Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. :grin:

I like Chocolate pie and oyster dressing.

Did you just say “pissed at me”?

Happy Thankdgiving my dear teacher. Keeping with the season – where does [yule] and [yule tide] come from??

They did have Lobster at the Pilgrim’s first Thanksgiving. So Marina you have had something to eat.

Today there was fresh cranberry mixed with pineapple it was fantastic.

Marina are you taking acting classes? You did three characters in this lesson. Good job.

Who’s teaching you to talk with your hands? Ha! ;-)

Together? ewe! :shock:

:lol:

Lobster works for me, too.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends on the other side of the pond.

Megga awesome video lesson Marina!!!
Excellent presentation. Actually loved the simplicity of it and the way you told the story in that chair. Very nice atmosphere.
You forgot to mention salmon with lobster and king crab legs.. :lol:

Happy Thanksgiving!!!
To all of the HotForWords friends and subscribers and
those of you who have not yet subscribed.
Enjoy this blessed day!
:smile:

:o Not sure how long I can talk here before sis throws an apron at me and gets me busy in the kitchen

:grin: Your mom is cute. I better shut-up before I get slapped.

I got a hotforwords joke for hotforwordians :arrow:

:?: Question: What is Gorby’s favorite food on Thanksgiving Day

:!: Answer: Stuffing (from plush doggy toys)

:razz:

Good lesson. (Aside: Since the second thanksgiving feast was held 50 years after the first feast, and the term “thanksgiving” was coined 11 years after the first feast, we have the question: what was the term used for? — meaning, what was the event that took place 11 years after the first feast which people thought should be designated by the term “thanksgiving”?)

That’s a good one!

Great !
If you are such a big fan of Gorbaciov, that you named your dog.
You can see him on december 2nd, live interview at
”realitateatv.ro”

Can you say somethig about the word ”Help”?
bye

:smile: Very good job and I got yelled at also…16 is so keen :cool: stone soup with fish eggs…mullet :cool:

;-) same back at you and all too :grin: the atlantic coast is what it was :lol:

The best yet and say hi to the family :razz:

Right back at you…I partyed with a politcal science dude from Kiel..iSharesCup 2008, Kiel, Germany ( Auszug )
….thanks to the “great-spirit”—GOD and her and his and all

love like you love it :!: :cool:

Lobster would be a rare treat for us. Today mom made turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, punpkin pie, sweet potato cassarole, green been cassarole. we can always be thankful that we are not homeless. But I have been looking into leaving Toledo or leaving america.

HAM!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving Marina, and all our good friends South of the border. No turkey for us today, we had our’s in October. ;-)

Wow! Another great lesson. I’m so ashamed that a Russian woman knows more about Thanksgiving that I do.

I’m happy that you’re correcting years of false information that I was taught in school. I always knew at least half of my 12 years in grade school was a waste of time. I’m thinking Russia’s idea of bring scrap metal to class for a grade might not have been such a bad idea. At least it was productive.

For all of those students who celebrate Thanksgiving. Have a great turkey day and don’t let the family drama get to you.

For all of you students in other countries that don’t celebrate it. Have a great Thursday. If it make you feel any better, I’ll be eating a mushroom & swiss burger.

:mrgreen:

My sister, her friends, and I visit Canada for Thanksgiving. They celebrate the day 3 weeks earlier than the US does. Because of this, we eat at their restaurants for they are not very full and we can get a seat without reservations. It works out great when we are to busy to cook. Anyways, Christmas dinner is just around the coroner and that’s a feast. Though last year I didn’t have any dinner. I think I had a box of mac and cheese. Might happen again this year come to think of it. Oh boy!

DIDO – THANK YOU (Live Acoustic)

…100th Monkey Eat Drink and Be Merry

:smile:

My sister works at Red Lobster here in the US. I used to work at one years ago. In fact with my sister and step brother at one time, worked at the same restaurant. Sometimes my sister would have to clean a lobster. She can’t kill a fly, so I had to stop my job and clean it. I guess that’s why men make great hunters. We can turn off the emotional side really easy.

Funny fact. I used to hate sea food. I would blow chunks just getting a whiff of it. Now with chiefs doing a better job of preparing sea food, I enjoy it much more. I’ve even eaten things that normally would freak people out.

Happy Turkey Day Bob. Are you going to eat a cheese burger like I’m planning to do?

I hope You have had a Wonderful Thanksgiving Marina and enjoyed some Lobster.

Russians don’t know how to say “Thank you?” Is that true Marina?

I luv turkey breast. I cooked up a turkey that I bought at the local supermarket. I should have stuffed herb butter in between the skin and meat, because the bird was virtually tasteless. Next year, I’m going to reserve a turkey at the Los Gatos Meats and Smoke House for Thanxgiving. I’m certain they’ll have birds with flavor.

Marina, how come your still image that you used to indicate you had a new video for Thanksgiving is so super saturated? It looks like you have a blue blouse on when the video clearly shows black? Just curious…. Thank you for the continued lessons!

Speeking of Thanksgiving, I just noticed something on the calander. :shock: I know you know what I know. :o
I like to make little sandwiches out of everything on my plate with dinner rolls. messy but tasty. ;-)

Hey Marina, I love your show. Been following for a long time, and I’ve turn a lot of people on to your show. I am in the U.S. Army, and I’m deploying to the Middle East soon. I work in satellite communications, and my team and I wanted to know where [satellite] comes from. Thanks for all the great episodes, and keep up the great work :)

P.S. – Some of the guys would love autographed photos of you, don’t exactly get to see beautiful woman where we’re going. Thanks a bunch.

Happy Thanksgiving Marina!!! My favorite food on Thanksgiving is mashed potatoes and gravy. I also love pumpkin pie :mrgreen:

Blackthorn – Puritania…thats what she said,thanK U and hope you had healthy and enjoyable food…hot :smile:

It’s supposed to be good for your head if you pick one thing to be thankful for everyday. Don’t forget about friends. Home work: I’m a pie man, apple is my favorite but any kind will do.

GREAT thumbnail PICTURE. VERY NICE! PLEASE NOW THAT ITS THANKSGIVING, CAN YOU DO THE WORD [SOLES]?

Спасибо Marina for the Russian language lesson.
I’m starting to pick out words more often and it is fun learning a new language through you, especially hearing you pronounce the Russian words and seeing the translation at the bottom of the video.

This blog talks about the origin of Спасибо which came from спаси вас/тебя Бог meaning “God save you”. Very interesting reading about the Russian word origins.
What does здравствуйте & спасибо actually mean in Russian?

Happy Thanksgiving Marina….and thank you for the excellent
lesson :smile:
I like your idea of having lobster, that turkey stuff can get old.

A SUPERFRIENDS thanksgiving with some Wright Meat. :mrgreen: ;-)

Happy Thanksgiving Day to everyone at HFW :smile:

I love t-giving! I think I 8 2 much today. :cool:

That is an excellent request Cadiman, as Marina is out of this world and the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union back in 1957.

how!!! Mom’s Apple Pie – Love Plays A Song
…remember the other lp? fly in my pie… :lol:

Thanks for the quick response CJ. : )

the strange thing is that my yesterday reply was bigger and more links, but i hop you can recode. though it does sound like an awful lot of work.

lol, site is called hot for words but when things really heat up it freezes. ~smirk~

thanks again and to Marina as well. : )

Wonderful lesson! I’m so happy with your return to the longer format. Guess I’m selfish, but I can never get enough of you.

Hope your day was good. Your tweet that you were spending it alone upset me.

(You look incredible in that gorgeous dress, too.)

Oh, HW: Smoked ham, probably, but dressing and gravy is right up there, as well.

:twisted: here is the other album cover Mom’s Apple Pie / Mom’s Apple Pie…cool 40 smackers :cool: another piece :roll: :lol: At first glance, the cover looks innocent enough. It shows a kindly looking farmer’s wife holding forth a freshly baked pie with one slice removed. Upon closer examination, however, you can see that the pie is very special! Right at the tip of the missing slice in the filling of the pie can be seen a very nice rendering of female genitalia. After word got out, retailers demanded that Capitol Records do something about it. They did. They filled the slice up with bricks, surrounded it with barbed wire, and raised the American Flag.” :smile:

What a fantastic way to start the day, with a lesson :smile:

My favorite food on Thanksgiving would be stuffing with gravy. Can’t get enough of it. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

I’ve tried lobster for the 1st time, months ago, when I ate at Red Lobster. I don’t see the big deal about it, I think there are some fish entrees that are just as good (a few even better).

:smile: Hi Karl!! Audiobook-P. G. Wodehouse
…Quote”I always advise people never to give advice.” – P. G. Wodehouse from this date of Marina’s HotforWords website…I feel like [guilty], but I love sharing :o :| He worked with Cole Porter on the musical Anything Goes (1934) and frequently collaborated with Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton. He wrote the lyrics for the hit song “Bill” in Kern’s Show Boat (1927), wrote lyrics to Sigmund Romberg’s music for the Gershwin – Romberg musical Rosalie (1928), and collaborated with Rudolf Friml on a musical version of The Three Musketeers (1928).

As in Marina’s “you know” coming up in a few weeks?

Great leson, Dear Teacher! Being from Indiana (we’re big on pork here), my Thanksgiving fave is a good smoked ham, but this year I had some primo Tilapia, to be different. I hope you had a great day. I hope you always have great days. xoxo dc

Thanks for sharing Leonard and for the advice. :grin:
Happy Thanksgiving to you.

So your mom looks for excuses to yell at you too. Glad this is not just happening to me, and I do not expect it to end anytime soon either. I have a few years on you, so don’t look for an end either.

I’m not sure if I have a favorite dish, but I really enjoy the special foods that are prepared only for the big family meals.
The trufffles I made this year were a big hit.

My sister currently works for RL. (code for Red Lobster). I use to work there also. Did you pick out a lobster from the tank? When you do that you get an unfrozen lobster. Freezing breaks down the meat making it a bit mushy. It still taste ok but I like it freshly steamed lobster best. They key to a good lobster is to clean it quickly under cold running water. It’s important to get all it’s innards out. Not to damage any of the innards when doing so or it will contaminate the meat with a bitter taste. It’s not harmful but if you eat a lot of lobster you can taste it when someone didn’t clean it well enough. After cleaning its put in the steamer. Sometimes they are still kicking. Horrible? Yes it sounds so, but it’s has been demonstrated that they do not feel any pain. It’s purely reactive responses of the nervous system and not the brain.

Try a freshly steamed lobster and tell me if you notice a better taste. Also an inportant thing it to try it with some good dipping sauce. If your tongue isn’t amazed then I guess it’s just not for you. Some seafood is just an acquired taste. Just like beer.

Marina, I love that Grecian style dress (right? Not sure what the proper name for it). :grin: They look very comfortable and yet maintain a sexiness to them. It’s very popular style with a group of people in the online simulator ‘Second Life’.
I don’t know if you ever shopped at Bebe. A few years ago they were offering many Grecian dresses. I was in one about a month ago and I didn’t see any offerings. Must have fallen out of style. I guess clothing loses value when you drive them off the lot just like a car. :roll:

Your welcome. I try to respond quickly. But only if I’m messaged from the contact page or as a reply in the comments. For the next two weeks I will be out of the office doing a yacht delivery.

Marina does bulk of the coding. She knows a bit of code which impresses the heck out of me. She can teach a class on how to use WordPress.

She must have an Italian Stallion hidden away somewhere. :grin:
Why do Italian cars have two steering wheels?
So that the passenger can steer whilst the driver is talking. :lol:

Don’t think I want to see you in a Grecian dress, Jack.
Oh, you meant you were in the Bebe shop. :lol:

Hola Marina

I would like to request the word [mojito]

I like your shows

You know you want to see me in Grecian dress, Bob. :mrgreen: I don’t swing that way but for you, I think I can stir up the courage to do so if it will make you happy. LOL!!!

Yeah, I checked out the Bebe store. I very much liked the outfits they have. I thought the prices were fair also. I expected them to be 3 or 4 times the sicker price. You could send your girl there and not worried about her blowing money on over priced stuff.

Washingtonians are very conservative group of people. Showing any cleavage is considered porn. Though there are some who go in the opposite direction. Last summer, I seen a very well endowed girl with pasties on entering a very classes night club. I was going asked for a hug, but I was in a hurry to get to a meeting that I was running late on. Later to find out the meeting was postponed for about an hour. Damn! Missed opportunity. :evil:

The only pasties my wife will contemplate are Cornish Pasties. :sad:
She’s very conservative; always wears jeans – the first time I saw her wear a dress was at our wedding, and I’ve rarely seen her in one since.
Thank the gods for Marina! :smile:

My favorite Thanksgiving food is Yes.
You put it on the table, I eat it with Great Gusto.

I would have thought there were expressions of gratitude within every country. I found Spasiba means ‘thank you’, in Russian.
Pronunciation is Spas-ee-bah, with the emphasis on the ‘ee’.

I’ll definitely keep this video for my collection. Very educational bit about the two-faced Europeans, saved by the indians and then not putting them on the VIP list. I laughed at the bit about Russians not knowing how to say Spaceba. So much for a birthday present for you (a small painting of your favorite toy in Russia, cuddling with Gorby.) Hope your poor unhappy Mom liked the fragrance samples from Grasse (etc, etc,. Robertson Blvd). Dasvedanya, “Gangsta” :-)

Nice piece of Americana. Giant speakers raised suspicion. Great songs.

i would like to find out why we call a flock of crows [a murder of crows] thank you love the show

:cool: YELLOW THUNDER WOMAN AMERICAN INDIAN
YELLOW THUNDER WOMAN AMERICAN INDIAN…[toys]… :smile: thank you and all associated :cool:

just thought to add some wisdom from the HFW web-site :P Quote”I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again.” – Bill Maher

nine eleven and heaven…. :sad:

You have very lovely eyes; but I said that before. And I don’t take many photos of women; you would think from my words I would but I do not. But I do notice you pretty women. I am just too shy to talk to them alot when I first see one. How about the word [Sadie Hawkins] as in a Sadie Hawkins Dance where the girl invites the man out to the dance instead of the man. I must feel so inadequate and unworthy around pretty women like you. But I do desire you so much.

I don’t think it should be assumed that Thanksgiving didn’t exist before the Europeans “invented” it. First Nations had long standing traditions of celebrating the October full moon (hunter moon for the natives, harvest moon later on for the european settlers). The first formally european-recorded Thanksgiving goes back to 1578 (Martin Frobisher and the Northern Passage). Second one is Samuel the Champlain’s feasts of thank from 1604 onwards.

Dighton Rock in Massachusetts has an inscription on it “MIGUEL CORTEREAL V DEI HIC DUX IND A D 1511″. The Corte-Real brothers, Miguel and Gaspar crossed the Atlantic in 1500-1501 and landed in Labrador, a mere 8 years after Columbus, more than a century before the Mayflower, so it can be safely assumed that the Mayflower pilgrims from 1621 were absolutely not the first europeans to celebrate the hunter’s moon with the natives.

Marina you look very pretty in that top, Happy Thanksgiving

Hugs and kisses to the teacher.

Marina,

What’s the story with Canadian Thanksgiving? You must have come across that origin.

CJ

Happy Black Friday HFW Family! Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving Day.

Today I’m thankful Space Shuttle Atlantis made a safe re-entry and picture-perfect landing.

Yes PG :lol: the date for thanksgiving on Marina’s calendar is tues
11/24 :evil: how did that happen :?: :twisted: :lol:
Dear teacher it is a shame you couldnt be home for the holiday with
your russian family :cry: HOWEVER it was great to have you with us
your HFW family :mrgreen: hope you had a great one & didnt over-
indulge in lobster & butter sauce :lol: :cool: B.B. :cool: i still cant close my pants, i ate so much

also M one more mistake on the callendar not your B/day 12/10,
BUT the 31st is new years eve ( i know because its my wedding anniversary, 45 years & counting) :cool: B.B. :mrgreen:

Marina, I love you and really hate to have to correct you, but the account of Thanksgiving you have been given is incorrect.

The Pilgrims landed in 1620 and founded the Colony of New Plymouth in what is now Massachusetts. They had a difficult first winter, but survived with the help of the Indians. The usual story in the history textbooks relates how in the fall of 1621, the grateful Pilgrims held their first Thanksgiving Day and invited the Indians to a big Thanksgiving-Day feast with turkey and pumpkins.

There was indeed a big feast in 1621, but it was not a Thanksgiving Day. This three-day feast was described in a letter by the colonist Edward Winslow. It was a hunting party with the Indians, but there was no Thanksgiving Day proclamation, nor any mention of a thanksgiving in 1621 in any historical record.

The history of the colony was chronicled by Governor William Bradford in his book, Of Plimouth Plantation, available at many libraries. Bradford relates how the Pilgrims set up a communist system in which they owned the land in common and would also share the harvests in common. By 1623, it became clear this system was not working out well. The men were not eager to work in the fields, since if they worked hard, they would have to share their produce with everyone else. Many colonists starved to death under this system. The colonists were facing another year of poor harvests. They held a meeting to decide what to do.

As Governor Bradford describes it, “At last after much debate of things, the governor gave way that they should set corn everyman for his own particular… That had very good success for it made all hands very industrious, so much [more] corn was planted than otherwise would have been”. The Pilgrims changed their economic system from communism to individual enterprise; the land was still owned in common and could not be sold or inherited, but each family was allotted a portion, and they could keep whatever they grew. The governor “assigned to every family a parcel of land, according to the proportion of their number for that end.”

Bradford wrote that their experience taught them that for society as a whole, communism, or sharing all the production, was vain and a failure:

“The experience that has had in this common course and condition, tried sundrie years, and that amongst Godly and sober men, may well evince the Vanities of the conceit of Plato’s and other ancients, applauded by some of later times; that the taking away of propertie, and bringing into commone wealth, would make them happy and flourishing, as if they were wiser than God.”

Their new incentive-based economic system was a great success. It looked like they would have an abundant harvest this time. But then, during the summer, the rains stopped, threatening the crops. The Pilgrims held a “Day of Humiliation” and prayer. The rains came and the harvest was saved. It is logical to surmise that the Pilgrims saw this as a sign that God blessed their new economic system, because Governor Bradford proclaimed November 29, 1623, as a Day of Thanksgiving.

These statements of fact can be checked for accuracy at any large library. It’s too bad the schools have been telling a false story for all these years, since the lesson learned was a very important one.

I’m vegetarian, so I don’t eat turkey; my favorite foods at Thanksgiving are Pecan Pie and Cranberry Jelly.

Thanks, Teacher. Interesting (if controversial) lesson.
Beautiful top.

The history is a little confusing. Just go to wiki for a dose of that confusion. The very first Thanksgiving was in Virginia in 1619. Up north in what was to become Massachusetts, there were Pilgrims who held a traditional harvest festival in 1621. According to one Pilgrim’s written testimony, the Puritans had cod as well as turkey and venison.

Canadian Thanksgiving can be traced to the native populations before the pale faces invaded. In fact, the entire world seems to have had thanksgivings, which were harvest festivals.

It is too bad the schools have not been telling the controversial stories related by Samuel Gorton “Simplicities defence against seven-headed policy” – 1642, for instance, describing some of the means and strategies by which New Plymouth and Massachussetts colonists were increasing their lands and their possessions.

Ironically and sadly, it appears from it that the Indians were actually more civilized and merciful towards european colonists than european colonists towards their own compatriots. Heck, let’s not talk about how civilized and merciful the european colonists were towards the Indians.

Harvest festivals for the sedentary populations, and hunting festivals for the nomadic ones, all tightened to the full moon after the autumnal equinox, also called blood moon. As old as darkness itself.

I really love your hair in this Marina, I was at college and I ehard a tutor say [bane of my life] they looked it up and said it had something to do with murder? I think hotforwords needs to investigate!

Beeeeeeep. Wrong answers. Don’t you think I already wikied that? You must think I’m dumber that a sack of potatoes. :roll:

I rarely ask a question that I don’t already know the answer to. I just like to see if what I researched was correct. Marina has a nack of proving me incorrect.

What part of “Canadian” did you not understand? I guess that’s why I addressed the question to Marina.

It’s always best to list your sources if you hope anyone to review your data and accept your statement as fact. Like doing papers in college we always had to list our sources so the professor and other peers could double check our work to see if our statement was accurate.

Never ever trust wiki without first going to the bottom and reviewing their sources. Also one has to research other trusted documents and then one can make a determination of what information is accurate.

Remember, many times we have seen Marina prove wiki to be wrong and once she even proved the History Channel incorrect. This woman does her research. Also note she is only looking for the American origins of the word and not other countries. ;-)

Canadian Thanksgiving:
“Just thankful we’re not Americans”

Captain, this was a comment online and not a college paper. The quotes are taken directly from Bradford’s book, identified in my comment. I reckon the Governor of the Colony is a good source. With access to the internet, it should be really easy to confirm that I was reporting truth and not political propaganda or personal bias. I have pointed you toward essential information; it’s not my duty to try to convince you of anything. If you want to retain an opinion, you don’t have to check the sources I listed. Are you fond of socialism or Communism? Then don’t do a search; just ignore me and continue to hold on to your beliefs.

Oh please accept my humble apologies. :oops: My mistake for speed reading. I’m rushing with so many projects I think Im running around like a chicken with his head cut off. :shock:
I googled your reference and will try to read it later. I’m very sorry for accusing you that you didn’t list your sources, as I see you _clearly_ did. Please accept my apologies :sad:

LOL! I spend many months in Canadian. I wanted to live there to get out of the Bush administrations rule. I even had a sponsor. I was that close. Now I’m not so worried…. yet. ;-)

Those are wise words indeed, Capt. Jack. It isn’t a matter of trust, though, that I submitted that stuff. I’m the last person to believe in anything. I put it out there to be either challenged or confirmed.

:cool: Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving :!: AWESOME lesson :!: Homework My favorite food for Thanksgiving has got to be green bean [casserole] :!: :grin: YUMMY :!: But, I didn’t have any this year! :sad:

I would like to request the word [horny]

Favorite food? All of it! But I really enjoy the cranberry-orange relish, made by putting whole cranberries and orange rind through an old-fashioned meat grinder!

Hey ryuichinull, Marina has already done that request. She incorporated it into a game. You can find the first part of Horny by clicking on this blue link. The other part of Horny at the top of this page under All Words. Hope you enjoy the video on horny. :smile:

Easily. I’m already a fan of your comments here. I think maybe the most important thing about this is that I never heard it mentioned in all my years of school, although Bradford’s book has been available for hundreds of years. BTW, those Indians that were said to have been the recipients of the colonists feast had all been murdered within a few years, by those same colonists. Their vigorous attempts at holiness apparently didn’t dissuade them from genocide.

PRIVET!!! Bird Gerhl,

I would like to request the word…[Hypatia]…please?

Grazie Mille di Cuore

CIAO,

-A

It’s the “an” at the end of the word. I don’t understand why it has to be “Canadian” and not just “Canadi”, which I think is cooler and better. Why is the “an” needed? Isn’t “Canadi” long enough already? Isn’t “Canadi” the right word to use? I would like to address that question.

Dear Marina,
Thanks for a nice video on Thanksgiving! I hope you will enjoy eating some lobster, soon. :grin:
Your mother really looks beautiful in your video. In a few more years, you might be as beautiful as she is. Does she speak English? Will she like an American boy as her son-in-law? Will she give a nice dowry when her daughter gets married? If I get your mother to like me, I think she’ll help us be together! :razz:
Your birthday is coming soon, so I guess I;ll mail you a birthday card. I hope you will have a Happy Birthday, so I will write a joke or two in the card I mail to you. :razz:
Seesixcm6

Although I’m Canadian, I can’t really say what the origin is, but currently (since before I was born, anyway), it’s celebrated on the same day that you celebrate Columbus Day, Oct. 14. That always seemed incomprehensible to me, what does Columbus and 500+ years of genocide have to do with Thanksgiving? I think they just chose that day because they didn’t want to celebrate Thanksgiving on the same day as Americans.

I want to know the origin of [dildo]. Everyone calls me a dildo on YouTube. I’ve always wanted to know! :?:

I think it’s time to check Marina’s references and compare them with Bradford’s book. This should be interesting.

Hello seeking,
October has traditionally been the month in which harvest festivals have been observed at the end of the growing season.
However, the actual dates of observance has varied over time and the dates that have been chosen for different reasons such as combining them with other events.

For example, Germany’s Oktoberfest is held between the third weekend in September and the first Sunday of October. Even though it coincides with the end of the harvest season in Germany, Oktoberfest originated as a result of the royal marriage of King Ludwig I of Bavaria to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghause, on October 12, 1810.

The dates for the observing of “Giving of Thanks” in November have traditionally coincided with religious observances or celebrations of spiritual prayer and thanks. Reference George Washington’s 1789 Proclamation of Thanksgiving.
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/6997

Marina mentioned Sarah Josepha Hale credited with making Thanksgiving a national holiday since many states celebrated a day of giving thanks on various dates from as early as October to as late as January. Again, November was chosen as a time to reflect on the blessings and renewed love to the Union and to each other and of peace and good-will to all men.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Josepha_Hale

Marina, this video certainly encouraged some interesting dialog regarding the origins of Thanksgiving. Much of the confusion in people’s minds comes from not understanding the different dates in which the giving of thanks was celebrated. You made that clear using the victory over the British as an example.

If I were to use a broad brush to categorize the
“day of giving thanks”, I might do it this way.

1. The traditional harvest feast occurred at the end of the growing season usually in October. (latitude dependent).

2. The specific “date of thanks” was set in many cases to coincide with another event. For example, Germany’s Oktoberfest is held between the third weekend in September and the first Sunday of October. Even though it coincides with the end of the harvest season in Germany, Oktoberfest originated as a result of the royal marriage of King Ludwig I of Bavaria to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghause, on October 12, 1810.

3. A “day of thanks” was usually celebrated in November coinciding with a religious celebration or spiritual prayer or giving of thanks.

4. Other days of thanks occurred as a result of a military victory or national pride. These celebrations of thanks occurred on different dates and different months, hence the effort of Sarah Josepha Hale is credited with making Thanksgiving a national holiday since many states celebrated a day of giving thanks on various dates from as early as October to as late as January. November was chosen as a time to reflect on the blessings and renewed love to the Union and to each other and of peace and good-will to all men.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Josepha_Hale

Маринка, when you speak Russian, you tend to use calques of English idiomatic expressions, like in the first place ⇒ на первом месте (instead of e.g. прежде всего ?).

Marina, if you get any thinner, you will disappear. You need to chow down on a big slab of turkey and a shovelfull of stuffing. My favorite for Thanksgiving is just that, smothered in creamed pearl onions instead of the traditional gravy. That’s what I had yesterday and, in the form of leftovers today. And guess what I’m having tomorrow, too? Mmmmm! (Lobster! Egad!).

Now, to business. Are you sure about your dates? In 1777 the war had just gotten started, and in December, Washington and his troops schlepped into Valley Forge to winter, where they damn near froze to death, not to mention starved. Not much reason to party there. In October of 1781, the British surrendered at Yorktown , which would have been cause for celebration.

Can you get back to us on that? Have your people call my people. :grin:

Marina, when you said your favorite food on Thanksgiving would be lobster, did you know that you would be historically correct.

Here is a prtial list of what might have been on the Pilgrims’ menu.
Seafood: Cod, Eel, Clams, Lobster
Wild Fowl: Wild Turkey, Goose, Duck, Crane, Swan, Partridge, Eagles
Meat: Venison, Seal

Hoooooo! Criticizing her for mistakes IN HER NATIVE TONGUE. That’s cold.

It’s French for “OMG, those are fresh batteries!”

It’s true, I tell you.

I are people :mrgreen:

“In response to Burgoyne’s surrender, Congress declared December 18, 1777 as a national day “for solemn Thanksgiving and praise” in recognition of the military success at Saratoga; it was the nation’s first official observance of a holiday with that name.”

Scroll down to the section named Legacy.
That paragraph is above the Legacy section.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Saratoga

As I mentioned below, historically we need to look at what we call Thanksgiving today as a “day of giving thanks” with different connotations, but certainly in some form of spiritual prayer of thanks and those days of thanks were not always celebrated in November or October, the two traditional months of giving thanks.

Like this? This is the exact one my Mom used when I was a kid. I have about three of them. (Just sentimental, I guess.)

I always heard, “…bane of my existance.”

You can satisfy all your vegetarian needs with a turkey. You just have to eat at the right end of it! :evil:

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Be careful there, HFS. Marina has trademarked “Hot For” in addition to “Hot For Words.” Thus “Hot For Anything” would probably be infringing, if it is used for the uses specified for the mark. Look for yourself at USPTO; type in “hot for”.

I covered that one over a year ago. Sadie Hawkins Day was a fictional event from Al Capp’s Lil’ Abner comic strip of the ’70s and before. On that day, the girls got to snag the boys, and they had to go along with it.

Do you mean spasibo?

Dear Marina,

I heard that Lobster back in the day was considered a poor man’s meal, because there just was so much of it. Funny huh?

-David

I choose Lobster too. Yum. :razz:

BTW Love to hear you speak in Russian! :oops:

The secret of a good marriage, Bob, is to eat the pasties. :grin:

The day of the definitive experiment:

“Lobster, do you feel any pain now?”

“Oh, lobster…”

“L-o-b-s-t-e-r… Hey, buddy…”

“Hmmmm….”

“Ahh, I guess not. I better mark that down as a ‘Negative Response.”"

Even 4 year olds know that lobsters don’t speak or understand English.

She never claimed she was good at either. :roll: Don’t you know you bastardize both languages when you mix them?

That’s quite a choice—a city or a country. Have you ever been to California? It was in the 60′s today here with just a misting of rain. (It was nice enough that I went out sightseeing for a few hours yesterday afternoon and located the concrete backstop wall of the small arms range from the original Camp Kohler, one of the few remaining traces still in existance.)

Things are improving. I noticed that after you reply or edit your comments, it now returns to the correct msg instead of the top of the blog. I still don’t see the msg numbering that we used to have, though. Maybe we’ll get that for Christmas.

I thought that you bastardized when you didn’t marry them. :lol:

I have never eaten it.

I didn’t criticize (in fact, I even have no rights to criticize anyone in the field of knowledge I’m not familiar with), I only described the phenomenon I observed. Nowadays, the loan translations (especially from English into other European languages) become more and more popular, but would languages be able to develop without them? I think not.

I prefer descriptivism to prescriptivism.

It’s there, CK, but you need good eyes to see it. Look in the top right corner of your comment and you’ll see it is comment no. 61. This is 61.1.
If you hover your mouse over that corner, the number becomes darker and clearer. :smile:

She never claimed she was good at either

She graduated from philological faculties so she must’ve been good at both to pass all the exams :) She always claimed she wasn’t, but I’m convinced that it’s a part of her coquetry.

Don’t you know you bastardize both languages when you mix them?

IMHO mixing languages might be a good joke when done on purpose.

Yes, bastardizing languages certainly exhibits a lack of savoir faire! :razz:

Lobster is a most excellent choice for Thanksgiving. And appropriate, too, since it may be that the Pilgrims were eating lobster back then. High end eating, for certain, but not the highest. If lobster is a straight flush, then Bouillabaise would be an ace high straight flush. And for the Royal Flush, it would be pheasant.

as usual your video is entertaining and informative , but most of all fun.

i would like to know the origin of the phrase
” life of riley”

thanz mark

:smile: Good morning…Marina’s video on —”Life of Riley”…that should mark the interest :lol: Strike it rich!
:cool:

I’ll buy that :!: Amboy Dukes, The Journey to the Center of the Mind
…Hoping everyones had too much to eat and drink and of gambling too :???:

**^**[Angels]—-oh, I mean to angle your site—-**^**Hip Shaking
[vegetation]…}{…61.2…[forest]…peaceful in the woods :lol:

Bâtardiser? It’s a big long wort καπετάνιος. Wot nein pensar que لا
أحد منا
deformere sprog is die regte ding à fer. Wøøöþþs..

:smile: My buddy left me know yesterday…

was National “INDIAN”-day

and my bottle of “Liquore di Sambuca” was almosted emptied, but saved by “Rumple Minze”— :twisted: “100-proof” :lol: lime [SCHNApPpES] liquer……

yeah, I have to hear his Native Americans—“had the Blues, since 1492″…

—Karl and Marina: the grain of Washington and the other farmers used the multi-gift of the creator…[hemp]

[Cooper] carried corn to the troops of ‘Old-New Amsterdam’ of that early [autumn] winter ;-) and traded for this…first fibers :cool: for our American ARMY…cords rhyme…omega#333#three…chicken feed :lol:

Karl—-what was the official language used by the United States ARMY—-?????

[lobster]====lob another scoop and stir…lobble by shoved and stirred by inter-rests….zzzzzz…white meats met before it was read :lol: ps———got any fish stories of fishing… :roll: .net-worth :twisted: ….I smell my instin[k]cts and burried my eggs and left nature hatch ‘my-eggs’ :idea: i de-hydrated some of my brain :lol:

Hey Bob, why does a Spaniard think “yellow” is the coldest colour? :???:

(Hint: see fglrx’s link to pilingual puns.)

Marina, your mom is a MILF. :razz:

Again, I love the way Marina says “her”.

Hey Leonard, to answer your official language of the Army question, I think it’s gotta be this, sometimes known as Army Creole?

By the way, I’ve been to the Wisc. Dells, taken the boat tour and saw all the sights. Also saw the Native American chief sing the Lord’s Prayer and Canadian Sunset on top of that one tall rock.

Do the Russians really celebrate the Thnksgiving holliday? American Thanksgiving has to do with the Pilgrims and Plymouth . Rock. But I did read that in the agricultrual times Europeans celebrated the fall harvest kind of like the Jews in the Old Testament. Ingathering, Wheat Harvest, Pentecost. But I am not affiliated with anyone’s church.

CK, if you want the numbering to show up in greater contrast momentarily, just do a CTRL-A or from the browser menu EDIT, Select ALL which reverses the colors. I can see the numbers just fine without using Ctrl-A.

Ick! Double Ick!!!

Do we know where Marina got that version? Schoolbooks are full of that version, but they are notoriously inaccurate. Since the “Prussian Method” was introduced to American schools in the late 1800s, schools have been dedicated to indoctrination instead of education. As time passes, it continues to get worse.

I’ve had many friends that were bi-lingual that did that often. I asked them why they did this and they claimed that some words were more descriptive in a different language. Even the English language has adopted many words from other languages.

Interesting note, is military personnel in uniform are not allowed to speak other languages unless it is in conjunction with their official duties. Doing so is considered an act of treason and can be brought up on charges. Most of the time it was never that case. It’s usually guys talking crap about the other guy that is not bilingual. I did see one case where two guys where brought in for questioning. No formal charges were entered into record.

You do know that is a very vulgar thing to say? :|

I see you know the formal spelling ending in Russian for “thanky wanky.” I meant the informal, you know, Ti-vs-Vwi. Thanky wanky!!!!!

Karl you ROCK—-[rock]—Bruce Springsteen Buffalo 11/22/09 Rocking All Over The World HSBC Arena
…rAre :lol: I still like this one best :P

Doesn’t he know it has been there for ages? :mrgreen:

I know!!!! :evil:

Where is Marina lately? I haven’t seen her comment on here for a while.

#15 – Most Viewed (Today) – Global

105,000 views in 1 day? That is better than way back.

I said things would look up again by changing the style of the videos. Good stuff Marina,

On the subject of views, do you have the code for that real time view counter yet?

I had a hamburger, which had not one piece of ham in it. I don’t eat bovine products that often for I’m very allergic to the pesticide in them. I was craving cow more than crustacean on that day.

We all told her that a very long time ago, but the church of YouTube told her otherwise, for they said it would make her more popular if she shorten her videos to 90 seconds and geared them for a younger crowd. They where wrong as usual. To be successful in entertainment, one must give people what they want.

Oh she’s around. She’s just working on a million projects right now.

I would never listen to them. If it’s not broken don’t fix it. They will only do things if it will benefit them in the long run.

@ neuroway

Your response is valid because this is a public forum.

I would advise staying off the bovine products because, based on your responses below, they turn you a little on the aggressive side.

Definately an eastern band. They didn’t get much airtime on the Left Coast. Although, I’d heard their name often enough, and seen their albums for sale at the used record store. I think this is the first time I ever heard them. A young Ted Nugent.

Of course she knows, she said so at 2:16 – 2:18 :lol:

This is a wonderful video. I think I’ve watched it 20
ore more times now. Very well done.

Happy Thanksgiving Sweet and Lovely Marina XoXo
Darrian (me) loves you ;-)*

Did the word [toke] come from the Spanish word ‘tocar’ or from Alice B Toklas?

Well I wouldn’t go that far. Always listen to what they suggest but then weight it to what your vision is and see if improves or not. For example if they told me to start filming in Black and White I would tell them to get lost. I don’t even have to test it out to see that idea fail. But if they suggested I stop shooting in SD and switch to HD then I would consider it. Maybe offer both for not everyone has internet that can handle it. Even here it Seattle. I went to the Seattle public Library and discovered you can not play HD videos on YouTube. The Seattle library is very high tech. Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Central_Library They have over 400 computers available to the public. With all this new tech, you still can’t view TY videos in HD without the videos stuttering. So like I said. I would listen to them but investigate and test to see if it’s really a good path to follow.
I would want YT to benefit for then they would be able to get some money to hire smarter managers the knew what the heck they where doing. Funny is though, on the Google side of things are doing really great, on the YT side they are not. Even though YT is owned by Google.

OK, I see it now. Why so light? It’s not much use if it’s not noticeable, is it?

I wonder if I could convince the DMV to make the numbers on my license plate look like that? :lol:

I used to watch the William Bendix incarnation as a kid on our genuine, solid Bakelite-cabineted Admiral TV.

I do not know where she found her version. Maybe wikied it, LOL Oh I’m going to catch hell for that one. You know I think anytime one of us disagrees with Marina’s answer, upon request she should reveal her sources with an explanation why she thinks her information is accurate. That way we can help her to be the most accurate Philologist in the world. I don’t want to see another Fox news messed when they edited out part of her story on Uncle Sam that make her look stupid.

Your right that schools notoriously inaccurate. I have found special interest groups forcing false information into schools to influence students for some weird agendas. Other times teacher would grab any story they found in the gutter just to have something to teach. Hence why they US education system is all fouled up. Everyone agrees the US system is broken, but very few want to do anything to fix it.

Schools should not have to beg for funding. But they do and many times schools have to close for the lack of money. We are in the 21st century and our eduction system is still in 1960s
Americans would rather spend their money on over priced junk like Hummers, mansions, fancy furniture, mega yachts, fancy cloths, etc. All to chase this dream of “look at me, super successful like that mega star over there!” at the same time stubbing their noes at doing the right thing and helping schools. It very sad that Americans reward entertainment and not intelligence. The days of treating intelligent people like Albert Einstein as if he were a rock star are long over. :cry:

In regards to: “@ neuroway Your response is valid because this is a public forum.”

Good one Muggins! I wish I had thought of that. :lol:

Icy what you mean!
I like the Norwegian jokes, but the versions I heard were funnier :-
“The pilot took off with a great fahrt and became a prick in the sky.”
“It’s not the speed that kills you, it’s the bong.”

You know, back when a school was one bare room filled with students of all ages crammed in together with one barely-educated teacher, America was the most literate nation in the world. Now that the schools are government-funded and controlled by the Teacher’s Unions, they pump out millions of illiterate, indoctrinated, lazy fools. To understand why this is so, I very highly recommend John Taylor Gatto’s excellent book, “The Underground History of American Education.” It’s very interesting, every bit as engaging as a good crime novel, but where you and your kids were the victims.

Sorry about that. :oops: It’s that I’m having to deal with some very stressful things right now. I guess it shows hu? I find it interesting that there is this underline meaning under words. You know the old saying that it’s just important to read between the lines as well as the words themselves. One can extract much more from underlining words. :shock:

Again sorry about that. I had a sense that I was a bit irritated but didn’t pick up on it soon enough. Good news it much of the issues have been solved and I’ve been catching up much needed sleep. :smile:

Now we know why your full of it!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: LOL!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I was going to write (I had started) a book about the fall of the next great empire… America. The education system was part of it.

People don’t see the importance of education. It even upsets Bill Gates. He has made many talks about it. It’s really sad you know.

I know I’m a product of this educations system. I know 12 year of my life was wasted at a time when I could have retained better information. Did you know I was put in “special education” classes that are reserved for struggling students with low IQs? Now get this, I was put in the class because I had a very high IQ. I was denied access to a classroom for gifted students. I was in the class for a week before I was removed.

To this day I still struggle psychologically about the whole issue in my past. I can tell you one thing. I’m not sure if Marina truly can comprehend this. But she has helped me over come major obstacles. Truly life changes improvements. Two years later, I’m still in disbelieve of the changes in my outlook towards words.

I booked marked your book recommendation and put it on my Amazon wish list. I couldn’t believe how inexpensive it was. ONLY $365.00 in Paper back even. [ Amazon.com: The Underground History of American Education: John Taylor Gatto: Books http://bit.ly/8KDiFs ]

Also back in my school days they didn’t know what A.D.D. was about. I was punished for having that disability. Though I don’t view it as a disability. I think its a good thing. I think it’s part of the human evolution. It’s just the education system needs to recognize it and change to adapt for it. I love my ADD. It helps me digest all the information overload we have today.

I couldn’t believe how inexpensive it was. ONLY $365.00 in Paper back even. [ Amazon.com: The Underground History of American Education: John Taylor Gatto

It’s 12x cheaper in another edition.

We put her a** to work on the flagging of messages ~smirk~
damn, i do hope she solves it.

ps looking at the pictures she is writing but just needs to find a big scanner to post them here. maybe she lost her keyboard ; )

damn cj, you solved it quickly!
thanks! : )

I’ve been watching World’s Most Shocking Videos (police videos). From clues in the video I am able to pinpoint the exact spot this guy crashes, the very fence he climbs over and another that stops him to get captured. All from my sis’ PC chair.

Some great scenes:
1. A guy crossing a rainy city street is hit by a small truck and knocked back about six feet. But it’s OK! It was an ambulance!!
2. An oriental fellow is shown sitting on the curb next to his wrecked car. He had hit the gas instead of the brake and plowed into a Chinese restaurant. His Chinese restaurant! On the day of its grand opening!
3. Someone parked an old pickup out in the middle of a frozen pond. You guessed it, the ice melted and the truck took a nose dive, leaving only the rear bumper and trailer hitch sticking up.
4. An old lady in a fancy Mercedes drove around police barriers to go through a flooded underpass and flooded out. She is shown pulling a bag out of the car, unzipping it and removing her camcorder so that she could hold it up to drain the water out of it.

My favorites are the icy-street videos where the cars, trucks and buses s-l-o-w-l-y and inevitably slide to their doom. No problem with that here; it’s sunny out.

{“damn cj, you solved it quickly! thanks! : ) “}

That’s why I’m the Lead Teacher Assistant. Well at least I try to be. :| I’ll tell you it’s a lot of work behind the scenes. All that plus my other work I have to get done with my classes and such make it for a long day. I feel as I hardly do anything to help the HFW site and student body.

Hey, one more idea. Try not to make more than 3 links in a long post. If I remember right it kick out mutable links.

Yeah, I found a $29 dollar copy. First editions go for lots of money.

I wuld like to request the word [apropos]

Hey virgolovekitten, :smile:

Crows along with ravens have been popular symbols of evil and death. With their black funeral coats and raucous caws one would think that they are screaming bloody murder, especially when they are in a flock, or from myth they’ve been labeled [a murder of crows].
I quote from snopes.com:

“A ‘murder’ of crows is based on the persistent but fallacious folk tale that crows form tribunals to judge and punish the bad behavior of a member of the flock. If the verdict goes against the defendant, that bird is killed (murdered) by the flock. The basis in fact is probably that occasionally crows will kill a dying crow who doesn’t belong in their territory or much more commonly feed on carcasses of dead crows. Also, both crows and ravens are associated with battlefields, medieval hospitals, execution sites and cemeteries (because they scavenged on human remains). In England, a tombstone is sometimes called a ravenstone.”

They are scavengers who tend to hang around dead creatures. Here is another myth about crows:
If crows gather in the vicinity of a person it is expected they will die soon. The idea is, is that they carry the souls to the land of the dead, or perhaps heaven. They even made a Movie based on this myth.
Crows are not really omens of death, and they’ve gotten a bad rap. Some people may find them to be a nuisance, but they are intelligent” and creative.
I really like your phrase request, wish I would’ve thought of it but anyways I hope Marina does a lesson on this. ;-)

Crows and Ravens have influenced Pagan Societies:

3 black crows were sitting on a fence
watching the world pass them by…..

The Black Crowes~She Talks to Angels :cool:

I’m having sleep problems, myself.

:smile: Whoever controls the image and information of the past determines what and how future generations will think; whoever controls the information and images of the present determines how those same people will view the past.1
— George Orwell, 1984 (1949)

:lol:

Here is one for free….the underground history of american edUcation…

by john taylor gatto…Prologue
The shocking possibility that dumb people don’t exist in sufficient numbers to warrant the millions of careers devoted to tending them will seem incredible to you. Yet that is my central proposition: the mass dumbness which justifies official schooling first had to be dreamed of; it isn’t real.

@muggins,

A response is valid if it answers or if it’s in line with the question which is asked. The fact that this is a public forum is totally uncorrelated to either the question or the response.

I’d like to know why police are called [the fuzz].

Funny how people need authority to be “thank-full”…is it [greed]?

Dude. This is not a wrong answer. The first American Thanksgiving is lost in the darkness of ages, and was most likely held by nomadic tribes some 10,000 or 15,000 years ago. The first Euro-recorded Thanksgiving celebration in the territory that is today Canada is by Martin Frobisher, 42 years before the pilgrims.. It can be qualified of “first American Thanksgiving”, or “first North American Thanksgiving”. But not “first Canadian Thanksgiving”, since neither Canada or the US existed back in the 1600s.

The first Euro recorded North American Thanksgiving celebrations were held by Spanish conquistadores a good 100 years before the pilgrims.

Correction: The first Euranglosaxon-recorded North American Thanksgiving celebration is Martin Frobisher. The first ever Euro-recorded North American Thanksgiving celebrations are Spanish conquistadors. The first ever North American Thanksgiving celebrations are natives. Canadian and USan thanksgiving stories are little sub-branches of the big American thanksgiving story which can be traced back to 10,000 or 15,000 years ago. I hope the Thanksgiving picture is clearer now.

Hey Jack…thought you might like this—No.6 – Captain Jack
A chief of the Modoc tribe in California and Oregon, he utilized guerrilla tactics that nearly a century later were heralded as revolutionary. The Modoc were forced from their ancestral home to the Klamath Reservation. However, Captain Jack said “F*ck that!” and led the Modoc back home. When the U.S. Army showed up in 1872, Jack led an attack from the wastelands of what is now Lava Beds National Monument. They killed 35 servicemen and suffered no casualties. At a supposed peace treaty, Captain Jack and several Modoc pulled pistols and killed negotiators, including General Canby, the only general killed in the Indian Wars.
:smile:

Diamond Dogs :razz:

“Big Brother” is a song written by David Bowie in 1973 and intended for his never-produced musical based on George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four.” This song is Bowie’s interpretation of George Orwell’s “two minute hate” from the same novel.

David Bowie brings Soul Love to the United States with a live broadcast from New York during 1974. :cool: :smile:

Big Brother how long have you prayed for me to have a thought crime? :lol: :???:

A response is valid if it answers or if it’s in line with the question which is asked. The fact that this is a public forum is totally uncorrelated to either the question or the response.

People have an idea of what is “in line”, and that would vary from person to person. Who’s to judge? Clearly, your idea of what was in line differed from Capt Jack’s idea. He not only was sarcastic towards you, but he let you know that your answer was unwelcome.

What part of “Canadian” did you not understand? I guess that’s why I addressed the question to Marina.

Not to beat a dead horse, since the good Captain has explained his testiness further on up the page and all in smooth sailing, so to speak.
My short response was not based on how closely inline your response was to his query, it was a political statement. And that statement is that this is a public forum and it must be expected that there may well be responses that veer from topic. For example, should Leonard be restrained from responding with his poetry?
If a reply does not satisfy, or achieve inline-ness for the original contributor, then he should either swing with the new direction or ignore it. That said, I understand how it can be frustrating when one’s question is not answered with an appropriate answer.

Hi Marina my name is Andrei Bentish and I ask if you can Discuss the word [yawn]

Maybe I already got an answer for this and forgot, but where is melikadothechacha?

It has been there since Marina changed the layout!

:lol: Michigan—Joe Maphis – Pickin’ And Singin’
:lol:

Larry Collins & Joe Maphis

:shock: :twisted: :shock: Larry Collins Joe Maphis Merle Travis – Wildwood Flower
…I gotta go and hope your day goes good :smile: [used-records] :razz:

[burlesques]…

“For example, should Leonard be restrained from responding with his poetry?
“

…schooled in Moscow :lol: …This is THE Gypsy Rose Lee doing an abbreviated version of her burlesque routine from the movie Stage Door Canteen

@muggins,

You say your short response was a political statement. This is very interesting, as lots of people today seems to assume that a political statement doesn’t need to be bound by any kind of logic, truth or context, so pretty much anything can be said provided it doesn’t use any non-politically correct taboo words.

Well, politicians in a democracy are bidders at an auction of popularity. Lots of them are stuck up people, who can promote and talk about themselves for hours and hours. I don’t think any intelligent interlocutor is naive enough to expect them to provide appropriate answers or get frustrated when they start playing verbal poker, which is the true specialty of the political farm.

Yes, that’s the one! I used to enjoy turning it when my grandmother made the relish. Juice dribbled everywhere! (But why THREE? That’s a lot of sentiment! Admit it, you are a PACK RAT!)

There’s some truth to that, neuroway, but I don’t think it applies in this situation. There’s more to politics than running for office for personal gain. It’s a matter of getting input from the ordinary net citizen, instead of relying on some authority to step in. In the real world, it’s something that might happen in a small town, but hardly ever in a big city. Not that I’m 100% certain my input is always appropriate. I’m kinda out there on a limb. There’s some measure of risk to being a buttinski like I have in this string. Sorta like when I told this teenager at a mall he ought to pull up his pants. My input was not appreciated which was plain by the look on his face. It wasn’t much later that I figured out that it was a new fashion.

Even the English language has adopted many words from other languages, eh?

Dude. 90% of English words have been adopted from other languages. Here’s a simple pie chart about it which I am sure you will find interesting.

For those of you who missed it, “Hielo” (pronounced almost like “yellow”) is Spanish for “ice.” :cool:

Whyyy…them folks sure can pick. How do they do it? And on different instruments. The violin and fiddle and guitar all have different tunings. It’s like folks that can speak different languages.
Way above my level. Whew !

¿Una relación entre hielo y amarillo-yellow? ¡Que cool! :smile:

Gypsy Rose Lee had her own talk show on TV in the ’60′s, which I would watch when I was faking being sick and could stay home from school. She had an outgoing personality and infectious sense of humor. Her short bio at wiki is fabulous.

NEW VIDEO!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I02ku4IpOho

I got mine on abebooks for about $18. I would send you my copy, but I keep it to lend to teachers who are struggling with the bureaucracy. A search of abebooks, alibris and ebay may find you a cheap copy. I really think it’s worth seeking out.

I have discovered that gratitude doesn’t really need an object. Even Atheists can be grateful for their blessings. My chosen default attitude is gratitude. I find that it makes my life easier and more joyful.

So did you grow up in San Francisco?…

Gypsy Rose Lee went on to host a morning San Francisco KGO-TV television talk show, Gypsy.

What’s My Line? Gypsy Rose Lee
:cool:

Gee, blood’n guts and bloody hell, guns’n powers, flags’n patriotic banners’n chants of victory, sirens of the brave’n false doctors’n croc boots, I do wonder, giddy up’n go pony, hail da marines, god bless da USA and mighty up da chevy, now how many foreign words were adopted in da amarican language? 99.9% of ‘em must be good ‘ol all amarican stuff indeed. :roll:

[cellular]
ex.
“He took out his [cellular] device”

I heard once that Rose La Rose the burlesque queen was the richest woman in Toledo. I think dad said she had a mansion on River Road!! Sex Sells!

I did say the word “many” right? Yeah that’s what I thought I said.

I see the percentage decreasing for many people are inventing new words that don’t originate for other languages. It’s kind of hard to use an old word on some 21st century idea or object that never existed before.

I was referring to languages not words themselves.

Yeah, I have purchased many books from Abe. In fact, I just got a “save 10%” Black Friday sale email from them. I bet you did too!
Finding the book is not a big issue. Finding a place to put it is. I would need a barge to carry all the books I want to have close by.

That stupid Kindle is not the answer either. I can’t believe that antiquated piece of crap made it to market. I guess it is possible that pigs can fly out of my ass. [I wonder where flying pigs came from, must have existed before the 1990's] What was even more shocking was the introductory price point it came out at. Martha Stewart was right, people buy based on price and not on a products true value.

No. L.A. Holy Moses, the old address of that tract house I lived in just came to me. Believe me, that memory hasn’t been dusted off for many a decade. Wasn’t Gypsy Rose loveable? I just love her asymmetrical smile.

Yah. I hear ya capt’n. I have myself adopted the habit of calling my young moose an ismile, for instance, as I always confused the huge antlered animal with the mechanical device. I really dunno how I came up with that though.

ZING!!!

That was wonderful.

I see I see… So, words excluded, English would be a bastardized latino-franco-germano-greco language then?

how about ur name ‘Marina’ i’d love to know the origin of your name :)

Cell phones work because there are many repeaters scattered about that amplify their low-power transmitters as they travel about. Computers hand off the phone from one repeater’s area—a cell (hence the name)—to another as it moves along a route.

It’s either that or you need really one long piece of string.

Well sort of. I have had bilingual friends switch languages in mid sentence. It’s really annoying and insulting. I hear Spanish/English and Tagolog/English. Airline pilots are required to speak English now. It’s a big safety issue. Someday there will be no reason to speak any other language than English. We might not like that idea but in time it will be a fact.

From the corner of my eye I thought your “100 Ultimate Oxymorons” ad said “100 Ultimate Orgasms”. Maybe because I was laughing at your quote of the day.

although not as pretty as marina, i think everyone should hear rush limbaugh’s history of thanksgiving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PB-7_ikZWg

and george washington’s thanksgiving adress (also read by rush)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK0pcFISD84

again, forgive my politics marina, i’m shameless :lol: . sorry i never got the pictures of you, me and gorby up – i hate my camera :sad:

Cool. I will leave a comment and rate your video.

Thank you! Yay :smile:

Already been done!

No reason to speak any other language than English?

OMG!!!!!!

I am not stating that 1621 was the first celebration of thanks, as feasts were common at that time. I am stating that 1621 is the date people use today to describe why we have a Thanksgiving Day.

Since the holiday was not created until the 1800s, long after the Indians were cast aside.. they had to go back in time to some point and use that festival as the symbol for the holiday. They chose the events of 1620 and 1621 as the backdrop for this holiday that wasn’t created until some 220 plus years later. That’s what my video describes.. not the accuracy of the actual event.. but the story behind the holiday.

[Right]-on…you tell them Marina!!! :grin:

Thanksgiving is P-A-N-T-S. Linguistically speaking, it doesn’t mean anything. HA-HA-HA!!!

And YOU, yes YOU, DO NOT, I repeat, D-O N-O-T be embarrassed by this. Pants are pants, after all, and they should be processed that way!!! Nothing more, nothing less.

As Leonard said, right on!!!

I watched the video over 20 times and I reviewed that period of history on over ten web sites and this video was presented perfectly, in its proper context and its proper intentions.

In fact, because this video was so well done, this video is a smashing success and is about to beat the Cleavage video which was a smashing hit.

All other information presented by others, including mine on this page augments the information in Marina’s video, and I did not see any problems with the video.

In fact, Marina presented and articulated the story perfectly with respect to historians having arguments and disagreements over small details such as did the pilgrims eat turkey or not versus did turkey exist. We know that wild turkey did exist, but whether the pilgrims had it on that feast is another matter entirely.

As a matter of fact, historians have made all kinds of errors in presenting the history not only confusing the word pilgrim with a small “p” verus the Pilgrims with a capital “P” and confusing the events of Jamestown and other settlements with those of the New England settlements.

Marina’s video did an excellent job in presenting the salient points of the origin of Thanksgiving. What Marina does is present words in their proper context and many people keep forgetting that.

sorry, typed mistakenly

(4 minutes and 24 seconds)

where? haven’t seen it in the words list! could u please share the link? i’ll be thankful

No. 1621 is the year USA citizens use today to describe why USA citizens have a thanksgiving day. It has nothing to do with people. “They” and “we” is something very ambiguous, which doesn’t have any real sense. Globally speaking, it’s pants.

:grin: right on

Hey guys, have we done this one yet?

[Each Nissan, she go]!

– putative slogan about the reliability of Nissan cars! Who gets it? ;-)

:P

Sammy the judge :razz:

Listen 2 something like this…

first cave[hut] party is my traditional thanks..wa-sh

From his CLASSIC 1972 album, “Its Just Begun” here’s the Jimmy Castor Bunch with “Troglodyte”. The opening vocals to this song has been sampled many times. Sampled by NWA “Gangsta, Gangsta” & “Days Of Way Back” X-Clan “Fire & Earth” En Vogue “Time Goes Woman” Professor Griff “Pawns In The Game”. Christina Aguliera “Back In The Day”.

“Gotta find a woman! Gotta find a woman! Gotta find a woman! Gotta find a woman!” LOLLLLLL!

:oops: :cool: :razz:

Here’s a multiple question : Why are the French so popular? Here are a list of ideas that incorporate the word “French” :
French seams (flatfelled or bound seams);
French Cuffs ( musketeers cuffs );
French Chalk ( tailor’s chalk );
French Cut ( in lingerie );
French Knickers,
French Knot ( in embroidery );
French Pleat ( curtain making );
French tack ( to attach lining ) ;
French Knitting
French kissing
French fries
Frenchy
I’m sure there are more I have missed!

Keep up the good work Marina!

Around 4:00, you mention that “The term thanksgiving itself wasn’t used until 1932 …” — what is this about? I looked at a few places — including the OED — but haven’t been able to figure out what you are referring to.

OED doesn’t have it.. Massachusetts Bay Colony declared Thanksgiving celebration.. anywhere from 1630 on up to 1637.. so the date doesn’t seem to be set in stone. I was looking for the first use of the word Thanksgiving as in a celebration/feast. The OED shows it as 1641 I think.

All worship is thanksgiving…reformation :cool:

That photo you posted in the Forum, Fun Photo & Stuff with the big black bull silhouette. I’ve seen them in Mexico on the other side is an advertisement for a …I think a restaurant or something.

Mars=Marina :smile: :cool: :razz: and try

try nickname…good one….good nite

can you please tell us how the front part of a person’s hair became [fringe] then, in the US, became [bangs]?
thank you!

Can you look up the word [Luck] or [Lucky]. Whichever one. Doesn’t matter.

Thanks.

1,2,3,4,5.

Thanks, CK, that’s handy to know. :grin:

I couldn’t find it… Have you got it ok now?

[apology]**!**Todays Quote is bigger than I thought—If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.” – G. K. Chesterton—This article is about the English writer. For his cousin, see A. K. Chesterton.
G. K. Chesterton
thanks to…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton...
:grin: :cool: :lol:
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.

The term “[apologetic]“ comes from the Greek word apologia (απολογία), which means in defense of. Therefore, a person involved in Christian apologetics is a defender of Christianity or Christian apologist (apologete in older literature). This Classical Greek term appears in the Koine Greek (that is, common Greek) of the New Testament. The apostle Paul employed the term in his trial speech to Festus and Agrippa when he said, “I make my defense” (Acts 26:2).

In the English language, the word apology, derived from the Greek word apologia, usually refers to asking for forgiveness for a blameworthy act. Christian apologetics are meant, however, to argue that Christianity is reasonable and in accordance with the evidence that can be examined and metaphysical considerations, analogous to the use of the term in Plato’s Apology of Socrates.

Good morning I was to word request [CHRISTMAS TREE][ [spruce]…sprucey

So today I arrive on campus bright and early, despite the miserable weather and the million other things I have on my plate, to meet with my classmates to work on a project together. I fire up the lights, move around the chairs and get settled in and, wouldn’t you know it, one of my classmates calls and cancels. “Well, if that isn’t just a perfect application of Murphy’s Law,” I think to myself. And then I wonder, “who the heck was Murphy anyway, and why was everything in his or her life always going so wrong as to lead to Murphy’s Law?”
As you may have guessed, my word request is [Murphy's Law].

Someday I will visit and stay…”California, hear me!—here I come” :cool:

@muggins content[shelled-hempseeds]…sweet… :smile: …would be using “gypsy” today be considered political incorrect :?: …herbs need “humanistic” freedom :smile:

French Ticklers

These are giant 14 meters high Osborne bulls. I think there’s a couple of them in Mexico, one near Veracruz. In Spain, they’re all over the place and are part of the landscape. Originally, they were created to advertise the brandy de Jerez. They’re all painted black now and don’t advertise anything anymore.

:idea: :idea: :razz: :!: :!: “In literary representation, the distinction between the genuinely erotic and the licentious is a distinction not of subject-matter, but of perspective. The genuinely erotic work is one which invites the reader to re-create in imagination the first-person point of view of someone party to an erotic encounter. The pornographic work retains as a rule the third-person perspective of the voyeuristic observer.”

Roger Scruton (b. 1944). British philosopher, author. Sexual Desire: A Moral Philosophy of the Erotic (1986). :twisted: :twisted: :mrgreen: :razz: :razz:

:smile: rent due…pew :lol: :lol: E*A*T*tae…I ate air and sunshine, my doctor said the water is dirty :cry:

 
Check this out to see if you are right.

OK, I’ve been watching those
two HotForWords videos duking it out.

The Cleavage video wants to say sex sells and made an attempt to overtake the Thanksgiving video which is saying, I’ve got turkey breasts, and you can’t touch this.

The Cleavage has come up from behind, it’s making a sharp turn and has now beat the turkey breast by barely a squeeze and a push up.

Which video do you think should win?
I think the turkey breast should win, cause I like her eyes.
Watch the video that you are rooting for to win.

Cleavage (sex sells) http://bit.ly/7IzOXB
– or –
the turkey breast (you can’t touch this) http://bit.ly/5QjLwz

French curves
French bread
French toast

Ooo la la, I would call that so European :lol:

http://blogg.englunds.info/#post90

French Poodle French Pastries

I would like to request the word [masticate]

You know, because it sounds like something else.
I know it has to do with grinding or chewing, but I would like to know more in depth where this word came from.

Karl you put way to much effort into this. lol :smile:

I’ll take turkey breast though.

Wow, these two videos are even duking it out on the
YouTube Home page.

I componed a song for Marina : Title : Song for the one I never met.

FBI log 201.441.221.221

user undesposeable.
user over law.
matrisx 441.
set L P U for tvicx

;-) French’s mustard :mrgreen:

[x-mas]

when did this replace the full word, christmas? and why do so many religious people not like the word?

[x-mas]

Religious people? You mean Christians. Jews, I think would mind.
Nor any of the rest of them. Christians like to keep the Christ reference in the word. Putting an “x” there denotes a secular thing.
Maybe it should be $$$mas, instead.

You think it likely that you’ll read any of his books?

Hi seankim,
I don’t know if you’ve seen the O’Reilly segment where Marina talks about words of Christmas. As you mentioned, religious people do not like the shortened version x-mas, and you can see Bill getting all riled up.

Marina, however, intelligently offers the explanation that x-mas has a Greek origin since the Greek word for Christ is Χριστός So, the X in x-mas is from the Greek letter letter Chi (X) for the first letter in the word Christ in Greek.

Look at 2:56 in this video and see Marina explain it all.

i would like to request the word

[Nouveau riche].

i wonder how it came about?

French pancakes (crepes)
French horn

French & Indian war :roll:

I’ll take the Turkey breast also. Che he must be on vacation or annual leave to come up with cool ideas like this. :smile:

I think going back to the older style is really helping a lot. I think people missed the personal touch she added to the videos and the length. :cool:

Only if I find one used or among the many I have not read :oops: :razz: Some friends used to call me Chester…Betty Page :smile:

http://www.2klub.com/gfx/links/frenchkiss.jpg” rel=”nofollow”>French Kiss. Kinda looks like Damiana doesn’t it. :grin:

French Connection (Film 1971)

French Dip

French Cut (string beans cut length wise)

French Curve

French Chocolate – Klaus :mrgreen:

Oooooh, that Mikey is wayyyyy toooo perceptive. :lol:

Hi Marina! I’d like to request the word [okay]. I mean, why O and K? How did they come to mean Yes?!?!? Please help me out! :razz: :cool: ;-) :lol:

French Wine

French Club

French coat

French Lace

French Onion Soup (hmmmm)

French Revolution

French Resistance

Hello horsemaster94,
You are in luck today.
Marina did this awesome video on the word OK back in Aug 2007
Check it out.

Most common word in the world! (OK)

Lets get Frank :lol: Frank Sinatra – French Foreign Legion
…7 year war@Karl :lol:

I meant to type, “…wouldn’t mind…” “Jews, I think, wouldn’t mind.” Actually I think somebody robbed the n’t from my response, or else I didn’t proof read thoroughly enough.

I appreciate her experimentation. I reserve doubts on her results. But in this age of repression, good reliable information, beyond personal experience, is not trustworthy. It’s very unfortunate. I’ll have to study those ingredients later at their website, since her accent made it difficult to understand the names of some ingredients. Eating pot is not recommended by me. There are important protocols connected with stimulants. Post-Timothy Leary, we do know that popularization of certain substances brings both good and bad results. If someone were to offer me food such as this, they would be advised to tell me beforehand what the active ingredients were. Amidst the hustle and bustle of a party, with people arriving at various times, how likely is that? I’ve been drugged before, and after years of thought, I’ve concluded that it’s an act that should not go unpunished. And since psychoactive chemicals affect people differently, it should be stressed that when sharing, the people should be familiar. More mushrooms, and hold the pot.

Maid Betty

( NSFW ) but swell drinking music.

:cool: [brandy]The new church…andy kaufman…[brandy] :cool:

I like the breast. Also I thank God everyday for you Marina!

My favorite food for the holiday? Probably the ham. I’m so grateful for the time to spend with my family.

Right now, I am just thankful that the HFW vids are longer than a minute. Great improvement. Thx, man! :cool:

Frenchy from the movie Grease

Marina

That’s great that you spoke about what happened to the Native Americans (which you refer to as indians) but in the future please don’t use a wooden indian image as it can be considered offensive by many Native Americans (indians is also a politically charged term)

In the video you switch between Native and Indian.

Thanks again for your informative video.

Greetings- tallnish. I thought Marina did a super job and my native friend was not offended it all :grin: ….”…be considered offensive by many Native Americans (indians is also a politically charged term)
” Anyway …GOD BLESS you :smile: Charlie Hill on the Richard Pryor Show, 1977
…here argue with him :P

Them Crooked Vultures…cream like Jimi ‘H’…….“The Raven” is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845. It is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven’s mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man’s slow descent into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student……POE IS THE best :P

I agree, POE is the best :smile:
His influence has reached many contemporary writers and artists.

“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends and where the other begins?” (from The Premature Burial, 1844)

Roger Corman (King of the B-movies) directed this loose adaptation based on Poe’s classic….
The Raven (1963) collected old stars of the horror genre, Vincent Price, Peter, Lorre, and Boris Karloff. Notice Jack standing upstairs. ;-)

:cool:
The Alan Parsons Project :razz:

Okay, when i had time left to edit my comment It said I didn’t have permission to edit. WTF!

if you wqant me. nicolas dejean.

27 Nov 2009
I predict she will re-post this video two years from now!

Tests are the answers for looking ahead! .inspired ramble by a welsh man living in the uNITED sTATES of nORTH aMERICA! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWacdTtjYE8&feature=feedu iSSues need demand…heLLo!

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Kosovars and Serbs divided by a Czech-point? How confusing.