Swine Flu

Well, this was lucky.. by the time I had seen it had been posted I thought I would have missed out. And BTW Marina… You have written in the description… linch date.

I am logged in

I’m not worried at all about this flu. There are really not that many cases of it out there anyway.

Good 4 U!

My first word request: [Brand New]

Should be easy! THANKS!

HOMEWORK: No, as long as you don’t get it.

I see you are back to work, hey it’s a three day weekend take a break. lol

I would like to request the word [Virgin]

WHAT – ME WORRY? :grin:

Marina, where does the word [Arena] come from?

I would like to request the word [bellringer]

I would like to request the phrase [Cloud Nine]

Приветчик дорогая la mia signora! у меня возник один ворпос: why and where have you taken this southern Italian accent??????? :lol: :grin: (Neapolitan to be precise)

WoW thanks Marina :lol:
Great video, lousy sickness :oops:
good to have you home :?: :oops: :lol:
B.B.

☞{{{{{coo chi coo chi coo}}}}}

“Hone None Flu”
Me think the Swines had a PR firm clean up its image.

i wasnt really conern about it because the caribbean was one of the places it was not found

“It was once said that a black man would be president when pigs flew. Well, behold, 100 days into his presidency… swine flu”.
i got this in an email this morning

hey dear teacher!
first of all, i’d like to congratulate you for doing a great job. :)

now, i’d like to request a word, or actually it’s two words:

[Rubik's cube]

in fact, i know where it came from, because i’m Hungarian (you’ll understand when you find this) but i’d like more people to know this.

you can find the reason at wikipedia, but a little help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary#Science

if you make a video about this, than thank you, if you don’t, well it’s OK :P

I’m hog wild :razz: no hunting with goats(holy)…pig out at leonard’s..h0ne..none

H1B1 (or whatever they name it now) swine flu is pain for the weak, as any flu, be it aviary or porcine. They are the ones who ultimately pay the price for it. The good side of it is that weakness is just like strenght. It is only temporary and limited in time.

Thats funny and thanks for sharing… :lol:

Hmm, good question. She just got back from Cannes, in France, near the Italian border (but of course, that’s northern Italy.) Are you sure she’s not trying to do a Mexican accent? (“Señora” is Spanish for “signora” and is pronounced the same way.) :???:

Quote :shock: :twisted: :cool:
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” – Bertrand Russell 1872-1970

The Virgin Islands, USA

….was purchase by the United States during the time of the First World War [WW1]…NEW

The scary thing about dangerous flus like the Spanish Flu of 1918-1920 is that they don’t just kill the weak and the elderly. They kill the young and strong too, thus having a much higher mortality rate than an ordinary flu. It’s only a matter of time until a bird virus, a swine virus or maybe even the current H1N1 will mutate into something very deadly. In the past this happened every few decades and there’s no reason to believe this would not happen again in the future.

pandion: package or case?…[bag of tricks] :!:

Ha…when I tried spanish(speaking)…they laugh and said I sounded ITALIAN…[LATINO] or Roman stud :lol: :wink:

“Case” as in people who have the disease.

why called a kit cat a kit cat

How contemporary. Might as well make a swine flu lesson now, as it will be out of the headlines and forgotten soon enough. Isn’t it caught by eating the pork, not from a pig sneezing on you? Do pigs even sneeze? And how much influence can a goat have on a person? So many questions…

I have absolutely no worries of catching swine flu (known by it’s hip hop name as H1N1). For one, I have very little (if any) pork in my mainly vegetarian diet. For two, it’s only really dangerous to people who have pre-existing health conditions, like any flu. For three, it’s not very common despite how much hype it’s getting.

I will however take this opportunity to rant about our atrocious mainstream media in the USA. Anybody else notice how the media constantly tries to instill hysteria among the masses? Swine flu, avian flu, SARS, terrorism, Dick Cheney… the media is constantly putting forth stuff to scare people and make them act irrational so as to think less. If they aren’t trying to instill fear, they are trying to instill hate, or pettiness, or some other crass emotion. When it comes down to it, the news is just another show. Show me a person wearing a face mask to prevent swine flu these days, and I’ll show you somebody easily manipulated by the mainstream media. Mass media just doesn’t like people thinking for themselves in a rational manner.

Here’s what really gets to me, though… we as a nation (especially our politicians and journalists) are always talking about how great, strong, and brave we Americans are. But in reality we are constantly projecting mass cowardice as acceptable. I love how the whole Gitmo debate now revolves around Americans supposedly being too afraid to keep imprisoned terrorists on our soil. Here we act like we are willing to do anything to be strong and defeat ‘unlawful enemy combatants’, yet all of a sudden every city and town in the nation doesn’t have the balls to put that enemy in their backyard. What are they so afraid of? So much tough talk and so little tough action. On the one hand, politicians praise Americans for being so tough and amazing, but then when push comes to shove, the same politicians say we are not so tough and amazing to handle some bad guys in lockdown nearby. Seems that Guantanamo Bay could be easily shut down if some Americans would just MAN UP. But that’s not the name of the game when it comes to our politicians and our media. They’ll praise us as being strong, but then want us to be weak. It’s such a farce… what swine!

On a lighter note, I thoroughly enjoyed Marina conversing with a pig in this video. Especially when the pig was her own voice sped up! lol

Peace, Errin : )

p.s. My music can be heard at http://www.myspace.com/errinfamilia . It does not induce hysteria nor will listening to it expose you to swine flu.

logischabbaubar, what you say is logical and right. Thanks for the precision.

I yam not afraid of death. I once had an awkward moment just to experience what it was like to have an awkward moment. Everything I do is planned. I experience life vicariously through myself. I don’t always drink beer, but when I do , I drink Stella Artois. Stay thirsty, my friends.

I tried to make a link but, it keeps going to the gray screen picture viewer. I try again…
WHAT – ME WORRY? :grin: It works!

[what five letter word is always prenounced wrong everytime?]

the word [wrong]

smile

I guess this is my word request:
I’d like to know the origins of the term [cans] in relation to female breasts and headphones. How did two very different things come to be described by the same term?

That is one of the most enjoyable beers(Stella Artois) :mrgreen: …they bought out budwiser and her [barley] contracts…so there goes another economic thingy :lol:

:smile:

I suffered enough years of anxiety before the Avian Bird Flu was brought up, that I’m not going to be too concerned about the H1N1 virus.

Homework:No I am not. With only 10 reported cases in MontanaI don’t think I have much to worry about.

Hi there HotForWords,

I really appreciate and enjoy your lessons!

I would like to know the origin of the words [Feisty], and [Weird]. Why don’t they follow the rule of ‘[i before e, except after C]‘?

Thanks a lot in advance! -Kitty

Mass Media is the scare MAFIA…

MaSS MeDia is a fEAr Machine

:razz: :cool: :razz: Guantanamera é uma das mais célebres …Peace on the ROCKS…

Homework: No – The flu itself isn’t likely to be the problem, unless it becomes a pandemic. The real problem will likely be all the hysteria and panic induced by the press and their anal retentitive need to overblow a story. :mrgreen:

Dear Marina,
I’m glad you’re back from all that luxury living and partying in Cannes. Welcome back to work!
H1N1 flu, like other flus, are a threat to people and children who are weak and feeble. This might include some of your subscribers who don’t eat healthy foods, don’t get enough rest, or have other unhealthy habits. It’s inportant to be healthy. To keep your spirits up, here are some jokes:
Q. What happens when pigs know karate?
A. You have to watch out for pork chops. :smile:
Q. Why do pigs go to a pawn shop?
A. They go for the ham hocks. :grin:
Q. What happened after pigs could fly?
A. The swine flew. :razz:
Seesixcm6

Doh! Influenza is Italian! :oops: The joke being, the swine didn’t bring the flu, neither did the Italians! Total misnomer! :lol:

kitty_crimson: Marina does a loud one :smile: …Feisty…lesson…[weird] :roll: :lol:

After effect of Swine Flu.

http://twitpic.com/5vo6g

Thanks I must have overlooked that in the list!

Here’s a song I found about this lesson.

Looks like there are plenty of Miss Piggy parodies to go around on YouTube already, that The one I thought to make NOW seems pointless.

Swine Fu
HIA!

Hey, cute pic with the pink hair. Meeow! :grin:

:-)

I am logged in again

http://twitpic.com/5vo6g
A baby Klingon

I must write that I think it is very daring and courageous of you to pucker your lips so close to that pig. I would have thought that you had better taste in relationships. I thought you would have picked a goat. :razz:

I am logging out now and leaving this as a reminder. It was good for me how was it for you?

Hi folks, no I am not worried about swine flu. If I get it then that means another shot in the arm or buttocks. I have had so many shots for Hep A, Hep B, Hep C, TB, Measles, Chicken pox, Polio, toelio, kneezles and smallcox so I am a pin cushion for vaccines. :smile:

Cherry trees I think :wink:

I am curious was your picture for this lesson inspired by this picture?

How the swine flu got started:

http://articles.mercola.com/ImageServer/Public/2009/April/swine-flu-pig.JPG

Good to hear from you as always, Marina, and once again you have produced an informative lesson.

HOMEWORK: Even though I am in England where, along with Spain (perhaps because of all the tourists our countries have), the risk of a pandemic appears to be greater than in the US, I am not afraid of catching it as I am, I hope, reasonably healthy. This is a result of all the Scottish Country dancing I do. Have you ever tried it? I recommend it, as it is very social and you would enjoy making patterns on the floor as you dance.

By the way, the photos fron Cannes were brilliant; you look as though you had a superb time! :lol:

That is exactly the picture that inspired me :-)

The day I’ll fret about swine flu, PIGS WILL FLY over Battersea power station.

Or

“when the crawfish whistles on the mountain” as they say in Russia.

Hey Marina,

I guess you’re working this weekend? That’s definately some important information you’re giving out in that lesson, even though it’s kind of a bleak subject matter, but an excellent job! Anyways I try not to worry about the swine flu or H1N1, it’s that birdflu shit that you gotta watch out for and Oh Marina have you and everybody else heard that “The bird is the word!”

Marina, I just stumbled across this. Do you remember this?

Hi leonard,

Sounding Italian while speaking Spanish isn’t bad; Spanish with an American accent is like nails on a chalkboard! :eek:

 
That was a great and timely lesson Marina.
Very funny, señorita. The svine called you señora, a title of respect for a married woman. Err, ahh, umm, that wasn’t a freudian hint was that? :smile:

So, what happens when swines get sick, do they call it “human flu” or “inhuman flu” or maybe “homo sapiens flu”?

At this moment, Yahoo has an AP article on the latest death from the swine flu.

Woman in 50s is NY’s 2nd swine flu death, US’ 11th

 
Marina sure does and she has another Drew video in the Shout-Out section.

Here are some birds you should be really afraid of!

” ‘Guantanamera’ is one of the most famous songs of Cuban music…”

Whaddaya mean, “one of?” What other Cuban song is more famous? :razz:

Pretty strange Spanish in the subtitles, eh, leonard? :razz: :razz:

I guess the pigs assumed I was married! :-)

Hello pedantickarl,

superdanilchik and I worked this out on the previous page. The schwein called her signora (Italian), not señora (Spanish), alluding to influenza being an Italian word. Correctly, Marina should be called signorina. :smile: (Unless she’s secretly married!) :razz:

You are soooo, funny.
By the way, I am not worried about swine flu. I am more worried about laughing to death from your videos. You absolutely make my day. Love it!

Why do people refer to the passenger seat of a car as [riding shotgun]
thanks :D x

phrase [riding shotgun]

i didnt notice you had to put phrase hah, its late and im not focused :oops: x

I would like to request the phrase [In Layman's terms].

Thanks, Marina.

How about the word [philanthropy]?

Homework (sigh):

No, I’m not worried about “swine” flu, certainly less so than about getting creamed in a car wreck or shot by a street punk (both far more likely deaths.) Especially since my mother survived Spanish flu in 1920 as a toddler (a disease that killed 15 million people worldwide), I likely have fairly good hereditary resistance. :smile:

i dont want to ask for a word
i want to ask if u did any porn in ur life
or i u would do any porn make a vid answering this plz=)

nice hair twirlling

♪ ♫ Hmm, de dum, de dum ♪ ♫ {Evan free-associates}

:!: Swine and pork: :!:

After the Norman Conquest of 1066, swine (Anglo-Saxon) remained the name of pigs in the field, but porc (French) became the name of the animal’s flesh on the table. Reason: the Norman French conquerors forced the Anglo-Saxon peasants to raise the animals, which they then took for their own consumption.
Similar AS/NF word pairs: sheep/mutton, cow/beef. :cool:

Thanks a lot ^^ I cant even remember my natural color it’s been pink so long haha!

Health warning:

Beware the dreaded Welsh “mochyn du” (black pig) disease — may cause delirious behaviour and nausea! :lol:

Hi PK,

If Gorby caught swine flu, would he become a schweinhund? :razz:

Hey Marina, just wondering the origin of the phrase, [people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones]??? It would be nice, because I use it a lot.
Thanks!

Hi Marina,

Was the “Italy” street scene really in Italy? Because the E “no parking” sign is what is used in Spanish-speaking countries. (“E” for estacionamiento, “parking”.)

Once upon a time, a king whose kingdom was being overrun by barbarian invaders gave his throne to a loyal peasant to hide in his grass hut for safekeeping. The peasant stowed it in the rafters above his bed. Later that night, the heavy chair broke through the rafters, fell on the peasant, and killed him.

Moral: People who live in grass houses shouldn’t stow thrones. :mrgreen:

Digon am nawr. Does dim byd arall imi dweud — pob hwyl, tan tra nesaf! :grin:

By the way, Venomrock67,
Marina has that video as a favorite on her YouTube profile page. Scroll down to favorites, and you’ll see that video entitled; “The Original “HotForWords Fan” , There is also another Drew video “DREWnetwork PSA Proposal 1″
http://www.youtube.com/hotforwords

Budweiser is a ‘her’? Had me fooled, but that’s how I learned I needed glasses. I was walking with me mates down on Kalakaua Ave during some parade, and I said, “Look at her, she’s hot.” And they all turned to me and told me I needed glasses. It was a tranny. So, Bud is a she. I’d better get a new prescript.

PHRASE REQUEST: She had a [shit-eating grin ]on her face. :shock:

I really wonder where this one came from… I know dogs eat shit, BUT,… :?: :?: :?: What’s this supposed to mean? :shock:

[Weird] is one of those words which suffered a twist of fate in the past, which altered its definition in the present to describe odd people like me that give cryptic answers in the future.

I heard that thinking about the word too much can turn your hair p…. :oops: :wink:

[wobble]…A little story about a billion.. :razz:

hey marina,
i was just watching this video on youtube,and it made me wonder where the phrase [trippin balls] comes from? I think it would be really interesting to know because you hear it in all kinds of movies and theres never been any explination behind it. thanks

I´d like to request the word [salsa] and why does it mean two things, it can be the music style and sauce or dip and since I love to dance salsa it´d be nice to know the diference
adios a todos y una buena semana
gracias totales!

hello i just request an interesting word for me ….lol

[facebook]

lol

hahahahahaha
pls show this word into your vid……
lol
thanks…..
just dropped by :grin:

Hello Marina,

Afterthought — when are the HFW “Intelligence Is Sexy” T-shirts going to come out? ‘Cause it’s definitely T-shirt season & we’d all like to be strutting to the beach with our favorite HFW lady emblazoned on our chests! :grin:

Hola julio9708,

Creo que después de comer salsa con cada comida mexicana, creemos que “salsa” es casi sinónima con “mexicana.” Pues al oír esta música mexicana, la llamamos “música salsa.” :smile:

¿Es bastante claro mi español? :???:

Can you do the origin of the word Olympics.

Hi Marina,
The word “Then” is an adverb used in relationship to time.
The word “Than” is a conjunction & preposition used for introducing the second element in a comparison.
My question is, why do so many people get there two words confused when writing a blog, a tweet or a forum post? Thanks!

And my question is, why do people get there and their confused? :roll:

The answer to both, of course, is
1) their talents lie elsewhere other than language
2) they don’t give a rat’s ass
3) their fingers fly faster than their brain.
Which is worse or does it matter?

Can you research the phrase [pushing the envelope]

The man sitting next to an Old West stagecoach driver carried a shotgun for defense.

Why was [base ball] changed to [baseball]?

btw, I liked your performance in the “bad grammar” video

I just saw the Playboy girls show where Hef picked a Ukrainian named Dasha Astafieva for the 55th Anniversary Playmate (and Jan 2009). Whoo! The overused term “smokin’ hot” seems to be apt!

marina how is ur skin so soft?

[whatever]

not not in terms of “whatever you want”

but in terms of “whatever. i don’t care”

snort – snort – snort …

mmmmm.. not quite concerned about the swine flu plus I have not been sick for 2 years.

I don’t think it is accurate to call it the swine flu. From what I heard it is actually a mixture of Avian, Human, and Swine flu. I’m not as afraid of the flu as I am the immunizations. They like to put extras in those such as mercury. Jenny Mccarthy says her son got Autism from the shots. The original swine flu in the seventies only killed one person, but the immunizations killed over twenty.

My dear marina, would you please consider researching the phrase

[a stick in the mud]

I appreciate your humor and the wonderful, neat touches you add to your videos. I certainly hope you will continue to create additional “hot for words” videos for many more years.

Thank you so much my dear teacher.

More fun suggestions. Since you used the word “douchebag” like one of my past roomates in the army. I have one that described my company commander [Rose Colored glasses]. She viewed life through “rose colored glasses”. A false optimism or sense of aloofness or unreality. My dad used to say my desire to go to college was also “living in a dream world”!
From my bible prophecy studies in Hosea and Ezekiel. [Prostitution]. God called Israel’s worship if pagan idols “prostitution”-going a whoring after idols. But it also had the meaning of Isreal’s use of diplomacy with pagan nations like Assyria. America “plays the harlot” sticking its nose into countries where it does not belong. I developed an awareness of our government’s need to meddle in the lives of others since grad school in chem in 1986.

A fair assumption. Why would anyone so gorgeous still not have been snapped up by some lucky millionnaire?
Maybe you’re too picky.
Ah! I’ve got it … YOU are Miss Picky, the Star of the Show.

What’s the difference between a [costermonger] and a Dachshund?

:mrgreen: Soon I’m going to have to give you a recycling award of a http://www.morainevalley.edu/collegeactivities/images/recycling%2520logo.jpg” rel=”nofollow”>green avatar. :lol:

Heyy hotforwords, I love your videos and i have a request for the Word
Jiffy
Like in the phrase “I will be there in a Jiffy”

Thank you so much you really are Hottest for every thing :)

I heard this word and was wondering what you think?
[kafuffle]

Curious to see how you could explain this one!

Hope all is well

as the weather is getting better word request [ bikini ]if theres a story there.

 
 
It is Monday, May 25 and it is a busy day with the US celebrating Memorial Day and yellow ribbons everywhere.

And, for the geeks, it is also Towel Day. Don’t forget to sport your towel, maybe a yellow one.

The LA marathon starts in about two hours and it looks like the Coca Cola 600 race may still be rained out, but then, we can follow tennis at the French Open.

So, maybe we’ll see Marina with a yellow ribbon in her hair sporting a towel and tennis racket being chased by a bunch of cunning runners

Today in history. It’s true I tell ya.

I want to know where the phrase “It’s raining cats and dogs”

Thanks :)

 
Hello thodulis, this is your lucky day.
Marina had that video ready and waiting just for you. :smile:
Here it is. You will love it. It is an awesome video.
It’s one of my favorites.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/12/30/cats-and-dogs/

[Fuck, Fuck off, Fuck up]

Marina, I enjoy your lessons. They are a smile as well as a lesson. I’ve been a storyteller for a long time, although I now live a relatively solitary lifestyle. So, I enjoy your beauty and beautiful smile with a daily dose of lighthearted intelligent insight into Lexiconigraphic curiousities. My request [arctic] Thanks, Doug

:smile: Anyhow … I speak it funny with notes and all…I think it comes from my Latin classes…Mama Mia! Italian Music Musica Italiana ROMA—my friend from Tuscany likes those words of that song…good day EVAN; nice playlist :lol:

:twisted: She did find it…Farting Horse Budweiser Commercial :razz:

Thought this might be funny+Fidel Castro Beer Commercial

Very GOOD..White Plains – When You Are A King (1971) :lol: a big hello also Jeorney

all masks are 86 in Japan now.

el español esta muy bien, pero el problema que la musica salsa no es de mexico sino del Caribe, como Cuba o Puertorico y me parece que la palabra salsa tampoco es mexicana ya que es usada en todos los paises de habla hispana

What is SOUL?…The Pipkins – Gimme Dat Ding*+*+*+*Piano bar swing dance song from 1970 as sung by Tony Burrows. Symptoms of H1N1 (Swine Flu)—just like drinking too much holy water—Bai Ling & HotForWords Share a Sundae**-**Day 2–Bai Ling and HotForWords cruise the Newport coastline, as they talk about what they did the night before during the film festival afterparty. They also talk about what animal they were in their past life bugs?

:grin: Thanks

Did Shaq start this?: Twitter plans a TV competition series … The show would harness Twitter to put players on the trail of celebrities in a competitive format.

Tanto para mi idea…

Marina, julio9708 says my explanation doesn’t work (so what else is new? :oops: ), so we have to count on you… :smile:

[salsa music]
[salsa sauce]

:grin:

OK Bob, I give up…what’s the difference between a [costermonger] and a Dachshund? :?:

Hi from your #1 fan in Japan.
I’d love for you to feature some Japanese words that have come into English usage: [bonsai] [bonzai] [kamikaze] [harikiri]

I use your videos in my English classes, the male students really like them!
Thanks again!

did you buy a “twitter whore” shirt at Lisa Nova’s YT page? anyone?

日本人？

日本人じゃないけど日本に住んでいます。アメリカに生まれまして三年前英語を教えるのために日本に来ました。

< :grin: to save me! See if you can find the REAL poltergeist in this video. I swear.. I was scared TO DEATH when I was playing back **+**HotForWords :cool:

アメリカ人ですか。私は愛媛に住む生粋の日本人です。どうぞよろしく。英語を教えるのにマリーナのビデオを使うとは、素晴らしいアイデアですね。彼女の発音は比較的日本人には聞き取りやすいと思います。まぁ、男子生徒は英語聞いてるふりして彼女の裸を想像しちゃうでしょうけど。　your Japanese is very good, by the way!

I would like to request [ what a ham]. Thank you. Also what does the pig say after “we did not do this” in “swine flu” video?

So M was a pirate in her previous life? No wonder she was so at home on that yacht.

A [costermonger] [bawls] out his [wares]. :wink:

 
I proudly present to you the #1 Guru HotForWords,
for Most Viewed videos in May.
You can see the honors over at the Forum.

Well, I’m not at my best on the first day back from vacation either, but I’m sure things will improve.

@HotForWords
Get in touch with @Adonis and see if she will help with your next lesson script. Adonis is the next big thing in Popular Philology. In fact, I would like to have Adonis’s autograph.

Word request: [simulacrum]
Middle English, from the Latin simulare meaning an image or representation of something. We also get simulation from the Latin simulare.

Example:
She’s a reasonable simulacrum of a Cougar, but she’s too young to be a real one. So I’m going to put her on my watch list and see what happens. I like where she’s going, but she’s not there yet.

And now for some light entertainment..

hey, love your videos, very informative
id like to request the word [anxiety]
thanks

Took the kids to a parade in a very small town. The town was so small the parade marched in place while the townsfolk circled around it.

{My tweet via Twitter}

More funny tweets here @Che Volay

01010111 01101000 01111001 00100000 01100100 01101111 01100101 01110011 00100000 01100001 [check bounce] 00111111

:cool:

[pensive]

:cool: I don’t worry about H1N1 (SWINE FLU :mad: ) Just like I didn’t worry about SARS, Mad Cows, Bird Flu. I’m very healthy and eat right. Maybe eat too much, and drinks a lot of beer, But healthy otherwise… :lol:

Real-ling with love-fish :oops: [swim]}{

***SEA food and want to EAT :smile:

I want you search the origin of T E S T I C L E S
once they’re not small texts, why are they labeled that way?

Why do you pronunce HOTS for word once it’s Hot for word?

Beware of cunning linguists!

Hi Marina, I have a word request that is a milestone in my life. Yesterday was my :wink: 28th Wedding Anniversary :wink: . My wife still looks as Stunning as the day I met her and fell in love.. My word reqest is where did the word :grin: Anniversary :grin: come from.

Chiselstone

Sorry that’s Request :smile:

Applause! :mrgreen:

I would like to request the word [PURSE]
:)

Sumimasen, moritamike-san, but some of the kanji appears as “�”. Is the problem with my computer, or is that the way this comment looks to everyone? :neutral:

PedanticKarl, how does it appear to you, and what is your view of the problem?

Marina, another word request: [tsunami] :smile:

How few of us have horse drawn sleds, let alone: young trophy blondes impressed by a voltive candle. The lesson is clear: don’t hold a candle up to the wrong hole.

Why don’t they follow the rule of ‘[i before e, except after C]‘?

don’t put the cart before the horse. words / phrases / sounds do not “follow” these kind of rules. you may find rules that apply to a vast majority of a particular set of words. rules like the one above are merely rules of thumb, more like memory hooks, not a real “rule”. like, a tendency. natural languages are not strictly logical. there’s exceptions, and there always will be (cf. irregular verbs).
there are, however, things that you could describe as a (real) rule. think of it as a certain pattern, a structure. some structures are “allowed”, others are not. like, word formation in english is restricted. there will be no such word as, say, “mklsoklw”. there are phonological “rules” that prohibit for a word like that to show up in the english language.

on a side note, and out of my own experiences — you should ask linguists about rules, not philologists. big fucking difference.

you look pretty young, though. you still in school?

Per YouTube’s numbers right now, Marina is less than 600,000 views from topping Michael Jackson in ALL TIME views for her Channel!

The numbers refresh periodically, so she may have closed the gap further, but she should surpass him VERY soon! Maybe a day or so at this rate…

Marina’s career = 26 Months – Michael’s career = 45 Years

This one is a REAL ‘Thriller’ for a new fan like me! :grin:

Pork pie sounds a whole lot better than Swine pie :smile:

Where did the phrase: [Loony Bin] come from?

Word request : “Download/Upload” Please :grin:

Review this lesson on Budget it some similarities to purse.

Review this lesson on Asylum it has some similarities.

Always wondered how [philosophy] came about :shock: and why that word was chosen in the first place to describe a wise person………Well at least they like to think they are wise :wink:

How about the origin of the phrase [drop me a line]??

You’re the BEST!

I get a whole bunch of “�”s as well, and I also get them sometimes when people, with (I presume) an american keyboard, type an apostrophe or other non-alphabetical character.

Looks like a Tsunami is about to break in this picture, which I know you will like, Evan.

i would like to request the the word[burrito] it just sounds weird

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i would like to request the phrase [not the smartest bulb in the tanning bed]. i know it’s kind of long.

Che Volay for TA! :grin:

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***HFW Fans: For Your Listening Pleasure (or maybe not) :lol: ***

From Central Asia, Kongar-ol Ondar on David Letterman performs traditional Tuvan throat singing in Back Tuva Future :mrgreen:

There’s plenty going on here… This has erie parallels:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GTEZFhjx4E&feature=related
And Swine Flu is mutating, right down to it’s new name (H1N1, or further).
I’m not overly concerned provided we remain on top of things.

I second that :wink: EO :cool:
good call :mrgreen: B.B. :cool: :evil:
& i would love to be teachers pet!

I opened the window and in flew Inza!

Thanks for flattering me, I am 29 in August. Mother of a soon to be junior high student. I wanted to be a linguist really. Those dreams came crashing down with the reigns of being a single mother with no vehicle or family support.

u’r welcome

Actually, it is an old term from the hills of NC. It is where the bride’s brothers escorted the new groom to the wedding. :roll:

It’s true, I tell ya.

@fromvikingstock AKA the big ‘sweed’
In the forum is a new thread about discussions, my Twitter is now locked up so either my computer is running too hot or the problem is Twitter.

My last DM: You sound like a lawyer, I think u r saying that HFW or Word Press owns everything I write at HFW?

Do not sell yourself short. My daughter was 15 when she became pregnant with my first grandchild. She had to drop out of school, but she soon went back, got her GED and her nursing degree. Financial assistance is available for folks in your position, check out FAFSA and do some broader searches for financial aid on Google. If you are truly interested, let me know. I have som pretty cool sites I will share with you.

Peace to you and yours.

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{Somebody always has to be a rebel.}

The media, especially here in NYC and on Long Island, are hyping the H1N1 virus and they’re still calling it “Swine Flu.” An assistant principal at a school in Queens died from H1N1, adding to the media hype. :neutral:
But I try not to watch or listen to the news (except for traffic, weather, sports, and business). Every story is negative or sensational or sensationally negative. And then, there’s politics.

[coconut] [bikini] Bikini: Origin 1: named after an island atoll, with name of the atoll in the native language meaning “surface covered with coconuts”! Origin 2: affects/assassinates men with as strong an effect as that of an atom-bomb! [slang assassin]

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63

@kitty_crimson i’m in my late 30′s and in college again after being in for eight years for anthropology. if you want, you can go to school. bsomebody is right, you can get a degree in linguistics. you have achieved harder things than what it takes to get a degree. you kick ass.

if you got questions, hit me up for some answers.

you kick ass too bsomebody, in a peaceful way with lots of love and wisdom. like jesus or buddha would kick ass if they kicked asses like chuck norris but without the violence and hostility. you could kick my ass, i’d be okay with that.

according to this documentary swine flu may have extraterrestrial origins.

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:smile:

I would like to request the word [weird] it just seems like it should be….well, weird.

I would like to request a word [Jumping Jacks] Just seems like a weird word

i got the swine flu at a pigface concert. well, at least alex might appreciate this.

Thanks everyone for the support, a lot of it is I just don’t have a vehicle; and I am overwhelmed by finding that starting point. It’s easy to get into a defeatist state of mind without proper support.. and I literally have none really. I’d appreciate anyone positive in my life at this point. :3 There are some other personal issues surrounding my hesitation, but I don’t wish to publicize things of the sort. Is there a private way to share email addresses through twitter?

I think so :lol: rob me salior :smile: In The Jacuzzi with Bai Ling & HotForWords
:roll: spirit

after following each other, one can direct message through twitter. the message is only viewable by the sender and recipient. one could include an email in this way. alex, bsomebody and myself are all on twitter. my nic is bhuzwhord. you can find the guys i mentioned on my twitter page as i follow them as well.

R U hungry narutoisawene1?…you are in luck******marina does BURRITO :wink:

—————————————__________________________

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it could break when dropped

{[BARRED]} :eek: do you like History?…SPIRIT “I Got a Line on You”
***)(***LOVE a good LINE of [FIBS]

*****

*****+TEN

HOT DAME

:wink: GOD BLESS hOTfORwORDS :smile:

 
Hello kitty_crimson,
A good way to message privately is via YouTube. My YT acct is the same name as here. For “bsomebody”, you can click on his name and it will take you to his YT page.

When you create a YT account, you can also subscribe to Marina there. My best wishes to you in becoming a linguist.

Hey Marina, please enlighten me with the etymology of the word [pumpkin]
Ty! Kisses from Brazil!

Bikini = covered with coconuts. How unintentionally correct is that? :mrgreen:

So you found that video too. What an experience!

Heyy! i would like to request the word/phrase[your mom]
bye xxx

just saying you are the best and to request the meaning of the word [robish] I know its an england slang but Im a quebecers (from canada but the french speaking ones) so I don’t quite know the meaning of it

Word request [captcha] either in the form of a lesson or a Nerd Word.

Thank you mam, thank you very much

{Che does Elvis impression}

Born in The Fifties :mrgreen:
Life in The Sixties :grin:
Liviing in The Seventies :shock:

Hello, Marina ! I’d like to request the word [COMPUTER], since it hasn’t been explained yet! Would you please teach me where this word came from ?

Btw, I love you !

KiSsEs

hey your realy pretty and i was wondering if i could be rewarded for this my question is for the word [turducken]

I can honestly say, I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about :???: … but that’s okay :cool: .

What he said was:-
“A check bounces when it hits the emptiness of its account. Pain in the neck, eh, hckr4evr? Just like the H1N1 :-)”
and in response to your “rebel” remark:-
“Albert Camus once said, “a rebel is just a man who says no”.

Oh, I see it now. :oops: How silly I must look. :roll:

This is how I know. :wink:

I prefer, “When offered a choice between A and B, always choose C.” :razz:

 
Hello neuroway, Very nice binary.
Your message reads:

“A check bounces when it hits the emptiness of its account. Pain in the neck, eh, hckr4evr? Just like the H1N1 :-) “

Oh, I just saw Bob beat me to it. earlier.

Piggies

 
Hi Paul,
I got your Tweet regarding the question of what is required for the “Verify” box in the form.

To the right of the “Verify” text box is an image with an alpha numeric number, i.e. a captcha. You enter that alpha numeric code into the text box.

I didn’t know I would be so easy to decipher Karl. But luckily for me I didn’t encode any vulgar expressions like “pain in the a$$”. :cool:

Hi Marina

For all your brains and beauty (and by the way you are definitely one cracker I’d like to pull!) I bet you have not come across these words:

1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.
3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.
9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
12. Karmageddon: It’s when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, and then the Earth explodes, and it’s a serious bummer.

13. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you
14. Glibido: All talk and no action.
15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.
17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

and last but not least …

18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating.

Who loves Ya Baby!

This lady wants to be sure that no one misunderstands the reference to coconuts! Photographer’s page: http://www.pbase.com/rhiggs1/image/29329418/original

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
- Albert Einstein

Brilliant, Alan. I’d seen one or two of those before but most were new to me. Thanks.
Did you know that Marina did a video about sniglets?
Click the link and enjoy. :smile:
You can see all of Marina’s previous lessons by clicking on “Words/Lessons” on the menu bar at the top of each HFW page.

Here is something for GORBY..Honda Element for Dogs? 2009 New York Auto Show :lol: was there ever a DOG flu?..ps-will work for svines :wink:

Can people please stop saying @username in the comments!! AND DON’T REPLY BELOW WITH @JAMES !!

This isn’t twitter you know!

HI alan rogers: Marina does many “NeRd wOrdS” look above…really like the ones you mention*****Here is <a href=”http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/03/09/nerd-word-of-the-day-cashtration/#commentsmy Knew of new is PISTORY=forgetting the past NERDnATIONalitis of :oops: gEEk :lol:

CRAZY from me..

CASHSTRATION

***PISSTERY***

This is true for binary logic, but not really for fuzzy logic Bob. A given system capable of perceiving various stimuli through a certain number of sensing devices, and also capable of reacting to these stimuli by dynamically modifying itself as each stimulus is presented to it (like a brain coupled to a nervous system for instance) will sometimes converge towards a conclusion or a solution (from A to B), after being affected by enough stimuli. Sometimes however, there will be divergence somewhere in the learning process, the result will be confusion (involuntary) or negation (voluntary), the system will become unstable and A will lead nowhere.

Regarding imagination, it is absolutely true. It goes everywhere it wants and is not limited by any border or constraint of any kind. Basically, it is totally free and does whatever it feels like doing.

Hi Marina,
I would like to know the origin for the word [wardrobe]
where does the word come from and why was it named this :?:
Thanks

@bsomebody

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:cool:

i would like to know where the word [PURSE] came from , as in what we girls use to lug around our stuff

umm, okay, i’m sorry. didn’t want to offend you or anything. as i said, you look pretty young in your picture, and it’s a small one, so … you know.

maybe the guys below can give you some good advice, i can’t as i’m not from the u.s. anyway, yeah, go for linguistics.

good luck.:)

Oooh i just thought of another word [Phenomenon] or as some people say Phenamenon….Fenomenan erm O_o .. observable occurrence :razz: :roll:

This just in from Crackle.com 15 Words you Won’t Believe They Added to the Dictionary

I’ve only heard a couple of these new words.

(Shift 2) James, OK :mrgreen:

leonard says:
23.1March 10, 2009 at 9:19 am
“…professionals. Some [anthropologists] take a cross-disciplinary approach to the field, studying linguistics, chemistry, nutrition, or behavioral science, and apply the methodologies of those disciplines to their study of culture. Qualities that encourage success in this field include a nonjudgmental, inquisitive mind; patience; and the ability to make inferences from incomplete information…”that information from Princeton Review…Colleges with Pre-Law Programs

Graduate Programs for Careers in Law

:smile: …knot-impo(r)t(s)ence…anti-detext ing

so if it is a repeat :razz: [weather and whether]—willey-nilley..[FAT] What is the skinny on fat?

:cool: PEW

i heard it twice last weekend. i’ve heard it growing up so i know what i means. but where did it come from?

[lollygag]

Bob,

Thanks for the pic of Katherine Jenkins! :grin:

Katherine Jenkins! Fy nghantwres Gymreig hoff i! (My favourite Welsh singer!) :grin: Diolch yn fawr, Bob!

Update: Not Twitter, but Hollywood: http://blog.twitter.com/2009/05/were-not-making-tv-show.html

Miss HotForWords- :smile: –current events and something writer Patrick J. Buchanan wrote—-”…
Cheney then counterattacked. He charged The New York Times with virtual treason in exposing the program to intercept calls from al-Qaida and mocked its Pulitzer Prize. He accused liberals and Speaker Pelosi of “feigned outrage” and “phony moralizing,” asserting they were fully briefed on “the program and the methods.” He charged Obama with endangering national security by “triangulating,” adopting a policy designed less to secure America than to unite and appease his political coalition. ..word guess? [ triangulating ]..corporations as drug dealers too :lol:
“

Hey that’s pretty cool !, guess I got lots of catchin’ up to do.

Request: [supper] what does this word mean? Thanx ahead of time! And also a question, are you Russian? You have a Russian accent

That’s actually how I found it, She’s on my subscription list on my youtube account so videos from or about HFW’s present & past pop up in my favs or recommended section once in awhile, But hey I want to thank you aqain for that hypertext tip, I made it harder than it looks. Have a good one pedanticKarl. :cool:

 
Che, you are way tooooo funny. That cracked me up. That could be another T-shirt slogan. :lol:

how about the term [wearing your heart on your sleeve]?

Here’s a request. Not actually a word, but an acronym: [MILF] I know what it means, but when, where, and how did it start? Thanks!

Marina,
Are you waiting for a [Revolution] to begin?

I’m going to roll aqain with [Democracy].

 
Marina, I saw the Derby video, “Hey Mr. Hot Stuff!” appear on the YT home page as a Featured video and it is still on the Spotlight page 5.

Those videos on the Featured section only stay for as long as you don’t move off of the page. If you go to another page, and return, the videos change. I wished YT would keep them up for at least a minute or longer.

The Swine Flu video was also on the YT Home page under Most Popular under Comedy. It looks like those videos stay on the home page for a minute or so.

Hya Marina, You’re sooooooooooooooo tweet. If you’ll kiss a piglet I might have half a chance of getting a peck on da cheek. To avoid da swine-flu I’d stay out of sty’s.

What is it about Wales that produces so many fine singers?

 
YouTube is silly. They are rotating the Comedy category with the Science and Technology category. What are they thinking? For every page refresh, those two categories alternate. Couldn’t they just add on to the already ten existing categories and display 11 or maybe 12 categories.

He won’t get it, because on a UK keyboard it’s apostrophe.

Thanks Karl.

word request – [cocktail] thank you!

Requested phrase: [It All Sounds Greek To Me] eyxarisyw

u should do the word [word] :mrgreen: thank u – im hot for words 2!

Famous twitterite doesn’t want to be food for wanna-be paparazzis! (See also comment block 80.)

I would like to request the word [sneakers]

Hi Marina! I just found your site yesterday and has already addicted to you :mrgreen:

I would like to request the word [bra], thanks!

I have a phrase request
[to hook up]

Maybe they are just looking back to see if anyone is gaming the system.

Many of us have been using @name long before twitter was penned out on paper. Where do you think they got the idea from??

:razz:

Nice and LOUD

:oops: Gen. Custer

:idea:

[swath] as in doing grass…hear some pussy of Nashville**!**nashville pussy live at cannes festival on tv! very good sound

:wink: Nashville Pussy – Live in Hollywood

[swash] :lol:

[sweating like a pig] I never understood this because pigs don’t sweat, right?

[sutler][suture] ..food..Arkona – Slavsia, Rus
:smile: Evan will like(methink) :lol:

[straight from the hip]

Howdy me, if you want to customize the avatar click on it & follow the instructions. If you need help just give me a holler.

In Mexico the keyboard is different as well, there is no @ key, you hold ‘Alt N’ or something I don’t quite remember.

[doppleganger]

oopsy! it’s spelled [doppelganger]

I would like to know the origin of my last name [Turja] Tur-ree-ah

Hello Marina I would like to learn the origin of the word [cleavage].
Thank You :grin:

To be born Welsh
is to be born privileged.
Not with a silver spoon in your mouth,
But music in your blood
And poetry in your soul
- Wilfred Wilson

Dw i’n cofio fy nhad yn canu imi wrth fynd i’r gwely, felly mi dyfais i yn caru canu / I remember my dad singing to me at bedtime, which is where I got my love of song.

But a simpler and less romantic explanation is Welsh acoustics — something about hearing one’s voice bounce off the mountainsides inspires one to sing. :lol:

Hello seankim,

My apologies for greeting you in Korean the other day — that would be the head instructor in your school, yes? I take it you’re American born & raised. :smile:

Supposedly [bra] is short for Brassiere, the Frenchman who stole the invention from a German named Titsling. But maybe not. :lol:

I would like to know the origin of the word [Organs] it has always puzzled me why a musical instrument and body parts have the same name.

Turja is a village in Estonia by the way.

Ελλείμματα στη διοίκηση του δημοτικού σχολείου στην Κΰπρο…

Clear enough? :razz:

But to play a tune, it’s alt+13, alt+14, eh Che? :grin:

Well, see, there was once this young Russian lady philologist, see… :lol:

Heyy Marina, can you help me with origen of [nunatak]. I hope you will…

best,

Alejandro

I bet on a Dvorak keyboard it’s ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ :lol:

Well, it’s that time of year again — go to bed in the light, get up in the light.

[solstice]

Now would that be looked up?

I never heard of that once.

She looks like she doesn’t want to be a part of someone’s Kodak… uh, Nikon moment.

I find that hard to believe. My guess is you have not used a chat room much or visited HFW forums.

I’ve always used ‘@’ for multiple replies in one message. I use them in blog posts before nesting was invented. In fact you can see it commonly used on HTW Forums because of lack of nested comments.

Here are some old examples of being used for Acronyms in chats:

http://www.netlingo.com/word/teotd.php
http://www.netlingo.com/word/rbya.php
http://www.netlingo.com/word/tyl.php
http://www.netlingo.com/word/1023.php
http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/whereat.htm

No its not ! its actually “

Why is youtubes most viewed list almost identical to the most popular? That means it cant be most viewed at all

Ha! I was wondering that too… so I sat down and played my liver, but I was bored with that so I just played with my kidneys instead.

[bunny boiler] who boils these poor bunnies?

:lol:

…no :mrgreen:

haha Katana backwards is an atak

Since I have been counting I have not been sick for 4!! Beat that… Actually, thats only because I have a fear of sick.

To be born Welsh
is to be born privileged.

But, even if your not, the drugs are still cheap!

Not so long ago it was me :sad:

…..

No need for us to worry about Dvorak keyboards – you only use those “In the New World”. :grin:

That’s what I meant – what I actually wrote was “He won’t get it, because on a UK keyboard it’s shift+apostrophe.”
Don’t know what happened to my “shift“; I feel so naked. :grin:

I know how it works for you yanks… Its weird…

Similar to Meatspace is Meat Bomber, an aircraft used for taking skydivers aloft for them to jump out of.

Bra is Norwegian for Good, and refers to the contents of the Bra. :grin:

That bass guitarist looks just like Marina. :???:
Is there no end to her talents?

Before Evan Owen or Campkohler say it, a Nunatak is what you risk if you walk past a Nunnery on a dark night. :roll:

Desserts backward is Stressed :mrgreen:

WOO!! I MADE IT!!! Front page of the discussed list!!

http://www.youtube.com/browse?c=29&l=&p=1&s=md&t=w&gl=GB

I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT!!

Poor desserts :sad:

[heteralsexual]

Marina, you have had quite a few 1 million view videos lately… I reckon that youtube has gone back now, perhaps you should try working to the #24 most viewed thing again like you used to.

Hi Hotforwords, for a while now i have been thinking about the word [angel] can you find out where this word came from and what time did it start to be used, thanks worldsprotector :)

:mrgreen:

Bob, you just made my day with your Dvorak pun!

Seriously, though, August “the typist” [Dvorak] (whom I remember from my years in the Seattle area) was a relative of Antonin Dvorak the composer. You can Czech my facts on Wikipedia (oops, another recycled joke!) :oops:

Spell it backwards and you get a nun doing her karate forms. :roll:

Is Estonia a female Iraq? :mrgreen:

A word for you to consider [straitjacket]

Bob, do these pages need a new wit :?: :mrgreen:

I would like to know the origin of the word [DogFight]. Thank you.

:razz:

S[SMART ART]A…

Is Siberia the lagest region of Asia—Bigger than CHINA and JAPAN?

Would your belly hurt if I head butted there?…Is pagan piercing art of perts and allowed in karate?

my head butt(christ-sake :lol: :razz:

:smile: [orient] of Med.di.terrori’m bord.ered :wink: good DAY Evan or is Ivan? :lol:

dogfight=thgifgod

Stu Wrabbit, my cussin of Wales :oops:

I thought your mommy kept the light on for you anyways? :wink:

Hi janrro: a HotForWords lesson…it might help :!:

I have a new video up. I have never had a video go so badly.

[sick] like I hate it when me feel sick…t*h*a*n*k*s…[cured], me not sick, but slick :lol: spill your own [OIL] :idea: :smile:

What? Are you selling retirement plans now? :shock:

U better Baltic…(bulk-up) :oops:

{[Novraya Zemlya]}…new land between N Europe in ARTIC OCEAN…santa of jolly old st nick…[talaent]…fly high to go low :lol:

Did you skip something?.. :wink: [straight from the hip]

Hey brains of Owens: what is average size or measurement between the lady teats? :roll: A mammoth and {mammae(I)} quest????

I need to numb…I want numbers###########

…nature B with U

Marina is up…photo shooting :eek: :grin: :oops: [cup] :?:

leonard, do all the inmates of your asylum have free access to computers, or have you done something special for the privilege? :razz:

Re “Nunatak”: Inuit :cool:

Re: selling retirement plans, I’ll have Nunavut! :mrgreen:

I requested the word [salsa] and why does it refer to both the music style and sauce, cream or dip used in food
that also got me thinking about [merengue] that is also used for a music style and cooking, why are we latins obsessed with food and music?
muchas gracias

I mean like the instrument the church organ and an internal organ such as the liver I never understood that?

I’d love to know about how the phrase [making out] came to be. Why does it involve the art of face sucking when the phrase doesn’t even involve intimacy…Oo

because they’re homophones.
language is based on sounds, not on letters. this is probably the most important thing one should keep in mind when thinking about language.

American or Asian or Indian or Indigenous

[indigence]

inDIgo bird

IN. :twisted: dig. :evil: NATION :smile: :?:

.?.

:mrgreen:

(+)N(+)S(+)E(+)W(+)

:mrgreen: I played in the mud, with my :oops: pud -dle (CUD) :mrgreen: and snuggled my muzzel :mrgreen:

JAMES FOR MASTER OF TA’s…Right on James

romantic is why :smile: lemon pie :lol:

Also homophones can’t get married in California.

than (thān, thən)*

then (th en)*

Dictionary.com*

Alex are you sure they are homophones?

Not on the list of Homophones
# tern, turn
# there, their, they’re
# threw, through
# throes, throws
# throne, thrown
# thyme, time
# tic, tick
  

i’m pretty sure you can call them homophones. close enough. do you really pronounce them differently? come on, man.
(i wouldn’t believe you anyway if your answer to the above question is “yes”.) hehe.

BTW, in the US, “IRA” stands for “Individual Retirement Account.” As an accountant and a volunteer for the Alliance for the Welsh Nation, I had to remember which hat I was wearing when I came across the term “IRA.” :lol:

Of course I pronounce then & than differently, but I know where the confusion lies, it’s in regional dialect.

aight. even when you speak at normal speed?
yeah, i was thinking of dialects, too. hm. i like the southern accent.:D

(and education to some extent)

Doh! I’ll bet the last word you typed was meant to be “ευχαριστω.” Which means, if something sounds Greek to YOU, it may be perfectly intelligible! :grin:

[eucharist]

i don’t think pronouncing words in a particular way has anything to do with education. why would it? i don’t see that.

James, why do you keep bad-mouthing your work? And then you don’t give us a link to it…are you saying, “I’ve done this video, but please don’t watch it?” :???: :???: :???: :?:

OK, EVERYONE, GO WATCH JAMESINGTONTHETHIRD IN Sexy Thumbnails :twisted:

The Man in Black rules :!: :cool:

I wonder what the origin of the word “Whore”, and the phrase “Larger than Life”.

Word request: [smashing]

Why does [smashing] mean such different things in Britain and the US?

[smashing] (US): breaking to pieces
[smashing] (UK): splendid
:???: :???: :???: :?: :?: :?:

{Hints: ScotsGaelic and folk etymology} :cool: :grin:

You live a sheltered life? You really never heard an uneducated person bastardized the English language.

[NUTS] :cool:

:razz:

Olga Arefieva Ольга Арефьева “Камикадзе любви”

Evan…this is very GOOD+++trUst ][

I would like to request the word [Flat] I want to know why we call the places flats and high-rise flats I never understood that?

I would like to request the phrase [alien agenda].

that’s not my concept of language. i don’t believe that there is such a thing as “bastardizing” a language. simply because there’s not “the” language and inferior dialects or something.
linking pronunciation to education is … well … weird. dark waters, dude …

Did you hear about the eskiinuit who was eaten by an ice bear?
He had built his isloo with clear ice panels so he could see out, but the bear could also see him inuendo.

Isn’t it time for a new lesson?

Dark waters run steep. :???:

So George Bush speaks as eloquent as say Winston Churchill or Joseph Goebbel :???:

Hi Marina, how’s your day? :smile:

I’m requesting the origin of this old phrase [Bite the bullet], I might be doing that with this comment. :twisted: Oh well, take it easy Marina.

Just to make it clear by “bastardize” I mean: To lower in quality.

In the US, they’re called [apartments.] But why are they called “apart”-ments when they’re jammed together? :???:

Patience, laddie, there’s life besides HFW! :grin:

Mt. Olympus, from which the Gods sprang forth!(or ruled from or some such nonsense :mrgreen: )

Or cunning cunninlinguists :twisted:
They’re even worse(or better) :roll: :wink:

You can go to the forum and post your stories. I’d read them!

Hey Evan,

Are you using Twitter yet?

[Rain] day…found the smell of a dead mouse,,,it ate soap of a ” CASINO”–NEW YORK,NEW YORK…I had to smell that dead :sad: :mad: :cry: A gift leads to killing a mouse…in my house – in storage+ it was soap?? :shock:

no edit, maybe because it said error…my bad luck :???: but the message in this pig stuff worked :razz:

I wanna request the word [GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEAU] … Is it really a POTATO or just pronounce so? And who in the world got the idea of inventing this word?

Because you are in the same building but apart? Still, it makes more sense than flat. I never could figure that one out! :???:

If you watch any of those hokey movies from the 50s, one kid will always say, “Gee willikers, Jane, its too bad you couldn’t make it to the Sock Hop. It was a SMASH.” , used in the English way. Americanized, but the meaning is the same. Now that I think of it, that is probably leftover slang from WWII.

@HotForWords:
@PedanticKarl:

Warning!
The comment below this one contains a link to a very obscene video clip of a pit bull vomiting.

Click the blue “comment” link on Veromrock67′s comment at your own risk.

Don’t condfuse me with unclickable links! LOL

There, their, they’re, you homophones will just have to move to Iowa to get married.

@beevee14 Did you get the information you needed?

Nerd Word of the Day: Douchebagette
Today’s word I got in my inbox from the Urban Dictionary:

Douchebagette: a woman who exhibits the characteristics of a douchebag*.

*Douchebag: An individual who has an over-inflated sense of self worth, compounded by a low level of

intellegence

, behaving ridiculously in front of colleagues with no sense of how moronic he appears.
:wink: behalf(i)(e) :lol:

From the look of her pictures in tweet, teacher has spent too
much time amongst the Hollywood and Las Vegas types. She is
starting to look mean. Methinks Paris has more experience with
that sort of thing. She, however, does look a bit boney. Ask
her if she is going to JCK Las Vegas.

Is there a twitter one could use with-out hands? :razz: I’m still learning with my thumbs…my dad would not let us(children) twiddle our [thumbs] (on hand) :smile: …He said..”the future is twittering” :lol:

*!* :idea: Marena from the album Lepta..
=”

medieval // paganfolk music
***A mix of medieval, folk and acoustic music. I took songs from Omnia and Faun and the great acoustic intros from folk metalbands Ensiferum and Heidevolk. – Intro (Ensiferum) – Omnia – Heidevolk … :lol:

Hello Bob

Thanks for your message. The sniglets (thats a new word for me!) I posted were the winners from a Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational which asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

The Washington Post also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers were asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. And the winners were:

1. coffee, n. the person upon whom one coughs.
2. flabbergasted, adj. appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. abdicate, v. to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. esplanade, v. to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. willy-nilly, adj. impotent.
6. negligent, adj. absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. lymph, v. to walk with a lisp.
8. gargoyle, n. olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. flatulence, n. emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. balderdash, n. a rapidly receding hairline.
11. testicle, n. a humorous question on an exam.
12. rectitude, n. the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. pokemon, n. a Rastafarian proctologist.
14. oyster, n. a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. the belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. circumvent, n. an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.

Cheers

Alan

Thanks Leonard for your message regarding Nerd Words:

Here are a few more which you might not have come across yet:

TESTICULATING – Waving your arms around and talking Bollocks.

BLAMESTORMING – Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.

SEAGULL MANAGER – A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.

ASSMOSIS – The process by which people seem to absorb success and advancement by sucking up to the boss rather than working hard.

SALMON DAY – The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die.

CUBE FARM – An office filled with cubicles.

PRAIRIE DOGGING – When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people’s heads pop up over the walls to see that’s going on. (This also applies to applause from a promotion because there may be cake.)

MOUSE POTATO – The on-line, wired generation’s answer to the couch potato.

SITCOMs – Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids or start a “home business”.

STRESS PUPPY – A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.

XEROX SUBSIDY – Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one’s workplace.

PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE – The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.

ADMINISPHERE – The rarefied organisational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the “adminisphere” are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve. This is often affiliated with the dreaded “administrivia” needless paperwork and processes.

404 – Someone who’s clueless. From the World Wide Web error message “404 Not Found,” meaning that the requested document could not be located.

OHNOSECOND – That minuscule fraction of time in which you realise that you’ve just made a BIG mistake (e.g. you’ve hit ‘reply all’)

WOOFies – Well Off Older Folk.

CROP DUSTING – Surreptitiously farting while passing through a
CUBE FARM, then enjoying the sounds of dismay and disgust; leads to PRAIRIE DOGGING.

Enjoy!

Alan

I would like to request the word [scissors]

:shock:

I would like to request the word [milliard]. I came across this word in the dictioniary meaning 1000 million as the English deffinition or 1 billion as American. I am curious why this word is not in common use today.

I’m just flat out in favour of [flat] too. Only trouble is, Marina doesn’t qualify to do the video…unless she focusses the camera on her Abs.

:cool: Love ‘em, thanks again.
Seems like we have the makings of another fun thread in the Hotforwords forums. :smile:

:mrgreen:

im not worried at all about the swineflu (H1N1flu or hybridflu). its called swineflu. :roll: there was 1 case i have heard of that killed some one and that person was practically half dead anyway with all the health problems she already had. so swineflu will kill u, if your already gonna die. :roll: also there is still not that many reported cases anyway. so no fear hear. :wink:

i would like to submit the word [supercalafragelisticexpialadocious]

Check this lesson out, I think its just what you’re looking for. :grin:

Nice collection :cool:

Hi lovely Marina, can you explore the word [bootleg] and where it came from? Thanks for making words so much fun, KarlZona.

:lol: want some wine with that swine :?:

Marina how many times do I have to ask you to study the word[philanthropy] ?

oh :!: :oops: thank you :mrgreen:

okay, here’s a couple of tips a friend of mine who directs the Emergency Room at a major teaching hospital in Philly suggested:

1) enhance your faith: the proper amount of time to wash your hands (with soap, ‘course, not just water) is about the same amount of time it take’s to say the Lord’s Prayer (sorry, ye of other faiths – you’ll need to find your own lil’ 30-sec homage);
2) watch what you touch: when you get done washing, try to not touch anything in the restroom with your hands. you’ve just cleansed yourself & now you’re gonna touch that door handle that the evil Swine Flu spreader just touched? use the paper towel to open the door, then throw it away as you leave.

no, i’m not all that concerned with H1N1 – as long as those pigs that have it don’t sneeze all over me… :cool:

I guess that would be a “no”. Why is Leonard answering my reply to Evan. I think everyone is bored. Time for a new lesson and some fresh topics.

exactly :mrgreen:

Leonard is subject to pop up anywhere. Damn, now I’m doing it… :twisted:

Where in the world did you see this word? Are you a rockstar? If you are, have you already reached your addiction phase or are you still starting out? :mrgreen:

Back in the cowboy days they didn’t have any pain killers besides whiskey. When they had to pull the bullet out of somebodys leg they would have them ‘bite the bullet’ to keep from shouting. I think its bull muckey but all of those cowboy movies can’t be wrong, can they?

Hey Beevee,

Here’s my wisdom on the subject.

If you get the flu,
blow your nose.
It will go away.
Just don’t blow it on me. :razz:

In a public bathroom, I don’t touch ANYTHING with my hands. I’m one of those ‘kick the urinal lever with my foot guys’. :shock: I usually just sing the first chorus of ‘Misty Mountain Hop’ by Led Zeppelin. By the time I get to ‘what do you think I saw?’, I’m drying my hands! :cool: As a normal American Catholic, I forgot the Lords Prayer years ago. However, I will never forget those lights out wrestling matches with Father Timothy!(I wonder if hes out yet. Of course,he was more or less made for prison, if you know what I mean!!) :wink: :roll:

swined and dined lol :lol:

Self depracation. You make fun of yourself before anybody else does so it takes the sting out of it if they are critical. Usually in low self confidence types. In James case, I think it is because he is still young and unsure of his talent. To which I say,” Never mind the bollocks, James. Never mind the bollocks.” Sorry :oops: just watched a special on the Sex Pistols. I self deprecate occasionally but I’m old. :evil:

Is it time for a new lesson?

http://twtpoll.com/4xvfz3

That’s the cutest of your videos;all the cute the squealing pigs! Swine flue is now over-it is just renamed H1N1. Sounds like some other govenrment tactic to sweep something under the rug. Like in Toledo, those old closed down factories are now called BROWNFIELD SITES as though that should make the situation more palatable or acceptable.

Yeah, you’re right, leonard; just about anything with Olga A.’s name on it is worth a look; the movie that the pix came from looks interesting, too. Долина цветов (Valley of Flowers) :smile:

Marina, is [Камикадзе] Ukrainian, or just Japanese [kamikaze] in Cyrillic? :???:

My life is boring enough without inflicting it on other people. :sad:

Oh come now, Bob, let’s just stick them in the ‘Pun My Word’ forum; they’re wordplay! :lol:

It’s about time someone told the public that swine flu isn’t the next pandemic. I was starting to get sick of all the propaganda over the swine flu, or H1N1-Influenza. Thanks.

As a word request, could your next lesson be based around [EMPs] or [Electro Magnetic Pulses]. I was wondering of their discovery, origns, effects, etc.

Thank you!

i would like to request a few words like; [albatross], [vicissitude], and [delineation].

Obviously at least one more. :mrgreen:

If it were, we would also have to use billiard in place of trillion, trilliard in place of quadrillion and so forth. Instead of milliard, if you want to use an alternate word for billion, use freeby. Example: “Today, Obama gave 70 freebies to the financial industry.”

KNOINKFF

Seems like they want to change the name of everything, don’t they? My favorite is changing “terrorist attack” to “man-made accident/incident.” Now, when your son/daughter dies from an IED in some shithole, wouldn’t that sound alot better. Your kid is still dead; but it just rolls off the tongue so much better! :sad:

OINKOFF

PIGS FLU —

Who Said They Couldn’t Fly ?

Answer to todays quote: Yes. And over-rated. Of course, you were correct about the whole Vietnam thing, but then; you had Dien Bien Phu to help prod your memory! :twisted: :mrgreen:

We have STATUES of flying pigs where I live. We even have a marathon in honor of flying pigs. My town used to be nick-named Porkopolis, so that might have something to do with it! Its a big town, too. We even have our own baseball team currently tearing up the NL Central. who said St. Louis? [Pshaw]!! We got the four horses, now; so we are bringing it EVERY day! Also, to Afro-Americans down south; it is called “The Nasty” or “Nasty-Nati”. There are some places here that are exactly that.(or so I’ve heard :twisted: )

Hi….can you please explain the origin of the term [gipped], for example the phrase [I've been gipped]. I’ve heard this many times without any idea what it means! thanks

[hypo.crisy]===reefer economics=[medicinal bosses] or united nations…the gaunt of government dispensers…war workers?..with dope :twisted: :lol: [PROD][ :cool: ]

 
I think a fun lesson would be to get to the root origins
of the word [ homonym ] and its related cousins;
[ homograph ]
[ homophone ]
[ heteronym ]
[ polyseme ]
[ capitonym ]

Using all of these words would make the lesson longer to maybe three minutes in length, or it could be six lessons.

Commonly, this is related to misheard words, or homophones, where the spelling of a word is the same or different and the pronunciation is the same.

Perhaps the http://www.kissthisguy.com/ site of misheard song lyrics is related to this, even though other things are going on in the misheard lyrics.

One time in the Navy a group of us had to watch a safety film about electricity. The film was entitled, “The Deadly Sailor”.

The next day, a friend of mine asked me what safety film I had watched the previous day. I couldn’t remember the title, so I said, it was “The Deadly Seaman”.

In my friend’s mind, he thought I said “The Deadly Semen”, which he thought was a film about some sperm which was going to electrocute some eggs. We laughed about that [homophone] for several years. :lol:

[fraud]…media pays taxes to the machine, too :evil: give in now to help the poor government and train the new shovels :lol:

play the gay game and be happy; prey for the pray threat and honor their pay…[today]…before midKnight :oops: knives and knaves :lol:

:P great Navy [joke]…right on again Karl :smile: grand job

Yes and prey for the pray?

This comes from gypsies, who were notorious hustlers, swindlers and con-artists in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

NEVER, I say; NEVER!

’cause its one wokka two wokka three wokka, what are we fightin’ for…

? :?:
I’ve been lucky enough to have about two weeks were I comprehended 85-90% of your posts but I gotta admit, this one has me scratching my head like an organ grinders monkey! :mrgreen:

When I studied food-borne pathogens at a little school in Texas(Gig’em, Aggies); we had an acronym to describe the first people who were hit in a pandemic or epidemic: YODIM
Young
Old
Disabled
Infirmed
Malnourished

Eat right, wash your hands, STOP using anti-bacterials(these only weaken your immune system). Unless you’re in the group above, you should be OK when the next one hits! :neutral:

OMG! Yaw! Yore! Your! You’re ……a homophone.

sorry; leonard at fromvikingstock…SoRRy

On Time Wrap (Discovery Channel) last night the show visually explained how germs are past around.

One segment showed four ppl at a card game, they contaminated one player with ultra-violet fake mucous. After a several hands of poker they put the ultra-violet light on the players. They were all infected.

They touched the cards, they touch the chip bowl, then touch their face. Made me a believer in Purell.

Quote
“What do you take me for, an idiot?” – General Charles de Gaulle 1890-1970

Most Tragic Event of My Life
By Chuck Norris

The single most tragic event of my life took place in 1970. It was the day I heard my younger brother Wieland was killed in Vietnam. It was a day like no other. No family should have to feel what my mother, my other brother (Aaron) and I did that day. And yet so many do, every day, in every year.

{drug lords; war on hypocrisy}

message received and agree 100%

Good idea. :smile:

Leonard, I found the author of the “Good Timber” poem you put up in the ” ‘Pun my Word” forum; it was by Douglas Malloch. :smile:

i suggested a glossary a long time ago.

Hey Leonard,me likes those vids,excellent sounds very :cool:, something more for me to explore :idea: And hey, aren’t those pagan women beautiful?

Yeah, it must be a cowboy thing. I tried to find a video clip from Michael Nesmith’s(He was in the monkees) movie “Elephant Parts” He parodied this when he had his partner bite down on a bullet while he was trying to fix his leg,and his patrner bit down on the bullet so hard,well you have a good idea of what happened. I can’t find that specific clip,oh well.

:razz: thanks…I found it in an old book

thanks Bob, I hope , I did not bobble it?..or is it just bob, it? :smile: [bob]

…ps..know where to fish!!

I bet he didn’t have to worry about his leg know more. THAT is why I think its bull. Cowboys weren’t dummies. Piece of rawhide, maybe; but not a BULLET.

BTW: One of Nesmiths parents(I forget which one) invented the shopping cart

Sanitize every time you touch every card, every chip, the table? Just lick a baby’s face once per day to build up your immune system.

Be the Best of Whatever You Are

If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley-but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can’t be a tree.

Be the best of whatever you are!
——————————————————————————–
Alternate ANAGRAM Version
If hunger makes you so abnormally fat
The buffet throws you back to the street –
Being tubby is tough but we can’t all be buff!
Take a bath with a bucket of sweets!

DOUGLAS MALLOCH (1877 – 1938) American poet and syndicate writer
Malloch’s name has become a familiar one to many thousands of men who range the forests, or fell the trees. Malloch’s philosophy is the philosophy of contentment.
…I got the info–ERBzine

[HORSE STEW]…picts

No Leonard, Bobbit was the guy who got his dick cut off by his wife Lorena while he slept. :shock:

i like to request the slang word [yo] because it is such a popular word used

Grand job allan rogers…roe..role..row(whoa)fish with eggs and spermed :razz: SALMON DAY – The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die. :razz:

“know where to fish”…no fishing allowed, bring a lime

:lol: turtled egg on my face; burried

:mrgreen: SMOKE ON THE WATER by RED FOLEY (1944)
:mrgreen:

 
Hey alex, thanks for that reminder. That was a good suggestion. One of the things that I do whenever I get involved in a new project for an industry that I have very little knowledge of, is to create my own glossary.

You would be surprised, or maybe not, how many companies have no glossaries, and when they do, they are so convoluted that a newbie needs another glossary just to understand their glossary. YT is a case in point. Grrrr, another pet peeve of mine.

Thank you for the reminder aLx and as an honor to you, I have added a section in the Forum as a collection point of words that Marina could later use for an official HotForWords Glossary.

Here is the section in the Forum that I started.

yo karl,

good idea to start a thread in the forum. didn’t think of that. even though i fucking suggested a forum a long time ago as well.

damn, i was so fucking good great excellent ahead of it all full of ideas.

Retweeting this here because I wish I’d thought of it myself.
RT@peterdrew If you get an email from the Dep. of Health telling you not 2 eat tinned pork because of #SwineFlu ignore it. It’s just spam.

I started the forum on account of your suggestion! I was going to call it Alex.. but I couldn’t figure out how! :-)

I first just now read the joke—excellent :razz: :lol: “milked the cow over the mooned”…don’t let your meat loaf :roll:

I feel sick…they got me :shock: :evil: PIGS can kiSS my aSS :P from the hotforwords site of unseen….Quote”There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein 1879-1955

I agree, b. Purell and the like have probably caused more sickness than it helped. Gotta keep that immunity system working!

leonard, leonard. You let the govt inject you? Where in the world did you get the vaccine? Gitmo? :twisted:

PRIORITIES

Deep Purple Smoke In The Water( Pat Boone vs Nikki Fiasco Mix):razz: The fly flies, before it dies and the ties dyes worn…This Video for Alala by sao paulo brazil’s CSS was directed by Cat Solen and show’s a killer fight breakout in reverse. …rumor is flown and BIRD FLU – M.I.A.…this chick is a drummer…I can not run beevee14 :lol: thought you might like some “after -the-classics” :?:

good idea for you information………..
http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/03/22/hiccup/#comment-180901

nice article
Poptropica

never again.