speaking of fish when i was a teenager i worked on a sport fishing boat out of los angeles when the boat was moving between spots to fish i would drag a lure and catch different types of tuna fillet them & chop into pieces cover with soy and people where eating it in less then ten minuts from pulling it out of the water it was fillet & eaten with out cooking yuk.i had a great time fishing but i will not eat them
tedt on
July 12th, 2008 8:34 am
*kiss* *kiss* *kiss* *kiss* *kiss* rate/look.
matalexwolf on
July 1st, 2008 4:58 pm
Once in Asia after eating some chicken, oh my, mai dee - not good at all. Shall spare the details however felt really unwell for a few days.
Salmon is tasty. I hear Salmon farms actually put dye into the feed so as to enrich the colour of the fish, which is not good. Eat with ones eyes! Is hard to beat in any case.
Love Tuna, mayo, onion and sweetcorn on toast, dam the world feels a better place after a few rounds of that. The Thais certainly know how to cook up some of the best seafood, ever. In fact, I would go as far as saying that Thai cooking is the best the world over. Never two dishes ever the same. Becoming a bit of a dab hand at it too. Met some Thai students at Reading Uni who help me with both language and cooking. Pat (hello/ sawadee) showed me some amazing dishes which made my taste buds over loads with delight. Hungry now…..
Hmmm, must book ticket to Thailand. Promised myself to spend a week in Chang Mai as have reputal cooking classes. In the mean time, I guess The George Cafe will have to do!!
gregory g mcbride on
June 8th, 2008 9:19 pm
Marina,
You are asking about the word “leap”
Well allow me to shoot for the moon and get mangled and allow my resilence of muscle to reform the bone structure and sping up to normalcy again. Kind of like bungy jumping theoretically speaking of course
Naturaly speaking the salient is when an animal jumps or leaps
Saute’ - a french past praticiple(to share) of sauter is (leap)witch is pronounced satire in latin
Greg
elpollo on
June 8th, 2008 10:23 am
Farm raise even though it helps is not the answer. When they get out of the farm they damage other salmons.
the_prophet on
June 5th, 2008 12:48 pm
Interesting. Everyone had asked themselves that question once.
okay4now on
June 5th, 2008 12:44 pm
A huge percent of fish for consumption are now farm raised. Salmon, shrimp (all shell fish)…if it’s wild you’d know by the taste if it’s inexpensive (& in U.S.) it’s farm raised.
Wild Salmon used to be in every river in California, even the so called L.A. river, and California brown bears would fish them, same bear that’s on the state flag. This was, of course, before Cadillacs & Oldsmobiles took over.
roachmeistercom on
June 4th, 2008 8:19 pm
wOOt! The stars are back. Fixed the bug I guess.
I am going to pretend I was teacher’s pet again because as it happens my first name IS Shane!
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA! (It feels so goooood to hear you say it, btw!!)
-))
elpollo on
June 4th, 2008 2:03 pm
very nice post, well done
roadrunrnch on
June 4th, 2008 12:35 am
??????????teach, when you say ” There you go ” GO? “There you are”. or “There It is”. or “That’s It.” maybe , TA DA, There you GO!
I never thought about the word : GO
This is a very useful word.
GO is a true multitasker.
There are a hundred usages
A word worth a look by HFWs
micheldiego replied on June 5th, 2008 12:48 am:
Also curious the triple go went gone etymology.
pennsyltucky9 replied on June 5th, 2008 10:35 am:
Well now you done gone went and done it. Tore open a number nine can o’ worms, that is. Good thing though. I was just a-fixin’ to head on down to the crawdad hole anyway!
okay4now replied on June 5th, 2008 12:52 pm:
ummm, do you catch crawdads with worms–#9 or otherwise & if so is there some art to it, send me the link, or a letter or an Art Linkletter.
pennsyltucky9 replied on June 5th, 2008 10:27 pm:
Wow. Sure, sure. I’ll tell you in a second. First, could you just write down the phone # of whoever sold you those brownies? I’d really like to get their recipe.
canakar on
June 3rd, 2008 8:44 pm
Hi Marina,
I reqest word “summer-salt”
Bob replied on June 4th, 2008 1:20 am:
A very SALIENT request - it’s another “leaping” word.
Somer-sault. Nothing to do with salt or summer.
annuddermale on
June 3rd, 2008 6:19 pm
continuing the trend i hope after you had your date thePenthouse pet dog-of-a-lesbian who thought you knew Du tch meant something other than “split the bill”, but you didn’t and forgot how much to tip that you didn’t get salmonella poisoning…
betcha wish the trend would stop, ‘eh?…
ok…:wink:
nickisduffman on
June 3rd, 2008 5:46 pm
Funny that salmonella is in the news again for the tomatoes. Love the channel!
Reinfield on
June 3rd, 2008 2:46 pm
Hi Marina,
I would like to find out the origin of the word “Jazz”.
Thanks
canakar replied on June 3rd, 2008 8:46 pm:
Ya me 2
schadenfreude replied on June 3rd, 2008 9:28 pm:
Orgin is unknown. One theory is it is a derivation of a persons name. Jasbo Brown was a musician who traveled along the Mississippi playing blues/cabaret varient style of music. He ended up in Chicago ultimately. The style evolved from “Jasbo” to “Jazz”; as one theory goes. Others involve varients of Gullah words for excitement and/or jumping.
roadrunrnch on
June 3rd, 2008 2:25 pm
Guys , Think She got any hate mail from Animal superiority groups?
ie PETA , for saying it’s OK to eat salmon.
there you go, another………..hey ” rights ” there is a word , the most misunderstood and misused word next to …….lied.
melikadothechacha replied on June 3rd, 2008 2:38 pm:
PETA don’t impress me.
Assigning human characteristics
toi animals is a job for Disney!
Animal ethics - COME ON!
They just want a cut of that
ASPCA money cha-ching!
Warren replied on June 6th, 2008 1:57 am:
Careful,
tiger-the-vicious might read that.
Don’t make him get off his wheel.
roadrunrnch on
June 3rd, 2008 1:46 pm
Teach , You must be a very busy little thing of late. Your absents in the posts is noted. May [ i ] WE ask , whats up?
Sorry roadrunrnch, have been moving these past 2 weeks.. and trying to get settled.. plus I got a new camera and trying to figure out how to work it….. I will get settled in shortly, I promise!
roadrunrnch replied on June 3rd, 2008 2:34 pm:
Bob replied on June 3rd, 2008 3:10 pm:
Don’t let life pass you by while you get settled in, Marina.
As a lifelong mover, I know that you never finish settling in until the day you move on again.
Have fun. Be happy. Mwah.
(Why don’t you have a kissy-kissy emoticon? I’m sure that we’d all wear holes in our screens clicking on it for you.)
roadrunrnch replied on June 3rd, 2008 5:31 pm:
He’s right, You need to throw some scraps to us seagulls or We might FLOCK OFF.
annuddermale replied on June 3rd, 2008 5:50 pm:
Bob, i already do wear out my screen clickin’ on Marina…
i mean, she’s kinda right there when u click the vid play button, right?…
and Marina, i’ve been movin’ in for two years now…oops…almost three…Life’s for livin’, go have fun while you are young…
sure as hell wish i had…
okay4now replied on June 5th, 2008 9:31 am:
In the last two weeks I just moved from Southern Cal. to Paris…yippy for me…and I’m basically settled, but what was I thinking? Well, being unsettled is better than being restless, or is it the other way around?
Marina’s busy, no doubt. Me? I’m planting my nose in my old French text book Color me dumb or stangely ambitious…
i’d like to know the origin of the word “booze” commonly used to refer to alcohol
love your channel
keep it up
platypusrex256 on
June 3rd, 2008 12:35 pm
i want to know about the word PATRIOT
capman911 on
June 3rd, 2008 12:26 pm
Hey check out this site on salmonella. Just as we were discussing it. Here crops up a case involving tomatoes. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24951023/
pennsyltucky9 replied on June 3rd, 2008 2:30 pm:
Hi Mike,
Well of COURSE I watched “Wild Kingdom,” I mean because who doesn’t? But all that other stuff I said about man-made biological threats compounding the already grave plight of the world’s anadromous fish populations is verifiable. In fact, I do have a little schooling in these matters.
Try googling ‘genetically modified organism.’ After checking in on the latest ‘frankensalmon’ developments, get a load of what Monsanto, Astra-Zeneca, Con-Agra, and some others have done to perpetuate their corporate stranglehold on the seed stock for the global human population’s food supply from now into the indefinite future. It’s eye-opening, to say the least.
roadrunrnch replied on June 3rd, 2008 4:19 pm:
:shock:K
Warren replied on June 6th, 2008 1:51 am:
She’s psychic too.
natoreus on
June 3rd, 2008 11:50 am
Pronounce vs. enunciate When do you use one over the other?
Thanks,
Ben
pennsyltucky9 replied on June 3rd, 2008 2:35 pm:
I now enunciate you Man and Wife. Hmmm. You’re right, natoreus. HotForWords must investigate.
roadrunrnch replied on June 3rd, 2008 5:24 pm:
your right , it should be- I NOW CONDEMN YOU……….
Bob replied on June 4th, 2008 1:02 am:
NOW I know what sort of marriage he has.
pennsyltucky9 replied on June 4th, 2008 10:59 am:
A marriage of economy and utility? Wit and wisdom, or entropy and futility? A marriage of punctual puns and tardy circumspection? A marriage of colloquial twang and imminent doom? Crusty euphemism and feisty pugilism? Hahaha, no, I’ve actually never been selected for groom duty, Bob, ya feathery wee winged wiseacre. Thanks for your input, though. Have a Rolling Rock on me!
Bob replied on June 4th, 2008 11:13 am:
You’re a gentleman and a scholar, Sir, and I guess, coming from Kentucky, a fine judge of racehorses.
Good looking, too. (for a shrunken head)
Cheers, have one yersel’.
Well, if you’re talking about what the difference is between the two when it comes to what they mean for the spoken language, then here we go:
Pronounce - This describes the general consensus on what the technically correct sound that each letter or each syllable makes in a word.
Enunciate - This describes how well you speak each letter or syllable in a word.
For example: one person can pronounce “Oregon” like “Or-eh-gehn” or like “Or-uh-gone”, but their enunciation is judged solely on how well they articulate those sounds.
Does that make any sense?
undergradtv on
June 3rd, 2008 11:37 am
Why Hello Thar!!!
I’d like to request a word: “Undergrad”
Thanks!!!
donfelipegonzales on
June 3rd, 2008 10:20 am
Dear teacher,
Thank you soooooooooo much for this one! One of my students asked me this question, and I didn’t kow how to answer…..
Amicalement
Don Felipe Gonzales amateur de saule
silverslasher007 on
June 3rd, 2008 10:02 am
i mean by
silverslasher007 on
June 3rd, 2008 10:02 am
shane what do you mean bey expelled
silverslasher007 on
June 3rd, 2008 10:01 am
i would like to request a word. it is transvestite
starlost1957 on
June 3rd, 2008 9:56 am
The word is: Charisma. Where does this word come from?
shane on
June 3rd, 2008 9:25 am
Yes! Finally the teacher’s pet!
For a while there I thought maybe I had been expelled and didn’t know it.
pennsyltucky9 replied on June 3rd, 2008 10:30 am:
Congratulations, Shane! Here’s your expusion notice, btw…
pennsyltucky9 replied on June 3rd, 2008 10:31 am:
Oops. Your expuLsion notice.
capman911 replied on June 3rd, 2008 12:19 pm:
Pennslytucky9 you must be some kind of road scholar. With a comment like you made a little further down about the salmon being bred in captivity. I just can’t believe the words that flowed from those mountain man lips..I am at awe with you. Or did you watch Wild Kingdom or something.
roadrunrnch replied on June 3rd, 2008 10:50 pm:
Pretty Girls love a BAD BOY
Bob replied on June 4th, 2008 1:00 am:
No hope for Buzzword and aLx then.
They don’t want to use the word “bad” so they can’t be bad.
nikki-ellis on
June 3rd, 2008 8:49 am
Hey,
I would just like to request a word :]]
It’s : Syzygy
Rather strange word meaning, alignment of 3 celestial bodies in a straight line. Was told it by my tutor at uni and wanted to know the origin.
Many thanks
Nikki.
Also love the lesson very good :]
x
2hotforwordsfanclub replied on June 4th, 2008 3:29 pm:
HEY
I actually owned a company in the UK called Syzygy Products Ltd and researched the meaning of this bizzare word extensively before forming the company.
I don’t strictly agree with your meaning though. I would say that it is the gravitational balance that keeps these celestial bodies that keeps these 2 or more items in harmony. I don’t agree with the straight line theory, as most of the celestial bodies orbit, and the line is one of the many dimensional gravitational plains that keep the balance together.
Anyway the origin of the word was in 1656 from the Greek word Syzigia (yoke, pair, union of two, harmonious conjunction) and refers to the 3 harmonious components of an egg originally, namely the yoke suspended in the centre of the albumen within the shell.
Formed from the 2 ancient words Syn (together) Zygon (yoke).
Obviously Astronomy put a new slant to the meaning later, but the basic theory is the same
nikki-ellis replied on June 4th, 2008 4:22 pm:
Thanks for the Quick reply :]]
Now i no more about the word.
But I still believe my meaning to be correct as in Astronomy. an alignment of three celestial objects, as the sun, the earth, and either the moon or a planet: Syzygy in the sun-earth-moon system occurs at the time of full moon and new moon.
But that is when the pronunciation is siz-i-jee (spelt frenetically).
Where as when the Pronunciation is sĭz’ə-jē (spelt frenetically) means your gravitational orbit theory.. So maybe they are both correct.
But this was my tutors definition:
syzygy
Noun
The straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system.
But yes anyway thanks for the reply and now i no more about the word :]]
Many Thanks
Nikki
x
2hotforwordsfanclub replied on June 5th, 2008 3:51 pm:
You are very welcome Nikki. That is what I remember that I read when I found the word 10 years ago in a dictionary and decided to adopt it as a company name, and I am not too bad at etymology but don’t assume that I am right, as this perfection is more Marina’s domain as we all know.
You have me wondering now…my memory is failing…OED Oxford English Dictionary is the ultimate source and doesn’t list it online despite me finding it in the same paper version 10 years ago.
Your theory about both being right is very polite and definately makes sense, I need to visit a library or find my old 70,000 word OED . You really have me going now….
2hotforwordsfanclub replied on June 5th, 2008 4:11 pm:
PS Although the gravity holds everything together it has no relevence whatsover to the word itself of course. Although it was originally from egg yokes the balance however appears to be on one plain between 2 or 3 bodies and therefore on a straight line disproving my theory that it is on one all dimensional plains as a general harmony.
Well done I say
Please tell me Nikki that you are a girl because we need more girls to prove my theory that we are not all a load of perverts that only watch to get an eye full. All the Nikki’s in the UK are girls and males are Nicky.
Please join the forum more for some eloquent fun with a bunch of lunatics and punoholics.
Regards Markie
tiger-the-vicious replied on June 5th, 2008 4:25 pm:
Syzyzy Syjojy …….oh bugger it sausages I have hod chew many dwinkz.
Little Hamstosh cant hold their liquor
I went on my Hamster’s Imaginary English Dictionary
Syzygy (n) (adj) The alignment of three morning nutritious bodies on a plate in a charming smiley face. Usually comprised of 2 eggs, a rasher of bacon and a sausage.
Love Tig
nikki-ellis replied on June 6th, 2008 6:18 pm:
Hey,
Thanks for replying ever so quickly.
Is strange how many meanings i can find for the word yet there is no one which holds more ground than the other, still i am sticking with the theory that we are both correct as words can have more than one meaning.
And to answer your question i am a Guy not a girl i am afraid, Nikki tends to be female within the UK but my full name is Nicholas and i am known as Nikki as my hero is Nikki Sixx (Bass player for Motley Crue) and people started calling me Nikki due to my style of dress and such..
I shall Join the forum more often, sounds good.
Hi marina, I’d like to request the word apache.
Sense I am “hot for tech” I’ve came across the apache web server program several times, and I know it’s named after an Indian tribe.
There is also a helicopter model with the same name…
I’d like to know what the significance/origin of the name is
u can check my movies at http://www.youtube.com/hotfortech
(And yes I was inspired by you, when I name and opened my YouTube account )
spikeysteve replied on June 4th, 2008 3:33 pm:
Isn’t that what you need on your inner tube when your bikey runs over a hedgehog ?
tiger-the-vicious replied on June 5th, 2008 4:26 pm:
What an apache ?
whoooo whooo whooo
sniperskaya on
June 3rd, 2008 6:37 am
Marina, I hate to break the news to you, but salmon is going to get a LOT more expensive. I think Ella’s prices are still the same…
Salmon Fishing Banned Along U.S. West Coast
Donna Gordon Blankinship in Seatac, Washington
Associated Press
April 11, 2008
sniperskaya, I read that as well.. but my understanding is that most of the Salmon eaten is of the farmed kind anyway.. so it may not have as detrimental an effect on price some people think.. but who knows?
Marina, Look into what salmon farming has and is doing to our native wild salmon population.Farm raised has no where near the goodies or flavor for you that wild salmon does[they feed them pellet type food].Patagonia’s catalog had a great article on it several years back.King in the spring and summer is the best tasting of all!
All the best Teacher, Scotthorn
pennsyltucky9 replied on June 3rd, 2008 11:23 am:
Genetically-Modified salmon for farming are generally much faster-growing and quickly grow to an enormous size.
Scotthorn aptly points out how farmed salmon also lack flavor and color, so coloring is often added to make them look real. They pose a serious threat to native populations if (WHEN) they get loose because female fish tend to select mates based upon large size, and the GM salmon are easily twice the size of their naturally-occurring competitors so their recent genetic modifications will soon infect the entire gene pool. One of the more recent modifications will allow them to breed in SALT WATER instead of heading up freshwater streams to spawn as they always have.
When these get out into the biosphere, (because of the aforementioned size differential and the competitive advantage it brings to breeding) it will only be a matter of time before the salmon stop running upstream to breed. A massive collapse of many other animal populations which rely on the annual salmon run will follow: eagle, bear, otter, mink, and hundreds of other species reliant on the flood of nutrients brought up into the headwaters by the mating salmon will perish, falling like dominoes.
BTW, “frankensalmon” have escaped into Norwegian waters so we will soon see the ramifications of this genetic manipulation in the world’s oceans as the new giants outbreed the smaller, naturally-occurring males. Brace for impact.
roadrunrnch replied on June 3rd, 2008 1:33 pm:
Oh hell guys the Earth is get ready to go back to the Dynos. Man is a complete flop. We started out on the top of the food chain, and now We are sorry for just being at all. ie It Mans fault for every thing bad, but all the good is ……….lies. ok I;ll stop.
pennsyltucky9 replied on June 3rd, 2008 4:42 pm:
Haha! roadrunrnch,
I could only wish you were right about going back to the dinosaurs: I believe (permit me to wildly conjecture here) that the next “geologic layer,” as it were, that will will be laid down by an animal (as opposed to a plant community) species will be that of the social insects. We’re talkin’ the ants, wasps, and bees here. In my view, they are most likely to be the next “mammal” because we mammals are basically the next “dinosaurs” if we don’t somehow manage to grab the wheel and take our foot off the accelerator.
I think the social insects have the best chance of surviving the major species die-offs to come because they are small, omnivorous, guided by a unified will to succeed as a group, fear nothing, and can operate underground for indefinite periods. In these ways they are similar to the original tiny mammals who lived during the last days of the dinosaurs, some 65MYago), plus, they have a short breeding/gestation period and so generations pass by quickly, not like us humans with our 15-30-year generations. The benefit of the short gestation period is that if climatic or other conditions change rapidly, genetic traits for variations in size or characteristics will begin to naturally “select” the next round of survivors, based upon whether the characteristics they have are conducive to, or contrary to survival under the new conditions. It is also important to add that mutations that occur which help them to survive will be more quickly absorbed into the gene pool, so the end result is that they have a better chance of evolving toward a form most suited to their immediate environment. Those that lack the latest and coolest adaptations will decline and eventually disappear. And the faster your species can adapt to change, the better off you’ll be.
Bottom line, time to ease up on the throttle and grab the wheel before it’s over the cliff we go. I’m gonna start thinking about raisin’ some chickens to help keep up a fresh layer o’ poop on the garden.
Peace.
roadrunrnch replied on June 3rd, 2008 5:18 pm:
Insect would rule the world if not for the lack of leadership. They are content with maintaining the status quote. By not standing out and keeping the playing field level, ie( no winners so no losers.) they are happy just to serve the QUEEN. There are some of Us like this, For extra credit, Can you name the forms of Government that use these ideals?
pennsyltucky9 replied on June 3rd, 2008 9:52 pm:
Ah, but there is where you are incorrect. Leadership is something the ants, bees, and wasps do have, and it’s programmed in on an instinctual level. It’s built-in instead of coercive or greed-driven like ours. Remember, I’m talking about the social insects here, not just any old insects. When we’re gone, they’ll still be tirelessly communicating together and cooperating to achieve common goals. And the underlying scenario is that the mammals and large land animals would have already long since died out, so what’s left? Any guesses?
roadrunrnch replied on June 3rd, 2008 10:46 pm:
INCORRECT maybe, imprecise yes. sorry. What I should have said; The leadership is not intent on ruling the world. Their leadership’s intent is to care for it’s young. Some ants do conquer others, but for food or slaves. Not world supremacy. More likely Bacteria will end up being left in the end game.. Too start again, again, etc—–>>>inf There are hours of back and forth argument, but in the end Humans intent to destroy them selves is not common in other species. except Fire?
pennsyltucky9 replied on June 4th, 2008 11:26 am:
Wow, some good interaction here, Roadrunnerranch. Thanks!
I’m just speculating though. You are correct in pointing out that bacteria will be a strong contender, always was, and will continue to be. And it is true that self-awareness (which eventually leads to oppression of other species, as in animal husbandry and agriculture) and eventual aspiration toward world domination is a trait unique to humans. Excellent observations! 50 million years after the mammals are extinct, who knows how well the social insects will have adapted? I just think they’re most likely to predominate because they have already developed excellent survival strategies of organization, communication and leadership hierarchy. Can’t really think of any other critters that come close, though I’m interested to hear more peoples’ impressions. I’m not sure what you mean about fire…
annuddermale replied on June 4th, 2008 4:43 pm:
there’s an old ecological dogma that given enough time and enough food, a population will pollute its environment beyond the carrying capacity of the environment…
aren’t we all glad to know that science has this figured out already?…
now if we could only reach the masses…
oh, wait…maybe the price of gas will help them understand…
pennsyltucky9 replied on June 5th, 2008 10:43 am:
Gas is just what we feed our toys. Wait ’til cars are a memory and the price of food goes the same way! Maybe then we’ll start to see some humans reach over to turn off the alarm clock.
kingofghostshiddenwarrior on
June 3rd, 2008 5:41 am
hello hot for words i would like to ask where the word confused comes from and its proper origin
TongueTwisler on
June 3rd, 2008 12:47 am
Hey TongueTwisler here
Dear Marina, i was just wondering if you could find out why regular soldiers in the army are known at privates ?
Hope to hear a reply from you soon.
Kind regards TongueTwisler
Bob replied on June 3rd, 2008 12:56 am:
Conversation between two blondes, overheard in a dance hall sometime in the fifties:-
1st Girl. I hear your new boyfriend is in the army.
2nd Girl. Yes, he’s in the King’s African Rifles.
1st Girl. Is that a good regiment?
2nd Girl. I think so. They have white officers with black privates.
1st Girl. OOOO! VERY exotic!
annuddermale replied on June 3rd, 2008 3:55 am:
jokes are not found in the handbook, Bob…see the response below…
TongueTwisler replied on June 4th, 2008 5:17 am:
lol, where did you get that one from Bob ?
cause it’s a real good one
Bob replied on June 4th, 2008 5:43 am:
The old ‘uns are the best, I keep telling myself as I get ever older.
spikeysteve replied on June 4th, 2008 3:36 pm:
hmmm sometimes the old ones are just old. (I liked above though)
roadrunrnch on
June 2nd, 2008 11:39 pm
Bob replied on June 3rd, 2008 12:49 am:
Why are you shocked RR? Are you as puzzled as I am about the connection between etymology and hockey?
nope. Salmon and Salmonella are not a match. They’re both different
BillyB replied on June 2nd, 2008 11:10 pm:
Good Hockey game tonight… or should I say games, almost two complete games in one night. O/T Pittsburgh still alive 37 seconds away from elimination, who is “Maxime Talbot” anyways? Not very often you see the goalie pulled & team facing elimination survive. Hollywood can’t write this stuff. The Pittsburgh lottery winning # came up 7171, “Malkins’” # doubled & detroit scoring an own goal… Next game in pitt… must see now.
On a heavy note… Vancouver Canucks, all of Hockey & a small town of 3000 laid to rest a hero & a bright young star today. Luc Bourdon gone so soon, but will not soon be forgotton. RIP Luc
I know, that was very sad. yep, I saw the game winner. That high stick penalty definetly help the pens. Detroit gave it away. I felt bad for Mark Prior. His season ended again with a shoulder injury. He might as well retire. Did you check out Ozzie Guillen’s outburst after losing to the rays? I say Ozzie is a psycho.
BillyB replied on June 3rd, 2008 12:57 am:
Yeah not everyone loves a phsyco, but the media eats it up, almost promotes it, stirs it up , they know Ozzie can’t keep from running off at the mouth. Get it on video… news at 11.
spikeysteve replied on June 4th, 2008 3:37 pm:
Hey it’s safe to come out. I can be run over quite severely by a Ferrari but now you have changed you gravatar to a parakeet I am safe !!!
Bob replied on June 6th, 2008 3:44 pm:
You still have to look out for the bicycles, spikey, by the look of your Gravatar.
BTW, why did the hedgehog cross the road?
schadenfreude on
June 2nd, 2008 9:54 pm
Since we are discussing diseases I would like to request “Gonorrhea”; although just the orgin please. Unless…well…never mind.
It’s literal meaning is interesting. This could segway nicely to “the clap”; where the hell did that come from and what exactly is clapping? Another one I don’t get when looking at the orgin is “Chlamidia”. Hmm
Chacha, Probably your kitchen is the size of my apartment, is EVERYTHING really so big in America?
I’m trying to imagine your oven, capable of baking a V shaped flapjack the size of a doghouse roof. This oven has probably the size of my kitchen…
The word salmon comes from a lady named Ella Salmonbarfburgerberg. Apparently, she found a fish in her bra when she fell into a speedy creek. She took the stiletto heel of one of her “fishin’ shoes” and poked the thing into submission. Later, she skinned and deboned the dam thing looking for her lost mood ring. In a bad mood and left with only mushed fish meat (and stinky fingers), she squeezed it into a quasi-snowball and threw it at her “old man” known as Billy-Bob Salmonbarfburgerberg. He replied ” OK, enough is enough Miss Salmon-Ella. You make me sick. There should be a disease named after you!”
I don’t know how it got from this story and into the dictionary but it sounds either a bit fishy or just another one of those “big fish tales!?… hmmm?
Your trusty fan in The Great White North.
Warren replied on June 3rd, 2008 2:52 am:
On the old TV show- “MASH” , one episode had everyone sick from eating some bad turkey. The Colonel walked in and talked to this “southern” guy named “Rizzo” and said, “bad news Rizzo, salmonella is in the camp. Rizzo heard “Sam and Ella” and replied; “Oh no, who is they”?
Bob replied on June 3rd, 2008 3:25 am:
Oh! Oh! Reeealy BAD news.
Warren used the bad word “Bad” about bad fish, bad diction, bad hearing and bad grammar.
I think we’re in for another deep blue.
ibm6789 on
June 2nd, 2008 8:54 pm
Was Daniel’s wifes name Ella?
roadrunrnch on
June 2nd, 2008 8:21 pm
are you seeing quirky and mysterious ? more like a sciolistic attempt to curry favor with Teacher.
runawayscott on
June 2nd, 2008 8:17 pm
By the way, I’ve noticed alot of people who post comments say they were or are in the military. Just something curious I noticed.
runawayscott on
June 2nd, 2008 8:15 pm
I love you
tiger-the-vicious replied on June 5th, 2008 4:28 pm:
So you have a passion for female sheep eh ?
tiger-the-vicious replied on June 5th, 2008 4:30 pm:
Or maybe yew like abundantly knotted trees.
roadrunrnch on
June 2nd, 2008 8:14 pm
augie on
June 2nd, 2008 8:01 pm
well done sweetheart i had salmon posion once not tht fun while i waz in tha military lov Augie
dropping_bombs on
June 2nd, 2008 7:42 pm
Hello Marina, I am a new member.
Where does the word “Sleazy” come from? or like when someone calls somebody a “sleaz-bag” what the hell is a sleaz and where does it come from?
melikadothechacha replied on June 2nd, 2008 8:40 pm:
sleaze may be a portmaneau word.
sure sounds like one - what do you
thimk? oops! …tired - too lazy to backspace
roadrunrnch replied on June 2nd, 2008 10:08 pm:
what ; slimy + lawyer = sleaze
tiger-the-vicious replied on June 5th, 2008 4:32 pm:
Does this work with the equation laywer = slime ?
melikadothechacha replied on June 5th, 2008 7:30 pm:
sleepy+lazy? nah, doesn’t fit
Believe it or not, there actually
are a few honest barristers out
there. It’s the smarmy snakeoil
salesmen types (who are only
interested in a fee and then
do nothing) that give off the
stank you guys are smelling.
Q: what do you call 200
lawyers at the bottom
of the sea?
A: A good start
techlobyte on
June 2nd, 2008 7:41 pm
Salmon are salty
salt was used as salary back in the B.C.
so is that to say Solomon’s Mine
was a river, lake, or sea with fish in it??
Food might have been more important
than jewelry back then
p.s. I’ve one to add
saltation, the movement of sand in a dune is literraly a leaping
speaking of fish when i was a teenager i worked on a sport fishing boat out of los angeles when the boat was moving between spots to fish i would drag a lure and catch different types of tuna fillet them & chop into pieces cover with soy and people where eating it in less then ten minuts from pulling it out of the water it was fillet & eaten with out cooking yuk.i had a great time fishing but i will not eat them
*kiss* *kiss* *kiss* *kiss* *kiss* rate/look.
Once in Asia after eating some chicken, oh my, mai dee - not good at all. Shall spare the details however felt really unwell for a few days.
Salmon is tasty. I hear Salmon farms actually put dye into the feed so as to enrich the colour of the fish, which is not good. Eat with ones eyes! Is hard to beat in any case.
Love Tuna, mayo, onion and sweetcorn on toast, dam the world feels a better place after a few rounds of that. The Thais certainly know how to cook up some of the best seafood, ever. In fact, I would go as far as saying that Thai cooking is the best the world over. Never two dishes ever the same. Becoming a bit of a dab hand at it too. Met some Thai students at Reading Uni who help me with both language and cooking. Pat (hello/ sawadee) showed me some amazing dishes which made my taste buds over loads with delight. Hungry now…..
Hmmm, must book ticket to Thailand. Promised myself to spend a week in Chang Mai as have reputal cooking classes. In the mean time, I guess The George Cafe will have to do!!
Marina,
You are asking about the word “leap”
Well allow me to shoot for the moon and get mangled and allow my resilence of muscle to reform the bone structure and sping up to normalcy again. Kind of like bungy jumping theoretically speaking of course
Naturaly speaking the salient is when an animal jumps or leaps
Saute’ - a french past praticiple(to share) of sauter is (leap)witch is pronounced satire in latin
Greg
Farm raise even though it helps is not the answer. When they get out of the farm they damage other salmons.
Interesting. Everyone had asked themselves that question once.
A huge percent of fish for consumption are now farm raised. Salmon, shrimp (all shell fish)…if it’s wild you’d know by the taste if it’s inexpensive (& in U.S.) it’s farm raised.
Wild Salmon used to be in every river in California, even the so called L.A. river, and California brown bears would fish them, same bear that’s on the state flag. This was, of course, before Cadillacs & Oldsmobiles took over.
wOOt! The stars are back. Fixed the bug I guess.
I am going to pretend I was teacher’s pet again because as it happens my first name IS Shane!
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA! (It feels so goooood to hear you say it, btw!!)
-))
very nice post, well done
??????????teach, when you say ” There you go ” GO? “There you are”. or “There It is”. or “That’s It.” maybe , TA DA, There you GO!
I never thought about the word : GO
This is a very useful word.
GO is a true multitasker.
There are a hundred usages
A word worth a look by HFWs
Also curious the triple go went gone etymology.
Well now you done gone went and done it. Tore open a number nine can o’ worms, that is. Good thing though. I was just a-fixin’ to head on down to the crawdad hole anyway!
ummm, do you catch crawdads with worms–#9 or otherwise & if so is there some art to it, send me the link, or a letter or an Art Linkletter.
Wow. Sure, sure. I’ll tell you in a second. First, could you just write down the phone # of whoever sold you those brownies? I’d really like to get their recipe.
Hi Marina,
I reqest word “summer-salt”
A very SALIENT request - it’s another “leaping” word.
Somer-sault. Nothing to do with salt or summer.
continuing the trend i hope after you had your date thePenthouse pet dog-of-a-lesbian who thought you knew Du tch meant something other than “split the bill”, but you didn’t and forgot how much to tip that you didn’t get salmonella poisoning…
betcha wish the trend would stop, ‘eh?…
ok…:wink:
Funny that salmonella is in the news again for the tomatoes. Love the channel!
Hi Marina,
I would like to find out the origin of the word “Jazz”.
Thanks
Ya me 2
Orgin is unknown. One theory is it is a derivation of a persons name. Jasbo Brown was a musician who traveled along the Mississippi playing blues/cabaret varient style of music. He ended up in Chicago ultimately. The style evolved from “Jasbo” to “Jazz”; as one theory goes. Others involve varients of Gullah words for excitement and/or jumping.
Guys , Think She got any hate mail from Animal superiority groups?
ie PETA , for saying it’s OK to eat salmon.
there you go, another………..hey ” rights ” there is a word , the most misunderstood and misused word next to …….lied.
PETA don’t impress me.
Assigning human characteristics
toi animals is a job for Disney!
Animal ethics - COME ON!
They just want a cut of that
ASPCA money cha-ching!
Careful,
tiger-the-vicious might read that.
Don’t make him get off his wheel.
Teach , You must be a very busy little thing of late. Your absents in the posts is noted. May [ i ] WE ask , whats up?
Sorry roadrunrnch, have been moving these past 2 weeks.. and trying to get settled.. plus I got a new camera and trying to figure out how to work it….. I will get settled in shortly, I promise!
Don’t let life pass you by while you get settled in, Marina.
As a lifelong mover, I know that you never finish settling in until the day you move on again.
Have fun. Be happy. Mwah.
(Why don’t you have a kissy-kissy emoticon? I’m sure that we’d all wear holes in our screens clicking on it for you.)
He’s right, You need to throw some scraps to us seagulls or We might FLOCK OFF.
Bob, i already do wear out my screen clickin’ on Marina…
i mean, she’s kinda right there when u click the vid play button, right?…
and Marina, i’ve been movin’ in for two years now…oops…almost three…Life’s for livin’, go have fun while you are young…
sure as hell wish i had…
In the last two weeks I just moved from Southern Cal. to Paris…yippy for me…and I’m basically settled, but what was I thinking? Well, being unsettled is better than being restless, or is it the other way around?
Color me dumb or stangely ambitious…
Marina’s busy, no doubt. Me? I’m planting my nose in my old French text book
Bienvenue a Paris, ami. Bonne chance!
i wanted to know the origin of these words. you can pick one:
hostile
prejudice
paradox
thanks HotForWords!
I request the word “summer-salt”
-Homidog11
i’d like to know the origin of the word “booze” commonly used to refer to alcohol
love your channel
keep it up
i want to know about the word PATRIOT
Hey check out this site on salmonella. Just as we were discussing it. Here crops up a case involving tomatoes.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24951023/
Hi Mike,
Well of COURSE I watched “Wild Kingdom,” I mean because who doesn’t? But all that other stuff I said about man-made biological threats compounding the already grave plight of the world’s anadromous fish populations is verifiable. In fact, I do have a little schooling in these matters.
Try googling ‘genetically modified organism.’ After checking in on the latest ‘frankensalmon’ developments, get a load of what Monsanto, Astra-Zeneca, Con-Agra, and some others have done to perpetuate their corporate stranglehold on the seed stock for the global human population’s food supply from now into the indefinite future. It’s eye-opening, to say the least.
:shock:K
She’s psychic too.
Pronounce vs. enunciate When do you use one over the other?
Thanks,
Ben
I now enunciate you Man and Wife. Hmmm. You’re right, natoreus. HotForWords must investigate.
your right , it should be- I NOW CONDEMN YOU……….
NOW I know what sort of marriage he has.
A marriage of economy and utility? Wit and wisdom, or entropy and futility? A marriage of punctual puns and tardy circumspection? A marriage of colloquial twang and imminent doom? Crusty euphemism and feisty pugilism? Hahaha, no, I’ve actually never been selected for groom duty, Bob, ya feathery wee winged wiseacre. Thanks for your input, though. Have a Rolling Rock on me!
You’re a gentleman and a scholar, Sir, and I guess, coming from Kentucky, a fine judge of racehorses.
Good looking, too. (for a shrunken head)
Cheers, have one yersel’.
I lost $10 at churchill downs. :/
My 2 favorite tips:
1. Don’t bet on the races.
2. Don’t fry bacon in the nude.
Well, if you’re talking about what the difference is between the two when it comes to what they mean for the spoken language, then here we go:
Pronounce - This describes the general consensus on what the technically correct sound that each letter or each syllable makes in a word.
Enunciate - This describes how well you speak each letter or syllable in a word.
For example: one person can pronounce “Oregon” like “Or-eh-gehn” or like “Or-uh-gone”, but their enunciation is judged solely on how well they articulate those sounds.
Does that make any sense?
Why Hello Thar!!!
I’d like to request a word: “Undergrad”
Thanks!!!
Dear teacher,
Thank you soooooooooo much for this one! One of my students asked me this question, and I didn’t kow how to answer…..
Amicalement
Don Felipe Gonzales amateur de saule
shane what do you mean bey expelled
i would like to request a word. it is transvestite
Yes! Finally the teacher’s pet!
For a while there I thought maybe I had been expelled and didn’t know it.
Congratulations, Shane! Here’s your expusion notice, btw…
Oops. Your expuLsion notice.
Pennslytucky9 you must be some kind of road scholar. With a comment like you made a little further down about the salmon being bred in captivity. I just can’t believe the words that flowed from those mountain man lips..I am at awe with you. Or did you watch Wild Kingdom or something.
Pretty Girls love a BAD BOY
No hope for Buzzword and aLx then.
They don’t want to use the word “bad” so they can’t be bad.
Hey,
I would just like to request a word :]]
It’s : Syzygy
Rather strange word meaning, alignment of 3 celestial bodies in a straight line. Was told it by my tutor at uni and wanted to know the origin.
Many thanks
Nikki.
Also love the lesson very good :]
x
HEY
I actually owned a company in the UK called Syzygy Products Ltd and researched the meaning of this bizzare word extensively before forming the company.
I don’t strictly agree with your meaning though. I would say that it is the gravitational balance that keeps these celestial bodies that keeps these 2 or more items in harmony. I don’t agree with the straight line theory, as most of the celestial bodies orbit, and the line is one of the many dimensional gravitational plains that keep the balance together.
Anyway the origin of the word was in 1656 from the Greek word Syzigia (yoke, pair, union of two, harmonious conjunction) and refers to the 3 harmonious components of an egg originally, namely the yoke suspended in the centre of the albumen within the shell.
Formed from the 2 ancient words Syn (together) Zygon (yoke).
Obviously Astronomy put a new slant to the meaning later, but the basic theory is the same
Thanks for the Quick reply :]]
Now i no more about the word.
But I still believe my meaning to be correct as in Astronomy. an alignment of three celestial objects, as the sun, the earth, and either the moon or a planet: Syzygy in the sun-earth-moon system occurs at the time of full moon and new moon.
But that is when the pronunciation is siz-i-jee (spelt frenetically).
Where as when the Pronunciation is sĭz’ə-jē (spelt frenetically) means your gravitational orbit theory.. So maybe they are both correct.
But this was my tutors definition:
syzygy
Noun
The straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system.
But yes anyway thanks for the reply and now i no more about the word :]]
Many Thanks
Nikki
x
You are very welcome Nikki. That is what I remember that I read when I found the word 10 years ago in a dictionary and decided to adopt it as a company name, and I am not too bad at etymology but don’t assume that I am right, as this perfection is more Marina’s domain as we all know.
You have me wondering now…my memory is failing…OED Oxford English Dictionary is the ultimate source and doesn’t list it online despite me finding it in the same paper version 10 years ago.
Your theory about both being right is very polite and definately makes sense, I need to visit a library or find my old 70,000 word OED . You really have me going now….
PS Although the gravity holds everything together it has no relevence whatsover to the word itself of course. Although it was originally from egg yokes the balance however appears to be on one plain between 2 or 3 bodies and therefore on a straight line disproving my theory that it is on one all dimensional plains as a general harmony.
Well done I say
Please tell me Nikki that you are a girl because we need more girls to prove my theory that we are not all a load of perverts that only watch to get an eye full. All the Nikki’s in the UK are girls and males are Nicky.
Talking about eyeful I found a very descriptive meaning on
http://www.answers.com/topic/syzygy?cat=technology
Eeeh they never had the internet 10 years ago sheeesh…
I also found a source to reinforce my origin memory which howver spot on.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=syzygy& searchmode=none
Please join the forum more for some eloquent fun with a bunch of lunatics and punoholics.
Regards Markie
Syzyzy Syjojy …….oh bugger it sausages I have hod chew many dwinkz.
Little Hamstosh cant hold their liquor
I went on my Hamster’s Imaginary English Dictionary
Syzygy (n) (adj) The alignment of three morning nutritious bodies on a plate in a charming smiley face. Usually comprised of 2 eggs, a rasher of bacon and a sausage.
Love Tig
Hey,
Thanks for replying ever so quickly.
Is strange how many meanings i can find for the word yet there is no one which holds more ground than the other, still i am sticking with the theory that we are both correct as words can have more than one meaning.
And to answer your question i am a Guy not a girl i am afraid, Nikki tends to be female within the UK but my full name is Nicholas and i am known as Nikki as my hero is Nikki Sixx (Bass player for Motley Crue) and people started calling me Nikki due to my style of dress and such..
I shall Join the forum more often, sounds good.
Many thanks.
Nikki
x
Hi marina, I’d like to request the word apache.
Sense I am “hot for tech” I’ve came across the apache web server program several times, and I know it’s named after an Indian tribe.
There is also a helicopter model with the same name…
I’d like to know what the significance/origin of the name is
u can check my movies at http://www.youtube.com/hotfortech
)
(And yes I was inspired by you, when I name and opened my YouTube account
Isn’t that what you need on your inner tube when your bikey runs over a hedgehog ?
What an apache ?
whoooo whooo whooo
Marina, I hate to break the news to you, but salmon is going to get a LOT more expensive. I think Ella’s prices are still the same…
Salmon Fishing Banned Along U.S. West Coast
Donna Gordon Blankinship in Seatac, Washington
Associated Press
April 11, 2008
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/08 0411-AP-disappearin.html
sniperskaya, I read that as well.. but my understanding is that most of the Salmon eaten is of the farmed kind anyway.. so it may not have as detrimental an effect on price some people think.. but who knows?
p11!
proofread this!
Marina, it could be time to lock up the lox! Or maybe not…
http://www.fishfarmer-magazine.com/news/fullstory. php/aid/1658/Seafood_bank_says_salmon_prices_conti nuing_to_fall.html
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Marina, Look into what salmon farming has and is doing to our native wild salmon population.Farm raised has no where near the goodies or flavor for you that wild salmon does[they feed them pellet type food].Patagonia’s catalog had a great article on it several years back.King in the spring and summer is the best tasting of all!
All the best Teacher, Scotthorn
Genetically-Modified salmon for farming are generally much faster-growing and quickly grow to an enormous size.
Scotthorn aptly points out how farmed salmon also lack flavor and color, so coloring is often added to make them look real. They pose a serious threat to native populations if (WHEN) they get loose because female fish tend to select mates based upon large size, and the GM salmon are easily twice the size of their naturally-occurring competitors so their recent genetic modifications will soon infect the entire gene pool. One of the more recent modifications will allow them to breed in SALT WATER instead of heading up freshwater streams to spawn as they always have.
When these get out into the biosphere, (because of the aforementioned size differential and the competitive advantage it brings to breeding) it will only be a matter of time before the salmon stop running upstream to breed. A massive collapse of many other animal populations which rely on the annual salmon run will follow: eagle, bear, otter, mink, and hundreds of other species reliant on the flood of nutrients brought up into the headwaters by the mating salmon will perish, falling like dominoes.
BTW, “frankensalmon” have escaped into Norwegian waters so we will soon see the ramifications of this genetic manipulation in the world’s oceans as the new giants outbreed the smaller, naturally-occurring males. Brace for impact.
Oh hell guys the Earth is get ready to go back to the Dynos. Man is a complete flop. We started out on the top of the food chain, and now We are sorry for just being at all. ie It Mans fault for every thing bad, but all the good is ……….lies. ok I;ll stop.
Haha! roadrunrnch,
I could only wish you were right about going back to the dinosaurs: I believe (permit me to wildly conjecture here) that the next “geologic layer,” as it were, that will will be laid down by an animal (as opposed to a plant community) species will be that of the social insects. We’re talkin’ the ants, wasps, and bees here. In my view, they are most likely to be the next “mammal” because we mammals are basically the next “dinosaurs” if we don’t somehow manage to grab the wheel and take our foot off the accelerator.
I think the social insects have the best chance of surviving the major species die-offs to come because they are small, omnivorous, guided by a unified will to succeed as a group, fear nothing, and can operate underground for indefinite periods. In these ways they are similar to the original tiny mammals who lived during the last days of the dinosaurs, some 65MYago), plus, they have a short breeding/gestation period and so generations pass by quickly, not like us humans with our 15-30-year generations. The benefit of the short gestation period is that if climatic or other conditions change rapidly, genetic traits for variations in size or characteristics will begin to naturally “select” the next round of survivors, based upon whether the characteristics they have are conducive to, or contrary to survival under the new conditions. It is also important to add that mutations that occur which help them to survive will be more quickly absorbed into the gene pool, so the end result is that they have a better chance of evolving toward a form most suited to their immediate environment. Those that lack the latest and coolest adaptations will decline and eventually disappear. And the faster your species can adapt to change, the better off you’ll be.
Bottom line, time to ease up on the throttle and grab the wheel before it’s over the cliff we go. I’m gonna start thinking about raisin’ some chickens to help keep up a fresh layer o’ poop on the garden.
Peace.
Insect would rule the world if not for the lack of leadership. They are content with maintaining the status quote. By not standing out and keeping the playing field level, ie( no winners so no losers.) they are happy just to serve the QUEEN. There are some of Us like this, For extra credit, Can you name the forms of Government that use these ideals?
Ah, but there is where you are incorrect. Leadership is something the ants, bees, and wasps do have, and it’s programmed in on an instinctual level. It’s built-in instead of coercive or greed-driven like ours. Remember, I’m talking about the social insects here, not just any old insects. When we’re gone, they’ll still be tirelessly communicating together and cooperating to achieve common goals. And the underlying scenario is that the mammals and large land animals would have already long since died out, so what’s left? Any guesses?
INCORRECT maybe, imprecise yes. sorry. What I should have said; The leadership is not intent on ruling the world. Their leadership’s intent is to care for it’s young. Some ants do conquer others, but for food or slaves. Not world supremacy. More likely Bacteria will end up being left in the end game.. Too start again, again, etc—–>>>inf There are hours of back and forth argument, but in the end Humans intent to destroy them selves is not common in other species. except Fire?
Wow, some good interaction here, Roadrunnerranch. Thanks!
I’m just speculating though. You are correct in pointing out that bacteria will be a strong contender, always was, and will continue to be. And it is true that self-awareness (which eventually leads to oppression of other species, as in animal husbandry and agriculture) and eventual aspiration toward world domination is a trait unique to humans. Excellent observations! 50 million years after the mammals are extinct, who knows how well the social insects will have adapted? I just think they’re most likely to predominate because they have already developed excellent survival strategies of organization, communication and leadership hierarchy. Can’t really think of any other critters that come close, though I’m interested to hear more peoples’ impressions. I’m not sure what you mean about fire…
there’s an old ecological dogma that given enough time and enough food, a population will pollute its environment beyond the carrying capacity of the environment…
aren’t we all glad to know that science has this figured out already?…
now if we could only reach the masses…
oh, wait…maybe the price of gas will help them understand…
Gas is just what we feed our toys. Wait ’til cars are a memory and the price of food goes the same way! Maybe then we’ll start to see some humans reach over to turn off the alarm clock.
hello hot for words i would like to ask where the word confused comes from and its proper origin
Hey TongueTwisler here
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Dear Marina, i was just wondering if you could find out why regular soldiers in the army are known at privates
Hope to hear a reply from you soon.
Kind regards TongueTwisler
Conversation between two blondes, overheard in a dance hall sometime in the fifties:-
1st Girl. I hear your new boyfriend is in the army.
2nd Girl. Yes, he’s in the King’s African Rifles.
1st Girl. Is that a good regiment?
2nd Girl. I think so. They have white officers with black privates.
1st Girl. OOOO! VERY exotic!
jokes are not found in the handbook, Bob…see the response below…
lol, where did you get that one from Bob
? 
cause it’s a real good one
The old ‘uns are the best, I keep telling myself as I get ever older.
hmmm sometimes the old ones are just old. (I liked above though)
Why are you shocked RR? Are you as puzzled as I am about the connection between etymology and hockey?
nope. Salmon and Salmonella are not a match. They’re both different
Good Hockey game tonight… or should I say games, almost two complete games in one night. O/T Pittsburgh still alive 37 seconds away from elimination, who is “Maxime Talbot” anyways? Not very often you see the goalie pulled & team facing elimination survive. Hollywood can’t write this stuff. The Pittsburgh lottery winning # came up 7171, “Malkins’” # doubled & detroit scoring an own goal… Next game in pitt… must see now.
RIP Luc
On a heavy note… Vancouver Canucks, all of Hockey & a small town of 3000 laid to rest a hero & a bright young star today. Luc Bourdon gone so soon, but will not soon be forgotton.
I know, that was very sad.
yep, I saw the game winner. That high stick penalty definetly help the pens. Detroit gave it away. I felt bad for Mark Prior. His season ended again with a shoulder injury. He might as well retire. Did you check out Ozzie Guillen’s outburst after losing to the rays? I say Ozzie is a psycho.
Yeah not everyone loves a phsyco, but the media eats it up, almost promotes it, stirs it up , they know Ozzie can’t keep from running off at the mouth. Get it on video… news at 11.
Hey it’s safe to come out. I can be run over quite severely by a Ferrari but now you have changed you gravatar to a parakeet I am safe !!!
You still have to look out for the bicycles, spikey, by the look of your Gravatar.
BTW, why did the hedgehog cross the road?
Since we are discussing diseases I would like to request “Gonorrhea”; although just the orgin please. Unless…well…never mind.
It’s literal meaning is interesting. This could segway nicely to “the clap”; where the hell did that come from and what exactly is clapping? Another one I don’t get when looking at the orgin is “Chlamidia”. Hmm
For Carson enthusiasts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVkZZsS-66c (This one will have you clapping!)
Not all Johnnys’ interviews were easy, he had to work for his money at times. Oh for a Freefall Easy to watch, but hard to listen to.
I remember all those Carol Wayne guest spots. I think she and Johnny were bosom buddies.
Teach, extra credit question. Is there a plural form for solipsist .?
no takers? hint; fish bowl ?
Are we talking about Self (with a capital letter) or self (without)?
Soles ipsi a la Normande?
quel est un ipsi et qui est normand ?
Je suis normand myself. And thanks for your theory about flexibacter, you got an answer.
Ahhhh… philosophy 101, again
*just board*, I whated to see how deep this well is. ie Her Minions.
Up for a small challenge?
This is one I use to check
for problem solving ability.
You have to think outside the box.
Ready?
How many flapjacks does it take
to cover a doghouse?
That’s it - no more info, now come
up with an answer.
Only two people I met got this.
And the second one cheated
off the first! The first one was
a girl, too…! Sharp cookie…
Get to noodlin’
My first impression was depends how hungry the dog is, then I thought that doghouses are already covered per-se, so guess 0, none.
ONE
Very good roadrunmch!
answers need to be qualified.
the full correct answer is:
“one - if it’s big enough”
Why am I not surprised
you are already good at
thinking outside the box!!
How many Mech Marines will it take to destroy the Flapjack?
Chacha, Probably your kitchen is the size of my apartment, is EVERYTHING really so big in America?
I’m trying to imagine your oven, capable of baking a V shaped flapjack the size of a doghouse roof. This oven has probably the size of my kitchen…
You were too short on the body language and too long on the speaking, no offense taken.
Maia Marina, I must admit i am mystfried on how to answer this perhaps another lesson along these same lines is appropriate and called for?
Marina, Nitey-nite my little vanilla cupcake with milk chocolate frosting and rainbow sprinkles
Do you always talk to your supper ?
Does it answer you on the way down after you have eaten it ?
Good one Tig…know back on your wheel!
Decolletage, because you have such a lovely one
etymology: of insult - to leap upon, of resilience - leap back, saute - simply to leap inna da pan - da fryin pan whenna you flip it up
Hi Marina,
” I don’t know if you knew this but…”
The word salmon comes from a lady named Ella Salmonbarfburgerberg. Apparently, she found a fish in her bra when she fell into a speedy creek. She took the stiletto heel of one of her “fishin’ shoes” and poked the thing into submission. Later, she skinned and deboned the dam thing looking for her lost mood ring. In a bad mood and left with only mushed fish meat (and stinky fingers), she squeezed it into a quasi-snowball and threw it at her “old man” known as Billy-Bob Salmonbarfburgerberg. He replied ” OK, enough is enough Miss Salmon-Ella. You make me sick. There should be a disease named after you!”
I don’t know how it got from this story and into the dictionary but it sounds either a bit fishy or just another one of those “big fish tales!?… hmmm?
Your trusty fan in The Great White North.
On the old TV show- “MASH” , one episode had everyone sick from eating some bad turkey. The Colonel walked in and talked to this “southern” guy named “Rizzo” and said, “bad news Rizzo, salmonella is in the camp. Rizzo heard “Sam and Ella” and replied; “Oh no, who is they”?
Oh! Oh! Reeealy BAD news.
Warren used the bad word “Bad” about bad fish, bad diction, bad hearing and bad grammar.
I think we’re in for another deep blue.
Was Daniel’s wifes name Ella?
are you seeing quirky and mysterious ? more like a sciolistic attempt to curry favor with Teacher.
By the way, I’ve noticed alot of people who post comments say they were or are in the military. Just something curious I noticed.
I love you
So you have a passion for female sheep eh ?
Or maybe yew like abundantly knotted trees.
well done sweetheart i had salmon posion once not tht fun while i waz in tha military lov Augie
Hello Marina, I am a new member.
Where does the word “Sleazy” come from? or like when someone calls somebody a “sleaz-bag” what the hell is a sleaz and where does it come from?
sleaze may be a portmaneau word.
sure sounds like one - what do you
thimk? oops! …tired - too lazy to backspace
what ; slimy + lawyer = sleaze
Does this work with the equation laywer = slime ?
sleepy+lazy? nah, doesn’t fit
Believe it or not, there actually
are a few honest barristers out
there. It’s the smarmy snakeoil
salesmen types (who are only
interested in a fee and then
do nothing) that give off the
stank you guys are smelling.
Q: what do you call 200
lawyers at the bottom
of the sea?
A: A good start
Salmon are salty
salt was used as salary back in the B.C.
so is that to say Solomon’s Mine
was a river, lake, or sea with fish in it??
Food might have been more important
than jewelry back then
p.s. I’ve one to add
saltation, the movement of sand in a dune is literraly a leaping