The Mob
Mob is actually short for a couple things!
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in German we call a mobile phone or cell phone a “handy”.
Satphones is a more correct term, since most of today’s mobile phones are connected directly to a satellite rather than a terrestrial cell unit, that is only good for a maximum of 5 to 8 miles.
Woow, so many new videos, it’s so fun catching up, and being able to view them one after the other.
In canada they where never called mobile phone they are called cellular phones ” cell phone”
Hi Marina: I think I understand where the word Shylock came from in refering to mob money lenders. Possibly from the Merchant of Venice. The lender’s name was Shylock, but where did the expression ” VIG ” come from. It is used to explain the interest charged by the Shylocks. Thanks,
brickabrack
Here, in Hungary, we call the cell phone as “mobiltelefon” which means “mobile telephone”. So maybe we use the longest name for it in the world…
I call it a cell phone. I thought it came from the use of cell towers which covered an area, called a cell, for phone transmitions.
I have also heard this explenation.
Not even calling it a cell phone, I just call it a cell. Even if it’s a Blackberry or iPhone, that’s too long and it’s just a cell.
There is a lot of truth in what your saying Marina. I’ve started calling my cell phone “my cell”. Who has time to say “phone” anymore?
I’m too busy !! :shock:
Marina, you need to be at Chickipedia ( http://www.chickipedia.com/ ). Find someone who knows enough about you, or even better yet, do it yourself!
There can’t be a site dedicated to hot women, and you not be on it.
Mobilia vulga is the plural because vulgus is neuter. :wink:
Hi Marina, hi everybody,
in German there is no German word vor Mobile phone or cell phone.
We call them “Handy”, which is – I think – abbreviated from “handheld telephone”.
By the way: has anybody an idea, what young Germans call “to text”?
The solution is very funny, I think, and the purists of German language don’t like it at all!
Guten Morgen torsten, It is simsen, meaning to send an SMS message.
i thought he was referring to the (german) verb “texten”.
Spoken word poetry by and for people who can’t hear the spoken word: [DEAF POETRY JAM]
mobile vs cellular…
both come from ancient greek verbs “ameusasthai” (move) and “kalyptein” (cell)….
:mrgreen: But did the ancient Greeks have cell phones? That would be a sight to see!! Yikes!!!!!!
Well.. an old word refering to a modern object doen’t mean that the object existed in the old times. Such a silly answer.
Well, since my cell phone’s provider company was eaten by another company, I consider my ‘cell phone’ to be more of an ‘oddly shaped rolodex’ *lol* And ‘cell’, I think, was termed for the fact that the batteries were lithium-ion cells *shrugs* I could be wrong.
They are called cell phones because of reception cells; which are the areas one antennae tower can cover. While moving about you move from one tower’s cell to another.
Ooo, cool, good to know :)
word request navistar
It is a cell phone. I am not so concerned with how correct that term is now, but with how good my reception is.
Word requests:
Inept (ept?)
Plethora (I just like this word)
Universe (one line of poetry?)
Investment (something to do with an article of clothing that looks better on you)
Since you are Russian and a teacher, should we be using your patrinomic?
In French we say PORTABLE.
Speaking of music videos… Check out this mob… :cool:
Good one, Taz! I love this song!
Thanks for the invite Dez. :grin:
Aw heck, anytime… my privilege.
word request: pidgin .. as in “a pidgin Russian language was invented for use in a Clockwork Orange”.
…pigeon??? :???:
new music vid …
[King Crimson - Walking on Air]
Hey mijj, great music. I had not heard of King Crimson.
By the way, there is no need to add the note in your YT description to add the HQ format code. You already did that. Hover over your cursor over the link above and look at your browser status bar. You already added the code. One can also tell by the link underneath the video that says “Watch in normal quality”, which means the current video/audio is in high quality.
You might want to add to your description, “To listen in high quality, be sure to click on the “Watch In High Quality” link underneath the video. Also, add a quick note about who King Crimson is for those of us uninformed.
omg…what will we do with the youth of the world? Never heard of King Crimson? Yipes!
In the Court of the Crimson King: one of us has this on vinyl… :cool:
i added that note for whoever wanders in from a link elsewhere within YouTube. – in that case you get the lo-fi version and need to make an explicit change.
+ i’m shocked you ain’t familiar with King Crimson .. i have a genius track by the key guy, Robert Fripp here …
+ if you want a brilliant reference album: check “Discipline” … my other favorited YT King Crimson stuff’s been taken down cos of copyright stuff.
… the “Fripp here…” .. got hijacked cos of copyright takedown. :(
I used to have my father’s and grandfather’s old 78′s… man those were the days… they had lots of big band performers, but also lesser known artists like, oh, Stevie Wonder (when he was nine) and a group few have remembered, much less heard, The Inkspots. I wish I could remember where we stored these records.
big hit redone by original singer http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QNc6aiOncGE
Ink Spots
Thanks annuddermale, I am listening to your song now. I love it.
Another great discovery on HFW.
Believe it or not, I listen to a wide variety of music and never came across King Crimson. If I did, I don’t recall. I noticed in wiki it said;
“King Crimson have garnered little radio or music video airplay, but gained a large cult following.”
Hey mijj, also watched the Fripp interview.
Catching up on the 70s. Grew up with In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida…. love that drum solo…
I don’t know if you told me or not, but In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida actually is, In The Garden Of Eden. The singer slurred his words so bad it sounded like In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. By the way I tried to stop the video at the spot that I wanted. I pressed Print Screen and nothing happened. The enlarged picture stayed the same. Can you elaborate some more please. Did you use that Tiny Pic web site to make the picture?
i’m having a look at that fripp interview right now … he seems a smart together guy .. not at all rock n roll! :grin: (which is a very good thing, in my opinion)
oh, btw .. i uploaded a bit of Fripp music earlier ..
[Robert Fripp & The League Of Gentlemen - God Save the King]
I was just thinking the word “mobile” when you said that the word “mob” was short for something. :grin:
HOMEWORK: cell phone
:idea: Come to think of it… After that lesson, I think it is kinda strange that these phones are either called cell or mobile. Since mob comes from the word mobile, and cell is also associated with prison.
You see how the 2 can go hand in hand with each other? :mrgreen:
I would love to hear you do another video in russian.. I just cant think of a good word to do in russian….
How about ‘Iron Curtain’ {serious} or ‘Rusian Roulette’{tongue-in-cheek}?
{driving tongue further into cheek} Perhaps contrast ‘Russian Roulette’ with the Polish version – same game, one pistol, one bullet, only the pistol is a semi-automatic… :mrgreen:
{serious, again}Or perhaps some ‘loan word’ of russian origin, that few ppl would know IS of russian origin?
how about M discusses the pidgin Russian used in the Clockwork Orange?
Viddy this, my droogs. In Clockwork Orange “horroshow” means “good”.
How about “comrade”? I used to hear that word in all of the cold war spy movies whenever a “Russian” spy would talk to an ally. Or “Sputnik” or even “balalaika”?
James, have you achieved a partnership yet? If you need views, do you need more channel views or video views (or both)?
Everything..Views but mainly subscribers
Hey, I’m in… I like your videos… I find you to be quite a wit and creative.
Word Requests
Type A & Type B (Not Blood!)
This is used to describe a person’s personalty.
I believe the cell phone was invented by a Type A person! :evil:
How about the word “spanking” just because I want to hear you say it! :wink:
You are a victim of your own success, my dear teacher. Normally your smiling face starts my day off right, and I love reading through your comments, but it’s getting to be too much to scroll through the hundreds of comments, searching for your gems.
Just one man’s oh so humble opinion, but you need to setup sections for comments/homework on the specific word for today; word requests, and idle chatter amongst your fans.
I assume you also know that Revolution is “going open source” at the end of this month, so things will change considerably for the people who built your theme. I cannot believe they don’t have your site as one of their showcase ones. You must be their most popular site ever. Might be time for a change?
Still having issues with your videos. Ran today’s on your site, and gave up after it stopped at least thirty times and wasn’t even half way through. Interestingly enough, when I clicked on the YT logo, it played straight through with no pausing on YT.
you could try downloading the vid to play on your pc.
M provided a webpage that showed how to do this … i’ll see if i have it saved ..
found it ..
if you follow the instructions, you get something added to your firefox browser which will add a link to the YouTube page which will allow you to dload the video …
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/04/download-youtube-videos-as-mp4-files.html
erm … what i mean is .. you get a thing added to firefox … if you are on a YouTube page where you’d like to dload the vid, you click the thing, and it adds a link to the YouTube page .. you then cllck the added link to dload the vid.
does that make sense?
Thanks muchly. I am using IE. It’s not a big deal for me. I just click on the YouTube logo and it plays the vid there with no problems. I was just letting Marina know that something isn’t right with her site.
“I was just letting Marina know that something isn’t right with her site.”
There’s something not right with your internet connection… The ones she posts here are in Higher quality, so they take longer to load,it looks like your internet connection is to slow to download it fast enough for it to play smoothly.
You could just hit play and pause and let the red bar load fully if you wanna see it in HQ
Hi checmark, keep in mind that when you click the YT logo, it takes you to the low quality video (labeled as normal quality on YT) which makes sense that it wouldn’t stutter.
What happens when you click the link underneath the video that says watch in high quality? Does it stutter then?
If not, then it is an indication that the YT embedded player that shows the video above has different attributes. (in fact it does, but not sure about speed related issues)
If indeed you do find that the HQ version on YT plays without stuttering, and as you say it does stutter here, it is not the HFW site per se that is the issue, but the YT embedded player.
You may also want to try Firefox to see if there is a difference in the way the browsers cache data.
Also, the HQ video and the Normal quality video does come from different You Tube caching servers.
You can go to the YT Help section and search for “problem viewing video” it will explain everything I just said.
Since you have no problem with other web site HQ videos, it may be a problem with the YT caching server for your locale.
I have zero issues with the embedded videos on this site.
Hi,
What about “Red Letter Day”? Sounds like an interesting one to do.
I want to know the origin of the phrase ‘hunky-dory’. I tried searching on web but, couldn’t get reasonable explanation. May be you should give it a try… Thanks HOT for anything!!!
Have searched the web for the meaning of the word “naval gazing” let alone the origin. Can you help?
It’s a slightly pejorative reference to a form of meditation where the devotee sits in the lotus position (but with the head tilted forward) and stares at his or her bellybutton.
Hotrocky THAT would be ‘Navel gazing’.
NAVAL gazing is what the local prostitutes do from the pier at liberty call as the sailors come ashore. They size up the market and choose thei targets, bickering over who gets a crack at whom… :mrgreen:
Oops! Guess I gratuitously corrected the spelling there. :)
Is all good, friend – I enjoyed your post, and hope you enjoyed mine as well! :grin:
During my time in the USMC, random drug testing (by urinalysis) was done on a monthly basis. A few unlucky jarheads or swabbies would be assigned to make sure no one “cheated” their test sample by watching the… filling of the cup. These unfortunate few were called “meat-gazers”.
Hello! I am from Germany.
… The Term we use to express “Sell Phone” or “Mobile Phone” in Germany is “Handy”
lg ChW
Guten Abend chwforbmw,
“Sell Phone” ? cell phone
Hi Teach.
What is the origin of the word “Vessel” and can you say it three times fast? I love that accent. :smile: “wessel” “Wessel” “wessel” :lol:
OK Teacher,
This is for you.
Must be a cultural thing, bare chested Russian guys in skirts.
“Feel like I’m bun again”?
Whoops!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPqbe12zgFM
I just call it mobile phone, it seems to be a more popular term globally than cell phone.
On the plus side, I turn 1 day older today :mrgreen:
Happy birthday, kaibanator.
Have a few stubbies for me. :smile:
Happy Birthday kaibanator :wink:
Hi Mike,
re: screen capture
When you press the “Print Screen” key on your keyboard, you are correct, nothing happens (that you can see). What happens is that the screen is placed into memory.
Once the screen is in memory, you have to get the it out. You do that with a Photo Editing program. You could use MS Paint (ugly to use), or
you may also have PhotoEd.exe or Kodakimg.exe or Kodakprv.exe on your PC. Look at the Program list to see what you have. You can also download Gimp from the web for free.
You also may have a Photo editor that came with your digital camera or printer. Open up any of these photo editing programs, then click Edit, Past New Image after having capatured the screen with the Print Screen. Once you have the screen, you can crop and save the image to a file.
TinyPic is just a web photo storage place like Flickr. Once you have an image on your desktop, you can upload it to Flickr or TinyPic to allow other people to see it.
Happy birthday!
Very cool video… very sad
Here kaibanator, I hired a stripper for your B-day :grin:
Thanks for the birthday wishes and links fellas :)
It just makes a birthday that much better :grin:
I have a request, but it’s a phrase.
I’m English and obviously our currency is U.K Sterling, but I noticed that around the edge of our £2 coins it says “Standing on the shoulders of giants”
And I just wanted to know the origin of this phrase or what it means.
Thanks Marina.
-BradleyA
Wiki says: “Dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants (Latin: nanos gigantum humeris insidentes) is a Western metaphor meaning “One who develops future intellectual pursuits by understanding the research and works created by notable thinkers of the past”; a contemporary interpretation. However, the metaphor was first recorded in the twelfth century and attributed to Bernard of Chartres. It was famously used by the seventeenth-century scientist Isaac Newton who wrote it as: Pigmaei gigantum humeris impositi plusquam ipsi gigantes vident (see below). The picture is derived from the Greek mythology where the blind giant Orion carried his servant Cedalion on his shoulders.”
The quote for the day has mob wrote all over it. :eek:
What is her accent?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQM5TZqoaUE
She sounds French to me… but I am not sure.
answer spleen, borrow whomevers your plugged into if one is not enough
Well. Cell refrered to the pattern or area covered by one relay station or antena i think. The cells made up the coverage area of a network like a honeycomb i suppose. If other think like statelites or the ‘wired’ network was involved in a call it wouldn’t strictly be a cell phone.
This is off the top of my head. You are the investigator and I will let you do that throrough work and await your enlightenment.
can you do a video on what boxing means?
Dear HotForWords aka Miss Martina Orlova,
I sincerely appreciate your work here and it seems to reflect your true beauty as both a person and a teacher, both inside and out.
As a newly registered member, I must say that it’s really fascinating for me, one who is interested in matters both scientific and artistic. Learning the history and origin of words is always a pleasure.
I’ve been wondering about the true origin of the word “HITMAN”, a term we normally use to describe professionals paid to remove individuals of significant inconvenience to their paying clients.
I would be very grateful if you squeeze some time from your busy daily schedule to satisfy my curiosity. Thank you in advance.
a word please! marina, i would like to know the origins of the word ‘bredren’. I have my own theory, that in the idealistic life of married couples living in post war America, a housewife would greet her husband on his return to work ‘hello, my bread-winner’, meaning the man who provided for the family! please share your knowledge on the word!
It’s an ethnic mispronunciation of the archaic word, “brethren,” meaning “brothers.”
I like to call it мобайл фон.
….another original quote by Che Volay:
As far as fame and fortune is concern, you can keep the fame I’ll just take the fortune. :grin:
i call my cell phone “you piece of crap”…
but generically i refer to them as “cell phones”…
my employer, a good ol’ southern boy, calls ‘em “mobiles”…
now, i must also point out that you are wearing a lovely lavender frock in this video…and since i spent a small (okay, not so small) amount of time dwelling on your outfit, i began to wonder…
where the heck does “frock” come from?… :cool:
Teacher-
Actually, I call my “mobile” phone a “cel” phone… “Cel” (not “cell” is correct, as the towers that relay your call from me to it’s destination were originally broken down into “cels”.. I think “cellular” was shortened to “cells” because people didn’t know about “cel towers”…
Why “cel” and not “cell”?
:!: ok .. new video up!! :!: … :grin:
to recap …
[the first video]
[the second video]
[the latest video]
Cool… and I noticed the tri-color too… like florescent pixels in a video screen.
yeh .. i’m going to allow myself any colour i like after this.
:smile:
oh…now you have a spikey male icon…are you gonna put it up with the wavey female?
dont’ you mean :
“are you gonna put it up the wavey female?”
That could be a chime logo for an electronic company
…..give you an English pound for the copyrights :grin:
i’m holding out for £1.37 inc VAT
…..what % VAT :?: :grin:
i mean .. + VAT !!
i think the going rate is 17.5% ?
however, i’ve finished the music for 4 now … so you may want ot hang on to your cash.
(the graphics are a real pig .. takes me ages to do in proportion to the sound, and i dont know what i’m doing so it’s real rough.)
mijj, when you “complete” the series …wondering what it would look/sound like when played consecutively :idea: :grin:
It would be amazing if when played consecutively all the tones made a legitimate tune. :idea:
that would take a lot of planning though…..best see what happens by accident. :smile:
lol .. well .. i have all the raw files so it’d be easy to join em end to end.
i was planning to do the first 10 (or 11) strictly as the number of seconds .. after 10 (or 11) i’m not sure … the constraint of fixing to a specific length focuses the mind wonderfully – i have a terrible habit of going down endless blind alleys when i’m having a shot at creating stuff, and usually end tup getting little done.
i think it’d make it more interesting if it wasn’t planned – though the key of all the bits and pieces will be different .. and i think some of the time signatures will wander too – and tempo.
plus.. 3 was the last time i constrained myself to fixing the animation frames to exactly the timing of notes.
very good – the three primary colors of light! Did you ever get to see the Sierpinski gasket? My point being not that you should (have) use(d) it, but that you get to see it. looking very much forward to chapter four! :grin:
i didn’t attempt to implement your algorithm .. but i vaguely remembered the gasket from long ago when i checked out fractal geometry ..
i found a fair example here (well .. Sierpinski pyramid …)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Sierpinski_pyramid.jpg
mine was only a 2d ‘gasket’…yours a 3d ‘sponge’. Very good!
nope, didn’t mean
at all.
but i’m sure you’ll find a way to do something funny…
Cell phone.
It took me ten tries to log in
is it my keyboard or have others had difficulties
I presume that you mean that it looked like you were logged in, but you didn’t get the comment text box? This occurs due to expired cookies, which is a security measure.
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Thank you, Karl :smile:
“God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time.” – Robin Williams
–explains why my homework is usually late! :grin:
I have a personal one and a work one, so I call them electronic leashes. :wink:
If I had a mobile phone, I would say cell phone.
Marina have you changed the layout slightly?? Things feel fresher
James–I feel with my hands. :lol:
Word Requested: Latter
Incredible piano solo [HERE].
:evil: S***!!! They cut her glorious solo! :mad:
Lyrical genius perfectly spoken with the Double Bass all taking me home…..beautiful song :cool:
Her (absent here) piano solo, present on the album is exponentially better. I have the CD in my computer now, any way I can send it to you?
I notice that many YOUtube vids are simply a song played , video being an image of the album cover or a slide show…anyone know how to do this?
OK… I made a vid of the album cover, song that includes piano solo, but chickened out when I read the Youtube copyright info. So, I’ll just highly reccommend that you purchase Ms. Barber’s album ‘Modern Cool’ and get the rest. ‘Let it Rain’ is there, too. :grin:
http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Cool-Patricia-Barber/dp/B00000K3BE
….you can even do that in Windows movie maker,just drag and drop a picture in the video line…
THANKS!! I didn’t know I even HAD this on my computer! I downloaded a trial version of a movie editor and used it without knowing of thw windows movie maker :mrgreen: Gotta go check out its options :grin:
thanks for the offer Fianchetto…will check this artist out some more. As with you, chicken on the copy laws plus like to see artists get their due :wink: — // when I can and the mood takes me, I love a night out at Ronnie Scotts club in Soho, have been many times before since I was a teenager. Wonderful place for music heads, even met the man before he passed at a friends 18th birthday, Ronnie comes on the stage all chilled out smokeing a herbal saying that hes got to stop smokeing this sh** – always great times at Ronnies whether alone, on a date or with friends is just a magical time, buzz for days after a night there :cool:
I found Patricia Barber playing the Green Mill in Chicago. I don’t know if she still plays there or not as it was a LONG time ago :???:
It’s Raining here :grin:
Word request: Gorgeous
Marina, I noticed when I’m not logged in theres a very small smiley face in the bottom left corner of the page but when I log in its gone. Did you put it there? Just wondering. :???:
Too much pixie dust for you, Pagedoll… :mrgreen:
I have been first
James! He’s back… Yes, I was sure you have been first before, and likely several times on this site and YT. I was just being an idiot, beaming because I was first yesterday… can’t you see that nimbus around me that just screams “a fool easily amused”?
Then this seems doubly appropriate. :wink:
LOL… and here I was thinking you were going to post “Fool on the Hill” by the Beatles :mrgreen: Yes, that term comes up in “The Mob Rules”.
got any more? You DID bring enough to share with the entire class, right?? :mrgreen:
Thanks for the {sniff} pixie dust, babe…
Dude! She’s right! right there on the homepage… a wee, tiny, little black :) rotated 90 degrees!
Hi pagedoll, we discussed that smiley in the lower left sometime back early this year also. It is a WordPress blog thing.
Here it is for those that can’t see it do to being logged in.
It’s normally in the lower right of the page.
http://stats.wordpress.com/g.gif
Lower LEFT (remind me to learn my left from my right)
Wow! that is so tiny that I have to conclude all my blood is going somewhere other than my head. :oops:
My Mob is my Phone , I Think your behind scenes Mob Teacher, has Stolen your Seat Lately
I call my mobile phone a cell phone
I say it’s cell phone. Speaking of which I need to make a few changes. I want to change my ring tone and the internet so I can keep track of scores while I’m at work.
You are very sweet!
The Mob Rules :mrgreen:
:cool: Excellent… I remember this song from the Heavy Metal soundtrack too.
Me too!! I think I was in grade school and I just remember that movie being the coolest thing ever at the time. :grin:
Hanover Fist from
Heavy Metal :mrgreen:
I have an angle…
STERN!!!
hilarious :mrgreen:
Black Sabbath
old skool Ozzy :mrgreen:
If I remember correctly, this was done with Dio, not the Oz-meister
I’ll never forget that name, good ol’ Hanover. :grin: That movie clip kinda reminded me of The Trial …like I said, kinda. :smile:
Forgive me Pagedoll… I just suffered a cognitive disconnect :mrgreen:
I just went to your YT page and saw all the Disney clips… then tried to account for the Black Sabbath respect you’ve shown. Are you a Dark Tinkerbell? :?:
Dark tink, I like it! The Disney clip is just to go along with the av., but as for music its SLAYER!!!! to Sinatra for this kid. :mrgreen:
Could you tell me what Oil Field Trash
I would like to know what it is
Thank you very much
Sounds like a local epithet for oil well drillers and their families. They were probably discriminated against due to their almost migratory nature, which made them not likely to permanently join any community. Like gypsies, they would not stay long enough to be trusted or at least accepted with all their faults as long-time residents are apt to be.
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Ok Marina, then how did the “ster” ending get applied to “gang” and “mob”, as in “gangster” and “mobster”?
Hotster Forster Wordster muster invester gatester.
(And FWIW I frequently refer to my mobile/cell phone in language that can’t be used in mixed company… )
Like a POS. :lol: :lol:
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/10/the-mob/#comment-69694
[RIVES]
sniperskayal, mobster actually came about in imitation of gangster… and the -ster suffix indicates that the word represents the trade someone is involved with, often in a disparaging manner… a mobster is someone who’s profession is in the mob, same thing with gangster, trickster, jokester.. they even had drugster back then.
Prior to the 16th century -ster was actually feminine… you had seamster for example as a woman.. but from the 16th century on, the -ster became masculine and now you have -stress for the feminine versions, like seamstress.
bloody ‘ell, marina .. getting up early is one thing .. mind bending analysis at dawn is another!!
chingar or chinga is the name of my phone. like cellular
request: typical, like all the others, same as all the others.
I nearly messed myself when I saw the name of your phone. Where I come from “chinga” and “chingar” are words that will (potentially) get you beaten and left for dead… depending on how they’re used.
I am in Southern Calif. And I know what it means, that is why I call it that.
In English It would be like calling the phone a 7uck or piece of 2hit. I hate cell phones or should I say the people that MIS- use them.
I’m with you… and I’m glad you know what those terms mean. I’d hate for you to get in a fight over a silly misunderstanding… you, talking about your phone while someone else thinks you’re talking about him.
I refer to my Cellular Phone merely as phone, so does everyone I know.
Word Request!!
We all know what Etymology is and what an Etymologist does, but what is the Etymology of ‘Etymology’?
I would really like to see you explain the phrase “caught red-handed”
also you should get on the pbs language show “a way with words” you’d certainly spice up the radio waves!
You don’t need Marina for this one! A murderer with the blood of his victim on his hands would be “caught red-handed.” In another galaxy, it might be “caught green-tentacled.” If robots take over, “caught 10W-30-handed.” I’m sure you could think of even more examples (although you might be a bit sorry that you ever brought it up by now).
i want to know the meaning of the word BUTT or BUTTHOLE
Where is your head at, dude? :roll:
Marina,
Are you going to be a regular on O’ Reillys show??
A few of us would like to know where “going to hell in a handbasket” originates. Thanks.
Wow, that’s a killer pix at 00:10! It begs to be a poster. I’d buy one.
Please send $ 998.42 to the address in the Contact link up at the top.
http://i35.tinypic.com/jpu7o9.jpg
Next time remind me to tripple check.
http://i35.tinypic.com/jpu7o9.jpg
I noticed the ring. No, not a phone ring, but the one on her finger. It doesn’t appear to be a diamond. What’s the story?
She could get rich! She could promise to wear any ring sent in by a fan in at least one of her videos. The viewers would be watching every episode to see if their ring made it to the Royal Finger. So, fans would start looking at her hand instead of… no, no, they’re still going to look there anyway. :-)
I bought a ring back then but after wearing it for a day I decided that I really don’t like wearing rings as they are uncomfortable for me.
Oooh! I was responded to! It’s a warm, tingly feeling. A nice tingly, not that I’m-sitting-in-the-electric-chair kind of tingly. Let’s try for another.
Marina, have you learned to think in English yet? If so, when did it happen, before or after you immigrated? If you remember the moment, what went through your mind? I had a Japenese friend that came over at six and he remembered the moment, but I was too young/stupid to ask him what it felt like and what he thought about it. I’ve always regretted that, so I’m asking you.
PS: Like you, I don’t like rings or jewlery hanging on me. Or watches; I use my cell phone (whoops!, wrong lesson :wink: ).
I mainly just use phone. There’s not as much distinction from tethered ones as there used to be.
I thought I’d toss out a couple phrases that were used in a computer programming class I took at university that had to do with computers doing grammar checking. I don’t know where they come from but they stuck with me.
Time flies like the wind.
Fruit flies like the banana.
Similar structure and words but the nouns and verbs and such are all in different spots. Just amusing is all… :)
LOL… fruit flies… love it :lol:
LOL!!!! I almost entered the love letter contest to win a whitesmoke for the techwriters at work… They all ways ewes there spell-checker, but it just ain’t the same as having a clue in the grammar department.
It’s why computers will never duplicate our minds. They couldn’t tell when you’re joking.
As one frog said to another:
“Time’s sure fun when you’re having flies” :mrgreen:
Frog … flies :?:
frog v. superfly
In “the great white north” both are used. The name cell phone is more commonly used term for the transportable, wireless, miniature telephone.
I call it a cell phone, or just cell.
Well, I was reading through Aldous Huxley’s Antic Hay, again, when I ran across a word that puzzled me ferociously. Upon looking it up I laughed my buns off because of the brilliance of it’s usage in the dialogue. I’d like you to share with your fans the meaning of the “Callipygian”, possibly an example as well? Thanks for everything you do HotForWords
In the UK they’re called Mobiles.
Germany and the UK they are more often called “Handy” or “Handi” phones.
Just my 2cents for what it worth now
Marina has anyone heard anything from the best weekend ever yet. I had something in my junk mail from I phone and deleted it before I could read it.
Mike
i just call mine a phone, as in let me grab my phone, if someone asks me to anywhere. otherwise I just keep the battery pulled so it can’t be tracked on the cell phone network, supposedly.
I call it a phone. Technically no they are not cell phones. Cell phones are set up on a different system that is not used any more. They are digital phones now.
Who says? What we think of as cell phones today must still communicate via repeaters located in small, closely-spaced cells due to their low power (about 1/6th of what the original car phones had). They still are handed off from one cell to the next as they move by being commanded to change frequency to the strongest (best signal) adjacent cell. The protocols — first analog and now digital — used to communicate have changed through three generations of phones, but not the principle of the cell. That’s not going to change as we continue to demand smaller phones (read smaller batteries).or longer time between charges.
Portable satellite phones and two-way radios don’t use cell networks, but then we don’t call them cell phones either. All of this knowledge is available widely on the Web. He who puts the numbers embedded in the phones at the time of manufacture into the system’s computers has absolute control over who can do what, so there is no need for the secrecy that the Bell System maintained (or tried to) about how the system worked when hacking first stated. Now you can know everything and do nothing. :-)
Word request:
I just posted a blog about the current state of the economy and I said that people were losing money “hand over fist”. So, I’m curious, where did the phrase “hand over fist” come from?
I’m glad you posted that comment because i’ve wondered that for a while.
EDIT: I’ve wondered what that meant
I know, it almost sounds like it should mean something dirty, but that’s now how it’s used in conversation—at least not ALL conversation, hehehe.
Well, this is easy enough. The meaning is losing hand over hand, i.e. handing the cash out as fast as you can. But hand over hand is a boring phrase, so to jazz it up a bit, it is changed to hand over fist. The same principle of not wanting to repeat a word that is essentially repeated is applied to other phrases. Take falling ass over teakettle. It is really saying ass over ass, which would be rolling over and over. But to make it more interesting, the phrase is changed not to repeat ass. Same thing in it’s raining hammers and axe handles or that old standby cats and dogs. Which reminds me…
We have a local convenience store whose theme was It’s Raining Cats and Dogs. They bought dozens of full-sized fiberglass cats and dogs and suspended them just above head level on earthquake wire (that steel wire used to brace suspended ceilings in offices). Later the store was sold to another chain, but the new owners declined to go to the expense of hiring someone and renting a scissors lift to take them all down. And since no one cared about the whole theme business in the first place, it didn’t matter. Then one day, a large dog came loose and fell on a customer. Then it mattered and they were all gone. Imagine the tale the customer got to tell everytime someone said that phrase.
Morrison for Me
…..love to have all my vinyl back :sad:
I miss the album covers, but the quality of cd’s blew me away. :grin:
Remember this one that Karl made. :cool:
Stairway to Marina
Just saw it… very sweet and endearing. Good job, Karl
Good job, Karl! thanks! :grin:
Love the floating head like Wizard of Oz
W.O.R.D. R.E.Q.U.E.S.T.
where did the phrase “all is fair in love and war” come from? :evil:
Maybe it is “all is fare” since no matter in love or in war, you pay… oh lordy you pay
:mrgreen: I call my phone a cell phone. No,I don’t actually call my phone. That would be silly and the number would be busy because I would be on the phone. So I only describe it as a cell phone. The service providers call them cellular phones but that is also silly. Everyone I know uses the words “cell phone”. In fact, some people even say,”I’ll call you on the cell.” To each his own!!
Trivia Question of The Day: At one time people would say, “I’ll call you on the Ameche.” Do you know why?
Never heard the phrase myself… can’t think of any telephone manufacturers either… Please do tell! :???:
OK, I will “drop the other shoe.” Don Ameche was a famous actor (1908-1993) who played the lead in the 1939 movie, “The Story of Alexander Graham Bell.” In fact, it was so popular that soon Ameche = Bell = telephone. The usage faded out over time, but it’s still a good struggling-inventor-makes-good movie. See it on late night TV if you can. If they ever do a remake, I don’t think “I’ll call you on the Pitt” would be quite as catchy. :-)
Now all this was before Marina’s time, of course, and mine, too. We are so lucky to live in an age that allows the historical archiving (is that redundant?) of performer’s works. My great aunt had a set of 78 records of Caruso that I listened to as a kid when I visited. Everything before that is lost forever. Scary. One way to look at it is that our time is the beginning of how performances will be perfectly (digitally) saved forever (barring WWIII, “1984″ or some other catastrophy befalling mankind).
:mrgreen: Of course, you could always say,”I’ll call you on the Marina”. However, some poor slob might think you were talking about a place where boats are moored. That would really be silly!! On second thought, never mind!!!
Hey where does the word “kill” come from???
Hand me that knife and turn around and I’ll show you. :twisted:
If mobile is a disorderly crowd I guess it’s appropriate that Mardi Gras, in the US, began in Mobile, Alabama.
I guess the origins of the word gives a darker vision of Mobil oil.
Exxon, Pure, Shell, BP, ConaCo, and all of the rest of the price gougers.Herh Herh, Herh.
Hey Capman…Exxon IS Mobil (XOM on NYSE) and they’re off 30% since the summer… :grin:
ok .. i found this live version (wassisname and the broken heads)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV5eKEiK0-I
Nah… that recording totally sucks ass… check my response in the thread below, as I found an alternate site with the video and a great recording.
ps. i noticed you had zombie’s More Human Than Human in there ..
.. i think this is a partic good one …
[rob zombie - dragula]
I also have Thunderkiss 65 from La Sexorcista… one of my all time fave songs. I love how he fuses funk and metal.
oops .. wrong link :oops:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1MQW5e6KcE&fmt=18
that BHTM location … the vid wouldnt play!
looks like there’s a conspiracy!
Crap… er, BOLLOCKS! (I guess that’s rather English)
Well, I’ll find a way to share that vid with you. And if you like blues and rock, you’ll like this song. Thanks for Dragula. I’ve been looking for a good version. :grin:
Since you’ve been such a good sport, I’ll treat you to another song… from my Canadian brethren of the Great White North… Truimph, singing Lay It On The Line.
dezdk…… GWN sounds a lot like Grand Funk RailroadI’m your Captain
Sweet… I love GFR.
I must have constructed my description poorly, above. Great White North is a term of endearment for Canada. The band’s name is Triumph… they were greatly popular, along with Rush, in the seventies and eighties… as most in my youth chanted “Death to Disco!”
My favorite GFR song is Some Kind of Wonderful, which while we are being schmaltzy and dedicatory of Marina… this one is surely appropriate.
I paid my way through many a bar-tab during my years in the Marine Corps by singing this song at karaoke bars in Okinawa, Japan, Quantico, and Thailand… that and some CCR (Proud Mary).
let me reciprocate …
[You'll Never Walk Alone]
That’s just mean!… You know I’m a Manchester United fan… hehe (jk) :mrgreen:
Morrison for Marina
oh …schmalzy songs about marina, is it?
… [Nazareth - Love Hurts]
Nice… my favorite schmaltzy song of the seventies
eek! .. the bit right at the end is … erm … a little overboard. :oops:
Oh what planet this time :???: :???: :???:
any excuse for extravagant theatric displays of emotion. :grin:
… all the benefits of the pain and anguish without suffering the expense.
If it hurts you’re stickin’ it in the wrong place :razz:
How about this rock-bluesy tune from Big Head Todd and the Monsters?
:cry:
YouTube wont let me see it .. it’s thrown this in my face: “This video is not available in your country.”
What a crock of sh**… lemme find you another one… hold a mo’
I can’t find any good recordings elsewhere. The live recordings are bootlegged and distorted. Hey Mijj, click on my name… it should take you to my YT site. Then go to my playlists and select the 80′s, 90′s, etc. Scroll to the end of the list and click on the Big Head Todd and The Monsters “Broken Hearted Savior”. See if it will let you play that one, or do a search on your own and see what comes up in the UK scene.
Crap, sorry… sent you the wrong way… open up all playlists, go to Blues, and then go to the last song on the list. :oops:
You could also go to this VH1 site and check the video from BHTM
Love that song :cool:
oh .. it’s represents the tarot card for Art = Alchemy .. it’s the astrological symbol for saggitarios.
mijj….. no wonder, couldn’t make the other reply fit :roll:
here’s another competition entry for the “super-schmalzy song for marina” contest …
[Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere]
So far we have:
Twentieth Century Fox – Doors (Fianchetto)
Some Kind of Wonderful – Grand Funk RR (Dez)
Love Hurts – Nazareth (Mijj)
Everywhere – Fleetwood Mac (Mijj)
Stairway to Marina – Pedantickarl (Capman911)
I’d like to add another, in honor of Pagedoll, who has reminded me of my Heavy Metal heritage. I submit for your listening pleasure All of You by Don Felder (from the Eagles).
It doesn’t get any schmalzier than this.
There’s only one thing to do.
Good ones, Bob… I’m surprised you didn’t post up “Unchained Melody” :mrgreen:
Actually you kinda bring us full circle, as the Everly Bros. were the ones who wrote “Love Hurts” that Nazareth played so well.
Oops, forgot to mention “Broken Hearted Savior” by Big Head Todd and the Monsters… man, Mijj it’s too bad you can’t see this vid…
There’s something to replace the favourite days of the week poll: compile the list of vids, and put them to a poll. Capman – You there?
actually .. i’d like to modify my songs for Marina ..
this
[Nazereth - Love Hurts]
.. should be paired with this ..
[exuberant song (ignore the title, this is about feeling)]
In that case, I’m switching out “All of You” for this classic tune.
lol
Now I watch the video and think the furry man represents Mijj’s creativity, and the pink cosmic cows are societal expectations for artistic expression. Oh, how I have waxed poetic… *poses theatrically*… such metaphor, what allegory.
Mobile Blues Again Dylan
you know, sometimes i think Marina give out boring homework.
It would have been much more interesting if …
“For your homework, i want you to smash your mobile with a hammer and count the pieces. Please write the number in the comments below.”
Actually, I was quite happily relieved to be out of the negativity of the “What’s your pet peeve?” zone.
I think Chev olay mentioned something earlier about Xmas being short for Christmas, so I looked up Xmas and came up with that sign and the meaning of it and the story behind Xmas.
Greek chi and rho = Christ, whence Xmas.
42
forty-two
XLII
101010
&h2c (I think)
quarante-deux
Mem Bet (Hebrew)
FFC (hexadecimal)
cuarenta y dos (Sp)
zweiundvierzig (Ger)
quarantadue (It)
I still think is 2c (hex) {running off to check}
is &h2a :mrgreen:
2*16 + 10
ffc = 4092; 2c = 44
Ah yes, I see my error… I was adding, and not considering numeral placement… so 2A would be 42.. I was also thrown by your &h designation… I’ve never seen that used for hex. Learn something new every day. :smile:
If 6 was 9 Hendrix
There are F kinds of people in the world: those who can count in hex and those who can’t. :-)
What about the other &hE (13) remaining kinds? :mrgreen:
That’s the joke! If you can tell that the number is wrong, you get it.
Hey! Sixteen states (0 – F) minus two is fourteen, not thirteen. Oh, well, since we are counting things and zero could be defined as not a thing, we’ll let it slide. Thanks for playing Wierd Geeks Talking About Things That No One Else Has A Clue About, the family game where some members finally get a chance to act superior to the rest.
Ah, true, but F=15… If there are F (15) kinds of people and you remove two, you leave D kinds (13). 0 is not a kind, but a placeholder, an absence of value and an ingenious Arabic (and Mayan) mathematical invention. Having any number of kinds removes the possibility of 0, removing it along with 2 kinds… so that shows 3 states (0, 1, and 2) out of 16 (0 – F), leaving 13 states (or D). This has been weird and fun, CK :grin:
That would be hard for me to do as I have a two year contract with Verizon and, have to pay for another phone, would I. So to your phone instead let me just put the hammer. Hmmmmmm.
Yoda speak. Yeeeesss
*Puts on wrinkly mask and dark robes*
I feel the hate welling in you. Use your hate! Strike down your phone and your journey to the dark side will be complete.
Emperor speak :twisted:
*whispers* Do it… you know you want to
You reply wave your arms as my email is down. To get their ass in gear waiting on Microsoft. Herh herh herh. Yodaology :lol:
Mijj what do you think of this sign?
Labarum
pax?
peace?
Greek chi and rho = Christ, whence Xmas. :smile:
Christ
This is, as church legends and history tell, the sign under which Constantine conquered.
…now ya pippin for the Pope
Well, he does have the pimp-est hat around… unless you’ve got a big English bear hat! Them’s the shiz
….when I saw that symbol the hat immediately pop into my head, how strange
Like THIS, dez?? :mrgreen:
It’s a pervasive symbol in Christianity, especially in the Catholic church… and it predates the celebration of Christmas or Christ-mass. It isn’t unusual that you would have associated the symbol with the papacy.
Fianchetto, no that photo makes me think of Buckingham Palace :grin:
HELL Yeah!!! Fianchetto… you da man!
As our Lady M is an alleged Louis Vuitton fan {number two is for you, mijj}
She’s lookin’…. perky *blush*
…and 21 is some vinyl for you, Che :grin:
Maybe we could pool our money and get one of these for Marina to do a vid in? Personally, I’d like to see her in 15, 36 or 48. :grin:
sorry… 15, 36, 38 – but 48 not so shabby, either :mrgreen:
….yellow vinyl vaguely do I remember this as an album
maybe it was a kid album not a rock & roll album :???: :???:
just plain “cell”.
Mobile phone (or just mobile) here where I am in the UK.
man-oh-man, Marina – I just viewed that Taiwanese commentary-thing. Sounded like something about lesbian S & M dungeon/kung pao longdong/poosie whatever. Not that amusing, but just…bizarre. What do you make of it? I love your site, Sweetie! Just discovered it/you, and I’m new to computers, the Net, etc., if you can believe it, so please bear with me at times. All the best to you, Originalistrick.
My phone is my cell.
Of course cell phone is appropriate, the area covered by a transceiver is called a ‘cell’.
Nice silver ring on your ring finger which
appeared to match the bracelet/bangle.
…scary :sad:
i don’t see a ring …
… do you have hyper micro laser vision, or something ?
Super-Karl :cool:
It’s at the beginning of the video when she is sitting and messing with a fingernail. I saw the ring and the bracelet as Karl described.
ah … well .. now Cap has pointed it out it seems you dont have supernatural ring and bangle spotting powers at all.
what can i say? … i’m disappointed.
It scarred me for a minute. I thought she was betrothed to me. Well at least in my mind she was for a second or two. :mrgreen:
betrothed… now that’s a great “old school” term. So Cap, are you as old as Yoda, or just an old romantic? :mrgreen:
Just an old romantic :wink:
Yea I guess the robot Marina.
I think it would be cool if someone did an homage to Metropolis using the pic of “Robot” Marina… alas, a video man I am not… yet.
>”It scarred me for a moment.”
Boy, is that typo a freudian slip or what? Or was it a typo? Hmmmm.
Hey Karl. I need to ask you a question. I stopped the video at 12 seconds. The picture of Marina, how can I pull that image and make it into a picture?
do you mean robot-marina?
Did you mean this one?
yes … those features are just a leeeeetle bit too perfect …
… those eyes are fixed with a stare that looks just a leeeetle too steady and forthright.
yep .. that’s a robot-marina standin. She has a closet full of those for when she’d just rather slob around in her apartment stuffing her face with chips and swilling down yards of beer.
mmm… yards of beer.
Yes that one.
Yes that one. I found the site you used but I couldn’t figure out how to save the image to a pic file like you did.
Hi Mike, on my link above, when viewing the image, you can save the image by right clicking and then, click Save As…
To answer you original question, when you view the video above, click the button on the video player that says Full Screen, then pause the video. Then, press the key on your keyboard that says “Print Screen” (typically in the upper right of the keyboard). Then, open up a photo imaging program to crop the image as needed.
Hi Marina, brilliant work, do you do expressions?????
I was wondering where “freeze the balls off a brass monkey” comes from, its an Australian term i think, and it refers to cold weather??.
or “its like getting poked in the eye with a blunt stick ????
Thanks…your hot !!! n very informative!!!!!
Waxit.
Marina,
I don’t have a mobile phone :???: And to tell you the truth I don’t want one. I’m not a slave to technology. I am not imprisoned by cell phones.
Those dudes seriously look the same!
Peace,
TOF
Even if you are not one of those zombies that oozes down the street with a phone glued to the face and blabbing on and on about nothing, they are handy to have. First, you never have to go anywhere to use the phone; it’s in your pocket no matter where you are (save the shower/pool). You never have to miss a possible callback from those geniuses who always send their incoming calls to voicemail. A pay phone is now inside your car. You always can summon help if the situation warrants or be available to provide it if you have family members who may need it.
For non-blabbers, you can get a pre-pay phone by the year for eight bucks a month. I cancelled my landline ($18/month) and now AT&T in effect pays me $10 a month. Priceless!
Dang! I can’t go back and fix that closing tag, can I? :cry:
Hey, Hot For Words! I was wanting to know the origin of the word “supper” and why we have two words in the English Language for it (“dinner” and “supper”). My brother thinks “supper” sounds like something a hick would say so I’ve gotten into the habit of saying “dinner” instead.
On the old family farm in East Texas, there was no lunch; it was dinner. The evening meal was supper.
Yes. The old ladies who served lunch at my grade school in Kansas did the same thing. I think this is how it got the stigma of being a redneck thing in my family.
In Scotland there is no lunch – it’s dinner, and the evening meal is Tea.
fiiine Marina Ill take the hint ;), where does the word vulgar come from? it has a negative connotaion even though its origin meant common man?
….otherwise, call it a mobile…..
Dog ‘N Bone! – Phone! :???: :smile:
At work my colleagues and I call our cell phones our “digital leash” :grin:
Never heard it called that but so true :!:
Why is that so? Not familiar with that term for a mobile phone, not from ’round these ‘ear parts in any case! Please explain :smile:
Is it really a leash?
Mobile/cell phones allows you to be out playing golf, if something is needed of you, you can just delegate.
A cell phone is freedom
It’s like when you take your dog for a walk, don’t put the leash on his collar just let the dog carry the leash in his mouth. :grin:
It is called that in the sense that the phone (particularly for work related issues) intrudes in our private lives… keeping us leashed to the office. For others it could keep them leashed to other things… the girlfriend, wife, significant other, etc.
Oh yea, BTW I do like the term ‘digital leash’ :cool:
Well, Che, I wish that was so in every case… but if you’re “on call” or part of a technical team, you don’t always have the choice to delegate or let the call go to voice-mail.
dezd………guess I’m coming from an ideal world
a fantasy planet so to speak :grin:
Wait wait wait… we did “fantastic” a few days ago… :mrgreen:
The ball and chain!
……you can delegate authority but you can not delegate responsibility :grin:
Can you delegate irresponsibility?
… and don’t forget “telling bone”
…hadn’t thought or heard of that one, most apt :smile:
Marina Clone = phone. :lol:
Miss Madrina! :grin:
Ha ha ha I see my(last) comment in the previous video was true. watcha gonna do know? And why do you keep using those ass backwords ggggssss.
hello :grin: would like to request the word “sex” just think it would be intresting to see where it comes from.
looking lovely marina keep up the good work :cool: x
Phrase request: At sixes and sevens: all mixed up or confused. Thanks!
Eric M
I use both, mobile phone is translated to Swedish as Mobil Telefon, so it’s a direct translate to the word I use.
And I belive that it is / was called Cell Phone becaus the tower that recives and transmits your calls are devided in boxes / areas, called Cells. So the word Cell Phone is just a Phone that uses these Cells of towers =)
Another funny fact.
America (USA) invted the Cell Tower techneque (sp) and was the first with a working cell phone prototype, however Japan was the first country with aa country wide working cell phone grid (1986) Sweden came seccond in 1987, it took USA almost till 1993 befor they had a compleatly working grid (And according to rumors I’ve heard it’s still not working that goos).
Best Wishes Ath.
i wanna request a word. Depot
I like your word request of depot. It’s like depot is where you brew decoffee. lol Just picking at you shroobmasterkibasaku. :wink: Marina will see your request and make note of it. :cool:
I think depot is what de rich are afraid of becoming
Hippies used that word. Where’s depot MAN :?: Peace HotforWorders! :cool:
….depot is in depipe :cool:
Pass the dutchie on the left hand side… two puffs, then pass
is everyone still creating a hubbub (word request: hubbub) about cell phones ? .. or should i look up a quiz of some sort?
Mijj, a little suggestion, why don’t you afix your new site to your name then we can just click on it to access your new videos. :smile:
that’s very good thinking, Cap! :idea:
… cept .. :sad: .. i’ll lose quick access to Clockwork Orange … still … {… kicks clockwork orange in the nuts …} … what the hell.
:grin:
X-Rated Word Request
:arrow: Xylophone
Can any you think of some more X words that Marina could do a lesson on :?: I can’t think of any more! :sad:
I was saving Xmas for a December request
At one time that was a very controversial way of writing Christmas!
But, I won’t say much more because that would be an interesting lesson! :cool:
The X in this case is a symbol and a letter
I know what your saying, Cufan
xanthareel yellow eel formerly used in medicinal foods
xanthic yellow; yellowish
xanthippe ill-tempered woman
xanthocarpous having yellow fruit
xanthochroia yellowness of the skin
xanthochroic having yellow skin
xanthocomic yellow-haired
xanthocyanopsy form of colour-blindness in which only blue and yellow can be distinguished
xanthoderm yellow-skinned person
xanthodont one with yellow teeth
xanthoma disease characterized by yellow patches on the skin
xanthometer instrument for measuring colour of sea or lake water
xanthophyll substance causing yellow colour of autumn leaves
xanthopsia a visual condition where things appear yellow
xanthospermous having yellow seeds
xanthous yellow or red-haired
xebec small three-masted pirate ship
xeme fork-tailed gull
xenagogue guide; someone who conducts strangers
xenial of or concerning hospitality towards guests
xenium gift made to a guest or ambassador; any compulsory gift
xenobiotic indicating a substance or item foreign to the body
xenocracy government by a body of foreigners
xenodiagnosis diagnosis of disease by allowing laboratory-bred diseases to affect material
xenodocheionology love of hotels
xenodochial hospitable; kindly to strangers
xenodochium building for the reception of strangers
xenogamy cross-fertilization
xenogeneic of a disease, derived from an individual of a different species
xenogenesis generation of offspring entirely unlike the parent
xenogenous due to an outside cause
xenoglossia person’s knowledge of a language never studied
xenolalia person’s knowledge of a language never studied
xenolith fragment of extraneous rock embedded in magma or another rock
xenomancy divination using strangers
xenomania inordinate attachment to foreign things
xenomenia menstruation from abnormal orifices
xenomorphic having a form not its own
xenophilia love of foreigners
xenophobia fear of foreigners
xenops a small tropical rainforest bird
xenurine species of armadillo
xeransis drying up
xerarch growing in dry places
xerasia abnormal dryness of the hair
xeric dry; lacking in moisture
xerocopy photocopy
xerodermia abnormal dryness of the skin
xerography photocopying
xerophagy eating of dry food; fast of dry food in the week preceding Easter
xerophily adaptation to very dry conditions
xerophobous unable to survive drought
xerophthalmia dryness and soreness of the eyes
xerophytic able to withstand drought
xeroradiography process for taking permanent pictures of X-ray images
xerosis abnormal dryness of body parts
xerostomia excessive dryness of the mouth
xerothermic dry and hot
xerotic dry
xerotripsis dry friction
xesturgy process of polishing
xilinous of, like or pertaining to cotton
xiphias swordfish
xiphoid sword-shaped
xiphopagus conjoined twins joined by a band of flesh on the torso
xiphophyllous having sword-shaped leaves
xiphosuran horseshoe crab
xoanon primitive wooden statue overlaid with ivory and gold
xography photographic process for producing three-dimensional images
xu former monetary unit of Vietnam
xylan gelatinous compound found in wood
xylary of, like or pertaining to xylem
xylem woody portion of a plant
xylocarp hard and woody fruit
xylogenous growing on wood
xyloglyphy wood-carving
xylography art of engraving on wood
xyloid woody; ligneous
xylology study of wood
xylomancy divination by examining wood found in one’s path
xylometer instrument measuring specific gravity of wood
xylophagous wood-eating
xylophilous fond of wood; living in or on wood
xylophory wood-carrying
xylopolist one who sells wood
xylopyrography engraving designs on wood with hot poker
xylorimba combination of xylophone and marimba
xylotherapy use of certain sorts of wood in treating disease
xylotomous wood-cutting; wood-boring
xylotypographic printed from wooden blocks
xystarch ancient Greek officer in charge of gymnastic exercises
xyster surgeon’s instrument for scraping bones
xyston short pike used by Greek heavy cavalry
xystus covered walkway for exercises
Her’s a few more.
x-axis
X-linked
X-linked dominant inheritance
X-linked gene
X-linked recessive inheritance
X-linked SCID
X-OR circuit
X-radiation
x-ray
X-raying
X-ray diffraction
X-ray film
X-ray machine
X-ray photograph
X-ray photography
X-ray picture
X-ray therapy
X-ray tube
X-SCID
Xanax
Xanthamide
xanthate
xanthelasma
xanthemia
Xanthian
Xanthic
xanthic acid
Xanthide
Xanthidium
xanthine
Xanthinine
Xanthium
Xanthocarpous
Xanthochroi
Xanthochroic
Xanthochroid
Xanthochroism
Xanthodontous
Xanthogen
Xanthogenate
Xanthogenic
xanthoma
xanthomatosis
Xanthomatous
xanthoma disseminatum
xanthoma multiplex
Xanthomelanous
xanthomonad
Xanthomonas
Xanthophane
Xanthophyceae
xanthophyl
xanthophyll
Xanthopous
Xanthoproteic
Xanthoprotein
xanthopsia
Xanthopuccine
Xanthorhœa
Xanthorhamnin
Xanthorhiza
Xanthorrhoeaceae
Xanthorroea
Xanthose
xanthosis
Xanthosoma
Xanthosoma atrovirens
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Xanthospermous
xanthous
Xanthoxylene
Xanthoxylum
Xanthus
Xantusiidae
Xavier
XC
xci
xcii
xciii
xciv
xcl
xcv
xcvi
xcvii
xcviii
Xe
Xebec
Xeme
Xenarthra
Xenelasia
Xenicidae
Xenicus
Xenicus gilviventris
Xenium
Xenodochium
Xenodochy
Xenogamy
xenogenesis
Xenogenetic
xenograft
xenolith
Xenomania
Xenomi
xenon
Xenophanes
xenophobe
xenophobia
xenophobic
Xenophon
Xenopodidae
Xenopterygii
Xenopus
Xenopus laevis
Xenorhyncus
Xenorhyncus asiaticus
Xenosauridae
Xenosaurus
xenotime
xenotransplant
xenotransplantation
Xenurine
Xenyl
Xenylic
xeranthemum
Xeranthemum annuum
Xeraphim
Xeres
xeric
Xerif
Xeriff
Xerobates
xeroderma
xeroderma pigmentosum
xerodermia
xerographic
xerographic copier
xerographic printer
xerography
xeroma
Xeronate
Xeronic
Xerophagy
xerophile
Xerophilous
xerophilous plant
xerophthalmia
xerophthalmus
Xerophthalmy
Xerophyllum
Xerophyllum tenax
xerophyte
xerophytic
xerophytic plant
xeroradiography
xerostomia
xerotes
Xerox
xerox copy
Xerox machine
Xerxes I
Xerxes the Great
Xestobium rufovillosum
Xhosa
xi
Xian
XII
XIII
Ximenesia encelioides
Xinjiang
Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
Xiphias
Xiphias gladius
Xiphidium
Xiphiidae
Xiphioid
Xiphiplastron
Xiphisternum
xiphium iris
Xiphius
Xiphodon
Xiphoid
Xiphoidian
xiphoid process
Xiphophyllous
Xiphosura
Xiphosurus polyphemus
Xiphura
Xishuangbanna Dai
XIV
XIX
Xizang
XL
XLBVmeBbScGe
xli
xlii
xliii
xliv
xlv
xlvi
xlvii
xlviii
Xmas
XOR circuit
XOR gate
XT
XTC
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXIX
XXV
XXVI
XXVII
XXVIII
XXX
xxxi
xxxii
xxxiii
xxxiv
XXXO
xxxv
xxxvi
xxxvii
xxxviii
XXY
XXY-syndrome
XY
Xylamide
Xylan
XYLANS
Xylanthrax
Xylaria
Xylariaceae
Xylaria mali
Xylaria polymorpha
Xylate
xylem
xylene
Xylenol
Xyletic
Xylic
Xylidic
Xylindein
Xylite
Xylitone
Xylobalsamum
Xylocaine
Xylocarpous
Xylocopa
Xylogen
Xylograph
Xylographer
Xylographic
Xylography
Xyloid
Xyloidin
xylol
Xylology
Xylomelum
Xylomelum pyriforme
Xylonite
Xylophaga
Xylophagan
Xylophagides
Xylophagous
Xylophilan
Xylophilous
xylophone
xylophonist
Xylopia
Xylopia aethiopica
Xyloplastic
Xylopyrography
Xyloquinone
Xylorcin
xylose
xylosma
Xylosma congestum
Xylostein
Xylotile
Xylotomist
Xylotomous
Xylotomy
Xylotrya
Xylyl
Xylylene
Xyphophorus
Xyphophorus helleri
Xyridaceae
Xyridaceous
Xyridales
Xyris
Xyris operculata
Xyst
Xystarch
Xyster
XYY
X chromosome
X ray
X rays
Sorry M for the long thread. :shock:
I KNEW there was something I liked about you, Capman! :mrgreen:
Bravo!
After all of that, and you forgot Xtasy… :roll:
I just those off the top of my head. :lol: I knew I forgot one.
Have a little bit of free time did we :grin:
Is that enough pal. :lol: :lol:
I need some more! :wink: Thanks!
Kinda reminds of my Christmas list when I was kid it was about that long! :mrgreen:
Now Marina get busy! :lol:
I think you may have missed one….errm, X :smile:
Ask and ye shall receive,
and receive, and receive!
Yeowza! :mrgreen:
Xenia
Xomox
XOXO (aka Zo So)
I don’t call my phone
My phone calls me :roll:
I wonder if you would get billed for the call if you called yourself. :lol: :lol:
…….you say something, I was just text messaging a note to myself :mrgreen:
If you call yourself and don’t put yourself on hold and then switch (don’t even try to figure that out; you’ll get a headache), you’ll go to your own voicemail. I think calls to voicemail are charged if you pay buy the minute,
We call them Mobile phones in English and in Thai they are Meu Teu (pronounced Mer Ter) which literally translates to Hand Carry.
Marina said: “Is the term cell phone correct anymore?”
I also saw you mention that in a comment a few days ago, and I am curious as to why the question is being raised. Is something up that I’m not aware of? What do you know I don’t know? (Lots :smile: )
My LG (Korean) phone uses the term MOBILE when creating an entry in the contact list. I see the word Mobile used more often everywhere, but I think that this may be due to the context of the foreign companies that I interact with.
The word cell comes from the term cellular which is how cell phones operate. Instead of a single antenna like that was used for CB type radios and emergency radios (police, fire, taxi, etc), the cell technology is based on many antennas located a few miles apart situated in a grid pattern, thereby allowing the hand held device to use less power, thereby causing less brain damage ( :shock: )
In Germany they use the word Handy. I prefer the term cell as it rolls of the tongue more easily and consumes fewer letters than the word mobile. :grin:
don’t mention it. “handy” is kinda odd. there is no such word in german. they just fucking took an english word, and no one that’s speaking english uses “handy” when referring to a cell / mobile phone. i think it’s a bit weird.
Yes, very interesting.
Also, I noticed that when labeling a phone number, I guess
you use “Mobil” (ref Anna contact page) where here in the US
one might use Mobile: or Cell:
yeah, we use “mobil”. that’s not too weird, considering we also have the term “mobiltelefon”. thing is, no one uses it in everyday speech, it’s more like an “official” term, but in ads in the media you’ll hear and read “handy” as well.
Homework: I don’t have one, but It
would be called a cell phone, if I did :mrgreen:
mobile vulgi – heh heh! interesting…
Sum-boddy call day poe-lease!! :smile:
glad to see you uploaded your video ok, Marina … did you find a particular problem with the upload that snarled it up? … or was it just luck that messed it up?
I thought it was just the local server. :mrgreen:
You Tube has been finicky all afternoon
Well we see that darned message from utube saying we are working on the system. :evil: We will be back to full service in 60 minutes. :roll:
Dear ÑÐ¾Ð²ÐµÑ€ÑˆÐµÐ½Ð½Ð°Ñ Marina, You’ve been the most beautiful in your recent videos where you sit on the floor and show your tiny, very fit waist and your well-shaped, slender legs. This is the first time you wore a dress and sat on the floor. :smile: It must be more comfortable when you sit in your swivel chair and aim your knee at your camera! Still, I think the best videos were when you sat on the edge of your bed and just talked to your camera. I well remember your “clown” video when you screamed and hid under the bedcovers. I’m glad you try so many different positions, and I’m happy to see you every time! :razz: For your homework, we call them cellphones. Sometimes they’re identified by brand name, such as “iPhone” or “Blackberry.” Your dear student, seesixcm6
Hey See6 is
an innuendo or just the best part of your comment. Good one though. I got a kick out of it. :lol: Keep up with the good commenting.:wink:
You took that out of context from a larger sentence. Now, I must explain that “it was a perfectly innocent remark.” It reminds me of the time I mentioned “fudge” in responding to a previous video. Lends credence to expressions about having one’s “mind in the gutter.” (BTW, Marina, I like your dress, too.) seesixcm6
Come on See6 loosen up some, It was meant as a joke not anything personal towards your comment. :smile: We can read the comment just as you meant it to be. :neutral: The sitting, standing, posing positions that M uses in her videos. It was just a response that was supposed to get a chuckle out of yours and my comment nothing more. Evidently every ones mind here is in the gutter but yours, including Marina’s. That’s what keeps the site so interesting and fun. Please don’t take things so personal. :smile:
I took no offense and meant none in return. :smile: I should write a two-minute script for Marina about “double entendres.” It could be hilarious if I insert a dozen “double entendres” into the script. “Double entendre” is a French term that we use in English, so it’s proper lesson material, too! seesixcm6
Cool pal my mistake. It’s like what Jack says without body language or lack of smileys can construe a comment the wrong way. :wink: That would be funny if you did that double entendres. :lol: :lol:
Marina, I just call my phone My “cell” fairly common around here.
Tootles, Mark
Ok, Where did “tootles” come from????????
yo, mijj, he from around your area? lol.
:sad: probably
i call my mobile a complete and utter bastard!
Good evening everybody! :cool:
Here in the south we call them cell phones. I still think cell phones are :evil:
Marina .. i see you have a waxwork model too! .. that’s what that is at 12 seconds where teh white “HotForWords” comes up, isnt it?
ooo!!! … i love that intro bit with the landscape and the two rough outlined panes – not sure about the lemons tho .. is that something to do wiht mobs?
tsk .. i’m late as usual.
{… settles down to gape at M .. :shock: }
Oh and who or what is in the puppy pocket tonight?
James’ heart? :mrgreen:
Good one dezdkado. LMAO
Mob is also the collective noun for emus and wallabees. :grin:
Homework: My cellular phone I call my ‘portable’ or ‘cellphone’. At home I have wireless phones I call ‘walkabouts’.
Actually, I believe they are still correctly cellular named for the ‘cells’ created by the range of the repeater towers.
Additionally, thanks for the vid, and I love the lavender outfit :grin:
Someone said you like louis v – seen this?
15 and 36 are my faves, how about you guys?
MOB = Man Over Board.
Close Up Flag Oscar.
Find Oscar
Cell Phone for the Star Trek wanna be Communicator.
Wait for the Dick Tracey version.
Cell phones go to a cell, Sat phones go to a Satelite.
Mobile phone is in an automobile.
Brothers? Only their hairdressers know.
Homework: Where I’m located, these phones are called cellular phones… and as I recall from my communications days, this has much to do with the way the communications towers are organized (in overlapping cells or areas of influence). Overseas, and especially in war zones, I used satellite phones, also called sat-phones, geo-phones, or satcom (which is a general term for satellite communications).
Excellent!!! power packed lesson in 2:22 minutes. Love the new look of the life styles type intro and I love the scene changes from normal scene to zoomed in scene. Great lesson and I learned a few more things.
The ‘cell’ in cell phone refers to the area served by an individual cell phone tower. If there is no cell phone tower within range of your phone, you can’t make or receive any calls.
Mobile phones, the ancestors of cell phones, were actually radio-phones. If you watch old ‘Cannon’ detective tv shows with William Conrad, his mobile phone in his car used the marine radio operator to connect calls.
There are also satleite phones that call directly through links with orbiting telecom satelites,, usually via a clamshell parabolic dish..
For more information on how cell phones work, give this article a gander:
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone.htm/printable
Have a great weekend Marina and everyone!
Eric M
Thanks Prof :grin:
Great minds think alike :mrgreen: I linked there only 2 mins before you! :grin:
You have great weekend to professor. :wink:
My answer to the HW is I plead the fifth
Need a consul with the five families first :cool:
i wanted to know why is READ both past tense and pre-tense
Well as I live in the UK i say mobile.. But really I just say phone
Hello, mob
Hello mobbie. :lol:
So long as I’m not Moby… as I’d like to avoid Ahab’s harpoon.
How’s it goin Cap? er, Moose uh, Yoda… you know who you are.
Yes hehehe I have Dissociative Identity Disorder :twisted: No just kidding. :wink:
*POP*
That’s the sound of my empty head imploding.
OH A NEW HFW INVESTIGATES!
yeah, the nature approach.
Damn you have a whole name. :wink:
I don’t know James, but usually the first few people always get spammed. Oh well. :smile:
sit i missed number 1 i was number 10 on YT though
I was number 1 on You tube. :twisted:
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Hi there all.
Why do people always mark as spam on 1st comment
This is the only site where you are rewarded for being first :grin:
huh? reward? where?
i’d beaten you if that stupid audio preview thing wasn’t there :twisted:
>Why do people always mark as spam on 1st comment
Probably because most first commenters do not actually comment on the video, rendering the comment impertinent.
i’m dutch so uhm…. i say mobiel :P
You ever stick you finger in a dyke :?:
:shock:
Ah, what kind of dyke :?: :wink:
Careful Cap, that’s a whole dam other show…
Hey little dutch girl bring those Tulips (two lips) over next to mine :wink:
:shock: :?: :lol:
it’s not something I do regurlarly…..
Hi there all.
I thought mob stood for mobster :???: But I don’t doubt your etymology for mob. :smile:
I call mine a cell phone or just phone. :wink:
Mobster also comes from mob.. and meant a member of the crowd.. and transferred to a gangster the same way mob did. (Much like gangster).
And very much like HotForWordster
Yo Yo Yo!
How you doin’ :mrgreen:
Well done on 1st comment!!
Looks like a three way tie
got back from making salsa just in time.
Gracias :cool:
yeah, nicely done :grin:
yo
Yo
Chicken soup is good when you put a dry hot pepper in the blender with some broth and if you like it hot add jalapenos. :idea:
Yo
You need to get a life… And let other people have a go :grin:
James, you’ve never been first?
I have goofed up in the past and clicked on that too. It’s so frustrating when we do that. :lol:
Congratz on being first foxbow. Just a tad to slow, I was. Yes, hmmm.
Yoda speak. :lol:
Worry, do not, one day, be first again, you will. Yeesssssss. :wink:
Here is your reward F18
Don’t forget the <a href=”…lol copy and pasted the html code this time :lol: forgot how it worked :P
how the hell did this comment end up here…..oh well nvm then :mrgreen: