Top 10 Word Myths – Ask Men Article


I did an article for the website AskMen.com on the top ten word origin myths. Check it out :-)

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  • wetsuit5

    Cool

  • danielpool

    ok :cool:

  • wetsuit5

    Some pictures we haven’t seen before.

  • danielpool

    Maybe the new ones from Marina book :?:

  • originalistrick

    Way to go again, dear Teach! And thanks for the fresh photos. I know you hear this constantly, but you are STUNNING! Thanks as always for all you do, and best of everything to you.

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    …gee Marina you’re on your back and they did not go flat, remarkable :shock:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/dezdkado Dezdkado

    Wow, you’re in print and websites everywhere… congrats, yet again, Marina!

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    ….or are you really standing up and the photo is turned 90 degrees :???:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/frostyEnumerator mijj

    bloody ‘ell, Marina!! .. these things keep sprouting!!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/frostyEnumerator mijj

    for #6, Marina should have been in sexy, skimpy, see-though black grieving widow’s kit.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/frostyEnumerator mijj

    i have to say, M isn’t particularly appealing in #6 #4 #3 #1 – particularly #1.

    and i don’t think anyone really believed “fuck” originated as “Fornication Under Consent of the King”.

  • danielpool

    Hi Marina Myth=My story History=it is his story :?: Could you do the word TRUTH who’s story is that :smile:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911

    That was a great article that you did for Ask.com. I left a comment for your article. I know we have covered those words before, but it seems different when you can actually read the same lesson in print. It’s like watching a movie and reading a book, you can get more out of the book. :smile:

  • BillyB

    Her hair lies flat, yes, but don’t expect her to stretch her fingers out just to make them lie flat, geez…

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    {….color commentating brought to you by BillyB }

    “BillyB all you’ll ever need in the sport of photo commentating” :mrgreen:

  • BillyB

    at the end there, they say

    …Marina is Hot For Words and each day a million people tune into HotForWords.com to watch Marina as she…

    imagine, a million people a day poking around the website. Looks like about 49 rigtht now if that little number thing at the bottom is right. Does it mean 49 signed in or 49 altogether?

  • leonard

    excellence

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911

    A million people, wow, where are they at? If we had that may people poking around it would be hard to make a comment to each other :lol:

  • http://uk.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    So Marina, you foud the origin of fuck, does this mean I will have to remake my fuck video? I think I will, Its a bit rubbish.

  • http://18wheels.mevio.com/ Warren

    Hey Capman911,
    I’d like to get a DVD of all the lessons and a copy (hopefully autographed) of her book.
    If everybody that looks in on her show bought one book -Marina is going to have so much money in the bank she’ll be on permanent vacation :sad:
    I hope she doesn’t stop her lessons.

  • schnurgiggli

    Wow. All I can say. Why weren’t teachers like this when I was in school?

  • http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale

    nice article, Marina…and i remembered the origins for the words you did. proves you can still teach an ol’ dog new tricks… :cool:

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jack_Richards/1065965276 CaptainJack

    Oh cool! Good job Marina! That getting the word out.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/CantwrCymreig Evan Owen

    No. 9, kangaroo: “A few hundred years” — to me, “a few” means at least three, and if memory serves, Capt. Cook visited Australia in 1770.
    No. 2, OK: What of the competing theory that “OK” comes from a West African language and was brought by the slaves?

  • crackcityrocker1211

    Fuck in 1700-1800′s was to breed cattle. At least I was always told that but prefer it has a verb anyway :smile:

  • sensfan

    it’s perfect. do you have msn? if you do please tell me, please?

  • darlingj

    Another well done promotion. The ‘Top 10′ format is very popular, and really seems to fit with today’s attention spans and Web Surfing style of journalism.

    Now that Marina will soon be a published Author, I can see the doors opening to more of this type of exposure as a natural extension of her activities…and it SHOULD be! :grin:

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