Bistro (Answer)
Here is the answer to the Bistro game.
Author: HotForWords
There are 156,578 comments on this site!
Recent Comments
Forum
muggins on Who controls the God on EARTH? (88)
Dalek on New school of PLAybOY...PLeasure (46)
Greatest Potential on YT Music and Videos (560)
The rose was dead wasn’t it… Lmao Rat stew anyone
@TheKirk: Kirk is scottish for church, possibly inherited from the Norse “kirkja”.
The Russians (God love ‘em) weren’t in Paris too long to really influence such a thing, actually the soldiers didn’t eat out that often either, but they were very, very popular with the Parisians unlike the other allies the English & the Prussians. The Cossacks & Csar Alexander stole the show.
Now that I’m in Paris I’m an expert on all things Parisian
<—oh, brother…
You gave credit to the Bistro word request to BOGAMIR. Just wondering if someone else has a nickname so close to mine as I did not request bistro???
Just curious,
BOARGMIR
Hello my dear teacher!
I would love to rate your video, and you allways get top rank in my eyes, but I haven´t been able to rate the videos for some time now … where is the stars??
I´m glad I did allright on the last homework, so I think I pass this one. I mean if the french can eat froglegs … why shouldn´t the rat in ratatouille be…. a rat??
from your dear student / Swedehunter
What you want me to rateaviewy your video ?
I humbly request, can you tell me the origin of the word fellatrix?
. Looking back now, I find it quite interesting, and watching your vids makes it all the more interesting. Thankyou for that.
I hated english in school
FDG
Hi Marina… Thanks for all the lessons
Now, I’d like to ask you if you could make a lesson about the word “Kirk”? It’s my last name, but I’ve heard that it actually is a word, so it could be really cool if you’d look into it..
Regards,
TheKirk
Marina again does not acknowledge my posts….I epically fail. I think I’ll go live in a cave. I’ll just make sure to bring my computer and an internet connection with me.
well folks, just when i was thinkin’ about cutting out of class i’ve made the choice to stay. i know some of you may be bummed about that but the good news is most of the time i will be attending from outside the classroom with my nose firmly press against the glass. only rapping on the window to get the attention of those i have the most fun at recess with
and those who(or whom 
) that have displayed the ability to teach me something new in a way i can understand. captainjack, stokesjrj1 and prospero811 just to name a few. 
ya’ll have a nice day now ya hear 
Hi, could you find out the origin of the word ‘ordeal’ please?
Cheers!
Hi i was listening to the new album of MJ and epsecially the track “Thriller”…so i would like to know the origin of that word as i like watching scary movies
…thank you in advance! 
Hello Marina.
What do you really mean with “HotForWords” ?
Quote
Hope everything is well with you 
“A witty saying proves nothing.” – Voltaire 1694-1778
Hi marina,
)
I was telling a frined about your lessons and he suggested a word that I was not going to ask about. but then I thouhgt to myself, hey, where did that come from. So here goes.
where did the word masterbate come from. since it is sometimes taboo to talk about the action, how did it get such a cammanding sounding word? ( you know because of the “Master” in it.
i would like to know the origin of the word shadow
Marina how about the word HI Jack as in taking over an airplane. Where did it come from.
Interesting.. I’ll have to look into that one.. did you see this video this guy made today on that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0SftLtELWQ
I just watched it. The guy kinda looks like Captain Jack.
I’ll give you five stars for another excellent video and say it is a vegetable stew originated I think in France in the summer. “Thanks Marina for your in put”.
Teach, In the 1800s the printed word took longer to become wide spread. So it may be possible that #2 is correct also. As slang….? Think about it ; Bistros were the first fast food restaurants, But street food has the first fast food.
I have noticed that some are having a problem with this page becoming a forum of ideas and not just a sex charged page of degenerates. And when people argue the point, there will be fights. A HOT debate is fun. Name calling is part of the game, ie When you are losing the argument , call them names. That is how you know you are winning when they call you names.
Hiya, I have a request… it’s not a word but…
I was wondering what the origin of the phrase “Eat your heart out” comes from?
thanks
WORD REQUEST**************************************************************
I have the PERFECT word for you Marina
Glamour
This is a ancient word with magical and Druidical meanings
and as you are such a GLAMOROUS lady Im sure you would like to spread the aincent knowledge to the World.
WORD REQUEST**************************************************************
PRIVETCHIK Marina! ty deystvitel’no znala chto na francuskom jazike glagol ”bistrouiller” zna4it dazhe ”to counterfeit”,”to adulterate” ,”to alter”? …so were our bistros places where sophisticated wine was served??! i had never thought about it before because i was firmly convinced that it came from the Russian ”bystro!” then i also wanted to tell you that ratatouille is not only a typical Provencal dish made up with various stewed vegetables but in conversational French we use this word when we talk about a not very inviting and tasty gravy or sauce! Zhelayu tebe vsego samogo dobrogo,do skorogo!
А ты съездей в Париж и посети самое старинное Bistro на планете и спроси у владельцев этого заведения, откуда такое странное название и с кокого года. МОжет быть они тоже сделают тебе приятное и раскажут туже историю что и группе российского телевидения в году эдак так 91-93.
ps. that poor rose looks like you used it to beat your sister.
I think it’s the one that John Lennon referred to when he said, “a rose by any other name would smell as brown”.
If I had her address I’d send her a fresh one every day.
There you go Bob, You could start a pool or what ever it’s called to keep Marina in flores. Set up some way to ……….donate? Is that the word. If we expect Her to keep doing this we must be will to to help Her out….? right. OK then Maybe a Geek, can it going, One of you know how this can be done??? A donate button on the page
I agree.
What about downlaodable monthy- Marina’s choice- items that would lighten her out of pocket(purse, wallet,etc.) expenses that help keep us entertained?
I meant “monthly” ( I need to reread my comments before I post)
Sorry,I can’t explain anything right now. I just woke up and need coffee. I had e-mails that stated there were replies to my earlier comments.
Teach, Would it be good to know where People live. What region of the World. So we will understand why they think what they think. If People would state there home land. I for one like to see for myself how other Peoples of the World think.
Привет Марина.Видео как всегда отличное.Существует тяжело-атлетическое упражнение под названием становая тяга.От слова стан – туловище,торс,так как основное усилие производится мышцами спины и живота.В английском языке оно именуется deadlift.Очень хотелось бы узнать почему именно deadlift,как появилось такое слово
Greetings Marina. Video as always excellent. There is a is heavy-athletic exercise under the name in russian stanovaya tiaga. From a russian word “стан” (stun) – a trunk, a torso as the basic effort is made by muscles of a back and a stomach. In English language it is called deadlift. Very much it would be desirable to learn why deadlift as there was such word
sorry for my english
Rattatouille is a type of dish and rachel ray fixed it in one of her shows
Easy, it’s French stew.
144th!
Gross!
Good one!
Haven’t been to a movie in years, and I don’t watch much TV either – too busy playing with Flight Simulator and you lot.
no…12 dozen…
but can you have a baker’s dozen gross?…or is that just 13 dozen?…
hmmm…either way…
it’s too much…
Ratatouille? A vegetable stew, I believe. No rat or other meat involved. Kind of like the Korean snack “chi goggi”, “chi” (pronounced “chee”) meaning mouse and “goggi”, meaning meat in the Korean language. Chi goggi is made from dried fish, and is a kind of jerky. No mouse parts. Go figure.
(FWIW I’m betting Marina went to college in Petrozavodsk. Marina, this isn’t a photo of your sister in your college days by any chance, is it?)
http://www.foldabikes.com/CurrentEvents/Story/petersburg.html
Where can I buy ticket to Petersburg?
Saint Petersburg, Russia. Make sure to specify or you might end up in St. Petersburg, Florida. Near St Petersburg, Petrozavodsk has 15 universities, so imagine Spring Break X15.
In St.-Petersburg (Russia) now the white nights. Very few people can fall asleep, but it is possible to walk all the night long
Sorry, Bob. I got the last seat.
Sorry Penny,
I’ve got the seat on the left, right at the front.
You know, the one with the windows that look forward?
You still want to use that seat?
OK, you’re clear for takeoff. btw, do you like gladiator movies?
florida (usa). make sure to specify or you may end up in florida (uruguay).
btw, in 2007, moscow (russia) was elected the world’s most expensive city, followed by london (great britain) and seoul (south korea). tokyo (japan) came in fourth, new york city, new york (usa) ranked 15th and los angeles, california (usa) dropped to no. 42.
oh, and what’s the population of st. petersburg (russia)?
Very lucky, judging by that picture.
and the average height of statuesque blondes?…
I sure hope so. The back side looks good.
I hate this situation, you stay with the doubt and we havent got a certain origin…
I was wondering where the phrase “its a moot point” comes from? It would be great if you could find out.
request, where did the phrase “dont rock the boat ” come from? i bet captianjack would know
Funny I don’t know the origin of that one. Nor do I have any books that reference that term.
Ships are larger, ocean going vessels. Ships have lifeboats. Therefore a boat is smaller than a ship. Rocking the boat can cause it to turn over, resulting in it sinking. Therefore to “rock the boat” is to cause problems.
For all of you that care. This will be my final comment. These comments are starting to be like the ones on Youtube. No fun just cutting each other down. So say what you want I’m logging out and unsubscribing.
Mike
C’mon man don’t go. Marina is the bouncer here. She’ll calm things down when it gets too out of hand.
Warren, I can’t agree.
Marina is not a Bouncer – she wears some very pretty bras.
Nonetheless, you can’t argue she’s not a predominant mover and shaker.
Thanks guys I learned my lesson.
I like the red one myself.
It’s all said in fun and the rules of the game are that you give as good as you get whilst taking care to make your remarks witty.
It’s called Banter and is defined as good-natured raillery.
OK, sometimes someone will overstep the mark but they usually do so unintentionally and usually apologise afterwards. I can’t remember seeing anything which you wouldn’t hear among friends in the pub on a Saturday night.
If you do go we’ll miss you but wish you well.
But I urge you to stay and enter into the spirit of things.
Thanks for the words Bob I feel better now.
I agree that there are lots of people who can use some correction in steering. But teaching by example is part of why we’re here. Don’t unsubscribe. Come back and see us from time to time, Mike. Your input is valuable to those of other viewpoints and places of origin.
Keep your powder dry, bud.
Thanks for the words I ok now just a little lapst of memmory.
Powder got just a little wet today. It’s dry now thanks.
Mike, sorry to see you go, but if ya can’t take the heat, stay outta Arizona!
Never been to Arizona But thanks for the input and words.
Awe Capman, Sorry to upset you so. We where just playing. We don’t really mean to cut people down to be mean. I like everyone here. I only play hard with regulars here. With new people I don’t joke around very hard because they might take my playing around more seriously and get mad.
I don’t want to see you go. 
Well said, CaptainJack.
You got my email Jack thanks to all of you other friends.
Welcome back Carter (remember the show?). I mean Capman.
My enemies (for the lack of a better word) are always trying to pump sugar in to my face, but my true friends always give me a hard time because they really care about me. 
Sounds kind of backwards but its worked for me. If I ever piss you off just send me an email letting me know. I’ll write back and apologize. It’s good to have you back buddy. 
__/)__
See, we “got your six”.
it mean a stew ,it is food (A vegetable stew)
it doesnt even have anything to do with rats
and as i remember it is made from (eggs ,green peppers ,garlic ,onions ,tomatos ,etc)
i hope i got it right
Two answers were right and I manage to pick the one that was wrong.
Me too. Time to buy a lottery ticket…
“Gorgeous”
Thanks
.
Everyone know that Ratatouille is rat stew. —
#3 ? – Oh, yeah.
$$Bye all$$
off to work i go 
Mind if I don’t take that personally?
Hello Marina,
I just found out about your HOT4Words website and youtube channel and thought it was a cool idea…I’m a word nerd too!
I wanted to request the word “TILT”
TILT meaning…”a poker term for a state of mental confusion or frustration in which a player knowingly adopts a sub-optimal strategy”
Some say the word comes from a pinball table because when you rock the table, it can say the word “TILT” and then end your play; however, that is not the origin of the word tilt.
Hello, there Marina. Since I live in Belgium and recently we had a lot of rain again, i was wondering where the word ‘ umbrella ‘ came from…
grtz
hi Marina! I wanted to know the origin… of the word ..bizarre..
Nobody’s got it yet!
Ratatouille is Marina stirring us up so we will all rata her videos. Mwah!
Не подскажите где смотреть последнее видео?
И куда писать ответы по Домашнему заданию.
P.S. Извиняюсь что не по английски -)
oh ratatouille is that vegetable dish, i looked that up when i saw the movie, rata ment something like trow it all together and touille was to stir, a super simple dish:P even a rat can make it
Hi Marina, I was wondering, can you or do you post the answers to the homework somewhere? Or could you possibly say in your videos something like “And the answer to my last video’s homework was…” and say the correct answer?
Good idea xmorpheus3000, I’ll set up a page I think for that.
Can you explain why they called the Fallopian tube, Fallopian Tube?
Oochay! Do we really want teacher to go there? This is Hot For Words after all; not Hot For Gynaecology!
Actually it’s named for Phallopeia – the ancient Greek goddess of gnarly hurty menstrual womens things.
Maybe it’s named after Dr. Fallopian? Jefferies tubes are named after Jefferies. G spot is named after Dr. Gräfenberg.
Can we get an explanation for the word “nincompoop?” I remember using and hearing that a lot when I was younger, but it seems like it’s so out of style now.
Hey Marina! I wanted to know the origin of the word reign and I also wanted to know if it has any connection to the other word rain. Thank you soo much! you are the best!!!
I would like to know how the word “Gothic” got to be used as a way to describe people who stereotypically wear all black, and are “evil”, and all that sort of thing, when in the dictionary it mean bright and colorful or a period of time.
Here is a resipe for Ratatouille; no rats.
Recipe by: Alison Meyer Put the onion into a large saucepan, cover, and cook over low heat until translucent. Add the eggplant and squashes, cover, and cook until medium soft (not completely cooked and limp.) Add tomatos, thyme, and bay leaves, cover, and simmer about a half hour, stirring occasionally, until mixture is nice and juicy. Note that this recipe is fat-free, so you don’t have to feel too guilty if you decide to put it into an oven proof bowl, cover the top with grated cheese, and broil it until bubbly. . .;-)
Hey you up there in the video…….Ratatouille…….raisingandtrainingandtroubleingourillegimatelovelylikeableearthlings…… .Ratatouille
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebkl7Yk_OLE
its a acronym?
raising/and/training/and/trouble ing/our/illegimate/lovely/likeable/earthlings… Ratatouille
I am here, here am I, There you go, go you There
With your Russian hertiage, could you please explain the origin of the word for the country of ‘Ukraine’ ?
Thank You,
The Ukraininoak !
Hey!! Would you please find the origin of the word:Slapstick. Like the kind of comedy that you find in The 3 Stooges, Laurel & Hardy, Buster Keaton, and Charlie Chaplin films?
I was wounding the origin of the word “bass”, terms of the instrument.
Aloha Marina.
Can you tell me how a squid became to be know as a PORTUGUESE-MAN-O-WAR ?
Being Portuguese, I’d like to know.
Mahalo, all the way from Oahu.
Tony Silva
PORTUGUESE-MAN-O-WAR ; this is a giant sailing ship and like The ship the jelly fish sticks up out of the water.
They sting like hell too. One must be careful when walking the beach as sometimes they wash up.
i was just asked a question about tv dinners i was just wondering were in the word we got the term tv dinner. i wonder if that was just the first step to the americans laziness becuase you would put it in the microwave then eat in front of the tv
No, Smitty. American laziness probably started well before American Independence, but that’s another story, my friend!
The idea of average people having a microwave was still a long way in the future when TV dinners came onto the market in the early 1960’s. They were all made for oven-baking, and came in metal trays covered with aluminum foil on top. Because they came in a metal container, there was no way they could be heated in a microwave.
The original microwave oven, called a Radar Range, was huge and would take up an entire wall panel in the restaurant. Big chain restaurants were the only ones who could afford them, and even if they had them, most food was still prepared in traditional ways. The first time I used one, it was one of these monsters. I was cooking in an all-night truckstop, back in 1973. By the mid-1990’s, 20 years later, microwave ovens came into use in the average kitchen.
Try History.com they just did a show about that, maybe a month ago.
Ratatouille is considered(in some circles) a poor mans meal, much like Borscht, utilizing common vegetables that are easily grown. tomatoes, squash, onions, cucumbers or zucchinni (or both) bell peppers, etc.
I enjoy both, perhaps my peasant upbringing.
Kentucky’s Keeneland Horse Racetrack is well known
for many things. The grandstands have no loudspeakers
calling the race. The effect is that you get to hear the
crowd cheer on their horses, and the roar as they finish.
The food is mostly the usual fare but a couple of items
are outstanding. They make a great chili dog.. the best!
The other thing they do really well is a chicken burgoo.
It’s more like a stew, than a soup, but the juice is more
of a sauce than a gravy (I-lika-the-juice)
Basically, a burgoo is a stew made from whatever
is around (chicken, mutton, etc.) and veggies,
throw in a baggette and you’ve got a meal.
melikadothechacha,
Burgoo stew sounds good.
What do they mean by “1/4″ horse?
Since this question follows a recipe reference, maybe he means cutting the half-horse slab, or “side of horsemeat” down to size so it fits in the budget-sized barbecue. Mmmmmm. Get the horse some radish.
If that’s not it, maybe he’s asking about those sturdy, short-statured horses bred specifically for strong musculature, tendons, and bones and known for their unexcelled performance in the short, fast, agile competition categories like barrel-racing instead of long-distance thoroughbred racing, draft hauling, or fast trotting. I think the quarter in its name refers to it being bred for lightning-speed and agility on the quarter-mile as opposed to the longer contests.
two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar
The two headed horse, in Ripley’s
Believe it or Not, was a two-bit horse!
pennsyltucky9 may be on to it.
i just go for the chili dogs…
Aloha, beautiful, intelligent and sexy Marina.
My name is Tony and I live on the beautiful island of Oahu.
Would you please tell us the origin of the BIKINI and would you please do it wearing your hottest bikini coture.
Mahalo,
Tony
Good luck, bikini has been requested a lot
Here is a bikini commercial instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eAZ9NWxc80
My understanding is the inventor was siting on a subway ride in manhattan and was trying to think of a catchy name for the new bathing suit. Story goes, the person sitting across from him was reading the newspaper and the frontpage story of the current day, was the French testing a nuclear bomb explosion on the Pacific island of BIKINI. That’s what he called, it. Ingenious, no?
I was under the impression it was named by French fashion designers just after the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests. Could be wrong though. HotForWords must investigate.
i have a word request. what is the first recorded word/words? i remember in college they said it was Homer’s Illiad, i think, but thats been many years and i could be wrong. so, i was wondering if you knew the origins of words.
ok cya thanks!
Precuneiform was reputed to be the first writing, somewhere before 3000 BC. They were just ahead of the Egyptians. It was made using the cut end of a reed by pushing divots into slabs of soft clay, which was then allowed to dry in the sun. There were some simple pictograms also, but literal translations are kinda sketchy. It was developed as an accounting system to keep business records on farm production, taxes, trade exchanges, and such. The city was Uruk and the country was Sumer, in the region known as Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), in the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys (note the similarity between the words Uruk and Iraq). Not sure what the first written word was, but I imagine that it was probably either “PAID” or “Final Notice!”
are you sure the French just weren’t in a big rush to pick up the Russian term?…i mean, just ’cause Ivan was in a hurry, that doesn’t mean Pierre re-tuned his chronograph…
Well I would say that because the french verb ‘rater’ means to make a mess of referring to a dish, and ‘touiller’ means to stir or toss….that ratatouille became a combination of these, as when you are making ratatouille, you are basically stirring up vegetables into an edible mess. That would be my guess. No google on this either.
So do I get to be teacher’s pet now?
Ratatouille is a stewed vegetable dish which can be served as a meal on its own, with rice, potatoes, or French bread as a side dish.
The ingredients are Tomatoes, onions, zucchini, eggplant, bell peppers, basil. All the ingredients are sauteed in olive oil. Adding coriander adds much flavor to the dish.
The name of the dish appears to derive from the French touiller, to stir, although the root of the first element “rat-” slang from the French Army meaning chunky stew.
I learned something new today
you’re right, kaibanator
except that the slang word for “bad-day-to-day food@French.army”
is ‘rata’, not ‘rat’ ( I know, I’ve lived through my 1 year ’service militaire’ ), and yes, food-for-troops can be terrible in France also.
Then it migrated in popular language : “du rata” = some food which
won’t be further described – in France, food which cannot be talked about is something bad, at least…-
As every other comment wrote, “touiller” is indeed to stir.
In fact ratatouille *is* a rather delicious reciepe, probably borrowed from Italy, very common in Provence, southern France .
I would’nt be surprised if the rather negative sounding of the word in French came from northern France : when they discovered the strange mix of southern vegetables they didn’t knew well….
may be they changed their mind after tasting ?
Too late, the reciepe is now coined with that word. And now internationnaly famous with the little Chef-Rat in the film
( notice how the reciepe is transformed in the film : no more boiling, no more stirring : the rat concentrates aromas in oven to give the critic a “perfume-flash” from his childhood)
lol indeed it has
thanks for the info dude 
Bistro is the term used by Snobs for cafe.
im righ there with ya on that one
Yea I remember when the term was starting to take hold many years ago. Many snobbish people where using it.
I hear ya there. Very well put. Thats why I gave up engineering in college. The truly smart people are the ones that hire smart people to do all their work for them. Many people think movie stars are the big money makers but really they are just employees working for the big studios which are the one making bank.
Go ahead and brag. I think its important for people to toot their own horn as long as its not to toot it into someones face. You purchased things that make you happy. You have this $40 sand car. Wow! Sound like fun! I think I rode in something similar when I was a kid. I like it when people have a hobby and buy the good stuff and not the crap at Wal-mart thinking they have the same thing.
hey, pagedoll! that sand car vid was fucking cool. reminded me of mad max. i thought the motorhead music was very appropriate. how do you keep the sand out of your shorts?
where you live, maybe. let me take a wild guess.
san diego, thats where i live. and i pull more coin than all my friends that have 4 year degrees. i DO own my own house. i DO have my own biz. i DO have 3 autos. 1 for work 1 for towing and 1 for play + a $40,000 sandcar + a 33 ft toy hauler and all my “smart” friends just cant figure it out. their all stuck in cubicles. huh?…im not bragin’ im just letting you know your not as smart as you think you think you may be
well, good for you.
and what does that have to do with anything?
im just going off the vid you posted in reply to roadrunrnch and i agreeing that bistros are for the snooty types…isn’t that what alice was sayin’-no job no car no life?/lost in america ’cause thats what i got from you thru alice and you takin’ a “wild guess” on where i live and why i have that opinion.
snobs not think they are….snobbish. they think we are ….well you
know.
One of those. ie Common People.
Yea, aLx you fucking snob. America is home to the most commonist people in the whole world! Common people who own their own homes, have two cars, one $40,000 toy and a trailer to haul it in. aLx, you are just some intellectual foreigner that doesn’t know shit about living in the u.s. of a. You’ll never have to suffer like us common people.
that vid was a trip buzzword. kinnda reminds me of the sparks and yes i am thankful i live in a land that affords me the opportunity to do what i do AND the FREEDOM to do it
too much stuff
cool, pagedoll. Yea, got to remember that an american calling someone else a snob can come off as being really hypocritical. Take it from me, a snobbish hypocritical ignorant twat, or s.h.i.t.
You listen to some interesting stuff, billyb. Listen to this stuff.
cool song billyb. im just livin’ up before my time runs out thats all
I live in a town called Hypocrisy and its not in the USA
Poor aLx email will be full, have to call in a maid to clean it out, since it filled up like magic.
this is what i do for fun http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=LOMZREt1ndc like it anyway
thats good buzzword. i liked george carlin but i saw the show he did on hbo awhile and hes turned in one miserable human being
Two or four wheel? I raced & my oldest boy races, oval track (pavement) & youngest son downhill mountain biking, I take pics of that, tried it at age 47 & the same weekend another 47 year old guy died on the same mountain, so I stick to the trails now, after a few wipeouts myself.
Opps sand car, 4 Wheel I got his one to run place for my stuff is that it?
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=JLoge6QzcGY opps it’s late sorry
i can’t get the George Carlin to run on this computer, i ‘ll check it out tommorrow. George & Ringo… my kids used to watch on the Mr.Conductor show . When I was a teen had his album on Vinyl yet.
four wheel. just like the sandcars that are jumpin’ in the vid
Put a table and chair in the street anywhere and someone will sit down expecting a waiter to turn up .
Hmm… this has somehow turned into a U.S. bashing argument.
Anyway, I live in the U.S. and where I live – Michigan – there is no presumption of snootiness when it comes to bistros and they are not the same thing as cafes.
A Cafe is restaurant that is designed mostly for serving just coffee and beverages like that, and have light foods to eat, sometimes sandwiches, etc. A cafe will typically have an outdoor sitting area, although not ever place with an outdoor area is considered a cafe. People usually spend a lot time there chatting and drinking their coffee, typing on their computers, reading, or whatever.
A bistro is just a restaurant that is typically not fine dining, but quickly prepared, affordable food. It tends to be moderately priced.
It really doesn’t convey anything high-brow at all.
yeah, billy, you’re right.
you all quit messing with my mail box.
but … glad to see that alice cooper still rocks.
oh, yeah, and I really do
wantneed those maids.you requested a maid sir?
hey marina could you find the origin of “cutting the cheese”? I’ve been wondering where it came from
ratatouille, never tried this. But I have eaten crocodile, pigeon and pig testicles. Although the testicles I ate were in central america. Anyone else eat anything relatively unusual?
Malcolm in the Middle
said it best:
“Nobody should know that a june bug tastes better than a moth”
Not Quite but the chips are good with a coool water sandwich & a ricochet biscuit. What you want for nothing .
by the way, i have been fans of these dudes for a while. although i can’t find this particular song on youtube. bottle rockets
Alligator
Reindeer
Bison
Wild boar
Giant clam
Conch
Prospero it sounds like you had one scary date. Giant clam, LOL.
Gator (maybe it was Crocodile?)
Bison
Reindeer
Candlefish
Bear
Rattlesnake
Ants
McDonald’s
Buzzword pig testicles are also refered to in the south as mountain oysters.
Reindeer
Elg (European Moose)
Ptarmigan
Guillemot
Seal
Whale
Mataq (Whale blubber)
Rakefisk (Half fermented Arctic Char)
Bird embryos cooked in boiling oil together with grilled thin strips of pig belly (Eggs and Bacon)
French- ‘ra’ = intensifier + ta = reduplicate? syllable? + touiller, to mix
Latin- tudiculare, to stir about
Latin- tudicula, device for crushing olives, hammer
Latin root of tundere, to strike
All this thinking is finding my stomach empty, ttyl
Ratatouille is a french stewed vegetable dish!!
Ratatouille… Blenderized rat?
here’s a word I used often in the Army which may, or may not have any identifiable origin. (I am not even sure of the spelling!)
Kludge (pronounced klooj) – I believe it means to haphazardly put something together, to put something together so that it will easily fall apart, to assemble poorly or with the wrong material, or to assemble it with “bubble gum and bailing wire”.
Properly spelled “Ford”
looked more like Dodge
i would like to now how the word sale come to mean to put some thing
up for sale thank you
Ratatouille is a soup lol
Hi Marina,
Can you tell me why the nickname of Charles is Chuck?
I always wondered where that came from.
Thanks!
:]
Nicknames are weird. Why does Richard become Dick
Oh, and to answer your question.. someone already stated that touiller means to ’stir up’.. and I know rata is Spanish for rat but unless it has to do with food the rats nibbled on, salvaging it by turning it into stew, I dont know.
I work in Boston Mass as a construction inspector and recently I was talking with a police officer who was referring to other officers as ‘Pigs’ which I know to be an impolite slang term for officers.. odd to hear one cop (cop coming from Chicago where the police used to wear copper badges, hence the term ‘Copper’ then shortened to Cop) refer to another as a pig, but I was wondering how that even started..
I see no correlation between a police officer and a pig..
The hippies of the 60s started calling the Cops pigs. It was the worst thing they could come up with.
hippies smell
Do you have hippies?
Hippies
I smell bacon.
I smell the coffee.
I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
I smell a rat (atouille).
thanks for the south park vids i needed that. i love startin’ my day off with a laugh.
SLAYER ROCKS!!!…have a great day prospero811 
To answer my own question, I found online a website (http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mcop.html) with the following to say on the subject:
“If you thought the term pig arose in the 1960s, you’re in for a surprise. The OED cites an 1811 reference to a “pig” as a Bow Street Runner–the early police force, named after the location of their headquarters, before Sir Robert Peel and the Metropolitan Police Force (see above.) Before that, the term “pig” had been used as early as the mid-1500s to refer to a person who is heartily disliked.”
Also, to correct my own error, the site claims the term “Cop” came from the early 1700’s term cop which meant to seize, capture, or snatch.
Oh.. and since I answered my own question, I’m still very curious about my original request which was for the word Buffalo, meaning to befuddle someone.
I think you answered your own question. ie Buffalo-ed, Is befuddle mispronounced . ?
I thought to buffalo someone meant to bully or otherwise intimidate or push them into something. That’s how grandpa used it, anyway.
hi marina. haha.
i want to request the word “frank”
like in the sentence. “I want to be frank with you, your absolutely gorgeous and you totally must investigate this word”
why frank? why not bill? or ted? or minar? or marina? haha.
it would be really great if you would do this word. mean so much to me.
thank you so much.
your trusty boy student
-minar mustafiz.
p.s.
i’ll do my extra credit if you decide to do ur next video in ur bra ;].
haha. ahem ahem. must stick to the ideas of learning.
but…it was a suggestion. haha.
thanks again!
Nope. It has nothing to do with rats.
Hi Marina could you please tell me the origin of the phrase Shake a Leg?
Is the Regal Beagle the best bistro ever?
ratatouille
it’s stew
The second element is evidently touiller “to stir up.”
The rata part is weird. The ra- is probably an intensifier and ta- is reduplication of the ra part to add to it and convey even more intensity.
So, I guess my guess is that it means a really really stirred up vegetable stew, probably meaning originally that there were a lot of veggies in there and it was a real crazy-like veggie stew. It’s not just a
“touille” it’s a rah tah touille…. a stew with panache – a wicked-ass stew.
How’s that Marina?
it was sort of a leftovers stew. “bad” food eaten by the poor.
–> rata
Found a goood stew from the Bachelor Bistro Nothing more intense than the Super Bowl. Qualify?
There seems to be some general disagreement and uncertainty about the rata part.
First!
OK, but to do something useful with this post (even more useful than answering before Marina!! Woohoo!
)…
Since Ratatouille could be described as “mixed up vegetables”, I’d take the wild guess and say, that the “rata”-part means something like vegetables…
rata + touiller.
so, it’s stirred up (bad) food / hotpot / stew.
apple polisher
what-ever