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Where did Paparazzi come from…. you may have seen this at an event I did earlier.. but I thought I’d make a video for the rest of you :-)

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  1. Frank says: 104

    Homework again. Strange, I didn´t do my homeworks as gladly as here, when I was in school once. ;-)

    Well – ‘La dolce vita’ is italian and means in translation. ‘the sweet life’

  2. ddull2000 says: 103

    La Dolce Vita sounds to me like the sweet life. There is a Mexican (Spanish?) dessert or flavor called dulce de leche, which is sweet milk. It usually refers to rice or pudding, but is also a popular ice cream flavor.

    In Costa Rica there is a popular phrase, La Pura Vida, which I believe means the good life.

  3. leonard says: 102

    No problem….Random lesson…MAE WEST in LAS VEGAS – nightclub act 1957 its all movies business…FREE…master service…be good… :roll: :smile: L[listen]

  4. bud5150 says: 101

    :cool: In italian “la dolce vita”, in french “la douce vie”, in english “the sweet life”.

  5. BillyB says: 100

    I like the Random Lesson feature, good for random review. The website always brings a little more sweetness to my sometimes sour life. So my responsibility would be to bring a little bit of sour to the website.
    BTW, love to see your live interaction with people, you put people at ease & they like your attention.

  6. tedt says: 99

    The sweet life —–> often said to young girls/babys, also unborn life.

    I think there also were some poem from some well known poets —–> It leads to some bitter-sweet and heart-fluttering feelings , or how a poet would say….. ? :neutral:

    Scusi cara mia, I have to play some games and will be back later for some more lesson, don´t get :mad: , please.

  7. “Il Cassnova di Federico Fellini (1976) is difficult to locate…” – melikadothechacha

    Try finding a copy of “L’intervista.” I rank it 2nd to “marcord.”
    HIt was hisst film and a partial remake of “La Dolce Vita,” including Anita Ekberg.

  8. laguss says: 96

    Why the Americatzis call football ‘’SOCCER’’ ??? – gomezzz
    I also wont to know

  9. quagmier8 says: 95

    My Kitty’s name is Dolce. The sweet kitty

  10. prospero811 says: 94

    Am I the only one who sometimes can post under one video, but then when I click to another one (usually the newer ones) it is as if I’m not logged in?

  11. revandum says: 93

    paparazzi explores the hidden things in lives of the celebrities around the world….
    If m not wrong then wat paparazzi deos is wat i really love…..

  12. revandum says: 92

    hi !
    wat do we really do out here ?
    m bit confused………

  13. Il Cassnova di Federico Fellini (1976)
    is difficult to locate, but, well worth the
    effort. There was a limited release on
    DVD, but most copies have vaporized.

    la vida loca!

  14. marcelo says: 90

    la dulce vida or The sweet life

  15. gio.forever says: 89

    Right Now are playing Portugal 1 – 2 Germany
    Goals : Bastian Swesteigher, Miroslav Klose and Nuno Gomez :!:

  16. Marina,

    Well I geuss that I’m all caught up now!
    So; I will be working out at the gym so that I one will be able to live the life style La Dolce’ Vita.

    Luxury & self indugence

    Greg

  17. blitz4208 says: 87

    La Dolce vita means the sweet life. Sweet like Marina! :grin:

  18. wouter says: 86

    The good life, I love it!

  19. thebrain says: 85

    Malditos Pendejos means in spanish “Damn assholes”
    Pendejo is the word for a pubic hair, and its meaning as a slang word varies from “sidekick” to “asshole”.

    And La Dolce Vita means The Sweet Life.

  20. frenchysim says: 84

    La Dolce Vita means ” The SWEET LIFE”
    DOLCE means Sweet
    VITA means Life
    It refers to the italian way of life, enjoying the good life, good food, without worrying. This phrase entered the language following the success of the 1960 film La Dolce Vita. This was written and directed by Federico Fellini and starred Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg and Anouk Aimée

  21. dark knight says: 83

    hi marina
    la dolce vita means the sweet life

  22. La dolce vita…Italian way of life,ITALICUS MODUS VIVENDI.

  23. For some reason in all you’re lessons the star rating at the bottom is always four and a half but they really should all be a perfect five star. :grin:

    TongueTwisler :cool:

  24. cesdavis says: 80

    Was it love to hear the playpen with being proclaimed the destroyer and testing the playpen manufacture specifications it also came out “la dolce vita” except for a moment before “cleartype?” The playpen manufacure searched his records and they still have it in a backroom probably identifiable 925,000 is a consideration with cleartype trademarks. It is her word that brought coloration before time with engineers. If relevent a blown kiss is on which side of the monitor is a super? Pepporoni, where is her bottle?

  25. cesdavis says: 79

    Those are most of the sounds of Daily City, la dolce vita means with all those female cousins being changed and Marina’s “tit and title” after the playpen was repaired and guessing what warm milk felt like. The last we seen of her was palying in the lawn sprinkler, la dolce vita meant don’t turn off the sprinkler off if it was not a squirt from a the baby bottle nipple. Me and Jen bit the end of the nipple right off. Even after she vanished with all the enduendo’s how did the sound paparazzi seems to become an timed event to the day still frightened of the abduction. I was still lifting my female cousins in the air as long as they wanted too. Hungry, grrr, herger, grrrr, watch out there goes the lawn mower by the! save us! After all the those love affiars of being squirted with milk I never knew where the bottle was then with a look is all my cousin needed to know what they wanted, my turn or was it truth? Everything said still comes out a bottle except for Marina’s la dolce vita she is in the backyard in a towel when the world never had color? :???:

  26. labbatt78 says: 78

    I wonder what’s Italian for “life sucks”

  27. everettr says: 77

    I would like to know origin of word: A

    simple word we all use but we dont really think about it hehe. were did it come from? has it always been “A” or was it something before?

  28. kameshwar says: 76

    La dolce vita means a life of physical pleasures

  29. wulfy says: 75

    Hi Hotforwords.

    I would like to know origin of word: vacation

    Thanks

  30. gio.forever says: 74

    JAJAJA malditos pendejos :eek: who the hell is that guy !!!???

  31. Word Request:
    actually I want to request the origin and meanings of 3 words,
    Inferno
    Pyre
    and a german word I found Rosenweiß (Row-sen-vie-ser)

  32. mf3177 says: 72

    Hi Marina –

    I was wondering if you could teach about my favorite word…plethora.

  33. koalabear says: 71

    “Toon in tomorrow :oops:
    — same Bat-time, same Bat-channel”

  34. eric812 says: 70

    marina in bowling when you throw three strikes in a row it`s called a turkey.why do they refer it as a turkey

  35. La dolce vita (Italian for “The Sweet Life”) is a 1960 film directed by Federico Fellini.
    I wonder the origin of the word “Origin”?

  36. eric812 says: 67

    the place where i mail my rent check in the mailing adress its mailed to suite B-300

  37. eric812 says: 66

    marina whats the origin of the word suite like used in honeymoon suite.

  38. grotesko says: 65

    What about the word for the country Greece? in Greek they call Greece “Hellas” so the word Greece has a mystery origin to me…

  39. trikerskip says: 64

    La Dolce Vita is Italian for ‘Sweet Life’

  40. If I’m not mistaken, La Dolce Vita is Italian for “the sweet life”.

  41. Where does the word etymology come from?

  42. roadrunrnch says: 61

    Marnia, are you saying , De tu Teach. at the end ? loosely means .
    By your Teach…?

    • et tu, roadrunmch?
      I’ve got her voice sampled from the
      Machinima video saying
      “…I don’t know, I think, I’m hot, I don’t know…”

      Still putting my sound banks together
      after that, i’ll pick a few styles ( trance,
      club, rave, drum and bass, etc.)
      and generate some noise!

      Rock has been done, and
      quite well, I might add!

      Need a little exotic touch…
      I’m thinking ala Thomas Newman.
      He did “Lemony Snickets”; had a
      turkish harem band shmack to it.
      …mix in some of Robert Plant’s
      “Lemon Song” LOL! :mrgreen:

  43. I would like to request the etymology of the words “Rookie” and “Calculus”.

  44. Where does the word ‘Trouser’ come from.
    It’s odd, I know – but it’s such a weird word.

    Cheers

    the wondering brit

  45. i really want to know what my name marteeka means can u tell me what marteeka means??

  46. axium2277 says: 54

    in this video at the end u say Stay Tooned so
    where does the where (Tooned)come from? :mrgreen:

  47. QBasicer says: 53

    I was sending an e-mail to my professor today, when I thought about the weird origin that professor must have. Interesting!

  48. i was wondering where the phrase:
    stuck in a pickle
    came from
    it really makes no sense to me
    thanks

  49. wisee says: 51

    and if u can told some text in russian ^^

  50. wisee says: 50

    hey marina i want to know about the word mmmm i think this “Romantic” =) be waiting ur video ^^

  51. pagedoll says: 48

    Marina, you’re mi vida loca chica. :smile:

  52. a ““A Sweet Life”…ironic for that film, no?…

    here’s a quote from the 1960 film:
    Transvestite: By 1965 there’ll be total depravity. How squalid everything will be.

    frighteningly prophetic, it seems… :sad:

  53. Charles says: 46

    Hi Marina,

    La Dolce Vita means living the good life.

    What is the origin of the term “blue blood” as in royalty?

    I saw the original film “when I wore a younger man’s clothes”; a line from the Billy Joel song Piano Man.

  54. Perhaps “FUBAR” would provide a challenge… :kiss:

  55. elpollo says: 44

    I always wonder this word.

  56. fluffyfluff says: 43

    Hey, I was wondering about the origin of a word and figured you would be the best person to ask. So do you know where the word “Movie” comes from?

  57. what is the origin of the word nymphomaniac?

  58. davecodave says: 41

    I want to know the origin of the words “Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior.” (please). Thanks

  59. foxownzyou says: 40

    Marina! you are awesome!

    Im a musician and id like to know where the word “Jam” came from

    as in “lets jam”

  60. okay4now says: 39

    The sweet life as opposed to…the hard life :?:

  61. txas says: 38

    Hey Marina, whatt abt “sex” an interesting word, isn’t it?

  62. jake99 says: 37

    dear marina
    i have a word request to make and that word is paintball
    jake99 :cool: :smile: :oops:

  63. shamoo says: 36

    Hey Marina,
    Can you please do the origin of the word “rapscallion”.
    I think that’s how it’s spelled.
    Thanks
    -Seamus

  64. sonofdeath says: 35

    love u! :wink:
    ans whant to know about the origens of the word :evil: satanic :evil:

  65. cowboy4kota says: 34

    la doce vida means ” My wicked life”

  66. It means “the Sweet Life.” The French have a similar saying: “Joie de Vivre.”
    Ciao Bella,
    Il tuo amore

  67. senseitbk says: 32

    la dolce vita – sweet life i think. In polish: słodkie życie

  68. gomezzz says: 31

    Hello Marina

    Please can you tell me why the Americatzis call football ‘SOCCER’ ??? I would love to know …….. ciao bella xxxxxxxxx

  69. dmranger says: 29

    I am not being facetious but i would like to recommend the word Facetious :lol: :shock: :oops:

  70. roadrunrnch says: 28

    Teachers spanish is so cute, Like when She said, malditos pendejos,( little bad ass ) give or take a vowel. :wink:

  71. roadrunrnch says: 27

    THE SWEET LIFE Do I win? WE need to get the teacher to do a photo album of Her . That would Sell.

    • ohh, maybe a Screen saver? 20-30 Pics? $$$$$$$$$$$s

    • capman911 says: 27.2

      A calender would be nice :smile:

    • pagedoll says: 27.3

      I’d buy a calender…hell ya!

    • I thought she said she was working on that? She said she was working on many things. Hummm. I think she is taking on too many projects and not letting us help her out.

      Hey guys lets form a group of us that help Marina get projects done for her. You know like a teachers assistant(s). Btw I haven’t heard a thing from Jay. What the hell is he up to? Oh thats right training for the Olympics. Ok, so anyways I vote that we form a group and work on helping Marina do some of the leg work so she can focus on other projects. We have many talents and networks that can help the HFW school. We can gather information and propose it to Marina and if she says ‘Go’ then we make it happen. Marina will still maintain full control of the products and other things. What do you say guys? You think we could put our skills to good use and help HFW grow a bit more?

      • I help by logging on to keep her numbers up. She needs to give Home work that is a little more engaging. A real ball buster. First correct answer in her post wins a ?? some stupid trinket or mention in a video.

        She could go to a University’s web site and get some ideas for questions. [like] : Give Me the tech/name for the center of an Atom and its root of origin. Sure You could Google it, but that would take time. There you go……Teach.

      • RR would you think the more new people that log on return make more sense in keeping the numbers up. Thats even if she is using them. I don’t know what her goals are so logging in might not be what she is looking for. Maybe new accounts might mean more to her. You don’t know.

        That sound like a great idea. If we had the word list that she is working on we could make question related to the current theme of the word. Or some drudgery work that kills much of her time.

        Microsoft was not built solely with one person.

  72. its not a word but what is the origin to the phrase to “take it with a pinch of salt”

  73. reiel says: 25

    Hi, HotforWords. ^_^ I’ve always wanted to know the origins of the word performance, but I’ve been stuck on square one for a lonng time. Perhaps you could look into this for me? It’d be appreciated!

  74. maheez09 says: 24

    also could we find the origin of the phrase “faux pas”? thanks, yay.

  75. maheez09 says: 23

    La dolce vita

    Meaning: The good life, full of pleasure and indulgence.

    Origin: La dolce vitaThis phrase entered the language following the success of the 1960 film La Dolce Vita. This was written and directed by Federico Fellini and starred Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg and Anouk Aimée.La dolce vita translates from the Italian as ‘the sweet life’ and this was used as one of the advertising taglines for the film. Of course, this phrase would have been commonplace in Italian-speaking countries prior to 1960 but only became part of English at that date.

  76. animalntaz says: 22

    :smile: Hi Marina, I have a word request : FETISH
    This may sound silly, but when I first heard this word so many years ago, it gave me the impression it meant ‘interest in feet’, because of its partial spelling. And since I have a bit of a foot fetish, I guess it would have been easy for me to think that.

  77. Oh yeah,
    La Dolce Vita means “the good/sweet life”
    If you know the movies from director/actor Roberto Benigni its easy

  78. hi,
    since my motherlanguage is not english but flemisch/dutch I suddenly bumped to a word “flake” not in the context “cornflake” but more as an adjective… someone who is flakey or people starting to flake. What the heck does it mean?? :shock: I found it on a list of Pet Peeves, people that are mostly being annoying…

    Can you help me out with this one?

    Sincerely
    Frederic :wink:

    PS your podcastvideos sure helps me pass time when I’m waiting for the train to work. So a thousand thanks and more to come. :mrgreen:
    X

  79. mdudecy24 says: 19

    Could you also do the etymologies of the words mobile and calendar? :razz: :smile:

  80. volos_86 says: 18

    Hello Marina tell me about word’s “slip ons”
    P.S. ты просто супер в Украине тебя тоже смотрят!!! цём

  81. mdudecy24 says: 17

    Hey Marina!

    Could you please do an etymology for the word robot? :smile:

  82. Toni says: 16

    BTW… end of video: “… stay tu. ty….stay tuned” , is was so CUTE ;)

  83. Norbert says: 15

    Hi Marina, :grin:
    la dolce vita means a life full of pleasures without having to work, but I can hardly think of a greater pleasure than being in love with you.

    I love you!!!! :lol:

  84. Hello HotForWords – Marina. I have a word request for you; I would to know the origin of Rendez Vous. I hope you can share the origin with us as I would very much like to know ! Hope you’re well, love, your new subscriber, LetsGoAndHaveSomeFun.

  85. Elementary, my dear Marina.
    La Dolce Vita is an italian phrase. It’s direct english translation is “The Sweet Life”. Maybe now they’ll change the show to “Le Dolce Vita of Zack and Cody”
    Interesting tidbit: Le Dolce Vita was a 1960 film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni.
    It breaks my heart that you haven’t been naming teachers pets in your past 2 videos… if you’re still doing it, could I be the next teacher’s pet?
    Thanks
    - Jimi

  86. jediwalrus says: 12

    Hi, Marina, I’d like to request the word schizophrenia.

  87. bernardo says: 10

    This should be a fun one for you, the word I’d like to request is “testimony.”

  88. bpthepimp says: 9

    pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet…… TEACHERS PET!!!!! Oh yeah, that’s better

  89. молодец,Мариночка,congratulations,you have perfectly pronounced LA DOLCE VITA! =sweet life,what a nice Italian pronounciation without foreign accent!you really sounded italian.. the surname of the photographer should have sounded like ”papataccio” this in dialectal italian, especially Ligurian means a particularly annoiyng and ravenous kind of mosquito! ”papa in Italian means flash bulb :???: :lol: nice joke…anyway it means ”pope”…

  90. ddd says: 7

    :grin: :lol: nice
    request word Satisfaction

  91. Toni says: 6

    Many answers for your homework was right yet… so I dont want to repeat it. But I was looking forward for teachers pet section, and nothing :/ If you have few pets, I can be the new one ;) I am nice and snuggling :p

  92. micheldiego says: 5

    The Paparazzo game: Where does the Paparazzo name come from?
    Option 1) Fellini choose this name because of the similarity with “papataceo” a mosquito as noise and painfull as a paparazzi on his vespa.
    Option 2) The co-author Ennio Flaiano found interesting a character named Papparazzo in the book George Gissing book “By the ionian see”. It was a friendly hotel-keeper
    Option 3) The script writer was from the italian Abbruzzo region in the local dialect paparazzo is a clam. The script writter made the conection between the sound of the word, the clap of the camera, and the clap of the opening/closing clam.

  93. capman911 says: 4

    Marina is that a cast on your right hand and arm or just a towel :?:

  94. s3rgioboy says: 3

    la dolce vita means the sweet life. You are sweet too Marina :*:*

  95. tayljim says: 2

    1ST again lucky me and I was just passing though

  96. capman911 says: 1

    1st

    :smile: Great video Marina another 5 star performance :smile:

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