Olympic Trivia
Hello my dear students! Your favorite teacher is back with another round of Olympic trivia. Ready? Tell me, which of the following was an official event in past Olympic games: fire-fighting, poodle clipping, tug-of-war, or delivery van driving? [Pause] Believe it or not, they all used to be Olympic events! Well, poodle clipping—where contestants tried to trim the most poodles’ fur in a two-hour period—was only a trial event, but it had 6,000 fans at the Paris Games in 1900!
So, while we’re on the topic of fake-sounding events that really exist, do you know what Olympic sport uses The Uber Cup as one of its qualifying events? The answer is badminton, a funny-sounding word in its own right. Where did the name and the sport come from? Hot for Words is here to investigate.
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I have really Like girl icecream .
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Sharing some current stuff…
…”share” is just another word!
HotForSilver?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqhEW7AsMPM
..did you see … Silver in Space: Metal Found to Form in Distinct Star Explosions
I’m reading some Sacramento history books. The Arden-Arcade area is a heavily built up NE suburban area (since the mid 1950′s) hosting one of our major shopping malls, but was undeveloped land in a 4,400-acre Mexican land grant in the 1800′s. Due to the owner being talked into it by an enthusiastic employee, this area produced more of these than any other place in the U.S. in 1888. What were they? (Hint: They were alive and had four legs and were sold all over the world.)
race horses? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arden-Arcade,_California
Not only race horses, but winning race horses! Haggin made a lot of money back east in racing until the powers that be changed the rules to the detriment of horse owners, so he quit racing, but still raised and sold horses. Then one day a little accounting work revealed he wasn’t really making much on that, so he auctioned of the remaining stock in NY and quit entirely.
If you asked the average Sacramentan about these-here parts being the race horse center of the universe once upon a time, he’d answer, “Huh?”
..what do you think about democracy and the nation of the United States? http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20120907/GPG0101/309070199/Oneida-Tribe-not-liable-storm-water-fees ..or the American transition of developing civil society{indigenous/British}; and how government rules? ..breaking horses and beasts of burden…
What we need is a chart of M like this that shows which parts are kissables, lickables and suckables.
Excellent! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsLmRFOZFMQ&feature=related
iguanas?
Ha ha ha ha ha!
Hint: You can make money with them.
“The birds are silent in the woods.
Just wait: Soon enough
You will be quiet too”
- Robert Hass
she’s a boy again… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o3ZhybaZ_s&feature=player_detailpage#t=1584s
the value of the $ is currently 17.91 milligrams gold
butter-milk
Abligurition Ab*lig`u*ri”tion, n. [L. abligurito, fr. abligurire to spend in luxurious indulgence; ab + ligurire to be lickerish, dainty, fr. lingere to lick.] Prodigal expense for food. [Obs.] –Bailey.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
…lick my ??? lol
… {tumbleweed}
That one doesn’t even need “investigating;” it’s a weed (an undesirable plant) that tumbles (rolls end over end) along the ground at the mercy of the wind for the purpose distributing its seed over a wide geographical area. Applied to a person, it means someone who does not have a emotional attachment to any particular location and so moves around as the tumbleweed does. You know, sort of like Marina nowadays.
hmmm … so, basically, M is a nomad. She follows her prey as it moves around the geography. And her prey is fame and fortune. It looks like, most of the time, her prey sits around on rocks sunning itself in California.
Your’e analysis is basically right. She would still be on top of her game if she had not gone all bloooey on us last summer and abandoned the site. Oh, I wish I could run into her. I would give her such a talking-to!
Cheese Cake.... …FRUIT-CAKE
Good question. Too bad nobody has any answers for us.
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – 09/09/10) – Next New Networks, the leading next generation media company providing original Web series to millions of loyal, engaged viewers, today announced that language expert Marina Orlova, the creator, host and producer of “HotForWords,” has joined its Next New Creators program. The Next New Creators program was designed by Next New Networks to partner with independent Web producers to bolster the distribution, promotion, packaging and monetization of original Web series.
Marina Orlova hails from Moscow and boasts two degrees in philology, the study of linguistics and the origins of words. Orlova burst on to the YouTube scene in 2007 with her show “HotForWords.” The show now has more than 350,000 subscribers and more than 340 million views, making it one of the most watched shows on YouTube. She has caught the eye of everyone from The New Yorker to Cosmopolitan, The New York Times and The Associated Press. Orlova recently published her first book with Harper Collins, a division of News Corporation, called HotForWords, based on the popular Web series of the same name. sourced: http://hotforwords.com/2010/09/26/next-new-networks-partners-with-hotforwords/ …a did a random…lol
These two pix get a 503 (Service Unavailable) and a 502 (Bad Gateway), so I think something took a dump at DISQUS. You probably should just edit this msg down to a period (.) and attach the pix to a new first level OP and hope it works.
All normal here!? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugTHv4elRGU&feature=player_detailpage#t=2404s …selling our souls to a note of inflation… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabriskie_Point_(film) {orient} and {orientation} …false advertising my word request…peace out!
..icon clicking… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Y_U4XZupY&feature=related
whew! .. my final coin (i think):
a AU$200 face value Australian Dragon:
Dragon Head:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113820240150642703050/ScrapbookPhotos#5783226313537282754
Dragon Tail:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113820240150642703050/ScrapbookPhotos#5783226433503093730
Coining! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rgjIfINac0&feature=g-all-u x-rated xxoo‘s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPJgtQwtVVA&feature=related
The following photo collection is to be studied only for the financials.
Playing for money…american freedom!
Attention all ye forgotten backwater dwellers! M has a new vid on the latest and hottest topic (well, it was a week or so ago).
not here, she hasn’t – so it doesn’t count!
Daily Comment Weirdness Report:
Have you noticed that a lot of DISQUS “mentions” (the commercial “at” followed by the user name) are popping up in replies. I certainly didn’t put them in any of my posts, yet there they are there. I wonder what the new rules are for this in the 2012 version of DISQUS?
the latest addition to my collection of coins:
the Austrian 100 Euro “Wiener Philharmoniker”
side 1:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113820240150642703050/ScrapbookPhotos#5781705500045926994
side 2:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113820240150642703050/ScrapbookPhotos#5781705567381641586
the matte areas of the Australian AU$100 Kangaroo coin makes it my favorite tho. Can’t do with all that unrelenting shinyness on the other ones. Makes em bland.
.. hmm .. what next?
Either a China 500 Yuan Panda, or Mexican Libertad (which is legal tender, but doesn’t seem to have a face value)
Maybe that’s because it isn’t worth anything.
Have you heard that in some countries where bribery of government officials is rampant, they have made up phony bills (which are blank on the reverse to preclude charges of counterfeiting) expressly for the purpose to handing out to said officials? I suppose they can get away with it as the official, not wishing to make a public display, quickly pockets the phony bill, and the passer swiftly disappears into the crowds before it is noticed.
> “Maybe that’s because it isn’t worth anything.”
you mean the Mexican Libertad? .. yeh, well … it’s 24 carat 1 troy oz gold like the others (‘cept the sovereign = 22 carat approx 1/4 troy oz). They just didn’t give it a face value. It’s not like the face value of these 1 oz gold coins is anything practical. I just like the idea i could spend em – the Mexican coin spoils that. The shopkeeper wouldn’t know how much change to give.
M tweets she is in Malibu now. Suppose she tweeted she was on the moon? How could you tell? Someone could tweet they were at all kinds of exotic locations doing all manner of trendy things and nobody could tell what was what unless you bumped into them at the toilet paper aisle at Walmart. Tweet: “GUESS WHO I JUST SAW AT THE OXNARD WALMART WITH A LITTLE WHITE DOG IN HER SHOPPING CART? SHE’S SOOOO BUSTED!”
you mean like Elvis?
He was supposed to be dead, but he was spotted in that supermarket, wasn’t he.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1-j44PHL3s Tiny Tim – I Saw Mr Presley Tiptoeing Thru The Tulips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFfdOkwyuL0&feature=related
Yay! Herbert Khaury lives!
Tiny Tim covering the Ronettes’ hit single, “Be My Baby”, backed up by the Band and Bob Dylan
..hear this… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYKTogyz1e0&feature=related Blackmore’s Night – Home Again http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmore's_Night Blackmore’s Night is a British/American traditional folk rock duo led by Ritchie Blackmore (acoustic and electric guitar) and Candice Night (lead vocals,
lyricist and multi-instrumentalist).
… http://instagram.com/p/O5fkeYyEKF/ … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy [mark]
Why is it la dolce vita instead of la vita dolce?
why is what “la dolce vita”?
@CampKohler:disqus
Um, he’s being sophisticated and noting that in Italian, the adjective usually follows the noun, but this phrase is an exception.
Just found out the same is true in Hawaiian — adjectives follow the noun — as in pu’u ola’i, literally “hill red.”
i was just wondering what the “it” was that he was referring to.
It’s an Americanism: “Why is it” can mean “Why does one say.”
i know the meaning of the phrase .. still leaves the question of what the “it” is that’s being referred to.
“La dolce vita” (the sweet life): yeah, you’re right, what the hell is it? Nothing I’ve experienced. :-(
actually, i think “La dolce vita” is probably the name of his dog.
You’ve never even heard of La Dolce Vita?
i was just wondering what the “it” was that was named with that phrase. You never said. I was wondering if it was your dog.
So, you named your cat “La dolce vita”?
The antecedent of the pronoun it was the order of the words in the phrase. The romance languages follow the noun with the adjectives, so the phrase should not be The Sweet Life as in English, but The Life Sweet. Yet that movie has been around for 50 years and I have never seen it expressed as it normally would be in Italian. Why didn’t some linguist point this out long ago and start a big stink because an Italian writer/director/producer doesn’t know how his own language works? Why the exception for the movie title?
ok .. i’ll drop the “it” thread …
assuming you’re correct about word order ..
.. my guess is, movie making being what it is, impression is more important than reason .. and “la dolce vita” has a better rhythm than “la vita dolce”
Hey Camp: Remember the movie “Krakatoa, East of Java”? Krakatoa is west of Java!
Yes, but it is also east as well; the trip is just a bit more tedious and expensive.
CK, I’m getting an “Error 404″ on your link. Is this what you intended:
La Dolce Vita?
Sorry. There was an errant space in the link. I committed the unpardonable sin of not testing it. (Well, with an unlimited edit window, perhaps it is pardonable after all.)
Hedy Lamarr “Delilah” peacock-feather eye two-piece gown from Samson and Delilah …did you say you were a fan? picture source: http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2010/06/28/peacock-couture/ it is democracy? ..or, is it? hotHOT & smoking…ZAFTIG!
yes .. M should definitely go for something exotic. Flashing knockers is only going to work for so long.
Somebody remembers Monica Lewinsky after all!
After all — “Vast right-wing conspiracy” . lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRh2GUjqtT8&feature=related [scandal]?
whoo hoo … another coin in my collection.
A Canadian one troy ounce $50 Maple this time.
Horrible design. Looks like a disinterested student designed it.
Tails
https://picasaweb.google.com/113820240150642703050/ScrapbookPhotos#5780347322555840706
Heads
https://picasaweb.google.com/113820240150642703050/ScrapbookPhotos#5780347627124629618
The Australian coin is much nicer. But then, the Maple was the first bullion coin after the (South African) Krugerand and there wasn’t any concern about design quality back then (i presume).
Next will be an Austrian 100 Euro “Vienna Philharmonic” coin.
(i’m regarding bullion coins as a particular kind of money account .. either it’s sitting around in a bank, or in the form of tangible substance)
♪ O Canada, our home and native land
True patriot’s love in all thy sons command! ♫
I like the maple leaf. Is it the queen you’re referring to?
(Tsk, just the kind of remark you’d expect from a Welshman, ie?)
the maple leaf design is adequate, but the queen’s head is like a bad cartoon! .. and implementation is no more than stamping identification – nowhere near as classy as the australian jobbie.
On the other hand .. they’re not intended to be anything more than bullion coins, so design etc is irrelevant. So, the maple leaf coin is the more honest of them.
Dear Marina, Last time I travelled, I stayed at a Motel 6, and dined at a “Del Taco” restaurant. Now you are at a fabulous hotel in Beverly Hills with a nice pool, patio, the Presidential suite and first-class food! Our lives are so different, but I am happy to have what I now have.
SeesixCM6
Where did you see this hotel in BH info? Last I heard she had an apartment in BH (or nearby).
She posted many photos on her Twitter page.
i put my 2 gold coins in a box and gave them some privacy. My hope is that they’ll mate. No activity yet.
..??? WTF ..it worked for me! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcAckpvWi_A
hahahaha ..
“the last time i took a cannibal out to dinner it cost me an arm and a leg”
hahahahaha
8-)
Scenes from “Gold Diggers of Broadway” (1929) Lost color musical! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dHAw06wpZo Golddiggers of the Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra Tour w. Maria Lauren …ok…. hIstOry and …
“Bone” appetit!
d’oh!
G a
(J’ai grande, appetite!)
We haven’t see production values like this in a long, long time.
tum te tum …
do be do be do ..
soooo .. anyway …
great video here for people who like glittery things.
Guy with russian accent says fond farewell to his exotic coin collection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFvERbcoXO0
woah! .. it’s quiet in here. I guess no-one knows there’s a new page up.
anyhoo .. in case anyone’s interested.
I transformed some more pretend money into coin money (100 Australian Dollar coin). It’s got a kangaroo on it!!
queen’s head
https://picasaweb.google.com/113820240150642703050/ScrapbookPhotos#5778951309776007330
kangaroo!
https://picasaweb.google.com/113820240150642703050/ScrapbookPhotos#5778951310652747778
When the Queen gave her Annus horribilus speech, I thought she was saying she had haemorrhoids.
indeed .. i was quite shocked that she thought it was appropriate to share with us the horribleness of her anus.
Yes, we know about the new videos by virtue of this being a new blog as well as the previous blog. This is the first time she has posted two blogs so close together. Twenty minutes is almost simultaneous around here.
The kangaroo coin has heads and tails on the same side! Saves the trouble of having to flip it!
so .. what are your predictions for Madam M and site 10 years from now?
Things have not been on an upward trajectory since her problems of last summer. There’s no way to predict what’s going to happen, at least from the outside. Very sad. Very strange.
what were the problems of last summer? .. was this site still under full sail back then?
As far as i can tell, it looks as though she has some sort of career strategy (which might be just: go for whatever opportunities turn up.). And this site turned out to be stepping stone.
I reckon Madam M, 10 years from now, (how old will she be?) will be hosting a show on Fox.
…sites/sights… Elliot Mintz is a Hollywood publicist and media consultant for clients past and present ranging from Paris Hilton, Nicky Hilton, Don Johnson, Shauna Sands, Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Bob Dylan and the estate of John Lennon
hey .. is this a new video?
good lass. [pats hottie on't 'ead]
[mold]/Nude video! http://hotforwords.com/2012/08/17/how-did-the-olympic-games-get-its-name/ ..is hell ever going to freeze? ” It was named by the Native Americans and translated into French as Porte des Morts: in
English, “Death’s Door”.…qUEEn Ann…aRT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mariRVrDYqg&feature=related
OK, I’ll admit I’d like to be Jeff!
Groupies pt 1 … http://www.cynthiaplastercaster.com/ ..history is p0p cuLture…lol
Welsh
Witch Music…{trivia}
Dear Marina, Thank you for the background information about the Olympics. I enjoyed watching the games this summer and I look forward to 2016 when the next Summer Olympics take place. Now that football season is starting again, how some more videos about football? For example, why is taking the football past the goalline called a “touchdown” when the player doesn’t have to touch the ball down? I hope we will enjoy a great football season, this year. It’s great that you are posting more videos. I hope you are reading these comments, as I’d like to be your Teacher’s Pet.
SeesixCM6
Yay! New videos from Marina!
I’ve been intending to catch up on my lessons here for a little while… The last couple months i had my laptop breakdown on me not once but twice. It’s working now tho. : )
But I will have to wait a day or two tho… I’m a little heartbroken over the very recent loss of a beloved pet. I’d rather wait to get my mind right.
I’m happy to see these lessons up, and look forward to actually taking the lessons soon.
Thanks, Marina!
Peace & Love, Errin : )
Well, finally we are remembered, but still no embedded YT video. I wonder what the reason was for that decision?
Still with the purple video lighting! I don’t know why M is satisfied with it when even a lowly incandescent bulb would be an improvement, giving better skin tone. The thumbnail pix for this blog though is yummy.
Again, no name text was used in the file name of this blog, so the Next Post button of the previous blog and the Previous Post button of the next blog will be blank. Likewise the slots on the All The Words index page will be blank. ‘Smatter with this girl? Is she getting HTMLzeimer? I gotta send another Comogram.
Nice thinking and such pretty colors…good job… :-) badminton and tight gloves!
Beer pong would be a good addition.
Beer pong is a good addition! …new to me. some house rules, players must immediately drink any cup that has been hit.
Failure to do so incurs a penalty, such as drinking more beer or losing the
game. ..how’s the teacher’s assistant? :-)
I think Beer pong would make a good addition.