There is a website where you can have your own personal slave… but not a good thing obviously… (I removed the link as people said the site gave them a virus)
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
Nice site, but I am a slave already to paying taxes. :lol:
wetsuit5
Somebody is having a kinky Sunday. :razz: :razz:
wetsuit5
Sorry, :???:
I don’t swing that way. :sad:
Playing slap and tickle is one thing. :wink:
Even role playing can be fun. :wink:
But this stuff is way over the edge stuff. :cry:
http://www.hotforwords.com Marina
I can’t even access the site on firefox 3. Some stupid window pops up but i can’t click the options. I read about the site.. some guy signed up his ex-girlfriend to the site giving her info that she had rape fantasies…. and gave her address and phone-number. Fortunately someone informed her.
Then I started tooling around the site and found all these people who supposedly have slave fantasies.. wanting to be locked in the cellar and do house-work. For a second I thought. hmm.. inexpensive way to get my place cleaned! But then I thought better.
http://www.hotforwords.com Marina
Get a Mac James… that PC is messed up!
chevolay
This is university educational stuff. Heavy
To feckless to comment.
wetsuit5
Marina,
Somebody has your name there “hotforwords” :shock:
The nose ring doesn’t compliment. :shock: :shock:
socksandviolins
Slavery actually promotes fecklessness among those who enslave.
And when my sister spends too much time in the sun, she gets feckles.
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
1746 Marina, 1401 Ct. Seems like he’s being left in the dirt. Knock on wood.
http://www.hotforwords.com Marina
wetsuit5, wow you’re right.. she took my name! Or maybe that’s me.. wanting to clean your house for free! :-)
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
Hey wetsuit did you really find hotforwords name?
http://www.hotforwords.com Marina
Yes.. I found it too!
http://invisiblestripes.blogspot.com/ protac6
Feck slavery. :grin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n2NXuQ5ako mijj
dammit, Marina, you’re so beautiful … {…sigh…}
http://invisiblestripes.blogspot.com/ protac6
Whoa. :shock:
http://invisiblestripes.blogspot.com/ protac6
Where do I sign up to be Marina’s slave?
wetsuit5
OK? :?:
If that’s the case you must be CEO of Revlon. :razz: :razz:
And the principle customer. :razz: :razz:
And the majority stockholder of Clairal.
And the union president of Cover Girl.
BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO CLEAN MY HOUSE… :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:
Muhaaah!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
If that’s you, your kinkier than what I thought. :lol:
geronimo
TEEEEEAAAAAAASE!
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
I just thought of something. What if she is a member of this site and we don’t know it. :shock:
http://FantasticDougsSpace 2utoday
:mrgreen: Slavery is illegal in the USA. But in some countries,it is a way of life. I do not approve of slavery and am glad I live in this great democracy. The USA is based on freedom and that means free to live where you want,to work where you want,to worship how you want,and to travel this great country and enjoy it’s wonderful beauty.
declan69
Feck is also a sanitised version of F*ck, here in Ireland! As in Feck off!
mattym
Marina, you are always effective in your word lessons, and never a blooter.
packyjack1
Marina,
I was out in the sun today and my “freckles” really spread! What is the origin of the word “freckles”? By the way do you have any freckles?
Thanks,
Packyjack1
wetsuit5
That website makes me feel depressed. :cry: :cry:
I’m feeling like an old fashioned contemporary fuddy duddy. :cry: :cry:
Ok then how’s this for a word request, Fuddy Duddy? :wink:
I’ll have to go to Walmart tomorrow and see if they have collars for vacuuming. :eek:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
WARNING
You need to check your computer for viruses after visiting that site Miss M put up or don’t visit it at all. It gave me 2 Trojans and a worm and virus scan came on and started to clean the computer. So I switched to this one.
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
You might want to take that site off the page. It gave me two Trojans and a worm. My virus scanner came on and locked up my computer to clean and scan the system. So I am on this computer now.
Zowie! [rubs eyes in disbelief]
Congratulations! #1 with a
bullet! :mrgreen:
venemouskitten
Well I was laughing a lot today(Funny Tour Guide) and I wondered where the word “laugh/laughing/laughter” came from/originated.
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
Not yet not even a peep out of her on her nick name.
http://www.flamesoldier.com roadrunrnch
Marina,
Here is a good research exercise.
How and when was pay for work started.
Who started it. Before then it was all slavery.
The strong just made the weak do their work.
All Races have been slaves at one time in history.
Slavery is still going on all over the world today.
seesixcm6
Dear Marina, You have a strange idea of what “topless” means, but you are very beautiful in that black bikini. Sometimes you wear a strapless dress, which is closer to the “topless” concept.
For your homework, we fought our Civil war to end slavery. Some states seceded to preserve slavery and we won the war to end it. In World War Two, we defeated an enemy that tried to enslave other countries in Europe. So we’ve opposed slavery at great cost. You dear student, seesixcm6
Feckless? Slavery? hmmm…..
When you free slaves, does
that mean they will become
feckless? Slaves fear only
the lash more than work,
but that doesn’t make them
better workers, does it? :mrgreen:
Did you see James’ get a MAC vid on the TUBE? If you donate to his cause he will save an extinct species. :smile:
http://www.flamesoldier.com roadrunrnch
Capman
Slavery is making someone else do something against their will.
I would say, We are all slaves of one sort or another.
Are you not a slave of Marina’s.?? ( :wink: )
But aren’t we all slaves too someone.?
orion_ss1
If somebody WANTS to be a slave, then they really aren’t. You can play games, but its just a game.
Games can be fun though, with consenting adults.
For me its been so long that I forget who gets tied up first.
no it doesn’t. It just makes them work hard enough to avoid the lash.
seesixcm6
Marina, that is a bad site to link. I hope you remove that URL. I feel sorry for the women who appear in such photographs, and that people pay money to see them like that. seesixcm6
pedantickarl
If 1811 wasn’t a good year, it certainly is a great number of votes for Marina’s video. Her video now leads by 392 votes. :cool:
Marina! I am a huge fan of yours! I started watching your videos 4 months ago. I have to admit that I’ve learned and remembered more about the english language from you then I have from my teachers!
I have a word request for you. What does the word “temp” mean? I see it in words like temper, tempest, temporary, tempo and temperament. Please help me out. Thanks!
sanibabi85
BillyB
Just got my daily quota in then.
BillyB
How old are the kids? or kid. From your post above 30hrs in two days… who’s the slave?
or should I say tooo. I see we are addingg exxtraa lettterss noww
tryant
Carlyle had his head up his own ass.Slavery is 100% wrong.Slavery is also a very good way to get a revolt and have piles of dead aristocracy laying around.
mgvariantgm
Such an ancient concept that still exists even today….
Just depends on how you define it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n2NXuQ5ako mijj
is there something wrong with slavery all of a sudden?
While I was at work the other day I realized that I had a lot of pet peeves (some would call it a compulsive disorder). Then it dawned on me that I had no idea where that term came from. Could you, my dear teacher help out?
42frogs
Ooo thats a good one. I have alot of those too (pet peeves not compulsive disorders) :lol:
Polls are at Best Weekend Ever Website are open for voting for Monday.
#1 Marina 1826
#2 1429
cpnamazing
I’d like to see the origin of Goose Bumps, as I’ve been told the original meaning is very different from the meaning now and involved some shifty activities.
http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald
“Much Ado About Nothing” is a delighful and totally irresistable film. The superb cast includes: Selene Underworld, Nanny McPhee, Neo, Easy Rawlins, Victor Frankenstein, Batman, and a rather composed Balthazar. Great fun! Great music! And, well, the script ain’t too shabby, either! Tired of looking for a movie to watch? Sigh no more!
I really love your work…. Can you do a vid on the word: NUDIUSTERTIAN
danielpool52
vote 1846 YouTube wont let me vote anymore on the stars last 3 days :?:
exael1349
I would like to know the origin of
“Rock n’ Roll” :cool:
does it have anything ro do with real rocks :?:
mumanate
I would like to see the origin of disappointed.
If you are not disappointed, why aren’t you appointed?
duke veritas
Pet Peeve:
Pet = adjective: strongly felt// particularly cherished
noun: favorite
Peeve = Noun: a grievance or vexation…
verb: to annoy
Pet Peeves are basically the grievances or annoyances that you feel quite strongly about. They are the ones that REALLY irk your turkey, as opposed to the ones that are petty or trivial :razz:
mgvariantgm
I’m a new subscriber and I couldn’t help but notice how, “Striking” your eyes are. Could you explain to me how such a violent word could be used as something so beautiful?
zuse151
i would love to know the origin of onomatopoeia. thx keep up the amazing work. :smile:
duke veritas
I started writing this more emphatically than I needed to, so I chose to edit :smile: That said, NONE of us are slaves of Marina. We do things–either to respond or to actually act as Teacher’s pet–of our own “free will and testament” because of the social approval we get from her. None of us are being forced to do anything. :wink:
NONE of us have to make the choice between helping her or encountering brutality, coercion, or humiliation, as happened with actual slaves before the un-Civil-ized War during the mid 1800s. If you want to take it further, you could say that the practice of slavery extends to taking unfair advantage of children or poor peoples who have poor working conditions & receive little pay worldwide under systems of indentured servitude or peonage. Article 4 of the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights (passed in 1948) declares indentured servitude illegal. Note that even after abolishing slavery or these other forms of domination that especially subjugated women & low-pay people in the U.S., variants of it continued to exist via sharecropping abuses, prompting the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 here in the U.S. to protect immigrants.
danielpool52
:sad: NEW Orleans lookout one more time hurricane Gustav :sad: :sad: THATS to bad :sad:
ey what up Marina , ive been seing and hearing this phrase alot and was wondering what it meant and why it is, the phrase is “in the pink”
it has to do with how a person fees, but I dunno if its good or bad…so..yea just wonderin if you could lend your knowledge, thanks and Peace!
duke veritas
Not sure about “slavery” per se. However, it’s definitely coercion if his choices are:
(a) work or (b) feel the wrath of pain and/or humiliation.
On the other hand, it’s VERY easy to set it up to where working leads to fun-good stuff. That makes his choices:
(a) if he works, the he gets something he finds valuable:
Like extra computer time, choice of supper (if he is given 2 alternatives that YOU would approve of), extra time to play with his friends, perhaps money if you can afford it, perhaps dad can do something EXTRA cool, like spend time at the state park with him instead of a local park this weekend for getting done with all the chores, etc.
OR (b) he doesn’t work and doesn’t get the extra bonuses
Life is good with individually picked bonuses :wink:
duke veritas
I agree–once was too much, twice adds insult to injury :mad:
http://www.dictionaric.com dictionaricdotcom
May I remind that New Orleans was founded by my country. It is a French city ! You Americans stole it from us ! Napoleon was blind and sold Louisiana for almost nothing. And the tzar was blind and sold Alaska ! They had really feckless brains !
http://www.myspace.com/grl4christ987 timsbabygrl
Hi Marina I would love to know the origin of the word “Conservative” given all the political talk around here. :-)
xxrookyxx
feeing= feeling :p my bad
http://www.dictionaric.com dictionaricdotcom
The root is POINT : when you are not on the point, you are not okay.
POINT from the Latin PUNCTUS SUM “I appeared like a point” (like the sun in the morning).
No appointment with the sun is a big disappointment.
duke veritas
Oh wait, I never really answered Capman’s part about responsibility :oops:
I concur, helping around the house can be a good way to learn responsibility (like how to care for the bathroom to keep it sanitary), AND can even promote bonding :wink: For instance, men and boys working around the yard together is a good way to connect. Women and girls cooking is also a good way to bond, although yard work or gardening is equally fitting–they are limited only by what mom wants them to do. Cool stuff, aye :smile:
duke veritas
Zoinks, I think I put my response to your comment in the wrong place :oops:
Please look at the second comment I posted on this…the first one was intended for Smokey, the 2nd one is yours :smile:
duke veritas
No way :shock: You’re pulling my feckin’ chain, right :wink:
Just jokin :smile:
duke veritas
Slavery and coercion promote fecklessness among those who are ensnared too. You see, the person might work as they’re being watched, but as one wise person said, it’s “only enough [work] to keep off the lash.”
Behavioral research shows that punishment and coercion (nagging, whining, yelling, mocking, threats, or physical force until one complies) are associated with the following by-products:
Avoidance: The person/animal being forced to work avoids the overseer and the going back into the situation. It’s common to see kids or people in work situations NOT volunteer to work if they get smacked down when they do the work too.
Escape: The person/animal at least tries to get OUT of the situation by turning their backs, physically leaving, or ceasing to pay attention. Common with small children who are made to sit & be quiet for long periods of time.
Countercoercion/countercontrol: The person/animal at least tries to gain control, often by yelling/tantrum/force/threatening or mocking, etc. Applies to people & animals of all ages and developmental levels.
When I was a kid I chose matchbox cars for things I did around the house. As I now live in Montana there are at least three state parks within spitting distance from my front door. He dose like fishing and time with his friend Lane, but I’ll never take that away.
Hey if you live where a sign says “Welcom to (your town here) evevation -xxxxfeet (that is BELOW sea level) then I think it is time to move.
danielpool52
may i remind you all that America done for your country and the hole world in the world wars America stole nothing frome your country your brains are feckless and shit fuck you
celebornmars
The word “topless” probably deserves deeper investigation :oops:
You are both clever and attractive, so we can say you are a fox. But do you know how the word “fox” has been used for an attractive woman? Is there still a link with the animal in this meaning? Another X-File (reference to FOX Mulder) for you…
celebornmars
This is not the addition of “bad” and “minton” :mrgreen:
The name comes from an estate of the Duke of Beaufort where the first games were organised in Great Britain (the game had been picked up from India). The etymological signification of the name Badminton is: “estate of (a men called) Baduhelm”
okay4now
I’m different, [hearing site-wide chuckles] but I believe that at work is where we can have our greatest impact in, among and on the world. Many people need to be driven or ENCOURAGED to perform, but that doesn’t automatically make them slaves driven by a master. Too often people think that labor and growth are contrapositive and they gasp for free time like someone drowning gasps for air, “Get me to the weekend…” Sat. & Sun. is when we’re free & experience church & visit friends & wash the dog (& carrying case), so people reason that’s when the real meaning of life takes place, but to excess leisure doesn’t satisfy or explain our reason for being. Maybe life is just balancing our “feck”, maybe patnership is finding a “feck” buddy… Anyway, if this is what ol’ Carlyle was referring to he had a point; but, to equate the argument with slavery is just putting blinders on.
Dez
Carlyle can go feck himself. And if he ever used slaves, it is ironic that such labor would have caused him (as the slave owner) to become as feckless as his opinion of slavery. If Carlyle had known the life and testimony of John Newton, it is possible that he would not have held such an ignorant view.
http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15
that’s because you always watch the uk youtube :???:
duke veritas
You can cook!?! AWESOME!! Too few of us do :razz: Wish I could…
As for the local parks–what a coincidence!! I live a mile from a regional park, and there’s a lake or vineyard if I go another direction :razz: I’m in California, though.
And finally, the plan I mentioned doesn’t involve taking away great and important things like time with friends, toys, or anything else. It simply gives MORE privledges, such as more time to go, more playtime, or more smiles & compliments from parents to make it MORE rewarding to do the things that help them develop (like chores or homework) than it is to otherwise occupy themselves.
Live long & prosper Smokey!! Hope your big 3o hour project pays off handsomely :smile:
However, Duke Veritas raises a good point – how many of us, with our principles and high moral attitude against slavery, still take advantage of the labour of slaves?
Well known multi-national companies turn a blind eye and feign ignorance of the conditions of child labourers in third world sweatshops.
Have you looked at the label in your jeans recently? Made in China? Made in India?
DeadlyDad
It might be a good idea for you to explain the difference between “its” and “it’s”, as a lot of people mix the two up. It would also be interesting to know how and why the decision was made to differentiate between the two.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobs_your_uncle Bob
1916 now.
I see you have a new gravatar – are you Marina’s new knight in shining armour?
Yes I agree with danielpool52 we bailed your ASS out of both world wars and then get shafted when we need help after 9/11
pedantickarl
Marina, I just noticed that misscupcake has her videos back and she thanked you on her YT profile page. I know that you have helped a lot of people. Thank you for being an amazing and awe-inspiring woman.
http://www.youtube.com/1083Media ray1224
Marina, first off just wanted to say you’re awesome and im a huge fan!
So i was curious about the origin of “pet peeve”
http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale
Left to their own devices, people either feck around or are refecked…
i think we all need a refecktory…
‘course, Marina’s pics are enough to feck me up…several times…
but Carlyle was just a man of his times, which was mucked up…no way, no time, no how is slavery ever an option…
volunteerism, tho’, is…
and i volunteer… :cool:
http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale
so why “shuttlecock”?… :?:
http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James
Marina. Did you have a word with misscupcake? I did too. I said.. “What if Marina stopped making videos because of abuse.. she just ignores it because there are so many more people that like her than hate her” I also mentioned how sometimes if people steal your videos other people who may not have seen you otherwise may be drawn towards your channel giving you more subscribers. Thanks Marina. It is good to have misscupcake back :cool:
http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15
halsband is a dutch word meaning collar in english….I have never heard of it in any other language… :???:
londondude119
Hey, I was wondering about the origin of the word “Television”
Thanks!! :)
http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James
who is zoe
http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James
Yes… The Pleasiosaurs have a nice name.
nighteye
Well, it’s a good view, in a way. You see, even with the abolishment of traditional slavery, most people are still slaves – to the economy. We’re slaves of kapitalism, forced to work because we have to make money to buy the food we need to stay alive.
Carlyle’s view still holds true, even if the type of slavery changed.
http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James
tele (communication) vision (vision)
athoorth
Halsband in Swedish means formost Necklace, but also Collar…
And a lot of Swedish words does come from Germany due to the old relations with the Hansa.
But would still be fun to see what Marina could digg out of it. ^^
pedantickarl
I think you meant: tele- from Greek meaning far, distance.
http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15
yeah…But I think she only does English words…. :???:
celebornmars
The French part of the city was built ABOVE the sea level :mrgreen:
okay4now
Hey Marina,
Just to let you know, most likely you already do, that I just heard James at War’s Bad Grammar coming over the radio at my tiny local market down the street–remember I’m in Paris. too funny :!:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
I think a bunch of us emailed her James, I know I did. She told me Marina talked to her and was her biggest inspiration for coming back and told her to ignore ares wipes like that. So we need to get behind Misscupcake1 and help her out for a while till she gets her spirit back up. :smile:
http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale
and it was actually Jame’s At War’s version?…not the Timberland original the way i are?…
good news, if true…maybe tastes are turnin’ ’round… :cool:
celebornmars
The prefix tele- has a Greek origin (means “distant”, “far away”) and the root of “vision” is Latin (and comes from a Proto-Indo-European form *weid, with two possible meanings: to see or to know; “video” and “vision” have the same origin).
okay4now
Unless I transplaced J@W lyrics over the song in my own mind, which would make more sense. My English etc. has been a little screwed-up lately. Who knows… :?:
cufan71
Have a happy & safe Labor Day Marina!!! :cool:
kdhrocks
Hi Marina, my word is xylophone
D
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
Ok gentlemen lets be nice here. We don’t need to start any flame wars over a little joke that dictionaricdotcom was making. I am sure his comment was all in jest. I am posting on your comment dictionaricdotcom because it’s below everyone elses and maybe they will all see it. :smile:
whatamack
Hello, my teacher. I’ve been seeing the word hegemony used in political discussions and newspaper columns, and would love it if you could take some time to investigate. :cool:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
Hello my baby hello my daring hello my rag time gal. Cool gravatar 42rogs. Tha’ts all I remember of the song that little fellow used to sing when let out of his box. :cool:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
Billy your gravatar looks like you finally gave up and went to sleep :lol: Did you wreck you little red car?
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
Don’t tie me up I’ll fall to sleep :lol:
matilda
Hello, Marina.
Thank you for your great lessons!
Could you tell me the origin of the word “longman?” It’s the name of the famous dictionary, but does this have some special meaning? :roll:
dsolaris
Hello my teacher,
Could you look up the origin of onomatopoeia. I know what it means but it seems a tad unusual for such a simple concept.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobs_your_uncle Bob
I have no intention of changing it; it’s the best place to be with my ear next to Marina’s heart …
Boom boody boom boody boom boom boom. Goodness gracious me!
http://www.dictionaric.com dictionaricdotcom
Thank you Sir ! :wink:
http://www.dictionaric.com dictionaricdotcom
May I indicate to smokey36bear that 9/11 is an inside job !
:mrgreen:
We French do not want to interfere in your internal affairs :mrgreen:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
I agree on the reward system. Not even you or me worked for free at our jobs. So an incentive will inspire your son or daughter to help out or if they know ahead of time they will receive something in return they will start without you. Which is good. I was a supervisor for 10 years and there are some people that you just have to stay after to get them to do their job. But after a day or two of seeing it my way put them on the right track. I offered incentives at work, get the jobs done first and done the right way the first time and the rest of the day was spent kinda chillen out. I was a career firefighter for 33 years so there is only so much to do around a sort of maintenance free fire station. Regular duties of checking trucks, cleaning the station after the other shift went home and yard work. The rest of the day was spent on running calls. We averaged about 15 to 20 call per day and night as we worked 24 hour shifts. So I believe in the incentive program.
Mike :smile:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
New word for everyone to us instead of the f word. Feck you instead of frig you. We may even start a trend and it spread all over the place. :lol:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobs_your_uncle Bob
Halse is found in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, meaning a neck in the sense of a narrow body of land or water, or throat.
The two volume Shorter OED doesn’t give halsband, but it might appear in the twenty volume edition.
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
Man that was awesome Mijj. I never heard of Robin Trower. I marked his web site for further music.
maxeaus
G’day, could you tell me what the word ” VIBES” stands for please and it’s origin. You often hear people say, “Im getting bad vibes” with this or that. Thankyou. X0X0.
http://www.hotforwords.com Marina
She’s cool… it’s what everybody who starts to get any level of success on YouTube (and the net) goes through. It’s different from the real world where if you start to achieve a level of notoriety (fame), everyone around you becomes a “yes” man, “you are so great”, etc.. so you start to get a distorted view of the world, thinking everybody loves you.
On YouTube (and the net) when you start to achieve any level of success you also get the fans who compliment you, and that makes you feel good, but you also get the anonymous posters, who attack you.. and they most often OUTNUMBER the fans, and getting a barrage of negativity thrown at you that exceeds the positives, makes you think that everyone HATES you!
But that is not the case… there are still the people that love you and nobody ever really HATES you.. unless they are secretly in love with you, or jealous… That’s why they say there is a fine-line between love and hate. When have you EVER taken the time to write someone on YouTube to call them a whore, to say that their work sucks? You just move on and click on another video, right?
So, I told her not even see the negative comments… just see the positive ones.. and it works.. I don’t even see the negative comments anymore… actually, when I do, I laugh at them as they are so funny!
http://www.hotforwords.com Marina
That is a good word dsolaris.. I started to record a collaboration with Venetian Princess and need to finish my end.. thanks for reminding me!
lionheart4826
Hello, Marina, I also wanted to know about the word onomatopoeia for basically the same reason as dsolaris. Why such an interesting word for a word that sounds like what it is?
Ellooo. I was wondering if you can tell me where the word schmuck came from. lol. I get the meaning… But I don’t get the origin or anything.
Thanks :mrgreen:
http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale
hmmm…and perhaps “hals” is the source-word for ‘halter”?… :?:
Halsband is an english word (try dictionary.com) and it has the same meaning as the Swedish word Halsband and the German Halsband, and as said above it is Neck + Lace, so it might be that origin.
http://www.dictionaric.com dictionaricdotcom
XYLOS “wood” (as a material) + PHONÊ “voice”. It’s Greek.
jojokerus
I think Thomas Carlyle should have got of his feckless behind and done some hard labour. Tote that bail Tommy boy or we gonna tie you to the whippin’ post!
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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary collar² [ˈkolə] noun
something worn round the neck
Example: The dog’s name was on its collar.
German: das Halsband
Icelandic: hálsband
Norwegian: halsbånd, kjede, klave
Swedish: halsband, halsring
[2] ˈnecklace [-ləs] noun
a string of jewels, beads etc worn around the neck
Example: a diamond necklace
German: d[ie] Halskette
Icelandic: hálsmen
Norwegian: halsbånd, kjede, smykke
Swedish: halsband
[3] pendant² [ˈpendənt] noun
the ornament and the necklace together
Example: She fastened a gold pendant round her neck.
German: eine Kette mit Anhänger
Icelandic: hálsmen
Norwegian: halskjede
Swedish: hängsmycke, halsband
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I’m not sure what has happened, but the video window doesn’t come up for any of the lessons. I haven’t really upgraded anything lately. I am using FireFox3 and Windows XP/SP3. Maybe I will test IE. I don’t get any errors or anything. There is simply no embedded video. :sad:
bobsully
Interesting. IE7 seems to be working fine. Are there any Firefox specific settings that you or other students could recommend?
kaibanator
Woohoo!! :grin:
I remember requesting this word months ago, thanks for keeping the request alive :mrgreen:
prospero811
Homework: Carlyle’s view depends on the assumption that those enslaved would have less feck than not enslaved. Since he did not base that opinion on any empirical evidence of human feck levels, then I suspect it was merely a racist view. We know today that there are essentially no differences between races of humans at the genetic level, and there really is only one human race (we are all 99.9% the same genetically). So, without any evidence that certain groups are predisposed to fecklessness than other groups, Carlyle’s conclusion must be rejected as unsupported.
Further, even if there was evidence for his view, humans have an inalienable right to be feck-challenged as they like and it is not for Carlyle to be the arbiter of who is and is not sufficient full of feck to warrant freedom.
There you go, another opinion shamelessly posted by your trusty Prospero the Wizard.
This is an interesting bit on Auto-Tune that is USED so much in music these days.. first heard in the Cher “Believe” song… where everyone’s voice sounds so electronic these days.
I added it to the tail-end of my karaoke post as well.
http://www.hotforwords.com Marina
So funny! :-)
http://www.hotforwords.com Marina
Do you have the latest flash? I don’t have ff3 on xp.. so I can’t test it.
seesixcm6
Wow! Auto-tune might perfect my guitar music! (Use the software instead of hours of practice!) I’ll check it out, thanks! seesixcm6
dampeman
That was a Nice video Hot4Words :razz:
I’d like to request : Mesonoxian
bobsully
I reinstalled Flashplayer and this didn’t help. I will send you an attachment of what my screen looks like.
bobsully
Your previous email account in inactive so I couldn’t send the attachment. It generally just says has the name of the title where you normally see the YouTube embedded video.
bobsully
If there are any other FireFox3 users out there maybe we could determine if it is an issue with others or just myself.
http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James
Yay for my channel
Channel Views: 4,000
BillyB
Don’t neglect the hours of practice if you want to get “really good”. Treat help software like steroids…be carefull not to get hooked. Eric talks about tne new technology circa 1968.
http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James
commet 200! Marina I have a request. Why do is disk/disc sometimes spelled “disc” or “disk” When they both mean the same thing
seesixcm6
BillyB, Even I know there’s no substitute for hours of practice, sadly. seesixcm6
http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James
Good points.. My mum (loves familoy history) has found out that some of our relatives were friends with jane austen. (she mentioned them in some kind of memoirs) but that aside.. I get those comments sometimes. I delete them.. It gives me something to do..!! Thanks for accepting the response by the way
http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com aLx
just updated to ff v 3.0.1. no problems here, works just fine. sometimes things don’t work if they’re installed in a certain order. did you update to ff or did you download and install it?
http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James
I think that people doing that is very misleading..
amberspetsloth
I have a request, what is the origin of the word Sloth? Where did the animal get it’s name from, was it from being seen as one of the seven deadly sins?
—Amber
guitarfanatic
I’d Like t request the word: Root Beer
bobsully
Thanks aLx. I found that on other sites such as LiveJournal embedded videos from YouTube are playing just fine. I install FF3 when it first came out, with updates as required. I did install XP/SP3 after that so maybe I will try to reinstall the FF3. If things are working well for you it narrows it down to my computer and not everyone’s which is a good thing.
http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com aLx
yeah, try reinstalling ff. not just running the setup file again — remove it, then reinstall it. if it still doesn’t work, i’d remove and reinstall flash player.
khanhdumbb
Haha, you say feck funny. =) What’s the origin of the word CONDOM.
bobsully
Very strange but although videos seemed to work everywhere else, they did not here. But as you recommended I completely removed Flashplayer and reinstalled it and that did the trick! :smile:
Teacher I recommend you give aLz a gold star or a kiss on the forehead for his assistance. :wink:
Have a great holiday and thanks again!
gregory g mcbride
Marina,
I thought that I would be able to answer your question concearning Speaker of The House John Griffin Carlisle Senatotor from Kentucky retired NY Lawyer :grin: :oops:
I looked through the Pullman Strike where President Glover Cleavland was forced to use The US Troops !! :???: :shock: :mrgreen:
I went through the KKK era going from the Civil War through World War 1. :twisted: :mrgreen: :twisted: :eek:
The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 and the effects on labor laws. :arrow: :shock:
But their was simply no veiws from the senator who was appointed after Senator John B Keck had Passed away. :razz: :roll: :grin: :smile: :mrgreen:
Greg
lightnjack
You mentioned the “gringo” in one of your latest videos. What is it’s origin?
http://www.youtube.com/bikengruvin David
Hi Marina,
To curtail my sometimes bad habit of swearing when I feel very intense about something, I am trying something new. When I want to say something like… “You are fawkin’ hilarious!”… I will now rephrase my expressions to use the word feck!
Like… “the feckin’ cat had a turd hanging off his feckin’ butt and sat on my feckin’ lap. That stinky little feckin’ shet thinks it’s hilarious. Feeeeeck!
shane
Where did the phrase “Bought the Farm” come from in reference to someone dying?
maxeaus
Cheers for that, Marina, would you like to ad anything to this, maybe Vibe and Vibes, the origin/s?
http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James
YouTube
Joined: 31 December 1969
How do they do that??
Hitman
They use the De Lorean , the Doc is on their side.
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
Does anybody know how to turn on the add friend or block user feature on my utube account. :?:
smithercell
Hey Marina,
Can you describe the origin of the term “high-tailing,” which is used basically to describe leaving in a great hurry?
Thanks in advance.
harry9
word request-literal
iamyomammadissu
word request- hip-hop/rap
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
That’s ok, Don’t everyone answer at once now. I figure it out for myself. :lol:
monsoon
I was wondering the origin of the word: OOPS
szerdahelyigyerek
hi marina!
I´d like to request the origin of the words : YELLOW-BELLIED(a man who is weak-hearted or timid) and the word: YETI (bigfoot)
cheers
andreas
Hi!
I love your site because it encourages such curiosity and as a teacher, I love that!
Please enlighten me; what exactly is the origin of the word “hamburger?” There is no pork in a hamburger, so why HAMburger?
This is not because of the ham but because of the German town Hamburg…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobs_your_uncle Bob
She’s a beautiful people, Mijj, she has to live in the Californian sun and not the fog and rain. :sad: too!
davemarkwz
I’m guessing to say that you live in the U.K., mijj ?
Quote:
“Come, children! Step into the light! All are welcome!!”
At least for a vacation and different variety of teas and beers! :smile:
davemarkwz
Oh, say now, is that wherrrrre your from, Dublin ’tis it? :wink:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n2NXuQ5ako mijj
Didn’t Marina read the brochure?
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England’s mountain green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England’s pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark satanic mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England’s green and pleasant land.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n2NXuQ5ako mijj
damn! .. forgot about blockquote messin’ up line spacing!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n2NXuQ5ako mijj
pah! … California sun! {spits on California sun}
Our Marina isn’t a lizard. And we don’t want her to end up looking like one.
http://calling-muggins.blogspot.com/ muggins
Thank you, Marina, for doing ‘feckless’, and bringing up Carlyle. I’d heard the name but never looked into him. It was good to wikipedia Carlyle, but he’ll not make it on my reading list because the genetics question is a loser. It’s a rationale created to justify prejudice. Prejudice is a form of laziness. It’s feckless. It’s quicker and easier to pre-judge people as homogenous members of groups than it is to invest the effort to listen and observe individuals. Since I’ve recently devoted my reading primarily to U.S. History from the Revolution to the Civil War, it interested me that Carlyle was embraced by some slave holders in the South. Happily he was shunned in his own country after advocating slavery.
ArgonTheAware
Probably because she’s such a winner and what is she going to do now? She’s going to DISNEYLAND! That’s what winners do right?
Well, I know that, and you know that, but I come across people every day who don’t seem to have a clue which is which. I just thought that everybody’s favorite teacher might be able to make it stick.
http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald
Pedro Almodóvar had Antonio Banderas tie up Victoria Abril back in 1990. She didn’t fall asleep, and neither did the audience.
mrchex
Mr Carlyle, by his comment, apparently thinks africans would be lazy if not slaves. Nuttin but bullshit and lack of observation.
people always do better operating under their choice and decision
than as slaves.
Mr Carlyle is a very poor observer and a lazy thinker with this thought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n2NXuQ5ako mijj
Marina, i think your style in this vid inspired [this guy]
hutchiee
Using FF 3.0.1 on Vista, have the same problem on FF 3.0.1 on XP – for me it’s embedded Flash only, and disabling Adblock brings it back. I’ve tried reinstalling Adblock, hasn’t fixed it, next step will be reinstall of Flash player. :twisted:
moobi
If Carlyle was speaking of Congress, he may have a point:
Such a tease Marina. Reminds me of HFP. Great lesson though. I always love the first use part of the word lesson. Seems to give you a little insight on the peoples of that time.
:smile: Enough said…random…boob book;baby slaves :razz: back to real work…me, and myself are our own slaves :roll: thanks teacher
pennsyltucky9
Hi Mike,
Thanks for recommending me as a TA. I don’t know what you said or to whom, but it sure is nice to be recognized for the little things we do. Here’s a cold one on me [].
Hope your knee is healing well bro.
-Kent
darlingj
You look and construct the lesson so as to give a full understanding of the word. This is just what I would love to see in a Video Dictionary – maybe tightened up just a bit for time… :grin:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911
Hey pal your welcome. You deserve to be recognized as hard as you have worked to go to school and play with us on here. It is a great pleasure to know you as a friend. My staples are out of my knee and now all is rehab time. Thanks for the brew.
Mike
MtnDood
Marina you just described me [in a nutshell] as in a brief word describing someone. Why not a box? Boo! No to slavery! [Mandatory] work is bad!
rijk
futloos = feckless
http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leonard
Do you use a spoon or fork to eat with? Do think why money makes for buying things :lol: …….. :grin: from wiki……….For Carlyle, chaotic events demanded what he called ‘heroes’ to take control over the competing forces erupting within society. While not denying the importance of economic and practical explanations for events, he saw these forces as ‘spiritual’ – the hopes and aspirations of people that took the form of ideas, and were often ossified into ideologies (“formulas” or “isms”, as he called them). In Carlyle’s view, only dynamic individuals could master events and direct these spiritual energies effectively: as soon as ideological ‘formulas’ replaced heroic human action, society became dehumanised.
The Past and Present was a book that Thomas Carlyle wrote describing Merthyr before the Industrial Revolution and Merthyr after the Industrial Revolution. He describes Merthyr as a “Vision of Hell.”
:twisted:
:arrow: Heroes and Hero Worship
These ideas were influential on the development of Socialism, but – like the opinions of many deep thinkers of the time – are also considered to have influenced the rise of Fascism
:cry:
Anonymous
jewlS.
l-p-r
The Hollywood blacklist—as the broader entertainment industry blacklist is generally known—was the mid-twentieth-century list of screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other U.S. entertainment professionals who were denied employment in the field because of their political beliefs or associations, real or suspected. Artists were barred from work on the basis of their alleged membership in or sympathy toward the American Communist Party, involvement in liberal or humanitarian political causes that enforcers of the blacklist associated with communism, and/or refusal to assist investigations into Communist Party activities; some were blacklisted merely because their names came up at the wrong place and time. … blues mcgoos test/slave/beggar/lover/eunuch http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/1749_eunuch.jpg