They both went down in april - april 14 - my birthday!! even though I wasn´t born when neither of those things happened!
from your dear student / Swedehunter
swedehunter replied on May 6th, 2008 9:42 pm:
I see some say april 15, both the shooting of Lincon and the hit of the iceberg took place april 14, even though april 15 was the day Lincom actually died and Titanic sunk to the bottom … so I claim april 14 is the right answer
donfelipegonzales on
May 6th, 2008 1:09 pm
Dear teacher
This is a tricky question!!!!
The ship hit the iceberg the april 14th 1912, but he sank the night of the 15th!
On the last video you said that you don’t want us to use google, but why? It is The Search! The Holy Quest of the grail that you, the Lady in the lake, ask us to find! We should find as soon as possible the answer with all the items at our disposal! The future of humanity is at hand! …. euh…. sorry….
Well ok no google but I am a bad student I am sure I ll cheat.
Amicalement
Your devoted student
Don Felipe Gonzales
donfelipegonzales replied on May 6th, 2008 1:15 pm:
Dear teacher
I forgot something, I humbly request a word:
“beyond”
Is it from be and ….yond?
Thank you for your attention
Don Felipe gonzales
donfelipegonzales replied on May 7th, 2008 4:09 am:
Dear fellow
it depends from which side of the pond you are talking about!
hoodster on
May 6th, 2008 12:11 pm
Hey Marina!
Can you use your knowledge to explain the word “kiss.” I know in German there is a word “Kopfkisser” (which means pillow). I wondered if the word “kiss” came from this word (which loosely translates to “kissing the head”).
Thanks!!!
Hoodster
irocky on
May 5th, 2008 10:07 pm
Actually, Lincoln died on the 15th of April, and the actual date the Titanic sank was also the 15th, which is also my birthday (Yeah!).
wordlover replied on May 6th, 2008 4:56 pm:
died ≠ was assassinated sunk ≠ hit an iceberg
claudiaz on
May 5th, 2008 7:10 pm
Hi Marina,
I love your classes. Here is a question: Why do these three expressions have different meanings in British English and in American English? “get a torch” ; “light a fag”; and “knock up your sister”? Thanks.
Hi Marina
What’s the origin of the word “wanderlust?”
titanpa replied on May 5th, 2008 10:43 am:
Origin of it? Heck. I never heard of it. lol
block5000 replied on May 5th, 2008 11:14 am:
It’s german.
Made of two parts: “wandern” + “lust”
“wandern” means “to walk”
and “lust” can be translated with “pleasure”
combined it may be the “pleasure of walking”.
Maybe the meaning is different but thats a possible translation.
Block5000
wordlover replied on May 6th, 2008 4:54 pm:
Hey, nbeltran, someone’s answering Marina’s questions, you better come over here and give block5000 a big, wet bitchslap!
superquality on
May 5th, 2008 9:08 am
What is the origin of the word “Classic”?
:))
gotothematresses on
May 5th, 2008 8:42 am
Dear Teacher,
The answer is April 14, MY BIRTHDAY!!!
As a birthday present, can I PLEASE be the teachers pet??
Also, can you investigate the origins of the phrase “getting your ducks in a row”?
Thank you. See you in my dreams!!
wka40 on
May 5th, 2008 8:18 am
Marina,
Can you discuss the origin and meaning of the word “Synergy?”
Thanks!
lecat on
May 5th, 2008 7:47 am
yahoo le francais lemporte Marina si tu a besoin d’aide pour ton francais je peut t’aider i can mayday you with your french haha
zdevin on
May 5th, 2008 7:45 am
Please consider the word “Philately”, “Philatelic”, or “Philatelist”. Sounds kind of like “Philologist”, doesn’t it?!
tdraven on
May 5th, 2008 7:34 am
Hi all i just wanted to ask about the word NINJA
tdraven on
May 5th, 2008 7:33 am
Hi all ;D I just wanted to ask for a WORD THAT COUNT FOR ME
NINJA lool the best word in the world (yes i am a true trained ninja not some mother fucker who post and youtube!!!)
What’s the origin of the words, “Devil’s advocate??”
This question is directed toward a real Philologist!!
Not anyone from this forum..thanks. Nelson
wordlover replied on May 6th, 2008 4:49 pm:
Good question…
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Ever’body!
Whaddaya think, Marina? Let’s hear it!
prospero811 on
May 5th, 2008 5:48 am
Abe Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, and the Titanic struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912. Also, on April 14, 1828, the first edition of Webster’s dictionary was published. On April 14, 1935, Babe Ruth played his first game for the Boston Braves.
kovely Marina, you are so partially right about Lincoln and the titanic. Lincoln was assassinated on Good Friday April 14, 1865. However, Titanic struck the iceberg at 11:45p.m.April 14, 1912, but
she sent out her last radio transmission at @2:30a.m., on April 15th.
LOL
psychlighthouse, you’ll notice that I worded the question.. “when the Titanic HIT an iceberg”
wordlover replied on May 6th, 2008 4:47 pm:
I think PLH, must’ve been rounding off to the top of the hour…
flaffl21 on
May 4th, 2008 11:16 pm
-WORD REQUEST-
Marina,
The UEFA Champions League final is coming up soon, which is hands-down the most popular tournament in European Football (soccer), and I was wondering, where did the word Champion come from?
flaffl21 replied on May 4th, 2008 11:24 pm:
Another one, What about lollygagging?
a10ista on
May 4th, 2008 11:16 pm
hi marina;
i was just browsing through videos and the news earlier and i found this article on the horse during the Kentucky derby; i was just wondering where the word derby came from as well as euthanasia.
thank you,
a-ten-ista
psyco on
May 4th, 2008 10:24 pm
Hello Marina How are you doing? I wanted to know about the word Savant. And I would like to tell you.. You are the sexiest woman I have ever seen.. Brains and beauty that is even sexier well I’ll see you later take care..
Psyco
spirit3188 on
May 4th, 2008 10:09 pm
i want to know the origin of the word Persay
i heard it on a tv show today, and in the show, they actually joked about what it actually means, which no one knew, and neither did i. i looked it up and couldnt find it
The answer is . . . huh? The dictionary says the origin is unknown!!! This one could be a real challenge for Marina. I strongly urge her to give it a try! Great request, titanpa!!!
pennsyltucky9 replied on May 5th, 2008 12:56 am:
If at first you don’t raise hell, shenan, shenan again.
wordlover replied on May 6th, 2008 4:44 pm:
I love how people say “THE dictionary”!
BTW, which one, LE?
Good point, wordlover. It’s obviously A dictionary, not THE dictionary, although many dictionaries tend to use the same definition wording… I am using a simple dictionary–nothing fancy. Langensheidt’s New College Merriam-Webster English Dictionary. It’s not the only one I have, but it’s the best one I have. Most of my dictionaries are French dictionaries. I also have a few reference dictionaries for other languages (for purposes quasi unknown).
wordlover replied on May 7th, 2008 3:49 pm:
Langensheidt’s New College Merriam-Webster English Dictionary? Wow! Does it have the characteristic yellow cover with the blue “L”?
the root Luc means clear, dream is well… a dream. That one I don’t really know, but Lucid means clear, and since a Lucid dream is something you can take control of and its clear with the meaning of then it’s a lucid dream.
hot for words i would like to know how the phares “hail mary” came to be and why is it used in football to call a play to throw the ball really far.
blakeumz on
May 4th, 2008 7:47 pm
HEY MARINA
i would love to know the origin of the word TEASE
thanks, Blakeumz
sirscratchalot05 on
May 4th, 2008 7:41 pm
over here in the army we like to talk alot of crap to eachother. and we always use the word chooch. nobody knows what it means. can you find out what a chooch really is?
dfannin43 on
May 4th, 2008 7:30 pm
Marina!! You are wonderful!! You should make me teachers pet back to back days!! That would piss them off haha. YEa but thank you alot! It was fun! I got an idea though. How about one day you say your teachers pet and then your sister comes in and says Hey I want to have a teachers pet too! cause she deserves one to i think.. just a thought though! thanks again! bye!
gerrysmithaz on
May 4th, 2008 6:49 pm
Was in Monterrey Mexico this weekend for a wedding. We had to walk across the tarmac to get to the terminal. Where did the word tarmac come from?
pennsyltucky9 replied on May 9th, 2008 9:54 am:
Macadam mixed with tar make up the surface, I think. Not sure who MacAdam was or why they named the mixture after him, though.
saaandr0 on
May 4th, 2008 5:37 pm
hey marina..
do you know the origin of the word from the dog breed dalmatian?
hope you write back
thx:)
only1koto on
May 4th, 2008 5:22 pm
First I would like to thank you Marina for just being you! Although I have never met you, I imagine you are exactly as you appear to be in your videos. Words can not describe you, though I’m sure many have tried. I have never really been a big fan of words because they are often times misunderstood, and can cause great emotions to be stirred in people, often by accident. But since I have stumbled upon you and your hotforwords identity, I have to say that I have a new appreciation for them. Feelings are SHOWN much better than they are DESCRIBED, but in a world where we need to communicate with many people and sometimes rapidly, words are indispensable. I applaud you for choosing to do what you do and for doing it so well. If only more people had the kind of spirit you display. I will be a fan for life! By the way, you look a lot like the woman on the cover of the May issue of Playboy! She is from Russia and her name is Olga Kurbatova. Rrrrowwwwwwl!
Peace out
pennsyltucky9 replied on May 4th, 2008 6:37 pm:
Excellent observation, only1koto.
And only through constant practice of writing can we ever enhance our written communication skills. I’m not talking about keyboarding. The brain is a very selective organ. No amount of reading will improve one’s writing skills. Only the parts we use remain available to us in the long term. If we don’t use our ability to write, we lose our ability to write.
Happy trails
buzzword replied on May 4th, 2008 7:33 pm:
I disagree, I know you have good intentions but, I disagree. When you discuss showing feelings you are probably referring to all the warm fuzzy feelings. How about hatred and greed, are these better shown rather than described? If I hate my wife and feel like hitting her, best shown or described? You are correct and fist to the face would be rarely misunderstood. But which is preferred? Which approach best mediates disagreements or aids in sorting out emotions? I would prefer words.
All things considered I’d rather discuss any subject rather than rely solely upon emotional body language and action to convey a meaning or emotion. There are six basic emotions expressed facially that are universally understood. All other emotional expressions are culturally relative, and may be interpreted differently. Feelings I would argue are the basis of most misunderstandings. Frequently people are unable to even grasp underlying motives behind emotions. Words, especially when used conscientiously can be very descriptive and effective in communicating states of mind, motives and expectations.
One concession, this is for the most part a text based dialogue. The limits of the written word in social interaction has resulted in the innovation of <a
href=”http://nlg3.csie.ntu.edu.tw/conference_paper s/acl2007posterb.pdf”emoticons, which you used in your post, to fill in the absence of information or emotion conveyed via facial expression.
I am always amused when people use the phrase, “Words cannot describe…” Which in and of itself is a description based upon words and thus contradictory.
No wives were harmed in the posting of this reply.
What happen to all the good Chet Baker music on Youtube. There was a great duet w/Van Morrison there & I don’t know where to find it or i’m too lazy. My kid finds stuff in some Chinese website , pro pirates or something like that. Listening now to Bobby Z now, thanls
this is a weird way to have a convestion but it kinda works. I saw a rant similar to that doc. you sent, on youtube I don’t get it either . I played trumpet years ago & I love the Chet style although when younger I liked Miles davis because a girlfriend in Alberta turned me on to him, whole nother story there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is3YY43zXqQ&feature =related
I played piano & french horn in Highschool, trumpet injazz band & after high school dropped most playing although every now & then if I can find a quiet spott I’ll play the piano. It did give me a good appreciaation for music though..Our bnd leader was a proud black man & since there were’nt many black folks around here in Victoria we learned a little black history as well . My first album purchase was featued on the tv last nite derrick & the Dominoes & this is my favorite song on it Bobby Whitlok Voscals. I wish somebody would cover this song sonn its a great little song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEWvJHd67KE
BillyB replied on May 4th, 2008 10:31 pm:
Typed it in thanx. Later. zzzzz
i love this song especially “Holly Cole with the Canadian Brass.”
This guy does a pretty good job though enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCpJwsHw6C0
Find the Holly Cole version I know you’d like. Much Later now.
Bob replied on May 5th, 2008 4:18 am:
Co-incidentally I received the following email this morning.
“How To Prevent Your Emotions From Alienating People
When we carefully examine our negative emotions we always find them directed against some other person. Even when we seem to resent our circumstances we secretly or openly blame others for those circumstances. So it is important that we clarify our feelings as they relate to other people. It clears everything in a surprising way.
It is strange how human beings miss the most obvious facts about their negativities toward others. A hateful man seldom reasons, “Hatred toward others makes me miserable, so in the name of common sense I’d better abandon it.” Rarely does a resentful person think, “Resentment of other people drains my strength and destroys my mental powers, so I’d better clear it from my life.” Negative feelings so cloud a man with darkness that he cannot see what he is doing to himself.
Sooner or later, all of us must see that negative feelings toward another person is like tossing dust at him while the wind blows against us. It all comes back. This is not merely a moralistic teaching or Sunday school lesson; it is a basic and inescapable Law of Life.
Commented Paul B., “I know you are right, but you arouse contradiction in me. I want to grasp these ideas, but I also resist them. What is all this?”
“It is a good sign. It means that you are challenging your false notions - and they don’t like it. Remember, all inner contradiction is between the truth which is in you and falsehood. Keep challenging your false ideas. As they disappear, conflict ceases. Then you are at peace with the truth.”
Added Barbara L., “But what about people who do not challenge their false assumptions? Are they peaceful? Are they without this inner battle?”
“No. Their conflict is merely covered up. Most people are subconsciously miserable.”
Don’t be afraid of the added anxiety that arises whenever you challenge a false notion. It is temporary, just as you must temporarily battle the waves in order to arrive at the calm sea beyond the shore. You see, once you challenge your negative feelings they fight back, so your pressure increases for a while.
Most people run for cover whenever a negative feeling is exposed to the light of consciousness, consequently, they remain in darkness. You can be a hero. Dare to stand in the light. After a while, you will see that the very light you once feared is the very light of your life.
Vernon Howard
>From Psycho-Pictography ”
I’m not pointing a finger at anyone, ( always remember that if you point a finger there are three more fingers pointing back at yourself) but it seems relevant to the conversation so I thought I’d share it.
jeffnhendo on
May 4th, 2008 5:10 pm
HE Sweety Pie,
President lincoln was shot on 4-14 and the titanic hit an iceberg on 4-14 The titanic Stayed aflot for a little while then it sunk the next day completely. I hit the ice berg very late in the evening before all guest were in bed.
I love getting your emails, keep them coming to me. Your the best. Would love to be your student of the day some day !
Jeff James
Henderson, Ky 42420
BillyB replied on May 4th, 2008 8:07 pm:
Personally, I also get a thrill, finding an email from HFW in my inbox, occasionaly in the junkbox, nevertheless it’s my favoite thing to find there. Sometimes I will look the next day after posting something…oh so exciting, an email response..wow who is it.. oh it’s me. I made a correction reply on something I erred on, oh well the anticipation was the good part anyways.
i didn’t want to google the homework, but as I was cutting the lawn thinking about the titanic sinking I recalled as you did that it didn’t sink right away, so it got me to wondering what date was remembered as the actual date of the sinking. hitting the iceberg or hitting the ocean floor.Hmmm.
Cheers & this otta put something in your inbox
PS if you get lonely, reply to yourself, its OK. I talk to myself all the time… married 25+years, never lonely the simple secret “be nice”
No doubt the stone tablet didn’t have room for any explanatory notes. But you have a good point, mausman!
Bob replied on May 5th, 2008 1:38 am:
Reading the Bible as the devil would,
1. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife.
2. Thou shalt love thy neighbour.
Conclusion:
The Bible advocates homosexuality. Q.E.D.
pennsyltucky9 replied on May 5th, 2008 2:04 am:
Your neighbor’s wife IS your neighbor. So no problem there.
wordlover replied on May 6th, 2008 4:31 pm:
In some translations it also mentions not coveting your neighbour’s wife or his ass! I’m pretty sure that was an OLD translation.
nbank on
May 4th, 2008 4:27 pm
Hello Marina, loving the lessons. I would like to know about the word ‘wanton’ - I always thought that it was a chinese dumpling lol!xx
or “wonton lust” meaning a desire for Chinese food?
cej on
May 4th, 2008 4:12 pm
ok i dont use google ………….yet XD…………….whatever…………..you know this is a good idea for learn something X3……………i like you mini shows marina :)………………….anyway i am here to ask you the origin of the word: wisdom ……………… yes i ask it again but i really want to know the origin of this word. Its like my faverorite word XD……………..greetins
flaffl21 replied on May 4th, 2008 11:22 pm:
Holy christ on a bike. never use that many periods ever again.
tamooora on
May 4th, 2008 3:48 pm
Howdy teacher Marina ! i’m a new student ! i loved your lessons really really really i do okey this is my first participation .. uhm.. & i wanna know the origin of this word “sugar” you know ! .. i’m so happy (& lucky !) today because i found youuu
Thank you
wordlover replied on May 4th, 2008 3:57 pm:
Awww! That was sweet!
wordlover on
May 4th, 2008 1:59 pm
Marina here’s a word you HAVE to make a video for: school.
It has an unusual etymology and this is the perfect place to teach about all things scholastic. Perfect place, perfect school! XOXOXO
sliman on
May 4th, 2008 1:49 pm
Actually the Titanic sank on the 15th of April at 2:20 a.m. (sorry for the wikipedia)
Marina, thank you for giving me back the cheer for studiing. I’m very greatful for that! Greetings from Hungary!
A bona fide admirer
I’m asking for the word sci-fi.
Keep up the good work!
wordlover replied on May 4th, 2008 1:55 pm:
Define “sank”. Titanic was hit on the 14th.
Anyway, Lincoln was shot/assassinated on the 14th. (Actually, he was shot on the occiput or thereabouts.)
pennsyltucky9 replied on May 4th, 2008 3:38 pm:
Occipital bone. Back of the head, just above the neck. This is where cannibals go in for best access to the pink jell-o. MMMmmmmm. Still warm!
You must be a tough scrabble opponent!
wordlover replied on May 4th, 2008 3:55 pm:
Maybe, I don’t know: everyone in my family is too busy to play Scrabble® with me! And it’s not the same playing against a CPU (i.e., robot/automatic) player: they cheat!
teachinfellow on
May 4th, 2008 12:02 pm
I would like to know the origin of the word sarcasm
pennsyltucky9 replied on May 9th, 2008 10:04 am:
Sar-chasm:
That’s the huge abyss between what you mean and what they hear.
but i don’t really know the origin and how bikini got it’s name.
thts what i want to know
and i have just joined this site so i thought i must as her only.
pennsyltucky9 replied on May 4th, 2008 1:17 pm:
Hi reyo678,
Bikini was originally the name of an island atoll in the South Pacific. It was a low-lying ring of coral islands that formed as coral grew from the remains of a volcanic seamount that rainfall and wave action had eroded away to the point where it no longer rose above the ocean surface. It was a perfect place for coral polyps to thrive, where the water was shallow enough to transmit plenty of sunlight and form what we call a reef.
This went on for some thousands of years or so. The happy coral polyps multiplied and multiplied in this environment. Finally, the reef grew large and enough sand washed up on it that some coconuts floated ashore and palm trees finally began to grow there. Although tiny, it looked like a tropical paradise.
Then came WWII. By the close of the war, many terms relating to armaments and munitions had made their way into the mainstream of American slang. One of these terms was “bombshell,” a word of highest praise usually reserved for only the most stunningly beautiful movie actresses, similar to a “knockout” or someone we might call “drop-dead gorgeous” today.
Then one day some US military personnel decided they needed a place to test out their new weapon, the hydrogen bomb. They had already gotten into trouble by testing them in the continental US. The nuclear explosions sent too much radioactive material floating high into the atmosphere, which would then slowly “fall out” over cities, forests, rivers, and farms to the east of the testing grounds, causing mutations and illness.
Being far from the mainland and too small to support a large human population, Bikini Atoll was (in their view) a perfect spot to try out their new toy. So they blew it up.
It made history. So much so, in fact, that the new bathing suit that French fashion designers were unleashing at the time was named after it. It was, after all, a fashion “bombshell.” Its impact can still be felt today! But now there’s no longer a coral reef we can point to as its origin. This gave rise to the expression, “Look! She’s wearing NO BIKINI ATOLL!”
Okay, the last sentence is a joke. But the rest is true. Bikini Atoll can still be seen on some maps of the Pacific. Check it out.
wordlover replied on May 4th, 2008 1:50 pm:
PT9, the problem wasn’t the fallout in the air but in the ground. This has gotten gov’t in trouble and some suspect contributed to the cancer and eventual death of John Wayne.
“Atoll K” where the H-Bomb was tested DID in fact have people living nearby, who were compensated by the gov’t. But to this day, the radioactivity levels are still present and the original inhabitants cannot yet return.
“NO BIKINI ATOLL” Clever… Clever…
pennsyltucky9 replied on May 4th, 2008 3:46 pm:
Are you thinking of Kwajalein Atoll (sp?)? That was much more recent than Bikini Atoll. The Bikini Atoll test should have happened right around late-50’s or 1960.
BTW, if you want answers to questions, don’t ask them in a reply to a reply box!
wordlover replied on May 4th, 2008 3:52 pm:
I want to emphasize that I’m answering the comment immediately above it. I know, it sucks there’s no reply button within the reply boxes but it’s important that the comments are understood to be subordinate to the one coming before.
wordlover replied on May 4th, 2008 4:00 pm:
PS—You might be right about Atoll K. I weren’t thinkin’!
ragabashmoon replied on May 5th, 2008 4:40 pm:
Yeaaaah ok so that’s what I would have said about the Bikini atoll islands and the war and such.. however, now how is Marina going to do it? Guys, the reason we must resist is because we can’t answer words origins ourselves! We want Marina to answer!
ragabashmoon replied on May 4th, 2008 5:05 pm:
Oooho oooh I know this one, I know this one!!! *resists the urge*
wordlover replied on May 4th, 2008 5:54 pm:
Resist not! If you know, speak; or forever hold your peace you must! Hmmh!—Yoda
ragabashmoon replied on May 5th, 2008 4:41 pm:
See reply right above this one.
tuoppi91 on
May 4th, 2008 11:33 am
word request: bra
toysjoe on
May 4th, 2008 11:19 am
Well I knew off the bat theory 1 was correct.
Theory 2 is incorrect because the Titanic sank at 2AM on April 14th. Not in May. I know this because April 14th is my brithday.
Theory 3 is also incorrect because Abraham Lincoln was also murdered on April 14th, which is, again, my birthday.
Therefore, we can conclude that through theory 1 is correct, and that my birthday is a very bad date.
wordlover replied on May 4th, 2008 1:42 pm:
Bad date? Aries rules! (mine’s the 11th)
pennsyltucky9 replied on May 4th, 2008 3:02 pm:
I believe you are correct about the death of John Wayne and apparently most of the cast and crew present onsite at the filmshoots for “The Misfits,” from what I’ve heard. That land was mighty cheap and available just a couple km from one of the aboveground testing sites in Nevada.
As for our friend, you’re on your own there. I’m keeping it light as possible after vdhideous. Fires tend to extinguish themselves when the fuel & oxygen run out.
What? John Wayne died of radiation poisoning cause they filmed near Trinity?
wordlover replied on May 4th, 2008 5:52 pm:
I guess you could say it’s speculation, ragabashmoon. The gov’t tested alot of nukes in their day and the underground blasts resulted in some pretty ugly “canopies,” not to mention subsidence craters. shiver!
wordlover replied on May 4th, 2008 7:21 pm:
[NB: change “canopies” to “chimney(ing)s”—Mgt.]
prospero811 replied on May 5th, 2008 7:01 am:
You could only possibly conclude that April 14 is a very bad date if you compared it to other dates and found a statistically significant number of bad events occurring on that date. We have the Titanic sinking and Abe assassinated on that date, but also Webster’s dictionary was released that date (making it a good date, philologically speaking).
Many bad events occurred on other dates. Who knows? Maybe April 14 only has a few bad events on it when compared to other dates. Don’t lose hope! You may well have been born on a good date!
toysjoe, That’s so awesome that your birthday was able to help you answer this question. It’s very obvious that you didn’t need to Google your answer.
Your birthday is not a bad day. The way I see it, is that you where born on that day just so when you joined HFW group that you would be able to answer this question from the top of your head. I also notice you where able to answer the question and do the homework assignment in one response.
I also see that I don’t know anybody personally that died on that day, but I do know you that was born on that day so it make that day special for me.
__/)__
2hotforwordsfanclub on
May 4th, 2008 11:17 am
Please can someone help me.
I can’t find how to upload a picture against my username on this site.
pennsyltucky9 replied on May 4th, 2008 11:39 am:
2hfwfanclub:
Look in the toolbar for the help menu. There’s your answer, partway down the page. It’s a series of questions.
I think the heading is “How do I get one of those pictures to appear next to my posting,” or something like that. Takes a couple minutes.
Peace, bro.
thesquare on
May 4th, 2008 10:50 am
My Dear Teacher,
As always your lesson was as informative as you are beautiful. You have such a sweet energy about you, a child like energy in those blue eyes of yours that calms and excites. The whole Hotforwords thing is absolute genius! Glad there is a site like this, and glad I happened upon it. You are doing a stellar job, rock on.
I used to live on an island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina named Ocracoke. Even among the locals the origin and meaning of the name is uncertain, perhaps you would be so kind as to investigate?
WORD REQUEST : OCRACOKE
thanks,
thesquare
pennsyltucky9 replied on May 4th, 2008 11:57 am:
thesquare:
I spent thousands of hours there as a youth. It’s pretty commercialized now, I’ve been told. Local legend has it that the original inhabitants were from a tribe called the Wococon, no? Kind of a similarity there, spelling uncertain though.
There are a couple other stories about the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach) naming it inadvertently (”Oh, crow, cock!”) as he impatiently awaited the dawn of his execution, but I never paid them no nevermind. We used to look for Blackbeard’s lost treasure when I was a kid.
Had a friend there whose last name was Howard (one of the old family names over the generations, check the church graveyard) back in my vagabond days. Loved that place.
I can still taste the surf there if I think about it.
Dearest Teacher. I’d like to know where the Word Scorpigo comes from. I thought I made it up on my own, but I think it maybe have been an actual word!!
packyjack1 on
May 4th, 2008 6:30 am
Marina,
What is the origin of the word “moxie” - Did it come from the soda pop drink?
I must say that you do have a lot of moxie!
Thanks
kaibanator on
May 4th, 2008 5:44 am
I am pretty sure the answer is April 15th (1912 & 1865)
harek84 on
May 4th, 2008 5:40 am
Good morning teacher,
I don’t see any problem with the video.
I want to know the origin of the words “epitaph”, “hippie” and “bye”.
Thank you teacher, I’m looking forward to next lesson.
Greetings from Colombia.
Is anybody getting the message that “This video is no longer available.”? I’ve gotten 3 complaints.. but I can’t figure out if it is a more widespread problem.
I had no problem accessing the “Mayday Answer” video and just finished viewing it. Thanks for all of your thoughtful lessons. The world’s a better place as a result of your efforts.
You are up early (or very late) on a Sunday morning, you sexy minx!
JJ
kinseyreport replied on May 4th, 2008 5:37 am:
Hi Marina,
I have also been getting the message quite often and have not found the reason. I have rebooted a couple of times and it seemed to work so it may not be your site.
this happens when you access a page but don’t click to see the video immediately - to solve the problem, just ‘refresh’ the page and things will work again
stokesjrj1 replied on May 4th, 2008 7:25 am:
I get this sometimes when i pause the video and let it load entirely.and go to other web pages while waiting.
stokesjrj1 replied on May 4th, 2008 7:34 am:
Haven’t complained yet. though.
BillyB replied on May 4th, 2008 9:44 am:
It only happens when I go to show someone else the vid. I Call it “Murphys’ Law”. An Irishman explains it best http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxaCfJfw6AY&NR=1
Enjoy your days off, as sometimes work gets more than frustrating Cheers
pennsyltucky9 replied on May 4th, 2008 3:06 pm:
Hahahahahahaha!
Ow! my gut’s in a knot from laughing!
Thanks, BillyB. You rule.
Bob replied on May 5th, 2008 1:29 am:
Thanks for that, Billy. No matter how many times I hear it I can’t stop giggling for the rest of the day.
The version I heard before was by The Corries.
Here’s another one of their’s.
wordlover replied on May 4th, 2008 1:37 pm:
No probs here. I get the vids automatically from iTunes.
And, stokesjrj1, I too like to pause the videos in YouTube and let them load; it’s a drag watching the video lag while playing…
nighteye replied on May 5th, 2008 4:07 am:
I get it if I leave the page open for some time before starting the video. It’s solved by simply reloading the page.
Luckily (…or not?) I haven’t googled Mayday, I would have bet on theory #2 missing…
escorpion3000 on
May 4th, 2008 2:39 am
Lincoln was murdered the 14th of april of 1865. 47 years later Titanic crashed with an iceberg and sank.
jonnyboyca on
May 4th, 2008 2:28 am
WORD REQUEST: BRAVO
~jon
greenbush on
May 4th, 2008 1:57 am
Dear Marina: The St. Valentines’ Day Massacre was on Feb. 14, 1929, a down year in the stock market. John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln on April 14. I don’t know about the dates of the disasters: Lusitainia, Hindenberg, and Titanic. The images of the Hindenburg falling/recorded, as well as the powerful illusion of doom that the zeppelins gave to those in England, WWI, are something else. So, if anyone has a waterboarding contest on the 14th, I’m not in. I made a primitive telegraph in the seventh grade, but got a “D” because I didn’t know morse code, SOS. P.S. That yellow top that you had on Marina, about three videos ago, does well for you.
GB, Your teacher that gave you a “D” in 7th grade is a moron!!! Plain and simple. I would have given you a B for attempting to build a near forgotten technology. Morse Code is hard to learn. I know because it took my a very long time to learn it so I could get my ham license. Now there is no code requirement for any ham license. So now not even Federal licensed amateur radio operators are required to learn the code. I want to say to you, Good job!
greenbush replied on May 4th, 2008 2:54 am:
Thanks captainjack. Your videos of the high seas as well as others, gives me more respect for the treacherous job you face. I’ll stay on land to work, and as for astronaut work, NO. I don’t even enjoy a corkscrew rollercoaster one bit.
Kewl beans
Hello my dear teacher!
They both went down in april - april 14 - my birthday!! even though I wasn´t born when neither of those things happened!
from your dear student / Swedehunter
I see some say april 15, both the shooting of Lincon and the hit of the iceberg took place april 14, even though april 15 was the day Lincom actually died and Titanic sunk to the bottom … so I claim april 14 is the right answer
Dear teacher
This is a tricky question!!!!
The ship hit the iceberg the april 14th 1912, but he sank the night of the 15th!
On the last video you said that you don’t want us to use google, but why? It is The Search! The Holy Quest of the grail that you, the Lady in the lake, ask us to find! We should find as soon as possible the answer with all the items at our disposal! The future of humanity is at hand! …. euh…. sorry….
Well ok no google but I am a bad student I am sure I ll cheat.
Amicalement
Your devoted student
Don Felipe Gonzales
Dear teacher
I forgot something, I humbly request a word:
“beyond”
Is it from be and ….yond?
Thank you for your attention
Don Felipe gonzales
Are you posting from beyond the pond?
Dear fellow
it depends from which side of the pond you are talking about!
Hey Marina!
Can you use your knowledge to explain the word “kiss.” I know in German there is a word “Kopfkisser” (which means pillow). I wondered if the word “kiss” came from this word (which loosely translates to “kissing the head”).
Thanks!!!
Hoodster
Actually, Lincoln died on the 15th of April, and the actual date the Titanic sank was also the 15th, which is also my birthday (Yeah!).
Hi Marina,
I love your classes. Here is a question: Why do these three expressions have different meanings in British English and in American English? “get a torch” ; “light a fag”; and “knock up your sister”? Thanks.
You want to knock up Marina’s sister????
Hi Marina
What’s the origin of the word “wanderlust?”
Origin of it? Heck. I never heard of it. lol
It’s german.
Made of two parts: “wandern” + “lust”
“wandern” means “to walk”
and “lust” can be translated with “pleasure”
combined it may be the “pleasure of walking”.
Maybe the meaning is different but thats a possible translation.
Block5000
Hey, nbeltran, someone’s answering Marina’s questions, you better come over here and give block5000 a big, wet bitchslap!
What is the origin of the word “Classic”?
:))
Dear Teacher,
The answer is April 14, MY BIRTHDAY!!!
As a birthday present, can I PLEASE be the teachers pet??
Also, can you investigate the origins of the phrase “getting your ducks in a row”?
Thank you. See you in my dreams!!
Marina,
Can you discuss the origin and meaning of the word “Synergy?”
Thanks!
yahoo le francais lemporte Marina si tu a besoin d’aide pour ton francais je peut t’aider i can mayday you with your french haha
Please consider the word “Philately”, “Philatelic”, or “Philatelist”. Sounds kind of like “Philologist”, doesn’t it?!
Hi all i just wanted to ask about the word NINJA
Hi all ;D I just wanted to ask for a WORD THAT COUNT FOR ME
NINJA lool the best word in the world (yes i am a true trained ninja not some mother fucker who post and youtube!!!)
How lovely… (
)
April 14 for both
Marina;
What’s the origin of the words, “Devil’s advocate??”
This question is directed toward a real Philologist!!
Not anyone from this forum..thanks. Nelson
Good question…
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Ever’body!
Whaddaya think, Marina? Let’s hear it!
Abe Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, and the Titanic struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912. Also, on April 14, 1828, the first edition of Webster’s dictionary was published. On April 14, 1935, Babe Ruth played his first game for the Boston Braves.
Hi Marina! Could you please explain the origin of the word POPULAR?
Thanks!!!
Hi everyone, bye, got to go to work now.
she sent out her last radio transmission at @2:30a.m., on April 15th.
LOL
friday,
I think PLH, must’ve been rounding off to the top of the hour…
-WORD REQUEST-
Marina,
The UEFA Champions League final is coming up soon, which is hands-down the most popular tournament in European Football (soccer), and I was wondering, where did the word Champion come from?
Another one, What about lollygagging?
hi marina;
i was just browsing through videos and the news earlier and i found this article on the horse during the Kentucky derby; i was just wondering where the word derby came from as well as euthanasia.
thank you,
a-ten-ista
Hello Marina How are you doing? I wanted to know about the word Savant. And I would like to tell you.. You are the sexiest woman I have ever seen.. Brains and beauty that is even sexier well I’ll see you later take care..
Psyco
i want to know the origin of the word Persay
i heard it on a tv show today, and in the show, they actually joked about what it actually means, which no one knew, and neither did i. i looked it up and couldnt find it
PLEASE HELP!
Per se.
I would like to know the origin of the word Shenanigan. Your great. I love your lessons!!!
The answer is . . . huh? The dictionary says the origin is unknown!!! This one could be a real challenge for Marina. I strongly urge her to give it a try! Great request, titanpa!!!
If at first you don’t raise hell, shenan, shenan again.
I love how people say “THE dictionary”!
BTW, which one, LE?
Good point, wordlover. It’s obviously A dictionary, not THE dictionary, although many dictionaries tend to use the same definition wording… I am using a simple dictionary–nothing fancy. Langensheidt’s New College Merriam-Webster English Dictionary. It’s not the only one I have, but it’s the best one I have. Most of my dictionaries are French dictionaries. I also have a few reference dictionaries for other languages (for purposes quasi unknown).
Langensheidt’s New College Merriam-Webster English Dictionary? Wow! Does it have the characteristic yellow cover with the blue “L”?
The cover has been off for a couple of years. But, yes, that’s the one!
Wow, I didn’t know Langenscheidt did M-W! I must be out of it!
I was wondering how love came to be.
Love means nothing to a tennis player.
Marina;
What’s the origin of the words,”lucid dream?”
the root Luc means clear, dream is well… a dream. That one I don’t really know, but Lucid means clear, and since a Lucid dream is something you can take control of and its clear with the meaning of then it’s a lucid dream.
I’m sorry the Question was directed to Marina.
Are you a Philologist???
or a Clinical Research Psychologist??
Ohboy, here we go again…
hot for words i would like to know how the phares “hail mary” came to be and why is it used in football to call a play to throw the ball really far.
HEY MARINA
i would love to know the origin of the word TEASE
thanks, Blakeumz
over here in the army we like to talk alot of crap to eachother. and we always use the word chooch. nobody knows what it means. can you find out what a chooch really is?
Marina!! You are wonderful!! You should make me teachers pet back to back days!! That would piss them off haha. YEa but thank you alot! It was fun! I got an idea though. How about one day you say your teachers pet and then your sister comes in and says Hey I want to have a teachers pet too! cause she deserves one to i think.. just a thought though! thanks again! bye!
Was in Monterrey Mexico this weekend for a wedding. We had to walk across the tarmac to get to the terminal. Where did the word tarmac come from?
Macadam mixed with tar make up the surface, I think. Not sure who MacAdam was or why they named the mixture after him, though.
hey marina..
do you know the origin of the word from the dog breed dalmatian?
hope you write back
thx:)
First I would like to thank you Marina for just being you!
Although I have never met you, I imagine you are exactly as you appear to be in your videos. Words can not describe you, though I’m sure many have tried. I have never really been a big fan of words because they are often times misunderstood, and can cause great emotions to be stirred in people, often by accident. But since I have stumbled upon you and your hotforwords identity, I have to say that I have a new appreciation for them. Feelings are SHOWN much better than they are DESCRIBED, but in a world where we need to communicate with many people and sometimes rapidly, words are indispensable. I applaud you for choosing to do what you do and for doing it so well. 
If only more people had the kind of spirit you display. 
I will be a fan for life! By the way, you look a lot like the woman on the cover of the May issue of Playboy! 
She is from Russia and her name is Olga Kurbatova. Rrrrowwwwwwl!
Peace out
Excellent observation, only1koto.
And only through constant practice of writing can we ever enhance our written communication skills. I’m not talking about keyboarding. The brain is a very selective organ. No amount of reading will improve one’s writing skills. Only the parts we use remain available to us in the long term. If we don’t use our ability to write, we lose our ability to write.
Happy trails
I disagree, I know you have good intentions but, I disagree. When you discuss showing feelings you are probably referring to all the warm fuzzy feelings. How about hatred and greed, are these better shown rather than described? If I hate my wife and feel like hitting her, best shown or described? You are correct and fist to the face would be rarely misunderstood. But which is preferred? Which approach best mediates disagreements or aids in sorting out emotions? I would prefer words.
All things considered I’d rather discuss any subject rather than rely solely upon emotional body language and action to convey a meaning or emotion. There are six basic emotions expressed facially that are universally understood. All other emotional expressions are culturally relative, and may be interpreted differently. Feelings I would argue are the basis of most misunderstandings. Frequently people are unable to even grasp underlying motives behind emotions. Words, especially when used conscientiously can be very descriptive and effective in communicating states of mind, motives and expectations.
One concession, this is for the most part a text based dialogue. The limits of the written word in social interaction has resulted in the innovation of <a
href=”http://nlg3.csie.ntu.edu.tw/conference_paper s/acl2007posterb.pdf”emoticons, which you used in your post, to fill in the absence of information or emotion conveyed via facial expression.
I am always amused when people use the phrase, “Words cannot describe…” Which in and of itself is a description based upon words and thus contradictory.
No wives were harmed in the posting of this reply.
apologies for the failed link.
emoticons link
What happen to all the good Chet Baker music on Youtube. There was a great duet w/Van Morrison there & I don’t know where to find it or i’m too lazy. My kid finds stuff in some Chinese website , pro pirates or something like that. Listening now to Bobby Z now, thanls
Great little poem read by my favorite youtube oldtimer. Sent this to you in the “big storm” & I think it got wiped out by a “rouge” wave.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LtuQIBYWJE
I love the way he ends the poem just changes the mood right back a little weirdness too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IgBqXq3HEA
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/im ages/070213-bones-photo.jpg
this is a weird way to have a convestion but it kinda works. I saw a rant similar to that doc. you sent, on youtube I don’t get it either . I played trumpet years ago & I love the Chet style although when younger I liked Miles davis because a girlfriend in Alberta turned me on to him, whole nother story there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is3YY43zXqQ&feature =related
This guy has some cool stuff on His Channel I subbed & look what he just recently posted
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgSxxKN7A0w
I played piano & french horn in Highschool, trumpet injazz band & after high school dropped most playing although every now & then if I can find a quiet spott I’ll play the piano. It did give me a good appreciaation for music though..Our bnd leader was a proud black man & since there were’nt many black folks around here in Victoria we learned a little black history as well . My first album purchase was featued on the tv last nite derrick & the Dominoes & this is my favorite song on it Bobby Whitlok Voscals. I wish somebody would cover this song sonn its a great little song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEWvJHd67KE
Typed it in thanx.
Later. zzzzz
i love this song especially “Holly Cole with the Canadian Brass.”
This guy does a pretty good job though enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCpJwsHw6C0
Find the Holly Cole version I know you’d like. Much Later now.
Co-incidentally I received the following email this morning.
“How To Prevent Your Emotions From Alienating People
When we carefully examine our negative emotions we always find them directed against some other person. Even when we seem to resent our circumstances we secretly or openly blame others for those circumstances. So it is important that we clarify our feelings as they relate to other people. It clears everything in a surprising way.
It is strange how human beings miss the most obvious facts about their negativities toward others. A hateful man seldom reasons, “Hatred toward others makes me miserable, so in the name of common sense I’d better abandon it.” Rarely does a resentful person think, “Resentment of other people drains my strength and destroys my mental powers, so I’d better clear it from my life.” Negative feelings so cloud a man with darkness that he cannot see what he is doing to himself.
Sooner or later, all of us must see that negative feelings toward another person is like tossing dust at him while the wind blows against us. It all comes back. This is not merely a moralistic teaching or Sunday school lesson; it is a basic and inescapable Law of Life.
Commented Paul B., “I know you are right, but you arouse contradiction in me. I want to grasp these ideas, but I also resist them. What is all this?”
“It is a good sign. It means that you are challenging your false notions - and they don’t like it. Remember, all inner contradiction is between the truth which is in you and falsehood. Keep challenging your false ideas. As they disappear, conflict ceases. Then you are at peace with the truth.”
Added Barbara L., “But what about people who do not challenge their false assumptions? Are they peaceful? Are they without this inner battle?”
“No. Their conflict is merely covered up. Most people are subconsciously miserable.”
Don’t be afraid of the added anxiety that arises whenever you challenge a false notion. It is temporary, just as you must temporarily battle the waves in order to arrive at the calm sea beyond the shore. You see, once you challenge your negative feelings they fight back, so your pressure increases for a while.
Most people run for cover whenever a negative feeling is exposed to the light of consciousness, consequently, they remain in darkness. You can be a hero. Dare to stand in the light. After a while, you will see that the very light you once feared is the very light of your life.
Vernon Howard
>From Psycho-Pictography ”
I’m not pointing a finger at anyone, (
always remember that if you point a finger there are three more fingers pointing back at yourself) but it seems relevant to the conversation so I thought I’d share it. 
HE Sweety Pie,
President lincoln was shot on 4-14 and the titanic hit an iceberg on 4-14 The titanic Stayed aflot for a little while then it sunk the next day completely. I hit the ice berg very late in the evening before all guest were in bed.
I love getting your emails, keep them coming to me. Your the best. Would love to be your student of the day some day !
Jeff James
Henderson, Ky 42420
Personally, I also get a thrill, finding an email from HFW in my inbox, occasionaly in the junkbox, nevertheless it’s my favoite thing to find there. Sometimes I will look the next day after posting something…oh so exciting, an email response..wow who is it.. oh it’s me. I made a correction reply on something I erred on, oh well the anticipation was the good part anyways.
i didn’t want to google the homework, but as I was cutting the lawn thinking about the titanic sinking I recalled as you did that it didn’t sink right away, so it got me to wondering what date was remembered as the actual date of the sinking. hitting the iceberg or hitting the ocean floor.Hmmm.
Cheers & this otta put something in your inbox
PS if you get lonely, reply to yourself, its OK. I talk to myself all the time… married 25+years, never lonely the simple secret “be nice”
commitment
Chet Baker link
eternal embrace
I really dig miles and chet. That was a beautiful piece by miles, thanks.
thanks for the link, nick cave is one of my favorites, he has a new album out. So you still play gigs?
dude, its 1am in ohio, say good night gracie. enjoy.
encore, encore…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW6GWEi3g3U
Does anyone else see a resemblance between George Burns and George Bush?
Or is it between George Bush and Gracie?
Hi.
The origin of the word Neighbour, and did it use to mean :
“A person near you” and not just “A person living near you”?
(You would think that “Thou shall not covet thy neighbor’s wife.” would apply to all wives not just those of the men who happen to live near you…)
Thanks in advance!
No doubt the stone tablet didn’t have room for any explanatory notes. But you have a good point, mausman!
Reading the Bible as the devil would,
1. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife.
2. Thou shalt love thy neighbour.
Conclusion:
The Bible advocates homosexuality. Q.E.D.
Your neighbor’s wife IS your neighbor. So no problem there.
In some translations it also mentions not coveting your neighbour’s wife or his ass! I’m pretty sure that was an OLD translation.
Hello Marina, loving the lessons. I would like to know about the word ‘wanton’ - I always thought that it was a chinese dumpling lol!xx
You’re thinking of “wonton”.
as in “wanton lust”?
or “wonton lust” meaning a desire for Chinese food?
ok i dont use google ………….yet XD…………….whatever…………..you know this is a good idea for learn something X3……………i like you mini shows marina :)………………….anyway i am here to ask you the origin of the word: wisdom ……………… yes i ask it again but i really want to know the origin of this word. Its like my faverorite word XD……………..greetins
Holy christ on a bike. never use that many periods ever again.
Howdy teacher Marina !
i’m a new student ! i loved your lessons really really really i do 
okey this is my first participation .. uhm.. & i wanna know the origin of this word 
“sugar” 
you know ! .. i’m so happy (& lucky !) today because i found youuu 
Thank you
Awww! That was sweet!
Marina here’s a word you HAVE to make a video for: school.
It has an unusual etymology and this is the perfect place to teach about all things scholastic. Perfect place, perfect school! XOXOXO
Actually the Titanic sank on the 15th of April at 2:20 a.m. (sorry for the wikipedia)
Marina, thank you for giving me back the cheer for studiing. I’m very greatful for that! Greetings from Hungary!
A bona fide admirer
I’m asking for the word sci-fi.
Keep up the good work!
Define “sank”. Titanic was hit on the 14th.
Anyway, Lincoln was shot/assassinated on the 14th. (Actually, he was shot on the occiput or thereabouts.)
Occipital bone. Back of the head, just above the neck. This is where cannibals go in for best access to the pink jell-o. MMMmmmmm. Still warm!
You must be a tough scrabble opponent!
Maybe, I don’t know: everyone in my family is too busy to play Scrabble® with me!
And it’s not the same playing against a CPU (i.e., robot/automatic) player: they cheat! 
I would like to know the origin of the word sarcasm
Sar-chasm:
That’s the huge abyss between what you mean and what they hear.
Hi Ms Gorgeous Marina i would like to request another word please, plzzz
and the words is Bots
hi Ms Gorgeous Marina
my word request is Bikini
I’m sure that’s a word that Marina could really get into…. But it has been explained several times in student postings.
but i don’t really know the origin and how bikini got it’s name.
thts what i want to know
and i have just joined this site so i thought i must as her only.
Hi reyo678,
Bikini was originally the name of an island atoll in the South Pacific. It was a low-lying ring of coral islands that formed as coral grew from the remains of a volcanic seamount that rainfall and wave action had eroded away to the point where it no longer rose above the ocean surface. It was a perfect place for coral polyps to thrive, where the water was shallow enough to transmit plenty of sunlight and form what we call a reef.
This went on for some thousands of years or so. The happy coral polyps multiplied and multiplied in this environment. Finally, the reef grew large and enough sand washed up on it that some coconuts floated ashore and palm trees finally began to grow there. Although tiny, it looked like a tropical paradise.
Then came WWII. By the close of the war, many terms relating to armaments and munitions had made their way into the mainstream of American slang. One of these terms was “bombshell,” a word of highest praise usually reserved for only the most stunningly beautiful movie actresses, similar to a “knockout” or someone we might call “drop-dead gorgeous” today.
Then one day some US military personnel decided they needed a place to test out their new weapon, the hydrogen bomb. They had already gotten into trouble by testing them in the continental US. The nuclear explosions sent too much radioactive material floating high into the atmosphere, which would then slowly “fall out” over cities, forests, rivers, and farms to the east of the testing grounds, causing mutations and illness.
Being far from the mainland and too small to support a large human population, Bikini Atoll was (in their view) a perfect spot to try out their new toy. So they blew it up.
It made history. So much so, in fact, that the new bathing suit that French fashion designers were unleashing at the time was named after it. It was, after all, a fashion “bombshell.” Its impact can still be felt today! But now there’s no longer a coral reef we can point to as its origin. This gave rise to the expression, “Look! She’s wearing NO BIKINI ATOLL!”
Okay, the last sentence is a joke. But the rest is true. Bikini Atoll can still be seen on some maps of the Pacific. Check it out.
PT9, the problem wasn’t the fallout in the air but in the ground. This has gotten gov’t in trouble and some suspect contributed to the cancer and eventual death of John Wayne.
“Atoll K” where the H-Bomb was tested DID in fact have people living nearby, who were compensated by the gov’t. But to this day, the radioactivity levels are still present and the original inhabitants cannot yet return.
“NO BIKINI ATOLL” Clever… Clever…
Are you thinking of Kwajalein Atoll (sp?)? That was much more recent than Bikini Atoll. The Bikini Atoll test should have happened right around late-50’s or 1960.
BTW, if you want answers to questions, don’t ask them in a reply to a reply box!
I want to emphasize that I’m answering the comment immediately above it. I know, it sucks there’s no reply button within the reply boxes but it’s important that the comments are understood to be subordinate to the one coming before.
PS—You might be right about Atoll K. I weren’t thinkin’!
Yeaaaah ok so that’s what I would have said about the Bikini atoll islands and the war and such.. however, now how is Marina going to do it? Guys, the reason we must resist is because we can’t answer words origins ourselves! We want Marina to answer!
Oooho oooh I know this one, I know this one!!! *resists the urge*
Resist not! If you know, speak; or forever hold your peace you must! Hmmh!—Yoda
See reply right above this one.
word request: bra
Well I knew off the bat theory 1 was correct.
Theory 2 is incorrect because the Titanic sank at 2AM on April 14th. Not in May. I know this because April 14th is my brithday.
Theory 3 is also incorrect because Abraham Lincoln was also murdered on April 14th, which is, again, my birthday.
Therefore, we can conclude that through theory 1 is correct, and that my birthday is a very bad date.
Bad date? Aries rules!
(mine’s the 11th)
I believe you are correct about the death of John Wayne and apparently most of the cast and crew present onsite at the filmshoots for “The Misfits,” from what I’ve heard. That land was mighty cheap and available just a couple km from one of the aboveground testing sites in Nevada.
As for our friend, you’re on your own there. I’m keeping it light as possible after vdhideous. Fires tend to extinguish themselves when the fuel & oxygen run out.
I’m on my own because you’re not an Aries, or…?
BTW, LOVE the “vdhideous” pun! You read Mad?
What? John Wayne died of radiation poisoning cause they filmed near Trinity?
I guess you could say it’s speculation, ragabashmoon. The gov’t tested alot of nukes in their day and the underground blasts resulted in some pretty ugly “canopies,” not to mention subsidence craters. shiver!
[NB: change “canopies” to “chimney(ing)s”—Mgt.]
You could only possibly conclude that April 14 is a very bad date if you compared it to other dates and found a statistically significant number of bad events occurring on that date. We have the Titanic sinking and Abe assassinated on that date, but also Webster’s dictionary was released that date (making it a good date, philologically speaking).
Many bad events occurred on other dates. Who knows? Maybe April 14 only has a few bad events on it when compared to other dates. Don’t lose hope! You may well have been born on a good date!
toysjoe, That’s so awesome
that your birthday was able to help you answer this question. It’s very obvious that you didn’t need to Google your answer.
Your birthday is not a bad day. The way I see it, is that you where born on that day just so when you joined HFW group that you would be able to answer this question from the top of your head. I also notice you where able to answer the question and do the homework assignment in one response.
I also see that I don’t know anybody personally that died on that day, but I do know you that was born on that day so it make that day special for me.
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Please can someone help me.
I can’t find how to upload a picture against my username on this site.
2hfwfanclub:
Look in the toolbar for the help menu. There’s your answer, partway down the page. It’s a series of questions.
I think the heading is “How do I get one of those pictures to appear next to my posting,” or something like that. Takes a couple minutes.
Peace, bro.
My Dear Teacher,
As always your lesson was as informative as you are beautiful. You have such a sweet energy about you, a child like energy in those blue eyes of yours that calms and excites. The whole Hotforwords thing is absolute genius! Glad there is a site like this, and glad I happened upon it. You are doing a stellar job, rock on.
I used to live on an island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina named Ocracoke. Even among the locals the origin and meaning of the name is uncertain, perhaps you would be so kind as to investigate?
WORD REQUEST : OCRACOKE
thanks,
thesquare
thesquare:
I spent thousands of hours there as a youth. It’s pretty commercialized now, I’ve been told. Local legend has it that the original inhabitants were from a tribe called the Wococon, no? Kind of a similarity there, spelling uncertain though.
There are a couple other stories about the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach) naming it inadvertently (”Oh, crow, cock!”) as he impatiently awaited the dawn of his execution, but I never paid them no nevermind. We used to look for Blackbeard’s lost treasure when I was a kid.
Had a friend there whose last name was Howard (one of the old family names over the generations, check the church graveyard) back in my vagabond days. Loved that place.
I can still taste the surf there if I think about it.
Hi, I would like to request the word PEDANTIC or PEDANT: my boyfriend calls me this all the time
As usual smarty pants here
ANSWERED THE HOMEWORK BEFORE YOU ASKED IT .
Look at the comments below
But it didn’t make me teachers pet last time
OOOPs the comments aren’t below they are on the question page comments
I was right
I got one right!!!!! I’m on a roll!!!
Good evening from Italy my teacher…. Please,what is the origin of the word “management”? I’m wait your answeare. Bye bye and thanks…
Dearest Teacher. I’d like to know where the Word Scorpigo comes from. I thought I made it up on my own, but I think it maybe have been an actual word!!
Marina,
What is the origin of the word “moxie” - Did it come from the soda pop drink?
I must say that you do have a lot of moxie!
Thanks
I am pretty sure the answer is April 15th (1912 & 1865)
Good morning teacher,
I don’t see any problem with the video.
I want to know the origin of the words “epitaph”, “hippie” and “bye”.
Thank you teacher, I’m looking forward to next lesson.
Greetings from Colombia.
Thanks!
Marina
My Dear Teacher:
I had no problem accessing the “Mayday Answer” video and just finished viewing it. Thanks for all of your thoughtful lessons. The world’s a better place as a result of your efforts.
You are up early (or very late) on a Sunday morning, you sexy minx!
JJ
Hi Marina,
I have also been getting the message quite often and have not found the reason. I have rebooted a couple of times and it seemed to work so it may not be your site.
Mark
seems to be working now
Working for me just fine. My guess is that its Youtubes problem. They have been making a lot of changes lately.
this happens when you access a page but don’t click to see the video immediately - to solve the problem, just ‘refresh’ the page and things will work again
I get this sometimes when i pause the video and let it load entirely.and go to other web pages while waiting.
Haven’t complained yet. though.
It only happens when I go to show someone else the vid. I Call it “Murphys’ Law”. An Irishman explains it best http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxaCfJfw6AY&NR=1
Enjoy your days off, as sometimes work gets more than frustrating Cheers
Hahahahahahaha!
Ow! my gut’s in a knot from laughing!
Thanks, BillyB. You rule.
Thanks for that, Billy. No matter how many times I hear it I can’t stop giggling for the rest of the day.
The version I heard before was by The Corries.
Here’s another one of their’s.
No probs here. I get the vids automatically from iTunes.
And, stokesjrj1, I too like to pause the videos in YouTube and let them load; it’s a drag watching the video lag while playing…
I get it if I leave the page open for some time before starting the video. It’s solved by simply reloading the page.
Works on Cinqo de Mayo
Hi Marina.
How about researching the word Zymurgist?
Thanks.
Ho, Marina, the way you pronounce “Venez m’aider” in french is so cute…
There’s no girl here in France who make this effect on me… 
Kisses from South of France
Bibul…
Hello teacher! which means the word Adrenaline.
Luckily (…or not?) I haven’t googled Mayday, I would have bet on theory #2
missing…
Lincoln was murdered the 14th of april of 1865. 47 years later Titanic crashed with an iceberg and sank.
WORD REQUEST: BRAVO
~jon
Dear Marina: The St. Valentines’ Day Massacre was on Feb. 14, 1929, a down year in the stock market. John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln on April 14. I don’t know about the dates of the disasters: Lusitainia, Hindenberg, and Titanic. The images of the Hindenburg falling/recorded, as well as the powerful illusion of doom that the zeppelins gave to those in England, WWI, are something else. So, if anyone has a waterboarding contest on the 14th, I’m not in. I made a primitive telegraph in the seventh grade, but got a “D” because I didn’t know morse code, SOS. P.S. That yellow top that you had on Marina, about three videos ago, does well for you.
GB, Your teacher that gave you a “D” in 7th grade is a moron!!!
Plain and simple. I would have given you a B for attempting to build a near forgotten technology. Morse Code is hard to learn. I know because it took my a very long time to learn it so I could get my ham license. Now there is no code requirement for any ham license. So now not even Federal licensed amateur radio operators are required to learn the code. I want to say to you, Good job! 
Thanks captainjack. Your videos of the high seas as well as others, gives me more respect for the treacherous job you face. I’ll stay on land to work, and as for astronaut work, NO. I don’t even enjoy a corkscrew rollercoaster one bit.