Loon

:lol:

!

crime rate go sup with a full moon

oh … is there a new video up?

loon .. some kind of bird isn’t it?

come on you people … where are you?

they must be on the moon

can’t watch any M videos til the silly Bill O’Reilly bit drains from my memory. {..shudder..}

Hey could you teach us about the fruit, Kumquat, please?

Hi Marina
I would like to know the origin of the world SUED and if it got some kind of connection to the word суд in Russian

thanks =]

so M says loon is related to lunar, does she?

he’s in that vid, too.

Checking in :grin:

… ugh …

any particular reason .. or is he framed on the wall or something?

you’re late!

what time do you call this?

Tides are affected by the moon.

because she did that word on his show.

Oh no you, come over and tell us that the new video is up, cannot. Herh herh herh. :roll:

oh .. i guess i wiped it from my memory.

some [loons].

eh?

what have you done with Capman?

http://www.yodaspeak.co.uk/index.php

here.

“codswallop” is in there, too.

Marina I have always wondered what the difference between English ‘Weird’ and the Old English word ‘wyrd’. How come they sound the same, and are they related. If you could help me out on that I’d surely appreciated it :wink:

no, the second show.

Marina,
I was watching some old movies and was wondering where “Hip Hip Hooray” comes from……
Thanks

but she already did “codswallop”.

no, it’s not “already”. it’s “again”.

she did “republican” and “democrat” in that one show, too.

You, who are, and you done to capman, what have, hmm?

the word Loonie is also a canadian dollar…my word requect is for the word Election

As has been noted tides have a direct correlation to the moon ( and sun to a lesser extent ) and someone also noted crime rates go up. Absenteeism ( awol if you are in the military ) goes up and ER staff will confirm they fear the full moon as well. Driving its a little harder to tell ( everyone on the cell phone and texting ) but it sure seems to me rationality is significantly less.

I think it’s fun to play with. You can click on translate again and it gives you a different translation.

oh .. are you saying she repeated the BO bit in this video?

:lol: (this is like some weird kind of crazy … something or other)

i think i must be going mad .. i understood that last one!

:shock: Hi, what is the origin of the word discombobulated? Thanks, Ms. HFW!!

Happy Hour :grin: :wink:

But what about the nickname for the Canadian dollar coin?

pissed as a newt, eh?

The moon pulls at the earth creating some sorta wobble in the orbit,I forget what it’s called,same thing they use to find moons on distant worlds,if the world wobbles there must be a moon or some sort of satelite body causing the wobble.

Back in the day some chickie friends of mine said the full moon would make them rag(menstruate),is that true?

When Shane(my Son’s 1/2 bro)was about 3yo he called a full moon “full balloon”,one night at about that same age he leans forward in the truck,points up,and says,”look”,when my friend and I leaned forward and looked up Shane leans back and says “hehehehehe”,the tricky little shi#!!

We used to get waaayyyy loaded out on the gravel roads back in the 70s,during a full moon I would discretely reach and shut the headlights off while driving,scaring the crap out of everybody,I could see well enough cause of the full moon and I never left the lights off for long. Was a good trick. After the scare everybody wanted to get more loaded!

tryant

let’s try a more diplomatic approach.
she doesn’t put her o’dickhead show appearances up on her youtube channel, so a lot of people haven’t seen it yet.

ah .. ok …

I suspect M’s seen her way into showbiz .. i.e. BO.

.. i assumed maybe this is the beginning of a long BO’Reilly suck-up fest.

I don’t know if you’re familiar with this …
[this] highlights the kind of filth that Bill O’Reilly is.

Hey HotForWords,
I was wondering where the word “snooze” came from.
Like the snooze button on an alarm clock, or the phrase “Snooze you lose”.
Thanks.

I believe “once in a blue moon” means two full moons in a month. But why call it blue? Why not a “blew” moon?

well, whenever i moon someone, they tell me i’m crazy… :sad: :mrgreen:

but we all know the tides are a direct effect of lunar pull…

i mean, when the moon exerts its mass, Earth loses her water… :wink:

the moon actually seems to have near-zero effect on human behaviour, but there is one interesting study:

Human aggression and the lunar synodic cycle.

Lieber AL. J Clin Psychiatry. 1978 May;39(5):385-92.

Data on five aggressive and/or violent human behaviors were examined by computer to determine whether a relationship exists between the lunar syndoic cycle and human aggression. Homicides, suicides, fatal traffic accidents, aggravated assaults and psychiatric emergency room visits occurring in Dade County, Florida all show lunar periodicities. Homicides and aggravated assaults demonstrate statistically significant clustering of cases around full moon. Psychiatric emergency room visits cluster around first quarter and shows a significantly decreased frequency around new and full moon. The suicide curve shows correlations with both aggravated assaults and fatal traffic accidents, suggesting a self-destructive component for each of these behaviors. The existence of a biological rhythm of human aggression which resonates with the lunar synodic cycle is postulated.

oh, and you have many here, including me, moony-eyed… :cool:

no, never seen that one. that’s really fucked up.

I would like to know the meaning of Galoshes.

I have always thought it was strange..for shoes.

Excellent video Marina. That picture of you under the YT logo must have been taken when you were there a few months ago teaching about being a YT guru. :smile:

Some scientists are rationalizing the lunatic behavior of certain people due to the effects of an increase in positive ions due a full moon. Excessive positive ions can cause headaches, dizziness, fatigue, allergies, heart disorders and many more.

Negative ions counter the effects of positive ions and provide alertness, better breathing, better sleep and many more.

Moony Eyed

I love the word “LURK”. Where does it come from?

Hey beyondimage that’s a great word request of galoshes. I have often wondered that myself.

TA Mike

Dear совершенная Marina, For your homework the gravity of the moon affects ocean tides here on earth. Because the moon rises in the East and sets in the West it’s used to tell basic directions.
The moon is used as a romantic object in many songs, “Moon River”, “Blue Moon”, “By the light of the Silvery Moon” and many others in which a boy and girl go out and discover being close to each other. :smile: This is a great purpose, and it would be nice to go watch the moon with you. :grin: Your dear student, seesixcm6

O’ CLOCK ?

Hi Marina, I would like to know in reference to time, why we say o’clock as in, it is 9 o’clock.

Thank You So Much

:cool: Marina could you please. investigate Lunatic-fringe :

I once caught a loon fishing, I was using a slip bobber technic, 20 feet of water with a very large shinner minnow, I was trying to land a large northern pike, anyway, all the sudden I got a battle that was extremely vicious and frightening, I fought what I thought was a pike, so when I had wrenched the loon to the surface, the loon (I now call him Leroy), took off across the water and I was about to cut the line when the loon shook his head and spit the hook out. I was all alone so this story isonly verified by me and Leroy, but trust me I could not make this up.

Dear Marina,

How nice! What a dark and unromantic world this would be without the moon. Ask any poet or composer. I can hear Sinatra (“Fly me to the moon and let me swing among the stars”), Van Morrison (Moondance), Neil Young (Harvest Moon), Cat Stevens (Moonshadow), Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon), Dylan (Blue Moon and the cover by the Cowboy Junkies), and the classics, LVB’s Moonlight Sonata. HFW fans, I am sure, can add many more. So, I think without the moon we would be missing that soft light which let’s us get a little crazy in the otherwise bleak darkness and illuminates the path with a heart.

Q :grin:

continued, I think of Leroy often and wonder how he is, he gave me the fight of his and my life. I hail from Minnesota so we have many Loons up here, most however are democrats. Go McCain / Palin

There always seems to be more ‘road kill’
the morning after a full moon. :shock:

You might be thinking of lunar precession.

Please research the word ‘vigarish.’ The context I’ve heard it used is a payment for services or in a poker game. Shortened one would say “how much is the vig if I do this?” Anyway, its not a Google definition, and its in movie scripts.

I too am from Minnesota. And we have a small town up here called Vergas. Their town mascot is the Loon. They have a week long event/celebration called Looney Days that brings out all the crazy people.

As far as the lunar changes I know that the Likenthorpes are affected greatly.

i was thinking that, but on checking the precession refers to the tilt of the earth’s axis rather than the wobble on the orbit.

I’ve had a look and only seen the wobble on the orbit referred to as “wobble”. – didn’t look particularly hard though.

The rising and falling of the ocean tides are affected by the moon.

http://www.RolandBuckles,com

hello my lovely instructor. i was hoping you could define this word for me and help me find the correct word I am looking for. The word is (beleaguer) as used by Katie Curect in her interview with Gov. Sarah Palin. The word I am looking for is one that I see the left wing using on alot of republicans when they are discussing an issue. I don’t know if there is a word for this tactic but it goes something like this. Exp. I ask you if you have finished you homework and you reply have you noticed your shoe is not tied and we get off track from my question and now are focused on why my shoes are not tied. The discussion becomes one of me explaining why my shoes are not tied and my question about your homework goes unanswered or forgotten all together. It’s like a sneaky way to tranfer the thinking of the person who is asking the question away from the issue they wanted an answer to, to something that has nothing at all to do with what I wanted to know in the first place. Can you help me with this? Get back to me asap as I want to email O’reilly and use it. thank you. I love your beauty and brains keep up the good work and the best to you.

Hi Marina I was wondering what the origin of the word Sudoku is. I love to do the logic puzzle, but it would be interesting to find out where the word came from.

Thank you :grin:

besides all the other words i requested how about
XOXO
where’d it come from?

Well in the world of the supernatural, the lunar cycle plays a part in various different lore. The most popularly used in media, is the werewolf. In a few of the lore for them, a full moon transforms a person into a half man/woman half wolf.

I am not confused, and so am I :mrgreen:
Loony is from Luna(r)? Not spelled Luny? Ok……
Crazy as a loon, is as I suspected – the bird.
Oy! my head hurts

Homework: Lunar cycles affecting planet Earth
The ladies have a 28 day lunar cycle…
Phases of the moon are known to influence
this activity. Sometimes when Aunt Flo visits
she just trickles, but when coinciding with a
Full moon – watch out! The good side of
all this is the hormone (horny) factor tends
to follow theses events (it’s GOOD to be a man). :twisted:
Lunar cycles affect tides and animal behavioural
triggers akin to mating, migrating, etc.
Full moons are always busy for Police, Fire and EMT’s.
Uhh… that’s as deep as I know :grin:

The word i want to know about is Navy. As it is to describe a color and also a military departament. Where did it come from and why is it used to describe those 2 things.
My guess is that the name came from a different language discribing the color of water.

Homework:Tides and werewolves :shock:
Werewolves have already has been investigated by Hotforwords.
What other words associated with fall and Halloween should be investigated? How about the Harvest Moon? Or Halloween itself?

Frank Zappa named his daughter “Moon Unit Zappa”, for which reason he can be called a “loon”.

I think Zappa was way loony long before Moon Beam. Is Dweezil older than Moon Beam?

Tides and women’s periods are affected with the change of the moon. :grin:

i dunno ..

.. insane though, isn’t it.

Call your kids Keith or Susan or something and let them choose their own insane names later (like “mijj” or “bsombody”).

Marina in the Loon picture you look very pretty. But you look so scary :shock: WHAT HAPPEN THER :?:

I know that M is getting some great exposure from BO. We need to find her a more positive outlet. Stay positive, Teach :lol:

To much moon units I think he smoked.

Hi Marina i was wondering if u can investigate the word “FILIBUSTER” my teacher was talking about it today but I still didnt understand and it just sounds funny. I was wondering if you can clarify it for me. THANKS!! :smile:

The tiides are affected by the moon and earths gravitational pull on each other

This is close;

“While the gravity of a star tugs on a planet and holds the planet in orbit, the planet’s gravity also tugs on the star. That tug makes the star wobble slightly back and forth. If the wobble is along our line of sight, then sensitive instruments called spectrographs may be able to detect it.

The size of the wobble depends on the planet’s heft (mass) and its distance from the star. The larger the mass of the planet, the bigger the star’s wobble will be, making larger planets easier to detect. At the same time, a planet in a tight, short-period orbit is easier to find than one in a wide, long-period orbit.”

I’m think the show I saw some time ago was about a similar effect of a moon on a planet,same principal anyhow. The quote came from here,hope the link works;;

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/New_Laser_Technology_Could_Find_First_Earth_like_Planets_999.html

If you have a bunch of nekked young women playing your music :oops: , and people still think it sucks… well, you know

Im as crazy as a loon for those exotic eyes :mrgreen: lol…..where does the word eyes come from? such a strange pattern of letters

word request: If you investigate eyes, you would have to examine “blue.” Are they real? Does she or does she not?

Capman 911 Have you seen this touching story on YT :arrow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtrBEQZOzUM This director is a fan of HFW.

Keith Moon was called Moon the Loon …

… mainly for trashing places, creating mayhem, etc, etc.

here’s an interesting vid : [Keith Moon passes out] … (sound’s a leeeetle out of synch)

damn them drugs. They make everyone crazy! They should be against the law.

Tides run in a cycle with lunar phases. The strongest phases are associated with the new and full phases of the moon.

Look above at 84th comment I sent a link to a real good video

Marina – you have to change that pic on the right (with the “loon” caption)

…. :oops:

it looks like someone snuck up behind you and took you by surprise.

How about . Rush Limbaugh. That would be a good show for her to go on . Because there is no more .Randi Ra odes.OR AIR AMERICA THANK GOD Because no one what”s to hear that Liberal Bull shit

Is this a new look or just a fade or ? :shock:

Hello hotforwords, Can you please tell me where the word Fairy came from please?

nice look ..

the eye thing reminds me of [Alex from Clockwork Orange]

homework: Ocean tides for one.
Some types of weather
Volcanic activity
People’s moods ( :?: )

Sorry hotforwords, i just requested you to find out the word fairy means for me. Nevermind about that, i got a better thing for you to find out for me if you wouldnt mind please.

Why do UK say chips and and America call them fries? :razz:

Where did the word Zinger come from? Zing!

(((((((:shock: crazy eye makeup is the “in” now days :???: ))))))

What about upsey daisey? Where did that come from?

What about ‘chomp’ as in ‘chomping at the bit’

Can u tell me where the expression. mississippi came from the M i crooked letter, crooked letter I, crooked letter, crooked leter, i, hump back, hump back I.

Why is it that the Moon (Like all other Planets)is Perfectly Round and not shaped like a Stone picked up off the beach? There is a Request
Teacher “Beach” , Where did that come from?

Hey , Can you Ride a Lunar Cycle?

btw … are you still infatuated with Marina, Greg?

jealous much? I am Her # 51500th fan :cool:

Only at high tide if the waves are tubular – LOL :mrgreen:

Nifty Gravatar! Congrats on being first! :mrgreen:

He’s been Yoda-fied :mrgreen:

Who’s on first?

lol … no .. i’ve gravitated towards an overall mild dislike. I don’t know how you have the stamina.

Over the lazy dog the quick brown fox jumped. Yes, hmmm. :mrgreen:

Dude, you need to ask Bill Nye, the Science Guy
about the moon being globular (“round” is used
to described two dimensional objects).
Beach is good, I second that request :mrgreen:

Americans have chips.
Brits call those crisps!
go figger….
At least we can agree on fish :mrgreen:

Volcanoes! Excellent, I totally missed that!
Your break time video was cool. Film noir :mrgreen:

That was raw…but it was very well done.
Definitely worth a look – Thanks :mrgreen:

She could tell us the origin of Mr. Snerdly’s name! :mrgreen:

And Dweezil? and Ahmet?
Frank almost named Ahmet – Clint Eastwood
(this is not a joke, he almost did!)
Frank didn’t do drugs – he didn’t need to,
being a composer, he was already “out there”
Suzi Creamcheese, Help I’m a Rock,
Brown Shoes Don’t Make it, Cheap Thrills,
Let’s make the water turn black…
the list goes on :mrgreen:

I’m curious. Could you explain the origins of God and Devil? Are they take offs of Good and Evil? After all, they are spelled similar and each sort of means the same. That being God=Good and Devil=Evil.

Word request – Hob Goblin :mrgreen:

It’s all President Bush’s fault for making us
buy shoes made in China, since the US
doesn’t manufacture “dick” anymore,
unless sh*tty cars count :mrgreen:

I’m getting married in the near future and I was wondering why do they call it honey mooning? Does it have something to do with the act of mooning?

tide ,

Don’t you mean loenS in stead of loen…? because I’m only familliar with loens ,even the dictionary doesn’t mention loen……. LoenS means someone who has a squint or is very unreliable,

btw loon means wage in dutch :roll:

The first thing that comes to mind are the Oceans and Seas. I believe it’s when the moon waxes the tides are higher and lower when the moon wanes.

I think women have a 28 days cycle due to the action of the moon ?
The question is WHY ?

LOL

what about Dick Cheney?

… say .. you don’t hear much about Dick Cheney any more. Whatever happened to him?

i liked Hot Rats. But not much of the other stuff really.

Perhaps M got it all wrong then.. :?:

HOMEWORK.

The Tide

Also animal attacks to humans

The tides are effected by the moon. It’s gravitation also acts a a stabilizing factor in our rotation. It effects the movement of earth as well as water. Studies have shown that more baby animals are born during the period where the moon is the fullest. It also give the cow something to jump over when the dish runs away with the spoon.

It looks fuckin emo.. How awful..

You filthy sod

I know

Hello th3onlybunny,
Marina did a great video on the origin of the word Honeymoon. It is in the form of a guess the word game. Here are the two videos. The first one is the guess the word, and the second video is the answer.

Guess the Word VII (7)
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/12/19/guess-the-word-vii-7/

Happy Holidays! (Word VII Answer)
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/12/23/happy-holidays/

Perhaps it’s in the OED :smile:
c.1450 “lowen” meaning rascal, crazy person
related to Dutch “loen” meaning stupid person.

how about FUNNY BONE as in i hit by funny bone, its not funny it just hurts :S

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouiBd1Ln1NQ

In dutch we call it phone bone :S that’s weird to,maybe because you only bump it when your elbow is bend like when holding a telephone :?:

i agree .. it’s disgraceful.

i’m not sure what you mean … ?

Can you explain why the word loon is used as a general name for a young man or boy in the northeast of Scotland much the same way as lad is used in the rest of the UK.

[Eric Van Loon, Esq.]

The moon and its goons went hunting for coons and found their spoons in the month of June by the tune of dried dunes. I’m done.Good job Marina. :???:

Quick look out your window, it’s Jet Man :roll: :shock: :grin:

Lunatic Fringe

Dear Marina, one of my best firends just got married, and I was wonderig why it’s called honeymoon? :wink:

Thanks

Hello mskov89, Marina has already done a video on the word honeymoon. I answered someone below regarding that question. Here is the link to my comment that contain links to the honeymoon videos.

http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/09/25/loon/#comment-64372

If loony is from lunatic which is derived from luna, a loon is a bird, how do we get this situation: the Canadian one dollar coin is the loonie, because it has a picture of a loon on one side.

Phrase request: ‘Straight from the horse’s mouth’.

Absentmindedprof

Btw, I assume this isn’t a refernece to Mr. Ed, the talking horse of tv sitcom fame. :lol:

would you investigate Denali?

Gravity perhaps? That darn moon pulling my head every 28 days! :-) I wonder why as well…

foxbow, I’m talking about old Dutch.. not modern.

The moon is round because it’s made of cheese and the millions of little mice that nibble on it keep it nice and round…. did I get it right?

wha..?

etymonline says dutch.

–> link.

That’s a good one liplisous08, plus on the menu here in the Satates I often see “fish & chips” which must be left over from the “old country” :-)

i like it.

ok .. lol .. but surely you know what you mean ..

M chooses her pics near a thin borderline between saucy and soft porn (if you see what i mean) … and that pic’s not a good choice … M should be a little more selective is basically what i’m getting at, but in a not very respectful way.

Fantastic as usual Marina. I have a word request for:

Gongoozler

Pretty pretty PLEASE with a cherry on top!

oops :oops: i meant …

but surely you know what i mean.

Wow, Matt is awesome! I love this video of his about YouTube in 1985:

It was a full moon and I was a little insane! :-)

yeah, i tried to think of a german pendant to “loen” since german and dutch are pretty close (e.g. du. loon — ger. lohn). couldn’t really think of one.

submit more information regarding Lincolns quote— :idea: thank you oh teature

Hey Marina, where does the word “apocalypse” come from??

Hi Marina ^^
I think you have invented a new and effective form of teaching, and that charisma of yours just make your videos even more pedagogical..NEVER lose that russian accent! ;D
Anyway, i was wondering if you could please check up on the word “Economy”? Pretty please?
Have a nice weekend teacher!

I thought the same thing aLx and the
best I can come up with is: der Lümmel ?

… music break …
[The Who - Baba O'riley] (including Moon, the Loon)

but in a not very respectful way.

hmm is that what you really mean?

i’m lost now .. you’re going to have to be explicit in what you’re getting at.

“in a not very respectuful way” .. i think my manner was obviously not respectful. – i’m not sure what else i could have meant.

…or the H. Salt Fish & Chips franchise. The logo says Authentic English Fish & Chips, but mijj might take offense to that. There is an H Salt a mile from my house and I eat there once a week.
http://www.hsalt.com/

alright, this is kinda confusing.

merriam webster suggests middle english loun as as origin of “loon” in the sense of “a crazy person”.
for the bird, they suggest a “Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse lōmr loon.”

oxford says, “loon” as a “silly or foolish person” originated from the bird “loon” which is “probably from Shetland dialect loom.”

uh, yeah, could anyone elaborate on that?

I found where Marina stores all her modelling photos :!:

Marina. Is there anything you don’t know?? Apart from gizmo.. Maybe :smile:

..animal attacks, do tell more James, most interested about this.

Always have wished to dive coral reef under full moon in spring as thats when coral spawns. I know sounds a bit weird wanting to scuba swimming through loads of eggs and sperm however, some how, like clock work, for only one night of the year the coral let it rip. So my understanding would be that the moon has such an effect with all life, plants, animals…everything, would be doomed with out it. …..also thinking as we are made up 80%+ water we must also feel the effects of the moon. My teeth do get a tad sharper nearer the full moon with urge to eat red meat rare, quite energised too, restless, a little bit of a loon you might say :grin: no joke thinking about it, everytime ive injured myself that I can recall (recently fell off my bike busting a rib or two, not the harvest moon but the one before that) is when there is a full moon….. :shock: // Dictionaricdotcom and Marina have commented below on another observation regarding, womans things….but is also very true, like clock work at times, but thats all I know about that!

more about these animals jimbo please, not such a loony thing as you might care to think!

hm. i don’t know. at least two things must have happened then:
1) the vowel must’ve been “shortened”. (assuming that the dutch word is pronounced with a long vowel.)
2) -el must’ve been added.

it would be interesting to know how “oe” is pronounced in dutch.
foxbow?

It was on a programme I saw that just said that it seemed more people were taken to hospital after being attacked by animals on a full moon than any other time

ah, damnit. see comment below.

awwww…that’s so sweet
:smile:

Haha I digged this article up and it also mentions lunacy.. It is about full moon attacks http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=27561

er hum, could have been a wasp…… :shock:

are you dissing protestants? ;P

Did someone say once in a Blue Moon?
Here is the Blue Man Group doing Baba O’Riley – Live.

{.. is tempted to make some lewd comment about the size of a WASP’s prick .. but doesn’t ..}

if in Uk, then bbc Q.I. – think there is a big market to be broken over here M, you would most certainly gain alot more exposure as with new students….if logistic are too complicated how about a vid link up with the show? …thinking it maybe the first time we will get to see the pannel speechless
:smile:

oh? … this’ll be interesting …

lol .. pretty good .. needs wild exuberance for the singing tho, rather than the measured, calm style.

a bee then, massive shlongs compared to a wasps mijj ( Im guessing now….)………// i never diss prostetutes alx, oh im sorry, i meant protestants… :wink: …( remembering grandad on his death bed telling me never to get involed talking about sex, politics, religion or money…..with anyone you don’t really know!) –….so yeah, I am :lol:

always room for a few more

hey! … M did a little chatty walkabout tour of the thread! :smile: that was nice to see. Not the usual hit-and-run stuff. {.. feels the heart warm a little ..}

I would like to know what the word “quick” means when someone says “you have cut me to the quick”

thank you I hope this isnt a dumb request :roll:

:smile: Hi Marina! :smile:
How are you doing? I was wondering how the calendar is coming along :?: Can’t wait to get one! Also, thanks again the AWESOME lesson on the word zipper! Good luck on your Maxim Radio Show!!!

CAR

TRUCK

VAN

awesome find Jimbo.

Subjects
1621 consecutive patients, irrespective of age and sex.

Main outcome measures
Number of patients who attended an accident and emergency department during 1997 to 1999 after being bitten by an animal. The number of bites in each day was compared with the lunar phase in each month.

Results
The incidence of animal bites rose significantly at the time of a full moon. With the period of the full moon as the reference period, the incidence rate ratio of the bites for all other periods of the lunar cycle was significantly lower (P <0.001).

Conclusions
The full moon is associated with a significant increase in animal bites to humans.

…gotta go, Godson Jospeph just phoned :grin: wants me to kick a ball about with him up the park……will have to look into this animal moon thing some more….cheers

for the AWESOME lesson…
I love the little emoticons especially this one :arrow: :oops:
I use this one ALOT!!!!!

I have returned Marina. Been real busy.

Can you add me on PS3 now Marina? Its been pending for like 4 months! :cry:

I know your out there.

I think Moon’s full name is “Moon unit Zappa”. If thats what you were referring to.

Frank Zappa was classic!!! (and I don’t even smoke anything.)

Everything on “joe’s Garage” :wink:

Great lesson, Marina – but I have to wonder at the pronunciation. I don’t know how different the pronunication of old dutch is compared to modern dutch, but taking the modern dutch as an example, “loen” would be pronounced as the english “loon”.

“oe” in dutch is pronounced as the “oo” in loon.
“oo” in dutch is pronounced as the “o” in home.
“o” in dutch is usually pronounced as the “o” in mockingbird, but sometimes also as the “o” in home (to confuse foreigners, no doubt :roll: :lol: )

Can you remember that for the next time you use a dutch word as reference? It would be really cool if you pronounced all those words in all those different languages correctly. :)

This one is for me ! :smile: QUICK in Old Saxon had the meaning of ALIVE. That’s why you have QUICK HEDGE, QUICK SAND, and CUT TO THE QUICK.
CUT TO THE QUICK means the living flesh is touched, deeply so you nerves can feel the offense. The cut is not superficial like on a nail or an unsensitive part of the body, mainly the hair and the horny part of the skin. (I feell this HORNY is going to give birth to a dispute) :mrgreen:

And bus. And to add a more British one, Lorry.

Nick

P.S. Then maybe there are all sorts of words for parts of cars that are different in American and British English – bumper/fender and hood/bonnet and trunk/boot and probably a bunch of others in that category.

Gravity ? But why only for the human body ? Sometimes I get the feeling that all that stuff is not in vain. It was made by something clever I will name God. You know, not the beardy one, the very mysterious one. The moon is also a shield for the earth attracting the asteroids of minor size. Very often Faith in “God” is sustained by the mysteries of Science : Ï€ has no sequence and 1/3 = 0,33333333333 but 0,3333333 * 3 = 0,9999999. What about the center of a center or the end of the end. That stuff is also pulling heads and not every 28 days but every second of our existence…

My Dear Teacher,

I was wondering. Where did the phrase, “tie the knot” come from? As in getting married.

Thank You
Your Dear Student

You never watch the tele, a guy just flew over the English Channel with a Jet Pack and wings. :cool:

The Big Loonie

This is easy to explain – navis is Latin for a ship and the Navy is the organisation which operates ships. Navy blue comes from the former colour of the Royal Navy uniforms which are now black.
What is more intriguing is (Word request) why are labourers who dig holes in the ground called Navvy/Navvies?

Here’s your logo: http://mattkoval.com/images/youtube1985_logo.jpg :grin:

You must have saw the one video where he says “Please subscribe” with a Russian accent. :grin:

The main two that comes to mind; werewolf’s and people who call business to complain about anything.

What is to dislike? She is harmless, She is just having a little fun. She has her sycophants but for the most part most of us here are just bored or online anyways. I work online so it is a disstraction for me. Would I watch if she looked like Hilary Clinton, Hell NO.!! And no one else would aether. So long as you don’t let your self slip in to a delusional idea that she loves you and keep it light what is the harm?

Mr Moonlight

In New Orleans for trunk they call it a cooter shell.

mijj
You gave me a moment to ask my self why do I can to Marinas site?
Word origins……….no
A hot 29 year old that acts and dresses 19 ??……..will maybe.
Mostly it is because there are some intell/people here to talk with
when I am bored. :lol:

COME

Answer for nighteye and help for Marina :
There you go … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzSN-t_gYHE
Don’t be rough with Marina ! :twisted: :evil:

I’m not guessing about the birds and the bees but how about the European Earwig? It not only has a penis that is longer than its entire body, but it has a spare one (for special occasions?).
However, the animal with the largest size penis, in relation to its body is a barnacle whose penis can be up to seven times its body size, which must be why a racing yacht skipper is fucked if he gets barnacles on his bottom. :shock:

Does the moon not effect the tide of the sea?

So, the origin of Earth? I request that, you mentioned the Moon so…

In Scottish a Loon, Loun or Lown is a worthless person or is used as a slang term for a boy.
The adjective Loun or Lowen means serene (referring to the state of the air or water i.e. calm.
As a verb it means to tranquilise or to become calm.
Ref: An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language

I would like to request the word kerfuffle. Not sure if this is widely used in the States or not but i do know it means to be in a muddle about something.

Hi Marina!
Just found out about your sight a few days ago from The O’Reilly (misspelled?) Factor. I love it, sooooooo good to know how many other people are interested in words! I was wondering if you could look up the etymologies of some of these words I’ve worked with for a while, but never found the origins of:

Epistemology,
Ontology,
Aggrandize,
Semantic,
Enumerate,
Culpable,

I can think of more, but these are a few prominent ones. Thanks. Again, love your site! (And your motto!)

Well hello Marina!

First time commenting, glad to be here, actually.

Well, my dear teacher, I was reading an article about the Titanic and I was thinking about words that I would love to know the origin of.

I have a vague idea of where it comes from, but why, I have no clue.

Marina, I would like to request that you find the origin of the word “Titan”. I know about the Titans of Greek mythology, and I know why they were called that. I just have no clue as to why the word Titan was picked.

Anyways, if you could help clear this up… Well, it’d make my day!

Thanks. :mrgreen:

I’ve also found a reference to a study in Padova, Italy which suggests a correlation between spontaneous abortions and the 206-day periodicity in extreme lunar distances.
So maybe it’s not just too much moon but also too little that causes problems.
(I hasten to add that such studies are not my normal choice of reading. It just goes to prove that Google is a wonderful tool for reminding oneself how ignorant one is.)

iguana

It’s not even a bone which causes the pain when hit so maybe it comes from phoney bone. :???:

See my post below. Maybe boys are regarded as being “not fully a man” or “a deficient version of a man”, and therefore worthless persons.
(I suppose that I have now opened the floodgates for a deluge of feminist invective, propaganda and jokes. Oh dear! Sorry guys. :sad: )

Yeah, I was just wondering why it was called a blue moon.

Rocketman.
It’s not exactly flying, is it? More of a jet propelled parachute jump.
I’ll be more impressed when he can take off and land without external assistance. Nevertheless, a :cool: stunt.

big bang :mrgreen:

She already did a “Halloween” video. You have to scroll down past ‘G’ to see it, because the last words listed under ‘H’ continues up on the right hand side.

I’m in denial about Denali

That request sounds “fair”. :mrgreen:

gecko :roll:

apocalypse is what you wear on your trousers when using a pedal cycle.

As right as all the astronauts come from Wisconsin. :mrgreen:

I want his jet pack! BtW I notice the purple engines on his wing. They are the same used on radio controlled model jets that im very familiar with. That’s cool that someone has done it. The big question of man kind for years was “Where’s my Jet Pack!”

I sometimes watch reruns of that show, whenever it airs on PBS. And I kinda like the opening music to that show:
“Bill Nye, the Science Guy
BILL!
BILL!
BILL!
BILL!
BILL!
BILL!
BILL!
Bill Nye, the Science Guy” :mrgreen:

In reverse, it spells “dog” and “lived”. How peculiar (where’s a spell-checker when I need one?). :twisted:

chameleon :???:

the tides are effected by the moon.

Tokay

Where’s my flying car :?: :grin:

:shock: But that means the moon is getting smaller! Those mice have got to be stopped! I have 20 cats that can go on that mission! :mrgreen:

You got me thinking of that show ‘American Gladiators’, which I think is a bit over-rated with a lot of the contenders letting that show got to their heads.
All that smack talk they do on that show is pretty cheesy. I can picture a contender saying something of a lame trash-talk line for Titan on the Joust event, right before getting his own head knocked off:

“If Titan is short for ‘Titanic’, then he is about to face the tip of the iceberg!” :roll:

Gravity has a profound effect in our world but it appears to be the weaker of the the known forces. Surprisingly we know very little about gravity and yet it was one of first forces we came to know. String theory shows that gravity might pass from one dimension to another which maybe why we can’t see it. Hopefully we can see some evidence of it with experiments done on the LHC. From what we learn from there we can test to see if gravity has effects on how our bodies function.

srry but uuuh, lol :mrgreen: It was understandable but you kinda sounded like someone from The Netherlands Antilles :lol: not like a french person at all.
GOOD tough, nothing bad, just funny :)

oh and uh…wy the yelling :S it’s not something typicaly dutch if you think so :lol:

I think Marina has a degree in Astrophysics. I knew many scientist where just getting it wrong. :mrgreen: My only question is how do we explain the moon rocks we collected? :shock:

Wow! That was a bit shocking. Good stuff.

http://www.dutchgrammar.com/nl/?n=SpellingAndPronunciation.12

scroll to halfway down and hit the oe thingy :smile:

I have that same Apple Mac she is using in the video! Oh wait, did I say that out loud? :oops:

uhm just a wild gues, in space every liquid form turns perfectly round by itself because there’s no gravity , maybe the planetes acted the same way when they where kinda liquid and mushy :S

thanks :smile:

Sort of Homework:

Predicting the tides is something I teach in my captain’s class. If anyone cares, here is a bit of info about the types of Tides. On of the question on my exam is “What is a Neap tide?”

Spring Tides

When the moon is full or new, the gravitational pull of the moon and sun are combined. At these times, the high tides are very high and the low tides are very low. This is known as a spring high tide. Spring tides are especially strong tides (they do not have anything to do with the season Spring). They occur when the Earth, the Sun, and the Moon are in a line. The gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun both contribute to the tides. Spring tides occur during the full moon and the new moon.

Neap Tides

During the moon’s quarter phases the sun and moon work at right angles, causing the bulges to cancel each other. The result is a smaller difference between high and low tides and is known as a neap tide. Neap tides are especially weak tides. They occur when the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun are perpendicular to one another (with respect to the Earth). Neap tides occur during quarter moons.

The Proxigean Spring Tide is a rare, unusually high tide. This very high tide occurs when the moon is both unusually close to the Earth (at its closest perigee, called the proxigee) and in the New Moon phase (when the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth). The proxigean spring tide occurs at most once every 1.5 years.

Now you know just a bit more about they types of tides we have. Question: Why would we need to know what the tide is going to be? What use is it to us?

I didn’t see anyone mention it, but don’t you know werewolves come out during a full moon? Jeepers creepers, gives piggies a frieght!

Welcome to HFW Magnum. You picked some interesting words. I don’t even know off hand what they are. Maybe she will pick one or two. :-)

nice, thx.

Whoops! I didn’t think frieght looked right, make that fright – sorry teach!

Werewolves, also known as lycanthropes, are mythological or folkloric humans with the ability to shapeshift into wolves or wolf-like creatures, either purposely, being bitten by another werewolf or after being placed under a curse. This transformation is often associated with the appearance of the full moon, as popularly noted by the medieval chronicler Gervase of Tilbury, although it may have been recognized in earlier times among the ancient Greeks through the writings of Petronius.

wat’s your psn name, maybe she has reached the 100 friends limit :???:

Where does the word “hickey” come from?

I saw a loon today. :mrgreen: They are showing their fall foliage. I can’t get over their little red beady eyes. Last night a big blue heron scared the heck out of me. :shock: They are alway sneaking up on me. I think I hear them laughing at me when they talk about how they get me to jump out of my socks. :roll:

where did the word chihuahua come from? Like the dog.

“What is to dislike?”

Greg (or roadrunr..)

I was going to indulge in creating a piece of work involving some effort. … i needed a couple of little points of token communication to get a handle on who she was … but even after … something like 40 days now .. zero .. no communication at all other than fly-by comments that don’t count as communication. ..I’ve made attempts and they’re noticed and ignored and maybe even made a game of – so my effort stalled and faded and abandoned.

I always gave M the benefit of the doubt and assumed i was imagining a negative character … but the clincher was B O’Reilly … you would say, given your background, that M’s performance with BO was good, i bet .. but for me it was the opposite .. proof that she’s entirely the kind of person i’d dislike, and all the rest backs it up.

So, basically, i was an asshole for assuming she was one kind of person when all the while she was utterly different. – of course this is a problem with me, but it doesn’t mean i have to like her.

From the jamesingtonite word.. ” ownedbyattentionseekingwhores”

Semantic,.. Isnt that an anti virus :?: :razz: :razz:

i almost started rambling on about what is “traditional” .. but .. i mean .. there#s no such thing, is there really .. there’s just folks who make the stuff and other folks who buy it. How many ways are there to make the stuff?

Stuff made over there in a franchise is just as traditional as something made over here.

I like fish and chips tho .. simple food for simple folk.

word request : cybernetics

and i don’t mean anything to do with sci-fi .. i mean the area of inter-discipline study created by … i can’t remember his name!! :shock:

i think it had its origins in WWII.

Marina, You might want to get rid of the video response to your “slap her behind with a shaggy thong day” video.

My cellphone (Sprint Sanyo SCP 8400) got injured yesterday. :cry: I dropped it in the alley when I was helping my sister move some stuff into storage. When I discover it was missing I had just looked over to the alley and watch a garbage truck run over it. :shock: Surprisingly it survived, well sort of. Other than a few scratches it looked ok. :sad: But the screens have cracks like a spiderweb. I can see anything but black and white. Interestingly enough I can still make calls from the speed dial or with my voice dialing. The ringer doesn’t work because it used the external speaker that is not functioning. But it still vibrates. Now I have to figure out what I want to do with it. 1# I can buy a new one and figure out if there is a way to move all the data from the old phone to the new one. 2# Send it in to Sprint to be repaired. #3 Wait until February to dump Sprint and get an iPhone. What should I do? :neutral:

oh … i heard something on the radio a little after my “wha..?”.

is he the same guy who did that jet assisted glide over the alps a little while ago?

HookeyLookey here……… He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.” – Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865……… http://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagNews/release.php?print=1&id=2606

GET AN IPHONE!! That phone is as old as the hills

What has that got to do with this post?

My friend Jacob had something happen to that, yet, his phone didn’t go through quite as much as your poor phone did. His story is that he got a penny stuck in between the two screens and it messed his phone up, but it still works just fine.

In my opinion, if it’s still of any use, just keep using it. February isn’t too far away, so you might as well keep it until you can get an iPhone.

Anyways, I hope your phone turns out alright.

Cheers.

Here’s a gizmo, these people really gizmoed up, http://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagNews/release.php?pri nt=1&id=2606

Hi Marina
Listening to to the radio the other day I heard the phrase “bought the farm”. It usually means someone has been killed in some fashion but where does it come from?
Thx! :razz:
Livewire

can all the people with a colour border please reply here so there is a nice colour thing going on,, I WANNA SEE IT YAYAYAYAY

How about the word “piscathology” :smile:

“Cyber” is from the Greek word for navigator. Norbert Wiener coined “cybernetics” around 1948 to denote the study of “teleological mechanisms” [systems that embody goals].

ok … quiz time, if anyone’s interested …

(i can’t remember if we’ve done this before …)

[The Your Type of Girl Test]

The Art Student

47% Sexy-Cute, 40% Dark-Light, 24% Artsy-Stylish

Cute, neither Dark nor Light, and Artsy, the Art student doesn’t have the inherent darkness of the Suicide Girl, but she’s not bright and shiny like the New Age Girl either. You’ve probably seen her wandering around town in her unique outfits with her portfolio under her arm, and found yourself wondering if she’s ever posed in the nude.

how about a windows based phone? heh.

Chihuahua is a state in northern Mexico where the breed was developed.

d’oh! .. of course Norbert Weiner. … all i had to do was see “Norbert” and the rest fell into place.

Is this something you yourself have knowledge of?

Stop flaming this educational site. It’s not a place for those who try to raise themselves up by putting others down.

What is the funny, twisty little plant behind you?

Nothing to do with urinating cats, I’m sure. My guess, without doing a search, is that it relates to the study of fish.

Dear Marina,

What is the origin of the term bailout? In aviation it seems to mean jumping out with a chute as the plane crashes. At sea it means tossing water out of a ship to keep it afloat. In Washington it seems to mean throwing huge amounts of taxpayer money into businesses ruined by greed. So, how about it? What is a bailout?

Q

It’s a term of military slang, means you got killed in war and the funds from the government will pay off the mortgage on your parents’ farm, although I doubt that they would pay that much.

WHAT :evil: !!! Stop flaming!! I am not flaming at all!! were you here when there was a flame war every day?? Im guessing.. NO

It’s not a place for those who try to raise themselves up by putting others down.

What ever success I have made, will make, or did make is down to ME and MARINA!

I was simply pointing out that a chauwawa is typicaly owned by wannabes. Like Paris Hilton.. You will never see a 6’5 builder who whistles at women with one.. But you bet unless you live in a make up box or as gay as gay can be.. Then one must be around somewhere.

Or I will give my soul to the devil :twisted: and you can buy me a mac :lol:

art student? pussy. ;P

Your result for The Your Type of Girl Test …
The Goth Girl
38% Sexy-Cute, 26% Dark-Light, 28% Artsy-Stylish

Sexy, Dark and Artsy, the Goth Girl definitely catches your eye. And who can blame you, with her black eyeshadow, black clothes, and black expression? The Goth Girl tempts with the promise of sinful satisfaction.

Or you could just get a sony k850i I have one..Brilliant

lol yeh .. embarrassing revelation.

at least i didnt get the bright and shiny new-age girl.

not sure what those percentages are supposed to mean.

Those are good requests

we haven’t spoken in a while have we? Well I am going to say.. HI doug!

The word “bail” is from the Middle English “baille,” from the Anglo-French, “bucket,” from Medieval Latin “bajula” a water vessel, and from the feminine of the Latin bajulus meaning porter or carrier. Thus, a bail is a container used to remove water from a boat to keep it from sinking.

I am doing it now … QUESTION 2 who is sexier… URM SHAKIRA OMG SHAKIRA I AM CLICKING THAT BOX 1 MILLION TIMES

:mrgreen: pissing cats lol

maybe it’s like … “38% sexy-cute” means, it’s closer to sexy than to cute. like:
|——-x—————|
s c

ah, shit. again.

maybe it’s like … “38% sexy-cute” means, it’s closer to sexy than to cute. like:
|——-x—————|
s……………………..c

Well, drop the “h” and you have a pseudo-word meaning the science of fishing. It’s like calling a housewife a domestic engineer.

The Sorority Girl

30% Sexy-Cute, 53% Dark-Light, 66% Artsy-Stylish

Sexy, neither Dark nor Light, and Stylish. OhMyGod! It’s the Sorority Girl! These Gap low-rise jeans totally make my ass look great, and they show off my designer thong… Don’t you love my shawl? So trendy! Let’s get those cute guys in the striped button-downs to buy us another Cosmo!

Brahma

If the red slayer think he slays,
Or if the slain think he is slain,
They know not well the subtle ways
I keep, and pass, and turn again.

Far or forgot to me is near;
Shadow and sunlight are the same;
The vanished gods to me appear;
And one to me are shame and fame.

They reckon ill who leave me out;
When me they fly, I am the wings;
I am the doubter and the doubt,
And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.

The strong gods pine for my abode,
And pine in vain the sacred Seven;
But thou, meek lover of the good!
Find me, and turn thy back on heaven.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

(…finding poems is tough if you cant remember the title or the author or any of the text, but just the mood…)

Spot the new HFW.. :roll:

d’oh! .. of course! proportion along the axis. I must be asleep.

i think they could have analysed another couple of axes .. eg. amenable-bitch. (i like greater proportion bitch)

The Girl Next Door

49% Sexy-Cute, 62% Dark-Light, 64% Artsy-Stylish

:???:

Sorry I misinterpreted your comment, but don’t you see that you are making light of a serious question? BTW when I was growing up, my family had two chihuahuas; one was a skinhound who prowled the neighborhood on a constant booty call, and the other was one of the dearest little critters I’ve ever known. In any case, not only are you gay bashing, but you are also making a judgment about a breed simply because it isn’t typically the choice of adult males, and because one is treasured by Paris Hilton who, though she’s a bit simple-minded, is really a very sweet person who treats everyone as equals and has no prejudices — unlike yourself.

Jack, you mentioned that Spring Tides have nothing to do with the season Spring, but you didn’t say why they are called Springs; isn’t there a connection with the mooring lines called Springs?

Anyone know how I can get all the data off the phone? My phone book is freaking huge. I can save the photos because they are on the memory chip, that’s easy. Also the ring tones and audio recordings of my notes are on there. If I could just pull all the data to the chip and open it with some program I’ll can import it to my mac and when I get an Iphone I’ll be set. This thing died at the wrong time. I have some many students and clients to contact in the next two weeks, it just unbelievable. Oh well I hate talking on the phone anyways. :roll:

here’s a black one… :roll:

*g*
at least it’s gonna be easier for you to find a girl, huh. :/

Only as it applies to psychology and philosophy. Its applications relative to the physical sciences are all Greek to me.

Spot the kid who thinks he’s funny

Huh? Where?

I just checked one of my books and I didn’t find anything that mentions spring tides. I think it will require further investigation. I don’t think there is a connection with spring lines for the fact the lines to act as a spring for the ships movement fore and aft. I still have one other book to check but I suspect it won’t be in there either. We might have to ask Marina about that one. She has found things that even I was unable to find. :wink:

Hi, Magnum — just go to http://www.merriam-webster.com
and the origins of all your words will appear under “Etymology.”

[what furniture does when you're not looking]

How would this kind of site be described?

It’s a single theme site?

An ego site?

basically .. this site is a sequence of videos with associated threads of discussion sparked from the theme of the video.

It seems like – well “seems” ha! . it’s bleedin’ obvious the form is very successful.

It’s different from the general themed forums in that it’s kept fresh by the video/theme of the day .. so we become trapped where in a normal forum all discussion fades and dies.

Are there other sites that follow this form? – i’ll bet there are and they’re common knowledge and i’m being thick.

Rocketman 2
Flying car – Simulator.
the real deal.

I just think I remember reading that you must slacken your springs more when there is a big tidal range. Maybe just coincidence. :???:

Is that Gaudi or Dali?

Where does the word HORNY come from. As in when u are feeling HORNY please could u investigate please please. Me and my friends have been having a bet to see who gets it right.

… erm .. i feel foolish .. i saw the pretty pic and referenced it .. but didn’t keep a ref to the source ..

… i think it’s something to do with an art exhibition : materials “thrown out of window” .. if that makes sense.

The word horny was already covered in a previous lesson. If you check the list of words already done, it should be under the H category.

i guess for video themed thread based sites .. the obvious thing to do is check for YouTube channels! … i’m so fresh to YouTube it didn’t occur to me.

I guess there must be trillions of thread-of-the-day sites based on YouTube channels.

… next question ? .. is there an index of some sort?

(..awful lot of guessing in there..)

hmmm ..

… the trick to “not thinking of elephants” is to pick some other animal of fascination.

:razz:
Marina, where does the phrase “Can of Corn” used in baseball to for an easy flyball to the outfield?

Thanks, Ms. HFWQQQ

Not necessary, if the spring lines are position properly. Spring lines really work best with large tide changes. Breast lines should not be used because they would part at low tide. Extended Bow line and Stern lines if long enough will work in place of Breast lines keeping the vessel close to the dock. The elasticity of all your dock lines will stretch quite a bit if they are long and made of nylon.

I just checked my other books and didn’t find any connection with Spring tides & Spring lines. I think someone else can answer this question better than I can.

I have a question for Marina. Can Oxford Companion books be trusted? Im beginning do doubt mine.

James is harmless. Have you seen his videos where Marina got him to eat Jello with his bare hands? Or eat spaghetti without a fork? We all tend to play around here a bit between the lessons. Its to keep us occupied until the next lesson comes out. :mrgreen:

I would like to know the orgin of “Charlie Horse” THX

Oh great. :shock: I just heard the bank I keep all my money in was Seized and then Sold. Im talking about WaMu. Now if you look at their website it says welcome to JPMorgan Chase. I hate Chase! :evil:
What will change?

* You’ll be able to use over 9,300 Chase ATMs fee-free – jointly, that’s 14,000 ATMs for your banking convenience!
* You’ll begin to see the Chase name on your statements, online, and on your credit cards as they reissue.
* Your branch will be re-named Chase and you’ll be re-issued new debit cards with the Chase name. Until then, bank as you do today.
* As our systems merge, you’ll be able to use any of the Chase branches nationwide. This won’t take place this year, and we’ll let you know well in advance of any changes.
* Oh and will try our hardest to make your experiences as horrible as we did before. Welcome to hell bank.. Im mean Chase. :twisted:

Is there a better evil bank out there that I can choose? :roll:

Bank of America, held the title of an evil bank once. :evil:

What money? All your money is in your yacht. :razz: :grin:

[the Bailout]

Did that one episode of talking Yoda make you want to talk to yourself. You carry on conversations as though you were speaking to another person, which is nice I guess because you’ll never be alone. Making conversation with oneself can be enlightening. You never have to disagree with the other opponent if you don’t want to. So I’ll leave you two to your conversations and talk to you later pal. :wink:

Hey James :cool:

I’ve been seeing and hearing the word pragmatic a lot lately. I understand the word but think the word may have an interesting origin.

i’m hoping for responses ..

plus

.. it’s useful to have the thoughts made explicit anyway – i’m making this up as i go along .. getting it out so i can see it helps me get a little further

Very smart thinking and idea.

… plus .. you seem a little hostile there, Cap .. what’s the problem?

Jack if you can get it to the phone shop and buy you another phone then they can transfer all of the data to the new phone. I have done this with all of my cell phones that I get new every two years. Sounds like you are having another bad week. New bank, bad phone I hope it starts getting better for you.

Mike

[jump]

Thanks! I still wonder why Uncle Sam thinks a bailout is putting something in (e.g. taxpayer money) even though it typically means taking something out (e.g. water from a boat).
:grin:

Sorry to sound that way Mijj. I didn’t mean any different tone towards you. I was just picking at you and I guess it may have came out wrong. I would never take a hostile attitude or discussion with you. Sorry to have offended you Mijj.

Who will bail us out after Congress & Uncle Sam are finished? Q

bloody hell yes!

[millions of YouTube channels] .. there’s bound to be lots with associated video thread sites ..

lol

ok, Cap.

russia or china.

i like this little bit of insight:

: wall street profits are privatised

: wall street losses are socialised

Marina did you go through and flag most of your older videos with “This video may not be suitable for minors.” as I was watching some of the older videos the site had to check my age. Didn’t know if you knew or not.

She is the quintessential 19 year old collage girl, ( at 29 )
What do you want an Einstein? You have set the bar to high.
She is a clever and smart Business Woman.
She is not big on talking to people that are very opinionated or …….old XD.

Yes, you can see your feet in her pool….but she is trying
to be entertaining too. If you’re looking for a deeper pool of intellect a Youtube spin off site is not a good choice. Lay back and kick it.
She is fun to watch ………right??

[ultra pretty kitty]
[butterfly]

CaptainJack, when I was young, I was advised to “diversify.” I have small savings at Wamu, and also in a credit union, Wells Fargo and elsewhere. :smile: Too bad I bailed out of the stock market and gold many years ago. If I held on to them, I could be typing this from my Beverly Hills mansion, with movie starlets for household staff. :cry: seesixcm6

[rome church ceiling]

[bee v. bear]

no … i don’t think you get my drift .. she’s smart and witty and nice looking .. but – i have to stress … i’m not talking about a relationship .. i’m talking about a token contact because i was going to put this effort in, it’d help if i got some kind of handle on her character.

She can have any kind of contact with anyone she wants – my criticism is really about what i expected. I thought she’d be more professional about it (i say that because the quality of her vids shows a grasp of professionalism) – I mean .. in any organisation, management are careful to deal respectfully even with complete nonentities. I thought i could count on at least that.

(M vids have had 115 million views .. if i hadn’t been watching them, M would have had over 115 million views.)

1. I do not watch Bill O’Reilly, in fact the only segments I’ve seen of his were those with ODT (Our Dear Teacher), aside from your [this] link, just now – not because I have anything against him or his show, but because that sort of sensationalised confrontationalism simply has no appeal to me.
2. Mr. O’Reilly DOES seem to have a following – enough to keep him on the air so long.
3. The segments ODT does on his show are exactly NON-confrontational, and ODT has demonstrated (to me) incredible tact in the face of his directly drawing her into saying how “bad” her native Russia is, or it’s former socialist system was, and how “good” democracy and capitalism are supposed to be, by just being honest when having her opinions drawn out, and by keeping her primary focus on Her thing – philology.
4. While I do see her segments with him as a fine ‘launch pad’ for herself, simply because of his pre-established popularity, I must heartily support ODT in her efforts to establish herself, even via Mr. O’Reilly, and predict that she will do well as long as she doesn’t allow herself to be drawn into a debate with the man.
5. I gotta admit that [this] was pretty darn low, and certainly does not enhance either my opinion of or respect for Mr. O’Reilly, but still must conlude that ODT is doing Her thing, not his, and doing it quite well.

FWIW, That’s my horse, and I’m riding it. Rock on, Marina. Just keep him on YOUR topic. Only thing I (not that it ws the right thing for HER to do, but simply what *I* would have done) would have done different were I in her shoes, was when asked to compare the two systems, my reply would have been more along the lines of: “Do you wish to discuss etymologies or politics? After all, you invited me here to discuss the former, on which I am expert, on the latter, well, perhaps I’m not the one to ask.” But I can find no fault in her for stating her opinions, regardless of his manipulations of them, even if for the simple fact that the response I suggested carries a certain risk of not getting that next invitation.

Ciao,
Fianchetto

D’accord!

times 2.

Well, bailout also applies to paying money to bail someone out of jail. In this case, I guess we’re bailing bad paper out of the floundering companies to keep them afloat, and also pouring in big bucks to … oh, hell .. why bother trying to make sense out of such a monumental screwup? :wink:

Hi, Jack. Thanks for the headsup re off-topic time fillers; but, in the case in question it’s quite possible that the questioner is a female who has a chihuahua of her own, which would mean that James’ comment would be quite hurtful and insulting to her.

Yep — the moon is the sole cause of the tides. As it circles the earth its gravity pulls the earth’s waters toward it; and, as it moves away from an area, its waters return to normal. The moon circles earth twice a day, so we have two high-and-low tide cycles each day.

[thing]

Now that was funny as hell! :lol: :lol:

I suspect it has to do with some ancient ritual that involved actually binding two people together with a rope as part of the wedding ceremony; however, my dark side suggests something a bit more cynical, such as marriage being akin to having a noose tied around one’s neck. :wink:

I used to bank at Well Fargo when I lived in Long Beach, Ca. I dumped them when I move because they where charging me to have an account with them. I went to a credit union for about 12 years. Then I started with WaMu. Im thinking about trying Well Fargo because they treated me better than US Bank. USB charged me $5 bucks to cash one of their own checks. They even tried to make me open an account. She even knew that I was banking with WaMu because I showed her my wamu card for ID. Then I received a check from WF and they didn’t charge me a dime and never begged me to open an account. That really impressed me. If I go to another branch and experience the same thing they I might move to them.

Isn’t THX a type of sound quality standard :?: :?: :?: :neutral:

Yikes! Have pity on poor Marina, please. It would take a book to answer this one.

I saw a documentary about this on TV recently. Seems that, when the earth was just forming and was in a total liquid state, it was hit on an angle by a huge asteroid causing a portion of the earth to be knocked away into myriad molten pieces. Those that were too far away to be pulled back by the earth’s gravity circled the earth and eventually their own gravity pulled them all together and they coalesced into our moon. Scientists created a computer program that tested this theory and it produced exact replicas of the earth and moon. Way kewel, huh? Ps foxbow is correct: all stars and planets are round because they were initially in a liquid (molten) state and, like a drop of water, are made round by uniform surface tension.

To chomp means to chew vigorously. A “bit” in this idiom is the metal portion of a horse’s bridle (headgear) that fits in its mouth. When a horse is excited, it chomps at its bit; thus a person who’s “chomping at the bit” can’t wait to get going.

What’s up James??

The moon doesn’t have an effect on gravity. Gravity has an effect on the moon. The moon is close enough so that it doesn’t “wander off” and continues to orbit around us in an oblong shape, but not close enough to be caught by the Earth’s atmosphere (thank goodness). The moon does influence a woman’s period though. The reason why is bc when principles of time were being understood and developed (i.e. realizing that there were 12 months instead of 10) the sun and moons rotation were the basis for measurement. (Hence the Native Americans saying “many moons ago”…since the cycle of how full the moon became was the equivilant of roughly one month). More or less a coincidence, a woman’s menstrual cycle is 28 days which is about the same as a full moon to cycle. That could make someone feel as though the full moon is causing them to feel irregular. But again, it’s merely coincidence. A woman has to have her period any time it is not fertilized (kind of like throwing out eggs from the fridge bc no one used them after a month, and replacing them with fresh ones). The moon would still continue to cycle regardless of if the woman was having her peiods or became pregnant. Trimesters of a woman’s pregnancy, though making a woman seem “loony” with odd appetites, are not affected by the moon’s cycls either.

To put it another way, the moon is always within plain sight (unless cloudy or SOLAR eclipse…where sun blocks the moon). How visible is determined by the presence, or lack there of, of the sun. So really feeling of pulling heads every 28 days is a selective perception. If the moon actually had an effect, one would feel like pulling heads 24/7 and not 8/28.

There are similar words in several ancient languages, but its etymology is rooted in the Latin “Fata,” goddess of fate, and “fatum,” fate.

Thanks melikadothechacha

Man, you are some piece of work, posting such insulting bulls$it right under her nose. She has two graduate degrees in philology and has taken advantage of her remarkable charisma and sexiness to reach and teach more people than any other language site could ever dream of. At the very least it’s harmless fun, yet people like you have to tear others down just to make yourselves look bigger. She reads these posts, you heartless jerk. If you don’t like her, why are you still around? Get lost. Rest assured, you won’t be missed.

You scare her ……….. maybe?
She does not want to delve too deeply into anything
profound and get caught flat footed.
You will notice she likes young and nice [r] posters.
Silly and fun stuff. She is not going to stand up in the boat
and take a chance on upsetting it.

Like my old Gran-dad would say:
It’s better to sit quietly and look stupid then to open your mouth and prove it. But if you need a answer from her to feel appreciated, Will I can’t help you. She doesn’t talk to me much aether. ( unless I am in trouble ) She is aloof and little shy……..? :wink:
Get a new name and avatar and tell her you’re 15 and love dogs.

Yeah I got a word request. In chemistry class there is this little rubber scraper you put on the end of your stirring rod called a “rubber policeman”. Where did it come from and why such a strange name? I’m a new student of yours and I would be very grateful if you looked up this form me.

OK, mijj , Saturn, now. :grin:

Again, from NASA :grin:

What do you mean by “We have to find her a more positive outlet?” Sounds like your only exposure to The O’Reilly Factor is what you read on the Lunatic Left Web sites. For your information, O’Reilly’s show has more than twice the viewers than all the other cable news shows COMBINED. Moreover, according to a recent Rasmussin pole, the viewership of both his program as well as Fox News overall breaks down as follows: Democrats 33%, Republicans 39%, and Independents 18%. That sounds pretty Fair And Balanced to me. Virtually all the other networks are liberal, yet Fox still pulls 33% of the Dems. Sounds as if you may be one of those liberal extremists who feels that any channel or show that isn’t biased to the left is conservative and evil. If so, do what I did and watch Fox and O’Reilly for just one week and then decide for yourself. As an independent, I now get all my news there.

Believe it or not, I just happened to see this discussed during a TV game. Seems that in the old general stores the canned corn was usually stored on a high shelf so more appealing goods could be more easily accessed. To get a can for a customer, the storekeeper would use a long-handled grabber to snag it. Thus, in baseball a can of corn is a fly ball that can be caught as easily as snagging it with a grabber. I also heard “Sunday hop” discussed, and it refers to a ground ball that, as it approaches the fielder, it bounces in such a way as to make it effortless to catch. Since Sunday is A Day of Rest, and in the past no one worked on that day, fielding a Sunday hop requires no work.

I noticed too… checked out the “honeymoon game” & it was flagged… I guess there is an appropriate age to get married in the youtube community.
Somebody must be hassling Marina’s you/tube site. y’know if somebody is a you/tube partner & they can be trustworthy as Marina has proved… the flagging thing should be turned off so people couldn’t randomly flag stuff.

In psychology, we call this “misdirection.” It’s the same ploy that’s used by slight-of-hand artists who do something to draw your attention away from the trick at the crucial moment the old switcheroo occurs. You’ve described this brilliantly as it applies to a psychological disorder, as well. For example, if someone’s pathology causes them to do something destructive or hurtful that is not at all what “the real person” would do, and you then try to rub their nose in it, they often simply deny having done it. Even if they did this wrong to you personally, they will still deny having done it, thereby misdirecting the discussion away from what they did, and redirecting it to whether or not they actually did it. In this way they avoid having to face the unconscious guilt over their uncharacteristic behavior.

My, my, more of mjj’s hateful filth. This jerk belongs on the Huffington Post or one of the other sewer sites. I repeat what I said above: Sounds like his only exposure to The O’Reilly Factor is what he reads on the Lunatic Left Web sites. For his and everyone else’s information, O’Reilly’s show has more than twice the viewers than all the other cable news shows COMBINED. Moreover, according to a recent Rasmussin pole, the viewership of both his program as well as Fox News overall breaks down as follows: Democrats 33%, Republicans 39%, and Independents 18%. That sounds pretty Fair And Balanced to me. Virtually all the other networks are liberal, yet Fox still pulls 33% of the Dems. Sounds as if some of you are those liberal extremists who feel that any channel or show that isn’t biased to the left is conservative and evil. If so, do what I did and watch Fox and O’Reilly for just one week and then decide for yourself. As an independent, I now get all my news there. God, the poison some of you people insist on feeding poor Marina. It’s disgusting.

Marina replied on September 26th, 2008 6:17 am:

Gravity perhaps? That darn moon pulling my head every 28 days! :-) I wonder why as well…??

Marina, does the full moon have more gravity?

Hi Hotforwords,

I wanted to know why in the UK they spell it ‘mummy’ but in Canada and the US they spell it ‘mommy’ Of course, I am meaning the use of this word to mean mother. Who has the traditional spelling?

uuhm, not really ,i’m probably the most picky person you will ever meet :???: it’s really bad :neutral:

yup :roll: the earth,the moon and the sun are alighned and amplify each others forces.

didn’t you save the phonebook on your sim card?

:grin:

you’re right .. it is a crappy remark – and even if i’d thought it i shouldn’t have said it .. (however .. i’m merely stating my feeling.)

.. i think you give too much weight to it .. M’s videos have been seen 115 million times .. and she has HUGE support and affection… this is a single comment by a single person and it’s utterly insignificant in comparison. She doesn’t read all the contents of the threads – and in any case, if she did, she’d just skip right over it. My comment was about how i felt, it wasn’t an insult – she’s seen much worse and she knows how to ignore it, don’t you worry.

welll .. maybe you’re right .. it could seem i’m trying to probe .. though i merely asked for answers to a couple of superficial administrative questions.

It’s all moot now anyway, since M has thrown her lot in with BO i’ve completely lost interest.

Lucky Bamboo… not just because it’s in Marina’s bedroom :smile:
I had to look it up, funny thing is, the first time I noticed that plant in one of M’s vids, my wife brought one home & I was more than a little surprised… Ours looks very simmilar, but has two little sprouts growing out the top.
I checked out your web page & liked it. Had a few english cars in my youth, midget, TR6 & Mini… never drove the mini. Bought it in parts & while I was rebuilding the 997 cooper engine, some delinquints beat up the body real bad… so ended up giving my brother’s mini a heart transplant. Hope your neice, the sportsman racer, gets her car back to victory square again real soon, she’s in the big race, is it, this weakend?
Check this girl out, I subbed to her youtube channel a while back, she’s 19 I think & can make a uke’ do things I didn’t think they were designed to do. Taimane Gardiner tell me what you think? I know the sound on this one’s not the best, but story is, she developed her chops playing on the street & was discovered by Don Ho & performed in his shows (rest his soul).

also representative of the dark mood that took me over when seeing Bill O’Reilly.

What’s NASA doing dabbling in astrology?

Captain ! I can tell you that in my opinion all the banks are hellish. Hellish yesterday, hellish today, hellish tomorrow.
As said by Chevolay, your best investment is certainly your boat or your house if you have no credit to pay.
The winner is the man who has nothing to do with a bank. Of course, I know it’s not easy to get rid of this plague/necessity called a bank.

Can you do the word “Bootlegger”?

Logically SPRING means JUMP. So if the tide is very high, it is like a springing water, a jumping water.

The Cheerleader
58% Sexy-Cute, 68% Dark-Light, 68% Artsy-Stylish

Cute, Light and Stylish, the Cheerleader is an alpha-personality wherever she goes. She dresses well, has a great smile, and seems perpetually perky. Even better: the dancing, gymnastics, and other acrobatics involved in cheerleading keep her body smoking hot

Thats a funny result, kinda, i’ve been married 26 years to a former football cheerleader & one time “Miss Innertubes”… an honourable bestowment of the executive or the local inner tube races.

How about doing some word family; e.g. (exempli gratia…you knew that) “Guest”…Гостиная, гостиница, poltergeist, ghost, hostel*, hotel**, host**, и Ñ‚.д.?
* G and H interchange somewhere in eastern Europe. Herman becomes Герман, and Bahamas becomes Багамы.
** French words with circumflex (that little hat accent mark) add an “S” when imported to English: Etat –> Estate, Chateau –> Castle, Hotel –> Hostel.
*** How did “host” (хозяин?) change meaning from that of the guest?

some of the lying sites from which i get my indoctrination …

http://www.eff.org/

http://www.iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/tiki-index.php

http://www.talkleft.com/

http://www.truthout.org/

http://exiledonline.com/

http://arstechnica.com/index.ars

http://www.antiwar.com/

He just likes emails from HFW in his inbox & when you respond to yourself, you are always pleasantly surprised to see a new item in the inbox… I open my own as expectantly as if it were from someone else.

OK, here’s another, with a story. I was souvenir shopping by Red Square with a Russian lady, and I said: “Look at the nice china.” Indignant, she said: “NeeEE China!! RUSSIA!!”
So anyway, where does “china” come from?
I’m guessing it is from tea service: чайняя чашка, чайник.
Probably the country China also comes from from tea: chai (чай). Although many Chinese names seem to resemble the country name: Chin, etc.
“Thailand” probably come from tea = French “the”.

i think, for what it’s worth, if she goes on BO’s show (and it’s not like she can pick and choose) she must anticipate and fully comply with his aims and wishes – he developing a purpose for her and if she wants to go on the show, she must go along with it. I think challenging him, even to a small amount, would not be a good idea – that guy is crazy and not subtle .. he could, if he so wishes, go to an extreme and completely trash her existence in the USA.

Anyway, who knows if M and BO are that far apart in ideology? (even if she may not approve of his methods). I don’t think M will have any problems with him.

That “Thing” is fascinating! So many “Things” going on at once. What a time waster!
The butterfly must have been the inspiration for modern windsurfer and sailboat sails.

ME!!!! :smile:

Its happened again! What is jello? I ate a a tiramisu and spaghetti bolognase with my hands….

AAAAARGHH! What is it with fetishists!! I have just had a leather glove fetishist and yesterday I had a pillow fetishist! I get them all :mad: :mad: In my next video.. I shall be telling them all to piss off. I already said in my most recent video that fetish people shouldnt bother… GRRR!!

lol – “miss innertubes” .. that’s great! .. for a moment there i thought she must have been the prettiest surgeon specializing in the intestines.

That is always what I try to do.. Put my contacts automatically on the sim.. That way if the phone is destroyed then its ok for the contacts

yeh .. and there’s something weird about that cat too .. it’s almost, but not quite, like an alien creature – it seems to have a certain intelligence to its look.

In the past few months I sent a message to YT to request the unflagging of a video and they would unflag Marina’s videos within four hours of my request. That message text box is now no longer there and it seems to me that YT is trying to distance themselves from those and other requests.

I’ve read somewhere that flagged videos are now pretty much in granite after they are reviewed by YT as the YT policies seem to be getting more strict or getting more enforced as time goes on.

If anybody else knows anything about the YT flagging let me know.

charlatan-test
The Righteous Gentleman

You are the greatest, most chivalric, most painstakingly righteous hero of your time that it’s borderline annoying just how great you are. You help the weak and punish the wicked.

Wherever there is evil, you will be there to stop it.

Wherever a wrong is done, you will be there to make it right.

Wherever a kitten is stuck in a tree… well, you see where this is going.

You’ve got a moral compass that you refuse to stray from, and your convictions are your lifelong guide. Peace is always with you in the mere knowledge that you have attained an inner balance and paladin code.

Oh crap… 95% on pure 97% higher than peers… I’m never going to be able to make enough money to retire.

surely they dont comply with setting up a flag just because someone requests it .. they’d check it out, wouldn’t they? – or maybe it’s based on the number of requests. Are there guidelines or do they make it up as they go along?

are they flagging because of the crude comments? I can’t believe the flow of filth sometimes.

Wrong about Thailand, which used to be called Siam.
At some point during WWII (I think) the name was changed to Thailand.
There is a story that the name was changed to indicate that the country had never been occupied by a colonial power (from the west – presumably wartime occupation by Japan doesn’t count!), because “tai”, in the Thai language, means freedom.
However, “tai” is also the name of the majority ethnic group and, in some parts of Thailand, is used to simply mean “people”.
So the name “Thailand” simply means “The Land of the People” and is analogous the name-meaning of other countries, for instance “Kalaallit Nunaat” is the new name for Greenland (since partial autonomy was granted by Denmark) which means Land of Men (generic not sexist).
Etymology of Thailand 1
Etymology of Thailand 2
This site has an interesting forum thread on the origin of etymology of countries.

The Noble Hero

The Righteous Gentleman

You are the greatest, most chivalric, most painstakingly righteous hero of your time that it’s borderline annoying just how great you are. You help the weak and punish the wicked.

Wherever there is evil, you will be there to stop it.

Wherever a wrong is done, you will be there to make it right.

Wherever a kitten is stuck in a tree… well, you see where this is going.

You’ve got a moral compass that you refuse to stray from, and your convictions are your lifelong guide. Peace is always with you in the mere knowledge that you have attained an inner balance and paladin code.

You scored 53% on Pure, higher than 40% of your peers.

——
i’m suspicious, BillyB … i wonder if this is the only result?

don’t know… I won’t flag stuff myself, if it doesn’t appeal to me I’ll either watch with a jaundiced eye, or quickly change up. I’ll watch & listen to stuff I disagree with to get a little context of where the person or group is coming from, as it were. I don’t want to censore peoples views… but sometimes having a little perspective as to why they hold those views is, to me, a good thing.

Some people scored a good result ie:
The Great Deceiver

You can con your way through the Kingdom without so much as breaking a sweat. You profess knowledge in areas you know nothing about, and you can swindle water from a bag of sand.

You could sell sand to a camel.

You could sell snow to an Eskimo.

You could convince a total stranger that their mother is a giant, mutated radish that’s out to kill them. You’re THAT good at what you do, and you don’t care who says otherwise. You know why?

Because you can change their freakin’ mind, that’s why.

Captain’s Homework:
Q: Importance of knowledge of tides?
A: Because boats have bottoms, and shoals have tops, and at low tides, often the twain do meet. :?:

Ciao,
Fianchetto

:cry:

Like you, i don’t agree with censorship, but content warnings seem ok – if they’re apt. – but i bet with YouTube, whoever makes the most noise wins.

I dont actually look at much on youtube – mainly music, random old tv stuff and stuff that comes up on Reddit.

:oops: you’re so mean.

Don’t y’all ever make notes when you’re struggling to figure something out? – the idea is to scribble it out as you go along and don’t tidy up or cross out stuff.

this test must be crap.

Your result for The Charlatan Test …
The Noble Hero
The Righteous Gentleman

you might be interested in this ..

[Thinking the Unthinkable: A Debt Write Down, and Jubilee Year Clean Slate]

[The Mighty Boosh - Ice Flow Song]

Hey Bob, thanks for the great writeup. That got me to think about how many other countries refer to themselves as “The Land of the People”.

For example, Deutschland means the same thing; i.e. the land of the people or the land of the folk.

Deutsch = diutisc, thioda, theod, tuoth (related to Teuton referring to people, folk)

I hope you don’t mind, I’m going to make a video request up above regarding this notion of country etymologies.

[The Mighty Boosh - Cars]

brilliant! :lol: [Noel Fielding (Mighty Boosh) interviews Gary Numan]

Marina Video Request:
A few comments below, Bob made a great comment about the etymology of Thailand, which got me to think about Deutschland having a similar meaning. The video request would be something like this:
1. Pick about 5 or 10 countries where the etymology of those counties means “The Land of the People”. (Deutschland, Thailand, … ?)
– or –
2. Pick 5 or 10 countries identifying interesting related etymologies.
America you have already done.

Since we don’t want people to get mad at you and since there are about 194 countries in the world, if you did 5 countries per video, that would make a series of 39 videos about countries origins. Boy are you going to be busy, as if you weren’t already. :grin:

No rest for the weary! :grin:

Word Request
Debate
How many of you watched the debate last night?
I don’t think was a clear winner and neither candidate changed voters minds. One thing is certain our next President will be a better speaker than our present President! :grin:

I was watching your video, and don’t know what made me think of this word, but “hooters” came to mind. (wink-wink) :lol:

The Bad Girl

47% Sexy-Cute, 34% Dark-Light, 42% Artsy-Stylish

Cute, Dark, and neither Artsy nor Stylish, it’s the Bad Girl. You can’t confine her to one specific ‘look,’ but you know her when you see her… and for some people, it’s love (or its hotter, sweatier cousin: lust) at first site.

And here I thought geeky goth girls a better fit…

the Dutch word loon does not mean crazy atleast not that i know xd
and im a dutchman born and raised and 31 years old.
maybe it ment grazy years ago but nowdays it means the amount of money you earn at work we call your loon. im not kidding its not grazy
only we pronounce loon as loan as in credit loan. okee?

Word Request: cantaloupe, as in “Marina and I can’t elope cause neither can a cantaloupe elope.” OK, just kidding. :smile:

Cantaloupe is a funny word and I had to look it up as the spelling is strange. What is the origin of this melon?

Say what? You expected me to say what about melons? :oops:

My dear teacher,

I have a word request. There is controversy on the etymology and proper orthography of the phrase “he/she has a wild hair/hare up his/her ass”. Although the expression is a bit vulgar I would appreciate your investigation of its propoer form and origin.

Your devoted student,
Matteo Goffriller

How about explaining how a group of crows came to be called a “murder”?

WORD REQUEST:

Russia.

Befitting, since the beautiful HotForWords is Russian, I’ve always wondered about several countries names and their origins.

PS Forgive the fingerslip, I do know how to spell proper.

[Defenestration in San Francisco]

Hi mattgoffriller,
Do you know grammar also. That should have been “…how to spell properly.”

Just Kidding mattgoffriller. :smile: Don’t get mad.
I couldn’t resist poking fun at the two possible ways of reading that sentence. If I didn’t see the related context of the above paragraph, I might think that proper should have been an adverb (properly), but in the context of your paragraph above, it is an adjective.
Things like that always fascinate me.

now, what in the fuck is a “wild hair” supposed to be? a hair ain’t wild. and what effect would it have being up someone’s ass?

Jawohl ! German LOHN !

Hey!

This may seem like a dumb request and I will not be offended if you do not use it. It’s not a question of “why” is more of a “why not.” The word is “fish.” Why is it so wrong in the English language to use “fishes” as a plural? Why does “fish” not have a plural term? That has always bugged me and I was hoping you would know what to say about it. :-)

Thanks, have a good one!!

<3, Lilly.

I guess that’s why they’re asking. :)

Good one!!

Would it have anything to do with that Hitchcock movie??

ha ha ha ha…… Right I forgot :grin:

Hi Marina! I want to know the origin of the word “villain”. I have read in the “Da Vinci Code” book that the Christian church were afraid of people living in “villes” (ville meaning city or town in French). It’s said in the book a ville was back the referring to the countryside. Many people on the countryside had, as opposed to the people in the cities, their own religions based on nature.

The church then spread propaganda in order to supress the older religions. Ville became Villain because the church accused them for being criminals(?), since they had another religion. There are more examples in the book of words they “turned around”.

On Wikipedia, it says something entirely different.. I thought it was interesting to know what is true, maybe both? I hope you can investigate this!

Love your show, keep going! / Rexy

WORD REQUEST: gong
as in
BANG A GONG

original

Did I just see you add an RSS feed to CoComment widget? I did, I did see it. I like it. :smile:

do you mean like the animal Hare or the stuff that grows on your head… and some other body parts…. :???:

WORD REQUEST: Antithesis

Thanks for the link Mijj; highly amusing but, of course, in this country that sort of creativity would be stomped on by the squares at Town Planning.
Also, I loved that quote from Albert Einstein – “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” Kind of like W.Somerset Maugham’s “The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.”

Good request. I’d second that. In medieval times (900 to 1200a.d.), there was a land called Rus which had a capital in Kiev. But the city of Kiev is in the Ukraine, which is now a different country than Russia. Maybe they called themselves Russians from that ancient country called Rus, but the borders are much different now! seesixcm6

Not wishing to steal My Lady’s thunder, I’ll add no more than that Russia has an interesting origin.

if you enjoyed that little bit of stream of consciousness jabbering, you might enjoy this too …

http://www.mijj.me.uk/__OU/wk_6/_trail/_trail.html
(all 100% hand crafted too, using Notepad++ for keyword highlighting)
(polishes fingernails)

… new vid is up .. i expect you’ll skip this .. still .. it’s here.

new vid is up, in case you dint notice.

I’m going to get one of those bamboo plants, really charming!

Sherry is racing this weekend. Their US Open was rained out and this is the rain date.

Taimane Gardiner is magnificent, superb and a little bit scary!

Are you on myspace?

I appreciate news shows that explore various viewpoints. If someone (such as you) has something to say, I want to listen, so I can gather more information. I will not tell you “shutup!” because your ideas are different from mine. I am very happy that M’s audience is growing, and I wish her great success. I just hope that her growth will continue and we will see her with a host who is more positive in his or her exploration of the truth. Thank you for your thought-out and provoking response. :smile:

Thanks for the list; still, most liberal sites freely draw information from the likes of the daily and huffington Posts, and moveon.org, which routinely take O’Reilly’s comments out of context and downright lie about him so that he became a pariah among liberals until Hillary broke ranks and more people got to see his show for themselves. I can tell you’re a thoughtful person, so I challenge you to watch The Factor a while and see for yourself. His guests are always balanced among liberals, conservatives, and independents. It’s an opinion show — not just reportage — and Bill is admittedly a culture warrior and an Irishman who often states his feelings with passion. It’s also called The No-Spin Zone, so he interrupts guests when they dance around questions. In all honesty you seem like just the sort of person upon whom he’d grow quite quickly.

Thanks, in return, for your thoughtful response. I take it, then, by “more positive in his or her exploration of the truth” that you can’t abide anyone becoming overtly angry, indignant, and outraged by corruption and heinous crime? It is Bill O’Reilly who’s been responsible for the passage of Jessica’s Law in most states now, mandating a minimum 25-year prison term for anyone who rapes a child. Has he hounded and berated lawmakers who’ve blocked this legislation? Your darn right he has. Does he vigorously go after corrupt politicians and CEOs like Jeffrey Immelt of G.E., who’s still doing business with Iran and has ruined NBC by making it become blatantly biased in its reporting? Yes, indeed. He ALWAYS presents both sides of every position, and when he states an opinion he always follows it with other pundits and asks, “Where am I going wrong?” In short, the exploration of the real truth is his passion, so I feel you are doing yourself a disservice by not trying him on for a week and letting me know if I’m right. You won’t be sorry, I assure you.

You’ve restored my faith in humanity (thought its always been shaky at best). Yesterday was my first day on this site and it really was a shock to see so much derision and bad language. However, I disagree with your assumption that Marina merely skips over posts that are critical of her. No woman would ever do this; and, having myself been married to a Russian woman, I assure you that their hearts and far more vulnerable than our mostly masculinized gals. Anyway, now that I know you’re a reasonable guy, I promise I won’t come down on you like the plague any more; but I hope you won’t mind if I gently kick you under the table if I feel your discourse is becoming a bit too harsh. Truce?

Hello Marina, I just sent YT a message to unflag three of your videos. There are many more of your videos flagged. I want to see when they unflag these.

Guess what? The Antidisestablishmentarianism video which is 3rd in the Google search is also flagged. I didn’t request to unflag it yet, but I will.

The YT flagging system is broken. Just like gun control where the criminals own guns, on YT the hardcore pervs don’t get flagged.

I’ve been trying to figure out the TubeMogul graphs and I’m puzzled.
Would have expected a huge spike with O’Reilley. Could be that the video flagging is having an affect? :shock:

Right! Give that kid a cigar! … chocolate, of course. Sorry we got off on the wrong foot, but just think about what your comment meant to the questioner if she owns a chihuahua. Truce?

You can find its etymology at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/

It’s an onomatopoiia (word derived from the sound it makes).

You can look up its etymology at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/

You’ll be happy to know that it’s not wrong to use “fishes” as the plural, it’s just fallen out of vogue and has been replaced by a more playful idiom, “fishies.” An adult may say to a child, “Look at all the little fishies!” The Bible refers to “all the fishes of the sea,” possibly meaning all the different kinds of fish. Generally, when a shorter word is as acceptable as a longer one, the longer one atrophies from disuse.

What I’m most curious about in this regard is how our English names for many countries vary so much from what those countries call themselves. How did Deutschland become “Germany” to us, f’cryin’ out loud?

bad language? like this?

It would be great if you would tone down your language, please. This IS a linguistic site, after all, and there are ladies present. Thanks.

Sorry, I meant the above for an earlier post, not yours. RE cantaloupe: Merriam-Webster says it’s derived from Cantalupo, former papal villa near Rome, Italy Date: 1739. Presumably this is where the melon was developed.

It would be great if you could tone down your language, please. This IS a linguistic site, after all, and there are ladies present. Thanks.

Generally, when a shorter word is as acceptable as a longer one, the longer one atrophies from disuse.

no.
if that was the case, you’d have a null suffix to form a plural on all nouns.
sg: child — pl: *child, *childs, children.

you may also take a look at how imperfect tenses are formed in german. people mostly use present perfect tense (not simple past) to express something that happened in the past.

it would be great if you could just look into a book to see what linguistics is about.
thanks.

who the hell are you to tell me what the fuck to do, anyway?

I was referring to instances in which two words are both proper, in which case the shorter tends to prevail. “childs” is not a proper plural for child, but “fishes” is an acceptable plural for fish.

In my professional opinion as a psychologist, your compulsion to inject profanity into your discourse is a clear indication of pent-up unconscious rage. Another red flag is your misinterpreting other’s words to suit your own agenda. I did not “tell” you what to do; I merely made a request, which you automatically took as an excuse to express more rage. Finally, though my use of the word “linguistics” was perfectly proper — it involves the nature, structure, and modification of language — you needed to find something to criticize in return, which is a clear sign of emotional immaturity. I trust that all will henceforth know the appropriate attitude to take toward your future posts. Have an angry day! :twisted:

RE your link to O’Reilly’s anger twenty years ago: Apparently you don’t see the difference between conscious rage taken completely out of context, and purely gratuitous profanity when no conscious rage exists or has cause to be expressed.

i don’t really give a shit about requests. maybe you’re used to treat your environment schoolmasterly. whatever. whether or not i use certain words is, and should be, none of your fucking business.

this is not a linguistic site.
what role does it play what kind of site we’re on? exactly: none. your mentioning of this site as a linguistic site (which it isn’t) indicated that “profanity” and linguistics don’t go together. or something to that effect. care to elaborate on that?

maybe you should try not to judge other people by a few lines, because that is, i’m sure you know, impossible.

try to take the stick out of your ass. it does say a lot, though, that you apparently just HAD to mention your “status”, your “professional opinion.”

in my unprofessional opinion you’re just another uptight babbler.

Too bad there isn’t a Nobel Prize for Cluelessness; you’d be $100,000 richer.

let’s see. what did i ask you:

bad language? like this?

i just asked if you mean the words that o’reilly used. and? doesn’t he use “fuck” and “shit”? yes, he does. that is all there is to say.

so, your answer should’ve been: yes, like this. (because this is just about the words.)

it would be great if you could try not to insult me with really lame “comebacks”. thanks.

speaks volumes, though. thanks again. hehehe. fucking hypocrite. :)

Man, how old are you? Like 10?

:smile: a slap in the face in the right circumstances helps clear and focus the mind. :!: Your point about why i’m around if i don’t like her is a valid one.

not astrology, astronomy – similarly to the way modern chemistry had it’s roots in alchemy, astronomy had its ancestor of astrology, and both kept many of their original symbols. on the periodic table find Silver is Ag (argentum), Mercury is Hg (hydrargyrum = liquid silver), Sodium is Na (natrium) etc. They just kept their old names / symbols as science evolved from its pseudoscience roots.

Ciao,
Fianchetto

lol .. yeh .. it’s like being credited for posting a link to something amusing isn’t it.

so that quote needs updating ..
“the ability to post a link is a serviceable substitute for creativity”

Exactly…the moon doesn’t quite orbit the earth…they both actually orbit a common center of rotation, being one focus of the very nearly circular ellipse that would be described were the earth stationary – more like ice skaters, but one being a fraction the mass of the other. Two similar adults on ice would naturally “orbit” a point halfway between them. An adult skating with a child would “orbit” a point much closer to the adult.

drishi … i think you need to spend a few days in passive observation before you make assumptions about the particular flavour of the site and pronouncements about the tone of various individuals.

The TA’s here monitor the tone of the site. I think they prefer a more familiar and robust style conducive to creativity rather than a clinical formal analytic style.

The people you’re criticizing have been around a fair while and are more close to Marina than anyone else here so really, in their case, you’re not really defending her from vandals, you’re getting in the way of her friends.

You lucked out with pulling me up mainly because i was being unnecessarily personal and knew it.

when i first came here to this site, i was shocked that M’d been on BO’s show and not Colbert Report. .. I mean .. he’s even got a spot called “The Word”. I even emailed the Colbert Report wondering why M was on BO and not on Colbert’s show.

However .. my feeling is that M may have more affinity for BO than for Colbert, so, from M’s point of view, she may be quite happy with being a regular with BO.

gasp! .. i don’t believe what i heard!! .. “pseudoscience roots”

.. alchemy wasn’t a science at all (in the usually accepted sense of the word “science” – i.e. objective and analytic) – it was entirely 100% subjective – it was the study of the world from within via allegory, fable, parable, mythology, etc etc!

.. any stumbling upon practical results useful in the real world were entirely accidental.

“In all honesty you seem like just the sort of person upon whom he’d grow quite quickly.”
:shock:
I know what you’re doing .. you spotted the weak, lame member of the herd, and you’re trying to separate me out for an easy kill!

Wow, thanks for the heads-up, mijj. If Marina’s comfortable with the likes of aLx, then perhaps your criticism of her is not as unjust as I thought. Like you, I have a tendency to speak my mind and let the cards fall where they may; but I’m also open to criticism, so — if many of those closest to her are the very ones I’ve thought to be antithetical to the ambiance she deems appropriate for her site, then I’m the one who doesn’t fit. From now on, I’ll just stick to enjoying her videos (as long as that lasts) and steer clear of venturing into her posse’s realm. Thanks again.

yes, i enjoy those ambivalent constructions also. thanks for pointing it out. :smile:

actually it isn’t clear whether it should be “wild hair” or “wild hare”. apparently hares do wacky things and are especially excitable when rutting about. so the original might be “hare”.

that’s the problem….. it is used both ways. which is the oroginal?

Aux contraire, Mon Frere! Page 6, Section 2-b of the O’Reillybot Handbook states: “Always target the pack leader first; for, if he can be lured into our cult, the rest of the pack will follow.”

ı love Marina

{.. as if ..}

Hello drshi,
re: How did Deutschland become “Germany”

The “How” is the easy part. The word Germany comes to us from the Roman word Germani (Germanen) which may be a loan from a Celtic exonym applied to the Germanic tribes, based on a word for “neighbour”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples

The “Why” I have not found an answer for and can only speculate that since German is not a romance language, it is more difficult for English speakers and other countries to pronounce the “Deu” sound, so the roman word Germany is used.

The other reason is political as the Roman Empire occupied that region for some time and the roman (Latinized) names can be seen everywhere. Cologne instead of Köln, Austria instead of Österreich and so on.

P.S.
The many widely-varying names of Germany in different languages, is believed to be perhaps more than for any other European nation. There are many different countries surrounding Germany.

For example in some of the slavic countries, the name for Germany is Nemci which is derived from “nem” meaning mute. In other words when a slav talked to a German, the slav did not understand the German considering the reply as incomprehensible (dumb) or mute.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_Germany
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Various_terms_used_for_Germans

Hi, Pedantickari–
Gee, thanks so much for your time and effort! Seems there is still a lot here for Marina to help clarify. Meanwhile, I finally figured out why we say “Spain” when the country’s name is Espania. In English, we pronounce the letter “S” as “sssss,” while in Spansh, “S” is pronounced “ess” — the same way we say the letter. The rest became truncated and twisted by dialects. Another example of unfamiliar word twisting: I was just watching an old Laurel and Hardy movie and in it, “Hawaii” is pronounced “Ha-woy-ya” (the woy rhymes with “boy”).

Hello Marina,

Some studies say that some animals, I. e (Cats and Dogs) could be affected by the moon.

Beautiful as ever!

Why would anyone want to make a crappy movie like ‘Beverly Hills Chihuahua’? (That’s the name of that movie, right? I don’t even want to see it!) :mad:

…YIIIKES! I don’t even want to know what your deal is. :neutral:

So… you like owls too, huh? :mrgreen:

I don’t think the food they serve at Hooters is all that great. With the way the waitresses look and what they wear, they can replace the popular chicken wings for owl wings and guys would still eat it. :lol:

Now for the origin of “honey dew” melon. :mrgreen:

Well crows have been known to feed off the soft organs of carcasses throughout history. Maybe the crows’ association with death got its name ‘murder’ for presenting being around a murder investigation in early times. :idea:

What’s the “rush”? You’re not rushin’ this word request for this Russian, are you? :mrgreen:
(Sorry… bad joke)

HOOOOOOOWWWWWLLL!!! :twisted:

I spent all morning cataloging all my videos that are flagged.. over 160 of them. It is outright, blatant harassment directed at me.. and it’s really annoying. I will hopefully have it all fixed shortly.

It has happened to me numerous times before,

Thanks for pointing it out.

Thank you Marina for your feedback. I will also continue sending messages to YT and I will also send them emails and letters to remind them that they really need to fix the flagging system.

poorly chosen phrasing/ improper analagy on my part… what I was trying to get at was that the things observed kept their names irrespective of who was doing the looking, that astrologers and alchemists just happened to be first, the astronomers and chemists who came along later just kept the names.

BTW, Isaac Newton was also an alchemist…

poorly spelled analogy as well :grin:

Hey Jack if you will check out the comments on this site today you will see where one of flamers has gotten into a war with Alx and Mijj. Thanks for the backup. :wink:

My great granddaddy was a bootlegger. :cool: I know what and who they were and are, but I’ll let Marina do the etymology on that word for you so I want spoil it when she does the video. Great word request. Durak I second the request on that one. :wink:

I would hate to have a wild hare up my ass. I can think of the gerbil thing that was going around at one time where people were putting gerbils up there anuses. On purpose even. :shock:

and in reviewing the link above, incorrect in the assertion of the chemical names deriving from alchemy….can you please refer me to a good surgeon capable of extracting my foot from my mouth? Perhaps I should have at least used this foot.

Homework revisited: Sitting under the moon with that special someone; well I think the moon can effect our hearts our love for each other. How many of you have been effected by the moon this way?

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Yea I plan to, but there is this contract I signed that if I break it I have to pay $250 bucks to do it. I don’t want to give the company an extra departing gift! :roll:

I found the same phone on Craigslist for $50 bucks I think I’ll get that and try to transfer all the data over. :smile:

I have mac on my boat. Would it be smarter to use a phone that directly syncs with my computer? :razz: I still hate windows, I’m tired of pulling out my hair from dealing with fixing their crappy systems. :roll:

Oh dude, you got the bug bad! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: You have the mac bug. hehehe This always happens. Grasshopper if you are at peace with your inner chi then a mac will appear in your life. :cool:

I don’t know if my phone automatically copies to my SD card. I read the manual and it says you can copy the data, its just you have to be able to read the damn screen to do that. :roll:

Only GSM phones have sim cards. In the US many companies used TMDA and CDMA which don’t use sim cards. The phone companies wanted more control over their products so you can only buy their phones. That why the industry was so pissed off when Apple released the iPhone. Sprint almost had to file bankruptcy. :???:

Drshi, I see you point and your right. He should have put more thought before he posted. He is normally not this way. I think its the time of his life when young men get … well you know. :wink:

I saw that Blue Heron again today. I think he is stalking me. Im scared. If you ever walked up to one of them you would know what I mean. :shock:

Very funny Fianchetto, and your right. If the cruise ship I worked on ever hit bottom at low tide it would damage the propellers. The cost to repair would be over 100,000. I know because we had to fix them when the ship ran aground once.

Also knowing tide tables are good for clam digging. Have you ever had Pacific Northwest razor clams? Fun little guy to dig for. Good eating also. :smile:

Never digged/dag/dug for clams, eaten several varieties, but not razor clams.

{compiling list of things to eat}

-sushi tomorrow :mrgreen:
-razor clams soon :grin:
-warm hummus when I get into the new house :grin: :grin:

Oh dude, you got the bug bad! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: You have the mac bug. hehehe This always happens. Grasshopper if you are at peace with your inner chi then a mac will appear in your life. :cool:

Of course I am at mother fuckin peace with my bastard chi.

I am a very pissy calm person.

never used this before

hey marina, i was wondering whats in those DVDs of yours, besides your classes and your bloopers…. im asking cause the covers of the DVDs look quite provocative, :roll: with the ‘UNCENSORED’ and ‘PRIVATE LESSON’ :cool:

Where did Marina get this info? The OED mentions the Dutch word, but says the connection is not certain. They also say that the name of the bird is an alteration of “loom”.

protac6. haha and if you want to add me on anything its protac6. alldayyyyyy :cool:

WTF .. i don’t think i can have seen this video properly before now!!! … Marina .. did you label Bill O’Reilly a loon? :lol:

oh … i had the sound off. .. you were just highlighting what he said.

:cry:

I guess it was too good to be true.

This is the last post on iTunes. Is it a problem with iTunes or is there a new feed?

Foppish…..
:smile:

I got it the 1st time, but I enjoyed listening to the recap. explanation too :-)

The moon effects the tides but since we are a large percent water in are body I would guess we also are effected be the moon

Hello Hotforwords,
Just a simple question, where did you find the reference to the dutch word loen?
Since I’m dutch this comment interested me, and I tried to find it in my dutch dictionary, and I couldn’t find it.
An other interesting thing is how is it that the English refer to people from the Netherlands (Nederland or Lage Landen (low lands)) as the Dutch?

Sorry to be reviving an old word, but I’m having fun so there! :razz:
I often wondered about the ‘Loon’ as a name for a bird, but now realize that it’s merely an American name for what we in the UK call a ‘diver’. Which is a type of waterfowl rather than a single species.

Anyway jcnick mentioned folks believing that cats and dogs might be affected by the moon. And this reminded me of a super poem.

The Cat and the Moon

The cat went here and there
And the moon spun round like a top,
And the nearest kin of the moon,
The creeping cat, looked up.
Black Minnaloushe stared at the moon,
For, wander and wail as he would,
The pure cold light in the sky
Troubled his animal blood.
Minnaloushe runs in the grass
Lifting his delicate feet.
Do you dance, Minnaloushe, do you dance?
When two close kindred meet,
What better than call a dance?
Maybe the moon may learn,
Tired of that courtly fashion,
A new dance turn.
Minnaloushe creeps through the grass
From moonlit place to place,
The sacred moon overhead
Has taken a new phase.
Does Minnaloushe know that his pupils
Will pass from change to change,
And that from round to crescent,
From crescent to round they range?
Minnaloushe creeps through the grass
Alone, important and wise,
And lifts to the changing moon
His changing eyes.

– William Butler Yeats

I’m certainly a lunatic by all definitions. Proud of it.

A ‘Moon Child’ by birth (Cancer).

Other aspects would require investigation. :eek:

[[["Made in America"]]]…is it ?…[goon]

I didn’t read all the replies, but a Looney in Canada is also $1 coin, and a Twooney is $2. We don’t have paper bills that size any more, so We gave these coins their frindly little names.

So, you can be a loony with a looney. :)