! Return of the Bluetooth man! :mrgreen:
    blueberry waffles – yum.
    I separate the whites from the eggs
    and beat them into meringue with
    grated lemon rind and fold that
    into the batter mix, not too well.
    leave little curds of meringue.
    Tastes like ice cream cones!

  • melikadothechacha

    You see how it gets on this site.
    Bunch of big kids running rampant.
    Your pic would make a great Gravatar!
    This place could grow on you, just
    realize the way you get love, is show
    love. My first comments got spitballed.
    But I got better! With your picture
    up there, people are more comfortable
    and will respond, Marina. too!
    I believe you may have thought
    your comments were anonymous
    and perhaps didn’t use your best
    judgement, as to the tone they set.
    Try this – Google pr7113 and see
    that you are not anonymous, ok?
    I read your page – you have a few
    issues being discussed there that
    explain the choice of tone you made
    here. The whole love thing is easy
    but people can be hard to understand
    until you learn to let go of notions
    (preconceived) and just accept them
    where they are at. Come on back
    and read some lessons. Marina is
    a sharp cookie, eh? Get familiar with
    the words list. You will pick up on
    it quickler than you may think, now.
    I would like to see you come up
    with something unique to add here, okay?
    PEACE! :mrgreen:

  • melikadothechacha

    tears in my eyes – laughing so hard! :lol:
    Marina will love “get Kobe one of these”
    that dog is insane and loving it!

  • melikadothechacha

    Wow – thought more of these guys
    would step up! :shock:
    Better for me and Captain Jack :twisted:
    (you can’t win if you don’t risk losing)
    and if you lose some anyway, at least
    you had fun playing! :mrgreen:

  • aiziet

    Im Latvian ! I feel like fish in water if the booze is inside me! my favorite is cognac! Henessy or Meukow! Cheers

  • juancarlosjones

    Vodka & Cranberry juice with a lime. (Cape Cod(der)) mmm-mmm-mmmmm

  • sniperskaya

    Marina is it true that most Russian men are alcoholics? Is that why a lot of Russian and Ukrane women seem to want to marry Americans? There seem to be a lot of Russian mail order brides on the internet these days.

  • astaroth267

    I’ll pretty much drink anything except for wine, champagne and most beers

  • steveclaycombe

    As an alternative, or supplement, to alcohol you can try Kombucha Tea. Quoting from Wikipedia “a good alternative to other (fermented and non fermented) beverages as beer” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombucha.

    Not everybody likes it. You can probably find it in a health or natural foods store to try. To my observation, most Kombucha drink buyers like the tea from Kombucha2000 best. The Kombucha drinks from GT are most popular around here, being less expensive I suppose.
    Kombucha tea has a reputation for various health benefits which are clinically unproven (in humans) although people have been drinking it from ancient times. No doubt there is a reason but no money in it for the Medical industry.

    A fun aspect is that you can brew and ferment it yourself. But there is a learning curve and careful cleanliness should be employed. Black tea is not required. Oolongs and green teas work well too. Spiced teas compliment Kombucha very deliciously to my test. If you want tips or have questions, reply-email me and I’ll help you get started if I can.

    If you are concerned about risks or proven benefits, I suggest these medical abstracts which can be found from the European Bioinformatics Institute web site: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/citexplore/citationDetails.do?externalId=12808367&dataSource=MED , http://www.ebi.ac.uk/citexplore/citationDetails.do?externalId=10904168&dataSource=MED, http://www.ebi.ac.uk/citexplore/citationDetails.do?externalId=11723720&dataSource=MED and http://www.ebi.ac.uk/citexplore/citationDetails.do?externalId=11351863&dataSource=MED

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    I try new things :p you don’t wana know lol :wink:
    I’v tried bunch of drinks and they all taste like poison or pure sugar syrup to me.

  • melikadothechacha

    Some things shouldn’t be tried at all.
    You can jump out of an airplane, but
    try it with a parachute first! :mrgreen:
    Lokk before you leap :roll:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    I was talking abouth food and stuff :p my grandfather lets me eat the weirdest things lol from Cooked bear claw to rotting fish :cry: i get tears in my eyes thinking back of that moment, horrible!! tasted like amonia.

  • ramirosol

    Hi Marina, is Vodka made from potatoes or from grain?

  • chiefakira

    hahaha i always thought russian people drink vodka ,because its cold in russia and the vodka kept people warm inside.
    thats what i heard long ago.
    but that it was a sin not to drink out of the jar i didnt know,it would be cool if they made that rule in holland too.
    but with beer i hope lol

  • damick

    Holla…..I’m from Moldova and in our country Vodka is thery popular….. I like Vodka I drink at Partys, in Clubs……BUT its not water….If you have somethik to say wrouthe in my ICQ 384100456….or in my space http://www.myspace.com/damick17…..

  • matalexwolf

    1664, Guiness, Ale, Red Wine but my fav JD and Coke.

    Could HFW’s investigate the word PANNIKIN?

    Cheers
    Be merry :smile:

  • animalntaz

    I rarely drink, but whenever I decide to go out to a bar/night club, I usually order a shot of Jagermeister and a Long Island Ice Tea. That’s about my limit. :razz:

  • ragabashmoon

    I rarely drink, when I do i have one or two at most (usually one). I like “premium malt beverages” like Smirnoff Ice, Bacardi Silver, etc. My absolute favorite was Captain Morgan Gold that.. um.. bombed. So, it’s no longer made. Which sucks… I loved that stuff… I even have a “beer lamp” made from a Captain Morgan Gold bottle. :P

  • ragabashmoon

    Plus, now more and more restaurants are not selling them anymore, if they have anything, all they have is Smirnoff Ice, and more likely they just don’t have any. Beer and “the hard stuff”. That’s it, and of course if they are fancy enough, wine.

  • http://www.warriors.com protac6

    Homework : Rossi and Grey Goose. If not alcohol, I’d say mango juice or the lesson on my Teacher’s Pet debut, Coke! :razz:

  • gingerden

    Homework: Single Malt Whiskey, 1st choice Macallan.

  • spelcheck

    You can get it rolling
    You can get it goaling
    You can get it feeding a fire
    A hard earned thirst needs a big cold beer
    And the best cold beer is Vic
    Vic Bitter

    It can come at any time
    Dishing up chow
    Or showin’em how
    Matter of fact I got it now
    Vic bitter.

  • http://raad.wordpress.com master1228

    Always beer of varying kinds, but my favorite is Lindemans Framboise.

    http://raad.wordpress.com

  • lostinhere

    My favorite alcoholic beverage is Jack Daniels and cola.

  • roadrunrnch

    Hey old Man,
    Not snubbing ya
    I got Marina pissed off, so I am done here.
    All is good. You missed out on all the fun ( skinny dip )
    but hey no good deed goes unpunished…right?
    Better I play on other sites. :grin:
    RRR

  • roadrunrnch

    Well old buddy
    Time to bug out! MySpace forums is a good place to vent…. too.
    She is just not worth it.
    No fun if I have to be NICE :twisted:
    RRR

  • James

    RRR Are you leaving??

  • James

    You cant leave rrr

  • roadrunrnch

    James ,
    Don’t make trouble for Marina ok?
    Let it go. OK XP I have a lot of other forums that love blood sport.
    I just love a good fight and she worried about her site. BORING .
    rrr :cool:

  • James

    WHAT!!! oh, are you leaving for good then, or will you come back because if you are going for good come over to sisyphian and say bye bye

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Hey RRR, What happen? I missed something. Send me a private email if you want. I’ll reply back with my normal email address. Just don’t want any spam from these links here. Yea I guess I did miss out on the fun on (skinny dip) Just was a matter of bad timing. My life gets that way many times. I don’t believe in luck, but if I did, Im one of the unluckiest guys I know. I’ve lost even when the odds 3:1 were in my favor.

    roadrunrnch replied on July 17th, 2008 11:41 am:

    Hey old Man,
    Not snubbing ya
    I got Marina pissed off, so I am done here.
    All is good. You missed out on all the fun ( skinny dip )
    but hey no good deed goes unpunished…right?
    Better I play on other sites. :grin:
    RRR

  • atomicfuxia

    I love vodka and tequila!!!!

  • tiger13cd

    whiskey…Jack Daniels on the rocks :grin:

    mixed drink is a Long island iced tea

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    I love pina coladas, but my favorite non-alcoholic drink is Martinelli’s sparkling cider.

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    What do “The Great Escape” and “Red Planet” have in common?

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    It describes a Mel Gibson doomsday epic.

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    All I know is, if I were in a gunfight, and the gun I drew was loaded with blanks…

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    Interestingly, my English dictionary gives the origin of “sedan” as unknown. However, I happen to know that Sedan is a chef-lieu in the Ardennes (France). Known for textiles, metalurgy, and beer. Also there was a Battle of Sedan, in which Napoleon III was defeated. I would think therefore that the word “sedan” is somehow related. Maybe Marina could look into this further to see if there is indeed a connection.

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    I was expecting a broader definition.

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    What about the French “eau de vie,” mon ami? That also means “water of life.”

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    I’d like to know the origin of that word and every other word, too.

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    When I saw your comment about nekkid women, annuddermale, my flag rose. :smile:

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    I onced toured the USA in a chevolay.

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    My papa don’t preach.

  • pricedot

    My Daughter is a Licensee and owner of a Night Club , Therefore I have no Favourite . but I do like Polish Vodka Marina. Would you join me sometime?

  • aad12aad

    Hello from Poland,

    I”d rather say that the word “vodka” came from Polish not Russian. In Polish language the word “wódka” (vodka) is a typical transformation of its mother word “woda” (water). Sometimes we make a step further and we even say “wódeczka” (you’ll probably undestand;-). Are there any other Russian words transformed the same way as вoдa-вoдка?

    BTW, you can find the word “vodka” in Polish law-court papers from 1405. So it means that the word vodka has been being used (is it correct?) in Polish for a quite long time (and vodka as well). Was вoдка mentioned before 1405 in any Russian document?

    Hearing (watching?) from you soon :wink:

  • HotForNumbers

    I like like very much the taste of vodka. But I prefer to drink wine within meals. In my opinion, wine is the most noble drink and one of the greatest inventions of humanity. Ha ha ha

  • generaldan

    Yes, it’s a little late, but I LOVE Grey Goose Vodka. It’s so smooth, and the taste is amazing.

  • drais

    Dear Marina,
    I’d like to know about the word gunlaying. I’ve been trying to get a more or less precise translation into a Spanish but I haven’t got any up to the moment.

    Regards,

    Hector Lopez

    Lima – PERU

    By the way, in Peru we use the world celular for cellphone. In Spain they say “mobil”, which is their adaptation of the British term mobile phone. We also use other words borrowed from English just like “Guachiman”, which comes “watchman”; “refrigeradora” from “refrigerator”, instead of the spanish term “nevera, etc.

  • bane-ruff

    vodka is a Russian alcohol drink
    voda is Russian for water
    ka or ki is used when someone or something is small like child (детский)the last three letters are k,i,and i with an accent mark
    so i guess vodka means little water !?!!

  • aad12aad

    Vodka isn’t a Russian origin beverage. Plz, don’t believe me, check it out at Russian Wikipedia.
    BTW, Marina, haven’t you done it yet?

    The word Vodka (for distilled beverage) was used in Polish 2 or 3 centuries earlier than in Russian.

    американский=little America? :wink:

  • temlord

    Чай не Водка, много не выпьешь

  • temlord

    не в ляхии виноград растет. так что хрен вам а не водка, будете “Royalty” платить

  • leonard

    Kris Kristofferson – Jesus was a capricorn latest favorite is CACHACA 61—BRAZILIAN RUM not roman like sarmentoso or better like forced fermentation :wink:

  • legiahuje

    Sorry, I disagree! Vodka (polish, “wodka”) is a drink made around 8-9th century. But at that time there wasn`t Poland and Russia. The drink was made north of Poland, somewhere around the baltic states. Then with migration, it went around this area. The Czechs make there own vodka, Poland, Rusia, Finland, Sweden and Ukraine with Belarus also. In “Polish” water is also woda! So maybe it`s Polish? Czech`s also say woda! Back then it was a SLAVIC NATION!!! Try reading this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka. So it`s OURS (Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and so on)!!!!! In Poland, wodka is a “religion”, as we say…If you don`t drink it…your not Polish! By the way i like “ruskij standart”!!!! Polish “luksusowa” (a vodka made out of patatos, one of a kind) and “wyborowa” are really good!!!! Take care!

    P.S. Have you ever heard Polish? If so, you can hear the similarity of Polish and Russian and Czech. I don`t write in russian but i understand a lot!

  • martin4770

    Hi киска :cool:

    The best combination is Russian Vodka and Czech Beer (Pilsner Urquell)

    PS: I and my friends abroad made a test (in the name od Science – of course)
    The more vodka in blood, the more easy you can understand foreign languages!
    Its working! Try it! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

  • http://bandzone.cz/shadow renepayback

    Slivovica,Rakia /wich in fact is the same/,Borovička and of course Vodka too
    how about Medovina ever drink this gods drink?
    /i think in Rus you call it Medovka ,or thats in Srbia? dont know now/

  • http://bandzone.cz/shadow renepayback

    this reminds me that a Russian friend left a bottle of the finest Russian vodka at my house when he visited me and i forgot to taste it…what a shame :oops:

  • http://gettinhammeredsextoys.com gettinhammered

    mmmmm Beer

    and of course anything else alcoholic handed to me in a glass or bottle.

  • leonard

    Random and very informative…I might start a church or keep up with an old time :wink: (I better not write any more, I have no boots)…

  • americanenglishbutcher

    Marina it seems here in America we know little of Russia and her people then we should. one word keeps coming up [comrade]. seems like a very strong term.
    Oh i’m Legally blind very impoverished and wish be to a novelist, if you know an affordable computer program that can help i would be grateful.

  • MtnDood

    Pshh… screw alchohol, [ROOT BEER] FTW!!

  • junie4693

    mountain dew

  • rijk

    El Dorado

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id3472895 fitman_russia

    Россия РУЛИТ!

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leonard

    :razz: Kryshtal Etalon (Belarusian: Крышталь Эталон) is a vodka distilled from wheat and rye and made in Belarus. It is distilled four times and filtered just once, using a unique and patented method, which leaves the vodka crystal clear but without any reduction in the flavour or aroma, according to its label. The alcohol content of this spirit is 40%. :cool: :arrow:

    Minsk Kristall is a well known distillery in Belarus and is one of the oldest vodka producers in the former USSR, having been in operation since 1893. With a population of around 10 million, Belarus is the fifth largest consumer of vodka in the world, with annual consumption of over 14.5 million cases, much of it produced by Minsk Kristall.
    :smile: I prefer [BRANDY]…hope your day is a good one renepayback :razz: hotFORwords—the rule!

  • http://www.hotforwords.com/members/daniel1007/ Daniel

    Pepsi !

  • Łukasz Kowalski

    Record 14.8 per mille of alcohol in the blood Tadeusz S., who in 1995 while driving, caused the accident near Wroclaw. The test result was so improbable that it was repeated five times, always with the same result. The man died several days later from injuries sustained in an accident. POLAND RULE !!!

  • l-p-r

    Hey honk-ey:  RYE…

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