Orlando Magic

:smile: Hello :!:

Magic is most hot…[screw-driver], like drink???…Basketball team..Rope -braiders :P

I would like to request [bra]

btw love your definitions

:eek: homework: Jupiter Mammoths :idea:

:cool: 5th :!:
Homework
The Birmingham Boil Weevils

Homework: Idaho spudsters
Wisconsin artery clogglers
Montana sheepherders
just to name a few.

BTW I thought the name magic was because of Disney World being there in the same place.

North Dakota knuckle dragers
Hawaii 50′s

Still acting up. Maybe some other time.

RAH :!: RAH SIS BOOMBAH :!:
you go girl :lol:
:cool: B.B. :mrgreen:

The McDonald’s Whoppers
The Dunkin Donut’s Big Macs
The Kentucky Fried Chicken Lattes
The Starbuck’s F*ck F*cks

Whatever :roll: :shock: :lol: :razz: :mrgreen:

How about “The Los Angeles Sacklickers”, “The Orlando Gangsta Muthafuckers” and “The Philadelphia Seventyfuckers” just to name a few! whattya think? Do those names work?

I’m sorry Marina I definately wasn’t into that lesson, I know you like the NBA :sad:
Maybe if I come back I’ll try harder.

4 names…
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
see? four names! :-)

How does Marina know these stories, and she tells them in rich detail, like she was there when it happened.

I have a phrase that’s been boggling my mind since forever. I’m originally from New York and I guess I’m a criminal because I always [Jaywalk]. Just what does that mean? [Jaywalking]

HW:

Ballers
Flying Squirrels
Tall Gentlemen
The Chemikals :mrgreen:
HotForBasketBall
Dunker Ducks
Faulters

I can do better, but I’m not trying unless I get payed! :-)

HW:

The Bunch of Guys Sweating Over a Bouncing Ball

The Monstars. Oh, wait that was from Space Jam.

Hi Marina! I see that there is a Russian NBA “B” Superleague team called “NIZHNY NOVGOROD”. I don’t know what their name means or if they can play ball but I’ll bet they have a dynamite philology department.

Cheers, Q

I would like to request the word [beef]

Example: “You got [Beef]” or do you got somthing against me

What is the orgin of the word used in this way?

Bunnies!! because my team could hop OVER the basket =D Oh btw i got GTAIV it is awesome!!

Hot Harlequins
Hedonistic Sirens
Dazzling Lexicons

Sorry guys.. erased something on the website by mistake! Will be fixed shortly *hopefully!!*

I just got back, did you rearrange the comment page again?

Have adjusted to the new comment page format now.

While you’re on the subject of sports where do we get the term [bush league] from?

Is it a lesbian softball team?

Hey the text is running out of the box :???:

Rattlers is a good name I think it’s already been trademark for a team in SLO county.

I do not like the text running out of the box, I’ll be patience while you adjust the settings.

I thought the same

If you comment below the ads & other stuff on the right the box extends.

OK you just fixed it

Thank you XOXO

Fixed it.. was broken!

HW: THE DRIBBLERS

(If you’re nasty it’s mildly funny.)

[STUD]

Marina, knowing your sense of humor, this could be good.

Will you still be doing videos on word requests that we made on Spelling Bee? :???:

I would call them:

The ______ (insert city here) Really-Tall-Millionaires-Running-In-Shorts.

HW: The Oakland Ballers
EC: LAKERS!!

Yeah, there’s something about putting a ball in a hole that excites people…LOL

Crossing the street not in the crosswalk. :smile:

How did the Miami Heat get their name?

I would like to request [shape]. How did we come up with that? It sounds so.. weird. :shock:

Dear Marina,
Congratulations on exceeding 199,613,775 views! Looks like you’ll pass 200 Million very soon! Let me be the first to say “Great Job!” :!:
I thought the Magic were connected to the “Magic Kingdom” of Walt Disney, which is also in Orlando, Florida. :grin:
Good names for a basketball team might be: The Slick, The Gargantuans, or The Dropshots! :razz:
Seesixcm6

[supper] I think that will be interesting. FOOD! :razz:

maybe the Nads

the assassins sounds good

Well, now that is another reason one wouldn’t choose Heat for Orlando.

i would like to request [sucker punch]
what the heck is that im so confused. :???:

I would like to request [cold cash].

Ooooooh, noooooo. Another team name. (Sigh.) M seems to have a one-track mind lately.

The Intestines is my choice for a team name. :lol:

This is a good choice because there are just dozens of nicknames announcers could use to keep things fresh.

:smile:

The LEXICON

Republics

:lol:

The MARINA..Ballerinas

:razz:

[ball-bearings] or bears ballingBALLiSTICS and the CASE of BASKETS :lol: :cool: ***Nights of kNights with tights :lol:

bush = rural countryside

You mean boll weevils? To have weevils coming out of a boil is just sooooo icky. On second thought, the team’s motto could be, “Does this look infested?”

It would have to be “Five-Ohs” to come out right in print, else it would be pronounced “Fifties.”

PS: An apostrophe does not a plural make.

The name of a sports team should have it’s roots in the location,
as in the Phoenix Suns, or Minnesota Lakers. But L.A. Lakers?
A more appropriate name for them would be the L.A. Smogs, or the L.A. Cars.

I love the way Marine pronounces “Jim”.

OOPS! Marina

Hello Marina, I want to know where the orgin of the word “Supercalifragilisticexpialidochous” came from (Sorry if spelled wrong). I have been wondering where the word came from for so long. But can you please find out. If you will can you make a video about it on YouTube. My User name on YouTube is “CMPunkFan1121″ So please find the orgin of the word.

HELLO MARINA…I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE ORIGIN OF MY LAST NAME [ANKSORUS] CAME FROM I’M NOT SURE WHERE IT ORIGINATED

I’d like to request the origin of the word [T-Shirt]. :eek: where does the “T” come from?

Marina,
You are” too hot for words”!!You possess a delightful combination
of gorgeous feminine attributes showcasing grace,ingratiating charm,
imaginative intelligence,and humorous exposition.A sexy melodic lilting
voice with a gift of expression yields an enduring pleasurable essence
for the fortunate viewer.Your fine alabaster complexion with your azure
blue eyes and blonde tresses bespeak of your nordic paedomorphic
heritage which assures your angelic beauty will be sustained with time’s
passage.Count me as a devoted servant who will readily procure your calendar
and forthcoming book.Since all fame is fleeting,savor the moments and lay aside
for future endeavours of merit.Best wishes!!!!!
P.S. ( Reckon: Do you reckon all your naysayers are jealous of your success?)
A lesson on the word (reckon) would be appreciated.

If you look at this lesson’s thumbnail, you will find that one is a lot bigger than the other. Hmmmm. :mrgreen:

You may find this lesson at http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/11/16/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious/.

Its shape?

By the fact that your original post and the correcting post both have the same timestamp, it appears that you are unaware of the edit feature. Once you post, a Click to Edit button appears that is available for five minutes. If the correction takes more than five minutes to make, the button disappears and the edit feature will no longer post. (If you listen carefully, you will hear Marina giggling in the background.)

That’s what I said!!

The Sprawl

This is a link to some of my custom work. Check it out, let me know and I could probably make one for you! :smile:

What NOT to name your Basketball team :shock:

i just wanted to request a couple of phrases… :) well, if I can remember them, anyway.

[riding shotgun]
[that's what she said] << i think i might know that one. :smile:
…and i have more. i’ll just try to remember them. thanks.

Hi, haitianboy.

That may take awhile, since Marina has over a thousand words on the request list as it stands now.

She’ll have to decide which ones to use based on whether she thinks the origin would make a good lesson, so some patience may be necessary.

I noticed your art, nice work. I like the color scheme.

See you around the campus. :smile:

-PT9

Hey, what’s that behind you?

And I thought the Magic were named after the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. How wrong I was.
I would call my basketball team the Long Island Express, even though people would confuse it with the Long Island Expressway (I-495). (shrugs shoulders): At least I thought of something. :smile:

what?

Hello HotForWords,
I think an interesting name for a basketball team would be the Dwarfs. How about the Giraffes (or Camelopards!)? The Yetis? The Sasquatches? Animals known for their power or speed are always good. I’m surprised no one has used the name Cheetah yet. How about these: the Snails, the Weasels, The Dachshunds!

Originally I called the series a toss-up, but now I think the Lakers will win the series.

Since Independence Day is coming I am still lobbying for the origin and meaning of the word [Yankee].

Since basketballs are pretty big, how about the Elephant Balls? :mrgreen: :lol: (I’m sorry, this video cracks me up every time I watch it.)

Wow! :shock:

Yeah I’m nasty….. I immediately saw it both ways. :mrgreen:

I’ll 2nd that request. It doesn’t seem like a real crime if the road is clear enough or if you’re well capable enough in your timing to run between passing cars. I do it every once in a while, I don’t care.

Privyet, im not an english native speaker, so i always wondered, how is that the word [Door] doesn’t pronounce the same as Tool, Doom, Drool, Fool, etc. why in this case the “oo” does not sound like an “U”

So this is my request.

Thank you very much.

Lucas.

I would like to request the word [wedgie] please and like at the end of the video can you get a big wedgie from your sister :grin: k thx

Please investigate (fairy), like in tooth fairy. Does the word link to cow?

I call the Chicago Bulls “The Untouchabulls!”

You’re right, CK.

It takes guts to live in L.A. It’s an endless desert of freeways and strip malls with concrete gutters where the streams are supposed to be. Good suggestion.

Butt maybe The Colonics would make a better handle. The name seems to carry more, shall we say, uh… more motion. Yeah, that’s it. :roll:

Oh, yes, the Cow Fairy! You put a meadow muffin under your pillow and when you wake up, there is a quarter in it’s place. :roll:

;-)
Hello thats funny!. In old Iceladic tales Frøya was given a farm as a gift for her first tooth, instead of a cow, which was the normal rate. A lot of beef to catch up with – with one tooth!!

[numa numa]
what the heck is that language?
is that russian or german?
i got an idea!
its chinese!
lol
thanks marina -seglova

No, no, no. They started out with the A-shirt, which was a fabulous success and later became most popular as the “wife-beater.” A severe case of sophomore blues set in, and the next models from the B-shirt on were drastic failures. They did find limited success with the L- and M- models. Finally the T-shirt was the second greatest seller of all time, second only to the infamous cod-piece (which was manufactured by their sister company.) They also had limited success with their V-shirt.

Your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. This is a very old name, dating back to ancient Egypt when a wondering dinosaur ate the pharoh’s Ankh, which would have given it eternal life, except your ancestor slew him him a readily available dagger from the Pharoh’s departed dagger-toothed kitty.

Pharaoh

love your gravatar

By definition it’s an unkempt ball field with bushes on the side. Not necessarily rural.

It was one of the questions on Cash Cab

Yeah, or “The Burbs”, short for suburbs, of course.

Dear hotforwords, I would like to know the origin of the word: [quaver] :mrgreen:

 
The other day, while Marina was in Orlando, she tweeted about a Thunderstorm. A [flash] of lighting hit me, and, before you could say Flash Gordon or Adobe Flash Player, I was thinking about the origin of the word [flash] as I was using my trusty flashlight to check the flashing of my roof.

A friend of mine looks flashy once in awhile and his girlfriend even flashed me once while a car was racing by flashing it’s lights. Luckily, for her, it didn’t make the news flash.

Recently, one of the HotForWords Nerd words was flashpacking.

Well, you may think this is just a flash in the pan, which it just might be if I hadn’t had a flashback remembering Flashdance as a memorable movie. I’m having to look at my flash cards to make sure I didn’t miss anything.

Now, is that a word request in a flash or what? :idea: :grin:

200 million views :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

 
OK, which one of you was video view number 200,003,294?
Mine were 1 through 200,003,293. :lol:
Phew!!!, that was a lot of videos, and more to come.

The “Atomic” kind, where your feet are off of the ground, your undies are ripped, out of shape, and are up around your shoulders?! (or does that only happen when you are the youngest and a bit of a smartass :???: :twisted: )

Plus it is ‘Limited Edition’. Gotta jump all over that!

I think I went to school with K-rhino

Just checked him out… must have been a good school. K-rino seems to have quite the vocabulary. I don’t know if his parents named him “K” but he must have had an interesting childhood, he struggles with his conscience & writes about it well.

Speaking of magic, Marina, I’ve become enchanted with this Kerli chick from Estonia.

Please, Teacher, assign me a seat right next to her in class, would you?

FLUENT flash

…FLUSHING is FLASHING and Fashion is a flash in the pan…Flash & The Pan …greatband from OZZ…

OH my my roof needs a better job of chimney FLASHING

[CHIT]…good work KARL!!!

:smile: [f l a s h] PS…the whole playlist of Flash in the Pan…[greekPan]..fried in a Pan???

I think if they were named after the Magic Kingdom there would have been trademark issues. But I’m sure, inadvertently, they were named after the Magic Kingdom as that girl probably came up with the expression after visiting there, right?

That’s AWESOME!

Ok, you sound really russian. Like speaking russian, not english. that’s purely russian pronunciation lol. I never expected that tho. wow

zip a dee doo DAH zip a dee a!
Lakers win (that would be a very good day)
plenty of rings and trophies heading their way
zip a dee doo dah zip a dee a!!! :lol:

Dear Marina,
Where does the phrase [you are the apple of my eye] come from? Why not you are the pear or grape of my eye? Why an apple? :wink:

I cannot answer that question. I am the youngest of three siblings and … well, you can figure out the rest :roll: .

wine-twit :smile: Marina—Influence —”Twit-Twat”, like “chit-chat”…

“under-inder”…”twitter-courage”…twitter-tWINE…

Answers to reality…maybe think of how some people can drink and there is no difference for how boring “twitter-chit-chat” is !!!…

..bottom line…being HAPPY is good….”twitter-holic”…’twitter-drunk’…{[beyond sober]}…I*N*F*L*U*E*N*C*E*D without a CLEAR-CHANNEL..

Marina be GOOD…twitter-gi(k)i :smile: dder …

 
Marina, I could have sworn this video was 3 min long and noticed it is just under two min. I didn’t know anything about Orlando Magic and didn’t think I would find it interesting, but you had me glued to your every word as you conveyed an impressive amount of information. Very well done. I think for those clamoring for longer videos, I think in general, this might be the perfect length.

Funny Intriguing … I am researching two different papers for two different classes. One class is on Teacher Leadership – you know, teachers becoming leaders in their school, community, etc. The other class is on the history of terrorism. As I am researching for my two papers, I am encountering several tid bits that I am using in both papers. :???:

At first it seemed a little paradoxical, but now that I think about it – terrorists, teachers… I am beginning to see some similarities. :roll:

Hey b,
(or does that only happen when you are the youngest and a bit of a smartass :???: :twisted: )
I am the youngest of five and, if you haven’t figured it out, a bit of a smartass! I have had the aforementioned wedgie administered to me by my oldest sister and then got my ass beat by my mom for ruining a pair of underwear! My brother has punched me in the face, broke my glasses, and I got a hellacious beating from the Old Man for breaking my glasses. I can’t blame him. I was BAD on glasses. They even got me bionic glasses, could bend them anyway you wanted, lasted about two months. I am sitting here typing with a smile on my face but it wasn’t very funny at the time!

My grandpa used to call me “baseball head” because I had so many stitches on the dome(way more than 108). Maybe thats whats wrong with me?! :shock:

(contented sigh) Good times… :grin:

Homework: Name a Basketball Team

The Washington D. C. Dribble

It seems that if YOU want to get a person to blow themselves up for the promise of something that YOU are telling them they will attain in the afterlife, I don’t care how many virgins there are, you would have to be an excellant teacher! Also, it seems that most terrorists are very well educated.

but he must have had an interesting childhood, he struggles with his conscience & writes about it well.

Damn, I missed my calling!

BigBees Rap: (Gimme a beat)

I went to store the other day at the mall,
I just couldnt believe it when I seen what I saw.
There was a boy walkin at me with an earing in his eye,
his lip, his nipple, I thought I was gonna die.
The girl walkin with him had a look of pain in her eyes,
I didn’t find out till later she was pierced between her thighs!

You know he had his drawers hangin out
you know he looked like a slob
betcha he didn’t know the meaning
of the word job

Drivin round all night on his mommas gas,
life is gonna give him a test he aint gonna pass,
I’m gonna take my boot and put it dead in his ass
A boot in the ass, a boot in the ass, a boot in the ass!
(Accompanied by three swings of said boot)

Well, waddya think!? Am I ready? :mrgreen:

That name totally fits in with what the NBA is today :!: :lol:

The “Slam Dunk’n Hoes”, that name is perfect!

Yeah, probably.

The level of education of terrorists is one of the specific topics that I am researching. So far, I am finding that some of the terrorist leaders have some education. The vast majority of terrorists have had little education. An exception is some of the groups provide their own, isolated forms of indoctrination that they call education. Some of the Wahhabi Madrassas are one example. These schools provide a very limited interpretation of fundamentalist Islam, and provide very little as far as math, science, accurate history, and any of the creative freedoms. I am also familiar with similar Christian schools in White Supremecist organizations. It appears that the children have little alternatives. At first glance, the indoctrination process of White Supremecists, Islamic militants, and inner city gangs seem very similar. Either no education or strict adherence to the groups’ indoctrination in a controlled setting.

I am, at this very moment, searching further. One apparent solution seems to be to provide various community organizations to provide a choice and to lessen the impact of extremist schools. Another part of this process is to provide a basic education that encompasses a more well-rounded learning and growing atmosphere. The empowerment, autonomy, and group-bonding have extremely promising returns. I’ll let you know more in a couple weeks when the finished product is ready.

Peace

[Albatross] has a great story behind it. You should do that word.

Once again I have been humbly educated at your learned knee!(Can a knee be learned?) When they capture islamic terrorists in the US, it just seems that they always have a good(and expensive) education. No worries! I am probably taking one example, maybe the lady who wanted to blow up the Statue of Liberty and had like a doctorates degree from Princeton, and letting it color ALL of my thinking! Thats funny, I usually don’t do that.

Also, its hard to think of White Supremecists as terrorists! Well, up until yesterday(Holocaust museum) which is a damn shame. :sad: I prefer to think of them as idiots, which seems to fit the bill a little more nicely!

“It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.” – Oscar Wilde 1854-1900

“I can do both. Anybody hiring?” – Big Bee 1966-

:mrgreen:

Didn’t they not choose the Heat because Miami already took it?

My 3rd grade teacher’s husband is Al Attles from the Warriors!!! XD I got a signed card from him. Imagine the moolah!! :razz:

Some kinks always in generalizing. Some groups, Hezbollah for instance, show some educated terrorists. Looking at possible explanations. If a terrorist has a Western education, then that info is widely distributed and may highlight the perception of educated terrorists. Remember, though, I am researching elementary education and other non-extremist community organizations. I do not want to argue the point too adamantly, yet. I am still digging through the trenches, and I do not want to set myself onto a pre-determined path. The initial research, however, does indicate that these alternatives may provide the impetus for a cycle of nonviolent social change instead of the old violence-begets-poverty-and-more-violence circle.

Congratulations on exceeding 200 million views, Marina! I knew it would be just a matter of time. Keep up the good work.

-Kent

could you give me the origin of the greek language? [greek language] or [hot body] whichever one

The initial research, however, does indicate that these alternatives may provide the impetus for a cycle of nonviolent social change instead of the old violence-begets-poverty-and-more-violence circle.

Sounds EXACTLY like the Palestinian/Israeli Situation. It just seems that these beliefs/hatreds have been there so long that we, as Americans(less than 300 years), can’t wrap our minds around them. :???: I WISH there was a peaceful solution. Remember though, if peace breaks out, alot of people will be out of business.

It will always be hard to have peace when there is money to be made at war.

I just made that up and think its pretty snappy, hence the blockquotes :oops:

i would like to know the origin of the word clitoris

Marina,

I believe what you are doing is completely wonderful. Showing the world that beauty can also be brilliant.
Could you tell me where the word [omnifarious] originates and what it means?

Please and thank you.

Anaki

:oops:

Marina, hello!

I would like to request the word [Racontuer].
Just noticed an article on Megan Fox, who isnt as nice as you, but she was described as a raconteur. So what is that?

Thank you,
Dónal

Dearest Teacher :smile:
Smart move having that great looking bowl of lobster bisque B/4
going to the stadium for the Game :lol: food at those arenas is N/G :evil:
Have fun & be a good sport :razz: whoever wins :grin:
your observant student :roll: who didnt do his homework :oops:
B.B. :cool:

As surmized, the Orlando video made it
to the Popular board at position 48 on entry. :-)

I think I know the origin of the word [delirium], but I would like to hear it from you

Intriguing indeed, bsomebody. You must be able to grasp the difference by yourself in order to be able to fly above these.

I don’t want to generalize, of course, but teachers, often, are brainwashers. And terrorists are brainwashed. Who’s the victim and who’s the offender in this disparate pair? I don’t know. And I couldn’t care less, honestly. But be aware, bsomebody, since there must be a winner, true leaders NEVER allow themselves to fall under the influence of teachers or terrorists!!

Supremacist. Yah, supremacist, reckons I. Not supremecist. Don’t quote me on that, por supuesto, ‘cuz english is not my mother thongue, and I’m not a spelling guru or anythin’ like dat, but I strongly believe the correct spelling is supremacist and not supremecist.

Dictionary: Supremacist: “One who believes that a certain group is or should be supreme”.

Sláinte, Dónal!

I second [raconteur] :!:

How about seconding my requests for:

[blarney]
[limerick] :grin:

Hwyl,
Evan

Marina,
As to your sunbathing photo of today,you will make Aphrodite green
with envy!!!To quote John Keats ” A thing of beauty is a joy forever”Amen!!!

¿Cuál es su lengua materna — el español? :?: :smile:

Saesneg yw fy mamiaith i — ond rydw i’n hoff iawn o’r Gymraeg! :grin:

It’s Romanian — just ask chemikal! ;-)

Numa numa yay! :mrgreen:

Because “door” has to rhyme with “floor.” :smile:

An even better question is, why doesn’t “good” rhyme with “food?” :???:

I suppose the answer is that English is inferior to such phonetically-spelled languages as Spanish, Russian, and Welsh. :mrgreen:

@Evan

Silence, silence is become his mother thongue.

- Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) :smile:

Oh, how crudely cute! :razz:

How about elephant artists :?: :grin:

Marina, didn’t you follow that Don Imus scandal? :o

Short for ankylosaurus. You’re obviously descended from a dinosaur! :razz:

Oh, Bob, help me! I sense trouble over this one! (Wait — I’m mistaking my drinking buddy for my AA partner!) :mrgreen:

Sucker! You just got punched! :razz:

Assassin :shock:

How about we be politically incorrect and say the “Watusis”? :shock:

Or maybe that ISN’T non-PC. :???:

Hi there and a-howdy and a-how d’yew do? :grin:

Tell it to the Marines! :razz:

@neuroway

Is that last remark a hint? :mrgreen:

Is Estonia a female Iraq? :mrgreen:

Did I make that joke before? :sad:

Being caught between Iraq and a hard place is as-Syrias situation! :lol:

@Evan

Hint? Heck, heck, I shan’t answer that one.

One does not even know how long you will stay here; you have no hint of when you shall leave.

– Sri Guru Granth Sahib (1666-1708)

But didn’t I just answered, did I?

I wana know why the people of U.S are called [Americans] if America is a continent not a country!!! Is like if the people of the U.K were called Europeans. Sounds stupid and is wrong!!! americans are the people who live on the CONTINENT of America not only to U.S. They should be called Unitestatedians or I don’t know another name but not americansss!!

My God, he’s right! We should run right out and, and… Well, what should we do? Hmmmm… Announcing the What We Should Do About We Americans Calling Ourselves Americans When We Should Really Be Calling Ourselves United-Something-or-others contest. First prize is giving Marina a belly rub and snuggling up with Gorby. Oh, wait…

We have been studying the contour of someone’s rack for quite sometime now. :mrgreen:

I was the two-hundred-millionth viewer. I was informed of this by the same people who keep track of the two-millionth English word. This morning I ate the 289,702,339,101th corn flake. (Not quite as exciting, but just as statistically pleasing.)

Luck girl Marina! You had the privileged of seeing the Lakers Beat the Magic at HOME! Must have been nice…? Here is a word request for a sacred creature [cherub] Thanks… :cool: :mrgreen:

Bless you to which you have recognized the ideology of “white supremacy” the US has suffered but continues to grow; that is why Balkanization exist in the SouthWest of the United States. :idea: :mrgreen:

Sing it, baby!

I don’t know about the grapes, but her pears are a little lower than eye level. :mrgreen:

I saw this a year ago and was as amazed then as I am now.

Hi, Marina!

I wanted to know how the term [dumb blonde] came into our vocabulary. Don’t worry, I’m not at all referring to you since you’re a very educated woman but I wanted to know why blondes are sometimes generalized as being dumb and brainless. Blonde here too!

“Blockquotes are simply a substitute for quotation marks, not an indication of snappiness.” —Benjamin Bartholomew Boogiewoogie

Might need to be rescued by iRaqi and Bullwinkle. OH, well I gotta blow this popsicle stand.

Abyssinia later.

United Stations?

Maybe his ancestor got a sore backside from sitting on a rough plank? :roll:

Was the cod-piece made by the same company that introduces the G-string, that most shoddily made of the shirts in the series that unravelled as soon as it was worn?

The reason the English don’t pronounce things consistently is because we believe variety is the spice of life. :razz:

BTW, in Scotland door IS pronounced to rhyme with poor.
It couldn’t rhyme with floor because floor rhymes with fair.
Go figure!

Hi again Marina,
perhaps I should have spelled the word correctly.. [Raconteur]

:)

What’s the name of the evil spirit in Norse mythology who appears as a beautiful young woman and lures gullible young men into a bog or over a cliff before finally revealing itself as a cow?

In a while, Fair Isle. :smile:

Ouch! :grin:

Isn’t it a corruption of the French for a Hunter of North American fur bearing animals – Raccoon tueur?
{Thinks … do foxes kill raccoons?}

@esologjam
Jealousy is a very strong and childish emotion. Because you weren’t born in The States is no reason to be bitter. I’m sure there are alot of good things your country is known for. Cheese maybe, or perhaps chocolate. Americans are known for more mundane things such as TRYING to keep the world safe from tyranny, giving more aid to people in poverty stricken areas than there own countries do, protecting the worlds waterways so you can eat, Dollars, workers production and natural resources(and man, are we sitting on a bunch). Oh yeah, and McDonalds; can’t forget about McDonalds ;-)

See, bloody American arrogance rearing its ugly head, AGAIN

Not arrogance; Confidence! :mrgreen:

A caveat: You should fall to your knees every night and thank somebody that we ARE here; otherwise you would probably be speaking another language(German, Japanese, Russian…).

That being said, come over and see us sometime; you’ll like it!! :twisted:

An alternative name for Orlando Magic should be “The trAmway Conductors”.

Is Balkanization a form of white supremacy?(is that right, Neuroway?) I thought that was between muslims and christians. :???:

Hello Marina I’m about to be a father!! I would like to know where [babysit] came from

I don’t know but in America it is known as a WIFE! :mrgreen:

YES

Tür [n],german= door [n],english
English is a Germanic language so alot of the words have been tweaked over the years but still maintain their original pronounciation, somewhat.

Is that what the rest of the world really thinks? Oh… :roll:

…teachers, often, are brainwashers. And terrorists are brainwashed. Who’s the victim and who’s the offender in this disparate pair?

I agree 100%, and I also know that in the situation you describe, the student is the victim. This is exactly why I am so passionate about teaching. A bad teacher does so much more than simply ‘not teach.’ An incompetent teacher does much harm. Even a well-intentioned incompetent teacher causes harm. If a teacher teaches a student to read and teaches the student to hate reading, what exactly has been accomplished?

@neuroway
supremacist – yep. Thanx

:oops: :oops: PS :lol:

Hey B,
I think my last comment was the reason they came up with the term, “Ugly American”. :twisted:

;-) Its not bragging if its true!

:razz: Israel – Eurovision Song Contest 2009 – Final – Noa & Mira Awad – “There Must Be Another Way” ;-)

:lol:

Turkey – Eurovision Song Contest 2009 – Final – Hadise – “Düm Tek Tek”

[YES] :mrgreen:

Perhaps because the Scots have a flair for words? :smile:

We could call ourselves Yankees, but the Rebs would object! :lol:

[Balkanization] is between Slovenes, Croats, Bosnians, Serbs, Makedonians, Czernogorski (Montenegrins), Bulgarians, Greeks, Kosovars, (I probably forgot a few), with fault lines also between Catholics, Orthodox, Muslims in the region. The term is also used to describe the breakup of a union into numerous warring factions — I believe the term “the Balkanization of Lebanon” was used during their civil war in the 1980s.

“Balkan” comes from the Turkish word for “mountain.” :cool:

The “Ugly American” was actually the hero of the book by that name, a homely man who worked with his hands to better the lot of the natives of a fictional southeast Asian country. The title of the book has been misquoted ever since it came out. :roll:

Wait, I’m lost did the Lakers win the whole thing? If so YES!!! :razz: :smile: :twisted: :mrgreen: :lol: :grin: :cool: :!:

Guys! Do we ever consider the feelings of those who make perfectly sober requests, only to have us make frivolous fun of them? :sad:

{Translation: “Wish I’d thought of that one, Camp!”} :lol:

 
I see you are doing some tweaks. At this very moment the site is Xtremely fast, wiplash fast. Earlier, it got hung up on Woopra and “chartbeat ?” something. Those are nice tools, but have slowed the site down during refresh.

 
Oh yeah, while in Orlando,
give your server a hug from me. :grin:

Hey Marina!

I’m graduating today, and I wondered where the word [graduation] came from. Also where did the funny caps come from too. Thanks a lot, and hopefully I never graduate from your class!

-Hoodster

 
Hello haitianboy, game #5 is on Sunday, June 14 at Orlando.
Here is the schedule.

LA Lakers vs. Orlando Magic
- Game 1: Lakers 100, Magic 75
- Game 2: Lakers 101, Magic 96 (OT)
- Game 3: Magic 108, Lakers 104
- Game 4: Lakers 99, Magic 91 (OT)
- Game 5: Sun, June 14 – L.A. at Orlando – 8PM ET

* If necessary
- Game 6*: Tuesday, June 16 – Orlando at L.A. – 9PM ET
- Game 7*: Thursday, June 18 – Orlando at L.A. – 9PM ET

Here is a commentary on the current status:.
No team ever has won the NBA Finals after trailing 3-1. That’s not a good sign for the Magic, who need to live up to their name.

After losing a heartbreaker in overtime Thursday night, the Magic vowed they would not quit when the series resumes Sunday in Orlando, but it’s going to be tough to send the Finals back to Los Angeles for a potential Game 6.

~ ~ ~

Hi Marina! When I first heard the word [vendetta] I thought it was beautiful sounding. I still do. But I was wondering why such a pretty word has a dark meaning. :???:

Okay, I’m confused. How did we get from “America is a continent not a country” to “Because you weren’t born in The States is no reason to be bitter” ? Seems to me one of us may have misunderstood the comment, BV. What am I missing?

I don’t see jealousy or bitterness being displayed, just a question about the semantics of nicknaming a poplulation “Americans” when perhaps “North Americans” or “US Citizens” would be a more accurate description. I agree, btw. Popular usage notwithstanding, “Americans” could be Venezuelans, Argentinians, Guatemalans or Canadians. They all live on the continents of North and South America, don’t they? I don’t get it. :???:

Congratulations, babytou! Have a cigar!

WTF

So If the Lakers win game 5 they win the whole thing?

Correct haitianboy,
The finals is determined by a best-of-seven playoff format.

:mrgreen: “Jealousy is a very strong and childish emotion.”

well, certainly is a very strong emotion, childish I doubt this is so. Some are more in tune with their own emotions as with other peoples (empathy), a gift when used correctly. Jealousy is natural, like all emotions, there is no right or wrong. It’s a way of listening to what you perceive. Instincts! A higher state of conciousness will be in harmony with ones emotions, otherwise a good ole stiff upper lip and all that, suppressing feelings causing many negative emotions (denial). Any emotion can get out of hand, but that’s not the emotion being childish, it’s the cognitive lacking in experience or knowledge in how to control or understand these emotions. People who behave overly excited are childish, but we all know this is what we call having fun! :mrgreen:

The US has ‘real’ cheese???? I’ve heard generally it’s contained with in a bottle, then the processed ingredient is sprayed over the foods. My apologies if I am wrong here, I have yet to travel to the states so know only of Hollywood and Friends!! :grin: Welcome to visit the UK and try some genuine cheese any time :) The French love it too but not as much as the Brits. I hop over to farmers markets when I can to try French cheeses and wines. Taste bud heaven :)

Good question too esojleugim, hadn’t really thought of that before :)

[befriend]
Is it just me or does the word [befriend] sound strange. I befriended her last night sounds like you severed your friendship or did something against your friendship. As in the word beheaded meaning to severed the heat. But in fact it means you made friends with her last night. Just thought I would see if you agree.

Congratulations, Hoodster!

I just graduated also, and in my opinion the “mortar-board” hat is just to make us feel silly so we’re less likely to run right out and take over the world :lol: ! That’s how I felt (at least when I saw the photos!) wearing that thing. It doesn’t even keep the sun out of our eyes while we roast in our black robes…

hey what happened to the video :?:
Marina :???: are you tinkering with the website, again :?:
ok :!: :lol: no problem ;-) B.B. :cool:

Marina,
Don’t know if someone has requested this word or other forms of it (didn’t see it on “the list”) but I’m seriously curious about the origin of [HERETIC] or [HERESY]. I’m pretty sure the general meaning is someone or something that goes against traditional beliefs or a traditional system, whether it be right or wrong.

Here’s a modern day scientist, who unfortunately has passed on, in the “Church’s Eye” would be considered a “heretic” even to this day. I find his research and work along with the score by Vangelis on his masterpiece production to be inspirational.

Hey maybe your peers in the field of Philology might consider you to be a “heretic”! :shock: :roll: :cool:

@ everybody

I was trying to be sarcastic :?: from the way I spelled the guys name right to the very end. :twisted: :shock: I don’t think I did a very good job. :sad: Once again…
Well, maybe the U.S. is simply known as America because our goods and services are more known around the world than the other fine, wonderful countries on these two continents. Or maybe, and this is a good one I just thought of; we are the only country with America actually in its name.

:twisted: Is sarcastic correct? No worries! I’m sure Neuroway will proof it for me :twisted:

That was :mrgreen:

:grin: Time to smile, its the weekend :lol:

My wife sat down on the couch next to me as I was flipping channels.
> > She asked, ‘What’s on TV?’ I said, ‘Dust.’
> > And then the fight
> > started…
> > ******************************************
> > My wife and I are watching “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” while
> > we were in bed.. I turned to her and said, “Do you want to have
> > sex?”
> > “No,” she answered. I then said, “Is that your final answer?” She
> > didn’t even look at me this time, simply saying, “Yes.”
> > So I said, “Then I’d like to phone a friend.”
> > And then the fight
> > started….
> > ******************************************
> > I rear-ended a car this morning. So, there
> > we were alongside the road and slowly the other
> > driver got out of his car. You know how
> > sometimes you just get soooo stressed and little things
> > just seem funny? Yeah, well I
> > couldn’t believe it…. He was a
> > DWARF!!! He stormed over to my car, looked up at me, and
> > shouted, “I AM NOT HAPPY!!!”
> > So, I looked down at him and said, “Well, then which one are you?”
> > And then the fight
> > started…..
> > *****************************************
> > My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming
> > anniversary. She said, ‘I want something shiny that goes from 0 to
> > 150 in about
> > 3 seconds.’ I bought her a scale.
> > And then the fight
> > started…
> > ******************************************
> > When I got home last night, my wife demanded that I take her
> > someplace expensive…
> > so, I took her to a gas station. And then the fight started…
> > ******************************************
> > After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for
> > Social Security. The woman behind the counter asked me for my
> > driver’s license to verify my age. I looked in my pockets and
> > realized I had left my wallet at home. I told the woman that I was
> > very sorry, but I would have to go home and come back later. The
> > woman said, ‘Unbutton your shirt’. So I opened my shirt revealing my
> > curly silver hair.
> > She said, ‘That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me’
> > and she processed my Social Security application. When I got home,
> > I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security
> > office.
> > She said, ‘You should have dropped your
> > pants. You might have
> > gotten disability, too.’
> > And then the fight
> > started….
> > ******************************************
> > My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion,
> > and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat
> > alone at a nearby table. My wife asked, ‘Do you know her?’
> > ‘Yes,’ I sighed, ‘She’s my old
> > girlfriend. I understand she took
> > to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear
> > she hasn’t been sober since.’
> > ‘My God!’ says my wife, ‘who would think a person could go on
> > celebrating that long?’
> > And then the fight
> > started…
> > ******************************************
> > I took my wife to a restaurant. The waiter, for some reason, took
> > my order first.
> > “I’ll have the strip steak, medium
> > rare, please.” He said, “Aren’t you worried about the mad cow?”"
> > Nah, she can order for herself.”
> > And then the fight
> > started…
> > ******************************************
> > A woman is standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror. She is
> > not happy with what she sees and says to her husband, ‘I feel
> > horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you to pay me a
> > compliment.’ The husband replies, ‘Your eyesight’s damn near
> > perfect.’
> > And then the fight started…

When you’re wounded an’ left on Afghanistan’s plains,
An’ the women come out to cut up your remains,
Just roll to your rifle an’ blow out your brains,
An’ go to your Gawd like a soldier.

P.S. Hey Marina sorry about the sarcastic comment with the team names, everybody has different likes.

Congratulations! If this is your first, prepare for your world to turn approx. upside down! :!:

:lol:

You have a great weekend Beevee :!: :grin:

Awesome!! Are you a T.A

where did the phrase [piece of cake] come from, like when someone says “oh, that was a piece of cake!”

Really love her peaches want to shake her tree heeee! :lol: Really, God bless Russia!

heard this growing up: [rapscallion]

and also this: [whippersnapper]

and of course, we’ve all met plenty of these: [hooligan]

Thanks Vrock. You too.
My mom is bringing out my baby (half)sister for the weekend. She has Downs Syndrome and spends most of the time with my mom, so it will be good for her to come on up to the country and bust loose with my crazy daughter! My brothers will be rolling in too, so there WILL be something of a competetive nature going on. Cornhole, maybe?! BTW, do they have Cornhole anywhere else besides the Mid-West?

Unless it rains. Then its back to Madden! ;-)

The accurate history may well be what Evan states. (I really do not know, but I believe he knows what he says.) However I’m sure the rest of the world probably thinks along the lines beevee said.

I believe M covered this earlier. Check the lessons for graduate, degree, or maybe bachelor. It’s there somewhere.

Okay, it is the Degree lesson. Since these degrees are graduated measurements, I assume the terminology is similar. The lesson for Bachelor is also very good. I really miss the old layout and longer vids from the days of yore. So much more etymology was crammed into these lessons :grin: .

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[heretic] — Most unusual. All the ticks I’ve seen have been bald and shiny.

[heresy] ‘nother word request.

:mrgreen:

Hey Bob, off topic, but if you zero in on Hay-on-Wye in Google Maps, the border is marked “England/An Bhreatain Bheag.” Weird, eh? :???:

By the way, do you want to know how your comment on the Scottish pronunciation of “door” prompted my Hay-on-Wye post? It’s a combination of folk etymology and attention deficit disorder. :lol:

hahaha I am not jealous, I was just asking WHY u r called [americans] i mean why that word came to mean you and your people. 2nd REALLY your gobernment has washed your minds alot really! saving the world from tyranny???? or saving the U.S of terrorism… thats different. if tyranny for you is irak man u r totally wrong!, your government says to you that the people from irak are salves of therir own gobernment and you went to reascue them.. well the true is that you went only to take the oil from them. Thats why you say u r sitting on a bunch of natural resources because you steal them from another countries or persons.

And the last thing…. you think that the world speaks english because of the U.S????!?!?!?!? hahahahah :lol: :grin: man really really your country has washed your mind alot !!! The world speaks english because is the easiest language to learn, speak, and write. Some studys said that the english language do not need many brain habilities to use. Thats why it was choosen as the “universal language” not because of the U.S. and if it was choosen because of a country it would be the U.K because they invent it.

And You should fall to your knees every night and thank god (or the one you belive in ) that the U.K is here, otherwise you won’t even be here, speak english, or have some of the habilities that they have.

p.s I dont wana make a international disscusion. :mrgreen:

thankyou, you really understood my comment ;-)

thanks.

Oh, sorry if my comments sounded rude, i didn’t try to offend anyone ;-)

p.s I dont wana make a international disscusion. :mrgreen:

In the immortal words of Def Leppard, it is “Too Late”.

I think alot of people in Iraq are happy that Saddam and his sons are gone. Would you consider Saddam a tyrant, or Hitler, Or Milosovich? America has lost alot of sons and daughters in conflicts liberating others from people like this.

I sure do hope that oil we are stealing gets here soon. We’ve been waiting EIGHT years for it! Stealing ALL of that coal in PA or ALL of that gold in CA or ALL of that oil was actually quite easy. It was getting it here and in the ground that was the REAL bitch, but we did it… and fooled everybody! ;-)

I don’t know where you are from, but I am assuming Western Europe or maybe the UK. If so, then we FINALLY have something in common. I am German-American, so if America wasn’t here; we would both be speaking German right now. :twisted:

The word ‘America” is taken from Amerigo Vespucci, one of the first men to propose the world was NOT flat and therefore a hero to Columbus!

Peace, Esojleugim (Actually, most Americans are quite nice people! Seriously!)

What about the VA? :shock:

Yes, haitianboy, I am T.A. :smile:

Budget cuts :???:

What exactly has been accomplished? Sometimes, quite a lot.

“Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire.” – Kurt Tucholsky (1890 – 1935)

Welcome to HFW, migueljose.

If you click on my picture it takes you to a site where you can download a photo. You can put your own picture next to your posts if you want. But don’t use a really recent one like I did. I look almost dead in this picture! Have a nice weekend.

-pennsyltucky9

No problem. Usually, we don’t talk very much about governments and world politics, but about language and words instead. There are people from many nations all around the world here, so it’s easier and more fun for everyone that way.

See you around the campus, esojleugim! :smile:

Hahahahaha! Painful but so, so true. :smile:

Everywhere a tic tic

Prepare for your world to turn

iumop ap!sdn

:)

[heresy] – not admissible as evidence in court. :grin:

Being graduated is an initiation rite involving having measurement marks tattooed on your body so you can be a yardstick by which others are measured, and equipping you to go out and rule the world.
In connection with yardstick, [benchmark] might make an interesting lesson.

hahaa how did you discover my secret name!?!?!?! do you speak spanish or what??? :mrgreen:

haha no I’m not from europe but i wish to :mrgreen: , mabey later on I will move there but now i live in your neighbor country in the south: Mexico. I knew that America was named after Americo Vespusio because he was the first one to map it, but we have gone so far away from my doubt hahaha… Why [Americans] ? I just wana know where in the history of human kind someone said ” let’s call the people from U.S americans” thats all the information i want to know. ;-) Like here and in all latin america we call you “Gringos” (Greengoes) because in WW2 they shout “the green goes to battle!” meaning the soldiers in green uniform which where the U.S Citizents.

(The gringos was just an example of what I’m asking on my question hahha not an offence)

And Finally we should be together not because of nations but because we are people hahaha :mrgreen:

A case of too much coectyb spoiling the breithell? :roll: (Maybe too obscure)

In all seriousness, I think it is because we are the only country with the word America actually in it.

I guess I was pretty far off of the mark about your nationality!! :lol: This country has done so much damage to the people south of us, that I actually feel bad messing with you. I mean lets face it, Banana Republic didn’t start as a store name. Guatemala :?: got a new president and was going to charge more for bananas. The head of the company didn’t like that so America staged a coup. Over BANANAS! That was about 110 years ago and the list goes on… :cry:
I worked side by side with Mexicans for many years. They were mostly from Guanajuato and Michuacan. I went to a few Quincineras, played lots of basketball, and parties. They were honest, hard-working and just trying to make a better life for there kids.(Isn’t everybody!) They were mostly illegals and some of there stories on how they got here were unbelievable! I asked one guy, he showed me a swimming motion, and smiling and pointing to himself, said, “I am a true Wet-back!” and it was funny!
Only thing, why do Mexicans and Guatemalans HATE each other so much? Although I do have to admit, the Guats I met were sneaky, conniving, juicers so that might something to do with it! :twisted:

What state do you live in?

Thanx, P9! Now the dogs are looking at me strange cause I’m standing on my head. It looks like I’m gonna need a mirror for Esojleugim.(thanx there, too) :mrgreen:

Anagram? I’m not getting it right off…looks like a takeoff on “too many cooks spoiling the broth.” :???:

“Door” is Scotland, rhyming (as you say) with “poor,” is pronounced the same as the Welsh word for water (dwr). There’s a valley in Herefordshire the Welsh called glyn dwr, “valley of waters.” The Anglo-Normans mis-heard it as Glen d’Or and translated it as “The Golden Valley.” Hay-on-Wye, famous for its huge used book store, lies on the border a few miles west, in what Google calls “An Bhreatain Bheag.”

That’s how a brain afflicted with ADD works: everything reminds one of something else, and the mind runs around chasing rabbits into their holes, sometimes falling down one. :roll:

OK, I’ve seen that trick once too often. How do you do it? :???: :?:

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Back in school again
Maxwell plays the fool again…
– Paul McCartney

Incidentally, [hooligan] passed into Russian as гулиган (“gooligan”) — because Russians have difficulty pronouncing “h”. (In her early videos, Marina was “khot for words.” :razz: )

Good. You’re on the right track; the version I had in mind was “too many cocks spoil the brothel.”
I’m trying to think of something funny to say about making Hay Wy(l)e the waters fall but my mind is going HayWy(r)e. :roll:

Rudyard Kipling re the 19th century Anglo-Afghan wars.

The “Great Powers” have a long history of getting bogged down there. :|

With that joke you may have made your bed and have to lie on it. :grin:

Yes, and I keep thinking of ribald connections between the name “Bangkok” and the city’s notorious prostitution business. :oops:

You caught me making a pun unawares. :razz:

Scope for a new sniglet/nerdword meaning “no pun intended”?

Marina should be waking up in her cot soon. Time for the mice to run away and hide.
When the cot is aweigh the mice will play.

Actually, not many bogs in Afghanistan; the poor soldier in question probably felt deserted. :mrgreen:

Correct on both counts, sir! There is nothing there but dirt, so I don’t get it. I guess as long as we keep the bad guys in the mountains(and away from the airports! :cry: ), it will be OK.

[magic]

:grin: LOL :grin:

Usually [young whippersnapper]; comeback was [old geezer]. :smile:

NEWS FLASH
Marina, I’ve just seen you on television in Thailand and nearly choked on my green curry in my excitement; it was a slot of about five minutes at the end of the eight o’clock news on channel TV8.
It consisted mostly of a couple of guys talking about your work, web site and success, over clips of you working at the computer and recording to the camera at home. Gorby was shown as well in some still shots.
It just reminded me that you’re the only blonde I know who can compete with Thai girls for beauty and cuteness. :smile:

Mornin’ chilluns!
Just saw where Ahmidinajad won the election in Iran. Evidently, his opponent thinks there might have been shenanigans, :!:(No! In Iran?!) because he is calling the whole shebang into question. The following is a transcript between Ahmidinajad and his top aide.
Aide: I’m sorry, sir, but your opponent is calling your re-election into question.
A: Why?!
Aide: Well, sir, its seems they are having problems with ‘hanging chads’.
A: (with a look of puzzlement) Why is that a problem? Did we run out of rope? :mrgreen:

the situation is definitely worrisome. i follow a some people that blog from iran. the situation is definitely worrisome and has significant impact for rest of the mid east. i hope any civil unrest doesn’t result in any violence. some of the bloggers have gone silent. here is a link for iranian bloggers.

So do I. And Bob is the lucky dog who gets to live there!(No offense to Mrs. Bob ;-) )

I heard that thousands were protesting in the streets. Lets hope they are not blogging for that reason. This has the makings of another Tiananmen Square! :???: :sad:

half hour ago on the radio:
the loser(?) of the election is not allowed to hold a press conference. people protesting although they’re not allowed to gather, casualties on both sides.

Turn your keyboard over and type on the back. Piece of cake.

It’s true, I tell you!

Confucius says: Man who walks through airport turstile sideways going to Bangkok.

uʍop əpǃsdn :PP

fucking smileys. that shit has changed, too. goddamnit.

lower case i = !
lower case u = n
lower case m = w
lower case o = o
lower case p = d

lower case a = e
lower case p = d
! = lower case i
s = s
lower case d = p
lower case n = u

don’t listen to the old man. m doesn’t look like an upside-down w. check the ipa.

I’m on the West coast and I’ve been on the East coast and I haven’t heard that term “Cornhole”, maybe it’s a Mid-West thing :???:

I bow to the master, and shall utter not even a single alveolo-palatal fricative in reverence. ;-)

From what I’ve seen on the net, it is a MW thang. ;-)
Cornhole is a game involving bean bags that is alot like horseshoes and can be highly addictive, especially if there are alcoholic beverages involved! :mrgreen:
Heck, they’ve got rules and everything! :lol:

i can’t find any response from putin regarding the iranian elections. just this, not much. have you heard anything?

Balkanization a form of white supremacy?

Blimey Beevee14, I have no idea. Actually, I had no idea of what balkanization was before I read you fine hotforword folks who typed down this word here.

As Karen von Blixen-Finecke would have said, right out of her Africa lines (or was it her seven gothic tales), I can proudly go to bed tonight a little less of a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning, with infinite artfulness, the red wine of Shiraz into urine and a little more like the true aristocracy and the true proletariat of the world, understanding tragedy, and differing in this way from the bourgeoisie of all classes, who deny tragedy, who will not tolerate it, and to whom the word tragedy means in itself unpleasantness.

no, nothing yet. just this.
i guess they want to be careful about what they’re going to say, thus taking their time to prepare for a press conference. sooner or later, medvedev has to say something. i guess this is gonna happen tomorrow or monday morning.
my guess is, they’ll try to work with the u.s., they’re concerned, too.

@Beevee14

But you were terribly, absolutely and unbearably sarcastic! I won’t dare to try to prove anything against this! Yes! The US is known all around the world for its fine prime goods and services.. Made in Ch.. erm.. in the USA.

As a matter of fact, during the American Renaissance of the XIVth century, if my memory serves me well, a very famous GM SUV trucker, intellectual and sportster, Ronald “Eh No Problemo” Mac’n Strumpat I think was his full nick and name, once said:

“Lads and laddies, listen and listen good. I, Ronald, am sayin’ to you: I ain’t no runnin’ for no office. I ain’t have no need to be politically correct. I ain’t have to be a nice person. Saddle my SUV, load my gun and open the railroads wide. I’m comin’ right here right naw, yeah yeah yah, yippie yah, yippea yeah.”

@Beevee14

Yes! Ma foi, but you are right! These Guatemalan presidents! Dictators revolutionaries and generalissimos! Making a fuss over mere bananas.. BANANAS!! Little did they know that the coconut frenzy would wipe their hopes away. Ah! Nothing more desirable than booby, firm coconuts, twingeling and dribbling like rolling stones from up to down and from down to up, when not from left to right and from right to left. What can be more exciting and mesmerizing than a pair of these babies? Watermelons maybe?

Bob, when you first met your wife, did you get tongue-Thai’d? :razz:

No, but when I married her I got hog Thai-ed. :twisted:
I met her at Christmas time &, as you know, it’s traditional to get a tie for Christmas. :roll:

Hay algunos de nosotros quienes más o menos entendemos el español… :smile:

De acuerdo, todos de nosotros quienes vivimos en las Américas somos americanos.

Coconut dancing! Yes, neuroway, you’ve got it now — it’s bananas AND coconuts! :razz:

found this news source out of iran.

check out the tehran bureau’s tweets

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Hendrix plays National Anthem

I wanna be a T.A!!

check out this article. i can’t read it but i recall you know a little german.

thanks. “unofficial documents are supposed to prove mussawi’s victory.” well, we’ll just have to wait till … tomorrow? that’s when those 12 dudes come together. i dunno. all those maybes, all those assumptions and guesses … can’t find any facts to back the manipulation claim up.

HomeWork
Name a basketball team:

If I could start an NBA expansion team in Ann Arbor, I would call the team one of these four names:

The Ann Arbor Bush,
after “Nut Bush City” a song by Bob Seeger about Ann Arbor.

The Ann Arbor Sweetwaters,
after the best coffee shop in Ann Arbor.

The Ann Arbor FleetWoods
after a famous diner that draws an arty crowd of patrons.

The Ann Arbor Blind Pigs
after the best live music venue in Ann Arbor.

Which one would you root for?

Vote here:
http://twtpoll.com/r6o1zt

And if you live in Ann Arbor, send me a tweet.