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Lieutenant

You say lefttenant, I say lootenant.. let’s call the whole thing off!

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  1. hehehe says: 123

    :grin: :cry: :twisted: :smile: putting random faces

  2. John says: 122

    Marina , why is it after my being a member of this forum since March I suddenly feel that you’ve shot us both in the right big toe with this video? :???: :???:

  3. Marina plz reply back to me, how come you did not send out a holdiday card for Halloween? :cry:

  4. leonard says: 120

    ueh uoh, cool and kool—coup my coop and court the course to days random lesson>>>>well produced and neat as ever :cool: :wink: but obscurity is forever.” – Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821—phooqkyghn :lol:

  5. phyz says: 119

    I always wondered why the English leave out the H sound in the beginning of all their words except “herbal”, the only word I know of that Americans pronounce with a silent H.

  6. Can’t think of another F for U sound, but there are plenty of weird English pronunciations of French. One example: a famous street in London witha French name–Beauchamp Place–should be pronounced “bo shon” place. It is actually pronounced Beecham!

  7. About the pronunciation of the Frebch word “lieu,” Ii’s no “loo” but “leeuh.” Here’s an audio example (with “un” in front) http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Image:Fr-lieu.ogg

  8. levocombi says: 116

    I don’t agree with your analysis of the different pronunciations of lieutenant. I believe that the two different pronunciations came about for a typographic reason. The English alphabet uses Roman characters, and in Ancient Rome, there was no written distinction between U and V. For example, the word MAXIMUS would be MAXIMVS. Stone chiseled letters from Ancient Rome eventually became printed material. Since French is a Romance language, typographic conventions would carry over. Lieutenant and lievtenant are the same word.

    English has Latin and Germanic roots, and in German, V and F have very similar pronunciations. Old English is much closer to German than modern English, so the pronunciation of the French word lieutenant by speakers of Old English could be lieftenant. This is why I think that the British pronunciation is leftenant and the American pronunciation is lieutenant.

    • shurik says: 116.1

      While I agree that she did not include the Roman asspect of it, and she made herself sound like a typical “ignore my mind and stare at my tits” type of chick. She basically said what you wrote only a shorter version. She did not sound like a textbook lecturer, and threw out more appeal to her audience. Thus making her a good lecturer. Quit trying to sound smart when you’re not. READ TH?E TEACHINGS OF SOCRETES!

  9. Aren’t we all glad we are getting a “headbanger” of an education….lol

  10. I rate this video with five kisses, keep up the great informative teachings for all – I like it a lot.
    riverrat512 out.

  11. socaljr says: 113

    As your commanding officer, I think you should let us see your sister!!!

    Carry on now!!!

  12. Can any of you tell me how to get a picture into my profile? you know, the icon by your name?

  13. Bob says: 110

    Marina, I have a word request as a result of all this loo talk; Where does the expression “tootle loo” meaning “so long”, “see you later” come from?
    I have my own theory, but what does the expert say? :???:

  14. There’s been a whole heap of fuss in the British media about ‘regrading’ cannabis/mariuana. It makes me wonder – where do words like ’spliff’ and ‘reefer’ come from?

  15. Hello Hot for Words Teacher Marina,

    Back in Nam, say 1969, June… daybreak… sun climbing up over the horizon… trenches are quiet… soldier whispers to his partner… “this opium is great man! I had a science-fiction dream last night where this hot teacher in the next century was talkin’ bout WORDS back home and everybody’s happy and stuff. It was too much!”

    His partner never replied because he had the…
    THOUSAND YARD STARE!

    Was this guy dead? (or) Was this guy alive but stuck in a zone known only to himself (shellshock)? (or) was this guy just paying attention to enemy movements over yonder…. say 3000 feet? hmmm?

    Would you please investigate?

  16. What is the etymolgy of the word GULLIBLE
    Why is it not in the Oxford English Dictionary ?

  17. ramspro says: 106

    Where does the word goosebumps come from?

  18. ninjaclown says: 105

    Marina:

    Could you please explain the phrase kick in the nuts? I’m not sure I quite understand it!

    Thanks!

    Jimmy

  19. what890 says: 104

    Can I suggest the word ‘computer’? :arrow: :razz:

    • The first computer was invented in 2600Bc. I was called and still is called an abacus. Technically a manual difference engine the automatic ones changed their name later to computer but when ?
      The first automatic working difference engine was built in 1822 (50 years after it was ‘invented by J H Smith’) in my home town Manchester England Britain. I can answer this one without references because i have seen it . It is as big as a house in the Museum of Science and Industry. 2+2 =I’ll come back next week LOL
      So the word origins were introduced some time after that by Captain J. F***nose who decided that the appropriate descriptive verb was to compute. So the noun would be a computer.
      Compute is a theft (loanword) from the Latin words computus and computare

      • Hey 2hfwfc :grin: , did you hear about that early mechanical computer some diver discovered? I was wondering if you knew anything about it? Last I heard they where going to use some special xrays to figure out how it worked without destroying it. :smile:

      • Computer, at one time. was a job title for those who did interest amortization calculations – important to bankers. An amortization is a string of calculations where each subsequent string is dependent upon variable values created during each pass of calculation. Phew!

        I did see a snatch piece about the mechanical computer found by divers. It appeared to be configured like an astrolabe but a few added features are yet to be explained.

      • Hey captain you are such full of witty gems I was waiting for a punchline.
        Good job my cha cha loving friend pointed out that you were serious.
        Do you still Cha cha melika ?

      • samba, rumba, i dip you dip we dip she dip!
        and of course, cha cha!

  20. Good morning miss!

    This is weird – earlier on, the site wasn’t letting me post my replies but now it is! That’s good.

    I’m a new student with an insatiable appetite for learning. Thankyou for the opportunity.

    Miss, can you tell me where the word ‘gong’ comes from? That big metal thing that the guy used to bang with a mallet before every movie. And Marc Bolan of course, who told us all to get it on, bang a gong. Is ‘gong’ from the far east or is it a simple onomatopoeia?

    Please help! – oysterfond.

  21. hoss6901 says: 102

    I have heard the origin of the S-word ( s – h – i – t) comes from shipping cow manure and the phrase “Ship High In Transit” was placed on the crates. Is this true or just a hoax?
    The origin of any other curse words you may know of could be cool, too.
    Thanks!

    Hoss

  22. Now you have to investigate Colonel and Sergeant…………..lol

  23. jeenyice says: 100

    I would like to know the history of the word “loquacious.” How did it come to mean talkative, babbling, etc?

    V/R,
    Jeenyice :mrgreen:

  24. rptalk2me says: 99

    Marina,

    Please apply your vast philology skills on the words “hysterical” and “pronoia”

    Cheers,
    RP

  25. greatsayain says: 98

    Thanks so much Marina, i really appreciate it!
    Now i think it’s time to name your sister.
    You names sound kind of aquatic (Marina = a place to dock boats
    if that’s wrong maybe you should do a lesson on your own name.
    It probalby has a different meaning in Russian)
    so perhaps your twin should have something aerial.
    I don’t know what it should be, Airport doesn’t have the same ring to is as Marina. Think about it.

  26. Request for word: Turbo

    Why? because i love how companies marketing their products say: “Turbo-Charged Grass Seeds!” or “Super-Charged Hunting Knife!” when most consumers have no idea what those words mean, but they automatically assume it is better. i’m not asking for you to tell me what turbochaged means, im asking for turbo. where does it come from, and why do all people see the word “turbo” and immediately they think positively-charged! :grin:

  27. theswede42 says: 96

    Thank you my Teacher, I got hungry watching you, or was that the food you were eating. :?: :lol:

  28. why does the word “blue” (as in phrase: blue movie) mean pornographic? in contrast to that an area of a city that has prostitutes and has pornographic shops/stripclubs etc. is called red light district.

  29. cimska says: 94

    I like the sell me some vegitarian food idea i’ll sell you some tofu and soy sauce. I stopped eating lots of tomatoes and potatoes because of the high cianide content they naturally have.

  30. gio.forever says: 93

    I wanna be a cute pet :oops: jajaja. Please Marina, Never lose hope and dreams to become your baby pet :sad:

    • hEy I sEE yOU fOUnd thE shIft kEy! Fantastic…

      • CAPTAIN MORGAN, I’LL REALLY PREFER TO WRITE THIS WAY, I DON’T KNOW WHY. I ACOSTUMED TO TURN ON CAPSLOCK WHEN WRITE AND THERE’S SOMETHING I DON’T UNDERSTAND. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WRITING MAYUSCULAS ??? EVERYBODY TELLS ME ABUT IT :cry:

      • BillyB says: 93.1.2

        great quote today on wit

      • You don’t know why and there lies the understanding. May I ask you a question Gio? Why do we have Uppercase and Lowercase letters? What is their purpose?

      • gio – There are two reasons that come to mind to warrant refraining from “all caps” writing.

        1. In the etiquette of email, text, IM and message boards, capitalization of all of the letters of a word STRESSES that word and places emphasis on it. When an entire paragraph or passage is capitalized, IT MAKES PEOPLE THINK YOU ARE RAISING YOUR VOICE.

        2. In all writing, not just electronic, style has traditionally dictated that people not write in all upper case. This is because it has been demonstrated that all upper case writing is harder to read than mixed case writing. When people read, especially when they read fast, they read the shape of words. They do not read each individual letter. All caps makes everything roughly the same shape, while mixed case provides more variety and the eye is able to scan the text easier.

        The fact that “everybody” tells you about it should make you think twice, since those are the people with whom you are trying to communicate.

        I’ll add a third reason that is, I believe, my own contribution to this issue. I think that people should strive to communicate in proper style as much as possible. Use complete sentences. Use proper structure and grammar. Learn good and clear style. That doesn’t mean to be perfect or to waste inordinate amounts of time proofreading. All that means is to get into good habits. A lot of people use all caps to avoid having to write properly.

      • I knew a German online who never capitalized his nouns! Hmpf! :roll:

      • aLx says: 93.1.6

        you know one more now.

      • pspreop11 so you is wrongst been evr mor now bfur yu sayd it domb yu sai tis tym reeely fucking dombh!

      • LOL
        Chinese are particularly offended when we ’shout’ at them in upper case.
        Not only is defiance against authority snubbed by their culture there they don’t understand the need for caps at all.
        In fact in Taiwan Confucious said in true Yoda style Annoyance shown argument already lost you have.
        It’s like giving a ‘v ‘ sign in the UK.

        A philologist equiv would know 47,000 characters average chinaman 3000. I struggle on 230. Can you imagine lower and upper case …special desk sized keyboard.

        they don’t really use vocal punctuality either because the word’s ’song’ determines it’s meaning.
        I always remember first time I said hello the recipient when he had finished rolling around from laughing he explained to my translator that I had pronounced day as shit so was enquiring about the enjoyment factor of his most recent bowel movement !
        And I thought my Russian ex-wife was weird when she refused to speak for a week . I apparently touched her bottom (accidentally) in public.thus branding her a whore.
        Different things offend different people but low profile offends no one

        So go easy gio, easy on our ears (visually)

      • @Pros, Thanks for your take on all Caps writing. I try to use complete sentences when I can. I’m very weak in sentences structure, grammar, and spelling. I was deprived from taking writing & English classes. I was able to learn some skills from computer programming of all things. I always try to proof read my comments as much as I have time for. I struggle with trying to get all my thought down on the keyboard as quickly as possible before they seep away from my mind. My most hated subject is writing and English speaking and yet now I am an instructor (masculine for teacher?) and I write a lot in these blogs. Who would have known?

        __/)__
        @ 2hfwfc, I always try to look at offending talk as someone who doesn’t understand how their communication or actions effect me. For maybe they really don’t know. When people poke fun at me I get very offended, but knowledge of that they are only having fun, I don’t want to be the party pooper and I try to turn it around and make it fun for me. I sometimes try to be the class clown. Its embarrassing but we need more happy and funny things in our lives so we can die with a smile on our faces. :mrgreen: LOL on the bowel movement joke. :lol:

      • Hey I thought you were hilarious as always captainjack my learned friend.
        It was not a dig at you I loved the multicased text and LMAO It was aimed at MR UPPERCASE but replied to you so that it would appear in the right order for all to read. Sorry if you misunderstood my motives buddy !
        Love reading your comments.
        As far as the English variety of English goes quite frankly there are absolutely no visual signs of your deprivation whatsoever you very modest fellow.

      • @2hfwfc, Oh no I didn’t mean I was offended by you. I was just making a general comment about how I see things. Yes I see how you placed your comment in right order. I understood your motives clearly.
        About my English, Really? I thought my English sucked! I’m always being corrected by my sister. I even had a girlfriend in the Philippines that corrected me. She knew proper English better than I did. I really prefer telepathy with my sister to communicate thoughts. I have a hard time finding words and putting sentences together to describe my thoughts. Thanks 2hfwfc for your complements. :mrgreen:

    • Marina says: 93.2

      It’s like you are yelling at people gio.. it’s not polite. Best to type regularly. :-)

      • Ok, i got it. They say Uppercase is stressing, well, best to type regularly :???:

      • Teacher knows best! What a refreshingly mature and civil discussion. If people conducted themselves outside of cyberspace in the same manner as they do on HotForWords, my workweek would be a great deal more pleasant indeed.

        Marina, as an attentive student, I must bring to your attention your sentence structure. To advise gio to “type regularly” is to say that he should type every day or type often. Would it perhaps better convey your thought to say to gio that it is best to “type the regular way.” or “type in the regular fashion.” ? :smile:

      • if gio got the gist of the message then WTF?

      • Buzz word says WTF ?
        I think it is ‘tongue in cheek’ NO the other cheek.
        Everyone one just wants to agree with teacher here.
        Hardly surprising really with teacher’s pet app still open
        Люблю тебя всем сердцем, всей душою мaрина LOL

      • @ Богдан, I think its because when we type we have to slow down and put our thoughts in order. We can even delete sentences after further refection about how this comment will effect others, how will it be understood, is it a complete thought, etc. People need to just slow down and think before having to open mouth and inserting foot.

        In regards to 2hfwfc comments but not directed to his comments (wow what a mouthful), I try not to always agree with teacher. I don’t want to be a “Yes man”. It good not to always agree. Its healthy to have differences and to respect others opinions. If we all agreed one way of doing things then the world would be very boring. We all would have the same color of things, work the same jobs, etc, you get the point. :cool: My former relationships with girlfriends, we always had good debates. Sometimes we where able to change each others thinking by really looking at the other persons view. Relationships always lasted longer than when I was a “Yes Man”.
        Btw, I like your new avatar. :grin:

        __(\__

      • Buzzword? Take your shoes off before you type!

      • OOPS!! Marina actually reads this stuff.

        I hope it is not used to determine who is the “Pet Of The Day”

        Otherwise this little teddybear is STUFFED!!!!

      • Take your shoes off before you type.
        Very clever melikadotheargentiniantangonext
        I thought that was more captainjack’s sense of humour

  31. Enjoyed today’s quote and here’s one back at you.
    “Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas.” – Samuel Johnson, 1752
    Great to see you in uniform again.

  32. dvdpage says: 91

    Thank you very much Marina!
    What an honor and a privilege to be your pet.
    You have many great students and I am humbled.
    Also thanks for the guitar return because it always fires me up.

    Please continue your quest to educate and entertain.
    You always do a great job.. so thanks again. +5
    My world expanding with words
    David

  33. denzsalcedo says: 90

    Please make me your pet, Marina. I want to know if “sniglets” are allowable in the dictionary.

  34. helpwe812 says: 89

    What does tittle mean. Is there such a word? What would be the origin of this word. How many tittles are in this sentence. 3?

  35. lecat says: 88

    i got a word like that for you its ketchup or katsup haha just joking that word game is in the SIMPSONS god i love the SIMPSONS maybe more than i love you Marina no i love you better you got big boobs and your prety

  36. gio.forever says: 87

    I would wanna know the origin of the word hmm “handsome”.
    Where does it come from ???
    With love..Gio.forever

  37. That is spaghetti, right?
    a hot tomatoe eating a ‘mater! LOL
    good thing a ‘mater is a vegetable
    or that would be canabilism!

  38. juutuuppa says: 85

    Yo, how about word “russian”, that should be interesting..

  39. Can you please tell me where the word slang comes from?
    I think that it may come from the french: “slae langue”, which means “dirty language” but i’m not sure.
    Anyway you should have it on your show.

    Allso I would want to know were the word LOVE comes from.

  40. Warren says: 83

    Thanks Marina,
    You’re a Cook/Chef also?
    Or was that sauce from a jar?

  41. titanpa says: 82

    This is the first lesson that I have never heard before. I never knew the British say Lefttenant. Thats a new one to me.

    The British are funny, always using different words than we use.

    I have requested some words but nothing yet. I was wondering about a word that I will request this time. I want to know about the word JUXTAPOSE. How did it come to be? Thanx for all your lessons Marina. You really know how to teach and keep us interested.

    • What an extremely BIZARRE opinion you have buddy
      It brought a smile

      The capital city of Britain is London England. There people speak ENGLISH ! Where do you think the language was from America ?
      ENGLISH IS FROM ENGLAND (Which is part of Great Britain / United Kingdom / ex bully boy world dominators etc etc. now a piece of crap as we gave it all back US, Africa, India, Far East, Australia, Caribbean etc
      When the English colonised North America the English took the language with them to be the main language of the USA except for the French colonies in Canada who naturally adopted French. North America was governed from London, England.
      What do you think Independence Day celebrates Independence from ? the Marsians > No from the English at the Boston tea Party where you burnt our supply ships to dissolve our control. In those days because of scurvy our armies couldn’t react effectively

      So how could you possibly think that the English are funny and change your words when it is obviously the other way round by the mere language description ? ENGLISH from ENGLAND Britain

      The following words are almost never used in England
      lobby, hood (cars) gas (cars) sidewalk, cookies, ho, hooker, shopping mall, parking lot, jaywalking, soccer. gasoline.
      You changed them from hallway, bonnet, pavement, biscuits, prostitute, shopping centre, carpark, (no term for jaywalking it is totally legal here) football (we call ball with the hands rugby) and petrol.

      Lefttenant is the only word I can think that we modified from yours.
      Can anyone else think of a word that the English loaned from America that is in common use here….. I can’t. The US loaned the entire language from us.

      Before someone is quick to correct me, Yes I admit that the entire English language is on loan from 16 different countries over the last 3000 years and that the true indigenous language of this land is Celtic Welsh from Wales which bears no resemblence to English)

      It is the pronunciation stoopid stoodunt was a noosance on the nooz that gets me. (or bugs me for the US readers). We say Styoopid styoodent and nyoosance and nyoos

      • Dear fellow student (well after this monologue I don’t know if you’are a student)
        That is a real demonstration. And I must join 2hotforwordsfan, English is from England not USA.
        Excuse me for my intervention, but I don’t think it is smart to be so rude with titanpa. Intelligence and knowledge are two different things. You cannot blame him not to know. Before you became so learned where you “styoopid”? I don’t think so.
        Well, this is not meant to be insulting. Each time someone overstep his bound, there is a risk that everybody’s fun ends. So please don’t be rude like that.
        Amicalement (mais vraiment, sans arrière pensée)
        Don Felipe Gonzales

      • Here’s a little tidbit (titbit) for youse:

        The English language as used in the US is closer to the way English was originally spoken. This makes sense, since the place where it was originally spoken has modified it to an alarming degree. In the US, the main modification of English is the vocabulary. True, there are new dialects and we don’t sound the “e” at the end of alot of words that used to have that sound, but American English hasn’t had the opportunity to morph like British English has. Just my 2¢ (or tuppence).

        Cheers :mrgreen:

      • I wasn’t aware that i was being rude to Titanpa and certainly didn’t intend to be so..
        I just wanted to point out to any Americans who generally (not all) tend to be notorious for their insularity, that England is in Britain and is part of their American ancestry. No offence intended.
        FACT Recent polls show that 80% of Americans don’t know that England is part of Britain which is in Europe and 90% of Americans can’t point out their own country on an Atlas and 70% don’t know what they actually celebrate Independence from. As I say insular.
        Definately and absolutely not stoopid.
        They are a self sufficient country of highly educated people that don’t have any need to know anything about the world around them iutside the US because of their self sufficiency..
        Just geographical and historical ignorance strangely enough about the one subject that should interest them, themselves which I find bizarre.
        Yes I will be first to admit that Brits are stupid because they look back where Americans look forward . Who knows.
        I disagree that knowledge is not intelligence they have the same meaning in one of it’s three contexts, but I think that you use the word intelligence as a faculty of sense and reason as in clever with natural common sense, If so I agree 100% there buddy
        Some the most educated people I know display the ultimate trait of stupidity, by being rude and arrogant.
        I have no time for anyone that displays either and am extremely sorry that I came over that way. I didn’t mean to.

        I have a great respect for wordlover but the fragments of the tuppence worth that I do understand I disagree with staunchly and choice to use his/her favourite word poppycock !.

        People post on websites preferred language and show a flag. Why is is often American and come to think of it why is it a British flag ?
        Why not an English flag ?
        Food for thought

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub, could you specify what part of my “tuppence” you don’t understand?

      • Be very careful how you use the word tuppence when you speak to an Englishman as it has 2 meanings my learned friend. The other is the infantile polite word for vagina. So avoid discussing your tuppence in public LOL…………

        With regards to your tuppence worth of time on the soap box, it was difficult to tune into your wavelength and the e bit that went straight over the head completely. This is because maybe you didn’t learn the rules of the e at an English speaking school.?
        As for morphing, occupants of opposite ends of the British Isles haven’t a clue what the other is babbling on about !
        It really is that Morphed up.
        Somewhere below I covered Cockney Rhyming Slang. The mind boggles. What does our brainstorming friend mikeldoeschacha have to say about this ? Can a see a literal quote coming ?

      • Nope! Y’all are doing just fine :mrgreen:

      • titanpa says: 82.1.8

        Its ok. I dont think your rude. Your just trying to correct me. I think you should create a website. HotForHistory. Im sorry if I sounded condescending (which is a good word for Marina to investigate. And why dont we say anything ‘proascending’?)

        But pardon me now. I must take the bloody tube to my flat.

        Like I said. English is a funny language. LOL

      • Hmm, 2hotforwordsfanclub. Hmm. :neutral:

      • Yes WL there is no adequate word in the English language to describe Marina. As I say she is just too not for words.

        Sorry titanpa I didn’t think anyone would think I was being rude but Don Felipe Gonzales did. Maybe a translation error or a culture difference.
        Traditionally the French and the English never saw eye to eye despite being neighbours. Neither saw the need as there is a sea between them which stopped Napolean but not Norman.Fortunately it stopped Adolf as well.. The email was replied to you so that it appeared in the right order on the page.

      • Hey titanpa. Who says I of all people am even remotely qualified to correct you.
        I just wanted you to see the point of view from someone across the Atlantic that’s all.

      • Wordlover please stop humming in class. Marina will get annoyed

  42. mloy says: 81

    Hi Marina! Wonderful site. A beautiful woman who’s intelligent and has a great sense of humor who provides me with information about things I didn’t even know I didn’t know.

    I do have a request–I’ve always wondered about the phrase “used to” as in “I used to be thin” or “he used to do that”

    Also did you know that one of my favorite old science fiction movies, “Forbidden Planet” has as one of the protagonists a philologist. I’ll never be able to watch that movie the same way again.

    Thanks and have a great day.

    • I didn’t know that I didn’t know…….I like that :razz: :grin:

      Hey I was betrothed to Russian Professor of Philology who was super sexy also but as an exact opposite to Marina she was rude arrogant and just had no common sense whatsoever.

      I bet that the main protagonist philologist in Forbidden Planet didn’t dress like Marina 2 years before I was born in 1956 ! LOL :grin:
      Or I hope not anyway. I would hate to see Walter Pidgeon adjusting his boobs before filming like Marina does on Depilation, or showing his bare bum like on Floccinaocinihilipication. However I think that Walter (or anyone else for that matter) could teach Marina how to wear suzzies properly after watching hotdog ! :roll: LOL

    • Oh wow Really? Now Im going to have to see that movie again. I had plan to buy the movie later on but currently have a reason to move it up on my list of must buy movies.

    • Wouldn’t space philology be like tarzan, or Tonto speak?
      Us We we go us we go now you go now us

      • mloy says: 81.3.1

        Hmmm…”Space Philology” sounds like the title to a David Bowie song.

        “Ground Control to Major Tomfoolery…”

        Wait a minute…tomfoolery–has Mistress Marina done that yet?

        But hey, if you haven’t seen “Forbidden Planet” get thee to a DVD rental establishment right this minute, if not sooner.

  43. damiensteel says: 80

    Hello Hotforme…err…I mean Hotforwords.

    This may go back to far in history but I am sure you are up for the challenged.

    When did we as a society start refering to Men and “He” and Females and “She?”

    Thanks,
    xxxooo
    Damien Steel

  44. nyiballs says: 79

    Marina… I have one. Actually I have two.

    Where does the term “Underdog” come from? I don’t understand how being favored to lose relates to your position relative to a canine.

    Along the sports theme… what about upset? I have heard two stories. One is that the team that loses when they are supposed to win is always very upset. The other is from the early 1900s, when the only horse to ever beat the great Man O War, was named Upset, and that term came to mean a big UNDERDOG :-) beating a heavy favorite.

    Thanks!

  45. sniperskaya says: 78

    I’d like to know why Russian Kettlebells are called that. The ones I’ve seen are all made in China, not Russia and aren’t a kettle or a bell! What’s up with that? And what’s a pood? “Pood” sounds like something you wouldn’t want to step in. And what are they saying in the lyrics of this video on Youtube? Privyet, Marina, help us keep abreast of what’s going on! Thanks!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO61k3EODY4&feature=related

  46. champslykid says: 77

    lootenant marina!!! can u help me understand the word “green thumb” and teacher’s pet would really be awesome

  47. hutchiee says: 76

    If the English is ‘left’tenant and American is ‘loo’tenant what’s the official Canadian pronounciation?

  48. sass666 says: 75

    Privet marina! i wanted to know where the word ”Fauna” comes from as in ”fauna and flora”, what does it have to do with animals, etc…. Oh! and teacher’s pet would be nice too :D

  49. davesanrn says: 74

    Hold the place whilst the superior is away… Hmm. My experience as a Lieutenant (my guys called me LT, “ell tee”) was that I fought the fight while the superior watched me on the wide screen in the toc. But that is another story…

  50. wiibox3 says: 73

    How did we go from angel of death to the grim reaper and why the huge appearence change

  51. Awesome lesson as always Marina :D . I was wondering if you could research the reason why pilots say “roger” when they acknowledge something. Thanks! :smile: :smile:

  52. zoulrage says: 71

    argh come on, its called underground, because its under ground? and subway, because its the way below the street? likewise its called a submarine because it sail below the surface :roll:

    i imagine that its also called a highrise because it rises high above the street :roll:

    use your imagination :neutral:

    anyways where does “jack of all trades” come from? and why is it not “joe of all trades”? since joe is the average guy (G.I. joe and cup of joe) as you explained in a earlier lesson

  53. russianboy says: 70

    can you say us the origin of the word Subway and Underground)))

  54. etseq says: 69

    you’ve covered “pedigree”, but i wish to know why we call someone a pedophile. it has “ped” in it so it’s got me wondering.. it also got me thinking about a child doctor, or “pediatrician”. what’s with the “ped in these words? why? please tell me! :!: :?: :smile:

  55. anualmix says: 68

    Marina, i would like to know if possible the origin of the word ” Orgasm”

    Thx!! :twisted: :razz: