Teacher’s Pet
Quick lesson today.. and a little break to introduce the real Teacher’s Pet 
The dog’s name is not Riley.. I am introducing an interesting phrase that needs to be investigated.. some people over at YouTube got confused… well you know.. 
You named your dog Gorby after Gorbatsjov?
Nice thought (and i mean that in a good way)
whauw
Leonard, you read the older comments, i have respect for you.
have a good day
[ANIMAL MAGNETISM]***+***My Random: Gorby is the new king, something [Queen] MARINA knew!!!
net caught me, hear? An animal can be small, that is all 
SO,CUTE :grin
Her Maltese is so cute. Makes me want one. Even though it has the girly girl stigma attached. Hotforprofits should get a pet as well. And get some furniture marina this aint russia =P
This one’s for Kobe.
Ciao,
Fianchetto
But, I think THIS one will WORK!
check this out http://www.cafepress.com/602spot.279428915
Hi Marina, how have you been?
Awwwwwwww!! Wee lil fuzz ball of fun. No way can any student compete with such a furball as that. The tennis ball is about the same size as (did you say Poppy?) the wee lass!
My world has been turned upside down due to a dog. Duke, came to stay for a few days, about a month ago! His dad is overseas working leaving mum too busy with a third baby on the way. Only having pets breaks them rules in the lease, so all being well have found another home for us both to live. Duke is rather big and still a pup, chews much however finding him good to train. A neighbour says we are like Elliot and ET…. dogs have got it sorted I think. Fed, housed, walked and loved…. yeah so who is this Riley?
Have missed class, very much due to , life, so have many lessons to catch up with. You are looking amazingly fantastic as ever
Alphabet City
The reason why black is no longer the prominent lack of color, is ‘cause-of-dogs.
Wake up!!! Open a window and use Katz.
PERT
After watching this it was the only thing that came to me!
Sorry.
A friend of mine has a couple of Yorkshire terrier, right? The small and smart dogs.
She decided that the young one should never be ashamed of his size, so what name did the dog get?
Ulysses, of course…
Well a mans best friend is a dog ….and A Ladys…….
I would call the Dog SNOWBALL .
I Love Dogs i want to get a Mountain Dog …perenses….big white one …..or a st bernerd. …My flats to small ……..i need a Bigger garden and large space and my Dog would have the ‘ Life of riely ‘
I wasn’t going to watch the entire clip, but ended up doing so. The little puppy dog’s cognitive process … at play, and I simply watch the frisky little thing and go off in thought …
Biological cognition is a most fascinating “thing.” Care to watch some “kittens” at play? It’s all the same thing …
Biological cognition is a most fascinating “thing,” Maria et al.
Wow, you guys got YouTube to work fast on a holiday weekend …
That is a cute dog. I wanted to pick him up and play with him.
I was almost going to say that “I actually prefer bigger dogs… but any dog is better than even 100 cats”.
Then I realized how stupid a statement that was — because the more cats you have the worse your life.
So I will just be quiet and say … “Cute dog!”
cute little sobaka
My dog SANDY HOBBS has her own web page like yours does!
http://www.zero123.com/sandy.html
Gee, we have something in common!
WORD REQUEST: “BRICK” “WALL” & “BRICK IN THE WALL”
It’s quiet in this flat tonight.
Can you hear the echo?
Hey, Bob!
The wait was worth it.
She did it again- Funny!
Hi,
Please investigate “aphrodisiac” for me. Please.
Thanks!
Hi there,
i got two words to submit you. The first one is “idiosyncrasia”. And the second one is “soddomy”.But be care, the second term is not from the town “sodom”, because it s a bad translation of the bible…
Thanks,
Oli
Miss Marina,
I’m a big fan of books and films about the Italian mafia like “The Godfather”. There are many Italian terms being used in the books and films that make the conversations confusing. One term that i really do not understand is “pezzonovante”. I’d really like to know it’s meaning and it’s etymology. Thanks!
By the way, i love your vids! Keep it up!
Dear Marina,
My wife and I are wondering where the term cocktail dress came from…
For that matter, Why do they call drinks cocktails??
Any guidence you may have would be helpful!
Tomorrow the great tennis tornament the French Open (Roland Garros) is starting and I was thinking…. you know when the referee goes fifteen – love… thirty – love….. why they use LOVE rather than zero ??????
it needs to be investigated!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFQlZht2DU4
Hi Marina.
I appreciate your work… and your patience (some comments are quite embarrassing). So my laud and congratulations to you and all other participants.
English isn’t my first language, so I use the MerianWebster Webpage to look for the proper pronounciation. But what’s this:
The word was “shenanigan”
So I hope, this will get your attention and your enthusiasm to “investigate”!
Sincerely, cheza.
PS: The video with James@war is sooo great!!!
Withdrawal
Withdrawal Syndrome
Marina, please I need my fix!
Need….video….soon….help….
She’s too busy playing with the dog.
No she’s not. She’s trying to get that last box unpacked while negotiating the minefield.
Yes, and unpacking.
She’s way too busy.
Considering all of the things that she must do to keep updated as well as produce her show- wow.
How did the word mooning come to mean flashing your butt at people?
Maybe we should just ass(k) you!
2:30 A.M definately gotta go to bed night or should I say morning to everyone.
Hello Marina,
Love your website and admire your dedication to it. I was wondering, as an audiophile myself, where the words “woofer” and “tweeter” came from as they pertain to audio speakers. To be honest, I think it would be enough just to here you say the word “woofer” because of the lack of “wh” sound in Russian. hehehe
Thank you and keep up the great work!
-Big Jeff AZ-
A dog woofs, a bird tweets.
Teach, A earlier post asked about, THANK? This is a good question. Thank, is a antonym for f*ck? Good ; Thank You.. Bad; F*ck You. And when your Girl wants to do something to show Her appreciation, She Thanks you……curious, It seem to be synonyms too?
I have a word request if this is the right place to post it. The word i would like to know more about is Prometheus. Thanks keep up the good work
I also have a burning desire to know more about Prometheus.
i gotta go to bed ,Night all
Oh analyzing these videos makes my head hurt. Thats no dog. Thats a manifestation of a great white safari hunter, he’s roped the moon, defeated the platypus, and lain to rest the great pink rabbit, a being of the Xtianity, one who’s head is not his own and incurred the wrath of Satan’s daughter herself, Firm in his beliefs and easy to love, a true spirit of kinship……or something like that.
Marina, seriously, I really do like animals (apart from their nutritional value). However I don’t like poodles all that much because a friend of mine had a wife who just absolutely HAD to have a purebred white poodle to match her naturally platinum blond hair. So the poor guy got her one. The thing about purebred dogs is that in order to get the physical qualities that people want in them the animals become inbred. This produces some, shall we say, some other less than “desirable” qualities. My friend’s wife’s dog was so inbred or purebred if you will, that whenever the doorbell rang it would run around in circles, barking and urinating all over their apartment. This wasn’t a cutesy little toy poodle, but a full sized one. Poodles were originally bred as working dogs. It is man that has reduced them to fashion accessories. I hope you are one of the ones who is too smart to treat your dog like that. Remember that poodles are very active and require a daily commitment to exercise them. I hope you and your dog have many years of happiness together. BTW, beautiful Harlequin great Dane too. (I would have thought you would have thought you would have gone with a Russian Wolfhound though.) Might I suggest the nickname ZIB for your dog, in honor of the space dog that was substituted for Bobik the Soviet space dog in ‘57? You could call him “ZIBushka” for short (short dog, get it?) and because there is so much space in your apartment since he isn’t a big dog.
In the interest of Glasnost, I would suggest George W. ZiBushka.
LOL! Nice
Tell us about the word “LEGEND”
I Am Legend. That’s all you need to know….
Dear Teacher-
A word used way too much… FREE please educate us about the origin of this word. thank you.
If she were free to do so, she would, and she would to it for free in her free time. I personally believe that the word free should be used freely by anyone free to to do so.
Marina, i just want to thank you for your great site every time i visit i learn something new from you or the friendly people that leave comments. it has inspired me to make some drastic changes in my life(for the better) and this one is just for you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L5F6SWKhXY thanks agian
Where did you get youre nice avatar? just cuious.
I seems my avatar is a the rage
i found it at this place http://www.EXCLUSIVEAVATAR.COM
COULD YOU DO THE ORIGIN OF FABER’S SYNDROME
I agree. Do us all a faber.
Hi Marina,
What’s the origin of the word logo?
GJ
Does anyone know how to tell if a video on YouTube does not allow video replies? Some of them I reply to act as if they work but they never attach to the video in question. They even show in the dropdown with an asterick (you know, the dropdown when you go to use an existing video as a reply).
I looked through about as much youtube help as I could stand.
And ummm…. sorry if this is off topic. I am more or less at my wits end though and figured everyone here was probably pretty youtube saavy.
OK… couldn’t sit through the whole dog video. Are you chasing him around with your ibook or did you get a video camera? Nice dog though. Although I’d recommend a different breed.
wife liked the dog, must be a chick thing.
men are different.
Looking forward to florida?
yeah, you know … sun, ice cream, …
I don’t have any pets. But my parents have a Yorkshire Terrier (and two larger cats!), one of my sisters has two Yorkshire Terriers (one weighs just 4 lbs!), and my other sister has two Springer Spaniels. My sister’s two Yorkies are called Molly and Jody, so I just call them The Mojo. The Spaniels are called Moose and Cruzer. I don’t have pets, but my African Sumac is home to lots of cute little bugs…. They’ll have to do for now!
Dear teacher
I don’t like when you take drugs before doing your lessons. Neverthe less, I will do my homeworks.
Amicalement
Don Felipe
why do people say the word buh in front of bye when someone is leaving. example “buh- bye”
Ok here’s a joke for you.
An elderly couple is attending a church service.
About halfway through,
she leans over and says to her husband,
“I just let out a silent one.
What do you think I should do?”
He replies, “Put a new battery in your hearing aid.”
Thats the best one today, everybody here laughed @ work. LOL
Thanks BillyB.
Mike
Check out the one further down I left for khop102. He wanted to know about the word masterbate.
P.S. I love small dogs. Especially with baked potatos…
potaTOES
Ok Mr. Quail
Marina:
How do you call a dog with no legs?
It doesn’t matter because he can’t come anyway.
A dog with his leg wrapped in bandages hobbles into a saloon. He sidles up to the bar and announces: “I’m lookin’ fer the man that shot my paw.”
A man walks into a bar and sits down next to a lady and a dog. The man asks, “Does your dog bite?”. The lady answers, “Never!” The man reaches out to pet the dog and the dog bites him. The man says, “I thought you said your dog doesn’t bite!” The woman replies, “He doesn’t. This isn’t my dog.”
A blind man walks into a bar with a seeing-eye dog. When the blind man reaches the center of the bar, he snatches the dog up by his collar and starts swinging him around and around. The bartender, startled, asks, “Hey, what the hell are you doing?” The blind man says, “Just taking a look around…”
Har Har Har
Marina,
I love your class… I´m a pantyhose fan.. I love wear them even now a days not many girls like them. Anyway, I would like to ask the origin of the word “pantyhose”
Kisses
D
gg diana915
+1
Respectfully, Chemikal
I have a word for you Ms. Marina: Scuttlebutt!
-Clint
Aye! And a good nautical term, it be, too! Gave barth to the water cooler syndrome, which is well known to claim many a poor unwary soul so long may they peacefully rest in the deep…
Arrh. Me parrot shit on me shirt again. Blast!
lol Yea, it’s quite an interesting term. I actually heard it on the news yesterday, and that’s what made me think of posting it on here. So, hopefully Marina will shed some light on this interesting term!
Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
YAAAAarrrrrr!
Teach, Where is the Great Dane from your earlier Video?? Now that’s a DOG..(I understand; APARTMENT) BUT what a Dog.
scroll down.. or use find for Marina’s posts.. she answered this earlyer.
GL
Chemikal
Dear Marina,
How did the expression “the cat’s pajamas” come about?
Целую,
Bad Squirrel
I have a good word request Marina:
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
I am sorry to tell you my friend but she has already done that one.
Check Marina’s lessons at the top of the page and it will give you all the words she has already done. Plus somewhere on this site or Marina’s YouTube site are all of the videos she has made. Its up to 160 or so by now. Be 
and peace. 
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/11/16/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious/ click & enjoy. More here http://www.hotforwords.com/words/
thank you for the help i appreciate it
Thanks!
251 comments on YouTube Vs 256 over on HotForWords.com
+mine.. we stand proud at 257 comments!
So.. please start reading from the bottom, up. Every little thing
you might want to check out the “Gird Your Loins (Game)” lesson. 964 comments. have fun reading every single one of it.
Not only will I do that.. I will even respond to some of them.. maybe I’ll help to reach 1k+ comments.
Yeahh… why not?
why not? because people tend to read and comment on the newest lesson(s).
PLEASE! HELP! HELP! HELP!
WHAT’S THE WORD ””GALOUT”’(or some sort) MEANING; A SCOTISH INVESTOR USED IT AND i DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
I was late with something and It wasn’t good for the business, then he told that to me in a context. I took it like a bad word but I still don’ t know what is it ——I can’t find it in the Cambidge dictionaries
Galoot is a word used by Scots to mean an idiot; sorry not to break it to you more gently but I think you already realised that your Scottish investor was not being nice to you.
The word is used in a nautical context to mean a young or “green” marine or greenhorn (a raw or inexperienced person) but the Scottish use is rather harsher.
Interestingly, in The Urban Dictionary, there are other definitions given amongst which is “A devastatingly handsome, crushingly intelligent and bitingly witty man.”
So don’t be too downhearted; we galoots have to stick together.
Look on this episode as a learning experience.
Somebody wise once said, “show me someone who never made a mistake and I’ll show you someone who never learned anything.”
and as we discussed earlier…Yosemite Sam was fond of calling Bugs Bunny a “long-eared galoot”…
I knew it! Yosemite Sam is Scottish in at least one cartoon.
I heard him say “idjit” for idiot, too, in one episode.
“Whoa means WHOA ya varmint critter!”
I heard Yosemite Sam is Half Dumb.
lol
Bye Everyone i’m off to work now.
Yea me too stokesjrj1, but I wouldn’t call my career ‘work’. Its loads of fun. Im my own boss. I have great students. Oh I have to tell you this. I didn’t get a stupid apple (fruit kind) but they gave me a ‘Time Bandit’ t-shirt and coffee cup. Way cooler than an apple.
that lil furball is cute
The expression to be “pissed off” comes from?
1. In the UK, pissed is slang for drunk and we all know there is increased likelihood of people getting angry when drunk;
2. Some linguists and historians think the expression must have been well known during World War II, citing a story about General Eisenhower’s dog. The story goes that the dog (Felix) urinated on a map and the officers joked that the enemy was “pissed off”.
3. Shipment of cargos of urine via boat for use in dying fabrics and gunpowder production had crews who had been assigned shipments of urine rather than more conventional wares were said to be “pissed off”. Obviously the reaction to this unsavoury task gave meaning to the term.
The origins of most slang expressions are irretrievably lost in the mists of time, or are they? What do you think?
Chemikal
See? Now I went along all this time thinking that’s how the condom ended up flying across the room (it was pissed off).
Dear Marina,
I recently found your Youtube vids and must say this is the cleverest idea I’ve seen. Congrats on your success. Now, the word I am interested in is “Gal”. I guess I am just old enough to think it weird to address a table of females by saying “You guys” as opposed to “You gals”. I ask because this seems to be a word that is about to die. Maybe it already has. Thank You
Hello Maia Marina
Здравствуйте!
Посмотрел ваш клип и задумался на тему происхождения абривиатуры РЭП.
П.С. Вы очень крсиво поёте.
Hi Marina,
Brand Spaning New Student. it is an italian word but what does the word destaduda mean? sorry if I did not spell it correctly.
Seen your interview with Bill O’rielly and had to come to this site ASAP
Was that “brand spanking” or “brain spanning?”
“brand spankining” as in new not “brain spanning” the word I’m looking for is “destaduda” that is the best I can spell it. It is an Italian word my father always called his brothers.
Sounds like he might have been saying “destitute.”
not sure how it may be spelled spelled it how it sounded to me. my late father said it meant “Blockhead” in Italian just curious cause whenever he bitched with his bros it was in Italian so I couldn’t understand.
Italian for head is “testa” as in “Testarossa=a Redhead”, so that gets us the first part of your word. The nearest I can find to the second part, “duda”, means “doubt or suspect”, so maybe “testaduda” could mean someone whose intelligence was suspect.
Sin duda (without doubt), someone who knows Italian would be able to confirm or correct my theory.
this site is what I used to research this word.
That’s a Riley good video!!!
I know, it’s a Riley lame comment. Sorry!
I thought it was Riley funny
You’ve all got to be kidding me, Riley!
what about the phrase head over heels? we seem to use it a few different ways
Done it already.
well at least im on the right track
Right click “copy” & “paste” your links making sure you leave a space before & after.
Nice avatar, pagedoll
Or maybe i should say nice Icon, which do you prefer? avatar has many things associated with it…….icon\avatar…looks much better than the previous .
thanks
I didnt the last one was encouraging enough smiles. this makes me smile-www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw06kldgVSU
sorry i wanted that address to turn blue so you could click on it and see but i guess i dont know how to do that
try putting “h t t p : //” in front of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw06kldgVSU
Seems that video has been taken down.
maybe this one will work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8aMfa2hgr0
yea!! i did it!! thanks again
Hey Marina,
Is it true you’re going to encourage us to vote for McCain in November?
Bizoo.
presumined, I don’t get involved in politics. Too divisive. I have ads that appear on my website from all the candidates, but they are served up by Google and I have no control over them.
Teach, Can you tell your minions about your experiences in A Socialist Country. FREE Health care. ????FREE????. And what this will cost them. Maybe what drove you here? And not ……France or England or …….? Are you happy to see the USA going in the ……like Sweden. If You do not want to get involved, Then can you define, chick shit?
Just kidding Hun, But your insight would be important to Me.
Thanks for your reply. I see your point.
But you do have a deal with GTA4, surely?
Bizooo.
roadrunmch: Dude! Let it go!
This is a party; not for party
parlor tricks (politics). We have
a lot of fun with OUR brand
of juggling clowns, dancing
bears and high-wire acts.
To get into Amerca’s, or
anyone elses, f***ed up
political systems is a
real buzz kill.
So, no harm, no foul.
Just buckle up and
enjoy the ride!
buzz kill? ……teacher………… not ,
yOUR brand
of juggling clowns, dancing
bears and high-wire act.
Hearing from someone who was lived it and not from some duplicitous Hollywood whiner is not a parlor trick. So thank you for your concern but being a buzz kill is what geeks do. RRR ::)( ;;
I think that one flew right on overhead like a wedge of northbound mallards, Ed. But you’re yonder on the early side o’ the pond, right? Seems to me you’d be off the hook then anyway. And what’s bizoo?
hm. “bisou”, maybe?
Good recall, pennsyltucky9 (or should I call you Mr 9?).
Ya, I live in UK, but maybe I become a US citizen b4 Nov
aLx is correct about bizoo, it’s a fun version of “bisou”, a French word for “kiss”… it’s how I sometimes sign off when I write to French (or pretty) girls 
(I like if they write back in English and just sign off “Kiss” … v cute… I got a kiss from Marrakech recently… *sigh*…)
…ya, it was a French kiss for Marina
What’s your take on the blonde one’s GTA4 fixation, btw? …
Hey Marina, I have always wondered about the word “Masturbate”. It doesn’t seem as though it quite relates to the meaning at all… Check it out? Thank you!
<3 Kendall
I think this from a tv show were as the father was Mister Bates the mother was Mrs. Bates and the youg son was Master Bates.
Just kidding had to through that one in there.
Hi Marina
Could you expound upon the word ‘redneck’ as in a personal stereotype.
tia
spike
Dear Marina,
How did “knocked up” come mean pregnant?
Целую,
Bad Squirrel
Dear Marina,
While travelling in Central Asia I found a dish soap called “barf.” Why would anyone want to wash their dishes with barf is beyond me. What is the origin of barf, and does it mean anything pleasant in the Central Asian languages?
Целую,
Bad Squirrel
whats wrong with these comments?
Hi Marina,
Would you be interested in the age demographic of your student body?
Why not do a poll (under 20, 20-29, 30-39…)? I think that the results might be surprising.
How about this idea:
Male? female? other*?
*(just in case they have
pets who also watch).
My cockatiel usually helps me @ the computer, so he’d be “other” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVe4NMseLcg When Kobe gets old he may need a friend. My bird jumps on the keyboard when I type , he likes to compete.
Quick response before I watch the vids.
I was an aviarist/breeder, for a time.
Quite successful – and damn lucky.
cockatiels, parakeets and lovebirds.
Buy that calcuim!! USE that calcium!!
does you bird like scrambled eggs?
I trained a couple birds (one parakeet, one cockatiel) to wolf whistle, the “come hither” whistle and, how to whistle Dixie (yeth, I tan whithle).
After that – they taught my other birds
Saw the vid – is that your guy? Had results like that – got a few solid yellow males, too
used my bird in an “impromptu” magic act. he would put his head in my mouth! (the old lion tamer trick). simple operant behaviour modification of the birds inate instinct. Anyway – thanks for reminding me of some of my favorite critters. I have a cat now. Just got lazy.
Back to the main point about the poll -
male ? female ? other?
the strange attracter to this is the yield in the survey partitioned to those who respond: female/other, male/other, male/female/other and just plain other.( i want to know how big to make the butterfly net!!)LOL!!
ummm… read that back
should be apportioned, not partitioned.
(programmer’s jet lag)
Not my bird in the vid.
Pets become such a part of who we are as humans that I think when its time to separate there is a certain amount of mourning goes on in our hearts if we really let them get in there. As a kid it took me along time to get over the death of my rat “George” 
Yes bird likes his eggs, pasta & potato, anything he can steal & he’ll fight for his share.
Actually, bird is my daughters’, left behind when she moved out, can’t get rid of him, even flew away once, went & broke into a house a few miles away & lady didn’t want him. He knows a few tunes, Bridge over River Kwai, Andy Griffith, Marriage of Figaro (the intro), sometimes composes a mix of it all with telephone ringer thown in. His favorite & it drives my wife nuts is the smoke alarm, when he wants attention quess what he does.
My oldest son got married & took his two love birds to be with him & his new wife. Funny, years ago he came home from school twice a day when they needed fed (chicks), & they will die with him, they’re so attached. Daughter in law didn’t know that she married the three of them
Богдан I think was asking about ages cause he wants to know, but Marina should know by checking the profiles of subs. gtg
Dear Marina,
Why is the space between a hockey goalies’ legs called ” the five hole?”
Целую,
Bad Squirrel
Dear Marina,
Why do old people call youngsters “whippersnappers?”
Целую,
Bad Squirrel
Dear Marina,
What is the origin behind the piece of lingerie knowns as the “Merry Widow?”
Целую,
Bad Squirrel
WORD REQUEST: On your YouTube-profile, my heart grows three sizes; but it is a little let down when it sees that 70,000+ fans also experience regular heart-enlargement over you … makes me feel a little bit like ‘another brick in the wall.’ But if it is a wall that helps support you, our favorite teacher, then strengthening the wall is worth the loss of singlar special-ness.
I think it would be good (-for you and -for every ‘brick’ in your wall of fans) if you would research ‘brick,’ ‘wall’ and ‘brick in the wall,’ and explain those etymologies to us. Yours is the only voice we want to hear explaining it!
Sounds like a nice poem you wrote there.
Mike
thanks, now i have to go listen to pink floyd
So did Marina get that WORD REQUEST? “BRICK,” “WALL” & “BRICK IN THE WALL”?
I got a good one
the word “Gullible” is the stupidest word EVER made up. who or where did it come from? 
Me, I wrote a book about my confused life and adventures-
“Gullibles Travels”
Just kidding
That was not a very swift reply, Warren.
Did you realize that the word Gullible is not in the dictionary?
You know, I kept meaning to ask about the word “dog” and if it’s just a coincidence that it is god spelled backwards…
God speaks English? In Spanish its perro, Orrep????
Marina, could you please do the word “transparent”?
thanks, ~Birchtreeguy
Well, you like to quiz us at the end of every video. So how about “quiz”? I always heard that it was invented and spread within 24 hours as part of a bar bet. What do you say?
I was wondering where the word Hairlip came from?
How about the word “boner”
Marina,
Well you do words games, what about mnemonic, as a word and see what people have.
I know one for the 12 cranial nerves, every doctor has heard it. Just a thought.
Yours,
Robert
OMFG! Leave it to Marina to have THE cutest penthouse pet around.
I wasn’t expecting to chime in on any lessons anytime soon (I have a huge amount of recording to do before heading off to Manchester UK at the end of the month), but that dog is just TOO f-ing adorable to not comment on. It’s like a stuffed animal brought to life. Undoubtedly, it is quite happy and well-adjusted for having such a loving and intelligent ‘mommy’. Why, I bet it already knows more philology than most.
A few months back, I helped a small white Pekingnese get back into the gated apt building it wandered out of (no clue how the owner let that happen to such a sweet dog). I was just reminded of that dog thanks to this lesson, and wanted to mention it’s name, as it was a very clever play on words. The dog’s name was ‘Pucci’, as in the word ‘Poochie’ spelled to look like ‘Gucci’. Such a clever name… I never got to meet the owner, as I got the attention of a neighbor who opened up the gate and let Pucci roam back in to wherever apartment it came from.
I agree, that’s a clever name. Did you tickle it? Gucci, gucci, goo!!!
oH forgot is the dog house broke? What fun?????????
That’s a good question about the dog house. On the one hand, if the dog house is broke (as a stickler for grammar, I would say broken), then that would explain why Kobe is inside the apartment rather than in the dog house. On the other hand, maybe not. After all, it’s hard to do a video of a dog playing in its dog house. It would be difficult to squeeze in there, especially if the dog house is proportional in size to little Kobe. On yet another hand, maybe the dog house is broke(n) because Marina tried to squeeze in there and busted it all to heck, thereby forcing her to bring the dog inside her apartment for video production. Ultimately, though, you have to wonder if the apartment complex manager would even allow a dog house on the property.
Is the Dog, house broke. ie Dose He crap in the house.
gee not everyone has heard that expression, roadrunrch. it would a thing to get definitions to expressions so everyone could be on the same page, if you know what i mean.
Crap, I see what you mean now!!!
Thank you Teach for taking out the [c] RAP music. Ever note that IQ and the music listened too, correlate?
Ha! Burn on the youtubers. yay, I’m 147th that’s what I was shooting foe. It’s easier than going for first. I like to set realistic goals and keep my expectations low as well.
shooting FOR
Adorable.
“Living the life of Riley” suggests an ideal life of prosperity and contentment, possibly living on someone else’s money, time or work. Rather than a negative freeloading or golddigging aspect, it instead implies that someone is kept or advantaged. The expression was popular in the 1880s, a time when James Whitcomb Riley’s poems depicted the comforts of a prosperous home life (barefoot boys and girls on lazy summer days, etc.,etc.). Anyway, the ideal life of carefree, bountiful and yet humble lifestyle and life of “homey dream-come-true” spawned a comic song by Pat Rooney of the name “The Life of Riley” in the 1880s. The popularity of the song and the continued popularity of Riley’s poems of the nature depicted reinforced each other and our phrase became authentic American.
But it could have an Irish origin: After the Riley clan consolidated its hold on County Cavan, they minted their own money, accepted as legal tender even in England. These coins, called “O’Reillys” and “Reilly’s,” became synonymous with a monied person, and a gentleman freely spending was “living on his Reillys.”
I wonder if any youtubers got it yet… Nice one teach`
Was it an allusion to the Bill O’Reilly Factor Show on Fox? =)
Kiding!
I see people love you, on and even off the PC screen. They say that for every 5 people that love you, there are 5 that hate you. A saying in my country: You are the exception confirming the law!
Do you get up early and read comments while consuming large quantities of coffee
?
We frenetically wait for a new lesson…
O.o O.o O.o
O.o O.o O.o
All eyes on you..
Oh and you found all that word for word on Wiki hu?
Not only.. There is no reason to trust 100% one particular source… Especially online!
Hello again Marina!
I have a pharse for you to investigate. I’ve always wanted to know the origin of the phrase “the coast is clear”.
The ‘coast is clear’ phrase first appears in print in 1531 where it describes a vessel which had safely cleared the coast. Then later Shakespeare used it in ‘Henry VI’ as a reference to visibility. Neither of these references touch on its true insinuation.
“Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions” Nice book but it does have its faults. I don’t trust it. But that said, I think its correct in this reference.
Ahoy Ahoy!
MMMMM…..Salty dog!
(with potatoes?) LOL!
I would have thought that this expression went back to the days of smuggling. “The coast is clear would mean that there were no revenue officers around to arrest the smugglers and that it was safe to bring the cargo ashore.
Just conjecture on my part though.
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What a wonderful mommy, Marina,…thanks for caring!,…….;-)
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cute little apricot ya got there!
if you feed him, will he get any bigger? LOL
oh wait here’s another one…
mighty short handle on that four legged dustmop! LOL
how do you find time for us with that guy around???
i’m not the jealous type, but if i was, i’d still be
embarrased ’cause the competition has FOUR legs!
strong little bugger, though! only got pinned by that
tennis ball half the time….!
As for Riley … drawn a blank (gotta think more on it)
The poodle bites !
(C’mon frenchy)
the poodle chews it !
(sap it)
- FZ, Dirty Love
. Paris
..in the
the spring!
It’s also very Nice on the French Riviera.
Etes ok.
I have got that Zappa album. Just love that track.
Snap it!
(C’mon, Frenchy)
Not a speck o’ cereal!
Nuthin’ but the best for my little angel
by the way…
Is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?
rotflmao
Did somebody on here say that there is no word for “Love” in their language? Anybody remember?
Klingon, maybe?
The Klingon word for “love” is apparently “muSHa’” according to the English-Klingon lexicon: http://klv.mrklingon.org/klvtab.html
You’re a clever Chep O811,
I thought “muSHa” was Klingon for Italian bred sled dogs…
I googled it and found a reference in a few places that approximately 13% of cultures have no word for love. However, I was unable to find a source for that, or any detail as to which cultures. Probably doesn’t pass the bullshit test.
Might pass the yoghurt test, though.
In romanian it’s “iubire” !
But in my language there is no known single word translation for “dor”. (refers to the emotion induced by missing a person) So take that
What’s love in your native language?!
What is the word for Love in your vernacular?!
Get in to it.. I really am curios
I’ve always wanted a curio cabinet, Chemikal.
Teach, The word ; LOVE, To most means, I Own you, I Tell you what to do and think. What’s the term, LOVE, mean to you? To me, It means , You cover My flaws and make me whole…..
I think I recall somebody said in was an afrcan language, but tht was a while ago, I’m probably not much help as to when. . But if you define love democraticaly you get the top 150 http://www.humanthermodynamics.com/RP2-Love.html
CS Lewis Book,the four loves probably breaks down our definitions of Love quiet eloquantly, or the four loves in ulysess http://www.io.com/~jlockett/Grist/English/ulysses.html
Look at “Things for which there are no words” Tanzania ? swahilli http://psayre.blogspot.com/2007/03/update-research-research-research.html
No word for “Love” or “depression” Interesting! “Upendo” is to like someone but not love. Only a quickie check on lunch break GTG
Why do you ask, Marina , have you given up on love?
LOL I had to laugh at my signing in, got an ad. lavalife girl right under the video link, bright blue eyes & blonde hair, lovely smile, not Marina, I thought it was sister, then saw it was an advert.
Anyways, I was young not too long ago, the most thrilling love was
puppy luv
never works for me “Puppy luv” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puWWqL4gojY
Had to be a joke.
Even caveman
had a word
for love!
(aluna) – Caveman
Ringo Starr (1981)
PEACE!!
Why do you ask ,Marina , have you given up on love?
Love, hate, just opposite extremes of the same emotions, the word for no love is indifference.
I trust your getting these comments.
Japanese
Swahili
Japanese too, eh Bob. I have a, soon to be son in law, who’s sister took japanese language study (she just got back from Africa), I have to ask her about that. I wonder how they translate “Lust”. I must investigate. I also came up with “Swahilli”, but that opened up a whole new train of thinking for me. If there is no word for something, to not express it (does it exist). Take “Depression” or “Love” as an emotional state, once defined, does that give it an existance. ie when I was a kid, the medical definition for A.D.D. didn’t exist, were we just out of control kids that grew up to be normal (so called) adults? Interesting, must mull for awhile..
I went to an online, english-japanese translation site (free) & came up with a multitude of “Love” translations & it seems our word for love is the one that lacks the ability to define. It “love’ really needs context to mean anything. But your link does bring up the culture issue, that the fear of “romantic love” meant no actual word to define it. (Is romantic love, human nature or cultural concept?) hmmm
cultural concept based on human nature?
Check this -> http://www.logosdictionary.org/pls/dictionary/new_dictionary.dic.main?u_code=4395&code_language=&language_list=&trg_lg=&word=&phrase_code=2519337&connect_value=451854&procedure_type=ST&subject_code=&num_row=10
Chemikal
One answer is the life of Riley was an old tv show that came on in the 60s. Thats what is was called was The Life of Riley. I am giving away my age now I used to watch it.
Originally, Jackie Gleason was cast for the part of Riley, but they went with for William(?) Bendix. (Not sure I remember his first name correctly, I was, like, 3 or 4 years old, at the time,)
Car 54 Where are you?
Word request: “Hi.”
Marina,
I would love to be your pet and lay around your apartment and chew on things.
Ahem. Ha Ha Ha!
Dude! are U competing
with this puppy?
Slap yourself about the head and shoulders!
yer only human…
WoW!! your dog looks really happy.
Looks as if the dog has chewed up all the replies.
Back to normal again
That’s good.
I’ll stop there since I know that I can’t keep it going with the likes of you. And don’t get prospero811, BiilyB, melikeadothechacha and captainjack started.
Oops
I posted to my reply, not yours.
Optimism and Hope are virtues I keep blindly.
Then you are probably good at card games, I speculate whist-fully, rummi-gin-g through my twenty-one reference books to crib more gambling puns.
I bet you would even back-a-rat running up a drainpipe to brag about.
Wrestling wits may pin a pun though most will tapout.
OK, Now you you’ve done it.
Out pops my “The Random House Dictionary of the English Language-Second Edition Unabridged”….
and on page 850, 3rd column, 17th word is:
“gullible ( gul’ e(upside down) be(upside down)l ), adj. easily decieved or cheated.
Also gul’la.ble [1815-25; Gull + -ible]
Hey Bob,
Where are you on this planet?
I’m in the U.S. in what we know locally as “The Bay Area”.
“East Bay” actually. Northern California.
No, I didn’t mean to mock you.
It was an honest question.
Oh.
Have a good day. Time to sleep.
Obviously, Kobe had a bone to pick with us.
Have you ever heard of “Tom Swifties”?
“Look out! A golf ball! Tom forewarned”.
So if Kobe’s bone were through his nose, a Swift reply would be quite PUN-CHEW-al, right?
I wonder if Marina’s Bad Grammar video was produced RAPidly?
“Do you think I’m catching on?” I ask infectiously.
Rats, that was a misprint.
I laughed infectiously.
Your self exclusion from our fun and games is UN-WARREN-TED.
Well Bob,
Your wit will beat me every time I admit painfully.
“Don’t be defeatist” Bob warned crushingly.
Oops
I posted to my reply, not yours.
SNAP.
Ha Ha Ha
You didn’t really look it up, did you?
What planet are YOU on?
I live in Aberdeen, Scotland at the moment, but I’ve bounced around all over the planet and there’s still plenty of bounce left in me yet.
Oh and my cat’s name is called Mac…named after MacGyver
She’s just adorable, just like her mother.
Ok I just ran the video again and saw something. Hes a he sorry.
Be careful. Somebody is going to say that only Muppets are adorable.
very cute doggie
Life of Riley eh? Riley is my sister’s name
I usually hear that name more often in boys though.
The way your doggie was playing with the toy reminds me of the way my cat plays with his toy ball..grabs it with his mouth, slings the ball around and plays a little bit of soccer
A friend of mine has a big Newfoundland dog, his name is Solomon. He’s black, fluffy and slobbers all over you
and he’s probably about a metre almost in height…that’s how big these newfoundland dogs are 
The Life of Riley 1940-60, First a radio show, then turned movie, then turned tv show about Chester Riley, a wing riveter at the fictional Aircraft plant in Los Angeles, California? Enjoyed living off of someone else time and money. That O’Riley?
Or was it the O’Reilly referred to in the song sung in the 1880s by Pat Rooney, the founder of the Vaudevillians?
The hero of the song, a hotel-keeper named Reilly (or Riley), describes what he will do when he strikes it rich: New York “will swim in wine when the White House and Capitol are mine”. A version made famous by burlesque performers Ned Harrigan and Tony Hart has these lines in the chorus:
Well, if that’s Mr. Riley
They speak of so highly.
Why, faith, Mr Riley,
You’re looking quite well.
It was revived and updated in 1915 as a patriotic war song under the title Are you the O’Reilly? as an attempt to cash in on the success of It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary, and contained the chorus line “Gor blim me, O’Reilly, you are looking well”.
Or does it refer to the Riley clan from County Cavan, Ireland who ran a virtual Kingdom and minted their own coinage, known as Rileys, which was even accepted in England as legal tender? Certainly anyone who “printed their own money” would be able to live the life of Riley.
Wasn’t Riley the reincarnation of Brian?
Sorry about that Jack I didn’t see your comment way below mine. I quess I should read all of them before I comment sometimes. Luck to ya me matie.
The original word Celtic is pronounced “Keltic” while today’s basketball team, The Celtics, is pronounced “Seltics”. Why the change in pronunciation. Are the Keltics and Seltics two different origins because from the looks of their uniform and their logo they seem to “sport” the same heritage.
I’ve wondered about this, too. Mabye Bostonians never heard a Celtic harp…
Hello Marina,
Help me….I actually do not understand what is the teacher’s prize you always mentions……”bust” , “butt”, “bat”
microminiaturization
Adorable! Thanks for brightening my day.
His name is kobera? I see you reflection in your tv\monitor screen. sound only travels 1\5 mile per second so light\eye is quicker than the hand. I got you this time also He He
What tv/monitor screen did you see me in? I didn’t see one in the video… must watch again
No TV in the video but I do know now why you always look so Divine in your videos.
You wont see it if your watching the pooch
My mistake sorry
The only thing I saw was a picture and the frame was black.
I say my mistake, but i did get you to look.
Love the dog Marina… matches the carpet too. Looks like a spirited little critter. Hope he sleeps through the night ’cause it looks like he’ll match your energy level.
Thanks for making & sharing this vid with us, “прелестный” right
Hi whats the origin of the word ‘life’?
What happened to the Great Dane?
With relatives Warren.. he’s too big for my apartment.
Don’t be sad, Marina. You did right by your Great Dane by having him move to a more roomy place. Those big kind of dogs need that. While your Dane no doubt misses you (and vice versa), try to find some comfort in the fact that you did the right thing by doing the tough thing… moving your Dane to where he’d be better off. You did what was best for your big doggie knowing it would cost you a little happiness along the way. When the moment came to make such a decision, you made the selfless choice in order to benefit your beloved poochie. That is what you should think about when you are sad over the matter… that your Dane is in a better place for him and you, that he is in the care of relatives, that he has a ‘mom’ that loves him enough to make such a sacrifice. You are a hell of a woman, Marina, and you know you made the right choice. Make the most of it rather than having regrets. You should be happy for your Dane, not sad. I’m sure that’s what he wants, and I know a thing or two about big dogs.
Marina,
Thanks for the update.
To change the subject:
I also subscribe to “Podshow” and I was wondering why you don’t feature your Videos there as well?
You have the top spot on their “Women of YouTube’.
There’s also “Metacafe” and “Expert Village”
Oh, I almost forgot..
Relatives? That’s fantastic! Are they staying permanently?
They must be proud of you, I am and I don’t even know you except through your show.
I’m a truck driver so I don’t see the same people everyday and I tell everyone about your show (I hope it helps).
Dane! Come back, Dane! Come back! Dane, come back!
cute dog
goes well with the hot mom… 
Please Help Me~!! Tell me what origin the word ”Mermaid” is! HELP!
A maiden of the sea. She looks like tuna, but tastes like chicken.
Metropolitan is it just a name for a museum or does is have some larger meaning? Let me know HFW
lucky dog
this is Riley
and this is his life
And this is his wife http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bv-2TZwjyc
Who dat O’Riley. This is Riley, he said wryly.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PSXSOEiv3N0
Hes Cute, just like my dog he likes playing with him self.
Almost as cute as teh owner!
Seems like a nice time rolling on that floor
Curious about the breed and age …….. of the dog that is!!
(in swedish dog is “hund”, I guess related to the word hound like a huntingdog)
The life of Riley is great until he reports his credit cards stolen.
Hi Marina can u please! tell about the origin of word “Vampire”
Hi
How about telling us about ‘kiasu’
Thanks Marina
My oh my, is that a really small dog or a really big tennis ball
? 
Hope to hear from you soon, TongueTwisler
, 
, 
and hot that is sooooooooo my teacher on HotForWords
and caine / catel in romanian!
what breed is it?!
Ahh its so cute
I feel quite guilty about calling your dog an it
could you reply to tell me if your dog is a girl or a boy
P.S your dog is as cute as you are
Boy TongueTwisler
Do you realize you just said Marina is as cute as a dog?
he did not say that.
Well, he wrote it. “Your dog is as cute as you are,” is logically the same as “you are as cute as your dog.” If A=B then B=A.
But I was kidding anyway – I know what he meant.
“marina is as cute as a dog” is logically not the same as “marina is as cute as her dog”.
he was talking about a specific dog, whereas your first interpretation implies that she looks as cute as a randomly picked instance of {x | x is a dog}.
Incorrect aLx. My statement had nothing to do with which dog, randomly picked or otherwise. Her dog is a dog (her dog is part of the set of things called “dogs”). Therefore, if she is as cute as her dog, it necessarily follows that she is cute as a dog. She may not be as cute as “all” dogs or “any” dog, but being as cute as her dog necessarily means she is at least as cute “a” dog.
“Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
“I’ve had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone: “so I can’t take more.”
“You mean you can’t take less,” said the hatter:
“it’s very easy to take more than nothing.”
her dog is a dog, but a dog is not necessarily her dog.
you can’t jump from a specific dog to the set of dogs. if you do, then it is possible to say that she’s as cute as … I don’t know … my aunt’s dog.
don’t get me wrong, I do see your point and I know what you mean. I just interpreted “a dog” as “some dog from the set of dogs”.
I can’t say that because she is as cute as her dog she is as cute as any dog. But, I can say that her dog is a dog (D1, where D1 through Dx is the set of all dogs). That doesn’t mean all dogs are her dog, but it does mean that each dog is by definition a dog.
That being said, the allegation is that she (M) is as cute as D1, or M=D1. D1 is as we have already agreed is “a dog.”
I didn’t even try to jump from a specific dog (D1) to the set of all dogs (D1-Dx). D1 being a dog is sufficient.
I know what you mean, and basically you’re right.
but I don’t think he wanted to say that she looks as cute as any dog, assuming that “a dog” = “any dog”, that was my interpretation.
and, “her dog” != “any dog”, that’s all I said.
know what I’m saying?
uuuh … is it just my browser or do the replies randomly keep appearing and disappearing? seems to work fine with ie but not with other browsers? anyone using ie and seeing replies disappear?
Dog Eat Dog – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uOzn9NSx1U
I’ve noticed a delay in the comments posting, and yesterday there was a time when all the replies were gone for a while, and then they came back.
Yes, I know what you’re saying. I was just busting his balls, anyway (and subsequently, yours.
Were you going for the gross out factor or were trying to be mean in the dog eating posts down below? AC/DC “dog eat dog” meet the more entertaining http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL95gXwv5rw&feature=related everyones a winner.
Well thank you prospero811
This is my second attempt. If you don’t respond, then I will have to put you in “time out”… detention… principal’s office… whatever, just please tell me the origin of the phrase: I’ll knock your socks off, or it will knock your socks off.
to knock someone’s socks off: to completely defeat a competitor.
to knock your socks off: to completely surprise or please you very much. Also used with other verbs to say that something is done in an extreme way or to a great degree. (I worked my socks off)
Origin of expression: The noun “sock” comes from the Latin word “soccus,” which means “light shoe or slipper,” and when “sock” first entered Old English around A.D. 725, it meant just that — a slipper or lightweight shoe of the sort one might only wear indoors. By the early 14th century, “sock” had arrived at its modern meaning of “a short stocking covering the ankle and usually part of the calf.” Such stockings were (and are) usually worn over the foot and under a heavier pair of shoes.
That arrangement of shoes-over-socks is important in understanding “knock your socks off.” The phrase first appeared in the mid-19th century meaning “to beat or vanquish someone thoroughly,” at first used literally to mean to win in a knock-down fistfight so savage that the loser might expect not to only lose his shoes in the fracas but his socks as well. The number of brawlers who actually lost their socks was probably pretty small, but a threat “to knock your socks off” was one of a number of such hyperbolic pugilistic phrases popular at the time, including “knock your lights out” and “knock you into next week.”
Among folks who were not inclined to physical combat, to “knock someone’s socks off” was soon adopted in a more general sense of “to win decisively,” and one might “knock the socks off” one’s opponents as well in bridge or whist as in the boxing ring. From there the phrase mutated a bit more and “to have one’s socks knocked off” came to mean “to be amazed, delighted, very impressed,” as in “The new production of Annie with an all-ferret cast will blow your socks off.”
Incidentally, if seems surprising that a very violent metaphor should end up as an expression of critical acclaim, keep in mind that the term “blown away,” now routinely found in book and movie rave reviews, originally meant “to be killed by gunfire.”
good narrative, dude!
Before you knock my girlfriend’s socks off, you’ll have to snip her garters!!!
Marina, you are absolutely delightful. It’s too bad that you (and we) are subjected to some infantile comments. You deserve better than that.
Now . . . how about a lesson on the misuse of the word, “most?” It is NOT correct to say, for instance, ” . . . most everyone . . . ” I leave it to you, my Dear Teacher to explain why.
Thank you for your efforts to improve the use of the English language.
I dunno why, this video doesn’t want to run for me.
mmm well it’s worked for me, but quite a few of Marina’s lessons haven’t worked for me lately
change browsers.
Marina already changed bowsers. That little white ball of fur is not a Great Dane.
Now that’s what I call a real teacher’s pet!