Left Wing Right Wing

kinda right i think, duno really, :???:

:grin:

Marina’s angel wings :grin:

DAMN so close

Top ten bo ya

Dear совершенная Marina, first, you made me look up “escada” since it was written across your ch… ah, T-shirt! Escada is a maker of luxury fashion items for women and its based in Munich, Germany. They make nice fashionable clothing and accessories for beautiful, slender young women like yourself.
For your homework, I am both left-wing and right-wing, depending on subject. (A bird needs both a left and right wing to fly.) I am liberal with regard to civil rights, equal opportunity and free trade, and conservative for a strong defense, protecting our borders, keeping the basic rights of our Constitution, and freedom for beautiful young women to wear skimpy costumes, ah…rather, the high fashion items that look so very good on you! :smile:
Your dear student, seesixcm6

Hi Everybody!!!! :cool:
Left I guess. depends on the issue.

Liberal on most things :shock: :wink:
Some issues not :cool:

Chicken Wing :roll:

B-B-Q wing

Marina, I have dug up 2 very interesting words here that you could try to investigate

1) avocado
2) Zombie ( zombie links to fetish.. Perhaps you could kill 2 birds with one stone here..)

James.. X

how does zombie link to fetish?

Kikongo zumbi “fetish;

Tomorrow’s election in my country and no doubt about it I am gonna vote right wing!

As usual a really nice lesson to look at over and over again, but next time please less Obama-Baywatch and more marine-Marina…hääh?

…are you serious?

Word Request:

I have always wondered what people meant when they say that something knocked thier socks off? And also that they danced their socks off?

What is this dislike for socks?

Knock my socks off.
Dance my socks off.

I was wondering about how the names came to be. I liked the way you put that all together. With all the interesting history facts.You are a very good teacher Marina :lol: :lol:

Marina Is Escada your new favorite perfume?
Left wing are the COOL Kids……feeling good is # 1
Right wing are the Adults…………being right is # 1

Would you like me to be?

singing: “…are you lonesome, tonight…dadadaa…”

WORD REQUEST!!!

Well more of an expression really…

I wondering the Origin of the expression “Cute as a Button”

Why is a button so cute? And who says that it’s cute? And if it is cute, how could someone be as cute as it???

Please Marina, investigate!

-Melissa (MetalChick1982 from YouTube!)

Word in Phrase(s) request:

Hello my dear teacher, we often here phrases like “Out of the blue”, “I feel blue” , etc… So I was wondering where the “blue” part of these phrases originaly came from? Is it associated with the sea OR the colour? From my point of view I thing that its linked with the sea but I am not sure enough. I would be really glad if you could let me know. Thank you very much.

Yours
vasilisjj

Hey you up there HotForWords,That was an odd way to pronounce ole whatsitsname, from my point of view I lean a little to the left, from your point of view since your on my computer screen you would say i lean a some to the right, if your standing on my right youed say i was a left leaner, if your standing on my left youed say I was a left leaner, so thats three leaners left and one leaner right, however if youus wants my vote youll hafta become gitter.

Word Request: greenhorn

Word request: tenderfoot

Word request: smartass

That’s funny moscht :smile:

Dear Marina,
I am interested on the word
‘problem’
Thanks a bunch!

I request the word: tootsies

:mrgreen: I’m a HOOTERS hot wing! Hot, but not naked! :shock:

Hello, Marina!

I have always wondered why “tomb,” “comb,” and “bomb” are all spelled similarly yet have absolutely different pronunciations. Maybe it is because the origins and meanings of each [e.g. tomb = tumba (Spanish)]??

Thanks!

It would be nice during this political season for you to discuss the term, “Swift Boating.” So many pundits use it, but very few people use it consistently, so the connotations would be nice.

Thank You,
Professor Sherlock Holmes

That’s very funny that the fr. Assemblee Nationale is just right down the street from me. They have a great light show that scrolls the great historic events in the liberation of modern man–it begins with the American colonies Bill of Rights.

Gosh darn, I wish you wouldn’t ask for politial disclosure statements for homework–it’s just so limiting, but, it’s your show…and, of course, being able to complain makes it better.

I’m an Objectivist!

Here’s my homework, Marina: I have been left-wing most of my life; but the time has come to Just Say “No!” all this partisan insanity and the demonizing of the opposition. Our forefathers, in their wisdom, were dead set against the party system which is polarizing and results in dividing a country rather than uniting it. This is why I am foursquare behind the grassroots movement to have everyone register as an Independent — a loud and clear pronouncement that those who place partisanship over the country’s best interests will no longer be tolerated. Now, both parties have become hopelessly corrupt, and desperate times require desperate measures. Those who still align themselves with a particular party or “wing” — rather than judging each candidate on his or her merits — are part of the problem, not the solution.

This term refers to the last presidential race in which many officers who served in the same swift-boat outfit as John Kerry did in Korea, rose up to denounce Kerry’s claims of heroic service and point out that he had served only two months there and had received the Purple Heart for a minor injury unrelated to combat. In the attempt to discredit these officers, the left smeared them, painted them as liars, and have since promulgated the term “swift-boating” to mean an underhanded attempt to smear a Democratic candidate with some bogus scandal. Unfortunately for the left, the swift-boat commanders were just too persuasive and honorable to be discredited in this way, and this contributed significantly to Kerry’s defeat.

Don’t know what that is..

Hello Marina! My word request for you is based in South America this time. Why did the makers of the English language use the letter ‘v’ and the ending ‘ian’ when using the adjective form of the country name, Peru? Or, more simply, why do we use the word, peruvian? In Spanish the adjective form makes more sense; peruano (peruana). Why did the makers of English feel so uncomfortable with the possible word, peruan? And to refer to another country down there, Argentina… Are both Argentinian and Argentine acceptible or is Argentine the only correct one? After all, the name of the country is not Argentinia :roll: . And please explain the discrepancy between the 2 English pronunciations (ar-jen-teen versus ar-jen-tine which rhymes with wine). I hope I’ve finally posed a question worthy of your show. mmmmMMMMWAH!!! (you don’t do that anymore :cry: ).

I’m a risk taking right winger.
Freedom, Liberty, Honor, and Integrity first.
Progressive so long as the basics are not sacrafised.

Still waiting on th Maxim Radio Show.

Rotary Wing. :grin:

What is the meaning of the word “figa”? :idea:
Ciao Marina :cool:

Marina! What has just happened.. I posted a comment on the maxim show.. and it didnt go through.. Infact it has now gone all together.. Where is it now

hello Marina :!:
Greeting from Cyprus :grin:
i would like to know why we say ” o’clock” :idea: ? what is the ” o’ ” :?:

This sort of thing is what makes English so difficult to master and is probably due in large part to the fact that England and America were the last areas on earth to become civilized; thus, our language is far more derivative of other languages than any other. Perhaps Marina will research this particular quirk, but there are a myriad of others. My Russian wife not only had a hard time getting the proper pronouncement of these words straight, but what persisted longest was her insistence in pronouncing all the letters; hence, she would announce that for dinner we were having “lam-buh.”

Here’s a fun test included in Bert Christensen’s Truth & Humour Collection:
If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world. After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud. Try them yourself.

Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.
I will keep you, Suzy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy.
Tear in eye, your dress will tear.
So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.
Just compare heart, beard, and heard,
Dies and diet, lord and word,
Sword and sward, retain and Britain.
(Mind the latter, how it’s written.)
Now I surely will not plague you
With such words as plaque and ague.
But be careful how you speak:
Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;
Cloven, oven, how and low,
Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.
Hear me say, devoid of trickery,
Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore,
Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles,
Exiles, similes, and reviles;
Scholar, vicar, and cigar,
Solar, mica, war and far;
One, anemone, Balmoral,
Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel;
Gertrude, German, wind and mind,
Scene, Melpomene, mankind.
Billet does not rhyme with ballet,
Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.
Blood and flood are not like food,
Nor is mold like should and would.
Viscous, viscount, load and broad,
Toward, to forward, to reward.
And your pronunciation’s OK
When you correctly say croquet,
Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,
Friend and fiend, alive and live.
Ivy, privy, famous; clamor
And enamor rhyme with hammer.
River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb,
Doll and roll and some and home.
Stranger does not rhyme with anger,
Neither does devour with clangor.
Souls but foul, haunt but aunt,
Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant,
Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger,
And then singer, ginger, linger,
Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge,
Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age.
Query does not rhyme with very,
Nor does fury sound like bury.
Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth.
Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath.
Though the differences seem little,
We say actual but victual.
Refer does not rhyme with deafer.
Foeffer does, and zephyr, heifer.
Mint, pint, senate and sedate;
Dull, bull, and George ate late.
Scenic, Arabic, Pacific,
Science, conscience, scientific.
Liberty, library, heave and heaven,
Rachel, ache, mustache, eleven.
We say hallowed, but allowed,
People, leopard, towed, but vowed.
Mark the differences, moreover,
Between mover, cover, clover;
Leeches, breeches, wise, precise,
Chalice, but police and lice;
Camel, constable, unstable,
Principle, disciple, label.
Petal, panel, and canal,
Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal.
Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair,
Senator, spectator, mayor.
Tour, but our and succor, four.
Gas, alas, and Arkansas.
Sea, idea, Korea, area,
Psalm, Maria, but malaria.
Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean.
Doctrine, turpentine, marine.
Compare alien with Italian,
Dandelion and battalion.
Sally with ally, yea, ye,
Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key.
Say aver, but ever, fever,
Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver.
Heron, granary, canary.
Crevice and device and aerie.
Face, but preface, not efface.
Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass.
Large, but target, gin, give, verging,
Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging.
Ear, but earn and wear and tear
Do not rhyme with here but ere.
Seven is right, but so is even,
Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen,
Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk,
Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work.
Pronunciation (think of Psyche!)
Is a paling stout and spikey?
Won’t it make you lose your wits,
Writing groats and saying grits?
It’s a dark abyss or tunnel:
Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale,
Islington and Isle of Wight,
Housewife, verdict and indict.
Finally, which rhymes with enough,
Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough?
Hiccough has the sound of cup.
My advice is to give up!!!

Hi Marina,
I was reading in “The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman’s World” that the word Viking is a word of uncertain origin, meaning either sea robber or sea trader. I would love to know more about this word and why it is uncertain.
Thanks,
Gibbym

Also, I don’t know if this is intentional. but in the section where the lessons are

# Awesome and Awful
# Awful and Awesome

Homework: Slightly to the right of Attilla the Hun on most issues. I’d like to be liberal, but too often that means tax-payers paying for tax-burdens. I break ranks on the abortion issue. Abortions are horrible ( actually I feel that way about almost all medical procedures ) but I don’t want anyone else to decide for me and thus it only seems reasonable that I should NOT decide for anyone else. Anyone who disagrees on religious grounds is free to not have an abortion for themselves, but, for better or worse, our religious freedom guarantees each individual the right to chose for him/her self. That is the American way.

hhhmmmm…left-side of the right-wing…

i believe in personal responsibility with compassion…

at least that’s my take on where that postion would be… :cool:

hmmm…Marina hasn’t toed us that yet?…

Marina, please toe-the-line on this one… :cool:

well, you’ve heard of “six degrees of separation”?…

a zombie fetish is six-feet under, and, ‘er, no separation… :shock:

I have a word request, well, um, two actually.

The first one is “extraordinary”. The word “extraordinary” means to go beyond what is ordinary, but the word seems to be made up of “extra” and “ordinary”, and surely if something is extra ordinary… it is just very ordinary? What I’m getting at is extraordinary / extra ordinary.

The second one is “wake”. The word is used to mean to be awake, and also to mean a ritual which takes place in some funeral services. I find it odd that it is used to mean being awake and then also at a funeral, when a person isn’t going to be awake anymore.

Thank you. I find your show very interesting!

I have a great word which is about money which everyone is really thinking heavily about………………….

CHEAPSKATE

Where did that strange word come from and what does skating have to do with cash?????????? Hope to see that explanation and hello everyone from Alaska!!!

It was in South Vietnam not Korea. Specifically in the Mecon Delta.

THAT is a great one that we all use and never really asked about…nice job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

WOWOWOWWOWOWO……….that was a mouthful…there are a few words in there I have never seen or used. That was fun and frustrating. I feel like my brain is sweating and it did a thousand crunches…….arrrrrrrghhhhhhhhh… :razz:

My Tick You Lees? LMAO!
You guys need to provide Marina with a correct
pronounciation of your screen names when it’s
a truncation of two or more words.
My Tee Uh Kill Ease, for example.

Homework: In the seventies, I was called a liberal
which is what they call a conservative these days.
ie – I fly the flag, I don’t jump up and down on it
and set it on fire. This makes me an ultra-ultra right
wing mega-super conservative hawk, these days.
My motto: Kill ‘em all and there’s nobody left to
argue pointless semantics with you – LMFAO!
Let the pussies be moderates or centrists or whatever.. :mrgreen:

Easy, Nakeypoo, just because a question doesn’t interest you doesn’t mean you should put down the questioner. It matters to him, and what this site’s all about.

Merriam-Webster says it’s just a contraction for “of the clock.”

I commented this way for after all the political this and that I hear everyday, it is nice to come to a site and see objective analysis and explanations. I am an independant and if you read his comment, he should have left this part out…”Unfortunately for the left, the swift-boat commanders were just too persuasive and honorable to be discredited in this way, and this contributed significantly to Kerry’s defeat.” I do not care about this man’s opinion and adds no new knowledge to me or to this site. What he provided previously was objective but he could not resist entering in his subjective opinion which this site is not about. You want objective analysis and research or do you want to hear someone’s opinion for that is what he provided. CHECK YOUR POLITICAL OPINIONS AT THE DOOR!!!!! :!:

CHECK YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS AT THE DOOR :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:

Pandora’ box…. :shock:

I just thought of another word…

PANDORA’S BOX

It is a phrase but used as a word!!!! What a great choice and is a phrase used like a single word to mean, Trouble :eek:

the birds and the bees

and, lastly, this site is HotforWords…not HotforOpinions…HotforDems…HotforRepubs…HotforTeacher…It is a site dedicated to the use of words, the history, evolution, and current use today. It is not a site that injects political opinion. How about I tell you the chances the Dallas Cowboys have to win the Superbowl this year? Or how about we discuss the word, Cowboy, instead. I guess it is your call but I think the former rather than the latter is the best choice their, sir :grin:

Assuming you’re Italian, you must already know that it’s the plural form of a vulgar word meaning “vagina.” There is no English equivalent.

how about the word WELCOME

and the word TRAIN

CAR BUS TRUCK VAN

why TERRIBLE and HORRIBLE synonyms
but TERRIFIC and HORRIFIC opposites

The term Wicca/ Wica known as “Witchcraft”. Is it from “craft of the wise” as Gardner defined it? Or where did this term came from :?:

Hopefully publish the answer soon..

Wow !!! I’m # 70 !!!

You’ll undoubtedly be surprised to know that I am also an independent, and I find it humorous that you wish to leave politics out of a discussion focusing on politics. Personally, I would have loved to vote for a Dem last time around. I thought Bush’s 1st term was a good one, and the second sucks; but the Dems kept nominating one goofball after another, and Kerry and his certifiable wife were the worst of the worst. The swift-boaters’ arguments were based on facts, not opinions; and they were insulted that he would paint himself as a hero, since when he came back from ‘Nam he promptly burned his medals, and went before congress charging his unit with all sorts of atrocities. Being independent is one thing, but being blind to history is another.

Hey drshi, I know you are trying to help out members with their requests, but you are taking away from Marina and Captain Jack and myself from going through the requests and finding words for Marina to make a video on. We thank you for the help and the knowledge that you have, and have contributed, but if you would please refrain from answering others requests. Thanks for understanding. :smile:

Teachers Assistant Mike

PS Also check my HOMEWORK above.

For those interested in the source from Greek mythology, check out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora

Here’s a video I think you’ll like it makes fun of the different words you requested. :wink:

Ugh,,,you just proved my point better than I could have ever said it. Now, this has moved from a site dedicated to words to a political blog. I want to leave your personal opinion out about words is what I want and do you hear The Teacher discuss which candidate is best after analysis of left wing and right wing,,,NO! She provides analysis and moves on or she could talk about Bush’s daughters and Kerry’s wife and Liberman’s changing of parties and blah blah blah…Then, you comment further by starting….Personally….I do not care what you think personally and nor does anyone else about what you think of any candidate sir. Goofball, certifiable,burned medals, charges, and finally being blind….I ask for objective discussion and you accuse me of being blind, deaf, dumb, or whatever suggestion you may be trying. If me askjng just for objective analysis is too much, then you need to blog on a liberal, conservative, or independent website but I gather you just will not get it for you lack objective cells in your body. Finally, I do not care what you think. You want to tell me how the word, Scooter, came about fine. But, don’t tell me how a family member or yours used that word while passing the turkey and spilling cranberry sauce all over your new dress. I do not care and you can always buy a new dress, sweetheart. Ciao and you get a failing grade and will be moved back one grade and study more english and less political science while in fifth grade. :cool:

Mike –
Marina is interested in idioms, seldom-used words, and concepts. Why deluge her with mundane words whose origins can be easily obtained at any good dictionary site? Plenty of others comment on word requests; are you telling me that I alone cannot? Please refer this matter to Marina and, if she agrees with you, I’ll have no more interest in this site.

I can’t say that I go left or right. They’re both too extreme. the whole thing goes against the founding principals of our country. our government was supposed to be about balance; balance of powers. but now we allow one way of thought too dominate the process every election. George Washington urged our nation in his farewell address to avoid a multi party system and look what we did. WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE BALANCE. we have to find the middle way between the two extremes.

thats all i got :neutral:

oh yeah. You looked particularly radiant today Marina. :smile:

Hey Nakedbullwinkle if you would how about you and Drshi make nice. We don’t need any flame wars started on Marina’s site. :smile: Everyone here is entitled to his or her opinions. If you don’t like someone’s opinion then please just ignore it. :wink: That way it will keep the site more pleasant for members to visit. Thanks for understanding. :grin:

Teacher Assistant Mike

You got it pal. I’ll e-mail her right now.

Submit your request to change the site to HotforWords/Politics/Health/Sports/Finance/Love/Food…

See what response you get for I do not have the final say. Make your opinion known to the founder of this site and explain how it makes sense to include your subjective opinions and comments in addition to an objective analysis. See what the response will be. Put your comments where you fingers are and submit is and see what the response will be. Be brave and prove me wrong. Make the jump and see what happens.

Marina,

Did you get any results on your video contest entry?

I made my final comment and will be moving on. I guess it is hotforwordsandblogs,,huh…Is objective really a bad word??? I guess so…I think I will log onto the DailyKos where I can get more helpful blogging to enrich my life. Thanks for the suggestion. It is tough being right when surround by wrong but been there done that…ciao

BTW What happens to your rejects? Do they simply get ignored?

I just email M so lets see what she has to say.

Well, after my recent discussion, I am feeling DUMBFOUNDED. Which is a word that popped into my head. I did origin search and no luck but plenty of definitions of it. So, Marina, how about DUMBFOUNDED for that is how I feel right now and only you can help. I will do extra credit to make the grade :grin:

I’m in the radical middle…

Thanks for the suggestion. After reading it, is appears there is a theme similiar to other myths that I see. What is that? Does it matter? No, but I understand where the word comes from now. Thanks,

Marina, pleace, you can tell me the origin of the exprecion “dog fight”. I now this exprecion is use in the air combat. Pleace answer me.
Bye

angels, do they have both wings? Chicken wings for everyone to hide like little chicks behind a thought of what others think. :razz:

That was way cool, words are what we are. :razz:

Excellent.
Pretty much like we learned in History class — left wing, right wing.
Keep up the great work.

Yea, Homework — Me, I’m right winged, but not extremely so.

i consider myself wingless. i have zero faith in political ideology and prefer a technical pragmatic approach to policy making….. however, with my left wing friends there is more fun hanging out. :wink:

Word Request; With the monetary strains grasping the United States, I wish to request an investigation into the word MONEY.

As we learned in English and History, the Romans had a Mint (hint, hint) across where the Staue of Juno Moneta was, . . as the story goes. Juno Moneta was the WIFE of which Roman God? Can’t remember, I’ll have to look it up, or watch your video.

Thank you,
Tunaoue

Marina is it true that you are going to give karate lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays :?:

Of course there are english equivalents,all the Pussies,Twats,Cunts and Gashes know it for sure! Now Snatches may be a different story cause a snatch can be more acceptable,same with snapper.”Snapper” is probably the best(most flattering)of all.

Damn pills,they make me feel a tad bit too loose. Sorry,so so sorrrrrry.

tryant

Sorry, nb, but you not only do not have the final say, you have only one person’s OPINION about what can and cannot be discussed here. If you don’t want to participate, that’s just fine and dandy, but what do you think gives you the right to muzzle me or anyone else? Had I known your “zzzzzzzz” comment was directed at me and not the questioner, this discussion would have never occured. But, since it has, please note that you’re THE ONLY PERSON who has expressed a problem about it. The question was political, and I chose to answer it. If this doesn’ suit you, then zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Drshi,

Welcome to HotForWords Drshi. :smile: I see you have been commenting here for about two days. That’s great!

Marina is interested in words with a good back story of their origins. If you look at her lessons you can see she has done many so called mundane words and other seldom used words. I believe she is appeasing to all levels of word knowledge of her students. Marina does encourage comments on requested words. If she finds an interesting word she sometimes tells us not to answer the request because she plans to do a lesson on it. There are no word rejects. I think here list is now up to 2 million or more. She will eventually do them in time. You might have to wait a few months. :wink: She even does some of the vulgar kind. Just listen to her Maximum Radio interviews. :shock:

Stick around for a few months and you will get the idea how things work around here. :grin: Its nice to have others that know a word or two.

Feel free to email anytime if you have any further questions that you would like to get answered. My contact form is on the contact page.

Captain Jack
LTA

Sorry, I just saw this; otherwise I wouldn’t have responded above. I don’t take such exchages as personal, just intellectual, and in general I’ve never found nb’s comments to be inappropriate.

I will always have the final say and again you ignore the questions presented to you. So, HotforBlogs is a great site and get your own material…………..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz back at you and let the staring contest continue….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Good one!

drshi is a thinker and no mistake. If folks vote cause of stupid political attacks instead of merit then when things go to shit there should be no complaining. On the other hand,when any candidate is voted in but doesn’t deliver that should be the end of their entire party for the next 100 years.no messin around,simply the end,then maybe someday there will be a political party that actually works for the common folks and nobody else,,,,,ever. I do believe that would be called “idealism”. Good luck with it.

tryant

how about
THE 11TH HOUR

A NEW YORK MINUTE

EVEN FLOW(pronounced ebben flow)
or
EBBEN FLOW

New York Minute is the time it takes the light to turn from red to green,
maybe :idea: :smile:

The time it takes until the guy behind you honks his horn after the light turns green. :shock: :grin:

you should do the word’s pen and pencil.

that’s a millisecond :lol:

Hello Marina. My 11 years old son has an unusual fear of … WHALES! seems strange, but it true. what do we call the word to describe whales phobia ? whalophobia?? please investigate.

Hello reekzilla, if you are requesting the origin for the expression “the birds and the bees”, it has already been done. Check the Lessons list link on the upper left of the page. The lesson on “the birds and the bees” is here:
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/07/20/birds-and-the-bees/

Whasap, Hot for Words!
I just got hooked on an MMO (Massive Multiplayer Online) game, and every time another player kills me they type “You just got PWND!” and i’m just wondering where in the world this stranged, but fun to say /type word came from and just what it means, i don’t even think it’s in the dictionary yet.

Thankyou Sincerely,
TheWhiteTornado33

Don’t really expect you to do this Word Request but how about:
Pussy Foot
as in you just been pussy footing around all day. :roll:

I second that word request—is that ok-TAs :?:

lot there— I like “pithos”

Wow….Marina asks for clarification on words and she gets a political blog response. Thank you Captain Jack for setting things straight and keeping everyone in line. There seems to be only one person around here blogging which is a free country but glad to see we have a referee on this site. Some sites allow it to become a free for all and no boundaries or guidlines of what can be said and what areas to refrain from entering. Thanks for keeping all of us in line and especially those that need it most. Good job!!!!!!!!!! :smile:

Nice work, nice job, thank god for you. :!:

Great questions and ideas. Please send more. I am so glad to see thoughtful and insightful questions for Marina to research. A few more of you around here, and we will all be the better for it. And, any responses to worth your time, well, you can just follow up with more great questions for you sound like your bursting with great info. Keep it up and nice work. :!:

For the love of god, why do we have Marina when we have you :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:

LOLOLOL….Tryant in the house….

Here Here….bartender, buy that man whatever he wants :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

It’s only been two full weeks since the contest end. I didn’t see an announcement date. If they are on the quick side, then maybe we’ll find out this coming week. If they are on the slow side, maybe in another two weeks or so.

I have a question Marina…wait, I will just ask you for it..What is your website again, please??? :?: :?:

I will stick to being “Right Wing” or “conservative”. I believe in common sense and minimal but reasonable government. Socialism and Marxism which are “state controls and dictates” everything are the anathema of the US Constitutional governmental system. Besides which history shows that political systems (i.e. Socialism and Marxism) like that don’t work.

P.S. I enjoy all of your outfits.

Word Request: darling or ornament or mushroom?

word request: masturbate

ALL AMERICANS are slaves to the FEDERAL RESERVE :cry: that the problem

:wink: I lean towards the HOT WING party.
Now, for the real debate … Winghouse or Hooters ?

BOXING
BOX

TRAINING
TRAIN

Request: Horny.

that’s

oh christ

Hey every-two I have noticed my video just needs 4 comments until it becomes my most discussed. Could some of you comment on it for me please http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e_0S4MK3dKo thank ya’ll

Don’t forget

QUIMS

I used to use that word all the tim

fannies aswell

Hello smashbrawl,
Marina did a great video on this word in game format back in June. Refer to the Lessons list link in the upper left of the page. The “H” video are split by the two columns (lower left of the page, continues upper right of page). Here are the links.

Horny Game video
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/06/27/horny-game/

Horny (Answer) video
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/06/28/horny-answer/

Word Request: Rose
It seems this is quite a versatile word used in many contexts (e.g. A Rose by any other name, is still a Rose, Yellow Rose of Texas, rosé, Rose of Sharon and so on.) and there are many other words having rose as part of the word (rosemary, rosary, etc)

For such a small word, what is the origin of the word rose?

Damnit! I’m as mad as hell and i’m NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!

I’m a Staunch Monarchist and a Devout Socialist and despair when contemplating Capitalists (whether or not issued with “hearts”).

i know what you’re thinking :
mijj is a deluded fool making this up for effect .. as we know, a person’s entire complexity of opinion can be reduced to a dot on a one dimensional axis – and Socialist and Monarchist are on opposite ends of the “left” v. “right” axis and so can’t possibly belong in a sane mind at the same time.

to which my response is:
You’re a simpleton.

each issue is it’s own dimension.
the whole gamut of issues is a multidimensional space within which an exceedingly complex opinion can be formed.
Not only that, opinions on matters tend to depend on the trajectory at which they are arrived at; or how personal they are; or if there’s something in it for your buddies (e.g. suddenly, for our idealist capitalist leaders, socialism is a good idea useful for socialising the cost of bailing out Wall Street), etc.

… and don’t get me started on the idea that a political party can represent a person’s political opinions {… seeth …}

… dammit .. i have to change my icon now!

POLO

POLO

BIG CHEESE

for your pleasure .. a song about a [New Rose] by the Damned.

.. ps .. nice little piece here about Wall Street bonuses ..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/sep/26/executivesalaries.wallstreet

Neither. I fit under the original meaning of a Conservative, which are now considered Moderates.

forgive me, Marina .. [Marina's Graduation Day].

BOOZE
BOOZE
LEEWAY
“CROSS MY HEART MY AND HOPE TO DIE”
BOX
BOXING
TRAIN
TRAINING
DRINK YOU UNDER THE TABLE
CAR
BUS
TRUCK
VAN
WALLOP
is SLAP onomatopoeia???

So funny!

:smile:

How about a word request for “tomfoolery.” After all “foolery” means the same thing. So, why do we need tomfoolery? What’s going on here?

Love Is A Rose

Although generalizations tend to lead to misinterpretations, I would say I am left wing.

Oh, I have toatally forgotten what I was going to say :oops:

Although I like to think of myself as more neutral, I do lean towards the right wing on most subjects, except religion; maybe a right elbow or forearm… :mrgreen:

Capma911 : excercising his rights as TA

You better fuckin* believe it too! :grin:

If Marina had her way…. All the hats would have the Louis Vutitton print on them :lol:

That is really clever

test

Awesome!

I would like to know where the origin of the word “teetotaller” came from. I know that it means someone who does not drink, which is what I am.

my Damned rose song was more like a real rose than your Young rose song.

:lol: English is a CRAZY language!!!!! :lol:

If anyone’s interested, a couple of years or so ago (while immersed in the Guardian newspaper site) I managed to save a copy of this interesting page from the far right “Freeper” website:
[FreeRepublic: Propoganda Techniques]

eh?

Stinging Insect Word Requests
Bee
Hornet
Wasp
Yellow Jacket
OUCH!!!!! :cry:

BLACK ROSE

word request: “Earth”. Now i am just curious :smile:

Quim doesn’t sound too bad either! I’ll take 2 please!

Unless a guy happens to be built for large women or small cattle it’s best to avoid the twats and gashes :lol:

tryant

Well TY nakedbullwinkle! It’s nice to be apreciated. :cool:

oo! .. i just watched the vid :shock:

it looks like this is an abbrasive response to the vid! .. it’s not really … honest!! I’m just naturally abbrasive.

[Captain Beefheart - One Red Rose That I Mean] … and may have been stood on.

do you mean the word or the state of being?

dont forget ..

microsecond

dextrose

metrosexual

Is it just me or is no one repling to me like the used to? :cry:

She loves louis v

ffs drshi :evil:

Are you new here?? I have not seen you befor

oh {.. feels iggrunt ..}

LOLZ

I NEARLY FORGOT

999,988 green bottles sitting on a wall.

isnt a yellojacket a wasp anyway

What’s the meaning of the expression “Oh by la lava”?
Marina u r simply the best :wink:

PEN+CILLIA = PENCILLIA

PENCIL + CILLIA = PENCILLIA

So if instead the plural of a word was cillia instead of s

what would be the difference?

{.. searches for rubber gloves ..} .. won’t be a moment!

Marina, videos seem to be coming slow than before.. Is this because YT is being slow with honours and views.. I remember when you would be half way to #24 in about 6 hours

? That sounds odd

Hey Marina!! … i’ll pay you £5,000,000 to have a pair of boxer shorts with “mijj” embroidered on them positioned casually on your bed while you do one of your words. :grin:

I am interested !

testicle ?

Indeed

.. one .. … accidentally fall ..

999,987 .. etc

999,986

CRASH!!!!!!!!

… £10,000,000 if you wear them on your head! :grin:

999 985

b.b.b.b.b.doinggg

actually it was 100 million

99,999,984

i’ll take your word for it … 99 999 983

Hey Marina, I was wondering if you could investigate the origin of the word Godspeed. Thank you so much and keep up the lessons; I truly enjoy them.

Capitalist natural abbrasive

99,999,982

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Also marina I don’t really see out takes anymore.. Are you saving them for the dvd or something

99 999 981 … fssssssss …

Marina nice t shirt, no escada, you can have a little Paris in June instead.

99,999,980

thump

9min. 39sec. if you have the patience.

NO that has to be one of the most depressing things i have heard in my life

Where are all the intellectuals? :roll: :grin: :wink:

mijj, You must be more successful and wealthy than I thought! For a fraction of that price, you could have dozens of boxer shorts made, embroidered, and ship them all to Marina. I think Marina’s size would be “Small”, and she would look great in boxer shorts! :grin:
seesixcm6

Neither, politics ties with religion as being the biggest problem-causers in our existence today. I’m non-religious, just like I’m non-political. I once voted for myself, and had 49 people vote for me in the same district, during the 2000 presidential election ;) Then again, if I remember right, Mickey Mouse is still getting hundreds of votes every election.

I’m just a lowly servant chained to this computer desk & fed very little. But Im not complaining :mrgreen: .

The intellectuals, have tripped over their own intellect.

Ahhh, the mighty Zeus reigns over the missing Simian.
This comment could be an infinite loop.
Every time I view the comment, i have to change my icon now,
I expect to see a new icon.

LOL… now read your origional post again :razz:

cool. many of my social and political views have been shaped by my academic background. i’ve recently realized the importance of these principles and more completely appreciated their basis in human suffering as i have worked at a non-profit hospital in a distressed urban area. yet i am more dissatisfied with my society and politics than when i was experiencing the broad exposure to diverse experiences and intellectual freedom of academics. didn’t think that was possible.

oh yeah

You where going to say ‘CJ, I think your the coolest cat in all Awesomeville & I’m giving you a million Euros.’ :lol:

I’m libertarian (with the small L) so I fly with both wings and not around in circles like the Demmicans and Republicrats. Right Wing – Left Wing is a false dichotomy. The real divide is between those for Liberty and those for more intrusive government. Both the Democrats and Republicans are for bigger government and less freedom. The Libertarian Party has been hijacked by Bob Barr and is now useless as an alternative.

YES IT WAS ONLY IT WAS 0 EUROS!! :grin:

I would have done a 5th level reply but the i would have had to of posted a link to “in too deep”

hrm… misplaced post.

Hi buzz, nice to see you show up as I’m flying away, ttyl.

Well sort of. Marina wants to keep the site (what was it she said? Oh yea) “organic and freewheeling.” So really there are no rules other than don’t be mean or rude to each other. We do tend to get way way off topic but when the next lesson come out we are ‘wide eyed and bushy tailed.’ It seems to be whats working best here & it keeps things interesting. I like it very much. Speaking of organic, I think my ‘Very Berry’ Rooibos tea is ready. I drink lots of fruity tea because it makes me a bit fruity. :roll:

Welcome to HFW nakedbullwinkle! I would like to… wait.. Did I already do this? Oh maybe not. Welcome to HFW nakedbullwinkle and now for something really strange…

Hey I like your screen name. Capman911 sometimes changes his name to Moose and squirrel. It was a feeble attempt at getting Marina to say that name. Maybe all the student can change our names just to mess with dear teacher. You know like it school. :twisted:

BTW Welcome to HFW for real! :mrgreen:

and ants

That video of how stupid english is is nothing compared to this.. And its political too http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj2FJ8iDCs

My homework: Im a rotor wing. You know the helicopter wing kind. I think having only two party system just puts the system into 2 boxes. Its primitive thinking if you asked me. :neutral: I make my decision case by case. What people need to start looking at is Freedom. I keeps seeing people giving it up everyday. They want mommy and daddy (aka government) to run their lives. Oh boy now im going down the road. Ok Im done trying to start my political views. My lips are zipped. :???:

In the hospital of the mentally insane. :mrgreen:

and, and, scorpions
shake your booths out in the morning :shock:

Buffalo wings

That was cool Mijj! :lol: :lol: I could see Marina doing something like that. :shock:

its simply a compound word. separate “dumbfounded” into “dumb” and “found” and look them up separately.

Ok then I’ll give you this. You can make copies on your printer. :mrgreen:

Hello Marina, could you confirm it is not April 1 today.
I just received an email from Elan. Is it really true what it says? :oops:
Waiting with oxygen bottle in hand….

how come articles on propaganda are never popular?

Good luck, Cap — when I posted the exact same position, I got hammered!

I would get really bored of american money it looks so dull dated and boring compared to uk money

so you are new? HI!

bang!

Hmm

Is an arachnid an incest then?

I meant there is no English word “figa,” though there is in several other languages.

You forgot worthless. :roll:

so, how is “figa” different than “pussies”? how can “figa” mean “vigina” as you stated, but not be equated with other related terms such as “twats” and others previously noted? what is the distinction?

Only if the arachnid is related :razz: :smile:

When I posted this I did not know that a yellow jacket was a wasp. :oops: I checked it out it is a wasp! By the way arachnids have eight legs and insects have six. :cool:

Snap. :smile:

who the hell is elan…..

Lobsters are related to arachnid if they have sex
with each other it is “incest” :roll: :shock: :grin:

Hi Marina, Do you know where the phrase “Under The weather” came from?

99 999 979 (you forgot to count it down, buzz!)

lol … h’yuk h’yuk!

99 999 978

i just like the thought of sexpot/mastermind Marina devoting the time to embroider my name on a pair of boxer shorts to adorn her bed. .. though in reality time is short supply, she will probably pay a team of assistants to perform that duty. :grin:

Dammit! Why do you keep spouting politics when I want to discuss something less polarizing … like Religion!? I am a devout Escherian. In my religion, God is an atheist. We do not proselytize; we pray to God, asking him to believe in Himself, to keep telling himself, “I’m God, I’m not imperfect, but that’s okay.” He keeps beating Himself up for resting on the seventh day, so we tell Him, “Hey, God, all work and no play makes God a dull deity.” Next thing you know He’s off in a corner, consumed with guilt about that Hitler thing, or Rosie O’Donnell. Every Christmas, we all dress up as the Archbishop of Canterbury and excommunicate ourselves.

:sad: yeh … there’s all sorts of posts throughout HFW that refer to the worng icons. it’s existentially perplexing.

i think they are, but noone admits to reading ‘em.

… it’s like a checklist for political speeches, isn’t it.

(Sniff) I’ve never been able to be intimate with anyone since mother died. Her name was Rose, by the way. (sigh)

i was being ironic, but your right about political speeches. rhetoric is a really interesting study. historical documents and all that.

that’s a good idea

.. pick at least three ideologies which are in perpetual dynamic conflict. This will allow you to deftly maneuver in any tricky political/economic situation. (whilst other crash into the rocks, rudders fixed).

i cant really see much difference between dems and repubs ..

.. as far as i can see (ignoring intent due to being illusionary)..

dem = repubs + apologies and hang wringing.

Okay. (zzzzzip) (rustle) (rustle) (pant) (pant) (pant) (pant) This one’s for you, Venom! IIEEEEEEEEEeeeeee! … … … Huh? … … Oh, the MEANING of the word! … … Never mind.

lol .. probably accurate too. :grin:

Right wing.

http://www.RolandBuckles.com

Cats make no sound when they walk, and even less when they creep.

rice’s area of expertise was russia. um yeah. lot of good that did.

Go here: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Pwned

Hello marina :wink: Do you know where the word “sloberknocker” came from?

I consider myself right wing :roll: Don’t worry Marina I’m too good to be true :lol:

ooo .. as i look at the expanse of text .. i say to myself .. i’m going to run and hide in a critique of the page layout!

Wheover designed that layout shouldn’t have allowed full width text over the full range of the browser’s spread. (if you see what i mean). multicolumns + always intersperse with visual markers of some sort .. diagrams etc. – so you dont get lost and sort of generally landscpe the page so it’s nice to look at.

htere .. i think i successfully avoided the central issue.

this isn’t politics .. this is mathematics.

what is reggaeton, and how is it different than REGGAE?
what made REGGAETON B NAMED REGGAETON??
THANK YOU!!!!

In psychology, it would simply be called a whale phobia. Only a widespread fear is identified with a prefix to -phobia.

dude, your not going to be tested on it. just an example of an ancient document with some current relevance. nice read, but i agree with you on the layout. i was going to send you the original but the scrolls are unwieldy.

I think you mean “ebb and flow.” Since this is an interesting idiom, I’ll leave it for Marina to tackle.

lol .. well .. my strategy for reading involves scanning the page for stuff that sticks out .. pictures headings subheadings .. and then just generally digging around here and there til it all jells (or not) … i just panic when i see plain expanses of text and have no idea how to deal with it!

oh! .. was that your page? …eek! .. :oops: sorry! .. i didn’t mean to be so ‘orrible about it.

I asked my pal, God, about this. He says He tried single-winged angels, but they just kept whirling around in circles; so He removed the single wing, but they just kept falling from great heights. Then He tried four wings, but they all got shot down in WWI. Finally, He thought of the French National Assembly and decided to mimic their wings. Viola!

Marina encourages everyone to participate in word requests.

halfway to #24 in 6 hours?

what does that mean? #24th in what? 6 hours from when?

6 hours from when uploaded and 24 on the most viewed list

and worthless

i do the same thing, i’m dealing with so much text and information i’m overloading. between keeping up with all the stuff i agree with and all the stuff i don’t, the stuff that interests me and the stuff that is required reading, i shit the alphabet. just now finished transcribing a video on human reproduction into notes to ace a test. just to piss of the instructor i might add who thinks we’re juvenile. i ask you, who doesn’t laugh at a thermal imaging video of a penis going flaccid to erect. um… off topic aren’t i? need food now.

what? oh, um no not my page.

“Figa” and “pussy” are different because they are different words. As far as I know, this site is dedicated to English. “Figa” is an Italian word, equal to “cunt” in English. When I said there was no equivalent in English, I meant that there is no such word as “figa” in English. I surmise that the Italian idiom “figa” likens the vagina to a split open fig; anyway, it’s considered vulgar in Italian.

Marina, After watching your molotov cocktail video I wonder.. around your house.. Do you use russian or english.. ?

oh .. you know, i never even think about that ! .. i just swan about in here oblivious to the harsh realities of the YouTube video marketplace.

My God’s not good at math, se we don’t believe in it.

yeh .. not so sure what’s wrong with being juvenile – apart from annoying adults. … and if you want to find someone with natural learning ability, you need to find a juvenile. .. my bet is, being able to find stuff ridiculous is a good indicator of a natural ability to learn.

ta’s need a specific job description to provide an understanding of responsibilities and guidelines for decorum. no problems here, personally. but i can foresee conflict arising regarding the extent to which the ta represents marina’s will.

I just got word that Alx is having a birthday today. I could be wrong if today is the day or not. I see on his blog that he is now 30. The big 30 he now is. My 30th b-day sucked. I had to work and things where breaking right and left. It was not a good day for me so I post phoned my day for the a later date. But anyways regardless its not his day if birth I want to recognize but a day to wish him a happy Alx day. If at all maybe this post will make his day just a little bit better.

Alx, You don’t strike me as a guy who would give a crap about B-days and I understand that very much. That said Im still going to wish you a happy b-day/Alx day regardless. :razz:

Alx, I want to say Im glad your on HFW site and commenting here and there. I find your thoughts and ideas interesting. You have been on this site for a very long time. My guess is you find the people here interesting enough to keep coming back. That shows me you really care about people also. Im glad to see that. :grin: So this is your day today. Happy Alx day! :razz: :mrgreen:

Its a hard world.. I am working on a new project now

I had to work and things where breaking right and left

Like your voice??

I am so sorry I just had to say that.. dont hate me.. I have had a bad day

do you provide free gifts?

how many different styles of Marina video are there?

you mean.. is she forever “russian” ’round her house!

{.. hahahhahaha ..}

i thought you’d agree.

(.. sets fire to aLx’s birthday ..)

Belly buttons are kinda cute. :mrgreen:

Happy birthday Alx :grin:

Dearest Marina,

An oft quoted political maxim is “a republican under thirty has no heart and a democrat over thirty has no brain.” The origins of this phrase are disputed (Churchill, various French revolutionaries, Otto Von Bismarck…). All I know is that I was a conservative as a young man and I am now a liberal democrat. Clearly, I have neither heart nor brain. At least I am a fan of HFW. :grin:

Q

p.s. I’m still wondering if you might research the origin of the word bailout?

I’ve seen something like that in a lesbian foot-fetish porno a few times. :mrgreen:

True I do agree about the conflict that could arise from what a TA interprets what Marina’s will is. I hope Im trying to be careful in misinterpreting her emails. I can say she said to me in an email that a good back story was one of the criterias in selecting a word or phrase. Popularly and our false knowledge about a words etymology is also considered. Marina also said she would like to keep this site as organic and freewheeling as possible. The TA really don’t have a job descriptions per say. We are just very little assistants to help out here and there. Marina still does the bulk of the work. This is work we TA do behind the scenes that I think helps the HFW site that no one really sees which is good. We don’t want to take any thing away from her hard work. :mrgreen:

everything is so slow on you tube anymore :???:

just came across this (irrelevant) brilliant clip …
[monty python - i like chinese]

Damn I knew I shouldn’t nested that long comment. Sorry gang. :neutral:

alx, Happy Birthday! Or as they say, “alles Gute zum Geburtstag.”
seesixcm6

I’m not computer geeky enough to know how to create a web link. But someone should create a link for this word to that funny scene from the movie ‘Tommy Boy’. :lol:

“Oh nooo….. No one’s lookin’…..”
“Speaking of no one’s lookin’…..” (ZIIIIP)

If she stubbed her toe.. Would she say shit that hurts or дерьмо, которое повреждает

…MARCO! :mrgreen:

Good one! :smile:

Bad days are alway going to happen. It what you do with that day to make it better that makes it better. In the Loon lesson I had a bad day with all the crap going on but a friend took me out to have some snacks and a beer. My sister moved her stuff into storage in record time. Oh and I had the best Susi of all time that day. Maybe it was the $50 bucks that made it taste better. :roll: So yea things broke and that pissed me off. But I just move on and try to make it a better day. I think it works. I seem to be stress free and happy all the time. Oh and I have a new yacht to live on. I just signed the papers a few days ago and its now all finalized. Wheee hoooooo!

Thanks for the info about my cellphone. I can’t see the screen so Im going to find a working phone and write down the steps to coping the phone book to my memory card. Sprint doesn’t use sim cards like you have in the UK. The cellphone companies wanted a more propriety technology. Damn them!!! :twisted: :twisted:

CJ

If you dont have sim cards… What have you got?

A gift for you Alx <ahref=”http://www.thelink.com”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdzWsS7iit0 my standard gift I give to everyone, didn’t have time to buy a card, tee he, :grin: :mrgreen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdzWsS7iit0 forgot the postage stamp :roll:

If we do blue, we gotta do eyes :oops:

Maybe it is biblically associated, as a way of saying “good luck” on a journey. Like have hope is some higher power to guide in time of need or to be kept safe or something. :idea:

Right Wing for sure. It is said that a Liberal is someone who’s mind is so open that their brain falls out!

I am in the process of my next video… Me having a conversation with marina using clips from her videos.. The flagged ones are so hard to download

Happy Birthday Alx

Left wing, most of the time. I don’t know if I’m more of a conservative Democrat or a liberal Republican. hmm :???: :cool: :wink: :twisted:

Are you still talking to me :?: :sad:

I sure enjoyed it Chevolay, slurp slurp :lol:

James maybe she’s rushing to use English :grin:

lol

Marina,

One more quick point -

Naturally, I loved the Escada t-shirt but I didn’t see Kobe anywhere. As many have protested Escada’s brazen use of animal fur in its products I was wondering; did Kobe stage a protest?

Q

i only get hammered when i drink too much…

which means next-to-never since i seldom drink, and then not to excess…

but if i did, i’d get hammered…

mijj, have you tossed your hands up in despair, or is that just how i interpret your icon?… :shock:

Ahhhh, much better video thumbnail selection…. :grin:

I don’t understand it James most of them are flagged now. :???:

I know.. Maybe M did it so they would be harder to copy.. But it is annoying especially as I get so much inspiration from her

I agree Karl. That’s one reason I wouldn’t do much commenting on the site until now.

You windup merchant :mrgreen:

thanks everyone. i appreciate it very much. :)

They are harder to download if flagged? I got attacked this weekend.. someone thought it cute to flag all my videos.. working on getting them restored.

She would usually let the video keep running so you could see any bloopers that she had made or was making. That sometimes was just as good as the video.

Look I am not looking for the origin of the word “blue”, but you see that word can be refer to the colour, the sky and the sea, so my question is for what “blue” stands for in those kind of phrases. I am not asking for an origin.

They are because programs will encounter the message about the video being flagged by the youtube user community.. I am glad you replied. I haven’t heard from you for a while. Hope things are good..

How do you go about getting them undone?? I guess you have to contact YT?

howdya mean

in anti-celebration of aLx day 1. 2. 3.

This doesn’t sound like English to me. Can you use it in a sentence? The only thing I can think of that even comes close is Lava la Lava, a fire-and-forget placed effect script developed in Italy for computer gaming (e.g. “Neverwinter Nights”).

Hear, hear! I’m with you 100%!

Dear Marina,

The financial rescue plan was characterized as Bollixed. What is the meaning of this word? Is it a special financial term?

Actually “extra” is derived from “extraordinary”; it’s a prefix meaning “more than” but as a separate word it connotes “more than what is ordinary or useful.” e.g. “Do you have any extra cash?”

“Wake” has more than one meaning and complex roots, so maybe Marina will sort it all out for you.

Thanks, Tryant! … I think :lol:

ffs

Someone may be jealous of your success, :evil:
I’ve seen this behavior before.

Marina does it tell who flagged your videos. I know there is a place in the site set up that states Your account is in good standing. But does it give the name of the flagger?

Marina, really good to watch your videos.
You have so much good energy in your manner of talking. Always in cute kinda childish way, and I just love it.
It’s interesting to see the changes in your behavior, your apartment, graphical additions to videos. You made a great work.
I wish you good lack with all the advertisement you doing lately and a radio show. Hope that your book will be success.
You are just an amazing women, stay that way.

When the country fails and turns into a fascist dictatorship, you can blame the apostate press and a nation made up of fools, cowards, brigands, lazy bastards and gullible assholes.

Try not to let it bother you, don’t let yourself spend much mental energy on this matter.
I know you know this.
It’s just another day at the office. :wink:

Googles “fear of whale” : 235.000 results. Should be a wide spread phobia.

phallainophobia is the word ! found it on the web. But why phallain ? what is phallain by the way ?? Marina! you may need to investigate!

what is the origin of the word sinister

Take foot, put it in mouth :roll: :lol:

You Tube Friend Invite Phishing Alert
Many of you who have YT accounts are familiar with “Friend Invites”.
I just received a Friend Invite addressed to another unrelated YT email address. In other words, it was a direct “phishing email scam”, not a normal YT invite.

I have already reported the user to YT, and giving everyone a heads up on these types of phishing attacks.

YT’s Help says to message that person. Yeah, right, to let them know I am a live hot victim. YT needs a major overhaul in the way they operate.

sure .. but i refuse to set fire to your birthday.

Thanks Mijj. :wink:

well, thanks, annudder … now i can see plenty of very impolite variations too. Including one that’s not very respectful to a crucifix.

Thanks Karl for the heads up.

i did a little vid for my friend in MA once of me just going to the local store to buy some groceries.

I wonder if M could do a word vid like that .. do a word explanation as she films herself going to the local store or something.

By all means, if you feel comfortable using that term, go with it; however (1) it is not an accepted phobia in psychology; (2) there is no such word as “phallain”; (3) if you type in “fear of whales” on Google, you will get everything on the Web that has “fear of” or “whales” somewhere in its text; and (4) another name given on the Web is “cetaphobia,” which at least makes some sense, since the term “cetacean” refers to all types of marine mammals, but still, neither of these terms is used in psychology; they are apocryphal.

looks more like the classic “female” symbol, but with arms added, to me…

but i see the crucifix, too, ‘course…

It would be cool if she did. Or maybe do a vid from the Blue Jam Cafe. :wink:
We took one of the older camcorders and mounted to the dash of our fires truck and videoed us going to fire calls and to house fires. It was cool to look back over the vid and see the house burning and us going in, but the chief got word of it and made us take it out of the truck. He told us if we were to get into a wreck it could be used as evidence against us if we were in the wrong. We all agreed. :lol:

[oral sex]

Something funny………I think :shock: :eek:
Terrible Accident in the Midst of the Legs – These bloopers are hilarious

please look in the word nazi for me :twisted:

Hello Marina I would like to know the origin of the word Cotton candy thank you :?: :lol:

i like those kinds of vids.

.. but M would need to point the camera at herself while filming .. and how successful would that be at getting her in shot? .. not very practicable i guess … unless she has a friend she could get to film her. … or strap a camera to the back of that dog thing of hers.

LMAO at that last comment. She could do a hat or helmet cam as they do on some of these reality shows with the camera pointing down at her face and upper torso as she walked. I really would like to see that from my perspective as a bystander. She could us that big dog Gucci and mount the camera on his back hahaha I am about to laugh to death just typing this comment.

Marina what would be the chance of you doing a video of a word that would go along with the Blue Jam cafe at the cafe itself. It would be different like you had your green screen, but in a real setting. :smile:

[the sacred mushroom - amanita muscaria]

the most profound concepts that have emerged from the u.s. have nothing to do with nationality or ethnicity, their basis is in human rights and social justice. they are the accorded to every individual. whatever happens to the u.s. certain truths should forever remain self evident. i’ve recognized them in the speeches and documents of other peoples all over the world. the u.s. is a part of something much more larger than a national border, humanity itself. this is so frequently forgotten or censored. u.s. government is not about the rights of government as much as securing human rights.

waffle :smile:

that’s good mike i like that.Hope she dose :cool:

terrence mckenna, the high priest of the mushroom god.

does it really matter if they’re flagged? … wont ppl just click through? .. what am i missing here?

You have to verify your age. I don’t know what James put down as his birth date. Other than that I don’t know what the problem would be on downloading.

i’m watching the vid .. it’s looking good + i liked that he used the phrase “psychedelic society”, found it had a resonance .. then tried to figure what it meant. :smile:

i see, you mean “figa” is not a part of the english vocabulary. right? the closest word in the american english vocabulary i’d say would be “peach”. as in, “that girl has a sweet peach”, comparing the female genitalia to a fruit.

I don’t see how the good doctor is interfering with either you guys searching for words for her to do, or preventing her doing a video for a word that the doctor has offered his explanation of. I think that while (of course) we’d all like to see Marina make a video, just offering the information to satisfy their curiosity till she…if she does the vid, seems harmless to me.. infact, repeating the word in his reply should, and just talking about it at all should make it that much easier, and perhaps should two different ppl posit their own differing theories, prompting ODT to settle the matter.

Haven’t seen every thread of every post, but think if she didn’t like it, she would probably have said so sans query.

set [SOAPBOX MODE] = OFF
Fianchetto

Nakedbullwinkle….in your suggested site renaming you forgot a few: hotforsilly quizzes/word association games/html programming lessons/recipes for hummus exchange forum/playful posts to pass the time until the next vid…..please don’t take me too seriously here… :smile:

Ciao,
Fianchetto

So your saying Jack and I should just sit back and let the good doctor take over the site. If you will go back to the last couple of videos he has answered most of the word requests that Marina want have a chance to do because the good doctor has already pointed out the facts on the requests. The members want Marina to answer their question not the good doctor. They didn’t direct their questions to the doctor but to Marina. You were supposed to be helping Marina’s site. I don’t see how you are by you condoning his actions. Go back like I suggested and look at the flame wars he has started with members of this site. I don’t know what ODT is or soapbox mode =off is referring to but my soapbox mode is on.

Happy Birthday, aLx!! and thanks for stirring the pot from time to time – somebody’d gotta, lest the pasta stick! :mrgreen:

you should do the word

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

:grin:

It’s the longest word I’ve ever heard of.

Congrats on your Yacht, Captain!

You say you like sushi?? My best friend introduced me to it only a few years ago, and am currently jonesin’ for some tako! love the tiny little roe like flying fish and …the other one. the red and the yellow :grin: I still can’t do scallops or uni. thanks for helping me plan tomorrow’s lunch menu! :mrgreen:

real cards? actually my blackberry has a sim port on the side, and theres the magical mystery sim-looking thing inside that the salesman installed and gave it the power to siphon the funds directly from my banking account. all I know is that I txt or talk and the great sucking sound is the tap opening up to transfer the bread… :mrgreen:

Hello fireprovoltron,

Marina addressed that word that in a comment in April.
Here is the link to that question and Marina’s comment.

http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/13/pedigree/#comment-8913

Right wing! My analysis is; since most people are right handed, left handed people have been considered odd. Odd meaning, odd man out, or different or even loony. Thereby the phrase “The loony left.” And how appropriate, because the left, the democrats, are loons! The “Right” conservatives are sensible and they go with what is proven reliable. Whereas the democrats will continue to make mistakes over and over again because they are not students of history. Liberal means wasteful. If it was not for the “Right” this country would have perished a long time ago. Don’t get me wrong though the left has a role, they remind the Right of how Right they are.

psycho

:mrgreen: And all this time I thought that right wing and left wing were parts of an airplane. Go figure!!

What i can’t figure out is :

M is obviously gifted (in inspired, creative and administrative senses) in a number of domains ..
technical (create and maintain youtube channel and spark, create, maintain this related membership site),
social (spreading tendrils within the creative youtube community),
psychological (the successful mix of qualities in her videos) (look at the way she makes us dance for her on this site! it’s like we’re in a Marina ant-farm. i can feel her fingers in my brain right now!).
… as well as the obvious linguistic skills.

Anyway .. the quandary is .. there’s all that intelligence and creativity and wisdom … so how did that fascination with Hollywood filter through?

There are centers for creative media throughout the world (i assume – not being a media person i dunno, i’m guessing if there’s london and hollywood there must be lots of other places too) .. some on their way out, some on their way up (guessing here too – but fashions and technologies change and focuses on where things are happening changes too).
.. and some of these centers more in tune with corporate creativity, some more in tune with individual creativity.

So – what made Marina select Hollywood way out in the sticks on the edge of civilization?

… hmmm…?

re info on this kind of subject matter: i think i prefer the way information is presented in the Gnostic fashion rather than the stark pseudo-objective scientific method.

The gnostics know that merely presenting information head on may receive an understanding, but that understanding is fleeting and has no depth. I.e .. the information is “understood” but remains at the level of discussion points. They knew the info had to be presented in forms which were coded and had to be worked at to be uncovered. The work to uncover the essence of the information was the embedding of the information within the being of the person uncovering the information. I.e. to uncover the information was to change the being of the person.

So, i think he should have presented the info in allegoric form .. using stories involving gods or aliens or cartoon characters … etc .. :smile:

Marina, I posted this on your OReilly Video and you may have missed it…

I took the test below and I’m a Libertarian / Centrist. (2nd dot from top)

You and your readers can place themselves
on the 2 dimensional grid vs your linear left / right question.

Here is the definition from
“World’s Smallest Political Quiz”
http://www.theadvocates.org/quizp/

“LIBERTARIANS support maximum liberty in both personal and
economic matters. They advocate a much smaller government; one
that is limited to protecting individuals from coercion and violence.
Libertarians tend to embrace individual responsibility, oppose
government bureaucracy and taxes, promote private charity, tolerate
diverse lifestyles, support the free market, and defend civil liberties.”

Other results include: Left Liberal, Centrist, Right Conservative and
Statist (Big Gov)

Using the grid you can see if you, for example are a Libertarian
that is Left leaning or Right leaning…

By The Rivers Dark

That’s a fun quiz! Thanks!

Q

Oh, I’m sorry. I checked that list and guess I passed it by. Haha, my bad. I apologize again for the time you must have taken to write that comment.

good song .. i like that kind of stuff but…

for stuff like psychology and mysticism and so forth, i notice there’s a habit of it being associated with electronic music and that weird chilling “soothing” new age music – all of which i find has a sense of alienation.

my instinct and preference is to associate music like this with the mysteries of psychology and … erm .. mysticism with stuff like
[this]
and
[this]

i.e.
marked by exuberance and human energy and theater (and so forth) to emphasis the human qualities.

s’alright .. maths doesn’t mind if it’s not believed in.

set [Soapbox mode] = off meant *I* was stepping off *MY* soap box, not a directive for you to get off yours, perhaps I should have just said it outright, but failed to see the opportunity to be misunderstood

ODT = Our Dear Teacher

I still don’t see how offering his etymology prevents Marina from doing hers, but can see where catching all or most of them might be seen as an intrusion. When CaptainJack asked me to post replies to word requests, It was good in that it forced me to scour the posts, sorting out the requests from the conversation threads (don’t sweat, aLx, no more…) I saw a lot of them that appeared to be mere informational requests “where does ‘xxxxx’ come from?” as well as the (majority) specifically asking her to “do” a word or “make a video” for them. I have been working the past couple of days, so haven’t really been watching lately. In the interest of simply not taking up so much space here, would you care to drop me a line via YouTube email? As well, someone mentioned last week that they didn’t get an email when they reply to themselves. I get no emails at all, except when a new video comes out, aside from the ones from you and the Captain. I was not trying to ruffle your feathers at all, friend. Meanwhile, I’ll check out the last couple of days so I can have an opinion on it – so far, the only thing I’ve done in a couple of days is scan for my own posts and look for replies to me, and thrown a couple of opinions out there. I do remember several long threads, but since I didn’t have anything to add, paid no attention to who said what or to whom, except for the replies to my own posts.

Ciao,
Fianchetto

Sunshine

goddam it billyb .. i wrinkled my brow and churned out all that waffle just for you to destroy it all with one word?

It’s not good enough! {… hmphhhhh .. }

.. anyway .. sun isn’t good for you .. and she could just as easily get a sun lamp as move to calif.

no .. i think there’s some masterplan involving domination of the world’s mass media .. but .. what?

Answer to your question before… no , I’m not on myspace… is there an advantage to be? ‘ve checked it out only superficially & thought I could spend way to much time on the internets… I quess I akready do :shock:
Democracy

“Mickey Mouse is still getting hundreds of votes every election.”

i thought ronald regan had died.

I can’t understand why she doesn’t film more outside… is she really vampirera’s sister? Sorry didn’t mean to destroy everything, I’ve just been around awhile, and heard her say she’s there for the weather… mostly.
Was fascinated with cobwebs as a kid… and as an adult, have a passing fancy for them now.

i notice right now there’s 395 comments on this thread.

a few years ago when i was immersed in the Guardian Unlimited newspaper forum, i started a thread which, in the first week or so, got 2000 comments / day, and towards teh end of its life was getting 500 comments/day. When they deleted the thread it’d had over 74,000 comments. I immediately started another thread on the same subject .. it got to over 36,000 posts. Every time the administrators have deleted the thread, someone starts it up again. There’s a thread there right now … there’s been a thread on this subject without a gap for 7 1/2 years.

Someone had taunted for starting threads that couldn’t keep people interested long enough to stay alive – 20..50 posts then dead.

So i thought of a thread subject that might have a chance of succeeding past a day or two. :smile:

She didn’t land in the Hollywood Hills
the Hollywood Hills landed on her. :shock: :mrgreen:

that’s a brilliant icon, chev! :lol:

weather, eh? .. well .. i don’t believe it. That’s the cover story.
I mean .. it’s not like she sits out in the sun the whole time – and she’d be horribly wrinkly by now if she did. .. all that skin destroying sun!

no .. i think there’s more to this than meets the eye.
{… is suspicious …}

yes .. there is something fascinating about those webs. Natural engineering creates some lovely forms.

Just realised I’ve yet to do my HOMEWORK :mrgreen:

If you notice, the right wing & left wing are fairly large. & the head is far away from the body.Takeoff, Landing gear up &
Landing.

Nice sequence! I like! :grin:

what about an ingredient in my favourite shampoo and conditioner:

hydroxymethylchloroisothiazolinone ?

:mrgreen:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALX :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I think it’s called ‘cotton candy’ because the process to make it, involves spinning sugar around and around at high temperatures until it melts, then the fact is it being spun around and around, makes it become a big ball-like mass of sugary goodness :mrgreen:
And I believe that is how cotton plants are processed to make strands of cotton to use with sewing etc. :mrgreen:

So it is candy, but spun around like cotton :mrgreen:

I would rather know, why it is called cotton candy in the states, and fairy floss in australia :shock:

WHAT KIND OF FAIRY WOULD EAT SUCH A SUGARY THING!

not the tooth fairy, thats for sure :cool:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALX :mrgreen:

i have it set, so that i receive no emails from youtube, except the ones that tell me when someone has subscribed to my channel. that way i can monitor my suibscriber numbers, and see if any names i recognise subscribe too :mrgreen:

and i dont need to click anything in those emails.

no phishing for misscupcake!

happy brithday to alx :mrgreen:

i was flagged once because there was a shadow on my err.. chest, that looked like a nipple.

i briefly. let me reiterate, BRIEFLY looked into getting the flag removed, but it seemed it was not possible to have my video unflagged.

maybe partners such as marina have more success when trying to unflag themselves. (or would it be deflag :mrgreen: )

or maybe i didnt try hard enough LOL.
that is likely; if it doesnt involve cookies or cupcakes or voices or accents or SAYING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALX then i lose interest real quick hehe :mrgreen:

it did not tell me who flagged me, nor did it alert me when i had been flagged. i only found out when several of my regular watchers sent me messages about it.

nein all these people are frauds! i am the only one who should say happy birthday to him! he is mine :cry:

-SETS FIRE TO THE GUY WHO SET FIRE TO ALX’S BIRTHDAY-

my gift to alx will be better than everyone elses :mrgreen: you will see!

Hi misscupcake,

It’ll take me a month or so to just pronounce that. Hey, misscupcake, see if you can pronounce that in a German, Italian or other accent. That would be different.

Hallo aLx, Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag.

Wasn’t until I tried to teach my kids that I learned something now that I’m older its just that I Can`t Remember .

We now observe the Great Jupiter Optimus Maximus and Lucetius, ruler of law and social order and of the light, we adore thee. How’s the two great, great (to the 10th power) R+R grandchildren? You are taking good care of Mars, the origin of Marina, yes?

fairy floss i did not know that thanks :lol:

Sorry I have not been on this website for a while. There’s been a lot going on my side but it’s a long story. here’s another definition for left/right wing-name of offensive position in hockey.

Stopped on my way home from work, after watching your last video, and coundn’t find any peppermint crisps so I had to settle for something similar, package of Hersheys, York. But I won’t be happy ’til I find the green ones :mrgreen:

Right wing Red Wing & left wing Red Wing.
Rick LaPointe… one of the nicest guys I ever met. He is from our home town & he let me take a picture of my daughter, wearing his old redwings jersey, standing next to him, with his arm around her shoulder. It was for a school thing she was doing. He also used to come down to the shop to visit as well as being a customer. He was a big guy but sadly he passed away in ’99 leaving behind a fairly young family. He left behind good memories & a good legacy.

I would like to see the word Allegory to be investigated.

{… mijj-ant spits out sand .. waves antennae in the air ..}

hello, Marina!

Hey! … i set fire to his birthday because he appreciates that kinda thing!

“THE GUY” .. INDEED! {.. hmphhh ..}

you’re still freaked out ‘cos of that weird “psychic-sexuality” stuff i was on about from the other day, aren’t you. (do rhetorical questions still require question marks?)

now our discussion looks foolish. :lol:

Youtube are going to have to sort thier view problems out.. This is not acceptable

I think my age is something like 34

That shadow was funny though.. I didn’t notice it until I read the comments. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

oh .. social law and light, eh?

In the tarot deck Jupiter represents Fortune – i.e. the element of chance. This card represents the elementary movement in phenomena (reading out from Crowley)

I a’n't even started on the star signs yet.

I refer you to what geronimo said when I did a request

“For gods sake james! do I have to hit you upside the head? Let marina do it!

Suddenly, I feel stupid, uncourageous, wish to wander about with my friends to rob strangers, but lack the work ethic to check my lineage and find my real father. Have I just been unwittingly duped into passing this crap out to you ppl? :shock:

oh yeh ..

which animal has the biggest brain / body mass ratio?

to be honest, i didnt realise you were the one who was on about psychic sexuality.

i was just protecting alx from the fire :mrgreen:

oh .. you mean i didn’t even register :cry:

… and … i think it helps one’s appreciation of one’s birthday if one finds it in flames.

those qualities hr described and you fit .. they sound very essence of being british.

are you sure you’re not a brit, fianchetto?

lol .. nice one, vernon.

My first thought was [Sushi] but then remembered [Katherina]
:?:

What do you mean? I don’t have any problems with YT. :neutral:

with a nod of homage to james as an unintended bonus… :grin:

YT is not operated by highly intelligent people. I watch them try to solve the cellphone pop corn trick and they were stumped on how the trick works. YouTube engineers debunk cell phone pop corn trick They didn’t explain why it didn’t work. They don’t show how it could be done. All they needed was a little Magnetron. :roll: I’ve seen their solutions to problems in the past. They relay don’t think things through very well.

If Gatorade is what my body is thirsty for, how come I didn’t die of thirst for Glycerol Ester of Wood Rosin? Maybe I got some just in the nick of time {whew!}

BTW, misscupcake, lovely treatment of aLx’s birthday :!: :grin:

there’s useful info about the Encephalization Quotient [here].
but it focusses on mammals.

I think, if you include insects, the ant has the highest brain/body mass ratio.
but, of course, i haven’t found good info of this type about insects.

Hmmm… depends. Is being a brit a good thing or a bad thing. So, I therefore proudly proclaim and categorically deny the assertion that I am a brit. :mrgreen:

Suggested Alternate Translation

thank you so much. :)

:mrgreen:

thank you so much. :D

thank you. \o/

(i have to keep changing the response text as it won’t let me reply with the same comment again. :/ )

there is no appropriate smiley. i need a w00t smiley or something. :/

thank you. :)

James Some arachnids, I hear are actually Oedipal.
:mrgreen:

ah? i’m excited. hehe.

Bring home the bacon in a beautiful Capitalist Pig Briefcase.

OOHH! I just remembered These Guys.

I would like to modify my response to “Tweety, most certainly.”

and check out Ms. Boop! Ever seen a nicer pair of maxillary protuberances in your life?

Hey HotForWords i have been wondering where did Taking a drag come from. Please post this in your next vid THANKS :D

Yea, thanks mijj, i also apologize for calling you a fool a few days ago, I am the fool, I just got out of prison after 10 years so all this I-net stuff is new to me, so I did not respond to your attempt at humor very well, again sorry. As you may know, there is no I-net in prison, I learn more every day, including how to act in public. My last couple of posts were my very first, very personal, that is probably a mistake to take things personally, but you know, prison can cause one to respond immediately and those two responses are either aggression or contrition. I need to think out my responses in a civilized way. I love Hot for words, Marina of course, I will be a better participant in this process. Tell Marina she is “The Best.” PS My 10 years were for drugs, thievery, fleeing police mtr/vehicle, yea I was one of those guys on TV, my advice on that, don’t do drugs and obey all laws no matter how small, life is better that way.

Did I miss something? Where is Kobe? The last I saw of him, he was just lifting off. :?:

Basically, I’m a little of both. I believe in an effective welfare system supporting those who are unable to work and helping those who can work to find a job, multi-lingual education, strong unions, universal health care. But I recognize that business is important, and that lowering taxes raises revenues because it free up more resources for investment and entrepreneurs (which is really difficult to spell) which in turn create jobs, creating more taxpayers, thus more revenue. The prime example is when JFK lowered taxes during his short administration and the bountiful ’60′s resulted. So, the hard right and the hard left will find much to disagree with me. And there is a problem in my politics, that what I support is unsupportable economically. The resolution of this is that I am not a purist. I understand that compromise, flexibility and creativity, not purism, are essential in running a country. Underlying my basic politics, I recognize that the real revolution in human affairs is the spread of democracy.

Hmmmm .. comparing M’s sexiness to my GU thread’s subject…

the only conclusion that can be drawn from the results:
the subject of my GU thread was more fascinating than M’s sexyness! :shock:

i took the list of vids into a spreadsheet
i found the number of comments for ever 20th video
starting with #20, ending on 257 (current Lwing Rwing)
.. and produced the graph. [graph of comments / video]

i also took the numbers to be representative.
so to estimate the total comments over the whole 257 videos
i added the comments for the sample and x20.

i.e. an estimate of the total comments for M’s videos to date is
56,900 .. approx 57,000.

My thread in GU got to over 74,000 before it was exterminated.

Therefore, the subject of my GU thread was more fascinating that M’s sexness on her vids. :smile:

hahahahahaah … take that, M :!: {… smug mode …}

the idea of a welfare system doesnt belong to the left .. the right also believe in a welfare system .. their version is to help out the wealthy and corporate leaders for when they get into difficulties with market forces, etc.

I consider myself to be a little right of center.

I would also like to know about knicknames.

I can understand how Timothy became Tim, Eugene became Gene and Elizabeth bacame Beth.

What I don’t understand is how William became Bill, James became Jim and Elizabeth became Libby.

Please explain.

Damn! I missed the opportunity to pour napalm on aLx’s Birthday pyre, so errr … Happy Hangover. :smile:

ooo! .. don’t apologise for calling me a fool, vernon.

It’s one of the penalties i pay for being a fool. .. and it’s a penalty i consider worth paying.

generally speaking .. i dont mind abuse hurled at me because i usually deserve it one way or another .. i tend to be somewhat insensitive and loud mouthed and opinionated, etc.

i reckon we’re two sides of the same coin. :smile:

The quote of the day which popped up on my PDA today is by George Bernard Shaw, “A foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting time.”
Does anyone know what he was talking about?

funny you should mention the police .. they battered my door down a couple of months ago and searched the place. … someone invented an address to keep them occupied, i think. At the end of it all, i got a respectful handshake from the head cop and they went on their way. So, i think it all worked out pretty well. Not much damage, etc.

Trick or Treat :twisted:
Word Request :idea:
witch
wizard
bogeyman
goblin / hobgoblin
banshee
gnomes
trolls
ghoul
zombie (snake god / botnet) :cool: :smile:

Yours makes more sense than mine, for sure!

Maybe they were looking for terrorist propaganda :razz:

Where you embarrass when they found your girly magazines :?: :grin:

Right. If my assumption is correct that “figa” refers to a fig, then your suggestion of “peach” being a parallel English idiom seems appropriate; but “peach” is hardly vulgar when used as a simile for “vagina,” it’s poetical. I don’t know how vulgar “figa” is considered by the Italians. Perhaps it refers to an overripe or rotten fig, in which case … eeeeeeuuuuu!

do you want them back?

To mijj,

Your forgiveness is reassuring and comforting, thank you

[rob zombie]

No, please keep them, the pages are all stuck together now :razz:

bogeyman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYnUcF42bf8 :grin:

Bob, he was talking about chess. In a way you might think him correct, as what does playing chess well accomplish? But I would disagree, in that chess teaches a person to think many moves into the future.. to think about all the possible consequences of their actions. They say that the Cuban Missile Crises was played out like a game of chess.

WOW I MIGHT BE ON THE NEWS!! WOO !! I NOW I MAY HAVE BEEN ON TV 3 TIMES LESS THAN MARINA!

For what James?

Thanks alexds9 :-)

that’s how they were when you made me take ‘em.

… and can you stop your compulsive drooling and keep your hands in sight.

The last we saw of Kobe he was about to take off attached to some balloon! I’m still waiting for him to complete his trip around the world!

James.. I use this bookmarklet and it works for every YouTube video (as long as there is an mp4 version, of which there are for most videos):

Just follow the instructions: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/04/download-youtube-videos-as-mp4-files.html

Behave yourself, the teacher just walk in the classroom :shock:

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/display.var.2454425.0.waitrose_given_goahead.php

There was controversy over to build a waitrose ( you may not have heard of it, Its a fairly pricey supermarket) on a cricket ground.. Its next to a river and there was alot of mixed opinion

mijj, Marina’s in Beverly Hills, which is very close to Hollywood, The basic answer to your question might be this: “If you want to meet rich people, you go to where the rich people are.” As a single woman, she might find more rich, eligible men in Beverly Hills.
This is just my theory, of course. If I wanted to meet young, spoiled rich bi…ah, young women, I’d visit Beverly Hills, also.

I am awful at chess.. My brain can’t cope!

Thanks for that Marina, I will download it later.. I will probably end up doing the video next week as I spent most of today trying to get on TV :cool:

Actually, M .. i saw an interesting documentary about Kenney’s back problems. It was a chronic painful and debilitating condition.

He had experimental surgery on his spine that didn’t work and made matters worse and so was on lots of medication. It’s theorized that his boldness in dealing with the crisis had as much to do with his medication as it had to do with careful analysis of expected responses to his moves.

+ .. his back brace stopped him from freely moving about in the back of the limo when he was assassinated.

[Siouxsie and the Banshees]

Marina, can you believe that this website is filtered as “adult” in school computers. I know you wouldn’t show any nudity in any of your videos or else I would have gone bananas! By the way, where the heck does that saying come from?

P.S Did you max out your friends on PS3? I’ve been waiting for an approval for ages! =(

ha! .. she never goes past the front of the class.

{… flicks ball of inky paper @ chev …}

:shock:

wellll .. this’d imply that M is looking for a rich savior. But M is 100% fully capable and doesn’t need a rich savior.

.. however .. if M was thinking “where should i go that would allow me most potential for expression and development”, then Hollywood wouldn’t be top of the list. – at least i assume not.

… so .. hmmmm … etc

When the politico crap piles up,
I think about Marina and other junk :mrgreen:

The poor need a healthy market more than the rich. If the banks don’t lend money, and they are not lending money now, the system slows down, jobs are lost and who can least afford losing a job? And to address whether this is some kind of welfare for the wealthy, the plan is to buy bad mortgages at a deep discount to sell them at a mild discount later. The banks take a loss, but at least they can move on. If the so-called bailout does not pass, those banks will be stuck with bad mortgages they can’t even put a value on, and they will not loan money. That means the economy goes into a long recession.
“…help out the wealthy…”? That kind of statement is the old class warfare, which helps nobody especially not helping the people who want to keep their jobs.

[Republicans on the Left and Democrats on the Right]

In the topsy turvy world of Washington, to combat what is being called the “most momentous financial crisis since the Great Depression,” the Republicans have gone socialist and the Democrats are advocating the corporatism of Italian rightist dictator Benito Mussolini.

…

Where does the term Pulp Fiction come from?

What is going on someone just mentioned the my town on a gameshow! everyone in the world wilol know it by the end of the week at this rate. He said he worked for 5 hospitals and wimborne was one of them I live about 200 yards from there. Presenter said ..” so all the expensive places then” hahaha

DOES MARINA ENCOURAGE COMMENTS ON REQUESTED WORDS? Since this seems to be an ongoing polemic, I’m sure we would all like to put this matter to rest. Because I was getting a lot of flack when I began commenting on requests, and even TA Mike asked me to refrain from this, I told him that I’d agree provided Marina felt the same way. Capt. Jack then commented on the confusion that can result when even a TA attempts to speak for Marina: He stated, “I do agree about the conflict that could arise from what a TA interprets what Marina’s will is.” He then e-mailed her on my behalf and reported back to me, saying, “Marina does encourage comments on requested words.” :!: He added, “Marina also said she would like to keep this site as organic and freewheeling as possible.” :!:

Look, I fully understand the psychology that develops when a cadre of “old timers” develops on a site. A sense of ownership naturally occurs, part of which is the tendency to dictate to newcomers what they deem acceptable and taboo. In short, they presume to speak for Marina. If ballsy newcomers like yours truly don’t come along now and then and shake up such entrenched behavior, the site ceases to be “as organic and freewheeling as possible.”

On the other hand, this does not mean that we should act completely without inhibition or common courtesy. For example, in basically anonymous forums such as this, some feel justified in “letting it all hang out,” speaking in ways they would never resort to were they sitting in a room filled with men, women, adults, and teens. As is my personal and professional nature, I initially went with the flow and took off the gloves when an adversary did the same. Now that I’m making my point, I assure you this will not happen again. Meanwhile, I’m hardly a pedantic prude; a discussion about profane or vulgar words is one thing, but their gratuitous use here does not reflect well on Marina. Also, I love humor — but not if it’s cruel and at someone else’s expense.

OF COURSE Marina encourages us to contribute to word requests; what dedicated teacher does not take delight in seeing her students helping one another and learning to do research for themselves? Capt. Jack tells me that Marina’s list of requested words has now grown to around two million! With this present inventory alone, she could do several videos a week for the rest of her life and not even scratch the surface of the requests she already has. Cap assures me that no request is ignored, but he missed my point on this. He meant that all requests are considered; but, if someone makes a request and never receives a reply, from their point of view it is ignored.

I have no intention or desire to take over the site or force Marina into exile. As the saying goes, “My Mama didn’t raise me to be no fool.” She could make videos of herself reading the back of a box of Corn Flakes and most of us would still be here, panting for more; but I love the language as much as she does, and I want to help keep her from becoming further swamped by taking on some of the more mundane requests; and, the more we do the same, the more those who make requests will not go away empty-handed. Earlier, I made a request of my own, curious about why we call Deutschland “Germany”; and, to my delight, pedantickarl did a lot of research on his own and gave me a detailed explanation. How proud Marina must be about this sort of extra-credit student homework!

If I’ve gone wrong anywhere here, I hope Marina herself will set me straight. Meanwhile, all I ask is that everyone please honor her wishes and remember that she encourages our participation in word requests and she wants to keep this site as organic and freewheeling as possible. That’s it; your turn. Thanks for your time and thoughtful consideration.

Thank you, Marina, I suspected it might be chess, and I agree that someone who is good at chess would be good at organising, setting and achieving goals and running businesses.
Do you play cheese, yourself? I would expect you to be good at it.
(Ha Ha! I mean chess not cheese; in order to hurry up, slow down. :grin: )
I used to try to play when I was at school, but always got bogged down with all the possibilities at two moves ahead. I think I suffer from analysis paralysis. :sad:

alx replied on February 19th, 2008 4:06 pm:
not an easy question.
“deutsch” (“german”) comes from lat. “theodiscus”. “theodiscus” is a word “invented” by scholars to distinguish latin from, and refer to, the language that the “ordinary” people spoke. it comes from germanic ” *theod-” (“folk”, “people”) + “-isk(a)”. “-isk” is a suffix that “makes” adjectives. so, “theodisk” actually means “folkish”. but, it referred only to the langauge. old high german (about 700 — 1100 ad) knows the word “diutisk” or “diutisc”. that changed over time to “deutsch”.
as for “germany”. I’m not sure. only thing I recall is that it comes from latin “germanus”. “germanus” should be older than “theodiscus”.
as for “france”, I can only guess. a germanic tribe, the franks, settled in an area around what today is toulouse. they replaced the wisigoths who then went further west and settled in a region which is now spain. so, “france” maybe comes from the franks.
right next to franks, to the east, settled another tribe. the allemanni. so, the franks and the alemanni were neighbours. maybe this is where “allemagne” comes from.

My God ! Your text was as long as War and Peace “Voina i Mir” written by Tolstoi “the fat”. :smile:

Around the world in 80 days, for Kobe. That was also a movie done some years ago.

Hm ! Toulouse ? No ! The capital of the Franks was Soissons not very far from Chantilly (you know the Crème Chantilly ?)
Toulouse is to Soissons the same as Dallas for Boston in the US.
Welcome to France ! :smile:

The reason there seems to be confusion on this issue is that some of us “old-timers” remember Marina herself posting just such an admonition about not answering word requests, as it spoils her opportunity to make a video about that word.
I can remember her doing so on at least two occasions. Maybe her attitude has changed in the meantime as her list of word requests has grown, so I think it would be helpful to have a definitive statement of policy from Marina.
I would also like to suggest that there should be a new “landing page” for visitors arriving at the site, on which is to be found a brief summary of how the site works, to check the past lessons page before making word requests, to avoid flaming, spamming and reacting to spammers and flamers, and any other things which Marina and the TAs think necessary to keep this a pleasant place to visit. I’m not thinking of a long list of rules here, but I cannot believe that organic and free-wheeling is synonymous with anarchy.

Bob, I see their missing part of the quote which takes it out of context.
“Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something clever when all they are doing is wasting their time.” -George Bernard Shaw

Now it makes better sense. In my opinion, I think he is 100% right. I love the game for what it teaches you. I think everyone should learn to play. I have played the game many times but no longer play. I rather do something with a bit more productive than moving pieces around a board. On the other hand its just a game. Like a video game. You learn great skills but its not a productive activity. Let me give you an example of what I’m talking about. What if Albert Einstein only played chess? What if he played more than he did? Would we the people have benefited from his game play? Read on…

In October, 1936 Einstein was interviewed by the New York Times. In that interview, he said, “I do not play any games. There is no time for it. When I get through work I don’t want anything which requires the working of the mind.” Einstein preferred playing the violin and sailing. Einstein did say he played chess as a boy. He played chess with his neighbors and friends. He always had a chessboard set up at home. He was probably most active in chess in the late 1920s and early 1930s. In 1934 Einstein visited friends and relaxed with a game of chess. When he met children, he asked them if they liked music or could they play chess. He would occasionally teach a child the basics of chess, then tell that child to practice, then would play that child a game of chess the next time they met.

So even Albert thought of chess as a waste of time and mental energy. We might not have some of the greatest theories if just played chess. What Albert did play was a game of solve the greatest puzzles of the universe. Now that’s a game l like to play :mrgreen: :mrgreen: y!!!

Ok Albert and I both like sailing. Have you seen his sailing yacht?
Albert Einstein’s “Tümmler” (porpoise)
My question to you is when he forgot to bring hat for sailing? What did he use to make a hat? This hat he made was such a practicable hat that he wore it a few times more. :grin:

OOOO You told a story in your video about not having a boy friend. He’s just in the next country and a pen pal for now. Same on you. I got the answer right after all. hehehe :razz: :razz: :wink:
Mike

That should be shame on you :oops:

I hope he is more successful than Richard Branson!

You did ruffle my feathers a little, but it’s all cool now. Jack and I was just trying to do our jobs. I hope no hard feelings :smile:

Is that what I saw flying over my sailboat yesterday? I thought it was that crazy guy from Bend, OR in the awn chairl again. :roll: :roll:

Wow, thanx, aLx! Both you and Karl have definitely linked the two names; but have you found any indication that the Germans themselves use the words “German” or “Germany” with reference to their country or language?

I also feel your additional info on France opens a cornucopia that Marina could harvest fruitfully: How various countries got their names and why our names for them often differ from their present official name

I know; attention spans are not what they used to be.

YT staff needed to put more thought into this false flagging issue. I still wonder if they are capable of such task. :neutral: It seems they rather put their energy into making little cute icons. :sad:

James is your voice cracking? That explains a lot now. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I like your blame it on a cold excuse. :wink:

Well, Bob, regarding Marina’s policy on requests, I feel we already have a definitive statement from her in this regard: “Marina does encourage comments on requested words.” Seems clear as it can be; but, as I said in my post, if I’m wrong about anything, I trust she will set me and us straight. I also assume we’ll hear from Capt. Jack on this, as well.

I like your idea about an orientation page for newbies. Free-wheeling does suggest anarchy, but we must remember that Russians are far more “discreet” behavior-wise than we are. They are strictly purists regarding their language and the sloppy use thereof, so Marina’s use of these terms undoubtedly falls well short of anarchy.

So aLx… I have a question for you. How was your 30 “Alx” day?

Checkmate. :mrgreen:

Hi, just found out about your site and have enjoyed looking at your videos and information here….thanks! I’d like to request some history on the word “whippersnapper” when you have time. Years ago, a librarian attempted to look it up for us and could only find a vague reference in early 1900′s Enlish literature, but no firm origin or definition of the word. Can you scrounge up the truth? :smile:

I was on the news.. My head at the back a little tiny black out of focus thing

:mrgreen: Hello everybody!!!! :mrgreen:
Check out my new gravatar! Y’all better behave I’ve got my EYE on you! :lol:

James did you get my emails?

Yes, I did thank you

You, spying on us are. Hmmmmmm. :lol:

I have been on myspace for quite a while now and I find it useful. Many of the local musicians and fans use it to keep in touch by means of the bulletins feature. I have also found some really nice girlfriends on there.

To fianchetto1: While I stand behind my statement as a general description, obviously it doesn’t apply to every citizen. It certainly doesn’t apply to me, since I’m a political activist: I run for local office; I write letters to the Editor and play at benefits; I host a Liberty page on the web. Maybe it doesn’t apply to you either. BTW, nice use of irony.

To mijj: The British may surprise you. The frogs are getting tired of being boiled in the pot of socialism and may start slopping very hot water on the chefs soon.

To buzzword: Yes, that’s the US Government described by the Constitution, but it’s no longer there; what we have now is the latest gang of pirates and bandits that have hijacked the Ship of State and made defacto slaves of us all. They are waiting until they perpetrate the next Big Crisis false flag operation to spring the trap.

I second that…I have used it but never knew where it came from :lol:

Marina, Grizzly origin.. so now I ask you

what is the origin of the phrase “Sweet fanny adams”

Stay out of this drshi

Ok first off I want to correct some of facts.
“He then e-mailed her on my behalf and reported back to me, saying, “Marina does encourage comments on requested words.” :!: He added, “Marina also said she would like to keep this site as organic and freewheeling as possible.” :!:”
No I did not email her on your behalf. These were comments of old emails Marina had sent to me on a different subject. I know you haven’t read all the comments on previous lessons but she has stated a bit how she would like to see the site flow.
About what I meant in regards of replying to word requests is like Bob pointed out is that it does spoil her opportunity to make a video on that word or phrase. What she was suggesting is that we start a discussion about the word request. She also wants us to guess what the origin of a word or what we heard on the street as the common etymology of that word. Sure anyone of us can go and get access to the OED and many other books and answer all the requests. That’s easy. But I ask you what fun is that? I too did as you did and tried to answer all the requests. Now I just leave most of them be, which I find it very hard to leave a question unanswered. I do chime in for any words with nautical origins. I even have the sources to back up my claims. But even so Marina has found words with deep nautical origins that I could not find. “BJ” word is one example. None of my books listed it. So Im very cautious when I reply to a word request.

As for Marina’s word list. Yes she will never get though it all. Thats not the goal here. I see this site as a place to learn a bit about the stories behind the etymology of some of these words. Nice to see a video with pictures on the subject and a very pretty philologist teaching me the back story. Marina vs reading the OED, I would pick Marina any day. :mrgreen:

As for a policy page or a newbie page. I don’t think it’s going to happen. It would have been up years ago if this was a concern to Marina. It has been suggested many times before. I think thats what Marina was talking about free flowing and organic. No putting people in a box and giving them big rules to follow, just a few guide lines.

I hope my comment makes sense and I hope I didn’t offend you in any way. Im just trying to give you an idea how things are presently working around here. What I mean about presently is that things change here often. This site is very organic and everything I said could all change in one day. Its however Miss M see fit.
I welcome your input in all this. :mrgreen: I also look forward to your future comments here on the HFW site. I think I can learn a lot from you. :smile:

Captain Jack
___/)____

That’s very cool. :smile:

Hello Marina,

I was introduced to you on Bill’s No Spin Zone and you are great. He is an obvious fan and I can tell you will or already have become a permanent part of his show. You do a great job and have no constructive criticism for you. I admire you also for pursuing the American Dream and starting your own business and seeing it come bear wonderful fruit. As a result, I have subscribed to you on You Tube as well here on HotForWords. I have always wanted to expand my vocabulary but never had the time. But, you make it fun and that helps me make the time. I am sure I am speaking for everyone that we appreciate all your hard work and look foward to seeing more often on television. And, please send out notices to us when you will be on a certain show too. If you already do that, let me know how not to miss it. I look foward to your next video and hello from Anchorage, Alaska!!!!! :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

I guess you are being called Dumb?????? If not, then what??

Oh Marina… What is with the honours

#12 – Most Discussed (Today) – Global
#5 – Most Discussed (Today) – Entertainment – Global
#28 – Most Discussed (This Week) – Entertainment – Global
#96 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Israel
#85 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Russia
#47 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Germany
#61 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Australia
#57 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Canada
#88 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment
#58 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Ireland
#96 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – India
#62 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – New Zealand
#34 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Israel
#53 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Global
#69 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Spain
#86 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Mexico
#39 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – France
#38 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Italy
#54 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Japan
#47 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – South Korea
#60 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Netherlands
#37 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Poland
#35 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Brazil
#34 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Russia
#62 – Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Russia
#77 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Hong Kong
#36 – Premium Most Viewed (This Week) – Entertainment – Taiwan
#69 – Top Rated (This Week) – Entertainment – Global

This means there will never be another video ever again.

I think M you will have to work out another strategy as after 2 days apparantley there has only been 40, thousand views. Which is totally incorrect . they must be doing views in about 200 every hour. My videos are doing it too. GRR YOUTUBE :evil: :evil:

Nice job Captain and thanks for your comments earlier. I am a avid kayaker and am trying to get more salt in my blood each day (paddling that is). And, here is Alaska, kayaking is a dream come true. Anyone who loves the sea, is all right by me. Have a great week, sir!!!! :grin:

Fianchetto, I like you. And, I am not taking your tease too serious for I do not take my self too serious. I will break bread with you any day of the week. But, I am out on the water on weekends so you will have to take a kayakcheck :wink: Hello from Alaska!!! I am still looking for a website titled,”Logonnowandretirerichandyounganddoitalloverright”. Let me know if you find it????? :wink:

[pink floyd - the gnome]

I have a love hate relationship with YT. They are the best video site and yet they still an infant company. I think they company would go much further if the upper level management rethinks their strategy.

Word request: Swag :cool:

:lol: :idea: Marina :?: Your whats called, an Easter elephant :?: :lol:

All in favour of an email to youtube say aye

Hi, Jack –
Thanks for your feedback: Here’s mine.
The exchange to which I refer occurred as follows (and you can check it out yourself:
1. Mike asked me to stop commenting on word requests.
2. I asked him to check with Marina for me on this.
3. His macho response was, “You got it pal. I’ll e-mail her right now.”
4. I never heard from him again, so when you responded in the same thread, I naturally assumed it was a result of the e-mail he had promised to send her on my behalf. Since you now say this was not so, why have I never heard about Marina’s response to the e-mail he supposedly sent her on my behalf?

What has happened, though, is that he has launched a rather paranoidal diatribe against me (see near the bottom on this page) in which fianchetto1 played my advocate, to which Capman911 replied, “So your saying Jack and I should just sit back and let the good doctor take over the site. If you will go back to the last couple of videos he has answered most of the word requests….” His bogus assertion paints me as vacuuming up requests like a Hoover from Hell. You also imply that I tend to answer most requests, while you “tend to let most of them be.” FYI, Jack, I do exactly the same as you. I also feel that whatever info I impart regarding words can never interfere with the kind of back stories Marina’s research provides. I assure you that I, too, am very cautious when I reply to a word request, and I’ve answered less and less since I first joined up.

Finally, surely you must admit that your statement, “Marina does encourage comments on requested words” clearly implies that she wants us to comment on the words requested and not on how we should relate to word requests in general. If the latter was indeed her intention, then I assume you can direct me to the thread that was subsequently opened inviting input on this subject. My guess is that there isn’t one; and, were there to be one, it would only open Pandora’s Box and create bad blood the likes of which both Marina and you surely want to avoid. I’d be very surprised if any of us wants to engage in a partisan battle on this or any other subject. What we want is to know quite clearly what Marina wants us to do; so now I agree with Bob’s confusion about her past injunctions against us answering word requests, and what’s needed now is a clear and unequivocal pronouncement from her that will clear up this matter once and for all.

All tolled, and though I’m certain it is not your intention, I’m afraid your comments here have thrown the whole issue right back into the Dark Waters of Nebulousness. Meanwhile, rest assured that I feel no animosity whatsoever toward you for any of your comments; you’re a peach of a chap, fuzz and all! :wink:

I too like Kayaking. I have an inflatable that isn’t too horrible. I plan to get one of those framed inflatables. I really want a nice wooden kayak. I met the guys from Redfish a few weeks ago and I love their stuff. Might have to just get one and buy a bigger sailboat to put it on. What I love about kayaking is it brings you right up with nature, naked so to speak. :smile:

Marina I have word request: Oblivion

Must not have watched pithy.

What was your thread on Mijj?

You still haven’t added me back to your friends list, am I not your friend any more. :sad: :cry:

I have tried that site and it want let me download the program from the blue box that says Get YouTube Videos.

i was hopin’ someone would show a little interest in my egotistical outburst!

i can’t let you into it so easy, cap .. i’m sorry .. i have to drag this out.

2000 comments / day for the first couple of weeks .. still going after 7 1/2 years …
… you have 3 guesses what it might be …
(it’s non-political)

Testing, new scary gravatar :shock:

ps. when you make a post in the GU forum, the post is given a number in the sequence of posts.

1. I think he meant not to answer every word request that comes across HFW site. Now you know about how Marina operates, I seen you have been putting more thought into when to respond. Thats great.
2. He did. I got a copy of his email about this. As far as I know there was no answer to his email at this time. Marina is super busy now days. She is swamped. Have you heard about her new book deal? If you knew what she gets done in a day your jaw would drop. And she does this 7 days a week. She is in need of a vacation.
3. Mike was just trying to be friendly. Some of us try to treat everyone as a life long buddy even if they are new. Mike started out as our door greeter. Everyone is his buddy as long as you don’t piss him off. ;-) I sure it was just a misunderstanding. :mrgreen:
4. Never assume anything. That’s what helps starts wars in other countries. :wink: Good, continued communications in time answers all questions and we don’t have to assume anything.

I had commissioned fianchetto1 to reply to all word requests to add the key search word “Request” to the comments so we can find all word/phrase/origin requests. Marina later told me that this was no longer needed for she has a much better system now in place to handle requests.

Yea what your doing now is great. Minimizing replies. But if you are sure that Marina doesn’t have a back story on the word then go for it and answer the request. Oh and if you see anyone ask for the word F#©|< then refer them to James’s video. He has that word all wrapped up for it gets asked a lot. I myself should reframe from answering even some Nautical requests. I have in the past answered a reply to tell the person that the word has an interesting origin and I will let Marina try to answer the request. If they really need to know they can always email me.

Comment yes but not answer them with Google or Wiki. She frowns on that. I did just that when I first started. Wow was I put in my place. heheheh. :grin: There is no thread on this site about using Wiki but if you watch some of here old game videos she says not to use wiki or google. She just wants us to give her our best guess. Like I said before we have source to answer all the questions. But then whats the point of asking the question? What I find interesting is all the myths Marina she busts. She should be on Mythbusters!!!

Thats really the best I can answer the questions you ask. If I have failed to satisfy answering your questions then Yes its up to Marina to directly answer those for you. She is very busy and she usually get to questions of this sort. Just be prepared to wait awhile. Even I being a TA don’t get answers for weeks later. Thats fine with me. I don’t want to be the blame of her not making a new lesson. You know it typically takes about 8 hours for her to do the research, filming, posting her lessons, and all this is on her second language. She is able to make me look ignorant of my own native language. :oops: :oops:

Warm and fuzzes to you to! I hope I was able to clear some of the air. :wink:

Cornflakes? They’re Great! :mrgreen:
With all the politicians playing “gotcha” games,
you would hope we could somehow learn to be
bigger than that, without requiring Marina to wear
a black leather something-something, get out her
big stick and smack on us! Oh the Humanity!
Would you believe that some folks come here
just to “stir the pot”? Well, it happens…mox nix.
After reading the sequential detailing of your posts
above, I gotta ask – what are your intentions?
Here’s a thought, just my opinion – let this one go.
No sense in making mountains out of molehills :grin:
“Why can’t we all just get along?” – Rodney King

No problem, I can wait and see if this draws more comments and makes the thread longer. I think one of the best and longest threads we have had on here started with ChaCha. It was a game about a video M made on Panties so Cha Cha came up with the game about naming different types, styles etc. . It lasted about two or three days. It was a lot of fun and laughter from it.

An ugly joker, yea it is. Yes, hmmm.

Yoda speak :lol:

He said, she said – murmur murmur
rhubarb rhubarb mutiny mutiny.
No focus on reality here, eh?
Republicans have not gone socialist.
Did you hear about the vote today?
Democrats failed to unite behind their
own proposed bailout plan – no excuse.
Remember, come election day,
the joke is in YOUR hand! :mrgreen:

if i saw this thread started by someone else, i’d say it was a stroke of inspirational genius. :!: however .. i’m to modest to say that about my own thread, so i won’t. :wink:

This is doing my head in 3 days and no new video!! I will personally punch YT server in the face

I think your a genius. Very smart also. :wink:

oh .. by the way .. when i was checking the number of comments on M’s videos.

I noticed there was a big sustained increase between video 80 and video 100

and again a big sustained increase between video 120 and video 140

any idea what happened to get more people into the site and commenting at those times?

Cute the gravatar is
ugly it is not…hmmm

It would be animated if this site was coded for such. :grin:

I would have to look back at the videos and see what rated the points so high.

Have you tried to download one. I know James was going to do it at one time.

i don’t have any respect for the party system.

the “left” “right” thing is what they put on banners to kid us they have principles .. in they end it’s about stuffing their pockets and the pockets of their buddies.

you realise i mean just the number of comments made for the particular video .. i’m not sure what you mean by “rated the points so high”.

it occurs to me that … upto somewhere between video 80 and video 100, maybe M didn’t have a dedicated membership site .. and those comments were what were posted long after the videos were made.

“Why can’t we all just get along?” Didn’t miss M say just that about 2 flame wars ago? :shock:

Hey drshi, What does your screen name mean and Its hard to see your gravitar. What is it? :cool:

Put ‘em up! I’ll take you on with one paw
behind my back – no! make that two paws…

SMACK!! ok ok – maybe two paws wasn;t
such a godd idea – you win – LOL! :mrgreen:

(I had my eyes closed – nyuk nyuk) :cool:

Can we all just STFU now?? Not in offence.. But this is doing my head in .. I can’t understand a thing.

You’re Aces, Cap. Thanx!

http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/06/18/cracker-game/

Hey thats here line http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/06/18/cracker-game/

her

Well, if you still can’t discern my intention after my diatribe, I guess you just still haven’t heard what you wish they were. As for “Why can’t we all just get along?” the answer because this isn’t Shangri-La, Nirvana, or even Camelot (which wasn’t all hearts and flowers, either). This is the realm of yin and yang, darkness and light, good and evil, and there will always be conflict: it’s the essence of this universe.

Probably not,http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/06/18/cracker-game/

Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde :mrgreen:

It’s what I’ve used ever since I did peer counseling “dr” = doctor and “shi” = the first letters of my last name. “Drshi” is also the Sanskrit word for the seeing force or apprehension principle of creation. That avatar is Merlin the wizard in the legend of King Arthur And His Roundtable.

Good news, James. When I find myself swimming against the tide I usually burn out pretty quickly seek more welcome waters.

And what does that mean?

Something Taken Over Kicks Everyones Shit, Jail Rookie.

Quit waiting for fun to happen!
Sometimes you’ve got to make yer own.
You want a “new” video?
Lessee… ummm…
how ’bout this one?
Torcher (Torture)

Jeez, nb, don’t you ever lighten up? Likening my post to War And Peace is just fine with you; one’s attention span has nothing whatsoever to do with intelligence; and it’s a proven fact that attention spans in general have declined appreciably because of the deluge of snapshot media bytes. Sheesh.

ah! .. i think we’re all naturally a bit wary of people who’re involved in mysticism.

oh .. btw ..

.. (going from faulty memory) … didn’t merlin die the triple death while escaping the enchantment of the Lady of the Lake?

WHAT LA TORTURA!! THAT WAS MY MOST PLAYED SONG ON MY IPOD!! I used to love it.. I hardly understand a word

sorry :oops:

Now you have the words.. in englais!
(are we havin; fun, yet?)

hang on .. i know what’s going on :!: :!:

you’re Marina enjoying a practical joke!! :lol:

.. oh, you!!

i think this is the most wonderful thread of discussion that i’ve witnessed!

:!: :!:

This is one, the extended hand should wave

Lets see if it works

So are you a Medieval times gamer? You have a website? :cool:

Wooooof ……….. Spitball to the back of your head tee he :mrgreen:

I think M has to put special code in this site for it to work. :idea:

…prepares to take a long, luxurious pee …

….. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh …..
….. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh …..
….
….. ahhhh …..
….. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh …..
….
.. shake shake
….
.. zzzzippp ..

oh .. :oops: .. sorry chev .. i didn’t see you down there!

how about one of your games Mijj

it was me down here you bassword :lol:

(giggle) Oh! You caught me, you naughty boy :!:

How to Prevent Starbucks from Ever Making Their Own Advertisements in One Easy Lesson

OK. He’s gregarious.

OK. Love him or hate him, not much middle ground.

OK, now NAME THE CRIME.

No ‘sticking pasta’ on my watch.

:mrgreen:

{step one…pour gasoline. step two…strike match.}

Ciao,
Fianchetto

yeh … i was thinking that …

.. i was holding out for a reply from drshi re a comment i made about merlin. I dont think he’s going to respond.

I’ll dig out a good quiz .. oh .. and it’d be great if you completed it on Marina’s behalf. :smile:

It wasn’t me it was my new evil :evil: gravatar
that did it :roll: :razz:

no … i was definitely up thread pointingwards.

TO MIJJ:

Your mysticism is my spiritual science. I’m a master yoga therapist and Jungian. Re Merlin’s much publicized demise: people should not believe everything they see or hear when a wizard is involved. I’m not saying that such a thing happened in this case, understand, but I have heard of people faking their own death in order to collect their life insurance. Know what I mean? Say n’more. wink wink, nudge nudge

Jack just told me that you might have to contact Gravatar.com to get them to let you do that kind of gravatar

i’ve just got to say in passing cap .. there’s been some real epic heroic posts in this thread. !! :)

TO CAP:

What’s a “gamer”? What’s a “website”? I LIVED through that era :!:

Mega video makes you click on adds before you can watch some videos. There are worse ones out there.

arson

word requests portrait treasure weird

ok … i gotta kwizz!!

.. oh no .. dammit .. search again … (this is to test for dominatrix)

That was great! When Starbucks first came to
my area, they served decent coffee – then, they
changed it to something more resembling black
swampwater – Yuck! Step 3 – get away FAST! :mrgreen:

you miss my meaning .. i was drawing your attention to the fact that the particular Lady of the Lake for this site is Marina.

… and, if indeed you are merlin, then you’re doomed.

ok .. we have a choice .. someone’s going to have to decide for me ..

either .. [Long Scientific Personality Test] …

or

we have a shot at filling out [The Could You Be A Good Dominatrix Test] on behalf of Marina.

votes please. .. as soon as we have three votes ill post the quiz.

The Could You Be A Good Dominatrix Test

I had one on Saturday from Starbucks and it was not as good as it once was. :sad:

or http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/the-awesome-test-of-awesomeness test for awesomeness :idea:

Now! this is a democracy? :roll:

you know, the crowd in this site isn’t generally community minded .. so i’ll vote for the Dominatrix test so it;s 2 out of 3 so we can begin. (otherwise we’ll be here for hours waiting for another damned vote)

:grin:

ok .. i’ll defer to your choice.

marina,how are you doing today?hey i noticed you investigated the word geek.why dont you investigate the word nerd.

I think most everyone has given up for the night. Because of the video lasting so long. It’s a shame someone did that to Marina’