Zip Code

post code

Canada… Postal Code

The most famous zip code that people put when they register online, is 12345 !!!

90210 th comment

Marina. The other night at the dinner table, I asked my daughter to pass me the dressing. She looked at me and said, “there is not any dressing to pass.” I told her that our family refers to bread stuffing (as in turkey with stuffing) as dressing. She asked me what the word dressing has so many different meanings. That is, the refernce above, the condiment we ofter put on salads, and the act of getting dressed. How did this word evolve? Thanks. I enjoy your site. 5 stars.

This is so awesome!!!
I once made up a word( i think) that I use all the time( well only when im camping)

condendewy

which is condensation and dewy

did i make it up? or is it a word?

My guess for most famous zip code would be 90210 from the tv show. My zip code is 63863.

could some generous, patient person clue me in on the outline of this vid?

(i’m still on my vid fast.)

Dear Marina, Glad you posted early, so I can watch football this afternoon! For your homework, the most famous Zip Code in the United States is 90210. It’s famous for a TV show about lovers in Beverly Hills. (And not because you have business offices there.) My Zip Code is 94017-9024. BTW, we changed to 9-digit Zip Codes in June, 1981. Yes, it was before you were born, but the 9-digit code, also called Zip + 4, gets your mail delivered sooner. At work, we always use the 9-digit codes. Your dear student, seesixcm6

Interesting camera angle try. :cool:
But you weren’t fully in frame the whole time. :???:
Kinda like the graphics were pushing you off the frame. :sad:
Tomorrow can you try the other side? :roll:

Great info on the topic. :idea:
I never knew what it was actually called. :smile:

Most famous zip code 90211. :oops:
110 million sets of eyes can’t be wrong. :wink:

My Palatial Estate 14223. :roll:

Used to live at 11234 (hard to remember :razz: )

Well, Marina is wearing a low-cut black dress hel by two tiny straps, with two red straps that apparently hold up a slip. Her hair is clean and swept behnd her nice, small shoulders, and she sits 3/4 view on the left side of the screen, and she uses her left hand to describe Zip Codes which appear in text beside her. Her speech outline was to identify the term, describe it’s origins, it’s acronym, and then provide homework for you to identify your own Zip Code or Mail Code that you use in your country. Did I mention that Marina looks beautiful today? She does! Seesixcm6

lol …

.. i was avoiding the vids so i wouldn’t be tormented visions of beauty. grrr

i saw a glimpse of a still from the vid before my firefox addon removed it .. was that a cartoon added to the live vid? .. is Marina making use of the plain green backdrop to add visual effects? (e.g. use the greenscreen as a matte in that fancy vid software for adding fake backdrops etc).

is “matte” the right word? .. do you know what i mean?

My request is for the words “better” and “best”. I mean logically, shouldn’t it be “good, gooder, and goodest?”

Most know zip code is 90210 mine is 28312. Great video. I never new the acronym for zip code either. :smile:

An illustration of the zip code character was added to the video, not a cartoon. The word “matte” means a flat or dull paint finish, instead of a glossy paint finish. When we use a bluescreen or greenscreen for video, we call it a “backdrop” instead of a “matte.” In this video, Marina has an all-white background. Did I mention we could see her cleavage? Yes, we can! Seesixcm6

I’m agreeing with those who suggest 90210 from the TV show.

I believe you alluded to it but the word ZIP preceded ‘Zone Improvement Plan’; that is they wanted to call it ZIP and found some words to make it fit. Many large cities ( like NYC ) had zone numbers before but this was a big improvement.

I’m not sure about how ZIPpy the mail is though. :neutral:

In Virginia Beach my Zip Code is 23451, which is kind of shaped like the number ’7′. Not counting military Post Offices there are three Post Offices close to me than mine, including one I pass within 200 yards when I have to go to my Post Office to pick up mail. :???:

The fist time I had to go to my Post Office to pick up a certified letter they had left a card with the Post Office’s old address on it. I had to call for directions. :mad:

The epitome of incompetence though came one day when I found a letter from some one in Ohio sent to someone in Texas in my mailbox. :???: :shock:

another quiz !! .. no sex involved this time :(

[cognitive skill weighting]
4-variable “iq” test – actually not an iq test – it measuring your bias towards your principle cognitive skills.

————–

Your strongest type of intelligence is Visual. You thrive on spatial thinking, shapes, patterns, and form. You’re unlikely to be blind. You can probably think in 3D very easily. You are very likely to be attractive, based on only my most rudimentary anecdotal evidence. And you are likely to appreciate a good body in a lover.

Your specific scores follow. On any axis, a score above 25% means you use that kind of thinking more than average, and a score below 25% means you use it less. It says nothing about cognitive skills, just your interest.

Your brain is roughly:

25% Interpersonal

35%Visual

15%Verbal

25%Mathematical

Good morning :smile:

I guess she had to stand that way so all of the flash animation wouldn’t cover her. I think that is a red bra and not a slip. She wears that one when she want that push up look. :smile:

Just watch the dang video you basward. You will miss the best sight of the day. :wink:

you’re a monster, seesixcm6 – but, my fascination is the face and eyes and lips. .. hence the pic at the top of this webpage had to go.

Hey Lynnsea333. Here is a video that Marina made on made up words. Hope you enjoy it. Just click on the blue Sniglet to see the video.
Mike

Sniglet

What’s the lowest zip code, is it in northen Maine?
Is the highest in AK or HI?
I must investigate this.

if i start watching the vids i’ll descend into raging idiocy again.

I need to build up my fortitude before i can chance that. :)

Oh but your missing so much today. :wink:

in holland and in duttch language we say post code
and all codes in holland look like this for example 1111 aa or 2222 bb. you know 4 lnumbers and two letters
mine starts with 69 and ends with ET pretty damn funny

You nailed that one for sure. :wink:

Congrats James. You beat FB again. :wink:

1600 is very important! Right now it’s the home of a dweeb!
Mine is 30256. :-)

Mathematical

Brother-from-another-mother! Like mine, your highest scoring intelligence is Mathematical. You thrive on logic, numbers, things representing numbers, and sets of things that are sets of other things, with numbers nowhere in sight. You probably like the online comic called XKCD, and if you don’t, check it out.

You probably knew you’d score “Mathematical” as you took the test, and mathy types are usually super-high scorers on this axis, and low on the others. Why? Because you (we) yearn for math.

Anyway, your specific scores follow. On any axis, a score above 25% means you use that kind of thinking more than average, and a score below 25% means you use it less. It says nothing about cognitive skills, just your interest.

Your brain is roughly:

15% Interpersonal

20%Visual

30%Verbal

35%Mathematical

Matching Summary: Each of us has different tastes. Still, I offer the following advice to the world.

1. Don’t date someone if your interpersonal percentages differ by more than 20%.

2. Don’t be friends with someone if your verbal percentages differ by more than 25%.

3. Don’t have sex with someone if your math scores differ by over 40%. You might kill them.

My bad this is the house number. :oops: The zip code is 20500.

Wikipedia says:
Lowest 00501, Holtsville, NY used exclusively for IRS office there
Highest 99950, Ketchikan, AK

Homework: 10001 New York City, reason is so many people live there.

90210….too easy. As for me 90403 palm trees and the Santa Monica bay….too beautiful.

SW1A 0AA – House of Commons
SW1A 1AA – Buckingham Palace
SW1A 2AA – 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury

When writing a letter to Santa use
North Pole, AK 99705

would you say that’s a fair assessment? .. did you ever get round to studying maths (or, as you weird yanks call it: math) seriously?

No I hated math in school. I answered all the questions as I I thought they applied to me and came out a mathematician.

well .. i wouldnt say it’s implying you’re a mathematician .. but have that sort of essential viewpoint (even though you may not be educated that way) .. and doing badly at maths at school doesn’t mean you’re not perceptive in that way – could just means you may not have like being bound to the rigid structure of a class.

lol – stop it, Cap … she’s only an illusion anyway.

W.O.R.D R.E.Q.U.E.S.T
why are words such as “ass, shit, fuck, hell” (mind the swearing) noted as curse words cuss words or swear words, why r they so bad?

Matching Summary: Each of us has different tastes. Still, I offer the following advice to the world.

1. Don’t date someone if your interpersonal percentages differ by more than 20%.

2. Don’t be friends with someone if your verbal percentages differ by more than 25%.

3. Don’t have sex with someone if their math percentage is over 50%

I guess that means i should avoid the high flying word wizards – like Marina.

In the UK we use a Postcode in the format LLnx nLL (where L is an upper case letter, n is a digit and x is a digit or a letter).
Whereas, in USA, Europe etc. the 5 digit Zip codes only identify a commune or area of a city, in UK a postcode will identify a street or one side of a street. If you then add the house number it identifies the individual property.
Some large properties and business addresses can have a unique postcode if the volume of mail they receive justifies it, so the most famous one in UK would probably be the Queen’s London residence, Buckingham Palace, SW1A 1AA.
My postcode is classified – “For Your Eyes Only”.

ok so me and my cousin would like to know. how did the mexican mafia start? :cool:

Good one Mrsean22795. That’s one way Marina can easily spot a word request. You must have been in on the conversation about how to make it easier for her to recognize a request. Good thinking. :wink: :cool:

I thought Santa’s Zip code was H0 H0 H0.

Miss M who does your quotes that you have at the bottom of the right column? They are a good source of knowledge to live by.

Quote
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke 1729-1797

HO HO HO is what keeps Santa busy in the off season. :wink:

Hi M, super duper lesson as always, zipped by pretty fast mind. Looking delicous as ever. Post code we Brits call it…- don’t know what you guys over there see but we have an amazingly big fat bright moon this evening with Jupiter hanging low :cool:

FINALLY!! A lesson where I knew the answer before I watched.
Also: Most famous Zip Code: 90210, Mine is 48237

It’s Postal Code here in Sweden, for example 53010 and then town name.

Best Wishes Ath. Oh and I’m curious about the winners in the love letter competition =P

cool link capman911 :smile: – Your strongest type of intelligence is Visual. You thrive on spatial thinking, shapes, patterns, and form. You’re unlikely to be blind. You can probably think in 3D very easily. You are very likely to be attractive, based on only my most rudimentary anecdotal evidence. And you are likely to appreciate a good body in a lover.

Your specific scores follow. On any axis, a score above 25% means you use that kind of thinking more than average, and a score below 25% means you use it less. It says nothing about cognitive skills, just your interest.

Your brain is roughly:

25% Interpersonal

40%Visual

20%Verbal

15%Mathematical

Matching Summary: Each of us has different tastes. Still, I offer the following advice to the world.

1. Don’t date someone if your interpersonal percentages differ by more than 20%.

2. Don’t be friends with someone if your verbal percentages differ by more than 25%.

3. Don’t have sex with someone if their math percentage is over 50%.

:smile:

lol i like #3 :lol:

good link mijj; we think, or see much alike. It can be hard being an attractive himbo at times :lol: thankfuly Marina can increase our verbal skills so should re-sit test this time next year to see how we have improved via our trusty teachers lessons. Besides, having sex with a woman who is 50% mathmaticaly greater than one sounds traumatic…..so best avoid number woman however could be a great sqaure root!!! :grin:

just saying to mijj best to avoid number woman but could offer the best sqaure root!!!! :lol:

In France we use the “code postal” (post code) with 5 digits. The first two digits indicate the “département” (equivalent of state). The post code of the capital of a département ends with “000″ (44000 for Nantes for example). There are three exceptions: the biggest towns of France are divided into several “arrondissements”: 20 for Paris (from 75001 to 75020), 16 for Marseille (from 13001 to 13016) and 9 for Lyon (from 69001 to 69009).
This explanation for the zip code made me think about the origin of the expression “zip file”. I suppose it’s the same idea of speed but please, could anyone confirm it?

Marina.
It must be 90211 the zip code for Hotforwords
out here in Temecula Wine Country its 92591
Marina you need to come out to the Temecula’s Wine Country
and go to all the Winerys
We have Limo tours and if you like, I could
set you and a friend with a Horse Back Ride to one of the Winery’s

Whats he use the elves ho ho ho :lol:

I found them on the net through various sources… if you guys know of more quote sources I can add them as well… they need to be in a list for where I can grab a whole bunch.

The zipcode or index most famous is the one in your own hometown, the zip code in this area is 79414, via 79423

93435 My zip code
90210 Most famous

“I’m not sure about how ZIPpy the mail is though.”

Hmmm,maybe they should call it the “snip code” sn for snail mail or SNail improvement code.

That *is* very possible,at least in my case. I hated math/s but loved reading,but,pretty much hated all school starting with kindergarten. Ended up in construction and using math often,albeit not the highest level math.

In Lithuania we call it “Postal Code”

I’ve got one from my childhood. “If You are *really* sorry then You *won’t* do it again!” . Spoken firmly(and often)by tryant’s Mom.

90210 sounds good to me too,never did care for the tv show tho,not my style at all,I like action,sci fi and horror,roll em all into one like Aliens movie and I’m hooked.

My ZIP will be the same as Bumfuct Egypt where the African Desert Bugs reign supreme. :wink:

I have a word. It’s my hairstyle. The word is “Dreadlocks”

My Word Request is: Corset

A garment worn to reduce the size of the waist.

Aslo, Me thinks ’90210′ might just be the most famous ZIP Code

Hello Marina. Love your website and your YouTube lessons! I have a word request for you: “NEWS” — as in “I have news”, or “did you watch the news”. How did this word come to be used? Does it has something to do with the word “new” ? Thanks for enlightening us!

miss marina,what is the origin of the word dude guys always refer to other guys dudes..”hey dude” or they refer to other guys man…”hey man”

I have better a word :cool: the word is “Bruderschaft ” :smile:

the most famous zip code is of course 90210,also my zip code is 41666 :twisted:

Here’s one site that emails you one quote a day. I’ll look for more.

http://www.quotesland.com/apply.php

Another on. I like this one better.
http://www.brainyquote.com/

http://www.brainyquote.com/

Hi, Marina, I was wondering what made you choose the name “HotForWords”. :wink:

HwK: 90210
ExtrA: Fr = code postal – Paris Central = Arrondissements – me=75007

http://www.aphorisms-galore.info/category/altruism-and-cynicism/

That sounds like a nice romantic evening Greg. :smile:

Meow phst phst phst. :razz:

I new ZIP code was an acronym. I was right about “Zone”, but I didn’t know what the ‘IP’ stood for.

And my ZIP code is 50322.

:oops: I (k)new… (damn type-o)

@ Tyrant same here on the math. I hated school from day one. Nothing interested me except hands on projects. I joined shop class, horticulture, anything that I could visibly learn. As it would be when I joined the fire department after graduation, we had to know Algebra to do friction loss in standpipes, fire hose, nozzles and all types of appliances. So I jumped from basic math to algebra in no time if I wanted to advance in my position. It must of worked. But I still don’t like math. Today they get to use calculators in school. We had fingers and toes. :lol:

ПривEt, My Dear Teacher,

I have constructed this list of what must be the most famous three zip codes on your web site. They are, in decending order, 10314, 02136, 23453. Can you guess why? Mine is 10032.

I have a special request: you have inspired me to buy the Rosetta Stone “Learn Russian” CDs. So boring! Why don’t you start making “Learn Russian” videos? I would pay $$$:-) for such videos – so would so many of your dear students!

Just think, dear teacher, given the current state of hostilites between our two countries, you could be the instrument of friendship: suddenly, thousands of your dear students, traveling to Russia to perfect their skills; thousands of Americans living in Russia; maybe even, one day, an American with a горяче для слова (don’t laugh too hard :-) ) It only makes my point – your students need Russian videos!

Пока,

Lucky

For anyone wanting to change their monster gravatar, just click on the monster next to your name and it will take you to http://www.Gravatar.com where you can sign up with the same email address as you did for this site and upload a picture of your choice from your computer or from the web. Please make sure there is no offensive pictures that you choose. :grin:
Mike

Hey Lucky. I was thinking of buying Rosetta Stone for Russian. You say it’s boring but how is it as far as learning the Cyrillic language. Can you read and write it or just speak it?
Thanks,
Mike

i think we’re all pretty much on the same level.

i was a disruptive asshole (as you americans say) at school and did no work. .. i had an affinity for maths and art, i got top qualifications for those – and failed everything else .. i utterly bombed english language – absolutely the worst.

- so i was doomed to a career as a manual laborer. … well … not so much doomed cos i enjoyed the freedom of it .. working and quitting as i saw fit and using my time as i wished and destroying my brain with dangerous drugs

.. but after 7 years of that i got bored of it and made a serious attempt to get back into college. (in those days, there was government encouragement and help). – and i finally learned to string a rudimentary sentence together! (still bloody clumsy, tho)

- so i guess taht proves that, even though i was crap at the english language at school, it’s actually because i am crap at the english language. :smile:

But you type it very well. :wink:
Proud of you Mijj. :wink:

Hi Mike,

Seriously, it’s not bad, but I’m just starting. On my last trip to Moscow, I was lost without my business associates; I made the resolution to learn this, once and for all. So, ask me again in a few months.

Even better, perhaps our dear teacher will give us both her advice :-)

Lucky

I have a friend on here his named Superdanielchik who has been trying to teach me Russian. But it’s hard since he goes to school in France and lives in Russia and I in the states. So I down loaded a program BYKI.com something like yours that has flash cards and pronounces the words for you too. It’s a simple basic program but not to hard to learn. After you get so far then they want you to buy the rest of the program. It may be worth it if I can learn the basic words first. Maybe Marina will take us under her wing and teach us the language. :wink:

oo! .. 40% visual is pretty strong!

Do you think that weighting matches reality? .. does the work you do make use of your visual fluency?

i think hte “zip” as in postal area is an acronym:
ie. Zone (something starting with I that i cant think of) (something starting with P that i cant think of)

v. “zip” as in “zip file”
“zip” is used in the sense of zipping something up in a bag.

word request- nihilism

90210 is my guess on worlds most famous zip code and my zip code is 85756. My word request / phrase is:

Don’t Have a Cow! where does this come from and how does it really apply to having someone not freak out on a certain subject?

ruNsanefx

lol .. thank you, cap .. it was hard work .. but i got there in the end.

I know.. And he went partying so I went all day and caught up with him.. I haven’t been on here much at all My computer has been on for about 17 hours..

I am so tired.

a list off the net?

maybe, in the box whre the quote is, you could ask for your students to suggest a quote for the next day .. one that’s found or made up.

just grabbing ‘em off the net seems a bit impersonal.

Mine is bh21 1yd.. I probably shouldn’t post that lol… And isnt sw1a 1aa type post code just for london places??> I have never heard of a layout like that before bob

Don’t have sex with someone if your math scores differ by over 40%. You might kill them. I am so dumb I don’t even know what this post is about.. Also I am crap at maths so I should be fine :wink:

TEST (why didint this work first time)

If I ever need to register something now i will use that THANKS!

I love my “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations” book ISBN 0-316-08277-5, as well, I reccommend “The Quotable Spirit” ISBN 0-02-861206-X

Sorry, I don’t know of any digitalised versions, but these are my own personal faves, and like your ‘bottom-right-hand-corner’ ones as well.

Ciao,
Fianchetto

Wait till your mail gets hooked to a US mail program called Fast Forward. It is almost impossible to get your mail to come back to your proper address. What it does is if a person in your house moves out and sends in the new address change notification it effects the address from where the person moved from. Since my daughter’s initials are the same as mine all of my mail was going to her new address. A program call Fast Forward picks up on the new address change and anyone in that old address with the same or similar name or initial’s mail gets picked up by that program and is routed to the new address. The new address is computer typed on the bottom of the letter even though your regular address is in a window box on the letter or written in as most people do. It took us six months to get it straighten out. We had to put in for an address change ourselves to get our mail coming back to our house. The Post Office denies they have the program, but another postal worker told us it’s another company that runs that part of the process, but it is still all part of the post office. One hand doesn’t know what the other hand is doing. But now they were talking about putting a tax on e-mails because the post office was loosing money on stamps and postage charges. Go figure.

ok .. time for another weird quiz:

the questions can actually be answered honestly by us guys (yes! i’m a guy. What are you getting at?) without feeling weird.

[What Kind of Girl Are You]

Nice and Sexy

You scored 39 looks, 59 personality, 14 politics, and 66 sex drive!

You have a great personality and are highly sexual. You have wonderful relationships that seem to be perfect. But in the end somewhere your loved one always ends up leaving…. But don’t stop loving, and being the person that you are. They’ll show up one day, and if you already have them then hold on to them with all you have.

ha! .. story of my life!

i think not shaving off my body hair counted against me.

I have been studying Russian for about 18 months now. When I first started, I used BYKI, and I really liked it and still do. However, soon after getting a little vocabulary, you *really* need to learn some grammar. Russian word order is quite a bit more free than English, so knowing the correct endings is critical to determine if, for example, you intend a word to be the subject, direct object or indirect object. However, having said that, I can tell you that with only five months of vocabulary practice, I traveled to Latvia (eastern Latvia, where mostly Russian is spoken) and could communicate on a very basic level with people. As long as you can give a noun and a verb, with a little pointing, you can communicate a surprising amount. Good luck! I love studying Russian, it’s a really interesting language.

That’s what us red necks say anyway. It’s part of our lingo. Born, raised and lived in the south all my life. Learned some fine words and word substitutes. I don’t know if Marina could do an etymology on some of our lingo. :lol: But I would like to see her try. :wink:

Thanks Californiachelovek for the advice. :wink:

Hey OK4N “sir” lol haven’t heard from you in a while. Everything OK I hope. We haven’t heard from Pagedoll in a while either. I think some members are just to busy or just lost interest in the site. That’s a shame to loose good friends. So take care. :wink:
Mike

Brother-from-another-mother! Like mine, your highest scoring intelligence is Mathematical. You thrive on logic, numbers, things representing numbers, and sets of things that are sets of other things, with numbers nowhere in sight. You probably like the online comic called XKCD, and if you don’t, check it out.

You probably knew you’d score “Mathematical” as you took the test, and mathy types are usually super-high scorers on this axis, and low on the others. Why? Because you (we) yearn for math.

Anyway, your specific scores follow. On any axis, a score above 25% means you use that kind of thinking more than average, and a score below 25% means you use it less. It says nothing about cognitive skills, just your interest.

Your brain is roughly:

10% Interpersonal

15%Visual

15%Verbal

60%Mathematical

Matching Summary: Each of us has different tastes. Still, I offer the following advice to the world.

1. Don’t date someone if your interpersonal percentages differ by more than 20%.

2. Don’t be friends with someone if your verbal percentages differ by more than 25%.

3. Don’t have sex with someone if your math scores differ by over 40%. You might kill them.

Gee, judging by my scores on this quiz, I should have no desire but every reason to enjoy this forum!

Ciao,
Fianchetto

I have a word request please for one of our future lesson, that would be cool i think, it is : a “deja vu”

thx for your work Marina, it’s more important for a language to keep the same meaning for the same word than to check everytime if someone write or spell it well ! sometime i feel like people try to give more importance to the appearance than to the meaning :(

Kiss

Melvyn “ninjamaster”

62024 I’ve told you once,
So ask no more… :smile:

That’s right have all the sex you can. Turn nothing down. If you do that will be one that could have a double ziz wheel. :wink:

90210

I never realised exactly HOW far imbalanced I am until I took the quiz…. :shock:

Ciao,
Fianchetto

yeh .. i think the verbal thing is the hurdle we must face to take part here.

+ that’s a whopping math score .. is that a fair score? … are you studying a tech subject or in a tech job?

Here is one I try to live by “if a chicken and a half lays and a egg and a half in a day and a half, how long would it take a monkey with a wooden leg to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle?”

I wonder what the penalty is for “Involuntary (Wo)Manslaughter by sex with mathematical difference greater than 40%”?

Or if I could plea “Not Guilty, by reason of not having subjected partner to a mathematics examination prior to intercourse”?

Ciao,
Fianchetto

I think the most popular zip code in the world is 90210, just a guess.

The most famous zip I presume is 90210…

and my zip is 04330

The new england area zips all start with a Zero and many computer programs and even excel spreadsheets get confused with that LEADING ZERO and drop it… I still on occasion get mailings with only 4 digits “4330″ … and this can cause delays… otherwise my mail arrives in
a ZIPpy fashion especially when given “Express” “Priority” :smile:

You scored 54 looks, 78 personality, 50 politics, and 57 sex drive!

Awesome Girl II

You don’t seem to either know about or care about politics, but you are beautiful and a good person (so it seems), and you seem to have a high sex drive. You’re probably a great wife or girlfriend, and you know how to make sure that the ones you love are happy. You have a wonderful life ahead of you, make sure you live it to the fullest, and keep being the person that you seem to be.

James here is you a way to get a Mac laptop.

http://www.thinnestlaptop-ever.com/?config=4445&src=WC-47736aaa0008CAE3FD025B0142A5EC51963AFDCE:151801:

I took Trigonometry and Calculus simultaneously in High School (the Calculus class being my first college credit) and have studied to be a Nuclear Reactor operator for the USN, after that was a Paramedic, as well as a self-taught programmer of CNC turning stations, taught myself C programming language, working on C++, designed a couple of flying model aircraft for fun… wierd enough for you? I recreated a game called ‘Nim” I played as a child with my brothers to test my skill in “C”, and plan to make an accurate Windows-based replica of the German WWII enigma machines (3- and 4- rotor versions) to prove my ability in C++.

So, I am admittedly an odd duck, and happily so :smile:

Ciao,
Fianchetto

The most famous zip code must be 90210 because of the television program of the same name.

Where I live in Canada we have ‘Postal Codes’ and where I used to live in the UK they have ‘Post Codes’.

Ever wonder why in America they have ‘mailmen’ and in the UK they have postmen? (I suppose that should be mailpeople and postpeople)

In Canada my ‘mailman’ delivers the mail from Canada Post but in the UK the ‘postman’ delivers the post from the Royal Mail…go figure!

:mrgreen: I was thinking that the zip code for Washington,DC would be the most famous but many who have left comments believe it is 90210.
My zip code is 78213. And now the post office have added four more digits making my new zip code 78213-0082. When will it ever end?

they’re messin’ with our heads, man!

Sounds like hell but I know what Ya mean,I have a taste of the same action here.I ocassionally get mail meant for other folks,dunno if I get *all* my mail or not,it helps to pay bills and make purchases by phone.

Marina – where did the word EROTIC originate from? For some reason each time I visit your site this enters my mind, why is that? :mrgreen:

I’d say the most popular zip code is: 92039, La Jolla, CA.

Mike

Almosy forgot,if they start taxing email I’ll quit using it.The internet costs enough as-is IMO,I can always use a pay raise but not a pay-out raise. :roll:

I would say Beverly Hills 90212, even though living in Santa Barbara 93103 is well-known also….!

time for a little music to lift the spirit:
[Rob Zombie - Dragula]

Your result for The 4-Variable IQ Test …
Mathematical

Your brain is roughly:
15% Interpersonal
10%Visual
35%Verbal
40%Mathematical

mine is 59601
and with out even looking below the most famous is 90210 because of that show from the 90′s

dont listen to him!!

employ at least a little discrimination and concentrate on quality, not quantity.

oh .. i think you were poking fun :cry: I’m so keen for approval i didn’t notice.

Your result for The What Kind of Girl are You Test …
The Liberal Beauty
You scored 68 looks, 79 personality, 24 politics, and 89 sex drive!

You’re beautiful, you have a great personality, and youre highly sexual. You’re a liberal with your views and you don’t put morals before everything. You’re probably a great wife or girlfriend, and you know how to make sure that the ones you love are happy. You’re probably fun in a conversation and I’m sure that you are as loveable as you are beautiful.

lol? 89? damn …

I have two zipcodes, 33312 and 33334 – both in Florida :mrgreen:
Yeah, I don’t know if it’s the most famous, but there was a show called “Beverly Hills 90210″ which I hear was a popular TV show. I sort of lost touch with the TV world in general, I needed my brain for more important tasks and TV is like the newspapers; full of useless information and distraction. This way, I get to go through election cycles without benig continuously annoyed. :mrgreen:

hey .. if you weren’t an odd duck, you wouldn’t be posting on this site.

That’s why i like this place .. we’re all a (collective noun for ducks) of odd ducks.

Plus .. i’m (or was) pretty fair with maths (having a maths based degree) and have done a reasonable amount of programming.
- however . i gotta say, my programming was good because i was a bad programmer (i dont mean in astructural sense, but in the details of coding sense) .. i.e. it went wrong in every possible way it could before i got a working version of whatever it was. So, in the end, my stuff was idiotproof.

plus .. i wonder how music maps onto those 4 qualities?

Ok, this one is going to be super hard.

Hello my dear teacher,

Where did the word “Belch” come from.?

That worked! :mrgreen:

Hello, Marina,
I am curious, about the the word ‘canto’, as in poetry; I know it is the main or large portion of a poem; but where did the word come from and why is it used like the word chapter in Dante’s divine comedy?

Thanks – you rock!

Hello, Marina,
I am curious, about the the word ‘canto’, as in poetry; I know it is the main or large portion of a poem; but where did the word come from and why is it used like the word chapter in Dante’s divine comedy?

Thanks – you rock! – 80601

bloody hell .. compared to you lot i look awful and have a crap personality :(

Marina how about chevrolet

i think the answer is “icicle”, geronimo.

lol. ummm …

COMPARED TO OTHER TAKERS

[...]
You scored 89% on Sexuality, higher than 98% of your peers.

wth.

i think the separation of maths and visual is peculiar .. for me, a significant part of maths is visualisation.

I think they must mean the symbol analysis aspect of maths (and logic).

duh! according to this test … i’m like a great persona with a lot of dildos and other sex toys or something. looks like when i’m not engaged in a conversation, i’m fucking the hell out of people whenever i get the chance. :/

Thank you, Marina. I never thought of the true meaning of ZIP before. Interesting. ‘Zone Improvement Plan’ do make sense, because by adding zip code, you can deliver mail faster. My zip code in Taiwan is 23658. Recently, the zip code system here changed from 3 digits to 5 digits to make the zones finer, I think. BTW, is zip code writing a must when you send mail in US? Or is it just an option if you write the address?

yeah, i was a bit confused by that, too. if you’re good at math, you’re probably good at abstract thinking which involves 3d stuff and the like as well … so, yeah …

that song’s a cool frood which knows where it’s towel is. :smile:

on the positive side .. i have been called a slut by a girlfriend’s girlfriend who, for some reason felt it her duty to make an assessment of me.

i don’t know why, but that pleased me. :grin:

You are not alone! LOL!
Erotic, exotic – just what the doctor ordered :mrgreen:
Far too often a man will pursue a woman’s interest
only to discover she can be neurotic and / or psychotic!
Marina has a sister? – the jury is still out…. :grin:

lol : you filthy strumpet!

I think that my Y-chromosome might skew the results for this test… :???:

Ciao,
Fianchetto

I agree. The most famous Zip Code is 90210. My Zip Code is 11793. Prior to July 1993, it was 11520. I live in Wantagh, New York, now, and lived in Freeport then.
Another Zip Code I’ve heard a lot in my life is 90036. As in:
Tickets
The Price is Right
CBS Television City
7800 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Okay, Bob. … Sorry, I got carried away.

The ultimate language translation medium:
[The Babel Fish]

Pick a nice simian, or a FISH! :mrgreen:
The shades are optional….

“Open your eyes” :shock:
- Vanilla Sky

RRR – Sounds like a class act! :mrgreen:
Sets an image of Lady Godiva…….
Hot-Cha-Cha! LOL

Mijj… I’m not so sure I can COMPLETELY agree with you there:

because visual information can be communicated either verbally or mathematically depending on the circumstance. for example I can communicate the Mandelbrodt set (with written verbal instruction) to a computer in less than 15 lines of BASIC code. But to describe it to you would take about two pages of text. So, the visual, verbal and mathematical are inextricably linked, but, as in my case, one can easily outweigh the others. I would look at it as being right- or left- handed, only with four ‘handednesses’ to consider. even though I am right-handed, I still use my left hand frequently (fret a guitar, half of a flute, half of what I type, etc.) but remain overwhelmingly right-handed.

And of the four ‘handednesses’ I seem to be overwhelmingly ‘mathematics-handed’

Ciao,
Fiancheto

In about 10 minutes, the Best Weekend Ever contest draws to a close.
I just added my final votes to give Marina’s video 3915 votes.
Then, it will be in the hands of the sponsors of the contest to select the winner. I hope they make the right decision. :-)

Here’s one !

Extra Credit: (OK, I made that up)
Wealthiest ZIP codes:
- Highest Adjust Gross Income: NY 10021, NY 10022
- Highest Income per tax return: NY 10004, Medina, Wash 98039

Richest ZIP Codes:
- Avalon, NJ 08202
- Newport Beach, CA 92661

Congratulations! :grin:
Welcome to the
“I-was-first-TWICE”
Club! Remember,
I have senoirty – LOL! :mrgreen:

Not as loud as Disaster Area,
and the Sun didn’t explode :mrgreen:

57carl check this out http://www.reference.com/search?q=Chevrolet :smile:

what doe intelligence mean?

what about deja vu?

Something you should know about Just Like Heaven Lyrics

Title: The Cure – Just Like Heaven lyrics

Artist: The Cure Lyrics

Visitors: 77710 visitors have hited Just Like Heaven Lyrics since May 27, 2008.

Print: The Cure – Just Like Heaven Lyrics print version

Feeling it M, lurve ya :smile: :smile: :smile:
:shock: “Show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream” she said
“The one that makes me laugh” she said
And threw her arms around my neck
“Show me how you do it
And I promise you I promise that
I’ll run away with you
I’ll run away with you”

Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
To make her glow
“Why are you so far away?” she said
“Why won’t you ever know that I’m in love with you
That I’m in love with you”

You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You’re just like a dream

Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone alone
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me

You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Just like heaven
:smile: :smile: :smile: :cool:

its funny i know alot about zip codes….the most famous zip code….i know the most famous phone number…from that 80s song…768 2309 .. kidding it just fits the …anyway…famous zip code…99999 walalwala washington…hehehe…20101 is dc….let me think…oh yes 90213…bloody tv show in californ I A …..i forgot about that show till recently it came back on and my wife started watching it…..ok what zip codes can you find surprise, love, promise, mars, and somwhere in? i have no idea why i like zip codes…i know too much about them but im learning by reverse um whats it called….where you start at the top and break your way down to understand it…reverse technology…well same idea….i know the first number is the reagion..the second well…an area…it some times goes west to east north to south and sometimes all the hell over the place….the third digit in some places do the same….the last two are cities in alphabetical order depending on the third digit ….and sometimes not even that…hehehehe….mix that with area codes and it narrows it down but if you include cell phones well…dont include cell phones…cause ou can have a person in 75001 which is addison tx….with a cell number starting with 303 which is colorado….75006-10 is carrolton but have a 903 or 940 area code on ones cell…75017 is coppell…then it goes odd….75038 is irving….75043 is garland….75083 is richardson….75025 is plano…but 75063 is irving again…..then they added the extra 4 digits at eh end which describes exactly what mailbox you get mail at….i have no idea why i know this ….but i challenge any of you to test me….give me a 10 digit zip code….and a land line area code and i will send you a green bean in the mail….free of charge….it might take five years….and well first i gtta get my green beans growing….they are in vine stage and that bloody hurricane just flooded out my cilantro and celery…(people lost houses and im bitching about green bean plants which cant think or can they….they are odd…i will put the long vive ina spot where i want it to climb and it goes off and finds a way to wrap itself around the vine next to it 20 times….and then another wants to gwo but i havent let it…so it found its own way….it dug in….the vine went back under the dirt and choled itself around my cuccumber plant…i got it off and pointed it in the right direction…but after the rain today….it looked like it was gonna climb the trolles…but no it switched directions and attacked the cucumber again and sprouted anouther vine that was trying to strangle the base of the older plant 2 feet away from it….the biggerones grew another 4 inches in one hour….god i hope they dont pull my fence down…they dont like the trellsisisis i built for them …they just like to sneak around like snakes….and be a bunch of beans…..who am emailing again….oh yeah…sorry…i went off there…the wild green bean can be located at 75287-0603…..972….send me a green bean…. sorry i forgot who i was typing to again….mom is that you?….i forgot your zip code i need to send you that kid of ours over and he has to make it there by friday…..love you

son wife and the kid

but wtf…

Your result for The What Kind of Girl are You Test …

PERFECTION!!!!!!!!!
You scored 65 looks, 63 personality, 77 politics, and 53 sex drive!

You are beautiful, have a great personality, know youre politics, and have a high sex drive. You are the girl of any man’s dreams. You know what you are doing in bed, you’re fairly conservative, and you know how to treat your loved one. Men have been waiting for a girl like you all their lives. You probably know how to make sure that the ones you love are happy. You will make someone a great wife or girlfriend someday, if you haven’t already. You’re the kind of girl that everyone wants. You’re probably fun in a conversation and I’m sure that you are as loveable as you are beautiful. You have a wonderful life ahead of you, make sure you live it to the fullest, and keep being the person that you seem to be.

Hehehehe… perhaps I should meet and marry a lesbian and be her bitch… :shock:

dang you got it….i siad 90213….im a dummy….same city though just in the hood…hehehe….

i said 90213….hehehehe…almost the same wave length you and i….but not quite….still some hot babes there though….

haha a felow texan….mid texas….gotta be a city below the letter m…(thats safe)…or in a metropolitain area or suburb…..im also gonna guess your in the north and east part of it….. ill send you a green bean…one day…i gotta do some more research on how to pin point he last four digits of a zip code….but if some one on your street gets a green bean in the mail….let me know…oh yeah ill need your local area code too if you dont mind….

read above…hehehe…im not drunk…just well..i guess i could get drunk…my wife and kid are asleep…i got enough beer…if i can get my kid ready and somehow skip church tommorow ill be in good shape…so what do you say….wait what did i say…..i didnt offer my body again did i?….oh ….no hehehe…zip codes….forgot…sorry…long day at work…ok …ill start in san antonio….close to the interstate…from there…the last four is what gets me…id do better knocking door to door….anyway a green bean is comming…

It’s okay. Don’t worry about it. :smile:

Hi hurricanestrikesyou, Marina answered that a few times in past comments. If you watch all of her videos, you’ll come across her comments.

Since Marina is an etymologist / philologist, she has a passion for words. I guess the name PassionForWords name was just too boring. Being ‘hot’ for something is a passion, so that name fits perfectly with the person who coincidentally is hot as well. :grin:

Does anybody think that 619 may be most famous area code? I heard a lot of buzz about 619.

Dear Marina,

to answer your question: In my country we call the ZIP Code “PLZ” which is also an abbreviation an means “Postleitzahl”. From the length of this word you can figure out that I live in Germany. After our reunion the “PLZ” got five figures (earlier they were only four). Some of them even start with a zero. Small villages and towns have only one “PLZ”. Bigger towns and cities have several “PLZ”.

At the end of my message I want to mention that your appearance in the video was beautiful but I had prefered to see more of you and less of ZIP Codes.

Mood: confused
Reason: HONEYMOON
Question: where did HONEYMOON originate

Thank you. x

In French we call it CODE POSTAL mine is 60730 :mrgreen:

That’s for me ! :mrgreen:

It’s French : DÉJÀ = ALREADY + VU = SEEN
In Psychology the déjà vu phenomenon is the sensation of having already lived a special moment in life.

For a French speaker, etymologically speaking CHEVROLET means “little CHEVREUIL”. CHEVREUIL = ROEDEER.
The French CHEVREUIL is the evolution of Latin CAPRIOLA “little goat”. CAPRA = GOAT in Latin.

NIHIL means NOTHING in Latin.
Nihilism is the philosophy consisting in saying that the society in which we live is rotten and that the best way to change the society is to destroy everything and to rebuild something new from NIHIL.
A kind of ground zero :mrgreen:

That’s German ! BRUDER = BROTHER + SCHAFT = SCAPE (like in landscape).
The SCHAFT ending plays the role of HOOD in BROTHERHOOD.

Sorry Doug. That can’t happen.. I have been first more than twice! :mrgreen:

That’s French ! CORSET = little body. From CORPS = BODY.

thanks for the link. I think u have to be in the us.. And besides some guy on youtube is helping me sort it out.. He has already got a 3g and an air

My motto “I spend the first half part of my life sleeping and the second half part doing nothing”.

Its “Zip code” here, and mine is 91761

I third that motion! Lol

Check out Marina’s dance here:

A good place to meet men is at the dry cleaners. These men have jobs and usually bathe.
– Rita Rudner
:grin:

Hello princessseherzada, Marina did a Honeymoon video (game) back in Dec. 07. When you click the Lessons list in the upper left hand corner of the page, the videos are listed under
# Guess The Word Game 7
# Guess The Word Game 7 – Answer

Here are the links the the two great videos.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/12/19/guess-the-word-vii-7/
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/12/23/happy-holidays/

Most famous zip code? Probably the one on TV, 90210?
My zip? 79901
Now, Marina, my dear teacher, can you tell us who invented the Zipper, what year it was invented, and why?

It looks a lot like Marina, but are you sure it’s her? Marina, is that really you?

My zip: 21030

Hi Marina,

One person you don’t want to give your zip code to is a “bunny boiler”.
It is a strange phrase so any idea of its know it origin.

Hi Marina
famous zip code 90120 and my zip code is 61761

In India it’s called PIN code (Postal Index Number).

Interesting.
A childs burka under a burka.

I’m sure it’s not Marina!
The girl’s legs are a bit crooked, but Marin’s are not!
Trust me. I’m a dancer, so I’m good at distinguishing people’s body shape.

In Japan, it’s called postal code.
Mine is 130-0001.
Tokyo area starts from “1.”

I know what the word means-I was suggesting it as a topic for Marina-to investigate

In Britain it is called “post code” or maybe “postal code”. These days they’re all one or more usually two letters, a one or two digit number, space, one digit, two letters.

the answer to the homework is easy, it urs marina :lol: 90211 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :mrgreen: <— mrgreen pwns lmfao

It came from the movie, Fatal Attraction

Is there a difference between the word “greed” and “avarice”?

Join the club

Your result for The What Kind of Girl are You Test …
The Liberal Beauty

You scored 51 looks, 59 personality, 21 politics, and 60 sex drive!

You aren’t wattching.. Oh ok… Marina gets naked but oh well… :neutral: :mrgreen:

That girl is a much better dancer than I am!

so it has nothing to do with zipper :razz:

Marina ! All the lovely People !

My first subtitled at last http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=345luD5dFJ4

I hope I will be able to do better all the time !

THANKS TO MARINA !

I know “redux” means “brought back,” but the word itself seems strange to me. What is the origin of this seemingly recently popular word?

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ug3xh3Y2_U0&feature=related

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=LcxYwwIL5zQ&NR=1

ive never heard of 619 as an area code… :???: but 619 is a wrestling move… :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvNyxeBbMOg
it is about 6 secs in…

On the world list.. Some of the new ones are not there..? this one isnt and nor is sos

ahh another texan …yes…love texas…love the zipcodes too…screw other zip codes texas has the best….zip codes are nice and dont have mice….deep in the heart of texas….so much mail and a lot of hail….deep in the heart of texas….

later

I can also bellydance for Marina ! Not only for Sandra Pearson !
It’s here => http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4566178049808050640

in france

That’s because I have to update it manually… I’ll update it now.

can anyone make this smiley? —-> =Þ (look at it side ways if u dont see it)
without copying and pasting, i just want to know if anyone else does know how
ill tell u all later today if u would like to know how to make it

Marina, could you please dance for us in your video?
You sang and did karate, so what we are hoping to see next is your dance!

Btw, have you ever danced ballet?
You’re Russian. Russian people love ballet, and there are so many beautiful ballet dancers in Russia.

Marina .. i had a little hack at one of your vids. I hope you don’t mind.

[hack of a tiny segment of a HFW vid clip]

sound’s awful because i didn’t take much care, and i reencoded it twice.
But .. i wanted to give you an example of how using the greenscreen backdrop might look.
(That backdrop could easily be an animation, etc.)

I expect you’re fully aware of the options, but .. you know .. shrug .. i like showing off.

lol that was kinda funny :mrgreen: <—- mrgreen still pwns

Looks cool.. I got a green screen cloth background.. I just haven’t played with it yet… maybe I will on Monday.

how easy is it for your software to merge in another source and replace the background?

kook cool and http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=iAJ2AoEwDvY

I don’t know about the “best” Zip Codes, but we have more and they’re bigger!

Well, she’s better looking anyway :razz:

Hello Marina,

Up here in Canada, we call it postal code. We use the same term as Great Britain. The exception is the French part of Canada which call it something French…(duh!) au francais …aaah… hmmm??? code postal(e) ? :arrow: :lol:

BTW Marina, I can belly dance.
Whenever I dance, that’s the only part of me that moves, my belly! :cry:

I was sure yours was 420…

Amazing bottom. :eek: But what’s the song? It seems not English.

In Australia we just call it ‘Post Code’ :smile:

My program does it.. I just have to learn how to do it.

!! .. i was just about to step in and say “lol – you don’t give nothin’ away, do you” .. but you beat me to it.

most famous? 90210 after the TV show i guess. Think it is Beverly HIlls.

As an aside, it’s a little silly of them to add those four digits at the end
of the five digit number, which they did fairly recently, to identify the exact house i guess. after all there is all ready a number on the house. oh boy

In Canada, They are called postal codes or codes postal for the french spealing community! Our postal codes are composed of 6 alternating letters and numbers to form the postal code. For example mine is G1H 6M8 and the 40 appartments in my building have the same one – To prevent errors, there are no I ‘s or O’s in canadian postal codes because they could be confused with 1′s and 0′s. The most famous one would probably be H0H 0H0 “HOHOHO” for the north pole (Santa Clause)!

postcode =Dutch
postinumero=Finnish

!! .. it wasn’t supposed to be funny! :sad:

Word request. Back in the 1980′s, some men at work used the phrase
“the tits” or “that’s the tits” like an idiom meaning “the best” or “great” or whatever. Has this ever made any slang or idiom dictionaries or did it just pass by so fast it never hit any officialdom? just curious. have NO idea why it pops into mind when visiting your site. *Rolls eyes* u r the best marina. thanks for site.

oh by the way. FACETIOUS is a good word, only one in english i think with all vowels in order in it. Might be an interesting etymological investigation.

i think i an the first prs to typea connent with speech recognition i have nat removd any mistakes , It seems to be a bit tentrmantal .ihope yu cn make sense ofd .;

In Canada the postal code format, started in 1971, was alphanumeric – three characters, a letter, then a number, then a letter, then a space and three more characters, a number, a letter and a final number. For mail to Santa, the code H-0-H 0-H-0 fit this format, so it became popular. The Canadian Postal Service receives a million letters every Chrismas and attempts to answer them in the language they were originally submitted in.

I now live in Panama, where we have no postal codes and, in fact have very few street addresses either. It’s all very frustrating, particularly when almost all on-line forms insist on a postal or zip code. Most of the time we use 00000, which, of course, means nothing. It would be nice if Panama came up with at least one postal code that identified the country.

I believe that is your sister you keep locked up in the cellar. She just snuck out and did that dance for us. :wink:

Nice belly dance dictionaricdotcom, almost makes me want to do one, but I am to shy and have a tad more belly to shake around. :grin:

We need something like they had on Farscape where they inject you with microbes and you can understand any language.

Hello mad_621,

For your information… East of Regina… the postal code is S0G 3Z0.
No o’s just zeroes… just like you said.
Where is G1H 6M8 anyway?

Curious!

How does one hack a video?

i think i’d much prefer a fish in my ear to a bunch of hifalutin microbes.

well .. i found a vid that M had made which had a relatively smooth consistent colour background.

Which means i could turn it into a transparency and isolate the figure of M.

Which means in turn, that i can replace the background. I was at the very edges of understanding what i was doing so it’s merely a static background. .. and i made no other modifications.

I dloaded the vid from YouTube (using a Firefox addon).
I seperated out all the frames as png files using Quicktime.
I used a batch program for Paintshop pro which merely pulls in the files and saves where a colour range is set as transparent.
Then i created a cloud background scene the same size as teh frames.
Then i wrote a script for Macromedia fireworks to pull in each frame on top of the cloud background and save it as a new indexed file.
Then i got a free video compression prog which pulled in all the modified individual pic files .. and compressed these as a divx vid.
Then .. for a form which is playable in a browser, i had to convert to a mov file using a free prog called … erm .. (looks to see) … Super (C).

… and i havent mentioned the audio yet .. i had to compress that twice for some reason i cant remember .. prob cos i got lost in the process.

:smile: are you glad you asked?

Hey hows that dyslexia working out for you? It’s 90210

It’s 90210. What the heck is 90213?

i would like to know where the Word “Hell” comes from i have my own lil theory but not sure if it’s correct. i’m thinkin it comes from hte name of the Norse goddess of the underworld Hel jus wonderin if im right or just totally daft

+1 capman. Now we know she’s jealous because Marina is more successful.

Genious, I would like to know if this word is like creative wonder if I spelled it right.Thanks.PK

when i say “I seperated out all the frames as png files” – i mean i seperated out a subset of all the frames

This letter was used in Old English: it was one of the two versions of the modern “th” (the smooth one, like in… “smooth” for example). This letter was named “þurisaz” and comes from the Celtic alphabet. It’s still used today in Iceland.
If you want to write it, just type Alt+0254 using your numpad. This is the code of this symbol.

It is in Quebec city, Here is a link for a Canada post reference guide to Canadian postal codes for anyone interested!
http://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/fsamaps/pdf/Canada.pdf
You can also enter a zip code or a canadian postal code in google map and get the corresponding area map!

:mrgreen: I believe the post office calls it zip+four. It is suppose to make it easier for the mail carrier to locate your address. Trouble is,only about half(if that many)bother to use the extra four digits. And when people move to a new address,they may use the the old +four digits on their new zip code which only adds confusion for the mail carrier. Also,some online companies do not allow the +four digits to be inserted on your address when you create an account with them. It is turning out to be the old “catch 22″ syndrome. That means you can’t win no matter what you do. I think I’ll go see a movie and think about it tomorrow.

The house across the street. :wink:

“A pertwee”. I hope I’m posting this in the right place. I live in London and I’ve just been told that “a pertwee” is a can of drink which has already been partly drunk. This is the first time I’ve heard of it. The
user of this term said he didn’t know why it was called that. I said it might be something to do with former Doctor Who Jon Pertwee or his son Sean Pertwee. This is the first time I’ve heard of it, so I don’t know if even *you* can find out.

:mrgreen: Marina:
I was just wondering: Where did the phrase “catch 22″ come from? I know it means a no-win situation but how did it get started? Please investigate unless you find yourself in a “catch 22″ trying to figure it out. He-he!!

Looking for that Fish

2utoday, “Catch 22″ is the name of a book that was made into a film. The meaning comes from that story, so there’s no real point wasting time asking about it on here. Just from memory, it’s about a pilot who will probably die in the near future if he carries on being a pilot so he tries to get discharged on grounds on insanity, but then he’s told that as no sane person would want to continue in a job where they’re likely to be killed, this proves he’s not insane. He’s told this is “Catch 22″, so it either originates in this story or in USAF regulations which govern this situation.

Wait till they start putting out the road signs. Vote me no vote for me. It’s already started here. :roll:

G, is that where you are on the comments list?

Hey Roughcut your right on the Dr Who idea, but I have never heard of a can drink half drunk called that either. I live in the states and that is the first for me. Maybe Marina can find out more for you so I am going to put the word in bold so she can find it when she looks through all the comments. Word Request “pertwee as in a half drunk can of soda I hope she helps you on this one. :smile:
Mike

More quotes from professors. :smile:

http://thinkexist.com/occupation/famous_professors/

One more and I’ll stop bugging you. :smile:

http://www.quotesdaddy.com/?gclid=CPiA1u-A3JUCFQZeswod7kzdDA

No, that was the homework answer. I am at 95677

I thought it was Steven Hawkin talking there for a minute.

Hi Marina!

I did some research on the web and I found out the most famous zip code is 90210 from Beverly Hills. Here in Portugal we call that a ‘ZIP code’ or ‘postal code’ to. :mrgreen:

U’re great (I mean… I wanna be next teacher’s pet xD)! :lol:

Thanks, but it wasn’t quite like that. The can of drink was alcoholic and I don’t think much of it had been drunk already. An idea I’ve had about it is that perhaps Jon Pertwee or Sean Pertwee was often a bit drunk, but not drunk enough and was worried about getting “too drunk”, whatever that may mean. Sean Pertwee has appeared in the historical crime series “Cadfael”, but I can’t remember what else he’s appeared in.

hola princesa, I would like to know the meaning of the word Revolucion
and if you can, can you reply to me by your videos. please love you Corazon Chaooooo

The bold letters will still alert her to your original post.
Good luck. :grin:

maybe it has all the qualities of part wee

that’s a nice observation .. i cheated and used a tool to find:

abstemious
abstentious
arsenious

hello marina how are you doing today?i was wondering what is the origin of when a group of guys going to car and one of them calls out “i got shotgun!!!”can you investigate the origin?

RE-DUX is Latin : RE- “again” + DUX “leader”.
The English word DUKE comes from French DUC and from Latin DUX.
DUCERE means “to lead” in Latin. This Latin root *DUC- is akin to the Germanic (English here) TOW “draw”.

I don’t know why, but I think I have seen this reply before :lol:

There is a decent synopsis of the book in Wikipedia, you could rent the movie but the book is so much better.
Catch-22 by Joesph Heller
Many characters are left out of the movie, one character in the book, ex Private Wintergreen had me rolling on the floor laughing when I read it. :smile:

can you please explain to me the meaning of the word ONOMATOPOEIA and its origin please.

yes, i’m pretty sure 90210 is the answer…

nice decolettage, btw…

oops, maybe i should zip my lip… :cool:

really cuz if i’m right the mexican mafia started in tracey california by a man named shyan…. they are a copy of the black hand italian mafia. they started it to take control of the drug opperations in the state prisons.

Here is the song Deja Vu by CSN&Y not the Beyonce one.

Ninos, This is not the place for such a topic. :shock:
Just Google your subject, there is plenty of information out there. :cool:

hi how did they came up with the word NYLON as in a nylon string

ight will do

I’m guessing the most famous zip code is probably 90210, from the TV Program, “Beverly Hills 90210 .”

It means a word based on a sound, like “meow” or “bang.”

For those of you who have not seen Marina’s dance yet, its right here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylfbxhz2M3U
she says the dancer is her sister but I think she is Marina herself.

The “Shotgun” seat is the one in front, beside the driver, where the man with the firearm sat on Stagecoaches.

I have a word request:
to wear the pants
which origin has this outdated saying?
in which language/country was it used first?

I wanna request a word, the word *Effect*.

Ninos, Research Zoot Suites, find out how this subjects relates to the Mexican American community. Who knows, some day you may need a topic for a school paper. :idea: :cool: :smile:

The most famous zip code must be 90210?

I find this video shallow & pedantic

Could you look up the origin of the term ‘southpaw’ please? Thanks a lot Marina.

So it means “leader again.” That doesn’t quite make sense the way it is used, like “Hurricane Ike was Gustov Redux for New Orleans.”

Hi Marina,
was wondering where the word “hoarse” (as in: “your voice is hoarse”) comes from. Thanks!
- Mizu

Requested word is Effect plox

I’ve heard about this, but I don’t know if I should post what I’ve heard, because that might be all Marina’s job. I thought that some of her explanations were quite obvious, but others were more obscure. I’m a linguist as well as good at English spelling and grammar myself.

Requested Word:
“Movie”. Why do we say “watch a movie” or “go see a movie” or even “making a movie”?

Yes, well sort of!

Basically, you take this thing-a-ma-gingy… and zing this to that ding… then flip flop and fly… well sort of!!! :lol:

After the firefox add-on part I got confused. This will be another adventure on another day. When I’m driven to accomplish something like this, I’ll figure out the steps… just like when I started using a Lincoln Continental to cook hotdogs! :lol:

you’re telling me …

.. trying to figure this out is like sitting in the back seat of a car facing the wrong way and trying to drive using a mirror and sticks.

thanks geronimo for the correction

nice graphic for the icon, mrsean.

yes .. but .. beneath those clothes she wears, isn’t she naked anyway?

thanks Mijj. this is great to know! nice tool to use.

I find that clip shallow and pedantic

Greatest podcast ever, well done hot4words!

Now can I humbly ask, if you can check the origin of ‘Ombudsman’ ? Thank you very much :)

Keep up the good work!

hhmmm…I guess so mijj. Do imagine, visualise pretty much everything but shamefully not any use in my current job….will have to re-think a few things to see where this could lead to. Love photography as with some art but never really got stuck into it before. May replace playing music with a new hobby for a while, ‘see’ what happens. What the heck mijj, will attend evening photo classes at my local college. Also, have many hours of video collected over the years when traveling. Some has been edited shown to a few who said they enjoyed the abstract slant I gave it. Most importantly, thinking about it, I really enjoyed creating them as with seeing peoples reactions…hhmmm….thanks for the thought mijj, could be just what I’m looking for….Hollywood here I come! :smile:

That girl just wanted to show off her asssets :mrgreen:
Dancing is easy as cha-cha-cha! Singing is the
same. Start with the Electric Slide, Macarena,
Boot Scoot Shuffle ( LOL!) and work it out from
there. You’ve already got some good moves, now
you need to practise some “lizard” moves – Yeow! :twisted:
(You DO know what I mean, right?) :grin:
A good example of the lizard is the scene in
True Lies where Jamie Lee Curtis dances for
Arnold….(you know, where his eyes bug out!!)

flippin ‘eck James, SEX on the brain :lol: – funky avatar :cool:

may replace music? … eek! … i kind of think of music as being strongly visual .. well .. in my case anyway. … i guess there must be a number of ways that music can be perceived.

Stevemol ! The meaning is very clear : “Ike was another Gustov for New Orleans”. REDUX here means “comer back” instead of “leader back”. Words can be very flexible.

The word MOVIE replaced the word CINEMA. CINEMA is the shortened form for CINEMATO-GRAPH “movements-writer”.
Don’t forget the invention of the CINEMA. Pictures started to move !

you are both shallow and pedantic ! :mrgreen:

EFFECT is taken from the Latin EFFECTUS = EX+FACTUS = OUT-DONE.
In latin a past participle can become a name. So if English were pure we should say like in Latin : OUTDEED instead of EFFECT.
Imagine : “The outdeeds of this weather are awful.”

In French we use to say “his wife wears the pants” SA FEMME PORTE LA CULOTTE. But I think the Germans use also this saying.

It’s a Greek word : ONOMA “noun” + TOPEIA “location”.
Some sounds can not be expressed by the human language, so if you want to “locate a sound” in the human language as a noun, for instance the sound of an explosion, you have to fabricate a new word like BANG. Try to imitate the sound of an engine !!!!

In France when you say 22 it means “the cops are coming”.

The concept of HELL as a bad place is a monotheistic concept.
Indeed HELL means “clear, bright, luminous, full with light and fire” and his the name as you said it of a Germanic god.

:mrgreen: And in the USA,when you say 22 to the authorities,you are letting them know you are old enough to vote,get drunk,or join the military. However,they will probably want to see photo i.d. just to be sure. Oh yeah,they may even want to take your picture and finger prints and forward them on to the FBI and Interpol if you want anything more than buy booze and get drunk. Sometimes, men in black(MIB),may follow you around for days to see if you do anything stupid like buying firearms and other strange stuff. Yeah,you never know who is out there. Yikes!!

zoot suit yeah i aint in school no morez but i know all about them or other know pachuco suits. them suit are the shit i got a poster of a lot of them. i rock the lowrider hat haha i’m saving money to get a custom one. :mrgreen:

Homework: 02134

When I was a kid, and there were only 4 or 5 channels one could watch on broadcast TV, there was a show on PBS called “Zoom” with this ZIP code. Since Sesame Street came on just before it, I thought these shows were right next door to each other. There was also “The Electric Company”.

I think it comes from baseball… if one was a left-handed pitcher, one was a south-paw. Paw refers to the hand, and South refers to the orientation of that hand while the pitcher stood on the mound. Typical baseball diamonds were oriented such that batters faced east, so the sun will not interfere with their play. This meant that left-handed pitchers were using their south-sided hand.

You probably mean “Zoot suits”. Good request… it will send us back to the early 20th century.

wherefore 90210?

what he said (diction man that is).

once you do, will you please share?!
Seriously! :)

90210!!

p.s. where can we find naked pics of this lady?!

.. on the other hand .. M has a balanced approach to her word vids .. she doesn’t just sit there spouting verbiage .. there’s lots of presentation quality.

so she’s strong visually as well as verbally. .. so that means there’s not going to be a huge difference in verbal orientation percentages. so i don’t have to fear Marina.

Awesome Girl

You scored 58 looks, 89 personality, 77 politics, and 40 sex drive!……. :???:

Hello mijj,
Sorry to bother you, I’m catching up right now, I always pester Bob and maybe he needs a break from my comments and questions.
Beans on toast.
I listen to audio books while I work and this one had a line in it that went something like-
“You have an accent that is as British as beans on toast”.
Is that a rude comment? Is that a local snack? Is it an old custom?
I did a search and I get explanations/pictures on how to prepare it not much more.
Thank you

Hello annuddermale,
Does that mean “decorate the cottage” :wink: ?

Marina would decorate anyone’s life, let alone a mere living space… :cool:

In CANADA, we have what we call a postal code… consiting of letters and numbers 3 letters and 3 numbers… but my mail still gets misplaced… ugggg!
probably from the british system?? God save the Queen!

most famous zip code has to be 90210! bev hills baby!

Marina what is it in Russia? It seems to be a slightly different system….
I have cousin in Drohobych Ukraine… and you have to put down all kinds of freaky stuff…

hi warren.

yeh … i guess beans on toast is a typically brit kiddy food for adults.
I.e. something you’d make your kids cos they enjoy it … and it’d be your guilty pleasure too.

Hey .. how come you want to know so much about brit habits? .. are you planning to invade?

Just got a little over-Marina’d for a while. Can happen I guess…

day 7! – i went one full week without M-videos! :shock:

No, lol. 4:20 is just my favorite time of the day :mrgreen:

When I was at California Institute of Technology, the school had a unique zip code, 91125, and its own system of postal boxes. You could send me mail addressed “P-107, 91125″ and it would get to me without even my name.

I’m back, been a while since I been to the site. I’m trying to catch up on Videos now via the RSS feed.

In Canada, we have “Postal Codes”. 3 letters, and 3 numbers. They begin with a letter, then a number, then a letter, and so on.

example: V8N 1B8

I’ve been told we have weird zip codes by Americans.

As for the most famous, I would have to say 90210, as it was part of the name of a famous TV show.

My zip code; 46746

As for the most famous zip; D.C.?

Hey Maria, want to become penpals? :grin:

In Canada we use a postal code of LetterNumberLetter NumberLetterNumber. The most famous postal code we have is H0H 0H0 which is at the North Pole and gets a lot of mail… for Santa Claus.

‘Post Code’ instead

90210?

mine is 90650

In Austria we call it PLZ. This stands for Postleitzahl which means Mail->Divert->Number.

Your hotfordollmakerwords ;-)))

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