Wired Magazine’s Sexiest Geek
Hey guys and gals, if you are up for it… vote for me in the Wired Magazine’s Sexiest Geek contest 
If you think I deserve it, just click on the Green Up Arrow next to my selection. Here is the link.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR IE 6 USERS! The green arrows do not show up in IE6, you will have to switch to FireFox to be able to vote! You can see where the arrows are supposed to be in the picture above.
Make sure you vote on the one where I have almost 14,000 votes… people are submitting me more than once.. so don’t bother voting on the duplicates. Here is the link to the full listing.. but you will see duplicates of me there.
Thanks!
Marina
Posted on January 7, 2008 · Filed Under Featured 7, Homework, Vote
А я на других и не смотрел даже
I am still wondering why your not on the Top 20 hottest women on the web on the E! list.
haters.
im 58 years old. love your show. i love to learn…bless and keep up the good work
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When I voted for you, you were 15,000 votes ahead the next closest goddess. Now that’s HOT.
OK - squared away!
Про помидоры все ясно;-) Яблоко любви)))
следующий: слово чикса или chick откуда пошло 
если есть возможность рассказать, было бы очень интересно. Также хотелось бы узнать, кто или что сделало это слово популярным.
Дорогая Марина! У меня вопрос
<3 hotforword
БольШОЙ +!!! Отдельно + за чувство юмора
Marina i told everyone to vote for you, u are very sexy, i love that picture!!!!!!
Works fine with IE 7 … if you have problems with IE 6, just go to MS updates and upgrade for free to IE 7. There is no need for Firefox … to view vote for this H-O-T firey fox, known as Marina.
Since you already have a radio show on Maxim, I say you pose for Maxim, I smell cover girl…
I Vote u For Ever
I think u are From Russia and yr age is 22 i think and u are the sexiest woman who i know in the world i love you 
RUSSIAN
You have the sexyist lips I’ve ever seen!!!
?? You’re in there twice: bigpics and Minaro Taduro both have nominations to click. So I did.
18926th Marina. You Rock!
you have my vote all the way!
firmly support to our cut teacher!
yeah!!!
Is it still going?
I voted anyway.
Marina,
for you.
Have you won this yet or is it still going on. I’ll keep voting for you until you tell us to stop. And a
Voted again for our sexy lady
Voted again for our sexy lady
Hello Marina!
Just wanted to say I love your episodes (But then again, I wouldn’t be writing to you if I didn’t!). Anyway, I think I have an interesting word for you to look up. I’ve been very curious as to where, and what it’s origins are.
. The word is “humongous”. I know it is a slang term for “tremendous” and “gigantic” . But, like I said I’m still curious .
Take care and stay sweet!
-Jonathan
everyone knows who’s the sexiest geek you are hahaha
Could you say, You’re a Hotty! and I’ll vote for you
ahhh.. whom I kidding, I already did
I LOVE U 4 EVER
i voted you deserve it, you are the sexiest
hmmm…i voted for you twice…
you’re on the page in two places…
‘course, you prolly SHOULD win both first AND second…
I voted for you teacher! You deserve it…
If my teacher looked like her,
I would have been to busy drooling to learn anything.
Yes I have voted. I will vote for anything you do.
i have learned more from you then my own high school teachers haha, you have my vote, good luck you sexy geek
I voted for you tres bella, tres jolie & Maganda!
Vini Vidi Vici
I voted for you since this is the USA!
One may imagine doing a word lesson on the words
FREEDOM & Democracy!
“The Map Is Not The Territory!” - 1st Presupposition in NLP.
warmly,
Nelson
you’re absolutely irresistable Marina.
If I could bottle you like a sauce I’d be a billionaire…….
I voted for you, Marina
well done beautiful lady such elegance expressed in your words on the videos you have posted
my vote is with u
lol
Got my vote, hands down.
I vote for you 3 times my personal opinion you are the only and the one pretty pretty pretty and much more
Marina, there is no competition. Your intelligence and beauty is the winning combination that will place in the winner’s circle!! Love your class, you add humor and that makes it fun, thank you, I’ve learned many very interesting lessons. You’re doing a great job, wished I had you as my professor!!
You got my vote
Hi Marina,
Voted for you on the green arrow No.914…..GOOD LUCK!!!!
FROM AUSTRALIA
your gonna win teacher
I voted for you
himmelsbreaf my word, bluemoon. I voted for you earlyer and will again before sun up. Thank you Marina for all you do.
Marina,
I performed my patriotic duty and voted for you of course. 14,832+ votes and counting. At this rate you will crush the competition with a landslide victory.
(Like there would have been any doubt that you would not be the winner from the beginning.)
i voted for you teacher!
i got everyone i know to vote for you and gave the rest red arrows.
wahahah
I voted for you and gave all the others a red arrow, or is that not very nice of me?
I was more than happy to add my vote. Let me know when the next vote comes around, you can count on mine!!!
Luvs
you are the sexiest geek lol
Marina… you have lots of fans… all of them philologists here in Colombia… We also have voted for you!!! Go ahead… your work is very educational… we’re analyzing your videos and learning a lot!
i voted for you, of course
. but the reason is not your looks, although you could cause a MAJOR car accident with a smile. the reason is that most of the women on wired wouldn’t give the time of day to a tech guy. which is likely just about all of us who read this. i voted for you because you respect and LIKE smart guys. the techhies 
. so there ARE women who are worth more than their looks alone.
i just came across your show…
it is amazing…
i cant get enough…
obviously you have my vote…
oh dream girl your bright eyes so softly shine
that you’ve lit the love light in this heart of mine
something near and something dear about you
makes them show with elegance divine
and it’s so sweetly true
that you’re my word teacher too
oh Marina dear
my vote has gone for you
marina! you have my vote! email me..
the word is: horny…
forget all the rest of those other ppl on the contest. it’s pretty clear Marina will win hands down and those who don’t vote for her…well that’s the equivalent of being an athiest in a world of christians.
Marina,
when will the contest be over and published?????????????? I will want a copy of it.
I know, right dank1313? I can’t wait either!
The only person people should vote for this Marina, no one else.
she is clearly the sexiest geek EVER!! if anyone dosen’t vote for Marina then she’s pist :evil and sad :cry:!!! SO VOTE FOR HER
P.S. i like the foto from sexygeeks2007, could you put it on web for screen wallpaper?
done…
you are very nice ;you are the winer
12817
i was vote for you
i went sex with you ; i am from algéria my name hamid my biby cat
Voted! Looks like you are waaaaaaay in the lead. Good luck!
I’ve got a bunch of computers, voted on all of them & some more than once. To bad I can’t vote in the US Election eh. Happy day after valentines day & many thanks for the card I can put on all my computers.
I vote for you Marina, you are just fantastic!!!
Marina,
I will vote for just tell me where!
Happy Valentines Day my dear!
You will always get mt vote!
I love that accent, and your voice makes you the sexiest!
We also can’t forget the beautiful body!
You go girl!
I voted for you for a couple of reasons. First I voted for you just because after seeing your HotForWords bit a few times I was sure there could not be any geeks as hotttt as you. But then I checked into this contest to see who your competitors really are. Yes there are a few hot ones, but now I’m sure there are no geeks as hott as you. (I guess there is a third reason) I believe you do what you do better than they do what they do.
P.S. I’m betting that the word “Geek” will soon be used opposite of how it is used , or how it has been used. Instead of it being used to describe someone who is smart or studious. The smart and studious will probably be using the word “Geek” to describe the uneducated “Dopes”. Is that a dope idea or what?
Thanks oncewithinatime! That’s a DOPE idea
What is the prize for winning?
Anyway I vote for Marina she deserves my vote…
good luck , i hope you win (and share the prize don’t be selfish)
привет из Новосибирска
iFranco
You were far and away the best of the bunch
In all honesty, you are absolutely gorgeous, beyond words. Ironic how you’re a philologist… Oh, and my meaning of gorgeous is the combination of hot, sexy, and beautiful. I actually had to create an account just to say that.
Take care
Thanks vapor_trail267!
you have this in the bag baby !
I voted for my beloved Marina
Thank you evolution320
You’re back on top of the list.
I just voted for you
I can’t find you on the sight
I’m back anettta, they deleted me by mistake when they were getting rid of a duplicate. So you can come back and vote for me if you want
Thanks!
Of course I voted for you. What’s next..a run for President? OK, you can be guaranteed at least my vote against Hillary or anyone else for that matter.
You GO Girl !!
MARINA YOUR NUMBER ONE ON MY LIST
Dear Marina, here one more vote for you
I voted for you 
You are gorgeous 
i voted for all ur listings marina….very smart and very sexy
I vote everyday even before i signed up
but i keep on waiting for my holiday cards 
which i never got 
so Marina please…. can u send me the Christmas and New Year’s cards? 
Your Pictures are really impressive =)
you are totally the hottest
Hi sweet Marina!
Just want to say I vote on you and I think you’re too HOT FOR be described by WORDS
Congrats! you’ll win
Your much too young to know this, but, how about: “Kimosabe”
The Lone Ranger was a long-running early radio and television show based on a masked cowboy in the American Old West, who gallops about righting injustices, usually with the aid of a clever and laconic American Indian called Tonto, and his horse Silver.
Tonto greets the Lone Ranger with the expression “kemosabe”, which has also been written “Kemo Sabe” or “Kemo Sabhay”. The origin of this expression is somewhat unclear, but James Jewell, an early director of the radio series, said the name comes from a boy’s camp located on Mullett Lake, Michigan that his father-in-law had run from 1911 to 1941. The translation was said to mean “trusty scout.” Fran Striker, the writer of the Lone Ranger scripts, said the actual expression was Ta-i ke-mo sah-bee, which he said meant “greetings trusty scout”. In the pilot of the Clayton Moore TV series, “Enter the Lone Ranger”, Tonto explicitly states that “Kemosabe” means “trusty scout”.
However, the phrase “faithful friend” has also been associated with the term Kemo Sabe.
Some of the information here was taken from Wikipedia, thanks to those guys.
Right: Hey there, Kimosabe (friend to a friend)
Wrong: This guy is my Kimosabe (not used for introductions)
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You’re certainly our “Trusty Scout”, your passionate “Search for Meaning” serves us well!
PS: Did you know that on the Wikipedia “Philology” page there are links to HotForWords (both here & You Tube)?
Toodle-loo (or is it “(
Sensei;
I have a phrase for you, one that I created; “Gedanken Yankin”.
Gedanken is the German word for “Thought” (as in the song “Die Gedanken sind frei” (”Thoughts are free”)) More specifically, in physics Gedanken refers to “Thought Experiment” like those that Einstein made famous. So I use “Gedanken Yankin” to mean “Intellectual Masturbation”. & no, I don’t mean that in a sexual way.
Love ya Snugglepuffin!
I voted for you as sexiest geek you have to win. If not we have to make one of our own either sexiest teacher or sexiest wordstress. Good luck hoping win
i heard u on maxim u r a seriuos teacher u have my respect i voted 4 u .
Just signed up to your site. Really nice. Have been listening to your pod cast for quite a while. i also voted for you today. Good Luck……… not that i think you’ll need it. LOL
Opps misspells in last post forgive me teacher (smiles)
I have mailed and posted, but who knows who is taking care of your sites?
But just trying again. I think you are very unique in your feild of interest and what is on the web.
Good luck, which I don’t think you need, and you are bound to win sexiest geek, you are like 2,000 above anyone else.
BTW I did vote for you, take care of your self.
I voted for you! Good luck!
Thanks!
I voted UP GREEN ARROW for Marina ! You gona win!!!!!!!!! you are the best rusian geek ever!!!!!
Love you Tomek from Poland
Marina:
I voted for all 5(?) of your Sexiest Geek entries at Wired.com. I hope they combine all of them because you are a landslide winner so far. (Hey, ‘landslide winner’ might even be a word suggestion.)
I have enjoyed your videos on iTunes for several months. I call them “entucation” because they mix education and entertainment, like other podcasts I listen to (Grammar Girl, Legal Law, etc.). But your humor sets you apart! Keep the words coming, Marina!! (Oh, and why not also tell us a bit more about yourself on your Bio page?)
I also vote for you, Marina. Congratulation!! There are the highest votes in favor of your homework. Thanks for your teaching and I will keep watching your channel forever. ^^(??)
I Vote on you Marina, you should win!!!!!!!!!
Voted for you
When will we know the name of the winner ?
Your are #1 Marina on Wired Top!
You Have MY Vote Marina…..Keep it up with the
great video’s…..I Dont know why but I sure find
it easy to learn about words when your the teacher……
Bri
You got my vote dear Marina, but you are unrivalled anyway. There is no doubt, you are the sexiest geek on earth!
I did it for you. This homework is too easy for me and other….
I was going to ask the same thing, but since the bio doesn’t reveal anything of that nature, I doubt that you or I shall get an answer. Sounds Scandinavian to me, what I found most puzzling was that although Marina sometimes struggles with English as if it were a second language for her she curses in English too, if im not mistaken, in the ‘Bloopers’ short. Most of the people I know who speak English as a second language revert to their native tongue when they swear.
Dear Marina,
We so much enjoy your etymological ramblings and are always for anyone who eschews obfuscation. You are a wealth of word power, and, it seems that english is not your native tongue. Bravo! Anyway, please, just to settle a wager, we just wanted to know what is the home country of your family?
Thanks again for being there. Now I know the difference between etymology and entymology!
Sincerely yours,
- the gang at LUMENS418
Having been to Russia several times, there’s no mistaking that accent. The trick is — what part of Russia.
isn’t marina’s home town in sweden, and now she lives around turky?
but really… why would she really want to discloce where she is from… i mean there are some crazy peole out there that may try to hit her, then i would have some drama for that buster!
voted up, and I even voted down for the lady ahead of you, haha! pretty close running there. good luck!
There must be only one winner;HotForWords(Marina)
There are no other hotties that could compete, Good luck, Marina
Hi Marina,
I voted for you, after looking at several of the other contestants, because I could not see what made the others “sexy”.
They were all “pretty geeky”, and most of them pretty, but by far you are the “sexiest”
and you are pretty “geeky” 
and that is what the contest is all about.
Hope you win.
~Snarp
Hope you’re happy what ever the results of the survey. You bring a smile to our faces with the charm & witt displayed in the videos. Enjoy the success of winning the admiration of your students with your personality. Voted for you…
Where can we go to vote for Sexiest voice? LOL
homework assignment completed:It was so easy just go to your photo and click the green up arrow,but you are listed more than once.Will this hurt your vote totals?
Good Luck!
I voted for my intelligent beautiful teacher Marina.
BTW Marina, could you look into the word origin of enigma, dream and cosmos for me please? 
I sent you e-mails but there was no reply. 
anyways praise be the martian goddess Marina! 
Voted for you hun.
More than once.
Dear Marina, you are the most pulchritudinous geek ever! You are head and shoulders above the competition, so I gladly gave you my vote! Love you always!
dear Marina:
I just visited the page of the link you ask for, and I started to run onto the rest of the listing, all was normally, a lot of ladies, the most of them as beautyful as you, all was good until I saw a homosexual act photo in the contest, so I think to myself, is this a real contest?,is it worth to be expossed next to this kind of pics, I mean, I’m not a homophobic or something like that, I respect all kind of preferences but there are places to post or exhibe that, think about that my dear sexy teacher, of course I voted for you not one but 4 times until I saw that pic, I respect all kind of preferences but there are places to post or exhibe that, good luck with that contest.
sincerely yours
ps, did I mention you look super hot?
It’s Wired Magazine sergio444.. which is obviously a legitimate publication.. but I saw that picture a few days ago as well… and thought they had removed it. People are able to submit other people as well… and people have submitted me about 5 times… so I don’t even know how the contest is even going to be fair as my votes may be split etc…. I have emailed them but to no avail
… oh well.. I am doing pretty well irregardless (JUST KIDDING!).. regardless… thanks to all of you voting for me, so that part is cool!
Voted for Marina and will try to do it again, along with my Partner. We love watching you on YouTube and never miss a lesson! Have gone back and watched all of your former lessons and love the bloopers at the end. Marina rocks wickedly!
I also received the homework assignment, and I have to say that is a very Hot photo of my favorite Teacher
But I have done the homewrok already
I received your card with the homework assignment in it. They are getting hotter and hotter!
But I’ve done the homework already so as extra credit, I clicked red down on other candidates that were above you.
Hey Marina. I voted three different times because you had three entries. Good luck!
I voted for you. But like it was said above - you don’t need all that - we love you.
Perhaps you got entered twice because someone was thinking about what they saw when looking at you. (small joke) Hope you win!
intelligence is really beatiful when it comes to your case.
I know you know but I thou