Retarded

wow! i refreshed HFW and a new lesson appeared!

WOW …. ……………[WwIiNnEe]……………. :P slang is thrown like poop!….love/evol…. luv

SUPER+ :!: ….[spiral wheel]…

What Drug does your UncleSam give U…

Dave Dudley – Six Days on the Road …PS—Marina—I think you really did a [grand] job!!!

Marina tweeted asking what the word was going to be for this video referencing this twitpic. http://twitpic.com/14zk2e
I guessed, ambiance. Hey, I was close, it’s got the letters a and e in it. OK, OK, I’ll save you the trouble, I’m such a retard. :lol:

Homework;
OK, bear with me, the following is either speculative, and / or my memory is failing me. Don’t have time to research my thoughts, so I’m going by what I remember.

I have never used the word retard in either making fun of someone, or using it as an endearing wisecrack to someone, but I remember either a period or a group of friends who would use the word. If one of our friends messed up, one of the other friends would say, “you’re such a retard” in more or less an endearing kind of wisecrack. I think that word did not and probably still does not have the sting of some other words have.

I imagine that the word retard probably came into use via various media reporting on the mentally handicapped and maybe that’s how retard came into use? Marina did a video on the word handicapped and on that video page there are discussions on how sensitive one should be in regards to using that word.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/06/14/handicap/

I think the word retard probably goes back a long time in relation to local mental health situations whereby those situations encouraged comedians to write jokes about the mentally challenged. Here in So. Calif there is Patton Mental Hospital which has lots of stories attached to it. Other areas have Greystone and other well know mental institutions which may have encouraged the use of the word retard.

For example, on YouTube there was a series of videos about the “Retarded Policeman”. This is one of those videos.
Retarded Policeman #9: Boobies!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNDlf6hA6TY

I’m just guessing at this, but I remember reading about the early 1980 where President Reagan changed the landscape of the mental institutions. If I remember correctly, there was a closing ot many of the mental hospitals and many of the mentally challenged ended up on the street, or at least that is what I read. I know, lot of it had to do with inhumane treatment such as electro-shock therapy and that seems to be a big controversial subject in of itself.

I think later, comedians picked up on the media hype about mental institutions and Howard Stern got into the act with “Gary The Retard” who appeared on his show.

OK, OK, I know what you are thinking,
it takes one to know one, right? :mrgreen:

Dear Marina,
Thank you for another video, and so soon, too. You look great with that nice dress, clean hair, and a lovely voice. You don’t have to expose everything to look so beautiful! :razz: :razz:
It’s not nice to call anyone a retard. It’s another word for stupid. Such people have a difficult time making a good life and often are homeless. I’m happy I was able to prevent such bad things from happening to me. I’m well off, but not as wealthy as you are. :smile:
Good luck cleaning out your closet. If you are eliminating that photo of you in a black bikini, would you mail it to me, instead of tossing it out? Sure, I’ve requested words like [shrug] or [scream] and I’d be thrilled to see a video on them, but to get another photo from you would be super-nice. :razz: :razz:
I’m going to watch the Winter Olympics, now. The US team has done very well, so far. Do you think Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso are cute? You need big thighs to ski real fast. I’d play skiing with them! :razz:
Seesixcm6

That was confusing.. Maybe I am retarded. NO no single word makes you bad person. LOL at the pics of you in the closet. I wondered what you were doing in there. Who has said Sarah Palin is retarded? I think she is the only MILF.

What is a [dog and pony show]? I have heard politicians characterize a meeting or event they do not agree with or like which is often a part of their opposition political party as a [dog and pony show}. What is that??????????

Just to combine the latest two lessons (Retarded and Nexus-Bladerunner) with the fact that I see them through what must be the cheapest computers anyone can buy, the videos get jumpy and
you guessed it ….
*** S L O W ***
They might not dream of electric sheep but, sure can be retarded !

~Electric Sheep was good but, I enjoyed the Bladerunner movie
much more. I have yet to see the most recent released version.
Even so, the movie & the book both have so many nuances
to spark thought. (kind of anti-retardant!)

Read & view both !

Marina, 5 stars for your coiffure. Love that look.
http://twitpic.com/14zk2e

:| Have you taken the tard test yet :?:

:razz: NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM

It does appear in your link as though M blocks the refridgerator from you to perhaps say: “We vill go out tonight d-a-h-l-i-n-g…?”

(no choice)

Marina, interesting presentation
reminding me of a sxephil with jumpcuts and all.
Great video lesson.

“Retarded” is yet another example of the futility of so-called “politically-correct” speech, which tries to change people’s prejudices by changing the language.

[insane] (“not healthy”) was a euphemism for “crazy”; now it’s a synonym, with perhaps even worse connotation.
“Retarded” (slow) was a politer way of saying “stupid,” now is just as insulting.
[gay], a generation ago, was introduced as the accepting, inclusive, unbiased way of saying “homosexual” (fag, queer, etc.) Now our teens say “That’s so gay” as a put-down, meaning effete, effeminate, or simply homosexual.
[challenged] and [special] are also quickly coming to mean “stupid.”

Let’s give it up and face reality. People aren’t going to change how they feel because someone makes up a euphemism for us to use :sad:

Homework: I was taught by my parents to avoid the usage of degrading or derogatory language towards others whenever possible

Thus, I do so when it deems applicable

I don’t think using the word retarded is wrong. It’s all in the eyes of the user or the person who perceives it to be derogatory or offensive. Most of the time it is in a joking manner toward someone that is acting silly or stupid. If it is used against a person who is mentally challenged then that is wrong. We joke around with the word tardo all the time when someone in our crowd acts silly.
Great looking hair and curled just right. ;-)
By the way Marina, when are you [coming out of the closet]

Your right Evan, no matter what you say someone who is bias will perceive it as an insult.

Hang it, leoNard, you’ve posted so many pix and linx on the “Russian Study” forum that my computer crashed trying to load them all. :evil: :razz: To quote ritalsoviet, "This is the worst thing than can happen in my life after death and be rape by a gorilla." :lol:

MARINA! Russian word request:

[Карандаш] (pencil)
I maintain it came from the French Swiss Caran d’Ache, the name of a fancy brand of pencils. deluxenn says it’s Turkish for “black rock.” Who’s right? :???:

Hey Bob!

How Manet painter puns can we come up with? :razz:

Jesus to van Rijn, while having His portrait painted:
"Do this in Rembrandts of me!" :mrgreen:

I’M CALLED RETARDED ALL THE TIME CUZ I AM…lol, ANYWAYS, YOU KNOW I WAS THINKING OF OUR DATE AND [COP A FEEL] CAME TO MIND. WHAT’S UP WITH THAT PHRASE?

Marina,

This was a really interesting one. It seems to me that “mentally retarded” was in use for some time as a euphemism describing someone with a mental disability. When I learned the term as a child I believed it was an actual clinical term without an intended offensive connotation. Am I wrong about this? I always thought the insulting use of it sprung from its existence as a medical term.

This is one of those words that originally was not considered offensive, but became so because it was used in a derogatory manner.

As someone said below, it’s kind of pointless to keep changing the terms because they will eventually become derogatory. People need to stop being so politically correct.

People with physical disabilities used to be called crippled, then it was handicapped, then it was disabled, now it’s “challenged.” Pretty soon “challenged” will become “offensive.”

That said, I don’t blame Sarah Palin for being protective of her child. I think any woman would be.

It depends on the context and the company. The incident this is referring to was a matter of someone behaving unprofessionally.

Well, I’m 41 and we used to use “gay” to mean something that wasn’t “cool,” so that usage has been around at least since the 70′s.

“You wear Pro-Keds? That’s so gay!” :lol:

Hey! I don’t ever face reality and I’m offended that you would suggest that ‘us’ as some stereotypical group would have any need or use for your reactionary version of reality.

Sometimes it all seems so :shock: ing. It’s never been :cool: to use derogatory language http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_sYn8DnlH4 It all can make one feel really :cry: especially if you have a friend or relative who is.

Right on the money! Your memory seems to be just fine.

I refuse to let the PC language crowd ruin the use of a perfectly good word. Even though I don’t generally use it disparagingly, it’s nobody’s how someone uses it.

My former wife gNLY radu ats ed from St. Ursula Academy in Ottawa Hills in 1978. I flew up from the army just to attend her ;-) g ;-)WH graduation. she used to do crossword puzzles for at hobby whTHEen I was in grad school; I guess that is not a hobby for retards. then miraculously I discovered a 1978 religion class book report she typed for homework at St, Ursula Academy. she had to have psychological examinations by the toledo catholic diocees to get married in the catholic church. SHE USED TO CALL ME FAGGOT BECAUSE I WAS FREQUENTLY OUT OF WORK DURING THE ECONOMIC DEPRESSION FROM 1979-1983. i TRIED TO SEE ABOUT JOINING THE RUSSIAN ARMY WHEN I SENT MY RESUME AND DD214 TO THE VOICE OF RUSSIA. I WOULD ENJOY DROPPIING BOMBS ON AMERICA MYSELF. AND MY FORMER WIFE HAD AN EXPESIVE LAWYER TO REPRESNT HER IN DIVORCE COURT WHICH HER DADDY PAID FOR.

:oops: Nobody’s business, I meant to say.

[EXCRESCENCE]…[expiration]…

un-extort & un-expletive

Bo Diddley is a Lunatic …or sick? :lol: ….Dinosaur Jr. – Feel The Pain (Boogaloo, Zagreb, Croatia, 30.6.2009.) …***_…_***…Ringo Starr – Back Off Boogaloo – Clip – 1972 …Now don’t forget that you are getting paid…..my nick name leo-tard :lol: & kiss my ASS :twisted: the workers from ReTeRD_nAtIOn and her hot & burning Words :lol: retire-terds

I’m sorry, I quit!

I want to know where the phrase [dumb blonde] came from since i’ve heard so many people calling someone like this. thank you!

Brava Marina!

You take on the word police with elegance and aplomb (and a few well-delivered jibes at Governor Palin to boot). Nicely done!

A word request: [pleonasm]…How about breakfast at Blujam tomorrow?

:smile:

impressive, marina can fit a lot of comments in her belly button.

etymonline.com does not have much for TARDY . Using my root word theories – i come up with this: TAR = T-AR where AR-EARTH ( as in AREA or PARK or FARM or eARth ) actual Hebrew word for earth is AR-ETZ ( practically same in English ! ). T refers to TOUCHING. TAR is hence – touching earth ( stuck to the earth ) . A TARRED person or animal is SLOW ( due to the TAR ) hence TARDY hence RETARDED. Not ironically ART ( opposite of TAR ) is first found in pre-history as being cARved in to eARth in pertoglyphs. AR-T means about the same as T-AR ! ( stick to the earth ! ) thats how i see it anyway … i admit it seems a bit reta… i wont go there :)

i don’t think your theory of word origins is… um… reliable. but it is at least entertaining.

PS they’re actually quite beautiful and fascinating. :smile:

and a few of us.

lol lol

Mental retardation is a medical term. The use of retard or retarded as insults is considered offensive to many people because it stigmatizes those who are mentally retarded. Sarah Palin has a child with Down’s syndrome and is therefore sensitive on this subject. Another commenter below seemed to think of Palin as worthy of jibes on this: I would like to know why. I an curious as to why Marina did not touch upon any of this.

Hi Marina! I’ve been watching your videos for about a year now, but have just registered for the first time tonight. A word that I hear a lot coming from our representatives in Washington DC is [filibuster]. Would you please shed some light on the origin of this word? Thank you so much…you’re the best!

I would like to request the word [imbecile]

thats also a plus – reliable ? … my theory ( according to naom chomsky ..and he told me in person ..could me mathematically proven ( or dis-proven ) ..a certain kind of linguistic statistician could be employed … but ..for now .. i like putting tese connections together .. like the OR inthe word ORI-GINAL — OR -hebrew for light ( original means LIGHT GEN-ERATOR and refers to the sun ..the original source (there’s that OR phoneme again ) of LIFE // they had it right ..originally .. :) – OR is in THEORY and WORD as well ( see your sentence ) its abounding with LIGHT!!

Marina ! – I’m pleasantly amazed by your continuing ability to play multiple acting role parts in your videos ! BRAVO !!!
Auburn brown hair comes alive on you !
You’d look smashing in 1940′s styles ! (a la the Billy Bob Thornton film “The Man Who Wasn’t There” , Francis McDormand was so hot-noir !!! )

(nice and quiet in the closet for recording a video, no traffic noise from Fountain Ave, eh ?)

Pardon moi, votre student digresses pour un moment.

Retarded – Advanced , that’s what we used to call it on a distributor when setting the timing after installing a new set of points and condenser during a tune-up on a motorcycle or car’s engine.

Retarded never caught on in my crowd for slang, guess I’m too old and missed that era. But I’m glad to see you can handle anything philological that comes your way with aplomb !

Oh yeah, [smitten] I am smitten by you, or is it smitten ‘with you’.
Smitten Bayou is in Louisiana ! lol
(smitten – my late Valentines Day word suggestion)

Learning the slang and street-talk of a language is the most difficult part, as that’s what divides the ‘naturals’ from the ‘gringos’. You are working on ‘what shall I do for my PhD’ as I see it, you already have a Masters !
From what I heard long ago, street-French is the most difficult of all western languages to learn well.

You are sharp as a tack, smart as a whip, quicker than Jack Robinson, and can be lugubrious when a comedic pause is indicated.

‘You are my sunshine . . . on a cloudy day’

Best, Lars

Where does the term [pipe dream] come from?

Define good.

Enlarge Your Boobs for Free!—00:40

The Orlov Trotter (also known as Orlov; Russian: орловский рысак) is a horse breed with a hereditary fast trot, noted for its outstanding speed and stamina. It is the most famous Russian horse. The breed was developed in Russia in the late 18th century by Count Alexei Orlov at his Khrenovskoy Stud farm……don’t ask & and I won’t

tell how your responSe has[had] to to do with this lessON of HOtFOrWOrds...OoOoOo…ps—thanks to for whom ever fixed the edit application :-) :P

That was it ! I was trying to remember who asked who to say “moose and squirrel”. It was Randy on ‘My Name Is Earl’ to his Russian mail-order bride !
I love the way she said Moose & Squirrel !!!
Is there any chance Marina, you will say ‘Moose and Squirrel’ in one of your videos someday ?

[oLymPics]…Special Olympics
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
:smile:
Not to be confused with Paralympic Games.
Special [[Olympics]]

Founders Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Founded 1968
Headquarters 1133 19th Street, N.W., Washington, DC, U.S. 20036-3604
Origins Camp Shriver
Staff Tim Shriver (Chairman and CEO)
Stephen M. Carter (Lead Director & Vice Chair)
Nadia Comaneci (Vice Chair)
Raymond J. Lane (Vice Chair)
J. Brady Lum (President and COO)
Andrew Robertson (Treasurer)
Area served International
Motto Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.
Website http://www.specialolympics.org

For sports competitions organized by Special Olympics, see Special Olympics World Games.
Special Olympics is an international organization and competition held every two years, alternating between Summer and Winter Games,[[[ for people who have intellectual disabilities(& Godgiven). :| There are also local, national and regional competitions in over 150 countries worldwide.
:smile: :grin: :cool: History
The first International Special Olympics Games were held in Chicago in 1968. Anne McGlone Burke, a physical education teacher with the Chicago Park District, began with the idea for a one-time Olympic-style athletic competition for people with special needs. Burke then approached Eunice Kennedy Shriver, head of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, to fund the event.

GOD_BLESS health care and wash those tools!

:smile:

The Tatar language (Tatar tele, Tatarça, Татар теле, Татарча) is a Turkic language spoken by the Tatars. :P …………The Adamic language is, according to Abrahamic traditions, the language spoken by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Adamic is typically identified with either the language used by God to address Adam, or the language invented by Adam (Book of Genesis 2:19). :P http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythical_origins_of_language

First Class?

A beautiful young blonde woman boards a plane to LA with a ticket for the coach section. She looks at the seats in coach and then looks ahead to the first class seats. Seeing that the first class seats appear to be much larger and more comfortable, she moves forward to the last empty one. The flight attendant checks her ticket and tells the woman that her seat is in coach. The blonde replies, “I’m young, blonde and beautiful, and I’m going to sit here all the way to LA.”

Flustered, the flight attendant goes to the cockpit and informs the captain of the blonde problem. The captain goes back and tells the woman that her assigned seat is in coach.

Again, the blonde replies, “I’m young, blonde and beautiful, and I’m going to sit here all the way to LA.”

The captain doesn’t want to cause a commotion, and so returns to the cockpit to discuss the blonde with the co-pilot. The co-pilot says that he has a blonde girlfriend, and that he can take care of the problem. He then goes back and briefly whispers something into the blonde’s ear.

She immediately gets up, says, “Thank you so much,” hugs the co-pilot, and rushes back to her seat in the coach section. The pilot and flight attendant, who were watching with rapt attention, together ask the co-pilot what he had said to the woman.

He replies, “I just told her that the first class section isn’t going to LA.”

Hwk: I’m a bad person, (old bar room joke) write this on a napkin and have someone read it out loud:

I
M
Sofa
King
Rei
Tar
Dead
:roll:

I was wondering where the phrase “true-blue,” meaning to be unwaveringly loyal, came from.

Myths regarding the origins of language and languages are generally subsumed or footnoted into larger creation myths, although there are differences. Some tales say a creator endowed language from the beginning, others count language among later gifts, or curses.

Jimi Hendrix Belly Button Window —

my truest spirit :smile: Hear this…

From [ Dinky Di. ]

I had to look that up. And if you’re referring to an Australian TV show, that’s incorrect. It dates back earlier than that.

I want you to explane the word [fucked up] :D

Teacher –
Another excellent lesson… Love the new hairdo!

Free Gorby!

The problem with using some words as insults is that these words often refer to a group of actual people. This means that we are saying that association with these people is a negative trait. If I say you are “retarded,” “gay,” or that you do something “like a girl” then I am saying that all of these groups are inferior to me. The true insult actually is misdirected to these other groups, because I have set these individuals as my benchmark for faultiness, inadequacy, or deficiency.
Perhaps the worst part of all this, is that when I speak in this way, then I am somehow trying to place myself above these other groups of people, which really just demonstrates my own feelings of inferiority.

peace

I would like to request the word [Wyrm] :shock:
I wonder if this is a role-playing term, or a real life-term.
And if it is a real life term, how did dragons come to be called something so closely resembling the word “Worm”? :grin:

Almost seemed like you were trying to push me over the edge with the retard video. And that angry woman with her insults. that guy on Jace TV was 380 pounds like me but his weight was probably bettter distributed.

Hey you bunch of retards stop looking at silly YT videos and get back to work!!!

SCHNELL!

One of the reasons I get up tight about this subject matter is that my aunt was the administrator at a school for people like this. We learned at an early age to not use these “words” at all and if we did she certainly let us know. She taught courses at UW Madison on the subject. One of her stories was she wanted to take a course for herself but had to drop the class when she realized she wrote the text book. She had a lot of dealings with the Kennedy’s because their daughter/sister Rosemary was a student at the school. I’m sure that’s why their name is all over the Special Olympics and the politics of this issue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Kennedy and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga7cpQm5bq0

Why is there such a big difference in the meaning of the words [like] and [likely]?

:???: [Lobotomy] (Greek: λοβός — lobos: “lobe (of brain)”, τομή — tome: “cut/slice”)

:|

is a neurosurgical procedure

—a therapist][][][][sarah-pisst---2hi/preistess ;-) flame proves

HotforWords :P [theraPeutic]

:cool: Great lesson Marina! :grin:
Homework It is a bad word to use. :evil: I never use the word retarded to insult people.
YES :!: MORE PICS :!: :grin:

Well done/good job of communication! You are a great :smile: [median]!…other words Marina should annunciAte—[medicinal]—[MEDIUM]—[meditate]___muse,applications-medicament :idea: praise/anti-praise or [anni-.hi.-late]–[ant]–3–[annon y mous] :lol: give a piece of peace—at least

Amazing @pat……… ;-) Our brains were ["clicking'] together…You knew old Joe had two daughters date “Tale-Gunner” Joe of Wisconsin!!! Kennedy gave him the chicken scratch to go anti-hollywood and now his grandaughter is CA’s first lady! :arrow: Small-WorLd….He was noted for making claims that there were large numbers of Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers …[sorry]…wis con sin…

I was recently reading about a ‘bucket list’, and thinking I should make one of those. Anyway, where the heck did the term, [kick the bucket], come from?

As a kid we were all threaten that we would have to go to the “special school” if our grades were bad. :|

Too fast, too slow…o no…anything but, normal! I dunno M, some chill due to too much thrill others live too fast, don’t stop to take a breath then die, taken all too soon. Relaxing is good, going for it in the fast lane is also good. Bio-rythems with free will, go with the flow. If lazy, for too long and unwilling to act then sure, retard(ID). If relaxed but reflective, learning new things and skills, then not so however is shallow for others to assume such of others, which is, retarded, of them. Yo monkey says Yo monkey does, flattery or retarded? Dribble over a desk and hate your job and not willing to change is retarded. Hate due to ignorance or fear, is retarded. Have learnt from you M, wisdom, belief, Faith, love, gratitude are good :) Slow, sometimes, when required or appropiate, is good.

Knew you’d be here tonight
So put your best dress on
Girl I was so right

Our eyes connected
Now nothing’s how it used to be
No second guesses

Track in on this feeling
Pull focus close up you and me
Nobody’s leaving

Got me affected
Spun me 180 degrees
It’s so electric

Slow down and dance with me
Yeah, slow
Skip a beat and move with my body
Yeah, slow
Come on and dance with me
Yeah, slow
Skip a beat and move with my body
Yeah, slow

Don’t wanna rush it
Let the rhythm pull you in
It’s here so touch it

You know what I’m saying
And I haven’t said a thing
Keep the record playing

Slow down and dance with me
Yeah, slow
Skip a beat and move with my body
Yeah, slow
Come on and dance with me
Yeah, slow
Skip a beat and move with my body
Yeah, slow

Read my body language
Take it down, down

Slow down and dance with me
Yeah, slow
Skip a beat and move with my body
Yeah, slow
Come on and dance with me
Yeah, slow
Skip a beat and move with my body
Yeah, slow

Skip a beat and move with my body
Skip a beat and move with my body
Skip a beat and move with my body
Slow
KM.

Lars2, that’s why I came up with name of Moose and Squirrel we were trying to get Marina to say it. To see if she sounded like Natasha of Rocky and Bullwinkle. No luck yet. lol

Hell I had to ride the short bus to school. lol

To call a person retarded is to suggest that they are in a seperate stereotyped group, different than the rest of us. To do so is to suggest that they are not a person, they are a retard. Seventy years ago, in Germany, these people were rounded up with other stereotyped groups, gassed and burned in incenerators. An intellectually challenged person is a person with mental retardation. If one has to refer to the “disability” at all, then one should acknowledge their personhood first. As a teacher of middle schoolers, I see the devestation of heartless remarks, such as “retard”, on a daily basis. So, for one to sneer at “political correctness”, and continue stereotyping others is not a good thing.

I’d like to know about the word [disgruntled]. I know it means to unhappy but does that mean that gruntled is to be happy?

Does Marina have a slightly curved middle finger?

Nevermind that.. Look at all the 5stars for stupid hair!

Where is che volay?

Lol! I like it! :smile:

The r-word controversy began with Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s Chief of Staff. Then, Sarah Palin suggested he resign (or be fired; I forget which). Then, she was pressed on not criticizing Rush Limbaugh for saying it. Her response that it was “satire” was mocked by Stephen Colbert who used the word on her. And here we are.

Woooooops! Just re-reading myself and realizing that the words coming out of my fingertips make no sense. I typed too fast I guess.

What I really wanted to say was:

Hey you bunch of geniuses start looking at savvy YT videos and stop working!

OMG! Stereotyping!!! No no no! NEVER! NEVER stereotype ANYONE!!! Kapiche?

Well, that was seventy years ago, damarcole. You won’t believe what kind of enormities they were doing along the Volga river a mere thousand years ago. Warning. This opinion, although historically accurate, is absolutely colourful and may offend weak and sensible readers. Here, have a look (but at your own risks, eh?)

Ahmad ibn Fadlān ibn al-Abbās ibn Rašīd ibn Hammād, letters on the Vikings.

Wasn’t that the guy who went on to fight the indigenous scandanavian tribes later mythologized into the story of Grendel?

That guy rocked.

I think that Ahmad ibn Fadlān ibn al-Abbās ibn RaÅ¡Ä«d ibn Hammād didn’t fight anyone. He was a diplomat, and not a fighter. You are probably talking about Beowulf of the Nowell codex.

Stigmatasaurus — It’s nobody’s business? What about if it’s being used directly to someone’s face to disparage them? It would seem to be the business of the recipient of such nonsense. I greatly dislike anything PC, but then again I have a decent enough critical thinking ability and have realized that the anti-PC movement has become in some cases as knee-jerk and thoughtless as the PC crowd. In fact, by saying ‘it’s nobody’s business how someone uses (the word),’ you’re putting your own PC spin on it, making excuses for even the intent of the word and putting your own version of stigma to suppress a reaction simply for your own personal goals. Instead of arguing the merit of the term, and acting in a rational fashion, you’re merely dismissing a very complex range of thoughts on a topic by using a crude rhetorical device.

And to Evan Owen — usually love your comments, mate, but one thing you said isn’t true…it’s not futile to attempt to change thinking by manipulating vocabulary. I’m sure that between the two of us we could name 100 different words in less than 5 minutes that have been mangled in definition, implication, and intent within our own lifetimes…some perhaps deserved to be chucked (I have no problem with using mentally retarted as a medical term but calling someone a retard is never meant in a helpful or positive manner…or even a neutral manner, for that matter). Of course, a lot of perfectly good words haven’t been chucked…I still don’t quite know what’s wrong with calling someone a ‘secretary,’ and ‘liberal’ and ‘progressive’ are two words that should still have a broader and generally favorable meaning rather than just referring to a specific sub-set of self-described left wing politicos of the western world. Whether we like it or not, our language is not only changing because of natural evolution but from conscious money and power driven manipulation…and guess what, it’s been pretty effective!

Not a big fan of the word stupid (I know this was not part of the homework)
Duh your belly button should be just below your left shoulder blade :grin:

Actually I was thinking about Ahmad ibn Fadlan as depicted in the Michael Crichton book, ‘Eaters of the Dead,’ further reinterpreted in the film ‘The 13th Warrior.’ It took a fragment of the ibn Fadlan commentaries as a framework for a pseudo-historical fiction interpretation of the Grendel story.

That’s plus the movie was this bizarrely compelling high-testosterone flick that even though I can not bring myself to call it a ‘good’ film in any artistic sense, I still feel oddly addicted to it and will almost always watch it when they plop it up on late-night cable TV. I even find myself reciting the whole ‘Lo, there do I see my fathers (etc)’ chant when I find myself in a hairy situation. Not as often as a recite the Litany against Fear, but yeah, enough to be solidly placed in the geek category.

I can sympathize with Marina being considered the 2nd sexiest geek of the year. It’s quite a cross to bear.

I too had to ride the short bus to school for my first year. Only because there were just 6 of us on the bus route.

Repeat after me: I am we tood did. Wanna take they retarded test? Ok, What color are your eyes? What is the color of your hair? Can you touch your right foot with your left hand? Do ya wanna play twister? No, wait uh what was the first question I asked you? If you said it was what color are your eyes you may want to take the test over again. I do however love to watch you in retarded-motion.

@traveller23,

Ah, I got you. Yeah, legend made him fight alongside the Vikings. But history is not there to testify though. Did he fight? Did he buy a girl? We don’t know. Don’t trust Hollywoodian testosterone. It’s all business and fake, just like its botox and its silicon.

Notice How she always has to rename her video to something sexal just to get people to watch! :roll:

here’s a word for ya: Celebretard. Definition: Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchey, Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears, Dustin Diamond, etc.

Here’s a word for ya: Celebretard. Definition: Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchey, Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears, Dustin Diamond, etc.

They have done away with them here. It stereo typed the students who rode them. Now they are painted white and used for shuttles for ball games and such.

Retarded? It would take more than a book. I cover that very sensitive subject in my book “The Immigrants’ Daughter,” soon to be released. The documentary is so unbelievable that I turned to Marina for help to find just the right words. Marina appears in my documentary and she is brilliant! … Rexino Mondo

A history lesson…sorta! You’ll appreciate this humor!

Railroad tracks. This is fascinating.

The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number.
Why was that gauge used? Well, because that’s the way they built them in England , and English engineers designed the first US railroads.
Why did the English build them like that? Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the wagon tramways, and that’s the gauge they used.
So, why did ‘they’ use that gauge then? Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they had used for building wagons, which used that same wheel spacing.
Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing? Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break more often on some of the old, long distance roads in England. You see, that’s the spacing of the wheel ruts.
So who built those old rutted roads? Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (including England ) for their legions. Those roads have been used ever since..
And the ruts in the roads? Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to match or run the risk of destroying their wagon wheels. Since the chariots were made for Imperial Rome, they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing. Therefore the United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is derived from the original specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot. Bureaucracies live forever.
So the next time you are handed a specification/procedure/process and wonder ‘What horse’s ass came up with this?’, you may be exactly right. Imperial Roman army chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the rear ends of two war horses. (Two horses’ asses..)
Now, the twist to the story:

When you see a Space Shuttle sitting on its launch pad, there are two big booster rockets attached to the sides of the main fuel tank. These are solid rocket boosters, or SRBs. The SRBs are made by Thiokol at their factory in Utah . The engineers who designed the SRBs would have preferred to make them a bit fatter, but the SRBs had to be shipped by train from the factory to the launch site. The railroad line from the factory happens to run through a tunnel in the mountains, and the SRBs had to fit through that tunnel.. The tunnel is slightly wider than the railroad track, and the railroad track, as you now know, is about as wide as two horses’ behinds.
So, a major Space Shuttle design feature of what is arguably the world’s most advanced transportation system was determined over two thousand years ago by the width of a horse’s ass. And you thought being a horse’s ass wasn’t important? Ancient horse’s asses control almost everything and…

CURRENT Horses Asses are controlling everything else.

I think it all depends on how you use the word “retarded.” Most of the time it is not polite at all, but can be used in a joking manner as well.

You listed “silly” with other derogatory words. I disagree. I see it as more of a playful word. I have noticed that the Russians have I have chatted with have also seen this word in a negative light. I am thinking that your school books need to be updated, or is it that Russians are learning British English, as opposed to American English?

as always that you for the lesson.

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/gauge.asp

you are a little bit of a nutcase, i like. so am i.

This was happening not only seventy years ago in Germany, but the United States conducted forced sterilization among certain “unsatisfactory” groups into the 1970s. This type of classification process was questionable at best, deliberately racist and classist most likely. Anybody questioning the validity of this, do about five minutes research of “eugenics” and you may be surprised.

COMMENT 100!

Meh, I find it funny. I take the piss out of myself. I take the piss out of other people. No biggie

I do ;-)

Retarded, like the words fag and gay, is in transition. Fag and gay now, when used as pejoratives, are considered pretty bad – right up there with asshole and dickhead. However, when I was a kid to call someone a fag or gay was not seen as a big deal.

Fag used to mean that someone was overly sensitive or as a male was kind of “girly.” Gay used to mean, and still does mean, that something is bad or looked down upon – like “that song is gay” – your project is gay. Whatever.

Retarded was never really something that in general people thought was all that bad. Saying, “oh, that’s so retarded,” or “you’re so retarded,” meant like “boneheaded” or silly/stupid. It’s being moved into the offensive category these days because of the mental handicap sensitivity movement.

Could be worse, you could be a gay retard! :lol:

I have an new video

Bodyrox vs big ben yeah yeah westminster chimes. I have wanted to make it for ages.

Nun/nonE wore the muumuu….James—Life Cycle of Frogs:

Frogs have four stages in their life: Eggs, Tadpole, Metamorph, and Frog.

Metamorphosis – The transformation of an egg into an adult. With frogs, a change from tadpole into adult frog. This is called a life cycle.

—just a thought for a video presentation!…keep up your ‘good work’…a reward is coming on you… :smile:

The urban dictionary is illegitimate anyway, idk y she would ever refer to the urban dictionary to support her word-lessons. That’s retarded.

omg ur lessons retarded. ur so smart, can u tell me how someone makes six figures off of youtube?? I dont know how someone makes money off of it, it’s foggy to me.

that joke is semi-funny and partially retarded.

leonard, are me, you, and the teacher the only hot ppl on this thing?

bald ppl are retarded.

ppl who type all in caps are annoyingly retarded.

so can we all just use the word gay now? is that okay?

If marina ever truly sent you a picture of her, that is sad. Ur just sad.

Nicole Richie is a light-hearted, genuinely comedic young lady. Its smart people who know how to be successful. And if Nicole were here, im sure she would find ten ways to make you uncomfortable on the spot. She seems to be good at that. With that said, she’s not that bad. Cheers.

Such as rides for the [retired] people to the cassino and like a riding the canoes with my raft to follow…

…leonardo the retardo

…puff, puff—pass pass___joint session___big shot and his hot shots with speCial guest ‘cheap-shot’…like brandy made with out fruit :lol:

in my heart.

rosiecheeks you look ‘chic-y’…U R soul cute :smile: …need a date, pick one..…Any one tell MARINA, the joke about walking on her elbows?….Finger lickin’ good
:smile: :smile: its cool to be back and not left out of ["class"]…or was that [de-tent-ion] :lol:

have u seen our dear old friend che volay? i miss playing footsies with him in class.

People who go around dissing other people are retarded. :evil:

1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As men moved eastward, [a] they found a plain in Shinar [b] and settled there.

3 They said to each other, … “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. 6 The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”

8 So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel [c] —because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

[babel]
[babble] :smile:

I think the twitter revolution captured Che!…Ivan – Real Wild Child..ja still out of Oklahoma…[church property]–sorry :lol:

Afraid its all in good fun, mate. :lol:

Afraid? I was hoping we could get a good flame war going! :razz: :grin:

***Word Request***

Marina, in honour of Saint David’s Day (March 1st / Mawrth 1af), will you do [cynefin framework]? :grin:

“The [Cynefin framework] draws on research into complex adaptive systems theory, cognitive science, anthropology and narrative patterns, as well as evolutionary psychology. It “explores the relationship between man, experience and context”[1] and proposes new approaches to communication, decision-making, policy-making and knowledge management in complex social environments.” (from Wikipedia) :cool:

i think me n u are the only ppl paying attention in class today. frankly, it’s quite boring and if che volay doesnt get here in time, i will vanish for another 3-6 months.

[brouhaha ]

Ah…so he is alive and thriving in Oklahoma then? Good to knw.

“Bacteria is sometimes the only culture some people have.”…from HotForWords.. 479******************The Word “Bubbleocity” its so freakin fun to say————–can U say “bubbleocity” and walk while blowing-a-”BuBBLe”? :lol:

Oh well it looked good in the email I received. My Bad :shock:

hey leoNard, I thought this was funny or maybe my humor is a little re… http://coldwarfacebook.ning.com/

YT is owned by Google. Google pays each partner “which Marina is one off them” for the amount of views they receive per video and for how they are favored by the stars. They also get money for if you favor a video and save it to your site. They are also paid per comment. Plus the adds on the page are run by Adsense. if you click on them that pays her a certain amount of money. So the more subscribers that visit, click stars, comment, favor makes her money. I have seen some of the checks from the smaller partners like Dave’s Farm for 2500.00 dollars a month. He actually showed it to us from YT. The more popular you are the more you make. Some even have as you have probably have seen have two or three channels to make money.
It’s a great way to make money by coming up with and idea for a channel, make it popular and site back and make money by talking to a computer.

omg u r so wise. ur like an owl.

WoRkInG in GaNgS…Here; take my hammer, it talks…Johnny Cash sings from Ridin’ the Rails vhs video.

http://www.myspace.com/cashbacktribut e
Category: Education :P
:lol:

Hey rosiecheeks. this is Che Volay now. he changed his name. retarded isn’t it. Che Maro

http://www.hotforwords.com/2010/02/25/retarded/comment-page-1/#comment-167719

should we fake run across a beach into each others arms?

good lookin out’ :smile:

Nicole Ritchie is a famous-for-being-famous, perpetually drunken party girl with an arrest record (yet she somehow presumes herself to be some sort of inspiration to little girls everywhere) and I doubt she has the intelligence to make me or anybody I know feel even the slightest bit uncomfortable. Certainly not anyone with any brains whatsoever, anyway. She is the living, breathing, walking, talking definition of the word, “celebretard”. The same goes for all the rest of the people I mentioned.

I don’t know about Che but I have a go at it.

Thank you maam. :grin:

Now that’s interesting!

Your quick on the draw. :cool:

Nicole Ritchie is a famous-for-being-famous, perpetually drunken party girl with an arrest record (yet she somehow presumes herself to be some sort of inspiration to little girls everywhere) and I doubt she has the intelligence to make me or anybody I know feel even the slightest bit uncomfortable. Certainly not anyone with any brains whatsoever, anyway. She is the living, breathing, walking, talking definition of the word, “celebretard”. The same goes for all the rest of the people I mentioned

Hii
the word i would like to request is [nigger]
im not a racist person, but i hear people say it a lot, and i know its a racist term, but other people tell me it means ignorant.
i would just like to know more about this word.
thanks ^^

cool.

she wont do it nigger.

bump!

…?

many ppl, including me have asked marina to do it, and she will not. sry to dampen ur mood! :|

my mood is just the same

you can wikipedia it ;)

*** PEOPLE WHO HATE CAPS. MUST HAVE SMALL BRAINS SO THEY DON’T EVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING CALLED RETARDED ***

Hello there

I was thinking about the word dyslexia (as I am dyslexic) after watching your latest lesson. And why they would spell the word this way because when you are dyslexic it a bit of pain lol

Thanks

Ian

The birdie, nice!

I can say it, do it, and also pat my head and rub my stomach ;-)

SOMEBODY SENT THIS AND I THOUGHT IT WAS COOL

I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with ‘Guess’ on it.
So I said ‘Implants?’

She hit me.

How come we choose from just two people to run for president and over fifty for Miss America?

I signed up for an exercise class and was told to wear loose fitting clothing. If I HAD any loose fitting clothing, I wouldn’t have signed up in the first place!

Don’t argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.

Wouldn’t it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press ‘Ctrl Alt Delete’ and start all over? Or maybe back to Nov of 08?

Why is it that our children can’t read a Bible in school, but they can in prison? A completely brilliant question!!!!!!!

Wouldn’t you know it….
Brain cells come and brain cells go, but FAT cells live forever.

Why do I have to swear on the Bible in court when the Ten Commandments cannot be displayed outside? Another completely brilliant question!!!!

Bumper sticker of the year:
‘If you can read this, thank a teacher -and, since it’s in English, thank a soldier’

This is a very special statement!!!!!!!!!

And remember: life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

I think calling anybody names is wrong. because it hurts them more than it hurts you. when you pinch someones arm the pain goes away, but calling but someone name stays with you. :sad:

Excellant.
“A minute on the lips, a lifetime in the heart.”

Marina can not do all the words are requested, so she will do what she wants and we мой [друг], must try better the for word request :smile:
Emmanuel Poiré
Caran d’Ache and the story of the black stone

rosiecheeks – you cool :mrgreen:
sometimes this site reminds me the movie – “There’s Something About Mary”
perhaps it should be ;-)

hot for words likes the feel of a pencil………………………………………………………………The pencilina is a custom-made string instrument that Reed invented in the 1980s. The instrument is a double neck 3rd bridge guitar. :lol: Old Soviet colour pencils with box (circa 1959) :lol: The black core of pencils is still referred to as lead, even though it never contained the element lead. In German, the word for pencil still is Bleistift, literally lead stick.

Yes, she is cool. Shes got stones. I might start hanging around more with her laying it down :twisted:

Hi Marina and everyone else,
I was hoping to request a word, actually a phrase. I was watching some Olympic hockey and a player got a hat trick, three goals in one game. I was wondering how this term originated along with the custom of people throwing their hats onto the ice.

[puck] ;-) geek-dumb: Marina had donehat trick…I would hope she would pucker up for [hockey]… :grin: Ja like some boogie :lol: Canned Heat – Fried Hockey Boogie/Sic’ Em Pigs Part 1

The Streamy Awards are on Apr 11, 2010.
and the nominations will be announced Monday, Mar 1 at 9:30 AM
http://www.thestream.tv/
Is there anyone being nominated that we know? :smile:

nice :mrgreen:
how about:
[Godfather]
or
[Helter-skelter]

I will say that I could relate to the man in the Pearl Jam song EVENFLOW after my brains got messed up in grad school at michigan state u in 1986 Some of the problem was extracurricular harrasment and persecution.

You sure that song wasn’t “Jeremy”?

How was your church services?

“the materialist conception of history.”

…free as a mental-block…Canned Heat: Amphetamine Annie
…health cares for a shot of B [vitamins]…HURRY and speed up services—”I’m americaned assured”—shoot, shoot and table that meeting with allowance to eat and get paid!!!

Thanks leo looks like that was back before I was following regularly. I should have checked the archives closer

Hi Marina,
I love the new hair color! ;-)
Will you be coloring Gorby too? :shock:

I would like to request that HotForWords investigates the phrase [cross your fingers] and is this phrase unique to the United States, or is it recognized internationally.

I would like to request a word [unravel] as well as it’s root word, [ravel]. Someone at church today was asking about the word unravel and was wondering what the word ravel meant.

Sounds more like Church Hearings :mrgreen:

I was watching a Special on VH1 Classic of Jeff Beck in concert and started noticing that his bass player is awesome. Great fills, timing, rhythym…so I decided to look into it. Here is the link to her MySpace. With my limited knowledge of all things music, I thought you might wanna check it out. Second video has a kick-ass bass solo about two minutes into it. First vid has some old dude named Jimmy Page in it. I dunno, maybe he played with Beck back in the day or something… :-)

http://www.myspace.com/talwilkenfeld

Speaking of Page, I saw in Guitar magazine were Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, and John Paul Jones are forming a power trio. They had a picture of them on the front and I didn’t recognize Jones. He looked ancient. You don’t have to look good to play good music, but you put a raincoat on him and he looks like the Gorton fisherman!! :roll:

Marina,
Your belly button should be on the lower part of your stomach above you hips and centered between your sides below your adams apple.
Greg :oops: :arrow: :razz:

Give it to them good hotfw’s…

[super]…my friend has got a special band. :P .. http://www.myspace.com/thestrongmedicineband :P [traditional] and her policies …Them Crooked Vultures performing Elephants. (C) 2010 Them Crooked Vultures, LLC, :cool: …Hail the Zepplin :lol: …Oh –buddy beevee14, hear this Orianthi – Highly Strung ft. Steve Vai—Orianthi Panagaris (born January 22, 1985), known mononymously as Orianthi, is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. She is best known for being Michael Jackson’s guitarist for his comeback concert series :smile:

Thanks for sharing — Inglorious [[[Bastards]]] – Vats A Bingoo!

Political Semantics :twisted: And The [[[Art]]] Of The Slogan

…Am I crazy or retarded?…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_milah

I would like to request the phrase [on deck].

Ok love your gig. Just saw it and went right to you tube then here to you :razz: Now you mentioned hat trick pertaining to Cricket but it is most commonly used in hockey. A hat trick is when a single played scores three goals in any order during the same game. A natural hat trick is when a single player the next three consecutive goals. Both hat tricks get a response from the fans by them throwing their hats on the ice. Here is my question and I have never been able to find the answer. The Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League and their name. What is a [ Flyer] :?: Hope to hear from you. You look good in HI. :mrgreen:

I’m learning leoNard and that’s all that matters…
“Ouch” a token of the covenant with god???

The word from what I understand is actually French. It means low life, of a lower class, of a lower breeding.

Start by expanding your photo. Not enlarging but more territory. It’s working for marina and she leaves allot to the imagination. LOL!!!

Quote”God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.” – Voltaire 1694-1778—- was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade. Voltaire was a prolific writer and produced works in almost every literary form including plays, poetry, novels, essays, historical and scientific works, more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform, despite strict censorship laws and harsh penalties for those who broke them. A [satirical polemicist][joke]… from this date of the HotForWords site :smile: Contradictory views of Islam and its prophet, Muhammad, can be found in Voltaire’s writings. In a letter recommending his play Fanaticism, or Mahomet to Pope Benedict XIV, Voltaire described the founder of Islam as “the founder of a false and barbarous sect” and “a false prophet.”[Voltaire Letter to Benedict XIV written in Paris on August 17, 1745 AD Your holiness will pardon the liberty taken by one of the lowest of the faithful, though a zealous admirer of virtue, of submitting to the head of the true religion this performance, written in opposition to the founder of a false and barbarous sect. To whom could I with more propriety inscribe a satire on the cruelty and errors of a false prophet, than to the vicar and representative of a God of truth and mercy? Your holiness will therefore give me leave to lay at your feet both the piece and the author of it, and humbly to request your protection of the one, and your benediction upon the other; in hopes of which, with the profoundest reverence, I kiss your sacred feet.]… :smile: sourced from— http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire

When i BLAME THaT MSU shit on the CIA and my having applied for the federal civil service they all call me insane.
Jeremy is the kid who was picked on and took a gun to school and shot all his classmates. The other grad stiudents did not mock me as MSU the way they mocked me at St. Francis de Sales high school. My students began to get hateful to me but not the other grad students.

YOu giviing me the finger, honey? I only called my ex wife retard when she done something real real stupid.

My brother-in-law and I discussed the phrase [a flash in the pan] last year. He believes it harks back to the gold rush of 1849; I believe it stems from the misfire of a flintlock firearm. Is either of us correct?

where your belly button ought to be… hmm I chose to write a lil lower then that. :shock: anyhoooo …. retarded… i seldom use this word it is a bit offensive.

I would like to request [green about the gills]. I heard this phrase on the bus and I was wondering how it came about.

Very Interesting ! (as Sgt. Schultz might say -to fool around with accents for a moment. Marina is rapidly losing her accent in english so she wouldn’t sound much like Randy’s wife saying Moose & Squirrel- alas !)
Not sure why having a russian accent would make Marina more cute, but she does for me.

Great story M&S about Roman chariots and horses asses !!!
It’s logic is impecable. 56-1/2″, I figure the extra 1/2″ is so the wheel flanges have 1/4″ play to the rails on each side, and the wheel flanges are 56″ apart that hang below the rails to keep on track.

Tho 56″ may also be the ‘average’ height of a person 2000 years ago (or of someone influential), and that number would be a part of the numerology of chariots.

Partnering with Google for eyeballs and responses !
Marina has a good thing going !!!
And as ‘traveler23′ was saying, she is making for herself a unique position from which to reveal what changes the ‘power people’ are making in how we use language; which in a subtle way affects how we think, how we view the world, and view ourselves.
Influencing language thru the media is in a way more powerful and less expensive than moving standing armies !
I’m not sure if Marina has thought about the position of power and influence she has, I haven’t seen it quite so clearly until now !

Rosie I’m here as Che mero. I made Che Volay more of a character on Twitter and did not want ppl to read me out of character.

These days I’m off on a project so I have little time to spend on the internet. I’ll be back on a more frequent basis by Spring.

Hope I can catch up in ‘real time’ soon.

Che Volay

You still sleep in funny socks? :???:

James I away doing a project. Only have minimum computer time. Most of my time is spent on Twitter.

Che Volay

Yea but it has to be in slow motion.

Just notice someone named RosieOrtiz694 tried to follow me on Twitter. Now this account is suspended:

….the profile you were trying to view has been suspended due to strange activity.

The person only had one tweet. This sounds like your kind of shenanigans. ;-)

:grin: I would like to request the word [dickens]. As in ["you scared the dickens out of me"].

Is it possible that becuase you are a foreigner leaning english (and you speak it very well) that people think you are stupid or a retard and that is why you are giving us the finger? Does my dream about you having on a thin white see through cotton dress mean anything to you?

There is also the possibility that it started with the flash powder used in early photography (1800s). However, far more people were familiar with firearms than ever saw a flash picture taken back then, so I would vote for your idea.

As in baseball? (If you are referring to the nautical usage, it’s self-explanatory.)

There is no objection by most to a student reading the Bible in school. The objection is to having the state (the school district) prescribe it.

WhY dOn’T wE cOmPrOmIsE? —Leonard

wHy DoN’t We CoMpRoMiSe? — :lol: How is the back healing? :-) List of satyrs in popular culture the (e) aRtre be well and don’t fall in it :twisted: draw water!

That’s incorrect. Retarded from learning is an appropriate and testable call; in the 1970s a clear case was rendered by studies on lead paint and students. It came into public health policy quite saliently, and the bioscience was incomplete compared to empirical evidence that kids who played, ate, etc. near flaking or chalking lead-based paint were permanently stupider and slower 2 days later.

Before that it was used on kids forced into daycare, cleaning, and other roles (also predating 1530) mentioned in Hammurabi’s Codex where expectations had to be mellowed out.

tonyb, I had to read that twice before I understood you didn’t want to wear a day dress yourself; you should say these things clearly (but with r and w swapped willy-nilly and long As in odd places.) Also n.b. she’ll need noise reduction or a good shotgun mic. to shoot that with good lighting (e.g. more outdoors than the closet.)

There just wasn’t an Urban Dictionary in 1530. Your date citations are …hey, where are they, actually? :razz:

This was pretty good! Retarded? No. I recall seeing some PSAs in the seventies that dealt with people with this disability…and get this, they were referred to as “retarded”. Times have changed.

I have a friend who is mentally challenged and believe me if you were to call him retarded..LOOK OUT! He doesn’t know his own strength. He also has this absolutely CRAZY sense of humor that has left me suffering from sore sides many times. Oh, and another thing, he is one hell of a good worker!
I don’t know if anyone here has heard of this fellow called the Ponceman. He has Down’s Syndrome. Look him up on Youtube under “The Retarded Policeman” …he’s very good.

Anyway Marinia, keep up the great work!

Cheers!

I love to learn about the origin of words and how their meanings may have changed over time, but, do you need to interject personal attacks? I don’t care what your believes are just stick to the words.

A little more specifically, no one can forbid a student to read the bible. Students may still be required to read the bible, but only for historical, literary, etc. scholarship.

[AMEN]

hello b, how have you been? :smile:

I don’t know, but it means something to ME! Does that make me wierd :oops: ;-) :?: :???:

alot of foreigners like some arabe i have met including my dad think americans are so stupid. they have so many foreign immigrants here in Toledo it is kind of like New York in some respects. yet an impoverished failed port city. I hear this bullshit from some doctors as they pass by AMERICA IS A NATION OF FOREIGNERS!! they all have their spin on this issue. We are all foriegners they say.

Teach, I liked the intimacy of the closet recording studio. Kinda cool change of scenery. I gotta go back in the free fire zone for a while. Cya
Love to Teacher,
xoxodc

Normally, I love your lessons; however, you missed a good opportunity here for some real teaching. Before the 1970s, retarded was a legitimate medical term. It fell out of favor when it people began to use it in a derogatory manner. “Retarded” – in the medical sense – means a delay in cognitive or intellectual development. Your emphasis on slowing down is correct, but it would have been nice if you had pointed out that mentally retarded people are those people whose intellectual development has been slowed, delayed, or arrested. People with an IQ of 70 or below are considered retarded. This represents about 5% of the population. There are degrees of retardation ranging from moderate to severe. By comparison, normal IQ is 100 (actually, from 80 to 120 is considered normal). Today, people use “developmentally delayed” or similar terms instead of “the r-word”.

Yeah, that dumb ol’ Palin was Leno last night reading from her hand AGAIN! The nerve. Next, she will be talking about how she has ‘visited 56 out of 57 states’, extolling the wonders of the ‘Austrian’ language, and mispronouncing ‘corpsman’ several times! :twisted: ;-)
M is just following The Progressive Herd on Palin(could have been a little more original-you’re better than that ;-) ). By that, I mean that taking shots at Palin(like Catholics and white people in general) is never out of season and there is no bag limit. Also, once again it shows that people on the left are choosy about who they make fun of. For instance, a few years ago a congresslady( :?: :razz: ) from California also read notes from her hand. Not during a speech though. She commited this apparently unforgivable sin during a debate in which you were SUPPOSED to speak extemperaneously with no prepared notes. The fact that you didn’t hear anything about THAT had nothing to do with the fact that she is a far left-leaning type legislator, I’m sure! ;-) :shock:

Hey M, why don’t you do a vid on the proper pronounciation of

[CORPSMAN]

:arrow: :cool: :lol:

Boo! :shock:

I’m considered more of a ‘mental adolescence’ :shock:

Some more bumper stickers…Jesus saves ’cause He shops at Walmart—Guns don’t kill, my cousin does—My other car is probably yours—By the time you read this you already read it.

I’m just considered mental by everyone on this message forum. hee hee. I’ve risen from the dead! I will be on here more in the springtime too, my mind is itching for new springtime knowledgeable words from Miss Marina.

Hey M, why don’t you do a vid on the proper pronounciation of

[CORPSMAN]…re-requesting beevee14…..I request [CORPSE] :???:

:mrgreen: The United States Army Signal Corps develops, tests, provides, and manages communications and information systems support for the command and control of combined arms forces. It was founded in 1860 by United States Army Major Albert J. Myer, a physician by training, and has had an important role from the American Civil War through the current day. Over its history, it had the initial responsibility for a number of functions and new technologies that are currently managed by other organizations, including military intelligence, weather forecasting, and aviation.

A [coup d'état] (pronounced /ËŒkuːdeɪˈtɑː/ or /ku de.ta/) (plural: coups d’état), or coup for short (French for overthrow of the state), is the sudden unconstitutional deposition of a government, usually by a small government’s surrender; or the acquiescence of the populace and the non-participant military forces.

Typically, a coup d’état uses the extant government’s power to assume political control of the country. In Coup d’État: A Practical Handbook, military historian Edward Luttwak says: “A coup consists of the infiltration of a small, but critical, segment of the state apparatus, which is then used to displace the government from its control of the remainder”, thus, armed force (either military or paramilitary) is not a defining feature of a coup d’état. he Pronunciamiento (Pronouncement) is the Spanish and Latino analogue of coup d’état; golpe de estado (coup d’état) is the usual, Spanish phrase. The Pronunciamiento is the formal explanation for deposing the regnant government, justifying the installation of the new government that was effected with the golpe de estado. Edward Luttwak explains how a coup d’état and a… :-) info from above link…U think?

Yes. 100%. By hook or by crook. Gonna be some soft talkin and slow walkin. Be lean, long and strong like a barbecue bone. :mrgreen: what :?: :cool: :arrow: :???:

On a lighter note… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_pt11RgAO8

Many years ago the words idiot, moron and imbecile were scientific words classifying different levels of impaired intelligence. When I was a school teacher in the ’70s the kids in my special classroom were all classified as Mentally Retarded. Many educators thought this was a great leap forward as the words were not considered derogatory.
I feel that any word or words used to describe people of impaired intelligent will soon be used as an insult. Changing the words frequently just does not help.

I. [Celtic] Languages
A. Brythonic
1. Breton (Brezhoneg)
2. Welsh (Cymraeg)
a. Old and Middle Welsh
b. Welsh [Modern]
3. Cornish (Kernewek)
B. Goidelic
1. Irish (Gaeilge)
a. Old and Middle Irish
b. Irish [Modern]
2. Manx (Gaelg, Gailck)
3. Scottish (Gàidhlig). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts

an introductory overview of the Thai language…thought you might find this interesting :grin:

Diolch yn fawr am yr erthygl, leonard, diddorol iawn. :smile:

[British] & [Breton]
(Why is part of France called “Brittany”?) :razz:
[Gallic]
[Welsher] :sad:
[Angora]
Does a corn “maze” have [corn wall]s? :???: (What would Lord Cornwallis think of that?) :wink:

Q: Why did Bob learn Thai?
A: So he wouldn’t be tongue-Thai’d with his wife! :mrgreen:

Hi Che, that’s a new old look for you, yeah? :smile:

Yeah, maybe Palin isn’t an intellectual titan, but obviously she doesn’t have a charisma of a damp rag or an appearance of a low-grade bank clerk ;-)

check this out lost tribe

hello b, things are good, but hectic. need…more…time

yeah buzz. I’ve heard of these before. I think it is really cool. I would love to visit there someday, once I knew enough to appreciate their story.

I don’t know what is more amazing: The fact that there is a Jewish tribe in southern Africa OR that it is 2010 and nobody has exploited them yet. Wild. Its like that village in the Himalayas were everybody has red hair and is supposedly descended from Alexander the Great.

;-) :cool:

Hello beautiful Marina. I have an amusing story about your lesson. I work in Sneek-A-Peek-Couples Boutique Llingere,Dancewearsexy toys,movies etc) and i usuually watch your lessons when we are not busy. So,I had just watched the “retarded” video a few days ago when my phone rang this morning. The girl working in my other location had a customer,who kept saying in spanish “retardente” and she asked what he could possibly be wanting to buy. Thanks to your video,I was able to smugly tell her that “retardente” was obviously related to “retarded’ and since retarded has to do with slowing or delaying that the poor fellow was looking for a spray to….well lets just say “keep him going for a bit longer”. So Hot for Words,I know of at least two people who will be very grateful to you tonite.
By the way,if you are ever on Long Island in NY,you should come out and see us,you could film here it would be hilarious,endless possabilities. Plus i’m sure you could find a few items of intrest…haha. Seriously,we have a clean,nice,upscale place…i think you’d have a riot. Congrats on all you success and best to you always darlin’.

Marina, what is the origin of the word “progross”, the word that you put on the screen?

Homework: Q. Where should your bellybutton be?
wow, I could answer that, but they’d lock me up
and throw away the key; and then throw away the jail :sad:
Aw, what the hell…
A: Right above my … eyes :mrgreen:
(How do ya lika me NOW?) :twisted:

nobody likes u u damn beaner.

just be nice… MeLikaDoTheChaCha seems cool… if he likes south park :grin:

BUT but he’s a limey slag. :mrgreen:

if he is, ignore him. Thats the way to show him that you hate him :mrgreen:

Don’t mind her, she’s a party pooper. Besides – check out how many friends I have after being back only oneday :mrgreen:
South Park rules! Can’t wait for the new movie coming out…

so far the person with the most friends is PedanticKarl, (of coarse) with like 50 friends. I have 28, Rosiecheeks has 20, you hve 15.

Whats the southpark movie? I havn’t heard about it :evil:

Great story, glad I could be of help! :-)

We Todd Id; Guns & Guts… Maverick; Joe Six-Pack… Leatherneck… Hmmmmmmmm……….. The Hardest Button To Button! Your belly-button is just where it ought to be… And, it is well it’s just lovely above me. How Da You Like Me Now? lol Why is Poker called Poker?

I mean the little game, I like to call “To Go Inane” Nah, Seriously the card game (s) fer money… Poker, I should tweet; Who love’s Texas Hold’em ? So why do they call it Poker?… Can Someone tell me?

@PaparazziKid – I’m up to around 35 or so, but it’s about quality; not quantity. :cool:
South Park team’s next movie is about the origin of the Mormon church. Trey & Matt are still fixated on that and this will let them work it out… :mrgreen:

Haha…. That pic kinda cheered me up

ma, do you know jeane jordan? a real good best friend of me! bye!