John Kerwin Show Interview (Excerpt)

For those of you who missed it, here is an excerpt from my John Kerwin Interview.   Plus, with a little dating tip thrown in!  It works, I’m telling you! :-)

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  1. hs4mm says:

    Marina, I have to disagree with r0bw00d’s comment on YouTube for the Lakers lesson. I think the cascade on your right can use a little adjusting snips. Also, there was no need for you to admonish us to not laugh at the outtakes — there really wasn’t anything funny there.

  2. siggy says:

    I am not welsh, I visited the station many years ago and deceied that getting Marina to try and pronouce it, ande describe the english translation for the station woiuld be kinda fun. looks like my copy n paste skills are not what they should be though :p

  3. pedanticKarl says:

     
    Marina, it looks like you may be aware, or not of chartbeat and woopra slowing down the page refresh.

    • Captain Jack says:

      Same for me too. I just blocked it with my adblocker software. I have slow internet here. Just waiting for WiMax to come to Clearwire then I’ll have some acceptable speeds and greater range. I’m exited about this WiMax because I’ve heard of ranges of about 10 to 20 miles off shore and 30 miles on land. All this at about 6mbps.

  4. bgarrett315 says:

    hi, i would like to know the origin of the phrase [Bull's eye]
    Thanks :razz:

  5. booyaii says:

    [speck, speckle, speckled]

  6. nolantaylor says:

    sorry mrskate1000 not mtskate1000

  7. nolantaylor says:

    Dear Hotforwords,

    On youtube I am mtskate1000 and I would like to know the origin for the word “Horror” thank you. :mrgreen: :smile:

  8. CampKohler - Sacramento CA says:

    The quoted text after the word typing should read “obama@amp;whitehouse.gov”. (When I tried to correct that by edit, it said that the comment was marked as spam and would not be allowed to be edited. What’s that all about?)

  9. pedanticKarl says:

     
    Marina, have you seen this article which just came out.
    Someone over at Liberty University likes you. :grin:
    Nominate Marina Orlova for the deanship at Liberty University

  10. leonard says:

    [plant] [corn] [planters] [pickers] [thistle] and [thorns]…[pin prick] :razz:

    stuck in my palm, the picker

    please do not pick my flowers :oops: :lol: :shock:

  11. leonard says:

    *****current to events*****…[consensus]…[sensual]…[senselessness](centless)

    ######%######CENSUS[census]…[censorship]…federal business?######sent thinking######Marina’s first american census?

    roar above :wink:

    OVER qualified…labor of..[posse]..not flower[posy]

    :razz: current to fruit blossoms and berries :lol: CENSUS

  12. bsomebody says:

    For those of you who don’t tweet, I am a Papa again. Maia is finally having her kittens: 3 white, 1 gray, and possibly a black (still in the process on that one.) :grin:

  13. James says:

    For once in my life I can say ” I AM PROUD THIS VIDEO IS MINE” So go and watch it..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvpnHS0nn_w

  14. Che Volay says:

    It’s getting close to the time for a new computer, maybe someone has an idea when Apple is going to make the next big leap forward. It would be nice to get in on the beginning of the cycle.

    Confident I can make the adjustment from PC to Apple, it has been a while since I played on an Apple, in college we used the Mac for Architectural drawing. At times I would be drafting on the Mac with one hand & writing text specs on a PC with the other hand. Guess I was kind of an overachiever.

    Once you go Apple you always go back {to the Mac}

    • beevee14 says:

      What is the difference between an Apple(Mac) and a PC(besides no Microsoft)? I have never used a Mac but everyone I talked to says they are very user friendly but a computer is a computer. Damn, I wish I would have paid more attention to the AV guys in H.S. They’re probably millionaires and I’m sitting here trying to get Che to answer ONE simple question(actually TWO questions). YT, Che?

      • Che Volay says:

        OK found it, look for reply at YT

      • CampKohler - Sacramento CA says:

        The Apple hardware is tightly contolled by one company vs. the PC that anyone can build, so there are fewer unknowns. Thus the software people write for a well-defined (albeit more expensive) set of hardware, allowing the software to be better integrated with the hardware. All the differences between the two platforms result from that. Otherwise a computer is a computer.

        • Che Volay says:

          The difference is in the fashion statement, with an Apple I get to wear denim wash jeans, sandals & smart funny slogans on my tee-shirt.

          The PC is more pleated slacks, penny loafers, button down shirt + tie. :grin:

        • Che Volay says:

          I got your email about the URL and @link but it is not here under the comment you replied from.

          Someone is editing so as to keep the truth from us, Marina is it you?

          Before my @Che Volay link went to a guy named @Che and not my Twitter profile. Then it switch back again to my profile page.

      • Captain Jack says:

        You can read my reply to Chev. It kind of hard to explain here the differences between the platforms until you take mac out for a test drive for a few weeks. I find that Macs just work well. No need to mess with virus software (I don’t remember the last time I ran my anti-virus software) Drivers are not an issue, as they are on Windows Vista. Now all the new macs come with Intel chips so they are nearly identical with PC hardware. The prices compete very well. Now you’ll hear people say there are cheaper PCs out there and yeah sure but if you look under the hood really closely you will find lower featured parts. Especially in the video processors. Many of these PC that you pay $500 or so have horrible video cards in them. Their find for videos and web surfing but suck and any games, simulator, etc. If I were to buy a PC again I would spend at least $1,000 worth of hardware to match what a comparable Mac has. Like the old saying goes, you get what you pay for.

        You really need to try out a Mac. Take it for a test drive and see for your self if user friendly is for you. Funny thing is there are some people that don’t like that. To this day I don’t understand this thinking. Oh well all is to each their own. :smile:

        __/)__

        • Che Volay says:

          You’re right Jack, I know from experience, I had to upgrade my video card and audio card to get the maximum benefit on my PC.

          • Captain Jack says:

            Yeah that’s an old marketing trick that the industry practices often. They take the same box and strip things out of it to lower the cost to meet your price point. DvD and VCR players are a good example of this practice. The guts in most of them has not changed in years but the outsides change very year. I found a cheap DVD player and it had buttons removed from the mother board to down grade it. It was the same board for the expensive DVD player. The idea is you’re paying for the ‘access’ to the features and not really the hardware. It’s cheaper for the company to manufacture one product and then add or remove features to fit everyone difference in price points. The main goal of product sales it to find a way to get you to part with your money every year or so. It looks good to the investors.

    • Captain Jack says:

      The best way to be on the band wagon on the next leap forward it so to be on the wagon. You really won’t understand the leaps until you’ve been driving a Mac for awhile. If you go visit apple’s website and watch the videos of the keynote speeches to get you up to speed. After awhile you’ll get an idea how apple thinks and they give you clues on the next great thing they are working on. It’s nearly a completely new OS from the last time you used a mac.

      As for me Apple is the only way to go. I like not having to mess with the OS all the time. I would rather just get my work done and not have to worry about messing with the OS. I freaking hate Windows Vista! It makes my stomach turn just thinking about it. I hope MS learned their lesson and the next upgrade should be much better. They really need to drop the legacy code and start anew like apple did. Then MS will be a much better product.

      As you well as you know our dear teacher has has a few macs herself. She even had a major data failure and Apple’s Time Machine software saved her. Like my friend Kyle always says about the Apple computers,”It just works.” :mrgreen:

      • Che Volay says:

        I want to buy at the next major upgrade in software & technology, so I will monitor Apple R&D and get in on the appropriate time. Even knowing it will change again in six mts.

        • Captain Jack says:

          You won’t know what the next major upgrade is for they are working very hard to keep it all under wraps for obvious reasons. Playing the next upgrade race is a no win. It’s like a freeway. Just get on the damn freeway and drive. Technology changes everyday. Just buy what you wish to pay and go with that. As for the OS just get what comes with the computer and upgrade later. It’s only $129 to upgrade the OS. That’s where the meat of the Apple is at. Apple does give discounts or free upgrades if they buy just before an upgrade. For example I bought an iMac G3 years ago and they came out with a brand new iMac G3 with more ram and other features so they upgraded me to the new one. I had to wait an extra month to get it but no worries. Apple tends to be rather fair when it comes to things like that.
          So I suggest you just go out and get one now. Don’t put it off. You’ll end up in a rut of the upgrade anxiety. :smile:

    • alex says:

      why the hell would you want to get a mac?

      • Che Volay says:

        Like I said above Alex it’s a ‘fashion statement’ :smile:

        Maybe ‘Fashion Statement’ could be Apple’s new slogan.

        I guess I want the challenge of learning something totally new. I’ll always have an older PC around to play with.

        It won’t hurt to broaden my horizons.

  15. Che Volay says:

    Che’s funny tweet for the day is:

    Homophones are more fraternal than identical.

    @Che Volay

    • Che Volay says:

      How did that link get screwed up? The whole thing was in blue and why did it go to that guy’s Twitter account?

      So something changed here, every time you text an @twitternamehere it turns into a link.

      Is this what James was trying to say?

      @CheVolay if I don’t put the space in this should go to my profile page.

      • Che Volay says:

        OK something is weird here, you still need the h ref to link.

        By “that guys account” I meant the Twitter name ‘Che’

      • CampKohler - Sacramento CA says:

        We have long known that WordPress converts a URL typed in a comment into a link, with the URL also displayed as the text. If you type “@ zzz” (omitting the space I have inserted), it will convert that into a link as follows:

        @zzz

        Therefore WP “knows” that an @ immediately followed by text is a twitter reference, WHETHER IT REALLY IS OR NOT. For example, if I type someone’s E-mail address in the normal format using an @, it will attempt to convert it to a Twitter reference EVEN THOUGH THAT IS CONTRARY TO THE WRITER’S INTENTION. So now we have a new rule that we must be aware of in order to not trigger that feature. This is poor programming to say the least!

        Because the @ was used to form E-mail addresses long before Twitter was around, users do (and should) expect to be able to use the @ for E-mail addresses and Twitter be damned. IMHO, this feature should be disabled and writer’s should type Twitter links out using a normal anchor tag; Twitter should be the tail, not the dog. Until this is done, one must now use a workaround, namely use the HTML entity for the ampersand instead of simply typing @. So, instead of typing “obama@whitehouse.gov”, you must type “obama&whitehouse.gov” to prevent setting off the twit feature. Marina, is this the kind of crap you want to put user’s through? WP should be optimized for general ease of use, not Twitter-dominance.

      • CampKohler - Sacramento CA says:

        I wrote a comment here, but it got “marked as spam” by WP, so I will do it again and keep doing it until I get it in.

        WP now converts an @ immediately followed by text (i.e. no intervening space) into a Twitter link. This is poor programming, because the ampersand has been in use in E-mail addresses long before Twitter existed. This feature should be turned off, because users expect to be able to use the ampersand for other than Twitter references.

        Meanwhile, users will have to follow a special rule in order to use the ampersand for other than a Twitter reference. Instead of typing [Shift-2] to get the ampersand, type the HTML entity “@”. This will not be an actual ampersand, but instead the command to display an ampersand. Thus the user can see the ampersand, but the Twitter converter will not be triggered off. What a pain…

    • Che Volay says:

      Now it’s all blue again, Marina you tweaking again b/c I didn’t get the memo.

  16. Che Volay says:

    Can’t help but notice the increase in tweets to @hotforwords over in the ‘Twitpic’. Boys & girls are trying to get notice for the lunch date. :shock:

    {☞ Che }

  17. -andreas- says:

    I have heard that some people are saying[give me a sigarette] when someone are shooting at eachother. what does this mean?

  18. pedanticKarl says:

     
    In this Twitpic of Marina http://twitpic.com/64eti
    I described her as [ wide eyed and bushy tailed ]
    Check into the origin of that Marina, and I think
    that it would make for a very interesting lesson. :grin:

    • Che Volay says:

      Right after that link went up to my Twitter account I started getting marketing type followers. So I’m guessing there is a bot which scans this site for links as well as email address.

      Was that you who went to edit my link to save me such a nuisance?

      • pedanticKarl says:

         
        Hi Che,
        No, I didn’t edit your link.

        As an experiment, to see if there are bots, I’ll be the bait to see what happens. It is pretty neat that when you enter the at sign with your username, that text automatically turns into a Twitter URL. Let’s see what happens. @pedantickarl

        • Che Volay says:

          I only thought the @username turned into the URL but it didn’t, you still need to href it. It was just strange what happen, like someone was editing it right in front of my eyes.

          Maybe CJ or Marina did. Wish someone would let me know.
          I think they are the only two who have editing abilities, is that a fact?

          • pedanticKarl says:

            Hey Che,
            All I do is type: @pedantickarl
            and it automatically turns into a URL.
            You don’t need href as the software takes care of it.

            If you type @username nothing happens because that is a non existent Twitter account, or actually suspended account.

          • pedanticKarl says:

            Che,
            I see that my link has disappeared above, so yes, Marina may be testing the automated feature when the at sign is used. Without the automated feature, then yes, you would need to construct the link yourself with the “a href” code.

        • Che Volay says:

          Read my comment to CK, his reply was emailed to me but it is not under my comment. Even if he deleted it a empty box would still be there. Someone is keeping the truth from us.

          Big mystery :shock:

          Reply to CK from above

  19. James says:

    I saw this on the news on then I noticed it was actually near my house

    http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/4390059.Bees_swarm_on_car/

  20. @HotForWords
    Here’s an interesting word:
    [INFINGE] It comes from the word [INFRINGE], but it got distracted at the Cannes Film festival and forgot who it was for a little while.

    Now it lives as an embarrassing typo in the HotForWords Terms-of-Use agreement in the Disclaimer of Warranties paragraph. Anybody insecure about her ability to spell?

    http://www.hotforwords.com/hotforwords-terms-of-use/

    • CampKohler - Sacramento CA says:

      Now anyone truly on the ball would instantly fix all typos brought to their attention. So now, thanks to the eagle-eyed FVS, we have something new to watch while we wait for an actual lesson (vs. a blurb), namely, how long will it take for M (or her minions) to fix it. Each day, sometime after midnight, one of us will review the aforementioned text, and, if the typo is still there, will post a message of “Day N” (and nothing more), where N is the number of days from today. For today’s msg only, FVS’s find will serve as “Day 1″.

      Maybe when we get up to Day 722 or so, they will get so embarrassed that the order will go out: “Fix the damned thing, already!”

  21. CampKohler - Sacramento CA says:

    Hey! Since my YT audio is dead, how about some kind-hearted soul type up the script of the “lesson” so I can read it? It will be a service for the deaf and codec-less. I will just imagine M’s voice while the video plays. AT&T Labs used to have a free text-to-voice app, but it wouldn’t synch to the video and imaginining synchronization would be too hard for me. Or I could read her part out loud. (It wouldn’t be quite as cute, but I could insert juicy-hot phrases that would make my toes curl.)

    • CampKohler - Sacramento CA says:

      Hey! Hey! After reading all about codec tweaking, registry key modifications, etc., for the last few days (none of which seemed to be a likely [culprit]), I got the inspiration to play Mr. Stupid User and peruse the YT FAQs. It seems there is a volume control on the YT viewer that applies only to YT and, lo and behold, that was the problem. I can’t imagine how it got fiddled with, nor how it failed one day, worked another and then failed again. At least I know what to do now.

      Now that I can “hear” again, should I just forget about the typed scripts on the theory of “screw everyone else,” or should I pursue it with M?

  22. James says:

    AAH!! I’m all alone! “all by myselllf” :cry: Join me someone!

  23. jayceekay says:

    [badonkadonk]

  24. darkcerberus5690 says:

    i would like to request [presume] or [presumption] i use these words quite often, and would love to learn more on the word

  25. tourbo says:

    Hi, i would like to request the word [spelling bee] :D

  26. clay burtran says:

    I would like to request the words [infidel] and [Zinfandel]. They sound remarkably the same. Is there a connection between the two?

  27. tehspazman1 says:

    I would like the word sardoodledom please. [SARDOODLEDOM]

  28. leonard says:

    :oops: [dream] :lol:

  29. txpappy says:

    I need to settle this once and for all. [Hispanic]

  30. gini2907 says:

    Hi Marina I would like to request the word [dreamboat].

  31. pokemon master says:

    Hello, i would like to request the word [schizophrenia]

  32. Che Volay says:

    She was just yankin’ the guys chain about the pick-up line. :idea:

    Marina is a little joker

  33. organfleisch says:

    I would like to request [calf] / [calves] and why are new cows called calves and our lower legs called calves also? :shock:

  34. stigmatasaurus says:

    Good interview, Marina! But why is the sound kind of muffled? And is that ‘dating tip’ one that worked on you, or did you observe it with others?

  35. Evan Owen says:

    Marina, Mom’s right. You do look more respectable when you dress more modestly for these interviews. :neutral:

  36. xxmodifiedkillerxx says:

    I would like to requet the word [retard] because i know that it means to hold back the development or progress of something. I was wondering why the word reatrd became such a rude and negative words. I hope hot for words can investigate!

    your fan: XxMODIFIEDKILLERXx

    • xxmodifiedkillerxx says:

      sorry i spelt retard wrong sorry

    • stigmatasaurus says:

      To retard basically means to slow down; mentally retarded means just mentally slow or limited. Using “retard” (pronounced RE-tard) as a noun to describe someone in a negative sense is what made it ‘politically incorrect’ to even use it rightly. The connotations and new usages people apply to words eventually can ruin the legitimate use of certain words.

  37. sidesaladdoug says:

    I would like to request the word [sidesalad] how did we start calling items salads. Is salad a term for tossed or mixed up?

  38. greatestpotential says:

    Gee, didn’t work for me. I told the woman at the bar that her moustache looked a little darker in this unlit bar and got a drink thrown in my face :cry:

  39. caiwilli says:

    Hi Marina

    My first post, I want to start by telling you how much I enjoy your Youtube videos. They are informative, funny and you are gorgeous. Love your accent :wink:
    The word I would like you to talk about is [Legendary]

    Thank you!

    CaiWilli

  40. booknorton says:

    hey Ms HotForWords!
    i still would like you to explain the origin of [Rubik's cube]
    nice interview by the way
    keep doing your videos.
    :)

  41. darlingj says:

    Now you are going to have every man on this site (and YouTube) trying to figure out what you are insecure about :!: :razz: What were you thinking :?: :roll: :lol: :wink:

  42. Venomrock67 says:

    Hey Marina, :razz:

    I got a few word & phrase requests on this comment. First,these people have caused trouble on the high seas throughout time and have recently made the NEWS from the coast of Somalia, so I’d like to know the origin for the word [PIRATE]. The second one is [RELIGION], in which in my opinion is the real cause of wars and instability on planet Mother Earth in which we all try to share. And third is [EAT THE RICH] dont you know that life is a bitch!

    I also wanted to request this simple word “car” but you’ve already covered it,and of course you did an excellent job with that! Well any ways Marina maybe you might know this “oldie but goodie.”

    And by the way you looked very nice and did a very good job on that interview, that show must only air in that area. Bravo Marina :smile:

  43. freebird says:

    It works to what end? :lol: Are you encouraging us to use this tip… for good relations or for an [ artful ] way towards psychological dominance? :shock: :razz:

  44. Hitman says:

    I still remember HotForWord´s first day.Congratlations, you made it… now you´re really famous. :mrgreen:

    By the way… are still there Buzzword and aLx?

  45. tonyb says:

    [sowing your wild oats]. When I was 17 and the Army recuiter came to my house and talked to me and my parents about my enlisting at 17 after high school. the man asked various questions. and one was about do I have any [wild oats] out there? Of course, this means illegiitmate children. My brother Christopher’s daughter Amanda was born a bastard. but later he married Kathy the mother temporarily. My father was an immigrant from Germany and born in Romania. And he was learning to speak English as he went. It seemed every other word he used towards me was DUMMY! So the unacademic lingo of the army was amusing to me at times. Like the Basic Training marching song THE WEDDING WAS A FORMAL ONE; HER FATHER HAD A WHITE SHOTGUN!!! So, that might be another phrase to trace [Shotgun wedding]!!! Another amusing one was at the black movie house THE PANTHEON THEATRE in 1977 my senior year in high school. It was a black movie house run by whites. But one expression came out of one movie quite a bit [BAD MOTHERFUCKER] and even was on Samuel L. Jackon’s wallet in the movie PULP FICTION. And you area cute sweet white Russian girl and look so pleased with yourself at times when you explain someting well!!

  46. James says:

    Got a video removed from youtube because I had Keeley Hazell on my greenscreen… My god.. How the hell do they find stuff like that? Are they actually that sad that they go around typing keeley hazell on YT trying to find people to mess around with? I don’t mind… I hated that video anyways…

    STILL GOT A NOTICE!! 2 days ago I got my 6 month communtiy guideline notice removed..! WOO but they better remove this one or I willl go ape! :evil:

  47. James says:

    I see you took my tip about the tags… Have I seen this before? I remember the thing… how the random AAAH just comes up

  48. neuroway says:

    What know you?

    If a bit lighter your hair was, uglier it would be. (-:

    hmmm… A bit too odd for parity is perchance the above saying, it seems to me…

  49. bsomebody says:

    I liked it much better the first time around :roll: .

  50. Hitman says:

    I still remember the firsts days of HotForWords, when there were no many people, and now you´re total famous Marina.Now, they even now your surname.Congratulations. :mrgreen:

    Are Buzzword and aLx still out there?

  51. Hi Marina, great interview! I would like to request 2 words on the chance of you doing ar least one of them :)

    [kumquat]

    or

    [kookaburra]

    Thank you, I love your videos, you go girl!!

    Kayla

  52. siggy says:

    so I was mindless browsing you tube and stumbled across your channel, which has kept me laughing for a good hour so far.
    anyways I am hoping you could try describing
    [Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoc] which is a train station in wales :twisted:

    here is a link to a site that may be of use
    http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com/information-about-llanfair.htm

    :mrgreen:

    • Evan Owen says:

      Shw mae Siggy,

      Yn anffodus, dydy Marina yn rhoi’r hanes geiriau yn Gymraeg. Ond os hoffech chi mwy o wybodaeth ynglyn a Chymru a’r Gymraeg, yr ydych yn gallu gofyn imi. :grin:

      Little known fact about said long name: the “t” in tysilio should mutate to a “d”, since tysilio modifies llan, a feminine noun. But anyone familiar with Welsh treigladau would know that! :razz: :mrgreen:

  53. That was a very good interview. :mrgreen:
    Kudos to John for looking you right in the
    eyes, the whole time! I don’t think many of
    us could pass such a test if we were so close
    to you, in person. I certainly know I would
    fail… repeatedly – LOL!
    (I know, I know – this comment is recycled, too!) :mrgreen:
    Hey! :idea: If Marina recycles the “big O” lesson,
    (after drinking a sh*tload of Neuro-gasm water),
    she could finally break the 200,000,000 view
    barrier! :grin:

  54. seesixcm6 says:

    Dear Marina,
    You looked great on that show. Apparently, it’s a local program that isn’t shown in Northern California.
    I plan to buy your book in August. Not that this should influence your selection of me as your lunch partner, but if things go well, I might even buy two copies of your book! :razz:
    You’ve been so busy with trips to Utah, France, Las Vegas, pus photoshoots and trips to the Lakers games at Staples Center, you shouldn’t rushyour decision. I hope you will pick someone who will treat you decently, kindly, engage you in great conversation and humor, and who will provide you with all the warmth and affection you want. :!:
    Seesixcm6

  55. PageDoll says:

    Good interveiw!
    Whos John Kerwin?
    Who won the lunch date?

  56. leonard says:

    cool and love

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