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Google was a mistake or I 10 duotrigintillioned you!

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  2. kennethchen says: 17
    June 10, 2009 at 12:37 am

    I love you and the lesson!!! :razz:
    And I also like the end Canon music of this lesson.
    May I get the full song?
    THX very much

  3. nightbug says: 16
    March 23, 2009 at 9:33 am

    ps3. on the other way ‘many eye thing’ (glasses) (with 4 eyes in word).

  4. nightbug says: 15
    March 23, 2009 at 9:31 am

    ps2. so on there is a word ‘eye bill’ :)

  5. nightbug says: 14
    March 23, 2009 at 9:29 am

    ps. it’s cuz it got many with search, so many people are searching for their glasses? where did put it?
    another think is that google means ‘many eyes’ -> ‘glasses’.
    so its logic, also with “many eyes ten”. Zero is the eye.

  6. nightbug says: 13
    March 23, 2009 at 9:18 am

    nope. gogle is from old polish words and it means glasses.
    and another thing, ‘goog’ the word was created by image of glasses (two eyes insid and a two ears).

    • alex says: 13.1
      March 23, 2009 at 12:54 pm

      What’s a Google?

      “Googol” is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros. The term was coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, and was popularized in the book, “Mathematics and the Imagination” by Kasner and James Newman. Google’s play on the term reflects the company’s mission to organize the immense amount of information available on the web.

      –> google company overview.

  7. Chemikal says: 12
    January 3, 2009 at 7:28 pm

    Google is indeed a young word, but it’s not 8 years old, not even in 2007 when this video was made.
    According to Google, http://www.google.com/corporate/history.html , since 1997 the company was named Google Inc, the final form, that we also recognize it by today. So 2007-1997=10 as opposed to 8, as Marina stated in her video, from 2007!
    Am I being attentive? :P

  8. Evan Owen says: 11
    December 29, 2008 at 5:53 am

    The Inspector General said that Gogol.com was taken :!: :mrgreen:

  9. pulchritudinous is you says: 10
    November 30, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    Very interesting video, thanks for informing. Its funny that the biggest website was a mistake, and no one knows about it :grin:

  10. hotforwordsdavid says: 9
    October 15, 2008 at 1:48 am

    Thank You Marina, Very interesting……….

    I am not a “Word Person” and such things have never been of importance but I much enjoy your lessons. Perhaps, had my school teachers been as beautiful and clever as you I would have been a better student.

  12. stokesjrj1 says: 7
    September 6, 2008 at 7:46 pm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Google Perhaps there is some issues with the use of the name google as there seems appears to be prior use of this word. Not that i would call you into question on the matter just a suggestion?

  13. shawnmnorris says: 6
    August 3, 2008 at 9:39 pm

    I duotrigintillioned you like a kajillion times, Marina, and nuthin’ came up!!
    Jk, i first found you on Youtube and ya had me at the first word ya said.

    love,
    Shawney Norris

  14. tedt says: 5
    July 8, 2008 at 7:17 am

    Great pictures, the one in red is a special one (I think I watched the start 10 times :oops: )

    Funny video too :lol:

  15. prospero811 says: 4
    May 5, 2008 at 2:19 pm

    Carl Sagan discusses the googol and the googolplex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh4F5BQ8hgw

  16. anti-heart<E says: 3
    March 23, 2008 at 12:13 am

    i remember seeing this in my 3rd grade english book.
    IDK why but i guess i missread it because for years, i’ve been calling
    it ” A goozey ” lol i coulda swore thats how i read it from my book. but o well. Thank you Marina.
    you are amazing.

    <E

  17. BillyB says: 2
    February 11, 2008 at 10:12 pm

    Love the ability to research old vid’s. We make mistakes all the time & hopefully learn & grow, although not always as fast as google.

  18. charlizzle says: 1
    February 3, 2008 at 8:15 am

    I prefer Google to Googol. It’s more natural in the English language. I think that’s why they misspelled it that way.

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