Dear teacher, I was looking up my famiy origin and found the motto for the Giles family to be confusing. “Festina Seute” is Gaelic for : “Be in haste, but not in a hurry.” I don’t understand the difference between “Haste” and “Hurry.” Would you please put that incredible brain behind that beautiful face to work on this? Thank you for your lessons.
-Stephen Vincent
There’s always this one senior citizen that walks around my neighborhood and he likes to say the word:
“Whippersnapper” like “Those young whippersnappers”
Can you tell me about that? It’s kind of confusing
Since you are doing various ethnicities now, I would like to know the origin of the word Indian as used for Native Americans. What is the proper terminology to refer to indigenous people in America and other parts of the world?
BTW Marina, ever thought of doing an exercise video and throwing in some language lessons? Should sell like hot cakes! And just where did “Selling like hot cakes” come from? Sorry I can’t join you in stretching but just came back from the gym, exhausted. Thanks for the salmon! Delicious!
Well none of those are the real origin of the work “cracker”. The first use in US history comes from the cattle drivers of Florida is the 17th and 18th centuries. In Florida then as now much of the state was covered in thick brush. There were no barbed ware then so cattle roamed freely in the brushy country side. Cattle drivers, this was before Cowboy was a word, used whips to scare the cattle into opening so they could be collected and barged to markets in the south east. It was the sound of the whips “cracking” that would drive the cattle out of the brush so the cattle could see what was making the fearful sound. The cattle drivers were over a time known as Crackers. Much later some but not all slave owners that used whips to punish their slaves also became known as Crackers. A more contemporary meaning was when blacks said the high pitched voices of whites sound like their speech is cracking. This more modern use goes at least back to early 19th century.
My boyfriend Johnny and I were having a discussion on the origin of the word monogamous and the word mononanty and if they are related in origin. Can you help us out?
P.S. We love hot for words..muah!!
Monotony comes from “monotone” where the voice stays constantly at the same pitch (literally, ‘one tone’) instead of fluctuating up and down, which is usually the case. This makes for very boring delivery. The only similarity these two words have is the prefix.
Since I was told I was wrong, I would really like to know the origin of the word “honkie” or “honky” as my great grandfather, who was 98 when he died, is the one who gave me that definition. As what you would call a rich white person who comes out of their house when you honk their horn because you are their driver (at the time, predominantly black)
I have a list of words for requests, but I’ll only ask for one (I have a feeling you have a very busy schedule).
The word strikes me because it is a scientific term. The word is “fat” or “fatty”. Not really scientific sounding,huh? lol
soo.. I have a word request for you. I just finished making a website which helps high school students with their college applications, specifically, the admissions essay! What’s the etymology for the term/word “essay?” also you could go a little deeper and find the etymology for the slang form of it as well.
oh yea, could you link to the site if you do pick the word? That would be super cool: http://www.uuessay.com
“Hesse” is used natively to describe those who come from the state of Hesse in Germany.
“Hey Hesse” as used familiarly, is a very unusual usage in practise as Hocht Deutsch is a stickler for formal / familiar dative cases.
I bet you are thinking of slang from another language, but it applies here as well!
There is a cross-language coincidence with fellas: the Old English origin of fellas is fēolaga homonym with arab fellaga. Fellaga in arab is a bandit, not the best fella.
Dear Hot Teacher,
In the “Cracker” game I think you are looking for the third answer. However I believe that your answer is incorrect. As I learned it, crackers was the nickname given to people, mostly from the South, who drove the cattle by cracking whips to move the heard in the desired direction. Years latter the word picked up it’s negative conotation. It had nothing to do with slavery. At least thats what I was taught many years ago in the third grade. I live in Florida and the book was about Florida’s history although I can’t remember the exact name.
I thought it had more to do with all the “crackerbox” houses that went up during the building boom south Florida experienced in the 1920’s, made possible by Flagler and his railroad.
I think that the answer to the video is either the crack with the whip one or the crack with jokes one, but I’m veering more toward the cracking of the whip one. How about honkey – when was that started and who made that one up?
Even though I don’t like salmon it now looks so good to me. Thanks, Marina for the stretch I need one!! That’s acutally a good combination, in fact I’m going to take Lucky for another walk now and have some salmon – oh wait I don’t have any – woops! jk , although I am going to take anogther walk with the canine, – hey, canine!!! Marina, I am asking for a video on the word CANINE!!!!
Might have something to do with Limousin, an administrative area in the Massif central of France. In Las Vegas, by the way, we have hummerzines (Hummers transformed into limousines).
Most of the People have no idea why they call Whites this, They only care that it a derogatory way to slam Whites.
Have you ever noticed, When you help someone like give them money or what ever they tend to resent you …..?…..quickly. A VERY small % of Whites ever were EVIL to Blacks, Yet Blacks Hate all Whites. If not for the majority of Whites standing up and helping Blacks, How would they have made as much advancement??
People are tribal by nature, and because of this there will NEVER be Holding hands around the World and singing Kumbaya. Ps by the way I am a White Guy BUT I get slamed by The Man all the time. I thought that only Blacks get dumped on??
No, I’ve never noticed that people whom I’ve helped resent it.
In fact, they appreciate it and it always shows. I think it all hinges on what’s in your heart when you extend kindness to others. If you show patience and understanding and expect nothing in return, gratitude is the natural result.
PT9, I am glad you have never lost a Friend because you lent them money or gave them a place to crash. But I would like to hear how many have. Has there ever been a kinder people then Crackers?
I don’t lend money. If I give money to a friend in need, I’m delighted when someone pays it back, I don’t expect it, and I express that. If someone needs money from me, I’ll figure out something they have that I can buy from them instead, so our friendship stays strictly on an even keel. If I can’t help them I tell them I can’t help them. There is no dishonor in telling the truth, especially to ones’ friends.
Nor do I borrow money from friends. They are far more valuable to me than as a source of cash. If they see me struggling and offer to help, I accept their help with undying gratitude. But if they try to lend me a large sum, I decline. Friends are not just some credit account you can draw from. They are a source of inner strength, of recognition, of understanding, and of loyalty. These things are far more important than money could ever be. I’m sorry you haven’t had the same experience with your friends, and I apologize if my earlier comment ruffled your feathers at all. I can assure you, that wasn’t my intention. I just wanted to express my views on being human, as opposed to being “white” or being “black.” We all started in the same place, and are all in this together whether or not we choose to recognize that. Have a nice day, my friend.
I totally agree with you and that is in My code of Things to live by.
How ever, some do not. And in my youth, Thinking I could , was burned. And you saying , I do not do this , Because you know what I am talking about. ie. Do you not lend or borrow for the reason I gave ,?, right?
RR, if you are speaking about USA, perhaps you should include in your reasoning native Americans: what did Blacks to native americans, and how Hawains feel about Blacks
On a more universal perpective, there are very interesting data: the mixed marriages numbers. It is very interresing to see the % of interacial marriages by countries and by census, it’s a way to track diferences between countries and times. For the USA I can tell you it is one of the lowest (in OCDE) but lately it’s going up. If you don’t like numbers just take some vacations in Brazil, and you will understand what interracial marriages is and what it means in terms of “racial” integration.
In a way we could say that HATE sometimes has a colour, but LOVE don’t know about colours (I know you could here imagining a rainbow, but I am not speaking about this colours).
I realize that the specific situation (and history) of the US is tough, but it is not desesperate. You can look for example our mutual friend, child of a mixed marriage, recent political succes in diferent ways. There are signs of increased fracture, but at the same time it seems to me there are also signs of a new perception of “mixed races”. When for ages somebody with a drop of “black” blood was considered black (I think there are laws about this about 1 grand-parent is enough, or even 1 grand-grand parent, an historian could tell us the criteria), it seems to me that people now tend to somehow identify thru the “mixed” child to the mother or to the father, in the specific case I’m speaking about. Some are discovering you could be son of a white and son of a black…
To add another optimistic note in this answer I can tell you my personnal experience. I am white and I adopted a black (very very black) son when he was 15 days old. He is now 11 and it is so nice to see how much he looks like me (and I look like him)! When people see us together it is easy to see the conexion between us and understand we are father and son.
I would add , The largest % of Whites love all things Black, Food, music, dance, comedy, dress, Women ( hot ) Blacks hate all that is White, being uptight, dress, music , food
From what poll did you derive your statistical data (”all”=100%, “never”=0% probability, “the largest %,” etc.)? It would be interesting to know.
According to my friends, you certainly don’t speak for “all” Blacks. And you DEFINITELY don’t speak for anyone but yourself when you purport to speak for “all” whites. So, if you don’t mind my quoting a famous misrepresenter of others’ views,
“Know that center in the universe? The point that ALL revolves around? AINT YOU Mi Amigo.”
Moral of the story: Never speak in absolutes. Ever. “Mi amigo…”
This is my point , that some in lime light, ie, Hollywood. Leaders of Some [?] groups, Speak in absolutes. and are rarely challenged.
I NEVER speak in absolutes, Are speaking of other post? I used %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%s as for some of, ie A percentage of, Not all, 100%, Total, Every, etc. Only a short sighted writer would think in absolutes.
When I question race, religion, liberalism, I expect to get jumped and chastised. The light of truth ALWAYS hurts when you are in the dark. just playing Mi Hombre sabio
looking at what I wrote I should not have ASSuMEd the reader would understand I was continuing” largest % of ( Blacks)” By just using Blacks. I am so tard-y ?Esta esto un poco mejor?
?Wow how bad do I suck at getting my point out? RE-Edit
1) Most of the People have no idea why they call Whites Crackers. They only care that it a derogatory way to slam Whites.
2) A VERY small % of Whites ever were EVIL to Blacks. Yet Blacks Hate Whites. If not for the majority of Whites standing up and helping Blacks, How would they have made such advancement??
3 ) Have you ever noticed, When you help someone like giving them money or what ever they tend to resent you …..?…..quickly.
4 ) People are tribal by nature, and because of this there will NEVER be , Holding hands around the World and Singing Kumbaya.
Ps ) By the way I am a White Guy BUT I get slammed by The Man all the time. I thought that only Blacks get dumped on??
Pss) I am trying to watch the News, talk on the phone and type out my thoughts. No intent to fire up the Minions. Trad-y all
As you just said “When I question race, religion, liberalism, I expect to get jumped and chastised”, I will enjoy the opportunity:
You said “A VERY small % of Whites ever were EVIL to Blacks” and probably you don’t understand some could desagree and even be offended. As we are in 2008 you may also say “A VERY small % of American troops ever were EVIL to Iraqis”, and will even insult anyone arguing this opinion.
Apparently the world is very simple, the only thing that you don’t understand is why blacks hate whites, and why Iraqis hate Americans.
Without the whites/American troops how would they have made as much advancement
That is the question. Blacks and Iraqis have made so much advancement that they should show more gratitude isn’t it.
Yeah. We sure helped all those blacks by taking them from Africa and separating them from their families, then literally working them to death. Then we cut them loose, starved them, lynched the ones who noticed anything wrong, and drafted the rest into the Infantry where they could shield us from enemy fire. They should be more appreciative! Not everyone gets such royal treatment. Free ship passage, all the lashes you ever wanted, and a lifetime supply of mistrust. Who could ask for more?
2 ) PT9 ? Really? Like in Africa there was lands where People of Nature, An Utopia. And evil White Men swooped in and hunted and caged Africans and whisked them away to the USA? Is this your story?
Is your knowledge of slavery come from watching Roots?
Do you believe Whites started slavery?
Do you realize the Dutch bought slaves from African kings ?
Do you realize the first went to what is now Mexico? To the Spanish.
Do you realize it started some 200 years Before the USA existed?
Do you realize it was White Americans that freed the slaves?
Do you realize the whole world had slaves and one of the only places that still has slaves today is Africa by Africans.?
The World is an Evil place full of Bastards across the line. Skin color has nothing to do with anything but to point out the members of each team. Red vs Blue
Who are these Whites anyway?
It would be better if we called them Green. The color of the Powerfull.
It is the Powerfull that rule.
This is Rule #1 and Rule #2 is there is only Rule #1.
RR, I’m sorry I can’t agree with your rules #1 and #2.
1) Biological reason: the natural selection in human species clarely don’t help the strongest or the more egoistic. Dawkins will say it is the gene who is “egoist” and is the fittest, sometimes thru a less adapted human. Look arround you and note how many little guys, fat guts, and “normal” guys you can count for one “strong” mr muscle. Then look arround you and note how manny people fundraise, tip, coach little league etc etc then note how manny don’t tip etc…In evolution there is something called collaborative evolution, it works best inside a family but apparently once you are a “good guy” with your family you also are with the community.
2) Cultural reason: Humans (as several other species) live in society, and this means that it is not the powerfull who rules. You have some rules let’s call them “moral rules” impose on you during your education. In your country moral seams to be “utilitarian” what is good is what is good for the majority. Moral try to optimize the benefits for most of the people. Because of this rules (for example you will not eat another human…) and of the subsequent set of laws consistents with the moral it appears that playing solo is extremly dificult. One of the most striking thing a foreigner observe when looking to your society is how much it is anti-individualistic. It is rather strange after all this years spent fighting communism to observe how communitarian your society is.
So RR as there is not “evil” per se there are good guys and bad guys and anybody is responsible of what he is. Yourself seem to put some blame on other countries and what you say can be true but is not relevant when speaking about America, the people of America the good guys and the bad guys of America.
I must say that what really makes a guy good or bad are the decsions he takes. Anyone at that time was responsible in deciding to help, or to punish a slave. To fight to free him or to buy him etc…
What we can see is that historically there are been suficient bad whites guys to give let say some anger to the sons of the black slaves. It is our responsability now to admit it or not.
We can’t change the past but it is a good thing to accept fit or what it is. It is a way to honour the victims, and think about the future with the proud given by the understanding of the mistakes, and even the sins.
Maybe we can go back to etymology now my friend
I believe it’s #1. I’m reminded of the old folksong “Jimmy Crack Corn” where the lyrics imply that cracking corn is something that the “master” wouldn’t tolerate, but
“Jimmy crack corn and I don’t care, the master’s gone away.”
Armed with the knowledge that cracking dried field corn was part of the process of making moonshine (corn liquor), and further conjecturing that after a few drinks of moonshine “I don’t care” it seem appropriate that this may well have been an origin of the term ‘cracker.’
Personally, I always thought it was a comparison to the bland, flat and pasty “saltine crackers” or soda crackers and that such a comparison sounded reasonable enough. Maybe this is one of the reasons this nickname persists today. But what the hell do I know? I’m just a dumb cracker….
Wild sex
Now that I have your Attention, it only happens just before death for them… if they make it that far. Some fish have their own sponsors. Interesting life cycles.
Responses are generally welcome. Your observation regarding assessment of relative intellectual discussion value is correct, however.
Don’t get all sunburned, bud. My recollection of Florida at this time of year is that it gets very hard to wear any clothes there. Hope you brought a vidcam to help share the bounty with us.
Staying up late here…watching rerun of yesterdays euro cup game. Germany looks good, should have no trouble scoring goals in the next game on the way to finale’. My son picks you (GER) to meet the Dutch in the final, We’ll see if Hitmans team survives… oh & Marinas too.
no, i’ve been visiting cafés and the like to watch the european soccer championship on big screens. uh. i guess this is something like the super bowl over there.
so! germany made it into the semi-finals today, beating portugal.
hey, where’s hitman? russia’s playing, uh, the netherlands, i believe, on saturday.
We need to go back a few videos and find a video site where both of them have commented and make a comment to them and see if they reply. Buzzword and wordlover.
Well slaves were a long time ago, but they do grow a lot of corn in the south where there are many black folk so they could’ve calles white corn cracker crackers, so I’ll go with no. 1
Hmmm, I’m not sure on this one. I grew up in South Georgia and the term was used widely there as a derogatory term to describe white folks. I found this article which mentions all three explanations. If I had to guess, I would go with number 2 although I’m wondering if this is one of those, “All three theories are correct” kind of games.
As for your striped shirt and stretching…..well, let’s just say I found the workout invigorating and leave it at that…..
Lets just ask her. Marina are you engaged now? It’s not going to stop us from watching your videos and doting after you. We will be very very happy for you. If so you don’t have to tell us who the lucky man is. Every lady likes to share when they get an engagement ring. It’s such a happy occasion.
Nothing. If she doesn’t answer it doesn’t mean anything. She’s just keeping her personal life personal. I can very much respect that. It’s like the paparazzi that stalk all of the celeberties. Don’t feed them and they will go away. But I hope she will still feed us comments.
Why would you think I’m engaged? I would generally need to have at least a boyfriend in order to get engaged.. and I don’t even have that (too busy… not that there is anything wrong with me!)! So no… not engaged. Are you offering?
I think you have about 50,000,000 boyfriends here. Anyone would be the luckiest man on earth to have you as a girlfriend. You are the sweetest person and take a lot of mess from us. So always stay that way.
C911 has the “hope” diamond LOL.
#2 My guess on the Game, & No, I did’nt even know “cracker” was a “bad” name. To say someone was crackers, to me, was an endearing way to say “your crazy”.
Don’t wait to long. Everyone needs someone. No one needs to grow old by themselves. I know you’r trying to get your business to grow, but take time out to smell the roses as the saying goes. The right one will come along for you.
aLx is right, you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince. ( Ribbet, Ribbet, Ribbet.)
The secret of success with any venture is to try things out and keep Testing, Testing, Testing.
Always remember, though, as with choosing Teacher’s Pet, save the best till last.
Hey Marina, Page and I are going see Jack Johnson friday Aug 29th at Irvive Medows. I’m going to by four tickets. You should bring a friend (boy or girl) and meet us there. Shows on me of course. Come on, live a little. See Jack. Bring a friend. Have fun. Jack puts on a great live show!
Don’t worry Marina that will all happen quickly someday. Just write a personal: “Cheese eating salmon loving wordsmith looking for someone who can challenge my senses…” No…wait, that’s my personal & if you used that we would wind-up,aaahnever mind…
Hi Marina: It was a nice video. About the game I think it is number one. Corn crackers. Always your videos are interesting and funy. that exercise is yoga? have a nice day.
Not stupid………Just needs a little Color. The EMO look is a bit depressing.
You need some Sunrise colors to go with Eyes and Hair .
Wife beaters too, Bandanna top, But mostly COLORS
I have to go with number three. I have only known blacks here to call us crackers or honkies or hones. I don’t know about other countries if they refer to us as that.
We have PNW Salmon swimming around our Island & folks here go out often to catch fresh, I find it is cheeper to go to work & buy fresh salmon on the way home. My fishing skills suck, although when I do go with friends, I usually get the prize for most unusual fish caught. Candied salmon is a real treat here, I buy some once a year in a little town called Coombs… better than any candy I’ve ever eaten.
I bet they are at least they sound very tasty How’s your daughter and soninlaw doing. Still on their honeymoon. I wish them the very best in life. She’s lucky to have dad that really cares. I cried at the alter when the preacher ask ,who givith away this woman. I couldn’t hardly say here mother and I. Love family always there all we have.
Mike
That was just beautiful BillyB. Thanks for sharing your memmories. By the way my daughter is named Jennifer also. If I am correct if the person I saw in the video is you then I have a twin. Thinning hair, gray on the sides cause that all I have left medium height and weight. Hey bro where forth art thought. Just beautiful.
The more I research this, the more I wonder if Marina has done one of her “all of the theories are correct” tricks.
However, she did say, at the beginning of the video, that there is a lot of confusion about the origin of the pejorative term “Cracker”, so maybe she is sitting on the fence by giving us a GTW game.
I’m still going with #3, out of the choices Marina gave us, as the slavery/white master idea seems the most logical.
There is also a fourth possibility which Marina didn’t mention.
According to wikipedia, Cracker might be a corruption of the term the Spaniards used to refer to the English/Scots/Irish settlers, “Quáqueros,” itself a corruption of the English word “Quaker,” which the Spanish used to contemptuously refer to any Protestant.
That’s alright strut your stuff and wear you ploom high. Makes for good commenting. Gets people to watch again and again to see if they can spot a ring. One way to fake us out.
I had to look, one more time, just for a ring LOL (Bob brought it up). Warren don’t worry about getting me started, I never stop, thats’s what cofee’s for. Marina shows she has no ring on @ about 4:21. I did notice that her right leg will stretch much higher than the left. I hope she’s not nursing an old injury.
BTW I would, however, love to see it when a ring does show up on that finger, although the poor guy would have to pass a tough screening process with all these guys that care about her future checking out his worthiness.
NICE exercises ,well done Марина! никогда не забудь латинскую мудрость: -Mens sana in corpore sane- try also something i particularly love -Tai chi chu’an- you’ll see that it works!
I think I know what the super stands for and the chik. What about the danil Don’t mean to pry just curious. You what curiousity did, it kill the cat but nine lives brought him back. One of my mothers old wives tales. You need a gravatar to go with your name
mais bonjour à toi,dear capman! REALLY NICE GUESS! anyway,you can pry as much as you want,i don’t absolutely mind! good students must be curious…. since my first name is Daniel ”danilchik” is simply a Russian hypocoristical form of -Daniil- ,Daniel in Russian..so what a nice coincidence with ‘’super” and ”chik”
Thanks for the answer. I learn something new every day on Marina’s site. Nice to meet you. Mine Capman911 means I was a fire Captain for 33 years and 911 is I don’t want to ever forget the brothers we lost in New York at the Trade Centers.
I thought I sat around the computer alot. I haven’t even seen half of the utube videos yet. I don’t know how everyone can come up with a video to fit Marina’s every video
Thank you for the delicious salmon, that’s good eatin`!
But the after dinner exercises made me ake all over.
I must be out of shape, that or you are in great shape.
Oh yes, the game… I made 0 research on this one, but I think it’s #3
I have some friends (the guys from the Deadliest Catch) now up in Alaska that are going to ship me some salmon (among other things) this season. Eddie taught me how to make fantastic sushi. My mouth is watering in anticipation of devouring fresh Hawaiian style sushi.
Reminds me of the words from the food storage robot in the movie “Logan’s Run”
["Fish, plankton,sea greens and protein from the sea!]
(–insert evil laugh here–)
Hi Jack,
Did you notice that the picture used to announce the Teacher’s Pet was reversed?
I wonder if Marina is trying to hide the fact that she’s wearing an engagement ring … Hmmm, now it’s me who’s getting paranoid.
Good observation Bob! I didn’t even realize it was reversed.. my macbook takes pictures and I think there is a setting where they reverse what you are looking at.. I think I had it set on that for some reason.
It took me a while to work it out.
It just looked like someone else; now I’m trying to think who. Maybe Olivia Newton John
I hope that doesn’t offend you, Marina; it’s not a very flattering likeness of her, much less of you.
I know.. the picture’s all distorted.. I was going to try to un-distort it.. but it didn’t seem to work.. and now I realize that it was not only distorted but backwards as well!!!
Maybe Kobe I hope he is not offended.
The right & left sides of our faces are not symmetrical, so when you reverse the image it looks distorted. Just imagine a line drawn down the centre of your face & mirror image both sides. 2lefts, 2rights. both images would look like different people well for a lot of us anyway. Lyle Lovett more than most.
Yes I did notice Bob. At first I saw Kobe and thought it was a new photo from her new place but then I saw that damn photo umbrella in the shot again and was trying to figure out why she flipped the photo. I normally would try to flip a photo to make it frame better with an ad Im making but I didn’t see a reason for Marina to do this. At 3.37 am I was getting to tired to mess with such mundane …. Yawn whats the word Im looking for? Sorry I just woke up and have not had my coffee yet. Oh better yet. I’ll make some tea. Yea… What do I have in my treasure chest of goodies? Oh yea I keep my tea in a treasure chest because a friend of mine kept her tea in a large makeup case. I had a spare TC sitting around from my last looting.
Bob, Olivia Newton John and Marina? Marina is way better looking. I have not seen anyone that looks like Marina. Even Marina looks have changed from her early modeling years. I prefer the way she looks now to what she looked years ago. For example the photo banner on the top this blog is much different that her today. Still I think what makes Marina attractive is her intelligence. I can go down my dock and find any pretty trophy girl but I best most of them would have just average (or below) intelligence. I always look at intelligence when im dating. If I can’t carry an intelligent conversation with a woman then I see no reason to continue dating that person. One woman I admire very much is a former PE teacher, Dee Caffari. First woman to sail ‘wrong way’ round world SOLO. She sailed 176 days at sea, navigating her 22-meter (72ft) yacht, Aviva, into the jaws of all the wind, rain and waves the open seas could muster. She smart, sexy, and knows more about sailing than I will ever know. If she didn’t have a BF I might be at that docks trying to court her. This is a woman that I could trust with my life. If I fell ill and could not function, I could trust Dee to sail the ship all the way home. That’s the kind of gal I’m most attracted to. No she doesn’t have to know one thing about sailing. Just have the mental capacity to learn, solve problems as they come up, and the nerve to do it. I have yet to come across someone like that and yes thats a very tall order. I guess thats why I’m still single.
Hey Teach, ( try to un-distort it..) Is this a double negative?
un-dis. then would tort….not.
one definition of
tort: to twist. tort-ure…hum?
Tort (law) screw some over and haveing damages brought
dis; un ..and visa vera
then why is dis-tort , to twist
and tort is, to twist
so what the hell is to un-dis-tort?
wow WOW; You are sharp! I had to go back and look HARD. Do you go frame by frame , stop click. W@W Can anyone tell me, does she have any cavities?? Or what her TAToo is of ?
LES JEUX SONT FAITS …numéro 3. Did you know Marina that in England you would be called ”an exceptionally gifted CRACKER? OF COURSE,this slang word has got a completely different meaning in Britain!!!…as maybe you already know or you can imagine……лепота,всего тебе хорошего!
I’m not a physics teacher so I won’t attempt to explain this effect which is known as Strobing. It is connected with Aliasing/Antialiasing.
If you Google those three terms you will become immersed/drown in a sea of information.
Hope this helps.
I see what you mean now about being backwards. I think Miss Marina needs to wear that red top on the next video that she does. Red is her color. Kobe was so cute. Lucky little fellow to have such a great mom.
It’s from the interference pattern generated when the thin stripes run crosswise to the pixel grid. You see the same weird cross-striping as one would when looking through a picket fence at another picket fence. In the graphic art industry (especially newspaper and magazine print industries) we run into stuff like that all the time because most grayscale photographs (those printed using a series of tiny dots, usually called a half-tone screen) cannot be submitted to the same screening process twice because the interference of one grid over another results in similar distortion patterns and they come out looking like a strange plaid design or something like that.
This is called a Moire’ pattern (sounds like MWA-ray or moray), named f
sticking to the shortest theory, no 3.
Polly wants cracker…back cracked? I cheated with the leg stretch. The good fish.
a cracker
mmmm salmon…. now i want sushi!
im guessing three not sure though, you have beautiful eyes
Words Requests crawdad, crayfish?
How is John?
thinking # 3, which is horrid.
…but now when I have some cheese on cracker, it wont be the same.
also, I hear men talk about a beautiful women as a Cracker, phwarrr mate, she’s a cracker!!
You will win gold at the Olympics
#3
The stretching was great. Actually got me out of my seat! Maybe you can do some yoga or pilates on one of your upcoming videos?
Dear teacher, I was looking up my famiy origin and found the motto for the Giles family to be confusing. “Festina Seute” is Gaelic for : “Be in haste, but not in a hurry.” I don’t understand the difference between “Haste” and “Hurry.” Would you please put that incredible brain behind that beautiful face to work on this? Thank you for your lessons.
-Stephen Vincent
Hi.
What do you thonk about “cigarette”?
Hi Marina
,
I think that #1 is the correct answer.
I love you!
#3. cracking the wip!
I guess it’s theory #1 as in: “Jimmy crack corn and I don’t care”.
I like Salmon, also, and pickled herring, too…
WHAT THE….. JIMMY IS CRACKING CORN AND YOU DON’T EVEN CARE???? What kind of attitude is that?
It’s number 1.
Now that we’ve seen the wonders of what a striped top can do to a Flash video, can you explain this word:
“MOIRE”
as in why not red film or pink film?
How did Blue Film
came about? lawl lawl lawl lawl……..
1 sounds more plausible to me. Remember “Jimmy crack a corn and I don’t care”? Enjoyed the stretching. Maybe I’ll do it myself next time.
on another note, it seems like your stretching exercises were just filler this time. are you trying to turn us on or get us in shape? lol
cracking the whip i’m pretty sure. the first 2 just sound like bullshit to me.
I’d say number 1 is my answer
Hey, well I had one more idea in mind.
There’s always this one senior citizen that walks around my neighborhood and he likes to say the word:
“Whippersnapper” like “Those young whippersnappers”
Can you tell me about that? It’s kind of confusing
Where does the word Halo come from. The halo that is floating above angels heads.
Where does the word “Rookie” come from?
Marina, could you do a video where you tell us some of the interesting things about yourself?
Like, why did you choose to move to the United States? What is your job? And, where do you live?
Thanks.
Since you are doing various ethnicities now, I would like to know the origin of the word Indian as used for Native Americans. What is the proper terminology to refer to indigenous people in America and other parts of the world?
Probably has something to do with the Northwest Passage, which, thanks to global warming, actually exists today….
I would like to request the word “Fuck”. A good teacher should be able to handle a word like this.
did it old lessons
Check out Radio shows… I think #2 She has done some other interesting origins on the radio shows… the Prince Albert one is painful though.
Marina got a prince albert on her navel.
I’d have to say #2…
But I’m sort of delirious today.
So I don’t doubt I’m wrong.
Anyways…
What about the derogatory word for Hispanic persons?…
Spic
I like crackers. Ritz are the best, especially with a little peanutbutter and jelly(buleberry).
Cracker might be a derogatory term directed at whites, but what about
Oreo
I always thought they were delicious & fun
Number One !
BiLL
Like the song “Jimmy Crack Corn, I Don,t Care……….
Well, I don’t know which origin is correct because I’ve never heard “cracker” used in this sense. However #3 sounds plausible.
Is “cracker” an American term?
Well, it may not be derogatory. A wise cracker ain’t stupid.
Ah, no, and a little cracker like Marina certainly isn’t ugly!
BTW Marina, ever thought of doing an exercise video and throwing in some language lessons? Should sell like hot cakes! And just where did “Selling like hot cakes” come from? Sorry I can’t join you in stretching but just came back from the gym, exhausted. Thanks for the salmon! Delicious!
That is barbed wire, sorry. Donald
Jimmy Crack Corn and I Don’t Care! I’ll say number one!
Well none of those are the real origin of the work “cracker”. The first use in US history comes from the cattle drivers of Florida is the 17th and 18th centuries. In Florida then as now much of the state was covered in thick brush. There were no barbed ware then so cattle roamed freely in the brushy country side. Cattle drivers, this was before Cowboy was a word, used whips to scare the cattle into opening so they could be collected and barged to markets in the south east. It was the sound of the whips “cracking” that would drive the cattle out of the brush so the cattle could see what was making the fearful sound. The cattle drivers were over a time known as Crackers. Much later some but not all slave owners that used whips to punish their slaves also became known as Crackers. A more contemporary meaning was when blacks said the high pitched voices of whites sound like their speech is cracking. This more modern use goes at least back to early 19th century.
I was going to take a crack at this word, but…..
maia marina word request; Pomegranate
oh, i love apples…but these are seedy characters…
and why is a tomato a “love apple”?…
I have absolutely no idea. Let’s say #1.
the answer is #3.i know it is.
you are likely correct…
time to get crackin’…
Nice…
Feeling whipped
the writing is on the wall.
#3 actually sounds believable
guess I’ll try that answer.
No interactive buttons?? Hmmm..
Caerful doing those side stretches!
Something could pop loose – Woo Hoo!
There is something definitely going on
in Marina’s eyes; serious mischief there.
Looks good on you, though.
ciao
a little “after-the-after-glow”?
Maia Marina, word request: horseapple
Or maybe crabapple.
Maia Marina, word request: horseapple?
Rabbit pellet – LOL!
makes sense the origin of this word
i m going for the origin number TWO.
I will go with #1 for “Cracker”. Loved the exercises!
hi Marina!!!
i’d like you tell me the origin of ‘hacker’ and the word ‘witch’
well see you take care
My boyfriend Johnny and I were having a discussion on the origin of the word monogamous and the word mononanty and if they are related in origin. Can you help us out?
P.S. We love hot for words..muah!!
I assume you meant monotony.
Monotony comes from “monotone” where the voice stays constantly at the same pitch (literally, ‘one tone’) instead of fluctuating up and down, which is usually the case. This makes for very boring delivery. The only similarity these two words have is the prefix.
I hope this helps.
I’m actually looking for 2 words, 1)loyalty 2)honor
I found them. They’re right there at the end of your sent
sentence
geronimo, u got ance in ur pants?
I just accidentally hit the enter button too soon.
Hey Geronimo. What do you yell when YOU jump out of an airplane?
Since I was told I was wrong, I would really like to know the origin of the word “honkie” or “honky” as my great grandfather, who was 98 when he died, is the one who gave me that definition. As what you would call a rich white person who comes out of their house when you honk their horn because you are their driver (at the time, predominantly black)
Thanks gorgeous!! <3
I’m going to play a little honkytonk, man.
livid greenstuff,
Remember the bumpersticker that said, “Honk if you love jesus”? I laughed my ass off at the one that said, “Jeez if you love honkies!”
Hi!! I’d really love you to do a piece on the origin of a phrase.
To ‘freeze the balls off a brass monkey’
Dont worry, its not dirty!! I already know it, but its such a fantasticly improbable answer I think you ned to share it with everyone else!!
Spain!!!!! I said in other comment… and the new word is… Breast!!!! Jaja, good work!!
Hey, Marina! This is really cool.
I have a list of words for requests, but I’ll only ask for one (I have a feeling you have a very busy schedule).
The word strikes me because it is a scientific term. The word is “fat” or “fatty”. Not really scientific sounding,huh? lol
Au contraire, biologists routinely talk about fatty acids, for example.
bespoke
hey Marina, my guess is #3 for the cracker game.
soo.. I have a word request for you. I just finished making a website which helps high school students with their college applications, specifically, the admissions essay! What’s the etymology for the term/word “essay?” also you could go a little deeper and find the etymology for the slang form of it as well.
oh yea, could you link to the site if you do pick the word? That would be super cool: http://www.uuessay.com
Thanks! rock on!
“Hesse” is used natively to describe those who come from the state of Hesse in Germany.
“Hey Hesse” as used familiarly, is a very unusual usage in practise as Hocht Deutsch is a stickler for formal / familiar dative cases.
I bet you are thinking of slang from another language, but it applies here as well!
I think you referring to Esse?
This is Cholo for friend / amigo
Vote for Pedro.
in class some one tell us that Hospital And Hotel comes from the same word?
Some of us need hospice care….
You can get room service and prostate exam at both.
Hello Marina ^^
I was wondering if you could tell me the origin of the word “Witch”
Thanks in advance if you do =)
- Tara
Why is a bra called a bra?
From the French; for brassierre!
(I think they also invented lingerie)
Vive la France!
Q: Why is lingerie like gift wrap?
A: Because it’s difficult to remove
quickly without tearing it up.
Interestingly, le linge is the laundry. Not too sexy…
I noticed Teach said ; Teacher’s Pet may be coming back? Ok boys
can you play nice.
Maybe Teach, you should scroll off about 100 names at a time, so after about 6 months you can get everyone name in. Could work.
Origin of the words “Fellas”
is that the effeminate of follows
fellers <– note the diminutive suffix
There is a cross-language coincidence with fellas: the Old English origin of fellas is fēolaga homonym with arab fellaga. Fellaga in arab is a bandit, not the best fella.
Let’s limit the request to goodfellas.
Hmmm Arms… put them up and front !!! ok, Good job Marina
Good exercise, I did the same
Left, right back cracky, Stomach (BTW nice abs), Legs…both
Marina’s scalenes!
Why do some guys call girls “chicks”?
Same reason some women call men “guys.”
what came first , the guy or the egg?
You know that Guy is a Name. Like Joe, Mac. In England Guy Fawkes tryed to blow up Parliament , Some parade in the streets and are called Guys..??
Good thing his name was not Dick Fawkes
Maybe??/ Fawkes? Why not ……if those people who supported ol Guy Fawkes were called ….Fawkers?? Could this be the root?
pt9,
don’t you get tired of receiving so many stupid e-mails? you don’t need to answer that question.
Many women call each other “guys”.
Sometimes I call chicks “guys” too.
I say “guys” more often than not since it doesn’t sound too personal.
Oh by the pennsyltucky9,
I got your response from my earlier question. Thank you.
Once I called a call-girl called Nicole in Call TX!
aLx are you talking about me again?
what about the word “Posetive” ? =)
sic? or no?
What is the origin of “blue blood” as it refers to royalty???
I’ll go with number 3.
corn cracker
Dear Hot Teacher,
In the “Cracker” game I think you are looking for the third answer. However I believe that your answer is incorrect. As I learned it, crackers was the nickname given to people, mostly from the South, who drove the cattle by cracking whips to move the heard in the desired direction. Years latter the word picked up it’s negative conotation. It had nothing to do with slavery. At least thats what I was taught many years ago in the third grade. I live in Florida and the book was about Florida’s history although I can’t remember the exact name.
I thought it had more to do with all the “crackerbox” houses that went up during the building boom south Florida experienced in the 1920’s, made possible by Flagler and his railroad.
I think that the answer to the video is either the crack with the whip one or the crack with jokes one, but I’m veering more toward the cracking of the whip one. How about honkey – when was that started and who made that one up?
Even though I don’t like salmon it now looks so good to me.
Thanks, Marina for the stretch I need one!! That’s acutally a good combination, in fact I’m going to take Lucky for another walk now and have some salmon – oh wait I don’t have any – woops! jk , although I am going to take anogther walk with the canine, – hey, canine!!! Marina, I am asking for a video on the word CANINE!!!!
i think # 1
Hi I was thinking about it and I was wondering where the word Limousine came from. If you could post it that would be great thanks!
Might have something to do with Limousin, an administrative area in the Massif central of France. In Las Vegas, by the way, we have hummerzines (Hummers transformed into limousines).
I think all the origins are true
Most of the People have no idea why they call Whites this, They only care that it a derogatory way to slam Whites.
BUT I get slamed by The Man all the time. I thought that only Blacks get dumped on??
Have you ever noticed, When you help someone like give them money or what ever they tend to resent you …..?…..quickly.
A VERY small % of Whites ever were EVIL to Blacks, Yet Blacks Hate all Whites. If not for the majority of Whites standing up and helping Blacks, How would they have made as much advancement??
People are tribal by nature, and because of this there will NEVER be Holding hands around the World and singing Kumbaya. Ps by the way I am a White Guy
No, I’ve never noticed that people whom I’ve helped resent it.
In fact, they appreciate it and it always shows. I think it all hinges on what’s in your heart when you extend kindness to others. If you show patience and understanding and expect nothing in return, gratitude is the natural result.
PT9, I am glad you have never lost a Friend because you lent them money or gave them a place to crash. But I would like to hear how many have. Has there ever been a kinder people then Crackers?
You are right pennsyltucky9 gratitude exists
I don’t lend money. If I give money to a friend in need, I’m delighted when someone pays it back, I don’t expect it, and I express that. If someone needs money from me, I’ll figure out something they have that I can buy from them instead, so our friendship stays strictly on an even keel. If I can’t help them I tell them I can’t help them. There is no dishonor in telling the truth, especially to ones’ friends.
Nor do I borrow money from friends. They are far more valuable to me than as a source of cash. If they see me struggling and offer to help, I accept their help with undying gratitude. But if they try to lend me a large sum, I decline. Friends are not just some credit account you can draw from. They are a source of inner strength, of recognition, of understanding, and of loyalty. These things are far more important than money could ever be. I’m sorry you haven’t had the same experience with your friends, and I apologize if my earlier comment ruffled your feathers at all. I can assure you, that wasn’t my intention. I just wanted to express my views on being human, as opposed to being “white” or being “black.” We all started in the same place, and are all in this together whether or not we choose to recognize that. Have a nice day, my friend.
I totally agree with you and that is in My code of Things to live by.
How ever, some do not. And in my youth, Thinking I could , was burned. And you saying , I do not do this , Because you know what I am talking about. ie. Do you not lend or borrow for the reason I gave ,?, right?
RR, if you are speaking about USA, perhaps you should include in your reasoning native Americans: what did Blacks to native americans, and how Hawains feel about Blacks
On a more universal perpective, there are very interesting data: the mixed marriages numbers. It is very interresing to see the % of interacial marriages by countries and by census, it’s a way to track diferences between countries and times. For the USA I can tell you it is one of the lowest (in OCDE) but lately it’s going up. If you don’t like numbers just take some vacations in Brazil, and you will understand what interracial marriages is and what it means in terms of “racial” integration.
In a way we could say that HATE sometimes has a colour, but LOVE don’t know about colours (I know you could here imagining a rainbow, but I am not speaking about this colours).
I realize that the specific situation (and history) of the US is tough, but it is not desesperate. You can look for example our mutual friend, child of a mixed marriage, recent political succes in diferent ways. There are signs of increased fracture, but at the same time it seems to me there are also signs of a new perception of “mixed races”. When for ages somebody with a drop of “black” blood was considered black (I think there are laws about this about 1 grand-parent is enough, or even 1 grand-grand parent, an historian could tell us the criteria), it seems to me that people now tend to somehow identify thru the “mixed” child to the mother or to the father, in the specific case I’m speaking about. Some are discovering you could be son of a white and son of a black…
To add another optimistic note in this answer I can tell you my personnal experience. I am white and I adopted a black (very very black) son when he was 15 days old. He is now 11 and it is so nice to see how much he looks like me (and I look like him)! When people see us together it is easy to see the conexion between us and understand we are father and son.
Adoption is as important as having your own child.
micheldiego you’re a good person.
PS And you are right, ingratitude exists.
I would add , The largest % of Whites love all things Black, Food, music, dance, comedy, dress, Women
( hot ) Blacks hate all that is White, being uptight, dress, music , food 
Sometimes it’s good idea to hate white things: for example: ICE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yAeLtIDBJI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar4WlU4oQPM&feature=related
Hi roadrunrnch,
From what poll did you derive your statistical data (”all”=100%, “never”=0% probability, “the largest %,” etc.)? It would be interesting to know.
According to my friends, you certainly don’t speak for “all” Blacks. And you DEFINITELY don’t speak for anyone but yourself when you purport to speak for “all” whites. So, if you don’t mind my quoting a famous misrepresenter of others’ views,
“Know that center in the universe? The point that ALL revolves around? AINT YOU Mi Amigo.”
Moral of the story: Never speak in absolutes. Ever. “Mi amigo…”
Ding ding winner winner.
This is my point , that some in lime light, ie, Hollywood. Leaders of Some [?] groups, Speak in absolutes. and are rarely challenged.
I NEVER speak in absolutes, Are speaking of other post? I used %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%s as for some of, ie A percentage of, Not all, 100%, Total, Every, etc. Only a short sighted writer would think in absolutes.
just playing Mi Hombre sabio
When I question race, religion, liberalism, I expect to get jumped and chastised. The light of truth ALWAYS hurts when you are in the dark.
looking at what I wrote I should not have ASSuMEd the reader would understand I was continuing” largest % of ( Blacks)” By just using Blacks. I am so tard-y ?Esta esto un poco mejor?
That was your point? Perhaps you should re-read your opening comment.
?Wow how bad do I suck at getting my point out? RE-Edit
1) Most of the People have no idea why they call Whites Crackers. They only care that it a derogatory way to slam Whites.
2) A VERY small % of Whites ever were EVIL to Blacks. Yet Blacks Hate Whites. If not for the majority of Whites standing up and helping Blacks, How would they have made such advancement??
3 ) Have you ever noticed, When you help someone like giving them money or what ever they tend to resent you …..?…..quickly.
4 ) People are tribal by nature, and because of this there will NEVER be , Holding hands around the World and Singing Kumbaya.
Ps ) By the way I am a White Guy
BUT I get slammed by The Man all the time. I thought that only Blacks get dumped on??
Pss) I am trying to watch the News, talk on the phone and type out my thoughts. No intent to fire up the Minions. Trad-y all
As you just said “When I question race, religion, liberalism, I expect to get jumped and chastised”, I will enjoy the opportunity:
You said “A VERY small % of Whites ever were EVIL to Blacks” and probably you don’t understand some could desagree and even be offended. As we are in 2008 you may also say “A VERY small % of American troops ever were EVIL to Iraqis”, and will even insult anyone arguing this opinion.
Apparently the world is very simple, the only thing that you don’t understand is why blacks hate whites, and why Iraqis hate Americans.
Without the whites/American troops how would they have made as much advancement
That is the question. Blacks and Iraqis have made so much advancement that they should show more gratitude isn’t it.
Yeah. We sure helped all those blacks by taking them from Africa and separating them from their families, then literally working them to death. Then we cut them loose, starved them, lynched the ones who noticed anything wrong, and drafted the rest into the Infantry where they could shield us from enemy fire. They should be more appreciative! Not everyone gets such royal treatment. Free ship passage, all the lashes you ever wanted, and a lifetime supply of mistrust. Who could ask for more?
1 ) gratitude , maybe. Recognition yes.
2 ) PT9 ? Really? Like in Africa there was lands where People of Nature, An Utopia. And evil White Men swooped in and hunted and caged Africans and whisked them away to the USA? Is this your story?
Is your knowledge of slavery come from watching Roots?
Do you believe Whites started slavery?
Do you realize the Dutch bought slaves from African kings ?
Do you realize the first went to what is now Mexico? To the Spanish.
Do you realize it started some 200 years Before the USA existed?
Do you realize it was White Americans that freed the slaves?
Do you realize the whole world had slaves and one of the only places that still has slaves today is Africa by Africans.?
The World is an Evil place full of Bastards across the line. Skin color has nothing to do with anything but to point out the members of each team. Red vs Blue
Who are these Whites anyway?
It would be better if we called them Green. The color of the Powerfull.
It is the Powerfull that rule.
This is Rule #1 and Rule #2 is there is only Rule #1.
RR, I’m sorry I can’t agree with your rules #1 and #2.
1) Biological reason: the natural selection in human species clarely don’t help the strongest or the more egoistic. Dawkins will say it is the gene who is “egoist” and is the fittest, sometimes thru a less adapted human. Look arround you and note how many little guys, fat guts, and “normal” guys you can count for one “strong” mr muscle. Then look arround you and note how manny people fundraise, tip, coach little league etc etc then note how manny don’t tip etc…In evolution there is something called collaborative evolution, it works best inside a family but apparently once you are a “good guy” with your family you also are with the community.
2) Cultural reason: Humans (as several other species) live in society, and this means that it is not the powerfull who rules. You have some rules let’s call them “moral rules” impose on you during your education. In your country moral seams to be “utilitarian” what is good is what is good for the majority. Moral try to optimize the benefits for most of the people. Because of this rules (for example you will not eat another human…) and of the subsequent set of laws consistents with the moral it appears that playing solo is extremly dificult. One of the most striking thing a foreigner observe when looking to your society is how much it is anti-individualistic. It is rather strange after all this years spent fighting communism to observe how communitarian your society is.
So RR as there is not “evil” per se there are good guys and bad guys and anybody is responsible of what he is. Yourself seem to put some blame on other countries and what you say can be true but is not relevant when speaking about America, the people of America the good guys and the bad guys of America.
I must say that what really makes a guy good or bad are the decsions he takes. Anyone at that time was responsible in deciding to help, or to punish a slave. To fight to free him or to buy him etc…
What we can see is that historically there are been suficient bad whites guys to give let say some anger to the sons of the black slaves. It is our responsability now to admit it or not.
We can’t change the past but it is a good thing to accept fit or what it is. It is a way to honour the victims, and think about the future with the proud given by the understanding of the mistakes, and even the sins.
Maybe we can go back to etymology now my friend
Dawkins? Was he related to Charles Darwin????
Maybe we can go back to etymology now my friend
We are using words, A lot of words,
Do all whites pay for the sins of a few?
I am done it’s ok with me if you want to
beat your self up for something you had
nothing to do with. Did you?
Marina please tell me about word’s “slip ons”
Banana skins?
May I ,,
1. slip : to slip into, on, over.
2. on; put on, place on,
@. slip ons ; are shoes, shirts, pants etc. That slip on
Ask any Klingon.
idiot (not insulting you, just a request )
and i think its 1, 2 or 3 ^^
139th!
I believe it’s #1. I’m reminded of the old folksong “Jimmy Crack Corn” where the lyrics imply that cracking corn is something that the “master” wouldn’t tolerate, but
“Jimmy crack corn and I don’t care, the master’s gone away.”
Armed with the knowledge that cracking dried field corn was part of the process of making moonshine (corn liquor), and further conjecturing that after a few drinks of moonshine “I don’t care” it seem appropriate that this may well have been an origin of the term ‘cracker.’
Personally, I always thought it was a comparison to the bland, flat and pasty “saltine crackers” or soda crackers and that such a comparison sounded reasonable enough. Maybe this is one of the reasons this nickname persists today. But what the hell do I know? I’m just a dumb cracker….
Jimmy cracked corn and I don’t care? What the hell kinda attitude is that?
Yeah, wtf? Who cares about apathy?
Maybe is number 3
Was a salmon?
A fish
Wild sex
Now that I have your Attention, it only happens just before death for them… if they make it that far.
Some fish have their own sponsors. Interesting life cycles.
i think its number 3? maybe
Marina,
I’ve got to cacth up for the slang used againstnationality’s was an item that I honestly never thoughtr much about.
Well cracker
A thin crisp flatbread usualy unsweatned and some times salted often eaten with cheese
A term used to define a white person living on a limitted budget
A device that is used to break down OIL-patrolium-tar for more valuable fuels
Greg
I guess number 3
In the Army we have an exercise caled the side-straddle Hop, which is called by most civilians Jumping Jacks.
Hw did this exersize get to be called jumping Jacks?
Can you tell us where the word clinic came from? And why it’s a place of healing now?
noticing on your word list, you have not done any word beginning with the letter Z.
I think you should do this word
zenzizenzizenzic
uh. what’s that at 2:39? “i like salmon”?
Yeah.
I like Kobe, Rid eye chard rare. Pepper corn white wine sauce with horse radish potatoes
Hi aLx, good to hear from you again.
Responses are generally welcome. Your observation regarding assessment of relative intellectual discussion value is correct, however.
Don’t get all sunburned, bud. My recollection of Florida at this time of year is that it gets very hard to wear any clothes there. Hope you brought a vidcam to help share the bounty with us.
Peace
Staying up late here…watching rerun of yesterdays euro cup game. Germany looks good, should have no trouble scoring goals in the next game on the way to finale’. My son picks you (GER) to meet the Dutch in the final, We’ll see if Hitmans team survives… oh & Marinas too.
Yes I would also like to know the origin of the term “Salvia”
Thanks so much
-UmbaFlicks
1
Hi alx where have you been. Missed your commenting and yourself. Don’t stay away so long unless you’r out of town then it’s kind of hard to comment.
I think he’s been in Florida visiting the Crackers.
Ooooh Sarcasm
hey, mike, bob,
no, i’ve been visiting cafés and the like to watch the european soccer championship on big screens. uh. i guess this is something like the super bowl over there.
so! germany made it into the semi-finals today, beating portugal.
hey, where’s hitman? russia’s playing, uh, the netherlands, i believe, on saturday.
Buzzword too.
We need to go back a few videos and find a video site where both of them have commented and make a comment to them and see if they reply. Buzzword and wordlover.
I went back and found one of their comments and sent them a letter to come back and play with us. I hope I or we get an answer.
I’ll be out of town soon.
Drink one for me alx. I am not picky on my beer or ale.
Please Marina,can you explain the origin of the word Salvia by (Salvia Officinalis) the herb.
Well slaves were a long time ago, but they do grow a lot of corn in the south where there are many black folk so they could’ve calles white corn cracker crackers, so I’ll go with no. 1
Hmmm, I’m not sure on this one. I grew up in South Georgia and the term was used widely there as a derogatory term to describe white folks. I found this article which mentions all three explanations. If I had to guess, I would go with number 2 although I’m wondering if this is one of those, “All three theories are correct” kind of games.
As for your striped shirt and stretching…..well, let’s just say I found the workout invigorating and leave it at that…..
whoops, forgot to post the link to the article
The Link
jarkaruus, I think this game is a good one… as people are EVERYWHERE on which theory is correct!
True enough….and thanks for fixing that link. For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out how to make it work.
number 3 marina
Lets just ask her. Marina are you engaged now? It’s not going to stop us from watching your videos and doting after you. We will be very very happy for you. If so you don’t have to tell us who the lucky man is. Every lady likes to share when they get an engagement ring. It’s such a happy occasion.
Oh! dear, what have I started?
Nothing. If she doesn’t answer it doesn’t mean anything. She’s just keeping her personal life personal. I can very much respect that. It’s like the paparazzi that stalk all of the celeberties. Don’t feed them and they will go away.
But I hope she will still feed us comments. 
Why would you think I’m engaged? I would generally need to have at least a boyfriend in order to get engaged.. and I don’t even have that (too busy… not that there is anything wrong with me!)! So no… not engaged. Are you offering?
Yes I have a big diamond here just waiting for you.
my cousin is called hotforwords she is not coping she signd up for me!!!!!! so id love to get engaged to u u r so sexy!!!!!!!!!!
I think you have about 50,000,000 boyfriends here. Anyone would be the luckiest man on earth to have you as a girlfriend.
You are the sweetest person and take a lot of mess from us. So always stay that way. 
C911 has the “hope” diamond LOL.
#2 My guess on the Game, & No, I did’nt even know “cracker” was a “bad” name. To say someone was crackers, to me, was an endearing way to say “your crazy”.
this is gonna be a long thread …
In Australia we have have the Argyle diamond mine.
It produces the most diamonds in the world.
Remember, a girl’s best friend is a diamond or a good divorce lawyer.
Don’t wait to long. Everyone needs someone. No one needs to grow old by themselves. I know you’r trying to get your business to grow, but take time out to smell the roses as the saying goes. The right one will come along for you.
yeah, mike, and till the right one comes along you can have a lot of fun with the wrong ones, huh?
aLx is right, you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince. ( Ribbet, Ribbet, Ribbet.)
The secret of success with any venture is to try things out and keep Testing, Testing, Testing.
Always remember, though, as with choosing Teacher’s Pet, save the best till last.
Yes, Capman is right 50,000,000,000,0_ Luster and no ONE to LOVE HER
My “S” got cut off? But really what is Love, but a chemical reaction in the brain? As per. Cap Jack. And She does cause a chemical reaction
i do not have a diamond…
but were we engaged, i would have the most valuable jewel in the world…
I are not smarter anuff.
Hey Marina, Page and I are going see Jack Johnson friday Aug 29th at Irvive Medows. I’m going to by four tickets. You should bring a friend (boy or girl) and meet us there. Shows on me of course.
Come on, live a little. See Jack. Bring a friend. Have fun. Jack puts on a great live show!
I know I forgot the U in buy!
Bob, you said, “…you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince.” Maybe, but I’m sure Marina will enjoy all that French kissing!!!
I don’t want to get engaged to you until i get to know you better………………….o.k… i’m good! lets get hitched.!!
Don’t worry Marina that will all happen quickly someday. Just write a personal: “Cheese eating salmon loving wordsmith looking for someone who can challenge my senses…” No…wait, that’s my personal & if you used that we would wind-up,aaahnever mind…
Hi Marina: It was a nice video. About the game I think it is number one. Corn crackers. Always your videos are interesting and funy. that exercise is yoga?
have a nice day.
Alidor
I’ll say it again Kobe is one lucky dog
what next a few jumping jack would be nice
i was curious what the origion of the word curious is hahaha
Since you took the time to stretch
What is the origin of the word exercise??
Kocham cie…
Ja też ją kocham <3
Класс! Маринка, молодец! Посмотрел около 15 роликов, понравилось. Заметил что за год был очень сильный прогресс
Так держать!
Old Chinese proverb.
man who flies upside down has crack up 
“He who stand on toilet, High on pot.”
Ok we need to do a proverb game like we did the panties.
Don’t start for it will never end
Girl with dress up, run faster than man with pants down.
Ok keepem comming dudes and dudets
Clothing put on hastily falls off when running.
-Nigerian proverb
“Man who walk through airport turnstile sideways going to Bangkok.”
“Man who go to sleep with sex problem wake up with solution on hands”
Hey I love proverbs:
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man or woman miss out on the nightlife” (Morphine)
and all the rest of that shit.
Man who go to bed with itchy butt wake up with sticky fingers. I know I know that was nasty.
But it keeps the proverbs going.
Act, and you may eat dinner. Think, and you may be dinner (Klingon proverb)
Man who cooks carrots and peas in same pot very unsanitary.
A little toilet humor can go a long way. “Who does Number 2 work for?!” (Austin Powers)
When I was a kid we would make those up and also book titles.
Before one departs on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
I can’t sleep so I got some books out.
“Where there’s a will there’s a won’t”.
Ambrose Pierce
“If you can’t beat them, arrange to have them beaten”
George Carlin
”
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
Best one of the day
Man who run after woman and catch her gets lickedysplit
My guess for the cracker answer is #1.
Marina many thanks for wearing that striped shirt – the interference patterns while you did your stretching at the end were very trippy.
Yea I got dizzy
Me too!
Watch out for Marina on bass guitar.
I know… no more striped shirts
Maybe just a BOOB TUBE fashion thing.
Not stupid………Just needs a little Color. The EMO look is a bit depressing.
You need some Sunrise colors to go with Eyes and Hair .
Wife beaters too, Bandanna top, But mostly COLORS
Wife beaters? Color me duh. Or then again, maybe I don’t want to know…..
Wife beater
If this wasn’t Marina’s comment site I would tell you something about that t-shirt.
Marina don’t turn it around, just clear it up. It’s a beautiful picture.
like what, mike? horizontal stripes make her boobs look bigger?
The world would be darkened if you stopped wearing shirts like that. Trippy as it is, it looks damn hot on you.
Marina,
I would request the word “Rendez Vous”
Thanks
Rendez-vous. There is a roughly 99.9% chance it’s French.
I have to go with number three. I have only known blacks here to call us crackers or honkies or hones. I don’t know about other countries if they refer to us as that.
Salmon is very good if you grill it like a steak
It’s is just as tender as a filet mignon 
I think the striped shirt was supposed to make us think of the grill on which she could have put the salmon.
I think I am going to change my answer to 1 and 3.
The kids “couple” are in Oregon got a Wedding clip if you want to see. I made every one else cry at the reception, I cried alone.
We have PNW Salmon swimming around our Island & folks here go out often to catch fresh, I find it is cheeper to go to work & buy fresh salmon on the way home. My fishing skills suck, although when I do go with friends, I usually get the prize for most unusual fish caught. Candied salmon is a real treat here, I buy some once a year in a little town called Coombs… better than any candy I’ve ever eaten.
I bet they are at least they sound very tasty
How’s your daughter and soninlaw doing. Still on their honeymoon. 
I wish them the very best in life. She’s lucky to have dad that really cares. I cried at the alter when the preacher ask ,who givith away this woman. I couldn’t hardly say here mother and I. Love family always there all we have.
Mike
That was just beautiful BillyB. Thanks for sharing your memmories. By the way my daughter is named Jennifer also. If I am correct if the person I saw in the video is you then I have a twin. Thinning hair, gray on the sides cause that all I have left medium height and weight. Hey bro where forth art thought. Just beautiful.
Happy times BillyB.
Very cool video bro, very cool.
# 1 & 3 I think
5 stars, I guess an exercise video is in the works
Come on tayljim look at how much fun we had with the panties
But we will bow to the masses 
ok but we should have a time limit or it could go on for
ever with no winner.
Sounds kinda funny on its own.
Are you “Mooning” us?
I wanna know where the word beautiful comes from?
The essence of Marina
The more I research this, the more I wonder if Marina has done one of her “all of the theories are correct” tricks.
However, she did say, at the beginning of the video, that there is a lot of confusion about the origin of the pejorative term “Cracker”, so maybe she is sitting on the fence by giving us a GTW game.
I’m still going with #3, out of the choices Marina gave us, as the slavery/white master idea seems the most logical.
There is also a fourth possibility which Marina didn’t mention.
According to wikipedia, Cracker might be a corruption of the term the Spaniards used to refer to the English/Scots/Irish settlers, “Quáqueros,” itself a corruption of the English word “Quaker,” which the Spanish used to contemptuously refer to any Protestant.
Another opinion
Bob,
Ok, I’m not going to change my answer again.
This is driving me crackers.
Got soup?
I thing Captain Jack is still in charge of S.O.U.P.
That’s alright strut your stuff and wear you ploom high.
Makes for good commenting. 
Gets people to watch again and again to see if they can spot a ring. One way to fake us out. 
Bob did you ever see the Dizzy Gillespy movie on why his horn is bent up.
It was an excellent movie. 
I would like to be the guitar
Ok I forgot that one. me dumbass
Good observation my dear Watson
Bob, did you say Captain Jack or Cracker Jack?
I don’t know Bob. I didn’t see any ring and I watched the video three times. That stripped top sure messed with your eyes though.
I thought that my eyes were going since I didn’t see it either.
I was thinking, Oh,oh don’t get BillyB started again.
Don’t worry, I’m just being mischievous.
My nickname at one of my former jobs was “Rumour Control”.
It was the only way to find out what was going on.
I had to look, one more time, just for a ring LOL (Bob brought it up). Warren don’t worry about getting me started, I never stop, thats’s what cofee’s for. Marina shows she has no ring on @ about 4:21. I did notice that her right leg will stretch much higher than the left. I hope she’s not nursing an old injury.
BTW I would, however, love to see it when a ring does show up on that finger, although the poor guy would have to pass a tough screening process with all these guys that care about her future checking out his worthiness.
NICE exercises ,well done Марина! никогда не забудь латинскую мудрость: -Mens sana in corpore sane- try also something i particularly love -Tai chi chu’an- you’ll see that it works!
I think I know what the super stands for and the chik. What about the danil
Don’t mean to pry just curious. 
You what curiousity did, it kill the cat but nine lives brought him back. One of my mothers old wives tales. 
You need a gravatar to go with your name 
Hey, just a second! Isn’t that a crowbar you’re holding behind your back, capman911?
mais bonjour à toi,dear capman! REALLY NICE GUESS! anyway,you can pry as much as you want,i don’t absolutely mind! good students must be curious….
since my first name is Daniel ”danilchik” is simply a Russian hypocoristical form of -Daniil- ,Daniel in Russian..so what a nice coincidence with ‘’super” and ”chik” 
Thanks for the answer. I learn something new every day on Marina’s site. Nice to meet you. Mine Capman911 means I was a fire Captain for 33 years and 911 is I don’t want to ever forget the brothers we lost in New York at the Trade Centers.
Please tell us more about “Beck and Call” versus “Beckon Call” Thanks!
my friend Jimmy says to go with origin #1…then again…
Jimmy crack corn & i don’t care…
oh, and do i need to remind you to do your kegels?…
That song ran in my head so I changed my answer.
Me too. See my other posts @ 5:19 and 5:43
I thought I sat around the computer alot. I haven’t even seen half of the utube videos yet. I don’t know how everyone can come up with a video to fit Marina’s every video
No gags. Look at the hairstyle, and the kitchen layout and flash umbrella behind her.
Elementary my dear Watson.
i’m a googler…”jimmy crack corn embed” brought it to my attention…
Thank you for the delicious salmon, that’s good eatin`!
But the after dinner exercises made me ake all over.
I must be out of shape, that or you are in great shape.
Oh yes, the game… I made 0 research on this one, but I think it’s #3
Remember the love lesson 0 means love.
So you made love research on this one. 
New
* I 0 U * ( I love you )
numero uno
I have some friends (the guys from the Deadliest Catch) now up in Alaska that are going to ship me some salmon (among other things) this season. Eddie taught me how to make fantastic sushi. My mouth is watering in anticipation of devouring fresh Hawaiian style sushi.
Reminds me of the words from the food storage robot in the movie “Logan’s Run”
["Fish, plankton,sea greens and protein from the sea!]
(–insert evil laugh here–)
Hi Jack,
Did you notice that the picture used to announce the Teacher’s Pet was reversed?
I wonder if Marina is trying to hide the fact that she’s wearing an engagement ring … Hmmm, now it’s me who’s getting paranoid.
Is this another one of your gags Bob.
I couldn’t tell if it was reversed or not 
Good observation Bob! I didn’t even realize it was reversed.. my macbook takes pictures and I think there is a setting where they reverse what you are looking at.. I think I had it set on that for some reason.
It took me a while to work it out.
It just looked like someone else; now I’m trying to think who. Maybe Olivia Newton John
I hope that doesn’t offend you, Marina; it’s not a very flattering likeness of her, much less of you.
I know.. the picture’s all distorted.. I was going to try to un-distort it.. but it didn’t seem to work.. and now I realize that it was not only distorted but backwards as well!!!
It’s a beautiful picture of Marina with Kobe. It;s a shame that the start the video button covers Kobe’s face.
Maybe Kobe I hope he is not offended.
The right & left sides of our faces are not symmetrical, so when you reverse the image it looks distorted. Just imagine a line drawn down the centre of your face & mirror image both sides. 2lefts, 2rights. both images would look like different people well for a lot of us anyway. Lyle Lovett more than most.
Yes I did notice Bob. At first I saw Kobe and thought it was a new photo from her new place but then I saw that damn photo umbrella in the shot again and was trying to figure out why she flipped the photo. I normally would try to flip a photo to make it frame better with an ad Im making but I didn’t see a reason for Marina to do this. At 3.37 am I was getting to tired to mess with such mundane …. Yawn whats the word Im looking for? Sorry I just woke up and have not had my coffee yet. Oh better yet. I’ll make some tea. Yea… What do I have in my treasure chest of goodies? Oh yea I keep my tea in a treasure chest because a friend of mine kept her tea in a large makeup case. I had a spare TC sitting around from my last looting.
Bob, Olivia Newton John and Marina? Marina is way better looking. I have not seen anyone that looks like Marina. Even Marina looks have changed from her early modeling years. I prefer the way she looks now to what she looked years ago. For example the photo banner on the top this blog is much different that her today. Still I think what makes Marina attractive is her intelligence. I can go down my dock and find any pretty trophy girl but I best most of them would have just average (or below) intelligence. I always look at intelligence when im dating. If I can’t carry an intelligent conversation with a woman then I see no reason to continue dating that person. One woman I admire very much is a former PE teacher, Dee Caffari. First woman to sail ‘wrong way’ round world SOLO. She sailed 176 days at sea, navigating her 22-meter (72ft) yacht, Aviva, into the jaws of all the wind, rain and waves the open seas could muster. She smart, sexy, and knows more about sailing than I will ever know. If she didn’t have a BF I might be at that docks trying to court her. This is a woman that I could trust with my life. If I fell ill and could not function, I could trust Dee to sail the ship all the way home. That’s the kind of gal I’m most attracted to. No she doesn’t have to know one thing about sailing. Just have the mental capacity to learn, solve problems as they come up, and the nerve to do it. I have yet to come across someone like that and yes thats a very tall order. I guess thats why I’m still single.
Hey Teach, ( try to un-distort it..) Is this a double negative?
un-dis. then would tort….not.
one definition of
tort: to twist. tort-ure…hum?
Tort (law) screw some over and haveing damages brought
dis; un ..and visa vera
then why is dis-tort , to twist
and tort is, to twist
so what the hell is to un-dis-tort?
wow WOW; You are sharp! I had to go back and look HARD. Do you go frame by frame , stop click. W@W Can anyone tell me, does she have any cavities?? Or what her TAToo is of ?
Well RR, her keyframe shows most of what you need to see without having to click on the video. Just pause it when you get to the middle of the video.
“W@W Can anyone tell me, does she have any cavities?? Or what her TAToo is of ?”…
I couldn’t tell you. I guess your on your own on this one.
shows how old I am getting, I was distracted my her dog. Kobekyns
This could be an intersting game.
Guess what kind of * TAT * Teach has
1 ) YES / NO ?
2 ) What is it ?
3 ) Will She cop to it?
You sound like Captain Nemo instead of Captain Jack
No idea.
Crackers in Oz means someone is “crazy”.
Marina’s blue and white striped top does weird things to the video.
Any physics teachers out there to explain this affect?
I’m not a physics teacher so I won’t attempt to explain this effect which is known as Strobing. It is connected with Aliasing/Antialiasing.
If you Google those three terms you will become immersed/drown in a sea of information.
Hope this helps.
I see what you mean now about being backwards.
I think Miss Marina needs to wear that red top on the next video that she does. Red is her color. Kobe was so cute. Lucky little fellow to have such a great mom. 
I’m still crosseyed from that blouse
I thought I saw a face in her top. eyes , mouth..
that’s a little pervy or what?
It’s from the interference pattern generated when the thin stripes run crosswise to the pixel grid. You see the same weird cross-striping as one would when looking through a picket fence at another picket fence. In the graphic art industry (especially newspaper and magazine print industries) we run into stuff like that all the time because most grayscale photographs (those printed using a series of tiny dots, usually called a half-tone screen) cannot be submitted to the same screening process twice because the interference of one grid over another results in similar distortion patterns and they come out looking like a strange plaid design or something like that.
This is called a Moire’ pattern (sounds like MWA-ray or moray), named f