Coconut

Yes, I have cracked open coconuts.

leonard is afraid. I know it! :mrgreen:

Marina, I love that blouse on your coconuts the same blouse when you did the word {elope}. I am not going to lie to you Marina your coconuts do not scare me they {arouse} me! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :lol: :lol:

 
Ohhh my gawd, that ending was soooo funny. :lol:
Also, punching out your sister. That is hilarious.
Loved this lesson.

You’re videos never fail to make me smile, and being able to enjoy learning something new is absolutely priceless. ;-)

Thanks, :| I almost choke from laughing so hard on the fly into the screen knock-out! :lol: :lol: I do love those fly into the shot take downs.
That was sooo excellent !

I love that soup too! With shrimp and mushrooms…mmmm…its the best. Can you tell me where the word [cascade] comes from please, its my favorite word. Love your site, I learn so much from it and I’ve stopped using cocology and started using proper grammer because of you. Thanks!

LOL! youre getting better at editing videos haha that was funny and educational nice! :mrgreen: and i do like coconuts here in mexico sell a delicious coconut candy yummy! :lol:

Great lesson, Marina!

When I was in high school I ran away from home once because my mom threatened to send me away to live with my dad and his wife. I spent three weeks in the Florida Keys camping in a mangrove swamp, and lived on coconuts, lobster, and peanut butter for the most part. Ever since then, fresh coconut has been a favorite of mine. In fact, I have canned coconut milk (best I can do, I don’t live in the tropics) in the cupboard right now for making Thai soups and curry dishes. Yum!

Ah ha! I knew it – a khnutophobic. ;-)

“Grinning face” :grin: — It sounded like you said “greening” or “green” face. :mrgreen:
Of course I like coconuts. But the only things scary about coconuts is having to climb up the trees to get them or the possibility of one falling on your head.

Sometimes you feel like a nut…

…sometimes you don’t.

Just now looking at Marina hold up those 2 coconut drinks to her chest is getting me to wonder how she might look in a coconut bra. …Or is that too small a cup size? :mrgreen:

“I like big hairy nuts full of milk” said the coco man

I shared a coconut that washed up on the beach in Lahaina one morning when the cash was gettin’ low. Not bad. I’d like to get one of those coconuts like Survivorman found, with that white ball inside. Looked yummy. I made a replacement button out of coconut shell, once, when I was camping in the Sierras. It was easy to make and worked perfectly.

 
Hey animalntaz,
You are in luck. One of video lessons shows Marina wearing a coconut bra just as you envisioned. Here is that lesson.

Hip Shaking (Hula Hoop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z16YSXcoJEA#t=0m37s

If the play head doesn’t get you there automatically,
it is located at 37 seconds into the video.

[Patriot], Please ;-)

What a pleasant commercial.

 
Monty Python-Coconuts
How did you get your coconuts? :lol:

 
Bloody great music!
I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts!

Hi Marina, Great videos. Just recently learned about them. Anyway, a phrase that has been a mystery to me my whole life is [Cool Beans], when reffering to everything being copasetic. If you get the time, please investigate…=)

[palm trees]

Can’t help it, but this popped in:
[The famous reaction of the American commander McAuliffe (Bastogne) to the surrender proposal of the Germans.]

almond joy’s got nuts … mounds don’t

does her sister have a name?

 
Hi seankim,
I don’t think Marina has ever mentioned her sister by name.
I used to call her sister Maria, you know,
Marina without the “n”. I figured that they
are semi-identical twins. For all I know,
her sister’s name could be Olga, or
maybe Y…, errrr, ahhm, I mean Anna.

Maybe Marina could hold a contest for us to give her sister a name.

i know this is random, but i love reading about roman myththology
so i wanted to know where the word comes from :)

[myththology]

thanks alot :grin:

Agreed. Hilarious. :grin:

 
Did anyone else get the feeling that the photographer for Marina’s photo shoot may have been Annie Leibovitz? I don’t know too much of her work other than seeing a documentary once and of course she being the famous photographer of Lennon and Ono and many other celebrities. Perhaps, Marina will be on a very popular magazine cover too? Just a wild guess.
I do love that photo of Marina.

Thanks Karl, I never saw that one before. :smile:

Hey marina!!
I came across an interesting fact that got me thinking of you.

I read that Roman soldiers used to hold their testicles when they swore and oath. and that’s what the word [testimony] means… Can you please investigate :)

<3

Yes I guess I like them in sme foods, but not by themselves.

As an addict of South East Asian food I love coconut in all its forms (except dessicated) and don’t find them at all scary.
Does that make me scary? After all, my name is a palindrome.

Maybe M has a split personality :???:

Not mine but, says it all: (I know the voices in my head aren’t real, but sometimes they have some pretty good ideas) ;-)

this is one funny. :)

She looks as if she just caught somebody doing something they shouldn’t have.

I dont think i like it …

I would like to request the word [ illusion ]
my last name is Iluz and I have been using the word illusion in many shapes as nicknames over the years and I would like to know its origins. thanks.

Homework :lol: AWESOME Lesson!!!!
I love coconuts when they are sweetened. I also love coconut shrimp! YUMMY!!! :grin:

Oh yeah, I’m cuckoo for coconuts :razz:

Especially for the ones you’re holding :mrgreen:

I like coconuts. It’s hard for me think of any fruit that I do not like. About the only vegetable I do not like is brussel sprouts – Ick! :mrgreen:

That’s the way we LOVE to see Marina, with a great big smile on her face.

Ohhh Coco, what a motivation to shave.

({[nuts]})

Palm Trees have five leaves like your fingers

[mythology]

and coco derives from Shay Carl.

Right now I am reading a book about Stonehenge and it said that people(men and women) of that time would touch there groin to fend off ill spirits. Kind of the same thing so I’ll second: [testimony]

But can you read the future and know when a coconut is about to fall on your head?

[Liththp] :lol:

[fuuuuuuuuuuck] it has soooo many uses :twisted:

So many uses? You couldn’t be more right!

Check out this short video on the word F@&k >>very funny. :lol:

What the hell is THIS!?

I’ve had my suspicions about Lady GaGa..If it is what it looks like I’ll be pissed!!

hi I wanted to know the origin of the word [Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia] thanks a lot Marina and keep ur good work :)

Frozen Fruit Pops are my latest addiction.

Coconut flavor fruit bar with a banana puts me in a tropical mood.

Most of my coconut experience revolved around a Pina Coladas.

Then in Mexico I would buy fresh coconuts off the street vendors for about eight pesos.

I used to be terrified of UFO’s and being abducted by aliens in second grade. But I got over that. And around 1993-1994 I considered some of these strange aircraft with odd colored blinking lights might be appearances of angels like in the Bible. Some candies have coconut in them. I would look for angelic UFO’s around dusk and later. But that was then and this is now.

TIP: To follow a forum topic, mark it as a favorite and add the rss feed of favorites (viz., http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/rss/profile/) to your rss reader.

I was kind of going for the guess the word request. But you guest it.

Cool tip, thanks Hs4Mm! :cool:

Dear Marina,
You made me laugh to see the photo of you, holding two coconut drinks in front of your low-cut, rose-colored dress! If you offered a drink to me like that, I wouldn’t dare to refuse! :razz:
I generally stay away from foods with coconut, because it’s usually in unhealthy junk food like cookies, cakes, custard pies, and candy bars. “Almond Joy” is a brand name of candy with coconut. I shouldn’t mention “Mounds” candy bars, should I? We add so much sugar to coconut that it’s not good for me! :cry:
Since I pre-ordered three of your new books, I can hardly wait until August 18th! Sine it will take several days to ship here, it probably won’t arrive until the 24th. I’m sure I won’t go coconuts over your book! :smile:
Seesixcm6

She must enjoy knocking her sister out of the frame, did you see the smile on here face when she did it? Shame on you!

Might this be the reason her sister never posts?

No, looks much more like there already was something on the couch and she’s just realised it. ;-) Who knows, could be Gorby.

Hilarious :mrgreen:

I like mixing coconut milk with peanut butter, soy sauce,
lemon juice, brown sugar, fresh ginger root, grated
garlic cloves, cayenne pepper and lime zest.

It’s great with skewers of BBQ’d chicken.

It is even better with a woman with “nice coconuts”. :shock: :roll: :grin:

hey Karl & anamalntaz @ 58sec the hip shakin in the light blue one piece
:oops: is even better than the coconut shell top :evil: (in my humble
opinion) :mrgreen: check it out :cool: B.B. :mrgreen:

I actually already knew this lesson thanks to the Food Channel. :razz: and coconuts aren’t merely “fruit”. They are of the drupe family (which, basically, yes, is a fruit)

Coconut’s good on cake.

[eschew]

Marina – where does the word “eschew” come from — thanks, petehaus

Ah, did you start your business here, DBA Hotforwords, as a GoDaddy.com model?

The scenario in Idiocracy is already happening! Incredibly good-looking women in very domestic places such as StarBucks and schools – teachers will be half naked and the students won’t complain much, I bet. They’ll probably be scantily clad, too, which will be tough for male high school teachers in the future.

I’d looove to meet you sometime, and I so respect what you do, educating folks in the entomological arts, that I’d eat up every minute of it. Too bad I moved outta southern California for good (and I’m never going back. If I do it will be to northern California, Mendo area).

Down to it – I would lke to request the word [prolix]. I read it in Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, my favorite author (and a bona fide genius with words).

“Pleeease. You are makin’ a German spectacle of yourself. Alvedazane, baaaa-by….”

[food] or [hungry] please

Hello Marina,good and funny video!I was wondering where the origin of the phrase [ THUNDER STRUCK],came from.The idea :idea: came to me being an AC/DC fan,and the fact it’s thundering out at the moment.I thought it would be great to learn that one.Thank you Marina,and the best of luck to you!

Hi Marina. I would like to know the origin of the word [IRRESPONSIBLE]
Thanks!!

… educating folks in the entomological arts …

Did Marina tell you to read “Advice to Young Mothers”?

Oh those old boogieman tales.. I wonder if the scary tales I tell ever will make it to names of drupes or nuts or fruits.

Very interesting lesson Marina, thank you.

Coconuts are good, not something I crave, but good.

Marina where did the word FOB come from???

Yep, it is what it looks like, just another one of those attention whores, but she’s a little too late, that “shtick” has come and gone. :mrgreen:

Yeah, that one is pretty funny :lol: but do you remember this one. It has the same audio track. :mrgreen:

Yeah, the “entomology” malaprop bugs me too. :roll:

Hmmm…

1. oxfords, loafers, sandals, etc.
2. gesundheit

:mrgreen:

I love nuts and soup……still being treated like a useless bum :cry: :lol: milk the big nut :razz:

BLUE CHEER :cool: :razz:

I got the summertime blues. :sad:

I am the Hunter. :grin:

I’ll make it three on that word request prettypistolx. ;-) I think that would be an interesting lesson.
[testimony]

Faces on Coconuts really freak me out. Just like when people put those faces on trees. Has anyone seen this? :shock:

i want to request the word [utopia]
i saw it on the boot from the jetski thingy pictures
so i desided to request it

i’m sorry if my english is bad

It’s strange how some people use the expression “nothing but”, and “all but” as having the same meaning.
It’s obvious that they are actually opposite in meaning. So why use “all but” when it means the opposite of what you’re trying to say?
“You’re all but amazing” = “You’re everything BUT amazing”
Maybe if there would be a comma between all and but, it would make some sort of sense towards the positive. Or maybe I’m just not getting English anymore?

;-) put the lime in the coconut and shake it all up!!!!!

Yes I like coconuts. I like it in pies, cakes, and cookies. On shrimp is good too. I never heard of them in soup.

:razz: did you say “bum” :?: :!:

My Trusty Hotforwords,

After carefully studying your latest lesson (you have the most beautiful coconuts by the way), and your sneak peak of yesterday’s photo shoot, I have this overwhelming urge for a new lesson. Can you tell me the origin of the word [tumescent]?

Thank you my teacher.

Hello Marina I ordered you book!!

What is the origin of the word [stuck up] as in being arrogant and conceited.

For example: Marina is so stuck up now that she is rich and famous… :lol:

Please describe how I so heinously and subversively misused the word “entomological.” I’d be very interested in your reply here.

And what is with that comment about “Advice to Young Mothers.”

Please C-L-A-R-I-F-Y. Otherwise I might have to mistake you two for being condescending sparrowfarts. We wouldn’t want that, now, would we?

 
Hello taylorgrey2004,
Referring to your typo:
“… educating folks in the entomological arts…”

entomology – the branch of zoology dealing with insects
etymology – the derivation of a word

bill9 — from petehaus — [FOB] is a shipping and transprotation phrase variously referring to “free on board” or “freight on board.” It has traditional usage in the railroard industry here in the USA as well as in international cargo shipping across the ocean. As well, it appears in the Uniform Commercial Code which governs all commercial sales transations in the USA. (There are equivalent international conventions like the UN’s conventions on international sales.)

FOB governs the expense and risk of shipping cargo, whether and when the buyer and seller become responsible. In the USA, FOB point of shipping means the buyer pays for transportation and assumes risk once the shipment leaves the seller’s premises. FOB destination means the seller pays for transportation and assumes risk until buyer takes possession of the goods. There is a ton of railroad and motor carrier law in the USA on these points.

International practice may differ, and Wikipedia has a great article on it, also I recommend looking at the actual UCC provisions on FOB and passage of risk. Here is the link to the Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_On_Board

Enjoy

Pete

Marina — You can also order your book from Barnes & Noble as well as Amazon. You’re The Best, and your book will be fabulous, but I much prefer B&N to Amazon! I ordered your book from them. Pete

Hey taylorgrey2004, don’t take things to literally on here, they are just having fun with you,they mean no harm, they are good guys and pedantiKarl is one of but not least Marina’s assistants,he is very helpful. So if you’re new on Hotforwords I’d like to welcome you to the class, Marina’s got a lot of video lessons now to choose from to watch, and she is a fine teacher, so check it out and enjoy! :smile: ;-)

children playing with puns.

A lot of bullshit mounting up in the world right now and about ready to explode! But I can always count on this song to soothe my soul, and like them I’m outta here. :mrgreen:

take it easy

I’ve always felt at odds with this expression also. Seems these two words are just ever so unnecessary whenever I see them used in such a context. If you remove them the sentence means the same thing so why put them in there in the first place? Reading it, it never made any sense to me, and I won’t use it unless I’m all but at a loss for words. I absolutely abhor excess verbiage! :roll:

Nice! Okay, you can play shortstop, Vrock. Btw, thanks for the blue cheer– made my night.

-P9

Oooo, “condescending sparrowfarts!” Wonderfully creative and colourful abuse! I love it! :grin:

“The Plover and the Clover can be told apart with ease.
By paying close attention to the habits of the bees
For entomologists aver, the bee can be in clover
While etymologists concur, there is no B in plover.”
–Robert Williams Wood

I’ve made some fine guitar picks out of coconut shell also. Very dense and durable material.

I like coconuts in Mounds bars.

Chemikal,
The term “nothing but” generally means the exclusive “only.” The common phrase, “nothing but the best” means only the best, as when ordering champagne for Marina. It excludes everything else but the best champagne.
“All but” also means “only” but this term comes from an opposite direction. It refers to the whole group, instead of the exception. For example, “All the sailors but the helmsman drowned when the ship sank.”
The meaning is the same (only). The difference is whether you talk about the many or the exception.
Seesixcm6

While the portuguese parents in Portugal were telling scary coconut-man stories, the portuguese explorers in the Spice islands were telling sexy coconut girl stories.

“They had danced Hainuwele into the earth. To dance the dance of life, they had first to dance the dance of death.”
– David Adams Leeming (Goddess)

;-) Toto Coelo – Milk From The Coconut

Hey Vrock I’m surprised those guys didnt pick up taylor’s use of German also !! Its all fun until someone looses an eye!! heheheh

Dunka shane

Auf wiedersehn

What gauge strings do you use? I ask because you describe a pick that is inflexible.

Hi seesixcm6,

I agree with your examples, but the use of “all but” is that of this example: “She’s all but amazing!” And that is meant to mean the same thing as “Nothing but amazing!” when used this way.
I’ve heard it on TV many times, and it just didn’t make sense to me. Can you confirm that it’s use above is incorrect, even though certain people use it widely? :-)

I would like to request the word [taboo] or possibly [what makes certain words taboo].

thank you for the wonderful videos!

Honorificabilitudinitatibus

[denarius] :mrgreen:

Marina,

I’ve been doing my homework here diligently for awhile now – but something has me confused – and you are the only one I trust to investigate.

I’ve watched all the lessons in date order, and I see how they have become more and more [sophisticated] in production values over time.

I’ve also seen you engage in [sophistry] and [sophism] in Word Game lessons and also the Maxim Radio shows.

Also, some of us in the classroom could be accused of being [sophomoric] at times.

I guess I am wondering also now that you have visited Greece, if you would consider yourself a [sophist] in the 5th century BC sense or more the sense described by Plato? And given that answer, is a [sophist] a ‘sell-out’ vs a [philosopher]?

And would the [sophisticates] you have met agree with you?

And what the hell was [Sophie's Choice] anyway?…didn’t see the movie…

My brain hurts just from asking the questions. Please investigate.

Me gonna have a Mounds bar now – Coconut craving…

:grin:

My fingers have five leaves? :mrgreen:

Oh so that’s why their called nuts.
I wonder why Marina didn’t catch that.
Or maybe she did, and that’s why she got punched in the face by her sister. (for trying to spill the beans, when mum’s the word on this subject) :-)

She calls her self hot4words, but I wonder which hot four words might they be. :-)

Hi Taylor, sorry you were offended by my post, which was an attempt to point out your error humorously to avoid causing offence.
As the Chimp (Buzzword) so insightfully points out, we are just a bunch of overgrown kids playing silly games with words.
If you realise that and join in, in a similar vein, we can have some fun together. Please feel free to hurl all the insults you want; as long as you do so with intelligence, cleverness and wit, we will admire you for it.
By the way, be careful how you use the word “we” on this web site. One of our senior friends has a particular aversion to being included in any of another’s opinions or statements and will make a spectacle if you inadvertently appear to do so. Naturally we then use “we” on purpose, just to annoy him; another of our childish games. :grin:

I like Marina’s coconuts. :razz:

Don’t be cheated or fobbed off by explanations of acronyms. Hold out for your request for [fob] which is a key word in its own right, and deserves a place in everyone’s pocket.

Gorby’s tail has grown a lot! http://twitpic.com/dk8f8

neuroway! Coconuts! We’re [prescient]!

I’ll bet it was an American speaking. :razz:

You’re absolutely correct, Chemikal.

Your English is clear. What is your first language? :smile:

Marina! Lovely bunch of coconuts! :grin:

And of course, there’s the age-old question: Do coconuts migrate? :lol:

Hi Marina :)
Whats the differens between buccaneer, freebooter, pirate ?

xoxo

“Boogeyman,” which M. uses in this video to describe the Portuguese coco, derives from the Welsh bwgan (BOO-gan), a goblin or bogey. Probably related to the “boggart” in the Harry Potter series — a creature that takes the form of the worst fear of the person viewing it. :cool:

It can be scient to be prescient!

I reckon we seem to have a certain influence on our environment, it is true.

The more I think about this http://twitpic.com/dk8f8 the more I am puzzled by it; what is it trying to portray?
Recently we have come to associate Marina with the luxury life of celebrity & high society, and now suddenly she appears attired like a stripper in rather sordid surroundings, reminiscent of a backyard dog run, even complete with a dog.
Is this an attempt to portray her as someone’s sex slave? Is it the start of a low budget porno film?
I find it not just puzzling, but disturbing.
Does anyone agree?

Great post :mrgreen:

Meryl Streep played a Pole during WWII in ‘Sophies Choice’ and had to choose between her son and daughter while waiting for the train to the camps. One of the most dramatic scenes I’ve ever seen by a female actor. Also right up there is Shirley Maclaine screaming for Debra Wingers pain medicine in ‘Terms Of Endearment’. ;-)

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Called bogey or bwgan because they were said to be the lost souls of the dead stuck in the swamps or ‘bogs’.

If I knew what the shoot was for I might relax a little bit, but I’m kind of puzzled myself.
Almost anything would be ok…but if I find out its for Playboy I will eat a whole bowl of spaghetti for the sole purpose of puking it out my nose!! :| ..and video tape the whole thing just so I can send a video response. :cry:

You are so hot even my wife is in love with you. She immigrated to the US (Daytona Beach) from Austria four years ago and now speaks fantastic English but learns more everyday from your lessons. We are celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary which segues into our word request, [marry]. It must be an old word but why is it so different from the German word for marriage “heiraten” or “ehe”. Thanks.

PS. Come visit Daytona!

Yes, and I also make picks out of some varieties of stone local to my area. I live near the ocean, and can often find thin pebbles on some of the most high-energy beaches that are capable of being shaped by filing and sanding. It’s not a soft rock like shale, but some of them are probably slate, a former shale which has been metamorphised by heat and pressure.

I’m pretty sure my favorite ones are composed of jadeite or nephrite (black to dark green) but I haven’t had them analyzed in a geology lab by thin-section so I can’t be positive. One is definitely California jade because it’s light-green and came from Jade Beach where there’s an offshore jade deposit. Boy are they LOUD. One of the best materials I’ve tried is abalone shell. It’s difficult to work, though.

But to answer your question, a medium gauge set is as thin as I’ll go. I like my strings solid and dependable and using shell or stone for a pick (not always, just when I want that “edgy” sound) wears them out. You can see shiny metal deposits on the working edge of the pick after I’ve played them so I know they’re abrading the strings. It works like a violin bow. I just can’t get a sound like that from a plastic pick (especially on the acoustic guitar).

They could. All depends on what you’re holding :!: :shock:

or if you’re holdin’… ;-) :mrgreen:

That drummer looks kind of familiar. Do we call this double Piekaboo wave?

Doesn’t seem like Playboy material to me, unless Playboy has changed radically in the last forty years. Maybe more like Maxim. :razz:

Oh when we hear the song of the lovely bunch of coconuts, hungry, yes hungry for knowledge we become!!

Thought for sure someone would have a link to this song. Or what about this one.

Guaranteed to bring the ‘Reservoir Dogs’ out

Hello, Marina. Don’t think of this as me requesting a word but my daughter requesting a word. The word is [nap] and it is NOT being requested by beevee14 but, ummm, nutmeg14. Thank You. :smile:

[nap] as in sleeping

This one seems quite appropriate too. ;-)

In the words of Monty Python: “Oh bloody hell.”

I meant etymologist :-)

I’ve been studying too closely for the past several months the anti-gravitational properties of the carefully (naturally) ordered structure of tiny cavities on the underside of the wing casings, or elytra (hopefully there is a new word for some of you), of a certain species of insect. I’m so certain of the species that I’m not entirely ready to rule out the possibility of it being a Russian beetle. The researcher who studied the ENTOMOLOGICAL specimen did not fully reveal the exact nature of the insect so as not to systematically decimate its wild population.

He died in 2001 and his named was Viktor Grebennikov. He was an ENTOMOLOGIST :-)

…who in all honestly may have discovered naturally-occurring anti-gravity.

Without looking it up, who can tell me what DECIMATE means?

How about [nutmeg]?
Might make a good Guess the Origin game.

You have a nice set of coconuts!

Hi everyone and especially strastnozhelatslova!

I saw that your wife was from Austria. Am from Austria, too, and I live there, in Austria’s capital: beautiful Vienna.

Like your wife, I also find dear Marina hot. She’s ingenious, creative, hot and “cool” at the same time and she has humor!

Dear Marina, I love your video on the meaning of the word coconut. I have watched a few – I am really very new here. I was wondering about the origin of the expression: [to cut someone slack]

You are dope! (That was actually the first video I saw)

Good day or good night, everyone! :)

FluencyLady

I appreciate it, Venomrock, but I don’t need lessons for English. I am a writer who reads books like a crackhead smokes crack. My narrative command at present ain’t no award-winning, spectacular skill yet, but it really isn’t that bad. The inter-confusion among various terms in my vocabulary is probably more in need of attention…

What I NEED to do is to stop smoking truckloads of marijuana and to start remembering the subtle differences between long words that are spelled similarly, like entomology and etymology :-)

And trust me, as a biochemist and somewhat of a biologist, there is no shortage of industry-specific words which no one has heard of, or cares to for that matter…

Words like ichthyology and epistemology (the latter of which is a non-biotech word of course, but it’s a philosopher’s word, and that’s why I care about it).

It gets worse, these same reflections from my musical facets. Who here wants to pick apart an F#(#11) chord? First you have to assume it’s dominant and that the 9th is not flat. If the 9th was flat it would have been F#(#11, b9). Although it is an incredibly ear-engaging chord which most pop musicians probably didn’t even know existed, it’s mostly fodder for jazz musicians. How about this intriguing string of changes: C7(b9), Db6, C7(b9), Bbmi6. Whoever can tell me what Ellington song that is from gets a point. And my lifelong respect. Jazz (esp. jazz piano) is MY lifelong affaire de coeur.

And regarding my use of German, which wasn’t mine at all: it is from a movie made by Mel Brooks called “Blazing Saddles.” I highly recommend it for those new to humor.

“Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengreuben…”

Btw, djabberwocky, I don’t give a damn how alvedazane is spelled. Tu es un marron glace! I’m an American and am proud of sloughing my German heritage (majority) and not knowing proper German spelling :-) Thanks a BUNCH, World Wars. I might have been able to quote Faust cover to cover in Goethe’s native language if it weren’t for senseless violence and the neutered, leisurely powers-that-be funding fatal wars as their only means of masturbation.

Oh – [slough]. Speaking of another sink of specialized words and language which may be going the way of the Dodo, does anybody here play Bridge?

That’s enough BBS spazzing for now….

like the one in my pocket for nitro pills?

You mean something like this.

You’re right. It’s an incorrect use. I can’t say I always use English correctly, either.
Seesixcm6

I thought it was goes-in-tight-.

Starting to notice a trend here. Everytime there’s mention of offensive comments the chimp’s name keeps popping up. Perhaps the zoo keeper forgot to put the proper amount of fiber supplement into it’s food dish.

I disagree. Marina’s facial expression is clesn and decent. It’s not the pouty, sensual, facial expression you would see in such movies as “Pretty Woman.” I think you might be over-reacting.
Seesixcm6

:o

i’m from holland :3 so my first language is dutch

Thanks, Marina! I’m ordering your new book. Thank you for brightening my day. I enjoyed the coconut video, since I live in Hawaii. :)

Aloha,
Michael
http://ourchiefweapon.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/hot4words

Hey there Fluent Lady!

I don’t know the origin of cut someone slack, but I am wondering if it can have anything to do with unleash the Phaëton.

“The horses started with a sudden bound,
And flung the reins and chariot to the ground;
The studded harness from their necks they broke,
Here fell a wheel, and here a silver spoke,
Here were the beam and axle torn away;
And, scatter’d o’er the Earth, the shining fragments lay.”
– Publius Ovidius Naso – Metamorphoses (43BC – 17 or 18)

How about AngeliKa.

Hey mlittlehi, you can attach your web site to your gravatar by going into your Dashboard at the top of the page and cut and paste it in the web section of your profile. That way every time someone clicks on your Gravatar your web site comes up. Click on my Gravatar and it will take you to my YT site. :smile:

You can also change your Gravatar by going to http://WWW.Gravatar.com and put in the same email address as you did when you signed up for HFWs. Then upload or find you a picture that you would like as a Gravatar.

Heh, it’s weird. There’s coconuts, then there’s cocobeans. But I hear cocobeans are actually berries so I don’t know what to think anymore. Cept “Duck!” :lol:

Whatever turns you on. :lol:

No, it’s what you do with someone who has Swine Flu – Ah-ah-eschew!

Hi Marina,

We have a stone statue in our garden depicting a Greek water bearer, One night vandals knocked its head off. My boyfriend says there’s no point putting its head back on coz they would only knock it off again. So we put a coconut on instead! It’s more of a talking point now.

I [eschew] your brand of naughty humor — and spit it out! :mrgreen:

There are more Dutch people here, so if you think the Englisch is incorrect, just put it down in Dutch aswell. We will help you. ;-)

No, venomrock67 is rigth, its not over yet.
oh and if you think you ( i mean everybody ) have it bad, than think of the Polish people who have there mortgages in euro, so now it has gone up 300% for these people.

Bull shit
i worship the sun. ;)

The Pina Colada Song, still like it. ;)

But, Vrock, our great and exalted leader says things are getting better! I mean, our economy only lost 241,000 jobs last month and the debt only grew by 181 billion dollars. Lets dance…. :cool: :mrgreen:

Put on your red shoes and dance the blues :smile:

That’s just too funny. :mrgreen:

smart, gorgeous philologists. But they don’t come in pill fobs :-)

Ugh, I get a heavy enough dose of puns doing the Saturday N.Y. Times crossword.

There have been times when I wanted to hurl a rolled up newspaper at that chimp but my fondness for humanitarian aid has held me back from doing so.

You bring up an interesting thought. A photo is worth a thousand words. Since Marina didn’t explain, title, or tag it, that opens up the door for people to imagine all kinds of things. I hear the term “Silence is golden.” many times but I laugh at that. Sometimes one just has to speak out something.

Maybe this photo was just for fun. I know many girls that like to get their photo taken. Kind of like a hobby of sorts. Heck it’s what helped me get an A in high school.

Maybe like you said, it’s to portray her as a sex slave or a stripper. It could be a fantasy of hers or maybe she is doing it for your fantasy.

I see Marina loves dressing up. She can go from sophisticated business woman look to sultry sexy dancer. She can adapt to anything.

I even have different outfits. I have a pirate costume. Mad scientist outfit (still needs more work though) and of course my captains outfit. Funny thing is I’ve been filmed and photographed more in my pirate outfit than all my other outfits combined. I guess people are really into the pirate thing or I’m a good at role playing.

I vote that she is just having fun. She’s worn just about every kind of outfit under the sun. What else she have left to wear?
:mrgreen:

:| knee pads *jk*

I am not a coconut lover. I would sit at the station and help another guy beat on a coconut with a hammer until it loosened the coconut meat on the inside from the shell on the outside. Then we would drill a hole and pour out the milk. He would then crack open the coconut and the meat would fall away from the hard shell. Then he would scrape off the brown fiber that was left on the coconut meat and have perfectly great big pieces so his wife could make a cake. Boring day at the fire station. :roll:

Your pirate outfit rocks Captain Jack :!:

LOL!

Thanks. It is only half of it. There is so much more to it. I even have nicker like pants to go with them. It even has 5 button on the top part and 3 on each leg. I have a belt, sword, chains, and now a dirty talking pirate.

I plan do make a whole new outfit like my friend Kyle has. It’s going to look similar to Jack Sparrows. I have a lady in the San Juan islands that is going to custom make it for me. It won’t be cheap either. It’s going to cost me around $900 bucks. My current outfit was about $200.

Hey Muggins I left you a message on the forum site about the Email and phone scams.

There is a site where you can add you phone number to to stop solicitors. It works 90% of the time. Some of them still get through. but if you tell them you are on the Do Not Call List then they usually want call back. Here is the web site.

https://www.donotcall.gov/

Turtle Mountain makes the world’s tastiest chocolate ice cream from coconut milk.

That’s cacao beans (the source of cocoa and chocolate), not coco beans, unless I’m mistaken. The pods they come in aren’t like a bean pod, but are rotund & remind me more of a pomegranate the way the “beans” are arranged inside.

I’ve only seen them depicted in textbooks, so what the hell do I know (yeah, don’t answer that — it’s a rhetorical question, I assure you). According to my studies, the Aztecs used the beans as currency because as you are probably well aware, chicks dig it. :smile:

That’s cool Captain Jack. When Marina did the comic con 2009 event I was browsing through costume photos on the web from that event and found to my delight lots of awesome stylish costumes this year.

Jack Sparrows outfit is elaborate, you will have your work cut out for you. That’ll be something :!:

Yowza! Uh-oh, I better get my tongue off the floor before I step on it (again).

:mrgreen:

According to my studies, the Aztecs used the beans as currency because as you are probably well aware, chicks dig it.

maybe that’s where the phrase “cool beans” comes from :!:

Q: What’th the antithethith of a Thithiphuthian tathk?

A: Thpeech clathth, of courthe.

I love Coconuts….! Ð’Ñ‹ настолько горячи!!! Марина! Ð’Ñ‹ пожалуйста определите ” Горячее Rod” I will give you a free ride anytime….You are the Best Teacher :cool:

Coconut is definitely the best video yet ;-) ;-) ;-)

Will you define [Hot Rod]….I Bulletin your Book on Myspace all the time and I am pre-ordering one right now. I would like to give you a ride in the Hot Rod of your choice.

Bleschew.

“Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.” – Abba Eban 1915-2002

Will they behave wisely once they have exhausted all of the money? :?: Just wondering if there was a light at the end of the tunnel… :|

Buenas preciosa ! Im Juan, and excuse me for my english but Im from Argentina, at south america. I just saw you and your teach videos at the local tv news and I must to say that you make me crazy rubia, and I think that if you be in fronto of me as my teacher, my heart will blow up inmediatly jajaja sorry but I always said that the argentinians girls are the most beautyfull of the world, but you brake that rule jaja. Like we say at our country, “estas mas buena que comer pollo con la mano” :)
I send you a big kiss from Buenos Aires and god bless that coconuts jajaj

Juancito

How was the vacation? I just got back my computer and is mad as hell. :evil: :cry: :???: So much lost…the money clowns pissed on on me hard…lost my pictures and I have a frown for the “cocoNuts”….

I am having to find much stuff[stuff]stuffy as a cat sniffing :oops:

[NOSE] nosey..I gotta go…Hope the next HotForWords is Words4Hot :lol:

welcome back leonard

Hm. Sounds like a passage from “I got it bad,” (2nd ending) but that isn’t it. Okay. I give.

Hi Marina,
My name is Noah, and I would like you to do a video about the Word [Ego Maniac]

Thanks,
Noah

thanks… :cry: my work was :!: How

stupid the status quo is

I say think of how we build the roads and cars and then the marketlocal envy [envy]…how stupid is I and not to know these geeks are [GOOKS]…the money pigs and the high salaried class is making for less room in HELL; also, hide your children from the ” abort and rape” class….if…[if]….MARINA rules :grin:

Thanks Bee Vee – that clears up the last part anyway! :grin:

I’ve always wanted to see Meryl dancing the Pole – I’ll have to rent the flick…

OH! Help me I’m sick…

Vacation was great. Thanx for asking. Made a HUGE sandcastle complete with drawbridges, moat, parapets, etc. I have pictures but am to stupid to upload/download/whatever. They are jpeg from my phone.
I saw your post where you said you were on your second motherboard(if I interpreted correctly), so, Yeah; the money clowns have been all over you.

BTW, you didn’t read anything fishy, did you? Feel that over your shoulder?

:shock: Big Brother :shock:

Hey wait a minute! I didn’t say you need lessons for English! and I got something to say to you. By taking a look around the campus right now, it looks like…. You’re going to fit right in! :grin: ;-)

I myself am not high on true intelligence, but I ‘d like to think I have street smarts.
Couldn’t tell you about the chord progressions you got up there or what song there from, I play by ear,and “Blazing Saddles” rules :razz:
You’re going to do just fine here on “Hotforwords” :smile:
Maybe I’ll see you around the classroom taylorgrey :cool:

Laater….From Venomrock

Hey you know this….

Lilly Von Schtupp :razz:

“estas mas buena que comer pollo con la mano”
is to say “you’re better than eating chicken with the hand.” :???:
Must be an Argentinian [idiom] :smile:

Hey beevee I didn’t know you were on vacation, but I guess that makes sense, you kinda were scarce around here the last few days. I guess I want to say welcome back bro and I can also see that leonard had a serious obstacle with his computer, been missing those insane comments of his but I can see he his back at the top of his game on here.

Hey do you remember this show? :mrgreen: This might be a little too late but welcome back beevee :smile:

Aw, it’s just Marina acting out in her usual naughty-tease manner. Nothing new, we’ve seen the shots from when she worked as a model.

“I am NOT provocative!” — Marina :lol:

Buccaneers, freebooters and pirates are generally the same: they seize the ship,take the cargo and kill the crew.

The difference is is buccaneers and freebooters operate usually during wartime under a government they are like a cheap navy. Pirates don’t follow any one, they’re just outright criminals. These groups were prevalent during the war between Spain and England. Some still exist today with the US encountering some pirates off the coast of Somalia. ;-)

Huh? :???:

:lol: peekaboo wave

Uh Are you referring to the grey blocks? cause if you are, there at the top of the page where you submit a comment right above that there are text codes that Marina has put there and there is also a link where you can go and practice. Look for where it says Allowed:

ect....
and you can go to practice where it says learn/practice here. I maybe off base on what you're asking, but it's called a blockquote.

Yes I’ve seen that one that’s a good one greatest :lol:

that was odd you popped in right when I tried to submit something.

Sorry for posting the same twice, it won’t happen again. I just forgot to reply directly to strastnozhelatslova!:

Hi everyone and especially strastnozhelatslova!

I saw that your wife was from Austria. Am from Austria, too, and I live there, in Austria’s capital: beautiful Vienna.

Like your wife, I also find dear Marina hot. She’s ingenious, creative, hot and “cool” at the same time and she has humor!

Dear Marina, I love your video on the meaning of the word coconut. I have watched a few – I am really very new here. I was wondering about the origin of the expression: [to cut someone some slack]

You are dope! (That was actually the first video I saw)

Good day or good night, everyone! :)

FluencyLady

Hey rijk, I thought about your comment way to hard :lol: and I must’ve been too tired to realize the typo so ignore the other thing I said :grin:

Yeah, Put on your red shoes and dance for the “Anoited One!” :lol:

[Hot Rod]? Hummm yeah that might have an interesting story.

I seen some pre-cut Coconuts at Whole Foods today. They even included straws taped to them so you could use them right away as a drink.

That’s why it cost $900 buck.

because it comes from a different language family. in french, “marriage” is “mariage”, so my guess is, it comes from a romance language and, ultimately, latin.

Hey, Marina, I would like to learn the origin of the word [NEWS].

A privateer or corsair used similar methods to a pirate, but acted while in possession of a commission or letter of marque from a government or monarch authorizing the capture of merchant ships belonging to an enemy nation. Strictly, a privateer was only entitled by its state to attack and rob enemy vessels during wartime. Privateers were part of naval warfare of some nations from the 16th to the 19th century. The crew of a privateer might be treated as prisoners of war by the enemy country if captured. The costs of commissioning privateers was borne by investors hoping to gain a significant return from prize money earned from enemy merchants. Many privateers strayed from the commission and became buccaneers.

The status of buccaneers as pirates or privateers was ambiguous. As a rule, the buccaneers called themselves pirates, but a few sailed under the protection of a letter of marque granted by British or French authorities. For example, Henry Morgan had some form of legal cover for all of his attacks. Many of the letters of marque used by buccaneers were legally invalid, and any form of legal paper in that illiterate age might be passed off as a letter of marque.

:mrgreen:

me and my friends have been fighting out trying to find out were the word the comes from and we could really use your help before it comes down to a hari kari lol jk jk (im a huge fan and dont think you look 60 at all)

Peace home slice

You know I do! Hey, was it me, or did you think Kotters old lady was kind of hot with those funky glasses and that long hair? :mrgreen:
Yeah, went to FLA for a week. Didn’t really say anything here. Too many would wish, “Good riddance to bad rubbish” as my Grandma always said. :twisted:

BTW, Great gravatar. As Jack Nicholson said to Jim Breuer, “You look exactly like I feel!” and that is a good thing ;-) :razz:

Keep Rockin’, VRock!!

:smile: How you be Jody? :cool:

hAiL MaRiNa and the the BLeSSingS of HotForWords

…do you remember where and what post is MaRina’s “tweet Deck”?…the geeks raped me… :cry: :???: I hope to clown on with my frown and i’m down and [hate] the down-town :lol:

I’d like to see you explain the word [voilà]

When people speak it, it sounds like “wha-la,” and many people don’t know how that word got started. It’s obviously french, so there’s some fun right there. Here’s an amusing play on the word here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thingpart/3216535837/

I would like to request the origin of the word or phrase [Boonie's] as in “Out in the Boonies” or the military [Boonie Hat].

Hello, HotForWords, can you please tell me what the origin of the word [ Tristadecaphobia ] fear of the number 13″

Since you haven’t slept with a mermaid in a while you should know the answer to HOT Rod. :razz: :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V6ij6CJYwc

This is how I am doing so far on my video, can you tell me what you think? Only you and pedantickarl will see it before I put it up officially. The main part is high and squealy, but I have not filmed that part yet, so when I do it will tie in the video and make some more sense.

I just tried to watch it and an error message came up that said try back again latter. I will keep trying to watch it and let you know.

I think it works now

Just watched it and left you a message. Kewl

“They start with Byron then Shelley, then jump on your belly…”

“I’ve been with thousands of men / Again and again / They pwomise the moon. / They all keep coming and going and going and coming / And always too soon!”

OH – And those changes are from Ellington’s (or maybe Strayhorn’s) “Caravan.”

Hey I always wanted to know why sperm is called [Cum]

I’ve just noticed that M is doing an interview for Playboy Radio on the 21st August, so maybe you’d better start cooking that spaghetti.

Hi FluencyLady,

My wife, Susanne, says hi. She grew up in Wien pretty much in the 16th Bezirk near Wattgasse. She missed Vienna at first but now really likes it in Florida. I spent from 1998 to 2002 years in Vienna and loved it too. When I left I had to take a souvenir with me. European girls are great :-)

I certainly can’t compete with that explanation, :shock: it is very thorough and precise. I tried to condense it down and to be honest with you I wasn’t 100% sure about “freebooters” or maybe with the rest of the explanation. You see awhile back I requested the word [pirate] I think shortly after our country’s skirmish with some off the coast of Somalia. I thought this could be an interesting and possibly fun lesson for Marina to do and learn the origin of this word, but in lieu of recent events that have happened, well you know. I was just trying to draw attention and play off of this post but later the attention was somewhere else due to my negligence and uh well I can’t take it too seriously, I guess, I was just trying too hard to get Lady M’s attention oh well. Maybe some other people might find some comedy relief in it, but i’ll end the comment here. You posted a great answer here.
Take care Captain! :smile:

You are correct about freebooter, buccaneers, pirates are interchangeable. Pirates is just a generic word to describe all of the types of pirates.

I think Marina picks words that have some kind of story behind them that she can work with. Some words really don’t have much story behind them. She also tries to pick words that are making news somewhere or is becoming used more often.

As for getting M’s attention. Good luck. You know she has thousands of fans. What gets her attention the most if you find a word that she doesn’t know. Remember, she is trying to learn the English language. Not so much the word but the underlined meaning of the word. She has done quite well I might add. Just so everyone knows. This is just my opinion. I could be completely wrong of what gets her attention. She’s all over the board sometimes. :smile:

I hear you loud & clear :smile:
She does like to change it up a bit :cool:

Thanks

Sounds tempting.

Stick by your guns, Vrock. Either they like ya or they don’t and what does it matter any-old way? :smile:

Yeah, I’m sticken by my guns ;-) It’s nothin’ to worry about :cool:

Btw sorry about drawin attention to ya, and yeah it was a little bit of a shock, and hopefully Lady M is cool with it, she’s got other things to worry about: like the release of her book next week. :smile:

Hey check out this cat “shreddin.”

Jake E. Lee :razz:

One up the ‘B’ side :cool:

Take it easy B :grin:

Here is the way I see it:
You posted and THEN M posted. It wasn’t like you were trying to get her attention.(at least I didn’t think so) I really wasn’t trying to either, and the whole thing would have been a little “lighter” if the fuckin’ emoticons worked. But, some people see M in the comments and drop a line. I do. Some feel the need to crack wise. So. No worries. Hang loose and keep your bag heavy… :mrgreen: ;-)

NOW they’re workin’ :???: :!: :cool:

!! Coconuts !!

Aaaaah hates cocnuts !!

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/172518/detail/

(just like your last vacation, eh?)

Marina, since you have come to America, there must be many words
that you had to learn that were slang. Me, living here all my life, I’ve
come across a few. One that I was never sure about was:
HONKY – TONK
Is this a bar only for honkies (joke, sure – but serious inquiry) ?
Might imply why it is not so prevalently in use.

But, what better way to show off some Daisy-Dukes for Cap’n Jack, James
Capman & Melikadothechacha ?!

Congratulations on your book! I wish I could go to NY (I miss it a bit !!)
I hope that you do other signing tours or appearances in Florida !!

Good luck !!

:| I was surprised at how much milk there is in a coconut

IN tird year high school german the teache said the German version of The boogey man was called DER BUHZ!! I think I spelled it right!

See the these coconuts shells… :cool: http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/11/11/hula-hoop/

Through the coconut palms next door (maybe twenty) I look at the ocean all day, especially in the morning. Yes, falling coconuts kill people, world-wide, often–they are just heavy enough that when they fall…you are never suppose to sit under a coconut tree. Sometimes, they wake me up when one hits the ground or a car or the garage breaking more than just the nights silence…

Hwk: Love coconuts, the milk fresh, yes as a soup base, the meat/fiber is also one of the best ways to clean your teath–ever! Use more natural strands as you chew not shredded & cooked like Mounds.

:lol: :idea: :lol:Quote”God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time.” – Robin Williams, commenting on the Clinton/Lewinsky affair

Quote”Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.” – Voltaire 1694-1778 – on his deathbed in response to a priest asking that he renounce Satan. :cool: antarctic-icebergs-make-their-own-art…cold-cold_NUTZ :lol: :smile: just random and now back to..