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Posted on April 24, 2008 · Filed Under Lessons
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Hey, does anybody know where– the… oops! wrong room!
All I could do is stare at your lips during that video…especially the scene at the end.
Marina… what is the name of the cool song at the end of your video?
Where does the name Count Dracula derive from?
After the collapse of the tulip market, the Dutch wives, who had been busy digging holes for the bulbs, started hurling the bulbs at their now bankrupt husbands. The husbands, still hoping for the market to come back, used sticks to defend themselves and to try hitting the bulbs past the raving wives into the holes.
Some husbands escaped to Scotland and were discovered years later wandering the fields swinging sticks to hit stones into holes. They would only come to peace when a society was formed that expressly forbid membership to women who were feared to interfere with the activities.
Another mystery sovled.
Agree
I’m guessing 2 for it’s origins match, and hoping 1 is an ‘Urban Legend’
PS my first post….
Everything around us seems to be changing, huh, Louie? You can fucking say that again.
Sticking with the golf thing, The “Links” won’t work on purpose I hope
{http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=truvSEE4Kik}Don’t lose your head in golf. Tamer stuff http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=S9DheK3t0tg
I’m gone now, if you like Nancy G. Try http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=CY_NATojl54
sample this sweetness http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=fD6E2b1yb_A video sucks, I’d turn it off and just listen.
She also sung this. http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeq5a8bBh8c Such a distinct voice. I accidently posted the ghost dog comment, it has nothing to do with golf. Just if your wondering.
Sweet Thanks. My new Fav. I understand she could give a crap about performing but glad she does. http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=3u7QEQMHxsQ My mom’s Fav after Dad died http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=aBKcKQHZXks
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=007P6bFgRCU&feature= related
Hey, I think your in the same time zone as I am.
Take up less space if I do this way. Bad ass chick http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=QAHdAVOiw6Q was healthy once, She’s gorgeous in the early stuff http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ZQMjgDPU8&feature= related interesting remix http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=zaPWu1tbr2w She was beautiful & dripps talent & my heart will break if she doesn;t survive the crap.http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ChZCTkarKRA&fea ture=related
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ChZCTkarKRA&feature= related
Don’t really know why this Amy Whinehouse stuff is here; shouldn’t it be on the Heroin page?
However, don’t worry Billy, Your tears will dry on their own
Marina, do you select the quotes or are they randomly generated?
must be random, just past midnight and a new one popped up. yep… hot saturday night home studying. exciting shit this is. yep…
West coast canada . I’m supposed to be @ western speedway racing. This year, with my business split in half ,No Budget for racing, any sponsors? oops not my adgenda again. but if anybody wants rid of me send $$$
My wife is @ work on a saturday nite & I worked all day, made a couple of posts from there, went through the drive through on the way home, tried to get the laptop to work, as my teenage son has the good home comp. I’m now in the basement unheated office with a sweater & two pairs of sox on posting from the business computer, hooked up the good speakers & enjoyig some music, lifes good again. Cheers.
I totally agree with toysjoy. Number 3 is the right answer.
I thought Golf started in China zillions of years ago…… didnt the locals use some very basic club and a human head or something as a ball…..or was that football?
I thought that was dodgeball as shown in this adaa approved commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt_Oh7taHhs&feature =related
The correct answer is #3. Another word request “podunk”
RE: Soap Opera, I am unable to post comments there
Hi Marina, Dearest of all my teachers,
I believe the word your looking for is cliffhanger. Seems I have a lot of catching up to do since working away from home all last week, has gotten me behind on the lessons.
Beautiful necklace by the way I love how it nestles amongst the hollow, makes me envious. Have two new word requests “grammatolatry” and “ogallala”.
A voice! A voice! I hear which does set my heart a flutter.
An explosion of heaven within my mind which permeates a burning into the very flesh of my being.
Truly this woman is bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh, otherwise it could not be,
for this reason alone I claim her my own , Marina for all eternity.
Hope You Like It
Somebody in Texas Loves You
it is number 1 you are so hot i am at a loss for words
It has to be theory number two.
If someone was to give you “attitude”, then what is the meaning of attitude. I was told attitude was like a pocketbook (also a good word) that you carry for a reason.
What do you think?
Hello teacher… I think correct is third option….
Your english lessons are fantastic… see you soon.
I was wondering…is the root of “dent” in dental the same as “dent” in accident or do they come from different origins?
The answer is no.2
I think it is #2.
hiiiiii i sent u the anwer on your page in youtube but u didn’t write me back lol any way i bellive the answer is Golf is believed to be derived from the Scottish word “goulf” which means “to strike.” There’s also a Dutch word “kolf” (sometimes spelled colf, colve) which translates to “bat or club,” which the word “goulf” is believed to be derived from. Some claim is an acronym meaning “Gentlemen only, ladies forbidden” but this has been proven to be false
so am i right??
Marina, my friend and I were wondering how the phrase “Word to your mother” came about. Thanks
Hello Marina. I wanted to know if its possible the origin of the word Coke.
Thanks and you are the BEST! =)
hello, I wrote this like 4 days ago but I think it got deleted, but I wanted to know why we call heavy music “heavy metal” why metal? were does it come from?
Gracias!!
Kiitos!!
Thanks!!
First off, I’m going to guess the scottish origin of the word. Second, i’m going to request the word “cellar.” Or if you would “cellar door.” In the movie, Donnie Darko, the claim is made that this is the most beautiful combination of words in the English language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Nwyw1eXRk
http://flagspot.net/flags/ne.html
http://www.flags.net/JAPA.htm
http://flagspot.net/flags/jp.html
http://flagspot.net/flags/in.html
http://www.slateman.net/images/gaming/wallpaper-ss f2xr.jpg
The answer is no.1 and originated in Scotland
I really like how you have integrated Knowledge with sexy we are proud to be a subscriber I give the teacher an A+
From your friends at ECS & Technologies Keep up the good work
GeneralD
Hey Marina!
Ive been wondering whats the origin of the expression “youre driving me nuts”
youre amazing!
Love,
Juley
I’d like you too pls. enumerate more on the word “iambic.” I got his term from a word in Shakespeare. Pls. and thank you.
And by the way, you have a beautiful figure, haha! I’m not flirting w/ you though.
Hmmm…this is a tricky one. While the whole acronym idea seems logical and highly suspect. In fact it seems a bit modern, urban, and mythical to me. I must reject answer #1 for that reason.
It stands to reason, because golf is a Scottish sport, that the Scottish origin should be true. However, no one has ever accused me of being reasonable, so I will table answer #2 for a moment.
Words and language usually have a migratory path. I suspect that for that reason, the word could very well have travelled across the channel from The Netherlands and found it’s way into the Scottish lowlands. While the game of golf has little to do with “striking with an open hand” and more to do with a club or bat, then I have to take answer #2 off of the table and throw it away.
So, I will go with answer #3: golf migrated from the Dutch to Scottland.
Am I right?
Dear Marina:
There’s no question about this one. According to “The History of Golf” documentary produced by the PGA, the word GOLF did originate as an acronym for the phrase Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden, denoting that it was considered to be a suitable pastime for gentlemen only.
My Dearest HotForWords:
You mean the Professional Golfers Association could be wrong on this one? As Claude Rains’ character said to Humphrey Bogart in “Casablanca”: I’m shocked!
RE: Soap Opera, I am unable to post comments there
Hi Marina, Dearest of all my teachers,
I believe the word your looking for is cliffhanger. Seems I have a lot of catching up to do since working away from home all last week, has gotten me behind on the lessons.
Beautiful necklace by the way I love how it nestles amongst the hollow, makes me envious. Have two new word requests “grammatolatry” and “ogallala”.
A voice! A voice! I hear which does set my heart a flutter.
An explosion of heaven within my mind which permeates a burning into the very flesh of my being.
Truly this woman is bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh, otherwise it could not be,
for this reason alone I claim her my own , Marina for all eternity.
Hope You Like It
Somebody in Texas Loves You
Hey Marina,
how about the word, “discombobulate” I love it…I try to use it every chance I get
Kolf is the correct answer. I hate test
In the GOLF Game you used the word LOBBY..as in there is a man in the lobby
but different versions of what appears to be the same word dont exactly relate to lobby ( as in waiting room) such as
lobbyist or to lob ( as in to throw), lobbism…to name just a few…
can you explain the derivation
thank you
john1178
Marina - have you noticed any “epigones” of you out there on the net?
I seem to recall hearing that the word golf was an acronym for Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbiden so I will stick with that. Not that I believe in it or anything like that!!
i have a word request: “sitcom” where did it come from
’situation comedy’ making fun of different situations and making a 30-60 minute TV show about it made lots of people big bucks. The abreviation is just our laziness…
It’s #2
Just guessing I would say #3. I would have preferred to say “Four!!!!”
Marina, how ’bout the word boink?
i enjoy your videos and send most of them on to family and friends.
keep up the good work. thanks, lyl3 (the e is backwards on purpose, was my nick name in the USMC)
I vote for dutch origin #3…
… though popularity of golf spread from Scotland, it doesn’t hold :
how a ‘blow of hand’ could be related to hitting a ball with a stick ?
the stick/kalv origin is much more likely.
anyway… Wikipedia checking : the practice of golf was popular in netherlands 200 years before dutch sailors imported it in east Scotland
I believe that the correct answer is #2. #1 sounds like a backronym, since a number of games were male-only, and calling a game by that name would be superfluous.
So Im staring at teachers funny little pick on the Golf lesson. The one were she is all puckering up and putting on lip gloss. I was thinking of what kind of animal she resembled. A little white pony? Little white faced goat? Whats your guess?
Second how many of you enjoyed watching Marina put on the lip gloss at the end of the lesson? How many of you would enjoy just watching here do mundane things all day?
_/)_
Question 1: To me she resembles an Angel.
Question 2: Thank you, Skipper you’ve given me an idea.
Hallo Marina,
to ensure that you will never forget me for the rest of your life.
you will have to think of me, and if you whisper my name I will tell you that you are, and always will be, the fairest of them all. 
), as your mirror, I know where it is already, so don’t bother.
This is Bob, back with a new identity, in a fiendish ploy
“MIRRORЯOЯЯIM” is pronounced “Mirror Mirror” as in “Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?”
So from now on, every time you brush your teeth, comb your hair, fix your make-up, dress or undress
By the way, I was going to remind you that we are all still waiting with bated breath for the unveiling of your birthmark, but on reflection (Ha! Ha!
Hi my teacher, Golf is just FLOG spelt backwards
Well that deserves a flogging. Who wants to get flogged first?
Hi Marina- Hope that you have a great weekend and good luck to you on your show on maxim!! The answer for this game is #2 Golf originates from Scottland and even though they passed a law forbidding the people from playing this game on Sundays, they ignored this law anyways and kept on playing when they were supposed to be practicing their archery skills instead. Where was the first game of golf supposedly played, which country?? Have a great weekend
Can you do the origin of the word bochulism?
#3 to me
Hallo teacher Im a inglish student, I from Argentina, and my English teacher told me that golf is one of most important sport in scotland and Scotland is the birth place of this sport, usually played by the upper class, and in my opinion is the second option.
I have been lerning a lot with you, particulary my pronunciation.
thank you beautiful and smart woman.
Dear Miss HotForWords Teacher,
Me thinks I heared this one many, many years ago when I was much younger.
But it doesn’t seem to translate too well now.
#1.
I’m thinking it’s explanation #2
I would love to know the origin of the word for “network”
warmly,
Nelson
I think it’s #2. It seems ridiculous enough to be.
I’d like to know the origin of the number “69″.
I would like to know the origin of the words ‘Checkmate’ and ‘Mate’ from Chess.
Why would you ‘mate’ an opponent in a mock-battle?
Just because I like Acronyms and at one time it was only a mans game I am going to go with explanation # 1
XOXO
Maal
PS…. every now and then I have heard someone say Jesus H. Christ instead of another expletive….. can you tell us where that expression came from and what does the H stand for?
Just a “WAG” Uh,, could it be Holy?
I think that’s about the best guess I can imagine.
First time I heard that one used was in Lakewood, Ohio about 1970, and I’ve never given a thought that perhaps it stood for something. I certainly heard “Holy Christ!” and “Jesus F**king Christ!” plenty of times, however.
Maybe his middle name was Howdy Doody or something, though. You never know…
Most people have learned there abstract lingo from someone else who may or may not even know exactly what that word means at all. Other than it sounds like something that is not allowed to be said. “Monkey see monkey do” or in this arena “Monkey hear monkey say”
Exactly.
I would say it´s the number 2, seems to make more sense
a word request, from where comes the name Kramp, Germany or Holland, notice is not cramp, trailbuiders(iron)?
Hi Marina!
I’m guessing number 2.
The end of the video where you hear someone in the lobby was funny. I was trying to see if I could understand them….it almost sounded like Spanish.
BOArgMir
I would like to know the origin of the word technology. love your shows and being your student!
I have several words I have often wondered about. Please answer any or all of them. (1) Stool Pidgeon (you could add another pet).
(2) Terrific (does it come from the same root as the word terror?).
(3) Non-plussed (makes me giggle every time). (4) Besmirch (same
reaction as with non-plussed). And (5) Double crossed (like with golf to many options that are probably false. Like I always say “Eschew
Obfuscation”. Thanx.
ПРИВЕТ!
I think #2, Marina. The Scottish invented golf, and many other things.
I know that the vestiges of the once sprawling Celtic tribal culture; parts of the Scottish Highlands, a few Irish, many Welsh,and even parts of Brittany in France speak dialects of Gaelic to this day.
But in the Lowlands around Edinburgh, people spoke a distinct dialect (or language) called “Scots”. Is this the “old Scottish” from which “golf” originated, or were you referring to Gaelic as the word origin?
Спасиьо
Thank you “!Bogdan” for the Pat Methany & Chopin… I played piano as a youngster & my favorites were Bach & Chopin, for I could put more feeling into the playing.
I pictured in my mind, you & B.. listening to the music and it was a sweet thought to me. As I think I know what your girlfried looks like (Anna Maria), you no longer need to send the pic’s & yes I believe you, she is beautiful & nice name too, B.. I don’t imagine you look like Pat Methany though (seen your avatar) enjoy http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=6A6LSI5gUG4
Golf, I golfed one afternoon with a Scottish doctor and he , although an above average golfer, was having a bad round, he exclaimed in a real Scottish brogue “Golf was invented by the Scots’ as a punishment for their sins” Although the scottish did borrow the idea from the dutch who used to hit the tulips around, after all golf is a refined game. http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=DKoZpXJd_vI&feature= related
Is Congress the opposite of progress?
Pro is to con as progress is to congress.
Dear fellow students
Congress comes from two old words, “con” or “cum” means “with” (it’s a latin word) and gres ( grès) means “agreement”, so congress is “with agreement”, surely a majority of votes is similar to an agreement….
As golf was invented in Scotland I would assume the second theory is the correct one and Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden was added later.
I would be interested in a show on the word ‘Buffalo’. Although buffalo seems like a rather simple term, it has multiple meanings (a homograph) as it is not only a bovine native to North America, it is also a city in New York, and it is a term synonymous with bamboozle, or hoodwink.
This leads to the complete sentence:
Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo..
or: Bison from Buffalo NY confuse other Bison from Buffalo NY…
That’s a great one! I like it.
But doesn’t the verb form mean something more akin to “bulldoze,” as in, forcefully pushing or manipulating instead of fooling or deceiving?
I definitely remember as a child my grandfather (a college professor from upstate New York near the Lake Erie shoreline) saying, “Don’t let ‘em buffalo ya!” when my big brother or sister would push me around.
You are correct. The term buffalo is more aptly used to describe the action of bullying or deceiving another. It is yet another example of how the context of the word can change its connotation.
Thank you for your comment.
-Michael, aka Caktonias
Pretty twisted! Try this one….
She sells sea sells (oops) shells
by the she shore
Word Request bump,
Football Hooligan pleaseeeeeeeeee tell me the origins for this my fabulously talented teacher Marina
Yeah! Hoo were the original Hooligans, anyway? Can one just hool one time, or does one always have to hool again?
On a similar subject, what’s the origin of shenanigan? To repeat an earlier shenann? So
if at first you don’t raise hell, shenan, shenan again?
hello! i am a carpenter by trade and i have long used the brush commonly known as “china bristle” for applying lacquer and other oil based products. my question is to the origin of this term as after all this time i have no idea where it came from or what it truly means, thanx!
since the first two options are taken, I’ll go for the third, the word origin is #3 kolf from Holland. The key is this…. the English language owes some origin to the Frisian language of island invaders and traders from continental Holland/Netherlands.
frisians
One entry found.
Frisian[2,noun]
Main Entry: 2Frisian
Function: noun
Date: 1601
1 : a member of a people that inhabit principally the Netherlands province of Friesland and the Frisian islands in the North Sea
2 : the Germanic language of the Frisian people
It’s the third one.
Hello my beautiful beautiful teacher @->-
Golf was invented in Scotland so I think its #2
Thanks
Barry
It’s gotta be #2. Congratulations, BillyB!
Thank you pennsyltucky9. For me a little dejavu
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ASeaIChCs&feature= related
That’s truly hilarious! Reminds me of someone…now let me think, who could it be (see below)?
BTW, I was touched by the vid you favorited, thanks for posting it. It made me want to write to my dad immediately.
I vote for theory #2!
Hi Marina,
The answer is number two.
Word Request: goof ball!
gentlemen only ladies forbidden.. i am definetly believe thats it
theory number 2
Being as student of the game of golf as well as being a student of “hot for words” I’ve always understood that the word “GOLF” was an anachroym for “Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden.” Now, that being settled, where does the golf term “FORE” originate from?
Hey I was wondering where did the word Prom come from. I just want to know cause its pretty important to seniors in high school and just wondering where did the word Prom come from.
I think its short for promenade.
Lovin it! I would like to know the origin of the word superfluous. thanx ;p
where did the word ’sandwich’ come from?
Thanx Marina
I’m Honoured, Humbled & a tad Humoured. This was… is now my #2 “Favorited” Youtube Video. Someone posted here that a lot of Daddies love HFW. Since most guys are, or have the potential to be fathers. I post humbly my #1 favorited youtube vid.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=9apRHGp4TQ8&locale=e n_CA&persist_locale=1
Hey hot for words
i would like to know the origin of the phrase “lest we forget” because today is anzac day here in australia
thankkss
ps first time i saw “hot for words” i though it was hot forwards =p
Hello, I would really like to know about the word “Anarchy” where it is from and such, thanks for your time.
~Dorkfishes
Hi Marina,
What is the origin of “poop deck”.
Is it really what it sounds like it is?
GJ
I think this is such a great show….
Love 
is a word I would like to know because it is different in so many languages.
Where does the word “ticklish” come from?
How about the word prosopagnosia?
Hi Marina, could you explain the origins of the word ‘juxtapose’ please?
Love you!
M
i would quite like to know the origin of the word illuminate and how it came to be pleaseeeeeeeeeeee
My guess is that the answer is #2 since golf is a scottish invention.
:shock: 
Im going to guess. #3…
Marina, We are going have to find you a new condo or better yet a yacht. Yachts are inexpensive anyway. Shhhh don’t tell anyone. Its a boaters secret. Oops did I type that out loud?
Thank you skipper, I do feel special although my coworkers laughed at me when I showed the vid. & I don’t even know what the third choice was or if there were four choices. I didn’t here anything after the middle of the video. Is my computer broken or what? anyways I’ll watch it tomorrow, before I give an answer.
Yeah, it’s number FORE!
Was it earth shattering rumble of laughter so loud you couldn’t hear the rest of the vid? Oh they are so jealous that you were mention and they have no come back for that?
About your co-workers. They shall now bow down to you now that you are teachers pet.
I guess I’m just easily distracted
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QNsGvVjlw&feature= related
Crank the music too party @ work http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=HM82hW3BdGU
Hello my dear teacher; it’s your trusty HotForYou student with a request.
Would you kindly explain the meaning and origins of the word “condesending.”
Please investigate for me, good-bye; mooowha!!
Im going to gess its #1.Thanks or the great video.5 stars.
I am guessing #3
Request for a future lesson:
“Jump the shark”
Everyone needs to jump on the bandwagon and start hitting the digg button,help our dear teacher out!
I’ll guess # 2.
could you possibly look up the origin of the word
Root Beer
I know it is probably a recent word without much history, but I have always wanted to know why beer is in it’s name.
I have to say theory #3, it makes the most sense to me.
Could you do possibly a check up on where the word “Vampire” comes originally. I know I could google it up but the best lessons come from a teacher whom can captivate her audience and maintain the attention span for the whole of the lesson and you, for one, can
Cheers -K
good one teacher!
Number 1 is a widely known false etymology. . .i think
Number 2 doesn’t make sence . . .
Number 3 sounds logical
so i am going with Number 2
But Teacher, where did the phrase “More than one way to skin a cat.”
Come from? Please help!
ABSQUATULATE What???? lol Could you help with any of my requests please…
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki maungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
I have always wondered what it means ive heard it a few times could you help please…
Me too. I hear that being used every day, and feel so left out not knowing what the -hu suffix means…is it something to do with a barnacle-encrusted coconut-hull fiber anchor line?
yeh don’t get cocky… if you live in England you wouldn’t be so stupid… and will say words correctly… so don’t start anything
Hello Barnett016,
Thanks for the interesting word posting. I apologize for wishing to have a little fun after wading the entire way through that word searching for a recognizeable root (a bit more consideration than your entry will merit from most readers in the point-and-click world of modern instant gratification, wouldn’t you agree?).
Your response was quite refreshing in this forum of word enthusiasts who normally go to great lengths to treat each other with courteous equanimity in such a boringly predictabe fashion. Congratulations. Your ethnocentrism is respectably palpable.
Please elucidate me as to the nature of my mispronunciations. Which words did you hear me mispronounce?
Very humourous, your demand that I “don’t start anything…” after insulting me based solely upon your instantaneous assumption regarding my nation of primary residence. Hahahahaha! According to your analysis, simply setting foot on English soil must as a matter of course result in my education level skyrocketing to lofty heights which at present only Your Lordship may be disposed to display. And with such creative use of proper syntax! I am truly honoured by your kindly attention to my most obvious plight.
Further, while I will freely admit that the locale of my upbringing (as evidenced by my unabashedly location-derived username) precludes a full and immediate comprehension of foreign words containing anything in excess of 44 syllables, at the very least I possess the common courtesy to write in complete sentences regardless of the brevity of my attention span or of the rather severe limitations of my erudition.
Thank you once again for condescending to lend Your Lordship’s divine guidance to my admittedly sophomoric attempt at humour, Barnett016. I shall most happily await my flogging at such a time as is convenient to Your Lordship.
I remain your most obedient servant,
-pennsyltucky9
get along…later http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=M9TJzE3Y2o8&NR=1
Great vid, BillyB! Thanks for that. It’s so very hard to administer a proper apology with one’s tongue lodged firmly in one’s cheek.
“What we have here is a failure to communicate.”
But onward…
I think we only get one mulligan for beating on a new guy so mark your card.
I want in this tournament, i qualify, as I work to hard for too little $$$
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=5kT0muqKlPU
Done.
that was a long in a way Intellectual essay on how i may or may not insulted you, anyway your wearisome life will not go on any longer as your quick witted sarcasm amuses me so much, the reason why i havn’t commented back to your sligh yet clever remarks was because of not sure, whether i should carry on this conversation, but i cannot let you have the last word, even though i believe you want to have the last word.
However your trenchancy is pretty poor, so once you have looked up all of the words in the dictionary you can come up with another sligh comment, as you do so, make sure you read the book while you can too, attempt to try and spell words correctly.
Wait. I should try to spell words like “sly” correctly? You’re right, that was a hard one.
Remember me??
Heh…Broke my promise…sorry,Marina.
OK anyways,I already know the origin of this word but I’m requesting this anyway because I think it’s history is very amusing….
my word request is TEDDY BEAR
Haven’t you ever wondered how this toy was named the “teddy” bear??Or maybe what (or who) it was named after??
The teddy bear was named after Theodore Roosevelt because of his love for nature and animals. or something like that
It is because theo resembled a cuddly little bear cub.
ah, the nice name again, I remember. heh.
Hi again,Alx!
Have youu ever noticed that everytime you request a word,someone ends ▲ ruining it for you,and everyone else, by telling you the origin?? I don’t know why that annoys me so much….
yes, I have. heh. what annoys me even more is when someone posts crap and you’re telling them that they posted crap, and they won’t respond. maybe requesting a word on youtube increases the chances of not being told the origin? but then again, I don’t even read the posts over there anymore …
sometimes a word request is a question explicitly for anyone, but those are rare. ya.
plus, there’s a whole bunch of superfluous and unnecessary replies. I guess I’m being a smartass, too, sometimes, but I’m trying to not overdo it. :/
Ya!! Exactly! I hate that!
Any of your words make it in any of Marina’s videos so far?
I haven’t requested one so far. I think I’m more interested in phrases, you know, idioms. that’s probably because I’m not from the u.s. idioms are hard to figure out as the meaning of an idiom is not made up by the meanings of its parts, unlike “normal” phrases / sentences. that doesn’t mean I’m not interested in word origins, of course.
I have only requested two,including teddy bear (
)…
ya, you requested “minor” or something like that, right?
well, sometimes it takes her a little while to do videos on requested words, I guess. maybe she’ll do it sometime. who knows.
Yea that was the word…
…Maybe “Aardvark”?…It sounds weird and it’s using an uneeded A…
It sounds like a type of vegitable but its an animal…..
I wonder why it has an extra “a”……..I’ll just have to ask Aaron…
Or,maybe “Grandaddy”? You would think it is missing a letter…Its pronounced GRAND+DADDY…It’s missing a “D”…
Aardvarks are soo cute!
I too have had a couple of word requests in, and quite a few word requests come in every lesson. The law of aver