Aibohphobia

Haven’t yet seen the video … it says to click 5 *s if I have an irrational fear of something … I do not.

The thumbnail shows you being afraid with a blue twitter bird next to you: so guess lesson is about fear of birds.

first, Boo!

:grin:

Your sister screams because she suffers from aibophobia?
Some diseases are so silly, I can’t find the words to describe them.
Oh, here are some: “In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni”, it means “We enter the circle st night, and we are consumed by fire”

 
Excellent lesson Marina. Very funny and entertaining.

For the homework, everyone should watch
HotForWords lesson on palindrome from Dec 2007.

This is also an excellent lesson and one of my favorites.

I checked out the WordLock Ad in the lower right
of the page. That looks like a neat product.
Unfortunately, if I had that lock, everyone would
know the combination. M A R I N A :lol:

 
 
{Note to the humor challenged.
Yes, I know the lock only has 5 letters
and the word Marina is 6 letters}

wise teacher

do o’ god do good

Some people just have Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia! ;-)

:evil: its annoying… I know.

I found these:

a
I
aha
aka
bib
bob
bub
CFC
dad
did
dud
DVD
eke
ere
eve
ewe
eye
gag
gig
huh
mam
MGM
mom
mum
nan
non
nun
oho
pap
pep
pip
pop
pup
sis
SOS
tat
TNT
tot
tut
wow
WWW
boob
deed
kook
noon
peep
poop
sees
toot
civic
kayak
level
ma’am
madam
minim
radar
refer
rotor
sagas
seres
sexes
shahs
solos
stats
stets
tenet
redder
deified
repaper
reviver

The fear also refers to some numbers and short phrases that can be read backwards and forwards as well.
Hey isn’t it a form of malpractice for doctors to spell that phobia in a way that torments their patients who suffer from it? :mrgreen:

Actually Karl, the name Marina has only five letters – count them A, I, M, N and R. :razz:

Here is a list of palindromes.

And the world’s longest palindromic sentence is 17,826 words.

(Somebody must have had a lot of fun with these.)

Marina how are you? It would be awesome if you could explain the word [Ornery]. I have only heard it pronounced with it spelled something like awnry until recently. Which pronunciation is right Marina?

 
Ahhhh haaa, I see, the name is really an isogram.
Well, great, now that you know the combination
to my lock, you promise you won’t just barge in. :grin:

Jesus, you must really hate here sister.
I like her sister much more, think she comes from a better family.

Ps could someone clean that black-board, keep wanting to clean the screen.

Hey there Marina! :)

My mum got confused on phrase [anaglyph image]. She was like “omg why do i have to wear theese stupid glasses! i got a headache! do something! and why the hell is it called an anaglyph image!!!!”

Help!

My to favorites is race car and kayak. In fact, I keep forgetting how to spell kayak. I know is a palindrome which helps me figure out how to spell it.

Never build a fire in your kayak. You can’t have your kayak and heat it too. :mrgreen:

.

Able was I ere I saw Elba. (Attributed to Napoleon; dunno if it’s palindromic in French. :lol:)

A man, a plan, a canal: Panama! (Describing Ferdinand de Lesseps.) :cool:

Nurse, I spy gypsies, run! (Just silly.) :roll:

You want to make a BET!!! :mrgreen:

I can do what ever I want as long as I have control. If I don’t then there is not a thing I can do about it accept kill it. :twisted:

“Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn’t cure.” – Ross MacDonald 1915-1983

ha ha ha ha! :mrgreen:

If Ross was alive now, he might really enjoy his quote in light of global warming. :shock:

:cool: Lesson :!: I’m guess your sister’s not a fan of Hannah Montana! :lol:

I say aibohphobiacs don’t need no Kawasaki 704s to spot a palindrome and run like hell in front of it, damnit.

:oops: I guess…

The first one is a lot longer than that.

A TOYOTA’S A TOYOTA

:shock: :shock: :shock:

no shit

Very funny word aibohphobia! :lol: Have a great day Marina!

I would like to request [pumpkin]!

you r awesome marina

Wanting to request the phrase…[hully gully] I know it is some kind of dance and all, but have no idea what or all that.

Oh, and by the way, no avatar settings on here or what?

I want to know the origin of the name for [Antarctica] please.

Your vidseo is not showing up yet but I did get the use of my speakers back. Maybe that was from the Microsoft Windows update last night and this morning,

Sometihng once on a sample Mensa IQ test-lived is to devil as 3425 is to what number? But they used my army ASVAB GT as proof if genius IQ to get into Mensa around 2003.
That word reminds me of OHOLAH and OHOIBAH from the book of the prophet Hosea. That is a sexy book of sorts since the prophet was commanded by God to marry a prostitute. And of all the doggone coincidences, after I finished my study of Hosea around 1993 some gardening magazine sent me a teaser advewrtisement for THE BOOK OF TOMATOES. And you do have some nice tomatoes there.

WOW!!!

I would like to request the word [abomination]

I might have mild aibohphobia, maybe…because Abba music makes me want to run away.

Can you really call that a sentence? It doesn’t convey any meaning as far as I can see; it’s more of a list of apparently random words.
Or did I stop reading too soon? A.D.D. set in early!

I wanna know this, where does the word [bra] come from? Just seems like a odd word. Also, what about [monokini]?

maybe this can help to remember the word: KaYaK just hope the titel isn’t true ;-)

If you set that joke to music, you could say it’s the, “I sing on the Kayak.”

We use the word [belay] every day as we are rock climbing. I was taught growing up that it is a French word meaning “protection.” Is this true? Will you please do [belay]? Thanks!

How do I get one of those cute pictures next to my comments?
They are called gravatars which are Globally Recognized Avatars

You know the gulf-stream is shutting down !, Houston, Houston we have A problem! This is actually happening now :shock:

Kewl, it works even, by golly gosh! :cool: Getting used to the forum, very different than my forum I have.

Thanks much!@

I love reading poems and books by Edgar Allen Poe :grin: . I was reading his poem The Raven when I saw a phrase I didn’t quite understand and I was wondering can you explain to to me. Here it is: [respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!]. All I need is [nepenthe] to be explaned to me but if you can explain the rest that would be a big help. Thanks

:lol: GREAT video M i am still laughing :lol:
you are doing amazingly excellent work ;-)
keep it up ,BUT hurry home, miss you :oops:
:cool: B.B. :evil:

Marina, in your videos, you should clarify that subscribing is free. I hesitated because I first assumed I was being spammed, and I’m sure many potential subscribers assume the same thing, if only because of how cute you are. You piqued (which I originally spelled “picqued,” but I looked it up to make sure of the spelling – speaking of which, I request the origin of [pique] (and I might as well add [segue] while I’m at it)) my interest enough to at least see how much it cost, so that I could then decide whether to subscribe or not, but I wouldn’t have hesitated had I known it was free.

I hope this helps. I always think of belay as the climbing begins. “On Belay” the climber is advancing leading and as you can see by the definition the word has several meanings good question Rock Climber! :mrgreen: :lol:

Main Entry:1be·lay
Pronunciation:\bi-ˈlā, bē-\
Function:verb
Inflected Form(s):be·layed; be·lay·ing
Etymology:Middle English beleggen to beset, from Old English belecgan, from be- + lecgan to lay
Date:1549
transitive verb
1 a: to secure (as a rope) by turns around a cleat, pin, or bitt b: to make fast
2: stop
3 a: to secure (a person) at the end of a rope b: to secure (a rope) to a person or object
intransitive verb
1: to be made fast
2: stop, quit —used in the imperative
3: to make a line fast by turns around a cleat, pin, or bitt
— be·lay·er \-ər\ noun

[snail speed]

Dear Hot For Words,
I was reading this book called “Slaughterhouse 5″ by Kurt Vonnegut and the word [golliwog] came up. I figured out it means something grotesque, but I would like to know the origin of the word. Thank you. I love your videos.

Your fan,
CEO

Hi Marina. Very human animated video. I would like to ask for the origin of the saying [freudian slip]. I think this could make both an interesting and entertaining video.

I want to ask you some philosophical questions, Marina. When are words “right” or “wrong?” Doesn’t language evolve at least partly due to “mistakes?” “It’s” and “its” get so badly misused that they might be in the process of, as you said about the meanings of, I think, “Miss” and “Mistress,” reversing. But can’t it still be called “wrong” to use “its” as a contraction of “it is” and “it’s” as possessive? I heard that Thomas Jefferson used “it’s” as possessive. I cringe when I see that. Should I condemn it or accept it?

And how can there be synonyms? It seems like if 2 words mean exactly the same thing, one of them isn’t necessary. I requested “tergiversation” yesterday. I looked it up and the dictionary essentially said that it means “equivocation.” But it seems like there should be some difference between them for them both to exist. What is the difference between “tergiversation” and “equivocation?”

Derar Marina,
Thank you for posting more videos, even during your vacation in Greece, France, and the Meditteranean on fancy yachts and nice hotels! It’s nice that you think of your subscribers instead of only having a grand time! :smile:
An old palindrome is: Anna tops, stop Anna.
It’s probably safer to be a woman who can scream loudly than one who is very quiet. or example, if you go swimming after lunch and get cramps, you can’t just mumble, “eek, I’m drowning!” It’s better to scream loudly, “EAAGH! I’M DROWNING!” This will cause grown men to hurry, race, and even fight each other to be the first to come to your aid. So, I’m glad you can scream out loud! :razz:
Seesixcm6

i don’t see the philosophy in there.

When are words “right” or “wrong?”

when it comes to words, there are no such categories as “right” or “wrong”.

Doesn’t language evolve at least partly due to “mistakes?”

yes, it does.

Should I condemn it or accept it?

that’s up to you. i suggest you accept it.

And how can there be synonyms? It seems like if 2 words mean exactly the same thing, one of them isn’t necessary.

necessity is not the issue. there are not many synonyms. consider different languages, though: “dog” means “chien” in french, “perro” in spanish, etc. different words but they all mean the same thing.

But it seems like there should be some difference between them for them both to exist.

i don’t see the logic in that.

Where does the word [masturbation] come from ?

It sounds so primitive and mechanical

Could’nt you propose a better word,
such as [auto-eroticisim] or [erogenic automotion]

Marina please … the word ”Lie”

Marina, if your sister is a Lady of Ni, she might be scared of the word “it”.

What’s her name anyway?

Homework: detartrated and tattarrattat are two of the longest one word palindromes. Detartrated is also a person on Twitter. It’s cool how a word that describes a person who is afraid of palindromes is a palindrome in it self. :cool:

{screams}

:shock: :shock: :shock: OGOPOGO :shock: :shock: :shock:

:shock: This one freaks the crap outta people each time it pops up above the surface of Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, Canada. Some believe it to be an ancient creature that survived the ice age etc… because the lake is so very, very deep! Ooooohhhhh! :shock:

Why ENGLISH is so Hard to Learn

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

2) The farm was used to produce produce.

3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10) I did not object to the object.

11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

13) They were too close to the door to close it.

14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.

19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

That is a scary song. :lol: :lol:

Sorry dude I was just swimming on my back. :razz: :lol:

:o that was wicked :!:

here is a word I doth wonder about..[cheapskate] :lol:

Hey Chemikal,

Having learned English as a second language, did you find the above difficult to master? :smile:

If we dropped one bomb on every country in the world, would that be [abomination] :?: :shock:

( :mrgreen: )

How about [the spitting image]?

A.D.D. is “attention deficit dis…hey! looky Marina’s GoDaddy pic! :grin:

bob :)

@007

You’re right that “it’s” is a contraction of “it is” and “its” is the possessive and yes, it’s wrong to use them interchangeably. It’s like nails down a chalkboard to me when someone uses “it’s” to say, “the world and it’s inhabitants” when it should be, “the world and its inhabitants”.

Synonyms are like the “variety is the spice of life” of language. Why not have more than one word with the same meaning? That makes language more descriptive and fun. Homonyms, imo, are more inexplicable.. “here” – “hear”; “no” – “know”; “site” – “sight”; “birth” – “berth”..

I once worked with a guy whose name was a palindrome. Marc Cram.
Warn your sister, his where abouts are unknown.

Hey Marina,

I’ve noticed, from watching all your videos, that you tend to involuntarily flex your chest. When I think of this, I wonder where the word [flex] came from.

Dupsie

It’s weird what people will name their children. My son went to school with a guy named Budweiser Miller and my daughter had a friend his name was Jack Frost. :shock: :lol:

 
Hello 007,
Your phrase request for “spitting image” is a good one and Marina did a fantastic and exciting lesson back in March 2008.

Here is the Spitting Image video lesson called “Twins” on YouTube. This lesson is in the form of a game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvXDA5PWFqw

Here is the answer to the spitting image game and the title of the video on YouTube is: “Spitting Image & Magibon 2″
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=314xb48jGCw

 
 
Footnote:
If you are not familiar with Magibon, who is being perfectly emulated by Marina at the end of the answer video; she, Magibon, is the username of a young girl in Pennsylvania whose passion is to be able to teach English in Japan. She immerses herself in the Japanese culture via online Japanese shows and Japanese forums and she became the buzz and speculation for many months when she did a series of “Do Nothing” introductory videos for the forum by staring into the camera for a minute or two. She, Magibon continued to make many videos by just starring into the camera. Lots of info on Google.

:lol: i know 6 languages :lol:

:| hey words, i wonder why the word people is spelt the way it is, i think it should be respelt pepole

 
Hello Everyone,
As many of you know, Twitter was down this morning, Aug 6 and at this moment, Aug 6 at 8:16 PM PDT, it is down again. Twitter and several other sites were hit with a Denial-of-Service (DOS) attack.

Also, some of you are not able to log into Twitpic as I am not able to. One of the reasons may be the blocking of certain IP ranges to mitigate the DOS attacks. I imagine it will be some time before things stabilize.

There are many articles about this
and here is one from Wired.

Edit:
At 8:24 PM PDT, Twitter just came back online.

Cool! Which ones? Which is your native language?

I speak Spanish and a fair bit of Welsh, with bits and pieces of French and Russian.

(Chemikal is from Romania, but has mastered English.)

Twitter was down! flock! Time 2 re-tweet!

those are cruel names

Hey Chemikal,

Check out augie’s post on page 2 of this lesson on “Why English is so difficult to learn.” :smile:

 
Regarding the Twitter Denial-of-Service attack, here is another great article by PCWorld which came out about an hour ago.

I recommend this article as urgent reading to all of you PC users, especially those that have instability issues which may be a result of a virus type infection. When you look at the top of the article, look to the right and you’ll see that there is a “New Security Threats” section listing some scary threats.

In part, the article speculates that the attack on Twitter may have come from the Koobface worm. The name “Koobface” is an [anagram] for Facebook.

The article also mentions that the worm can be propagated via Twitter. Also, be advised and careful when downloading any anti-spyware programs. Some are fake and will infect you.

Twitter DDoS Attack Reminds Us to Reinforce Safe Web Habits
Michael Scalisi, August 06, 2009 8:30 PM PDT

I would like to request the word [Hardly]. Why does Hard and ly mean a negative or less likely?

I would like to request the phrase [Don't Shoot The Messenger].

I would like to request the word [scapegoat] What is the etymology of this word?

i was born in the netherlands

augie, may I try one?
10′) I did not object to the object of discussing, and guess what the object of this sentence is: ” I like object oriented programming “

I just found out that sow and does have different meanings too. I didn’t know that!
English can be a funny language, if you don’t stress enough the right syllables, huh? :D

hallo

can it be that the Name Adam and the word atom have the same origin as this girl says: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NPfjdEsqF0 ?

I’d like to request the words [Adam and atom]

Marina,

I would like to know the origin of the word [archer], as in one who uses a bow and arrow.

ww

dad

So which direction were you swimming?
Greetings from your Scottish cousin.

True, but not if you capitalize it. :grin:

Because a pepole is what dogs use to relieve themselves.

# noun: a short abrupt inclination (as of the head)

Example: “He gave me a short bob of acknowledgement”

# noun: a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
# noun: a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string
# noun: a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around
# noun: a short or shortened tail of certain animals
# noun: a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
# noun: a former monetary unit in Great Britain
# verb: cut hair in the style of a bob

Example: “Bernice bobs her hair these days!”

# verb: move up and down repeatedly

Example: “Her rucksack bobbed gently on her back”

# verb: make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect
# verb: ride a bobsled

Example: “The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure”

# verb: remove or shorten the tail of an animal

I would like to know the word origin for [wet your whistle] and [wet my noodle] ;-) :lol:

Netherlands! That explains a lot. All the people I’ve met from the Netherlands know French, German, and English as well as Dutch, since they’re right in the middle of those three other countries. :grin:

The man with nine lives, lives on. :grin:

Yeah, dogs do that to me too, sometimes. :evil:

“Spelt”? That spelling goes against my grain. :mrgreen:

OOOH! Bob! At 50.2 there’s another pun waiting for you to add it as a reply! :wink:

Yes, and how come Americans park in a driveway, but drive on a parkway? :???:

Given the theory that there are cats on the prowl devouring tweets, it might be a good time to do the origin of the expression [cat got your tongue].

No doubt short for the Spanish arco y flecha, “bow and arrow.” :razz:

[fletcher] :grin:

I thought all the tweets were getting irresistibly attracted to HotForWords and, rather than going to their designated destinations, they were twittering about her — see thumbnail above! Things got really bad since Gorby’s not there to send them on their way.

A Welsh palindrome: Llad dafad dall, “kill a blind sheep.” :sad:

I can barley contain my excitement. :roll:

The O.E.D. lists both spellings as alternatives, so it depends wheatch splinter group you wish to join. Anyway, I think your rye comments are amaizeingly corny.

I thought you’d say “Your puns give me migraines. :mrgreen:

Do you know why ancient Welshmen always kept a strip of white skin uncovered by woad when they painted themselves up for battle?

For reals, Capman? That’s just wrong. My cousin’s last name is Cane and when he and his wife were having their first child they joked that if the baby were a girl they’d name her Candy. But it was just a joke. Candy Cane sounds like a stripper for cripe’s sake. Also reminds me of the homicidal trucker, Rusty Nails, in “Joy Ride”.. ~shudder~

Nothing so bland – I’m much quinoa than that to thresh this matter out, almost milletant in fact.

Enough of your ryebald remarks! :razz:

Obscure pun department:

Vortigern’s daughter was into geometry. When she saw Hengist, she said, “What a cute Angle!” :mrgreen:

And Bob says…

Um, no…doesn’t have anything to do with “woad warriors,” does it? :???:

Hengist, however, was not impressed – he didn’t know what to do so he buried his head in the sand.

The leaves which they boiled to extract the woad were always in short supply so they never had enough to go round. They had to “keep white on to get to the end of the woad”. :razz:

i would like to request the phrase [good as gold] and the word [cigarette]

those cancersticks :evil: now cost :roll: as good as GOLD :shock:
which is a good thing :lol:
:cool: B.B. :twisted: P.S. goody goodie M is comming home, ( misses ME
errr Gorby I mean)

Quit Horsa’n around! :mrgreen:

Under other sorghumstances I’d stay and tell puns, but I oat to go to work now. I’ll triticale back during break. :mrgreen:

.

Oops. Vortigern married Hengist’s daughter, not the other way around. :oops:

I’m from Finland and I wanna know origin of the word “Finland”.
ps. You’re hot like many Russian woman. ;)

I’ve been wracking my grain Fonion two hours to come back with a riposte. Wattle I do to Cattail your enthusiasm? Kañiwait till the mungkey gets off my back? After dinner has bean eaten I’ll be better able to flax my little grey cells.
Chiao.

Looking at your site, and knowing the time-span, this one popped into mind: [ Good things cost time, Greet things don't ]

See you fixed the ad ;-)

The poor little child would get a lot of ribbing. Or maybe Hera. :lol:

Hey Capman,

Do you mean this Hera?.. In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera (pronounced /ˈhɪərə/ or /ˈhɛrə/, Greek Ήρα) or Here (Ήρη in Ionic and Homer) was the wife and older sister of Zeus? She was the wife and older sister of Zeus.. how twisted is that? :lol:

Yea that hera. So it would be Hera Cane. :razz: :lol:

I would like to request the word [miscellaneous] please.

 
Hello Everyone,
I have noticed that the number comments related to technology issues have risen lately. Many of you are experiencing issues with your PCs or other mysterious issues.

I have started a TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK over in the Forum. Please use that Forum topic to post your issues and concerns regarding any issues with this site or your computers at home.

There are many technically competent subscribers of this HotForWords site like you and me that are eager to help you.

By posting a brief comment on the latest lesson mentioning that you left a post on the Help Desk will have more eyes see your post on the Forum.

Re today’s lesson –

Just got word from Bob that aibohphobia is not to be confused with euboeaphobia, a fear of Greek Islanders. :mrgreen:

Hera Cane.. :lol:

You call your country Suomi, right? We probably got “Finland” from the Germans, who I think call it Finnland. :???:

Yea, we call it Suomi.

[adamant] :razz:

Had a goat I couldn’t keep fenced in; he always ‘scaped. :roll:

[caper]

I think it’s called “breathing.” :razz:

Hello, I’m chilean, so sometimes i don’t understand some words that you say… I really like your videos and I would request the word [Chile]. Thanks!!

No I meant the chest muscles! :sad:

WELCOME HOME!!! :grin:
Was Gorby flipping out when he saw you? I’ll bet he was. :smile:
If you were wearing any make-up he probably licked it clean off! :lol:

Wow, its already two in the morning for you! :shock: What am I saying?! 2am? That just means its time to strap on the ol’ dancing shoes and and mix it up. :mrgreen:

MMMMWWWWWUUUUUUUAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! {Deep cavernous sound}

Ahem…

MMMMWWWWWUUUUUUUAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAUUUUUUUWWWWWMMMM!!!!!!!!!!
{Is slightly more appropriate for this lesson}

Marina,

You have the Sexiest Midriff :)’ What is [midriff] ? Where did it originate?

Jim Sessions

I’m probably one of your newest viewers, I am also into internet business and in fact I recently launched my first youtube Channel LongBeachNYChannel on Youtube, I was hoping you would be interested to discuss the word [Roux] in one of your next episodes, i know its french, but why roux…kangaroo…Thank You!!

Is there the word Paladrome the name of an indoor bicycle racing track?

What is the origin of the word [ditto]?

OMG! I just counted 11 Trackbacks in the recent comments column! :shock:

They bombed it! :roll:

Good day from England ms. Hot for Words!
I have question, where did the phrase “to get one’s goat” come from?
used in the context “oh that man really gets my goat!” or something similar
thanks very much, I enjoy your show! :mrgreen:

I would like to know the origin of the phrase [Heavens to Betsy]

Can you block those stupid things at the side Marina telling me to buy valium? It doesn’t even give a web site so is even more pointless.

Working on it. The site is getting spammed really hard now. Will get it fixed soon.

How do they do it

Trying to figure that out right now. I don’t access to all the HFW tool box. Marina is sleeping her pretty little head right now. I’ll let her know when she gets up. For now I’ll to my best to delete the comments that the spam removal tool misses.

I’m working on cleaning it up. :roll:

I was hit hard and could not log in for many hours. My last tweet was on the 6th when I went to bed. Twitter sent me an email stating that they though my twitter account was compromised and I need to change my password. I searched the archive and seen no evidence that I had been. In fact my twitter bots where able to make my normal every day post with no issues. Funny, they where able to get in and I was not. I think it was just a timing issue. :|

Everything is all better now. :mrgreen:

You should update your comment. The attack was to a few Russian and Georgia website blogs on the anniversary of last years conflict. Twitter and Facebook where caught up in the attack, for the attack was not entirely directed to those services. :smile:

ip-block a solution? or is it random?

Marina, I got a good word for you. What is the etymology of the word [Testify]? I read that the word testify is derived from the same Greek root as testicle. It was explained that in ancient Greece men giving testimony were required to cover their genitals with their hand. I know this is false.

The O.L.D. says that testis meaning ‘testicle’ is probably “a special application” of testis meaning ‘witness’ and refers to the Greek word parastates which means ‘one who stands alongside another’.

In addition to singular and plural, Greek (along with Old English, Arabic) has what is called a “dual” that denotes two of whatever is being talked about, it is used for things that come in pairs, like hands and feet. The dual form of parastates means ‘testicles’, which are ‘two glands standing alongside each other’. It is conceivable that Latin simply took these two senses of the Greek word and translated them with testis. That seems to me to be the theory that makes the most sense. Finding this interesting and worth further investigation; can you elucidate? I know with your creative mind you can come up with something funny for a video lesson. :mrgreen:

You left me no place to reply. :sad: So Im replying here. I don’t know for I do not have access to those tools the M has. She has dealt with this issue many times before. I’m confident she will solve it. I’m just watching the board until she gets up to fix it. I need to get my sleep too. ;-) Funny people say what do the TAs do all day? Well this is one of them jobs. :smile:

P.s. It is random ip so blocking is useless.

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[test]
[attest]
[testimony]
[testy, moany] :mrgreen:

Hey, Bulgarian has singular, dual, and plural too. [cool]

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now i know what you do, i was a moderator too, until they decide to stop and sell that domain-name.

You just keep the bow directed in the waves during the storm

Obviously borrowed & translated from the Welsh phrase cael ei gafr, “to get one’s goat.” The Welsh are very fond of their goats, and deeply aggrieved when one is stolen. :razz:

Thanks for your help. ;-)

That word in a nautical sense is still used today. Mostly on tall ships but I use it to tell deckhands to tie a line to a cleat.

Hey, you live in Seattle area. We should do a meet up.

Oh thanks! I learned something today. I was wondering why sometimes I seen “it’s” and “its” and thought people were just forgot to add the (‘). Can you tell I had horrible English teachers. Well it didn’t help that in the early years I moved from one school to the next every 3 months. Changing schools is very bad.

I’m getting better. I used to type “your” when I should have typed “you’re”. If you ever see me make a mistake like that, feel free to let me know. Just don’t smack my hands with that yard stick. ;-)

Marina indicated elsewhere that they are Trackbacks and she is trying to figure out how to deal with them. Here’s one guy who organizes them as a list at the bottom of the comments: http://www.keyvan.net/code/paged-comments/ (I think she was up about an hour before you wrote the above comment!)

I think that’s false etymology. I actually sent her a clip of a Dr. Dean Edell show in which this topic came up. I was hoping she would call in and give the right etymology of testify and testicle.

What’s interesting is that the possessive of it actually did start out as it’s in the 16th century.

You didn’t leave me a place to reply in your last comment. So I’m replying here.

She was up at 4am PDT? Humm well I’m not going to bed anytime soon.

Yes I know what a track back is. I hate them. They are a pain in the arse. I removed them from my site. Also we knew it was a problem that was creeping up about the time the site was shut down for 30 minutes as she moved the servers to a new system.

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What part of my comment of “I know this is false.” did you not understand? I’m confused… :sad:

Oops! My bad. I really have to be doing other work and so was too hasty in reading your comment and missed your “I know this is false.” Sorry.

Great request but I already recorded it! Just haven’t uploaded it yet.

I have to turn off trackbacks. I thought trackbacks would be useful and turned them on a few weeks back and turned on something called akismet to filter out the spam, but people’s comments were getting marked as spam and not showing up.. so I turned of Akismet but now the trackback spam is getting through. I have to do a major search and replace of the database to turn off trackbacks site-wide, and my access to the database is not in place yet. Hopefully by Monday.

Marina, I would like to know the origin of the word “kike” (dirty Jew). I myself am a Jew from Moldova, of the former Soviet Union. It is intersting to know the origin of this dirty word.

And here I tought it was the fear of a small dog-like robot called an Aibo. I know their are many people with a fear of dogs.

Marina, I just wanted to tell you that I love to watch your You-tube videos. I think you are wonderful.

…so, is Fudd a Welsh surname? :grin:

he he he, well ok then, I thought I found one you haven’t looked at yet. All that work I did just gone down the tubes. waaaaa.. :cry: :cry: :cry:

Cool, well it should be a good lesson. We all will look forward to it. :mrgreen:

Read my email I sent you. I mentioned I used track backs and had issues with them years ago. The spam thing is a big issue that is difficult to deal with. I later got rid of it because many other people stated on their blogs that it’s really pointless. Also it take people AWAY from your website and to never return when the follow the links. I think it’s a good idea for smaller site to boost their rank on Google Search but HFW is a large site and shows up well on Google. I don’t see a need for TBs. Make sense?

Oh really? So how was it decided that it would be (its) for possessive and (it’s) for (it is)?

Oooh, i did that too, sorry :oops: . Also noticed that i mixed up: to and too, and add and ad, and probable (or is it probably) more. I am just brushing up my English.

U mag me altijd corrigeren. ;-)

awww I was waiting for Ms Hot words to answer you’ve spolied it! :razz:

I didn’t understand what was happening on page 2 of this site as I didn’t get up until 12:00 eastern time with the trackback and linkback issue and being spammed with off the wall sites. So for those of us that are somewhat computer illiterate, here is a site that will explain some of the problems.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackback

No, no, you don’t understand! She’ll do the lesson now just to correct me! See the lesson on handkerchief! :lol:

[amnesia] :razz: Yes, I invited you to a gathering last spring.

That aside, I drive from Bellingham to Renton at least once a month. Do Saturday or Sunday afternoons work for you?

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I don’t know that one, but I’m told that Yiddish comes from Judedeutsch, or “Jewish German.” We use a lot of Yiddish words in American English, especially in New York. (Chutzpah and shlemiel come to mind.) :smile:

BTW, Chemikal, a member on this site, lives in Bucharest. You could converse in Romanian, yes?

Here’s a story from Leo Rosten’s “Joy of Yiddish”:

In the days of Tsar Nicholas I, an old Jewish gentleman, Shmulik Kaganovitch by name, was walking along the palace-lined embankments of St. Petersburg, Russia. Slipping on a patch of ice, he fell from a bridge into the dark waters of the Neva River & began to drown. He thrashed about in the water, yelling for help at the top of his lungs. Two Cossack officers heard his screams and ran over to the railing. When they saw that the dying man was a Jew, they began to guffaw. Kaganovich shouted, “Help! Save me! I’m drowning!” The soldiers laughed, “It’s your problem, Zhid!” As Shmulik felt himself sinking into the cold waters, he suddenly had an inspired thought: “Down with Tsar Nicholas!” he roared. Immediately the officers jumped into the water, dragged Kaganovich out and arrested him for sedition. :shock:

“The kindest acts of the wicked are cruel”. (Prov. 12:10) :sad:

No, it isn’t. The possible shutdown of the Gulf Stream within the next several centuries has been speculated by some scientists for some time, but it is not supported by current measurements made in the North Atlantic. Not even the IPCC predicts a shutdown of the Gulf Stream, but merely a slowdown by 25 % by the year 2100. And you must keep in mind that the IPCC is not a scientific body. It’s a political body, as its name “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” indicates.

I know that there was a British study that claimed that the Gulf Stream had slowed down by 30 % in 2005, but this is not supported by the majority of scientists. Bryden et al. missed in their paper that the Gulf Stream has a natural fluctuation and that it doesn’t always flow at the same location.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not denying global warming, and I’m convinced that we shouldn’t continue to change the composition of our atmosphere as long as we don’t know exactly which effects this will have. Furthermore, we should shift from burning fossil fuel to renewable energy sources simply because the amount of fossil fuels is limited so it’s inevitable that we’ll be running out of them some day.

But I’m fed up with the exaggerations and false claims by most environmentalists and Al Gore, and by the sensationalizing in the media. No, the sea level won’t rise by 100 metres in the next 100 years, and no, the graph didn’t show that CO2 injected global warming in past ages.

America would be the nation to do it! (Remember Laos and Cambodia)
America, a bombin’ nation. :razz:

Yes, I remember Laos and Cambodia and North Vietnam, but one needn’t go back that far. Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan also come to mind. :sad:

Re the ad on “Fear of Public Speaking”:

[glossophobia] is the name for this! :grin:

***New thread, while we’re waiting for the next lesson***

What’s your favorite phobia? Here are a few for starters:

Gallophobia: fear of the French
Ichthyophobia: fear of fish
Linonophobia: fear of string :???:

I mentioned Laos and Cambodia because they were neutral countries. :|

:razz: MarcoPolophobia fear of the children’s game played in a swimming pool (or of the Venetian explorer).

Bob, do we need to explain to Captain Jack the concept of a pun? :razz: They seem to fly right past him, unless he’s artfully ignoring them.

:mrgreen: be happy!

Jokes are like Zen. You can’t explain a joke; you either get it or you don’t.

I’m sure I read that in a book by someone much cleverer than I, but I can’t remember where.

Epistemophobia Fear of knowledge.

I wasn’t in Seattle at the time. :sad: Weekend are ok at this time. :smile:

Oh, than i saw the British documentary, they were talking about a sudden drop in temperature, during the last 10 year. On of things i am missing is what happens to the places that don’t get cooled down anymore, but those countries probably don’t matter.
CO2 in the air has two effects, it keeps the earth warm at night, but it also reflects the sunrays during daytime, they kind of even each other out. I know of studies in the earth-crust that right now we are at the top of a double sinus-curve so it is getting hotter, but if it’s us humans being the cause of it…..
Strangely enough you don’t get to hear these scientists anymore,…. I wonder why.

I think you just offended a lot of Belgium’s

marina, you would make a neat comedienne, lady comedian.

hannah is a word that would be related to that

aibo(h)phobia: fear of silly Sony e- :twisted: dog?! (http://support.sony-europe.com/aibo/)
[hilarious] :lol:

DAM mad dad …dad is mad, bam=mab…

kinnikinnik is the longest popular one

:grin: …wheres the flag?…HotForWords :?: LEXICON RuLeS

Detartrated, the process of reducing the tart or sour taste from something (e.g. fruit juice or wine)

best one word palindrome. Favorite palindrome sentence though is: Dammit I’m mad.

jan/02-2010—–0102/jan :???:

thanks you very much for your information
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Speaking of phobias, I’m quite confident Marina possesses the power to cure anyone suffering from hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.