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Awesome lesson Marina, beer for lunch break?
Homework: Your first book is awfully good!
Okay I think the “awfully good” is an oxymoron.
B-well and stay well…GREAT job Marina…
A fun lesson might be on “[LIMEYS]“…+=+rickets…[lime] for the sailors
Awesome fear lol and people sometimes say something was Awful nice lol
you are an awfully pretty [woman], you have awfully [pretty] [eyes]. hows that?
You still didn’t explain why it was Awful that began being associated with “bad things” and not Awesome. I bet there’s a reason for that. Maybe the fact alone that ‘awful’ could be used as an intensifier acccounts for that? Or people’s tendency to intensify only negative aspects of life at that time?
rabbits are awesome awful to apple trees…teasing(word request)—-It took an awful long time to pick those awesome apples; to sit and mercily rot.
Something sexy about women in winter wear. Color me strange or something like that. Need to get marina in a turtle neck like the one hotforprofits wears.
Once again in german please
You are aweful entertaining…
I have a request…What is the source for ‘analyst’?
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school_dean_hot4.u says: 13
You tube is awful in the today tense, so just drop their sorry ass.
My dear Marina,
I was pulling my hair out, trying to figure out why my log on would not work,
I ought to be student of the day, I hung in there, I did not quit, I just went to your spelling, and sure enough it worked.
Awesomewayne
the lip stick looks great
its awful that those enemy soldiers had gotten bomded that way
It’s awful if i can’t have you. You’re so damn nice!
Marina,
I know your videos are meant to be etymological and all that, but couldn’t you just do a video of outtakes of putting on lipstick?
Awful can definitely be used in a positive way.
For example, you can tell your favorite gal that she looks “awfully beautiful”.
There, I did it. I brought a positive “awful” back.
In Response to the question is aweful used in its original positive sense today? IT IS!! A derivative of the english word Aweful(ly) is used in a positive context in north east Scotland. the scottish word is affa (means awefully). It is typically used by older residences of North scotland in a phrase: “affa fine” in response to “how are you” type questions. See http://www.aboutaberdeen.com/doric.php for proof of the scots word.
Marina;
What is the “origin” of the word, “Dude”?
or the expression, “pedal to the metal!”
since I’m from the “motor city!”
LOL
warmly,
Nelson
Could I say that was awfully awful? But its the positive awful.
I want to see a new episode of “Hot for Words” something awful.
Sounds like “awful” was brought low by the power of western slang.
lmao. i love the end
” &%#! the computer is not working dear students”
me 2…another random stab at learning
hope you had and will have a better day..anti-heart<E…I never assumed 
That was awfully good!
I have an awful lot of fun here!
I’m trying awful hard to catch up on all my lessons