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Hahaha I want to make that time square bit into an avatar, I have one for the hotforprofits girl as well. This is another great lesson “jump in the air” check! Don’t most people refer to them as cabs?
capricious
you wanna know the origin of that? she has allready done that
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/01/30/capricious/
A man walks into a bar with a checkered flag. The bartender looks at him warily and says, “I hope you’re not going to start anything with that.”
capricious, as in whimsical. compliment intended
I lived in Hackney, East London, for a few years, the licences for the Black Cabs and other Taxis are issued here for England and Wales. Do you know why this is?
And why does an airplane ‘taxi’ down a runway?
Wy are people that stuff dead animals called Taxidermists?
wanna say i was sooo happy to be teachers pet mmmmmm thanxs i posted on http://mraugust.multiply.com love and kisses Augie
Marina,
would transfer to a horse 
that controls the jumps and throws his rear legs inorder to clear the object in front of him naturaly the jockey would also have to learn 
to hold on for if thrown from the beast he might get hurt. 
e’s jump
This might of puzzled a few where the wild goat
The little girl would perform the ballet leap wich would be the human version of the horsi
Gerg
[Ballet] is a goats leap
ride the free air…have good day, gregory g mcbride 
grrr
coComments works pretty good, now.
I still see things, like the blue CO icon
on this comment box (bottom-left)
but I don’t know what it does, yet.
And what’s the story on these
backpage weblogs? whatever
I know it’s there, is all
so little time, so very
#@!# much to do…
Hi Marina-
I know you discussed the origin of the word “kangaroo” previously, but can you tell me the origin of the phrase “kangaroo court,” meaning a sham legal proceeding?
Mirna, The words lubber and bezel came up in my SCUBA class when we were discussing the functions of a compass. They both seem like such strange words, I was wondering where they came from.
P.S. If you don’t SCUBA you should give it some consideration. I’m sure you would look great in a wet suite and you would likely be a natural – considering your innate buoyancy
This is a job for Capt. Jack, resident
nautical terms afficionado and tar*
extraordinaire. I’ve got sea legs
for fishing, but I’m usually just a
landlubber.
*I know CJ isn’t british – it
just sounds cool
At last, something that really is an acronym.
Self
Contained
Underwater
Breathing
Apparatus
The demand regulator was invented in 1952 by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau who make the whole idea of putting gas bottles on your back (scuba) possible.
I find that in some (most?) places the word ‘taxi’ is used, and others (Vancouver at least) use ‘cab’, though at least if you use taxi here it’s still understood but you go somewhere where taxi is the norm and you use cab you get a ‘huh?’.
For all of this, ‘cabbie’ is still understood to be a taxi driver. Don’t figure.
Danget I forgot Tiger. We can get him some kibbles or a head of lettice. I don’t think lettice has salmonella on it yet.
Lettice not talk about horrible food.
I like Pudding and Chips and gravy
Fish and Chips
Roast Beef Yorkshire pudding and gravy
Roast Lamb with strawberry and cranberry cream sauce
What do you think I am a bloody mouse or a rabbit ?
Man you have filled up my e-mail with so many comments I am having trouble keeping up with a place to comment back since we are limited on [reply] buttons.
I forgot you have a healthy appitite. Pagedoll and I are on edge when you get to the next video on panties. 
Hey fathers day is coming up soon what does eveyrone want. BillyB and myself got a new soninlaw thats all I really wanted. We will get something special for Pagedoll so she want feel left out.
Can I have Marina as a daughter, so I don’t feel left out?
Yes my friend anything you want or how your personal in house teacher.
Now everyone is waiting with anticipation hitting th F5 button every few minutes waiting for the new video. Seems like a mystery is a brewing
Here is my off color comment for the next video, “I have always heard the expression “don’t get your panties in a wad”, Were You sniffing your sisters hairbrush? he he he sort of looks like how an opossum mates, word request “opossum”"
Third.
Hey bob whats with this 1st 2nd 3rd bullshit?
Oh here’s a good one: Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitänsunterhosenreinigungswaschmachinenaufsteller.
Its German. I know what it means but I thought it would be fun if others did too. Good Luck
hope it gets used. ( oh and, this word wont be found on Wiki.. 
Something like a put-up hinge of the Danube Steamship Navigation Company’s Captain’s underwear washing machine.
BTW, anybody heard from Captain Jack recently?
Hay thats pritty close. Hope this’ll still air sometime. I’d love to hear that
ZYGAL that would be a good one
Wow, panties in a bunch is on youtube with 93 replies, but I can’t reply here to be number 1. June 12, 2008 at 5:43 daylight EST
You ARE No.1 already, greenbush, and I am No.2.
BTW, the answer is “All of the above”, or, in view of the subject matter, “All of the below.
Can I be third
I just watched the panties video too. 
Looks like you’re fourth, Capman; The Stoker beat you to third.
The answer is capricious
teachers pet? lol
4 or 5 ducks .. oh theres a word bucks meaning dollar so why do we say buck or bucks as in money
when buck is also a word for deer witch refurs to doe female deer ???? why buck or bucks to the slang money
by the way i said 4 or 5 bucks as in a responce for tips and i am going to be watching for hotforwords responce for money bucks buck also my screen name is say like you with you had it vivid (uwishuhaditvivid) witch means seeing thing in a clear way vivid…
yeah, I wanna know the origin of the word KARAOKE, too. I always wanted to know that.
hey! I’ve just registered!
Maybe You would explain the origin of the word: KARAOKE??
You are doing a great job!
It’s simply japanese for “empty orchestra”
ok, I have the origin in my dictionary!
You’ve just ruined my chance to be a teacher’s pet 
I must try harder 
hey how do u get the name mouse the mouse from a computer thank you
Marina’s going to kill me for this! No Teacher’s Pet for me.
Computer Mouse for Women 1
Computer Mouse for Women 2
Excellent now on that note what do you call the useless flap of skin at the end of a penis ?
foreskin obviously !
Did I tell you which end of the penis ?
The answer is of course the man
Bob, can’t let you be alone on this one, me too I’m ready to be punished by the teacher.
Computer mouse and women 1
Computer mouse and women 2
http://www.funfacts.com.au/userimages/user2031_1168914280.jpg
http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/mvo0171l.jpg
can you please tell the origin of the word of caffeine :]
thank you
I would like to know why it is in High school and College they use the terms “Freshman,Sophomore,Junior and Senior”? When and how did that start?
Hi, Marina.
As you know, your beautiful name in spanish means “navy”. I wonder why.
Can you explain us the origin of the word “navy”?
By the way, I think the photos on your site don’t show you as beautiful as you are. You look really gorgeous on all your videos.
Love.
Drovoca.
Marina,
You are absolutely wonderful at what you do. I have to admit, I’m new to your videos, but I’m already hooked. I was wondering if you could include the word Existentialism in one of your videos. Keep up the great work!
silverwing
Marina, you are just too dang smart. And too good of a flirt as well. Congratulations on both of those accomplishments and keep the videos coming!
P.S. I was thinking of changing my screen name to “hotforhotforwords” is this a lame joke that someone else has already made, or am I the original?
Maia Marina, How are you twoknights buy fournights?
Hi. I’m a teacher here in Brazil and one of my students asked me the origin of the word ‘SCIENCE’, that in fact is the name of my discipline. Could you answer me this question? Thank you and sorry about my english that is not so good.
Maia Marina, How are you twoknights two
I think I’ll start using taximeter cabriolet all the time. People look at me funny anyway!
Nice comment, it’s when ‘they’ don’t look at you funny that you should start to worry. Maybe that’s why seemingly available cabs speed by sometimes we’re not saying it correctly, “Hey, taximeter cabriolet!”. No waiter would come to the table if we just said, “Hey, wa’”.
bingo, bingo she’s gonna have too dominoe!
Maia Marina, How are you twoknights too?
Guys Teacher is at a cooking site ( my comments) Stopped by and misspelled hfw’s, What a dooooosh . I R A TARD.COM. my new web site??
Maia Marina, How are you twoknights also?
Hi Marina,
Could you please find out where the phrase “Peanut Heaven” comes from? By the way, I think that you look most stunning when you wear black or red. But when you awake tomorrow morning, remember that I said: “dough-bray-ootra”!
Hi Marina. How are you? fine? Why today we have not class?
I was reading the news and find something interesting about
military acronyms.
here is the link: http://timesonline.typepad.com/inside_iraq_weblog/2008/06/whiskey-tango-f.html
have a nice day.
I am glad everything is ok in this blog.
I gave you ten stars today because that was a fantastic begining. Great video as usual.
would you kindly tell us the origin of the word “Predator”!??
Dear HFWs members we were asked by Marina to comment on Dharmonia’s site about her comment she had left. I decided to comment here because I didn’t want to sign up on another site and give out more of my personal information. Seems like I stired up a pile of horse apples. I didn’t know at the time that Argon was refering to the utube site and not this one. I was only trying to take up for everyone here. I am that kind of a person. I have always tried to take up for other people. I felt like it was degrating us. I do not accept Argon’s appology because he doesn’t need to give me one. It is I that owe Argon an appology for my lack of understanding of his meaning of the word baggage and he of all people is intitled to his opinions. I very much thank all of you that defended my point of view. I thank BillyB alot for trying to cool me down and offer his counciling in my time of unrest. I know some of you will probably shun me for awhile, but that is to be expected. I only hope I can build your trust and friendship back the way it used to be. I am not going to unsubscribe to this channel as I did before. You will have to run me off for me to leave or Marina will have to block my account. Some comments made from some were hurting instead of helpful, but that is their opinions and I respect that.
Mike
‘eh…well…the only sign-up is for goggle blogger, and i already had an account…
but you’ve shown your true self in the above message…a good self…
have a beer on me…
‘er…can i borrow five bucks?…
Anytime pal.
Don’t feel bad at all capman911! We can only go on what we read. Riddles can be interrupted many different ways, kinda like shrinks. Ya know, the whole answer a question with a question thing. Unlike my response, which was pretty strait forward I think.
You were clear. I didn’t know he was talking about YT either and only somebody who follows Marinas comments all over the flippin’ web would. If only Argon would have mentioned YT in the comment all of this could have been avoided, so there. Wadaya think of them apples? 
Mmmm. Fresh road apples, my favorite. You are so correct, pagedoll. Clearly, “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” Meantime, lots of us got a whole lot more practice typing on the keyboard. Yay!! So, it’s all a positive outcome anyway! Alright, I knew that one was a bit of a stretch…
capman911,
Somebody was bound to reply the way you did so don’t worry about it. Thanks for sounding off. Mistakes are made and we learn from them.
Your apology showed that you are a gentleman that can accept his mistakes and confess to them- admirable.
Yo, Mike.
No need to apologize; it was a misunderstanding. BTW, if you see my lost goat, just tie it to the fence and I’ll get it in the morning!
Peace in your hood, bro.
By the way Pennslytucky you’r mentioned in the next video about panties.
What pencilfukkie69 is mentioned in the next video about Marina’s panties ?
Palputatations
No cold shoulder treatment from me, Mike. Since I’m not a metallurgist, something about turning metal into iron, the heat treatment, been through the fire. Yes, we all have a perspective based on our own history of getting a positive response, or negative one, getting burned. When we are disrespected, we seek an equilibrium. capman911 and pagedoll you are
192nd!
Ok, I’m with ya. You have a great way of explaining thing, btw. Thanks
Yo, Mike.
No need to apologize; it was a misunderstanding. BTW, if you see my lost goat, just tie it to the fence and I’ll get it in the morning!
Peace in your hood, bro.
Ooops, posted to the wrong person. DUH! Guess I’ll try that one again.
Thanks for your understanding, pagedoll. I appreciate the compliment and promise never to abuse my super-powers.
Just don’t give up my secret identity, ok? So far everyone thinks I’m just some dang ol’ hick from the hills and I sure wouldn’t want to disappoint my public! L8r.
You can’t be 171st AND 192nd or it will start a terrible trend. people will all start calling multiple numbers and fill the page!
207th!
237th!
I knew you wouldn’t listen to my warning you petty little man!
275th!
Marina, my lovely russian spy, you can interrogate me anytime;) POSSIBLE WORD: ‘COLD – COCKED’: to knock unconscious. An odd one for sure. Continued success.
I’ve always wondered about that one myself!
I believe “Sucker-punch” is a synonym. This used to happen to me sometimes because I was small for my age.
It’s not just getting hit, but getting hit in a complete-surprise fashion that best defines the terms cold-cocked and sucker-punched. Telling someone to look behind them and then knocking them cold when they do (hence cold-cocked) is one over-simplified example. Usually the aggressor waits for the victim’s attention to drift away, or strolls up close and then feigns nonchalance, and finally takes the opportunity to strike as soon as the target (victim) is facing another direction. Typically, there is no warning whatsoever, so no defense is presented. Owie! Don’t try this at home…
Hey- Your such an inspiration but you probably know that so..
My word is “Bored.”
Keep up the good work. 
xxx
As in. “i am so bored, i have nothing to do.”
i always say “im so bored.” and youve got me thinking. where did the word come from
Very nice… I never really wondered about taxis because I live in a rural area but it is interesting.
One word I was wondering about, however, was water. Quite an interesting substance, I’m sure the word has an interesting explanation.
Thanks again Marina,
another +5.
Mwwwaa!
Hi Marina
,
I’d like to know why english people use the german word Kindergarten. Don’t they have an english expression for the same subject?
Congratulations for your videos. I enjoy them a lot.
Love and kisses.
Marina, I heard those horse drawn carriages all had a removable roof and this led to the word “cabriolet” today being used to describe the best cars with a convertible roof. Cars without optional extras (such as electric roof) tend to be called “convertible”.
it was bambino or capriciousness am i teachers pet???!!
I had no idea, Taximeter Cabriolet, I like that!
would you kindly tell us the origin of the word “Predator”.
please can you tell me the origin of the word “cadillac” ?
Thanks, see you soon princess 
Cadillac was the name of the French explorer, Antoine Laumet de La Mothe Cadillac, who founded the city of Detroit. He was also a governor of Louisiana. The car (and a mountain and city in MI) are named after him.
Knight everone and johnny two
Sir Johnny Cash.
Will he apply to the latest Cash for honours scandal where people that have made large contributions to the government’s party get knighthoods?
Hi Marina!
I was wondering if you would do a video on the word “Engage” and to become engaged. We were debating the origins and the meaning of the word in our office and wondered if you could lend your expertise and give us the official scoop!
Thank you!!
William Hall
I’m sorry but the little green engaged light is on I think that she is busy in the toilet at the moment. Do you really want the official scoop ?
That’s gross even though it is Marina
wow…what an impressive comment. not…
Marina only gets the chance to answer a tiny percentage of the word requests so if it helps I will answer.
It comes from the 1430 medaeval French word “en gage” which means under pledge for security/bail. Media and communications were slow in those days so word development was not developed to mean “promise to marry” until it’s first recorded written instance in 1727
Unattatched (marital) was first recorded in 1874
Single was from the French word “sengle” first recorded in 1303.
Maia Marina, how are you tonight?
not
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I used to go to Russia-RU site and look at all of the beautiful ladies.
I went one further than that I brought 2 over.
The second one I married. I spent all my money and time bringing her into the UK and teaching her culture and language.
She got to resent me for for the bad weather the change of culture and language, and left me as soon as her Visa was .permanent
NO
went to dharmonia ‘s site. dharma-onia.? when it said 9/11 and Iraq had nothing to do with each other, .org PC – er ,. Bush lied, shit for brains, bye bye. no thanks Teach, all yours. If you want to try and get though
take a lunch. ie . COOL AID drinker. ( I pay attention )
At ease. Thanks for paying attention, but no need to build on others’ improprieties. This is a philology site, not a philosophy site. Plenty of other places to yak about politics.
i wonder if Billy the Goat is a wild one.
In my day, yes… My oldests sons’ father in law still calls me “wildman”, I don’t know why. I don’t deserve it. Yeah “Wings” \o/.
Hey, I heard you’ve never taken a cab ride… true?
I quit fixing taxis at my shop, the owners were always to cheap to fix them properly. Still sell them tires though… I heard that one company would cheat on inspections. They had one set real good tires & would change them over to the different cars that were going for inspection (only heard this). So I rarely will take a cab. Last time was in Vegas. $10 difference in fare, to & from same location. Next time I walked 5 miles to get where I was going & had all kinds of folks trying to hand out “hooker” cards. Vegas is nuts. We went for the Richard Petty experience at the Las Vegas track, but got rained out. I hear it rains 3 inches a year in vegas and we had 2 inches, that weekend. Got wet walking around town, but got to see more than from a taxi window. TTYL Cub fan.
Could you possibly check on the word Psychology for me?
taxi driver
Remember taxi ? I remember when the “Taxi Driver” movie came out, created quite a buzz, radical in the day.
yeah, i do recall taxi. it was one of my favorite shows as a kid, wow i was eight nine when i started watching that. favorite character was alex reiger. andy kaufman and christopher lloyd yea, great cast. i’m going to have to get that on dvd.
TVs’ “Taxi” was popular for many years thanks to the vivaciious Marilu Henner
Did the youtube email rereply get though?
got it. summer is busy.
Hey BillyB, Have a especially ultra mega great weekend!!! Congratulatings to your daughter and her man!!!…and never forget, nobody can take the place of a loving father.
just going through old emails and ran across this one. i’m way behind. a lot of them are yours, i save so that i can take my wife directly to your comment and/or access your link.
yeah, marilu henner. she was hot, i think her character ended up establishing some of my expectations for the perfect girl. most of my education was provided by 1970′s sitcoms, basically anything by norman lear, like all in the family.
yea, i been meaning to respond to your comment on my blog. sorry. i’ve really got to post something there.
Yeah I’m kinda flattered, you might ask me for advice. I better behave if your wife is reading what I write. Kinda like a diary at times, hehe.
A pastor/friend of mine has an email list that I/m on & I thought your wife might like todays, and I know if she’s happy , you’re happy. If she’s unhappy is she determined not to get happy to quickly…? I’m allowed to ask that if I have the right attitude, you’re not … but I bet you do anyways.
The blog is interesting If you keep it up I’ll check in from time to time.
Uninvited Just what I’m listening to right now.
#100!!! yeah
Hello hello ^^
just wanted to know where the word: “Pencil” originated from (b^^)b ty!
Marina, please check out blogtv.com and decide if your up to making your own live show. You know we’d love it, so if and when you have the time… It’ll be sweet
Oh my God Marina, I know I’ve said it before, but I have to say it again; I Love YOU!!!!!!
would u happen to know the origin of the word useless?
thanxs tht was FANTASTIC KISSESSSSSS
Congratulations, Augie!
thanxs i posted this one one at http://mraugust.multiply.com Augie
I’m not even going to comment about todays video because I am a little pissed off. My prozac just gave out after I read the snippet Marina was talking about Dharmonia in the MY Comments section. According to one person named Argon we don’t have enough sense to respond back to Marina’s teachings in a responsible manner. That we are some illiterate bunch of people that can’t even carry on a meaningful conversation without bringing up something from our own personal lives or as he puts it baggage. What he also sees are bloggers that can’t carry on a conversation for more that 2 minutes without wondering off the subject matter. Maybe were not in the same circle as him. Maybe we don’t want to be in that same circle. Maybe were are just regular people the minons or the peons or the not so literate or the every day hands on workers that just want to live our lives the way we want to and not how he thinks we should live. Thats why everyone is different. We are all friends here. We have been talking to each other for quite some time and not just bloggers. We listen to Marina’s teachings and get a lot out of it. We learn new meanings of words and their origins that we didn’t know before and we dicuss it among each other.. When we are through with our discussions on her subjects then we cut up with each other and have fun doing it. But according to him that is not how we are suppose to act. We are suppose to stay focused on the subject during the whole blog. If Marina wants it any different then she will tell us. If you want a different kind of blog or for the comments to be different and stay on the subject matter then let us know. Argon is this a long enough subject for you or is it one long paragraph and not suitable either.
Bye
Well said capman911. I’m tempted to go on an extremely vulgar rant on Argon. But no. I will say to Argon and anybody else with his opinion, you can shove it where the sun don’t shine and drop dead for all I care
Aw, that feels a little better. 
At least you feel better but that doesn’t address the point does it?
I misunderstood you, pagedoll.
First you said you were about to go on an extremely vulgar rant, then you said you wouldn’t. Then you issued a blanket invitation to stuff something somewhere painful and be struck dead… WTF?
I’m glad that was therapeutic for you. I’m sorry you were so offended. Was it really your purpose to demonstrate by your actions that you are no different? My point is that maybe we could concentrate on accentuating the positive. I am learning that the best response to negativity is NO response. Just let it lie there and stink all by itself. Others will likely see it for what it is without our having to dive in and get it all over ourselves.
If I didn’t like your comments and value your participant viewpoint I wouldn’t bother to respond. But you are a worthy student. It’s something to think about, anyway. I hope I didn’t offend. Have a better day, pagedoll.
pennsyltucky9, That, in my opinion, is an admirably mature and sensible attitude which I commend to everyone.
I bow to your enlightenment. Namaste.
Thanks Pagedoll for standing with me
I’m sorry that you took offense at my comment and that distracted you enough by being defensive. I think you misssed the point about emotional baggage though that I can give a few examples of:
BigLe93: her boobs always look great when she announces the teachers pet
sagiganz: tard… hahaha
NikeMan4life: Lose the extensions Marina. They looks wayyyy to fake
x3onr3g1z: Way to have that carriage bounce at the same location as your breasts…..
ericou812: hello miss marina,why dont you do a video dressed in a sexy bikini.
alephgideon: i hate that i am her slave
uclabruins211: this is stupid, the only reason ppl like her is cuz they like to jack-off to her picture. all u guys whos watch this are probably jacking-off rite now….
There are many more like that to contribute to the high signal to noise ratio so that the attention span is a much lesser problem.
Shit Happens and so do idiots.
Learn to ignore them and live your own life to your own standards; NEVER let other people, especially idiots, dictate how you feel or act.
*sigh*…ArgonTheAware, have you even been in a classroom lately? There is an extreme “signal-to-noise” ratio, as you put it. In a typical high school here, teenage angst is rampant, with added input from Ipods, cell phone calls, texting, and the advent of social networking has only put more distraction on the students. Holding their attention is difficult, at best. And to do so you’ve got to have a shtick.
Marina’s shtick is the natural attraction she has and the sweetness she exudes. It works here largely because, yes, she is gorgeous. Getting past the gorgeousness you find the intellect and true desire to educate. Her beauty is the hook.
Yes, she endures a number of cat-calls. Yes, there are comments that probably would be best left in night clubs or bars. But like any classroom anywhere, there is something for the student to take other than the visual. And like any classroom, anywhere, it is up to the student to learn to hold onto the lesson.
And that, Argon, is education…
Chill capman, never let anyone put you on the defensive. There is a difference in comments here at the website & over @ Youtube. the you tube stuff is disjointed by cronological comments that range from Dizziyng bouts of flowery love poems, to hateful abusive crap with every style of writing imaginable. just a hodge podge, spikey kind of stuff. One of the weirder requests I remember was “show us your feet”.
Some make good points & some just aim to show contempt. The comments are limited to 500 characters but few use em…good thing sometimes.
Life experience gives you the right to express yourself, or not. Whether your education is high or not does not measure out the respect you earn. Just be yourself, you are respectable & decent and it seems a little spirited.
I’m no ticketed expert on human relations, but many years of dealing with clients, staff, problem solving & rectifting wrongs gives a perspective that sees what others see & helps deal with, for lack of a better word “stuff” that comes up. Hey you came over to the “Be cool” video Teach say’s be cool
BTW it was George Harrisons’ wife that Eric was in infatuated with. let your wife know.
Thanks BillyB for the good words. I tell her when she gets home from school that it was George’s wife not Ringos. At least she was close..
Mr. Argon, you said, “I do love the way you get your message across with the etymology lessons,,,,”, but did not share with us, what exactly it is that you love. Since I’m taking a guess, you are not blind, but respond to Miss HFW’s visual stimuli. Whatever that is for you. Yes some of the folks at youtube show a preponderance for …..lack of respect. A-men. “…missed the point about emotional baggage”….we all have emotional baggage, without it we would not be human. Better to say: hormone imbalance baggage, lack of respect baggage, wild oats syndrome, ect. And yes, this website would be different if subscribing to it required: 4 years of college, blogging charged by the character/cents per minute, no fake login names, grades by Miss HFW will affect your take home pay/THIS WEEK, references regarding human anatomy are strictly forbidden, no swearing/cuss words/slang, and all participants will wear and be in their best Amish behavior, and no jokes.
If you want to know what I love about how Marina gets her message across. It’s not just the visual stimuli,it’s the way she entertains and make the lesson fun. The way she brings in her “sister,” the animal cut outs and such. She structures the lessons to be much more engaging than just the facts
The specific point about emotional baggage was that it contributed to having to wade through it to make the “narrative” Marina was proposing much harder. It’s much like having to shout over a crowd of make yourself heard.
Filtering out the noise makes it much harder to be interactive and with the added problem of the attention span a meaningful “narrative” that includes more than just Marnia lessens the odds of structuring any deeper exchanges from being made
Whoa! that was so strange! Disregard that last comment since my browser was freaking out
Argon,
you have inspired a great thread. Everybody has good points here.
We never gain by loosing our cool, so I’ve learned to do like
Sting proclaims ” It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile”.
Take the good with the “bad” and know we are all ” In process”.
love you all!!
I’m with you, Dave-ja-vu. Way to put it into perspective!
Wow, Argon anything’s allowed that’s your original point; this whole thing is a work in progress where it ends-up is anybody’s guess; however, if you want a higher plain of discourse start there or end-up there or be a beacon (in the positive sense) people will respond. As far as baggage goes, hey I’m proud of mine, shopped f&%#ing hard to get it (please Marina can you do the origin of the “F” word).
I read all the Dharmonia stuff, even commented, but if you don’t think ANYONE who commented there is free from personal bias etc. then you aren’t looking hard enough or you just don’t have what it takes.
Sure the soft porn stuff here can wear thin so sit-out a few innings, use it for what it is not for what it isn’t & if teacher visits a few jazz sites it doesn’t automatically mean that she’s won’t still come here to blow on your horn. <—Did I really just say that?
By the way I’ve stated before that (in my opinion) clever by far beats cute it’s just hard sometimes not to be both
Ok, Mr Argon, 10-4, message received. Yes, Miss HFW is very camera friendly. What a way you had: teacher’s pet, no congratulations, misunderstandings, and understanding boundaries for some of us, me included. Wikipedia says that “argon is colorless, odorless, tasteless and nontoxic in both its liquid and gaseous forms.” Yup, you are nontoxic, in either of your forms, browser working or not. Me, pro/con, con/pro, which side am I on? I tried to take the middle, but leaned to one side. sorry
Wow, Mike!
You set off a really great string dude! Awesome points and counterpoints here today. I hope you’re none the worse for wear, my friend.
Hey I put an appology at the top.
Heavy
my head is going 
Please accept MY apology if you thought I was talking about something you wrote, because I wasn’t! That was a great entry you put in about people who judge others. It’s one of my pet peeves as well.
Too bad Argon got your goat (maybe it’s the same one I’m missing from my herd!
). But he doesn’t speak for me; hell I hardly ever even speak for my own self if you know what I mean and I think that you do. I wanted pagedoll to see something from my point of view, and I respect his (or hers) as well. I admit I get irate when I see someone throw out a big old insult to anyone who wishes to read it. It just seems mighty unnecessary, and tends to magnetize a whole lot of other negative statements right onto it like a giant snowball.
So instead of talking about shovin’ stuff where the sun don’t shine and keeling over dead, let’s get back to the status quo, like you said, “we cut up with each other and have fun doing it.” That’s what I’m talkin’ about.
Keep a hand on the throttle, bro.
Boy, Oh Boy!
Some people really got their Panties in a Bunch here, didn’t they?
BAAAAA I founf him
Marina, Do you smoke ???
It seems “Whitesmoke”
No, but she burns within my heart.
Hi Marina,
I took your advice about WhiteSmoke and purchased it a few days ago. The program seemed to have a lot to offer.
Imagine my surprise when, as I was perusing an article on the web today, I discovered a word that is not in the WhiteSmoke English dictionary or thesaurus. However, I did find it in other dictionaries on the web.
The word is: misprision: 1.Maladministration of public office.
2. Neglect in preventing or reporting a felony or treason by one who is not an accessory. 3. An act of sedition against a government or the courts.
The word was used in the impeachment articles brought against president Bush by Representative Dennis Kucinich; Cheney’s will soon follow.
I contacted the people at WhiteSmoke about their error. It will be interesting to see what they have to say about it.
I was glad you tendered the term of respect in your address regarding President Bush. So much more polite than just Bush, or the Bush, as our country’s sworn enemies, and the loser left media say. Doubt Kucinich has any credibility. He didn’t do a lot for Cleveland now, did he? You really should keep your unpopular agenda hidden – not sexy or intelligent. But, it’s free will – do what you know is right! Thanks again for being decent enough to respect my Commander in Chief, your Mom taught you some good manners.
Well said, respect for the office, opposed to the holder of the office has been on a steady decline; unfortunately for all civil Americans.
Most of the people I know will not be offended if their president is not called “president” Doe. I’m speaking about people living in Brazil, France and Spain, who really will even don’t notice if their president is called Doe or President Doe.
melikadothechacha
Perhaps this has something to do with an interesting word: “Anti-American”. I’m always surprised when I hear this adjective qualifying an American. Never heard a Brazilian being called “anti-brazilian” or a french being called “anti-french”.
Be
Hmmm, independent thought is only sexy and intelligent if it is popular. But, if it’s popular then it’s probably not much of an independent thought. Thanks for the advice, though, I’ll keep it in mind before I post anymore anti-American thoughts.
Your independent thought isn’t very
independent at all! It’s an echo of the
loser left media news stream. That’s
very politically correct of you!
Bill Clinton was not worthy of my respect, but he got it.
And he got it for years, just for being the president!
He was commander in chief, right? I guess you get
a lot of respect by disrespecting others?
Who is the president of anti-america? Nancy Pelosi?
With heroes like Sandy Berger too, I’ll bet, That’s so sad.
If you are a citizen of this country, and you make (by your
own admission) anti-american statements, then you are
by definition, unpatriotic! How do you celebrate the
fourth of July? Guess that’s not a holiday for you?
Did you ever serve your country or are you just
another self-serving moocher?
I am an American, and you are …an anti-american??
Do you get to vote ib anti-america? what is your major
export, besides heinous political rhetoric?
America – f*ck yeah! Here to save the day!
Who does anti-America save?
God, I wish there was a War bonds program.
Then you would see how unpopular your
ideas are. When you put your money wher
your mouth is, people tend to listen better.
Your way costs nothing, contributes nothing.
You should read more history, learn something!
Wow, melikadothechacha, can I buy you a drink or a soda. Way to speak up!
It all most sounds to me like I’ve found a fellow Savage listener? 
Thanks melikadothechacha, you made my point by adding “unpatriotic” to “anti-American”. I don’t know neither anybody using unpatriotisch antipatriotique or anti patriotico in other parts of the word. Maybe the fact that your country is at war puts you in the state of mind where is seams natural for you to use this words without noticing how strange they are.
And coming back to the spirit of HFW, have you ever wonder why in American english us-citizen names like Columbian, Columbard, Fredonian, Frede, Unisian, United Statesian, Colonican, Appalacian, Usian, Washingtonian, Usonian, Uessian, U-S-ian, Uesican, United Stater (list from Webster/Wiki) have failed to the benefit to the “American” word despite being more appropiate?
My 2cents on “American”: the succes of the word is probably due to the fact that it recovers a more ideliastic vision of the country than the country itself. In “America” seems to me there is a kind of notion, not a very concrete word, and by the way enables to avoid the debate of is/are the “united states” singular or plural?
You are learning! I see you are deep into the semantics and all but really, you are just banging your head against a wall, Best to stop before blood is shed.
sigh.. respect
to address your points:
paragraph two: no – never thought about it. I don’t live in a country conquered by Spain so I’m not conflicted. I am an Americano – Si?
it is a simple fact, don’t be mad with me, be mad with Spain.
paragraph one:
So, you heard about the”war”, huh? Yeah,
we’re trying to help Iraq win that one, and
it will happen. OPEC doesn’t like it so they
put the squeeze on us. Can’t wait to see the
trickle effect come down from this last round
of price hikes. Bread will probably double, again.
Screw ‘em. It is in my countries best interest
that Iraq be free and democratic. Americans
don’t like these sacrifices, but the alternative
is unthinkable. A lot of good people have died
for the “peace” Iraq has now. All volunteers.
I put up my flag for them. I support them.
Sometimes this means I must decry nay
sayers, but you are not from my country!
No disrespect intended, just a fact.
You are free to imagine as you will.
I wish you could know the freedoms
we have. You would understand then.
I have an idea!
Let’s stop this.
I liked you better before.
This has gotten carried
away from why I am here.
well said! Respect for respect!
Our President has done very well indeed.
Little credit is offered up by those with an
adjenda. I have two (male) heroes in life
and President Bush is one of them. Doing what
is needed and right is usually less popular at the
teen rally’s but very important to mature persons.
Discretion is the better part of valor.
melikadothechacha, don’t worry about my head, as you can see it’s pretty hard. About this thread, my intention is not discussing politics here, even if it is extremly important to speak about politics, I don’t think it will please our host.
I am a foreigner, so the only sense I see in participating here is in giving a diferent point of view. On words of course, but words express a culture and even a policy.
There is a contradiction here: not wanting to debate, but of course expressing some idea (each time we don’t speak about salmonella, it will be the case).
If you read again what I wrote you will see that I tried to be subttle and use irony and avoid direct formal stence or judgment or interpretation on events.
Noticing that United States is both singular and plural, that American should logicaly refer to the inhabitant of the continent, wondering why in the articles of confederation USA is defined as the “stile” of the country, is looking to the words, the history, the policy. Seams a good conversation for me, and bet we can have it without passion when you want to. For now I understand it’s better stoping here.
I know American politics are more exciting than Canadian “Yawn” but it dominates the media stuff even up here. People are way to “partialy” aware of the issues. Up here, in Canada, mostly the arguing & the media try to keep it from getting too personal. My daughter worked for a short while in the legislature place when the Provincial parliment sat for debate, like hockey, the opposition was fierce & verbal jabs crossed the floor with wicked intent, but after the session, the members of parliment weren’t above socializing (going fo a beer etc.) just like two opposing hockey teams would expect to.
If you don’t get along in the same country, make sure it’s a big country.
As far as Whitesmokes’ shortcomings, most publications will not be complete or even 100% accurate. Heck I have to deal with an attitude in automotive tech publications of, 85% accuracy is good enough to publish. Imagine that in the airline industry, 15% error.
Cheer up now guys…
I GOTS A ROPE……………..
Charles replied on June 10th, 2008 11:39 pm:
Hmmm, independent thought is only sexy and intelligent if it is popular. But, if it’s popular then it’s probably not much of an independent thought. Thanks for the advice, though, I’ll keep it in mind before I post anymore anti-American thoughts.
independent thought?????? THIS IS .ORG ALL THE WAY. Being popular is all you care about. condescending, self centered , oblivious, vacuous, propagandist. GO THE HELL BACK TO YOUR MASTERS AT .ORG cOMrADe
WOW. You boys are fucking crazy. Your beloved commander-in-chief has anger management classes in Iraq, Afghanistan, and, coming soon, Iran. They’ll even give you a rifle and ammo to go out there and kill all those islamo-fascists.
I’m doing what my daddy always told me to do: son don’t ever argue with idiots. I’m out of here.
Hello, Charles.
This site doesn’t often experience political turmoil because we’re usually too busy enjoying each others’ differences. We are also careful of each others’ feelings enough that we usually don’t let people sucker us into debating religious/political topics. I hope you won’t mind my pointing out that you started it. That was unfortunate as well as unnecessary.
There are plenty of good political forums to look in on. I suggest you find one and post comments there instead of bringing political issues into our discussion of WORD ORIGINS.
Goodbye, Charles.
pennsyltucky9 perhaps some of us are needing a cookie?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fMQFquIPhLs&feature=related
pennsyltucky9
I didn’t write the above message to start a fight with anybody, and I was not exercising my political agenda. My sole intent was to apprise Marina about the word “misprision” which could not be found in the dictionary provided by WhiteSmoke.
I then listed the definitions for the word and finally how it was used in the article I had been reading. This amounted to one sentence about the usage of the word by Rep. Dennis Kucinich.
I’ve noticed that all of the replies, including my own, have been deleted from this page. That’s fine, it was getting out of hand. However, I’m hoping whoever redacted all those remarks noticed the contempt that was in those messages directed toward me. I don’t appreciate being told to keep my agenda to myself, and that I’m anti-American because someone doesn’t agree with my views.
Thanks for responding. I may have spoken out of turn, and for that I offer an apology. I understand that you were making a reference to the source of the mystery word you found, and that such a reference alone should not have raised any eyebrows or started any fights. But polarization and the electoral process has a lot of people on edge, and it’s easy for thenm to lose their composure as a result. I think the most important thing to conclude regarding this whole exchange is that not everyone is willing to exercise the same restraint as you and I might when we see what we THINK may be a political statement starting to rise up out of the lively and spirited exchange of ideas that flow across our screens. So even the barest mention or name-drop of a political nature can spark a conflagration, as has been demonstrated here. Sorry, bro.
PS- I think if you clear your cache and restart your browser the replies will reappear. I can still see them. But I choose not to read them again! Bygones, my friend. Lesson learned, and peace out.
Well, if somebody here is still interested in etymology, maybe it’s worth noticing that misprision is somewhere between two french homonyms: meprise and mepris. The etymology of missprision is misunderstanding in french: verb “meprendre” and noun “meprise”, an error a mis-taken. It has wrongly been reported as coming from “mepris” which means contempt and comes from mis-pricing not mis-taking, giving the wrong price the wrong value. What is curious is that with the time and travelling from England to America misprision has taken progressivly a more powerfull meaning and from a light mistake a “meprise” has traveled to something much more condemnable. A voluntary confusion denoting some contempt and lack of judgement in appreciating the meaning of the position conceded to you, a “mepris” for the office.
Misprison: somewhere between the light misunderstanding of Marivaux, and the more despectfull Disprezzo of Moravia.
huh. yeah, well. at least one of his daughters is hot.
In the wrong hands, knowledge is evil
I just learned it is possible to “cyberstalk”
Marina, or whoever you set to a favorite
using coComment! Gnarly rude!
I found a video of an american tourist taking a french “capriolating” cab in Marseille:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHh3ktILPpo
Okay, first I need to let the smoke from using my memory to clear….
I know, I know…capricious. Yes…no…maybe 
definitely maybe
Hey!, how can you add your picture in there?
http://en.gravatar.com/
go to gravatar.com
by the way, I got back to
you so quick
thanks to coComments
mozilla, may you rot and burn in hell.
Dear teacher what is the origin of the word TNT
Tri Nitro Toluene – TNT
I was in the 71st Ordnance (sic) Co.
USAEURCOM – Germany
Our credo: WBSU
The other day m daughter asked me why the number thirteen is unlucky. I didnt know , I wondered if you knew thank you
It makes me paraskavedekatriaphobic thinking about the number 13
what is the origin of the word shampoo!?
It was the cheap alternative to realpoo
It’s the cheap alternative to realpoo
good puns are worth repeating, arn’t they?..
when I posted, it didn’t show up, so I refereshed the page 3 times and still didn’t show. When I re-posted it there was two of them. Oh well, you gotta admit, it was genuis.
Yeh but you said good puns, so why repeat it
OOer a cat. I’m off
Hey Tiger I am not above bringing my cat back!
“fighting Joe” Hooker, hooker a prostitute
30th!!
241st!
Did you really count or did you just guess ?
Interesting!
and very nice video.
have a good night
jajaja Very good, Pepito
I got a word for you HotForWords
How about the world “SHLONG” lol 
How in the word did that became the same meaning as a penis? 
the word “SHLONG”
A portmanteau word?
Sometimes it’s Short, sometimes it’s long
How about limo?
Like the bean or the city in Peru?
I think that’s Lima
or just short for; limousine
Marina can you please find why people throw rice at weddings.That would be great thanks!
That’s a toughie… hmmmm
nope, don’t see that in any
of the word lessons. Marina
hasn’t done “rice” yet, but
she has done “nice”
Rice,
in olden days I’ve heard most of one’s time and energy was spent
on trying to stay alive.. feeding the bod. I havn’t researched but
heard that it was an extreme showing of respect and love. The sacrifice of precious food. I doubt any was swept away into the trash like these days might be. It was a gesture of good luck and fortune.
The first seed or fertility.
You certainly have come a long way in your video productions skills in the last few months. WTG Marina!
I’ve used Final Cut Pro and it has a lot of good features. I prefer Adobe Premiere myself since it renders a lot faster.
I have also noticed that the word “cabriolet” is mentioned as a soft-top option for convertible cars. Possibly hard-tops as well.
I read the article about kid’s attention span as well.
Recently I have seen an advertisement, regarding kids attention spans, and the method that was mentioned is that, in order for kids to improve their learning capacity (especially at school) is to have a healthy breakfast (ie. Weet-Bix) or any based wheat/fibre based cereals.
Great comment by the way marina
I also think that ‘visual stimulants’ plus short informative clips can improve people’s attention span. 76,000+ students can’t be wrong 
That’s my 2 cents.
I reckon I got good value for by twopence there
Fish oil is good for the brain. The greatest component of the brain (excluding water) is Omega 3, 6 , 9 . Isn’t it weird that cod liver oil capsules have been taken for centuries before we could prove their benefits scientifically or even show it statistically.
After watching the video “bad grammar” I’d love to see you take a stab at a lesson conjugating verbs, i.e. present tense, past tense, but my favorites future perfect and past perfect.
What is the origin of the word “bye bye”? Fetish? Hobknobbing?
I want to be the teachers pet…please.
Jess
The cue is running at 64,000 at present and rising. Even the first people to get the homework right are waiting for that privelidge
I rarely get my homework right… I had to wait till I hit 50yrs old but I don’t think it depends on performance in acedemics… just have to have a membership at the website which I assume @ present is well under 64k. Maybe I’m wrong. If that’s the case then I must have joined real early.
Yes well I was first to answer the homework twice and still don’t have a chance of getting a mention
yes, i see that “capricious” is the correct answer to the homework…
even better, i viewed the vlog…great outfit…
ya gotta have heart…
Hey guys… I just wrote some crazy whacked out blog comment on “narrative” and where it’s going with kids with no attention span…. I think I got a little crazy in my observation (but hey
… Can you guys go there and put in your 2 cents as well?
It’s the Dharmonia article at the top of the coComment widget.
Should I be committed now?
perhaps…or…
huh?…what’d u say?…
I saw that on your cocomment conversation page already. I’m thinking the short attention span is not half the problem that the emotional baggage is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BdaveYzQVM
If you can get them to focus on the topic then the time they are thinking about it becomes less important.
If they can’t get through all the distortions cause by the emotional baggage then it doesn’t matter how long they can pay attention since the message isn’t getting through anyway.
From what I gather, being crazy is a prerequisite for educators…
Luckily, for me it just comes naturally, because I don’t teach…
anymore…
Ahhh! Evolution of the snippets.
My 2 cents worth is that coComments seems frivolous. I’ve followed a conversation or two as requested by you so as to be a good student, only to find not much of an interesting conversation awaiting at the other end. I can’t help but feel that you are promoting a somewhat pointless product.
But that’s just my 2 cents worth, and I could really care less. If that’s how Marina has her fun, more power to her. Me, I’ll just come to this blogsite for an occasional lesson. Or not. It’s all good. Peace, Errin : )
Tracking your comments automatically all over the web is not frivolous errin, it’s very useful for me… but if you don’t leave any follow-up comments.. then yes.. it doesn’t make sense for you.. but for me it alerts me when someone DOES make a response.. otherwise I wouldn’t know about it.
Marina, please note that I chose my words deliberately in that it seems frivolous to me, while at the same time I am trying to express that I fully accept cocomments has applications and uses I am just not grasping.
And I don’t know about the rest of the student body here, but when you tell me, as a student in your virtual classroom, to do something, I try to follow through not because you are hot and sexy but because you are intelligent and knowledgable. While I think cocomments is cool because it is something different, I still don’t get what it’s real applications are. I am very glad that cocomments is useful to you, but what I am trying to figure out is how it can be useful to me and others. Care to explain in layman’s terms to those of us that are less savvy when it comes to the widgets and whatnot of today’s intraweb?
Thanks for taking the time to clarify what you could. Peace, Errin : )
Also, I didn’t like that guy’s attitude towards younger students, blaming them lacking a narrative. Maybe everything is just fine and he is the problem. Typical Baby Boomer treating every other generation adversarially.
The fact that the guy claims to be a music teacher and a rock n roll music historian also bugged me, as I have had older musician friends like Jon Brion, Damon Gough, Michael Penn, and Aimee Mann take me under wing and dole out advice as musical mentors. Never have they approached me that way, negatively, as a music student, and these are people actually going out there and making music history, not just sitting in a classroom teaching it. That guy needs to have more gratitude and less attitude, otherwise he is just your typical frustrated musician. I got no time for primadonnas, especially the musical kind.
so, I still don’t have an answer to my question.
actual article: 0 comments.
cocomment: your comment on that article.
I don’t get it.
aLx.. if I make a comment and it is not approved yet.. I guess it shows up.. let me do some more research on what to do then…
cocommitted perhaps.
“I just wrote some crazy whacked out blog comment”
You sure did.
Are you just throwing the “cat amongst the pigeons” to stir things up?
Love it!!
Should I go to the “Dharmonia” article and add my 5 cents worth?
Are things that bad in school on the other side of the pacific?
Not that out there, Marina. Even if it was we all need to be a little ‘whacked’ now & then; besides being a good way to use/introduce coComment.
wow i never even thought about the meaning of that. i feel so smart now haha
thanks marina!
love
Mat
Very fine lesson, looks like
you are back on track!
Pepito stole the show at the end.
That was a nice outfit, tres chic
Les purrrrr, les Mew, les Rowrrowr!
Umm…maybe it’s my lyin’ eyes.
it looked like there was a shift
in color temperature (blue).
ciao 4 now
Hi Marina, what’s the origin of these deliciously horrific words : Exophagy or exophagous.
The origin is not easy to find online.
Failing that, how about Confabulate. I love the sound of that word.
Marina, could you please investigate the word “Widget?“
Is that Gadgets sister ?
My x-girlfriends name was Gidget and everyone would always ask me if she had a sister named widget. the funny thing was that she DID have a sister named bridget. What the hell were her parents thinking.
gadgets have widgets?
Could be worse …ThingymeBob is a much sillier name
You just leave me thingy out of this discussion, Tiger.
Alright them how about your udgumwhatsit
I hate to sound like an Idjet, But why do I need to make a blidget into a widget before I share it.
Just make sure you print it out on your inkjet.
Interesting lesson, thank you. This past weekend, I needed to fix my plumbing. As I was finishing up (a few hours later for a 5 minute job), I thought of you and wondered why they called this thing a “Monkey Wrench”. I’d be thrilled if you could explain. Thanks!
I have to say ; This is my favorite format after all is said. And She’s making you review the video to understand the goat homework, smart. capreolus ? wild goat, a capreolus woman? Aren’t they all? At least young ones. Cabriolet, isn’t that the same as today’s strip club?
Maybe Cab in Taxi Cab is because they smell like a WILD GOAT.
Is that why We call Women, capricious?
interesting, cabriolet….what school did you go to study all of this?
at any rate, would you be able to pinpoint the derivation of the word, “merchant”?
i would cherish your insight upon this phrase.
i hope my big words and the use of the thesaurus made an impression on the teacher.
Hi Marina i want to know the origin of the word Slava.
Regards
SRBhost!
i would like to know if the word “lollipop” has an origin.thanks
Everything has an origin
Yes “everything” does have an origin 1385 to be precise.
could do a video on the orgin of the word BEDLAM
So, Marina, in the UK the official nomenclature for a taxi is “Hackney Carriage”, but also commonly called a “Hackney Cab”. Does the “Cab” in “Hackney Cab” have the same origin or a different one, or is it a loan usage from “Taxi Cab”?
According to various sources on the internet, the term “Hackney” comes from the Anglicized version of the Norman French name “de Haquenee”, which appeared as a family name around the time of the Norman invasion in 1066. Descendants of that family are thought to have developed a special carriage capable of negotiating the narrow streets of London.
In Scandinavia, taxis are called “Drosje” or “Drosche”, which is similar to dorożka from Polish; is that or a similar word also used in Russia?
In Scandinavia, taxis are called “Drosje” or “Drosche”, which is similar to doroz.ka from Polish; is that or a similar word also used in Russia?
There are 5+ different kind of languages in Scandinavia… For example, taxi means taksi in Finnish.
True. Norwegians, Danes and Swedes also use “Taksi” or “Taxa”, but I was asking about the word “Drosje” which I haven’t heard used anywhere else in the world.
I thought Taxis in England were called Black Cabs?
Black cab is a slangy term and they are still officially called Hackney Carriages and every Policeman in London can lawfully prosecute any awkward taxi driver for not keeping a bale of hay and a bucket of water in his diesel black cab to feed the horses in the back of the cab. WTF ?
This law was never removed from middle aged statutes, Neither was the one about 4 hours archery practice on Sunday afternoons on the village green.
.
Hi Bob,
Is it possible that “Drosje” or “Drosche”, may be seeing contemporary usage in the word “drayage”? I assume it stems from “draft” as in the phrase “draft animal,” or some such root. As far as I know, it is a reference to hauling, specifically freight hauling.
Good thinking, Batman! I hadn’t seen that connection.
Here’s a pair of Drays.
And here’s an amusing reference to Dray Horses.
Cabron in Mexico means a man who does whatever he wants when he wants (goat like) & is suppose to be a compliment, of sorts. I don’t buy into Mexican machoism,
I think it’s a put-on.
He’s like soncho, a cabron. He thinks he is pepito or papito. ( a little different)
Actually, I don’t think the term is complimentary.
, neither do I; of course, there are many negative connotations to it. I was giving an example of a generalized positive…’beauty’s in the eye…”
capreolus capreolus is a roe deer…
not a wild goat.
Hello Marina!
Never knew that one and I know my latin-related words! Could you tell me what numismatologist means – I think I know but it would sound soooo much more interesting coming from your mouth
I love being in the top ten
Ninth!
eighth!
Does that may me 7th or 8th ?
Get it right chaps I am 8th Markie 2HFWFC is 9th, Bob 10th, Pencil-egg-clucky 11th Superponz80 12th………
Oh crap someone came in at the bottom of the page
Congratulations!
eBay? wtf?
Thanks for the nice compliment, Bob. Namaste to you as well. Sorry I wasn’t paying attention to the link earlier; a string of shrunken heads is a terrible thing to waste, let alone an actual JOKE! But what did you expect from a half-crazed, barefoot, swamp sadhu?
Yes!! My lucky number. Or one of them, anyway. HA! As if I had any luck.
I’ll try Caprice, which uses the same root as the astrological sign Capricornus so I know it’s a goat. It’s also a giant Chevrolet-osaur from the classic Triassic era.
Didn’t have much luck on eBay, did you?
What has that got to do with the price of bread ?
Didn’t you follow the link? Go to this youTube video and see what was at #8 of the Top 10 Craziest items sold on eBay.
I hate it when I have to spell out my Razzes.
yay! I started a trend.
171st!
Hello Marina,
Another great show.
I liked the opening shot.
Thanks Marina.
p.s.
Bob has the answer to the homework question.
It was worth watching again.
As I watched this lesson, I had “Angela (Theme from ‘Taxi’)” by Bob James playing in the background.
(This song can be found on Bob’s “Touchdown” album in 1978).
Some people think that Taxi comes from the last name “Tassis” who has been taken by the “Conde de Villamediana” who worked for the grand mail of the court in times of Felipe III.
Hu, I would like to know why the musical notes are named like
“CDEFGBC” and in spanish they are “DoReMiFaSolLaSi”
Can you tell me please.
psicofoniakoderto,
That is a cool name!
Sometimes both types of musical scales are applicable (depending upon whether one remains in the key of C major). The syllabic scale is usually referred to as “solfagietto,” from the Italian syllables “sol” and “fa” which occur in descending order. I did notice that you left out “A” but I think that was probably just a typological error. Good question, psicofoniakoderto.
HotForWords must investigate…
Isn’t “Solfaggieto” a Sebastean Bach’ song?
Or they are named the same.
I tought that CDEFGAB and DOREMIFASOLLASI were used depending on the region and the language, and so depending on the system used. and de CDE… system were used a as a simplification for the DOREMI… so it can be used in modern systems.
But maybe it is just a mith. or a mistaken theory.
But thanks for the information!!!
The Tassis family was in the business long time before Juan first count of Villameda. Juan’s granpa Juanbatista was already grandmail in Flander. It is more probable that the initial name of the family was Tarsis and then because of the function became Tassis.
Isn’t “Solfaggieto” a Sebastean Bach’ song?
Or they are named the same.
I tought that CDEFGAB and DOREMIFASOLLASI were used depending on the region and the language, and so depending on the system used. and de CDE… system were used a as a simplification for the DOREMI… so it can be used in modern systems.
But maybe it is just a mith. or a mistaken theory.
But thanks for the information!!!
Capricious.
Sounds delicious does capricious. (I think that nearly as hot as Marina caprice has somthing to do with it)
Hello, good morning!!
Bon jour, Ca va?
Good Morning to you too.
Hello Bob,
I just recieved an e-mail to this site.
I have yet to fully explore it but it seems very interesting.
http://www.britannica.com/blogs/
Good morning. Go get some coffee, micheldiego. Then watch the video. Then we can talk about posting the first comment and how you should only do so AFTER watching the video. Okay, okay. Just kidding!
OK, pennsyltucky9, got my coffee.
Little more than one week in the class, and already twice first!!! Making friends…
I hope nobody is “capricious” enough to feel offended (that’s for the homework).
Now about taxi, probably everybody knows that tax comes from latin taxare and is one of the oldest word. I tried to find out some more information about taxi. Here is what I found:
The concept itself is of course of unknown origin, but the first rules about it I found are from Louis XIV 1657 (with for example identification numbers for the cab owners) and concerned originally about 600 “cabs” in Paris. The first tariffs came in 1666 through legislation.
The origin of the name came much latter. In 1909 monsieur Kratz-Boussac invented a machine capable of pricing a trip based simultaneously on time and distance and gave it the name of “taxa metre”. The name rapidly changed to taxi-metre, and the cabs then became “taximeter automobile” then TAXI.
A couple of years latter taxis are heroes of two French sports:
-1911 huge taxi strike in Paris
-1914 WW1 improvisation in making war : to stop the germans the french went to the front « en taxi ». Arround 5.000 went to combat in cabs and succeded in stoping the german advance to Paris. Famous quotation: “Was ist das?” said general Frantz.
I’m still looking for some connection between taxi-cab and food…
Connection:
1) It is customary to tip your cabbie.
2) It is customary to tip your waitperson.
Bravo!