The [Walloons], inhabitants of Wallonia, the southern, French-speaking half of Belgium…Belgian historian Jo Gerard recounts that potatoes were fried in 1680 in the [Spanish Netherlands], in the area of “the Meuse valley between Dinant and Liège, Belgium.
…The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family (also known as the nightshades). …ps~ hard on the joints
tough one…
althought dont eat much fries.
did you know potatoes are originally peruvian?
and started eating them by accident in europe?
do you know how?
I’m of Belgian descent… I knew that one! I did not know that it started in 1918 after the Great War, though. My favorite French Fries come from Culver’s Resturant (a chain of Fast food stores in the upper-mid-west). Thank you.
best french fries…hhhmmmm…..haven’t been to McD’s or Burger King for ages but a place in Henley I go to occasionally is pretty good at French Fries. In ozz, they call crisps chips like we brits call french fries chips. Vistied France recently, tried some snails and frog legs, with fries…bloody awful if not gross. Now I’m feeling chipper again
Dear teacher,
Thank you so much ! Yes french fries are not french they are belgian ! Merci au nom de toute la nation française ! Thank you from all the french people ! There is a big difference between France and Belgium! They have a king we have a president, every body speak french in France, half Belgium speak another language! They eat french fries all the time and we prefer “pot au feu” or “osso buco” or “boeuf bourguignon” etc…. so this is not the same country ! These are not the same traditions !
Amicalement,
Don Felipe Gonzales el gaucho de las vegas
Of course, in France, they are typically just referred to as frites. The whole freedom fries movement was stupid. France has a president? I didn’t know that. I just thought that Carla Bruni was in charge. When you say la nation française, you mean that hexagon thingy, right? Whatever. I’m off to the Paris Las Vegas to grab a burger and fries…. Il y a des gauchos dans les parages ? Faut aller chercher un peu…
Dear fellow student,
Hey hey hey! what a french touch, are you french too? Are you just an excellent francophone? No there is no gaucho in France, just people that dream of the wild west or the mexican wide open.
Amicalement,
Don Felipe Gonzales that prefers “les pommes de terre sautées”
Oh, donfelipegonzales, I’m just an Ozark hillbilly living in Las Vegas. Mais j’ai étudié le français pendant bien des années, et j’ai même reçu la maÎtrise en littérature française à l’Université d’Arizona en 1978. J’ai passé un peu de temps en France, mais pas récemment. Je t’ai déjà écrit à l’occasion de petits messages dans lesquels je t’ai indiqué que j’ai une connaissance assez profonde de la langue française. Bien sur, je fais semblant des fois de l’ignorer, mais c’est purement pour le plaisir de me permettre de plaisanter un peu. Et voilà !
Marina could you indulge us the knowledge of the origin of “I cross my heart.” As in making a solemn promise to someone. Is it religious? I would very much like to know where we got this. Thank you!!
smartburro says:
125August 2, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Marina could you indulge us the knowledge of the origin of [“I cross my heart.”] As in making a solemn promise to someone. Is it religious? I would very much like to know where we got this. Thank you!!
the best fries are from any small mom and pop restaurants. They’re thick and crunchy and taste like real potatoes, not like McDonald’s. The worst fries, sadly, are from In and Out Burger. They’re always soggy and have no taste. Gross!
Not to get off subject, but it’s raining here. Is it just me or does anyone else love the smell in the air just before, during, and after a good rain fall. Thunder storms are even better.
Dear fellow student,
Perhaps because romantism is associated with France. We all know that love is universal but for some reason, France (and Italia) is (are)associated with love… We all use our tongue (not only for speaking), this is not a french exclusive.
Amicalement
Don Felipe
when i’m in the mood, i make the best french fries…
commercially, Zaxby’s, which most won’t know, does a nice mesquite-style; i also used to like Backyard Burgers’, but they folded here…
I’m back and caught up with your latest vids. Good job Marina, esp. with the O’reilly show.
Hi everybody! I’m not sure how you all have time to watch vids and post during the week….I can only really make time during the weekends!
Some of you must be retired….hold on while I try to control my envy OK……….
Don’t have any new word requests…still waiting on Cold Turkey and Testify to be answered.
OH…..and my favorite way to eat potatoes……….is called PAPITAS CON HUEVOS………….it is fried potatoes with eggs and I put a little hot sauce and cheese on top….so good!!
I’m catching up on videos since AK-47 (a couple of June vids, all of July, and half of August!) because of the time demands of teaching and being a student. It takes time to catch up, especially if you want to read some of the comments and perhaps add one or two.
That shariatuber that keeps posting on yt… I know I shouldn’t talk about youtube.. But I sent him a message saying every time i see a comment from him on hfw im going to email it back to him
damn ! seems that i’m doomed , i will wait until you will run out of words and you will be disposed to investigate for the word ” waiter ” Marina . I will wait because i’m a waiter . Though i hope that you don’t forget and have me waiting in vain .
James
You know ??
Marina could use a new live plant silk plant for her room.
The stick plant is looking very sad. That could be the perfect gift.
Go to the shopping site on her web page and have one shipped to her??
Hello Marina! I married a young, and beautiful Ukrainian woman, and we are in the process of learning one an other’s languages. Occasionally she says, “Yalkey palkey!” What does this actually mean? Where did the expression come from? Thanks in advance, Will
Being half French i can certainly make boast of our ”FRIES” and our kisses..actually i do do not know whether we have the best fries but i’m sure that we have the best kisses…i think that,,,maybe nobody disagrees
Hi Марiна, tell me плиz, may be я не верно сформулировал вопрос, or question нужно писать only на английском языке????? Или мой вопрос не предстовляет для вас никакого интереса?
Hi Ilya, She understands what you are saying. She just has a long list of words and videos all ready made up to do. She will get around to yours I hope.
Mike
It helps to comment in English. Her site has friends from all over the world and different dialects. Everyone does the best they can to comment. But if English is hard for you then use your natural language. Marina understands this and will answer back. It doesn’t matter if we understand you as long as she can. Superdanilchik will help you all that he can. Just talk to him some. He has been a big help to me.
I love the Chronicles of Riddick, and Vin Diesel really wants to make a sequel. He needs to hurry before Judi Dench gets much older. She’ll be 74 this coming December 9th.
Really?
The guy is not so much stealing as he is piggy backing on Marinas fame.
He might even be helping Her by bring new people to Her.
The more command her name becomes, the more it’s worth to advertisers. SO spread Her Name..
Hi James,
Marina could flag the video as a copyright infringement. You could flag it as spam. On the other hand, people that find that guy’s video, could be people that have never seen HFW videos which means that HFW might actually gain new subscribers.
By the way, not to pick on you, but your Fork video uses tags referring to HFW, which may or may detract from HFW video views. Just some thoughts….
Chacha,
Are you learning the Russian Language so that when Russia owns the US you will be able to talk to your Masters??
Or just to impress Marina?
Learn Spanish, easier.
I thought about learning Russian
for a few years. I’m just off my
“bluetooth” and actually doing it.
John Cleese was very convincing
that this was a good idea in a
Fish called Wanda.
Impress Marina? Doubt it!
not yet, anyway…
Hello Marina! I thought a good word for your research would be Buck as in the slang for a dollar and how it is used in the phrase ‘passing the buck’ I believe the term started during the old west in the United States
When I was at studying at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Jay’s Diner has the best fries. I look for the crispiness on the outside and the chewy warmth on the inside of the fries.
Come to think of it, seafood restaurants tend to have some good fries.
Hi Marina.
This is Sérgio again.
About your class on spoonerism, I’ve got one sentence that you gonna like: “It is kisstomary to cuss the bride” (“customary to kiss”).
Bye
Hello marina.
My name is Sérgio and I’ve got one new word for your vocabulary. Have you watched the latest Hulk movie? Right at the beginning of it we can see the expression “Rocinha Favela”.
“Favela” is slum, or shanty town, in Portuguese. During the 1890s, in Rio de Janeiro, there was a very poor neighbourhood there called “Morro da Favela”- Favela Hill. “Favela” is the name of a typical weed in Brazil. Therefore, all the houses there were ill-built and badly assisted by the government. And that is what we still have today: huge poor neighbourhoods in all our big cities.
P.S: The word favela is now part of the Oxford University.
Being from Belgium I must say that our fries are the best
We have a ‘frituur’ at almost every other street corner, where you can buy a packet of fries and other fried things. And yes, we usually eat them with mayonnaise
Anyway, I propose we just call them fries.
That’s true , you can’t go to belgium withouth seeing a so called “snackbar” or “frituur” I think they have even more than here in the Netherlands, but I don’t like belgian mayonnaise , to much vinegar.
In Sweden we just call them “Strips” (obviously derived from “Stripes”, which is what they look like). Anyways, I’d like to see Marina’s explanation for “Fuzzy”. that’s a funny word
BTW, Gyes, Ihave no idea why you call those things HAMBURGERS
or SANDWICHES (!!!!that is my request for a word !!!!) here in exUSSR countries we call such a things by German word ButterBreuted (spelling Bouterbroud)
Marina would you explaine me why is it so ?
Right now I am working on a big project like the amy winehouse video I made. Its family guy libbing a remix reggae song.. Type in spongebob soulja boy on YT. It’s like that
Those Ed Hardy shirts are freaking expensive, I saw them at a store today and they were all 70+ euro’s , There was one shirt that was kinda nice so asked how much it was and the guy said 100 euro’s LOL rip off !
I was going to order a t-shirt from the Time Bandit fishing vessel the same people that Captain Jack taught a class to. The t-shirt was $60:00. Just for t-shirt with their logo on it. Sorry no way to high. Rip off is right:???:
Not sure whether this one would be allowed on your show.However, it is a common term used among men in the UK.
It seems if something is really good and recommended it is referred to as “The Dog’s Boll*cks” .(replace the * with O).Does it go back to the days when Dog Fighting was common and the strongest dog being recommended?Hope I haven’t offended anyone nevertheless,I am so curious.
I love your show and I have always been fascinated by where these words come from.
I have a requests I live in Nottingham UK (Land of Robin Hood) I would really like to know why the local people from Nottingham refer to people as “Duck”.Has it got anything to do with the Goose Fair?Which is one of the biggest and oldest fairs in Europe.
Ps if you run with this i think you would look great dressed as Robin Hood
McD fries contain no potatoes they are just flour and other bits.. Also “milkshakes” are officially “thickshakes” due to them containing no milk whatsoever. They are actually 70% pork fat, ever had your straw clogged?
Source: Teacher went on food training course, found out there.
Their apple pies don’t have any apples in them. They are potatoes flavored like apples because it is cheaper to do so. I got this info from a person who worked for them.
hi Marina- Brand new to your website and I love it already. Don’t know if you take requests from “the new guy” but here goes. I was playing a board game the other dy and was wondering where the title came from. It was Monopoly. I know Mono means 1, but where does poly come from. Thanks
Hey Marina– I’m wondering how the expression ’smitten’ came about as an expression for being really interested in someone. Doesn’t smitten mean you have been smited (as in agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate)??? How could such a ‘cute’ expression of love and affection come from such a powerful evil word?
Also i was watching Eurotrip last nite and Vinny Jones plays an English football fan sumtime in the movie he calls this guy a “tosser” do u no wat it means?
I have eaten fried potatoes in Holland on the Zider Sea. They were pretty good but they are served with mayo. But I must admit that the best “french fries” that I have eaten were found in Paris as served with entrecote (sp) a thinly cut steak with a nice brown sauce. When I visited Belgium I don’t remember eating fried potatoes. The Germans also serve good fried potatoes. Houston’s a chain of restaurants in the US also makes good french fries. Their secret is thinly cut potatoes.
Typicaly ballparks have good fries too, how’s the fries in Chicago? Do they taste better when your team is winning, or losing? Fries are like comfort food. Cubbies had trouble tonight with the new guy from the Pirates.
win or lose the fries at Wrigley tastes great especially with 2 jumbo dogs and a pepsi. Yep today was frustrating. The cubs hit into 4 twin killers today. I think that would b sorry if anybody does not the fries.
Well, “America’s favorite french fries” are McDonald’s. But, I know from friends that they actually add MEAT FLAVORING to their french fries and supposedly that’s why they taste better than other places. Me personally, I prefer Spangles french fries.
I have another phrase that I would like you to investigate. Where does “To wear your heart on your sleeve” come from? Why a sleeve? Why not just on the outside?
Marina – did you know you made it onto the top 100 Google trends hot list yesterday? What was that about? I’d love to update my article about you which is getting lots of page views and, hopefully, linking right back to you
It was really high for awhile and I was going to write an article about you but I didn’t know you’d just been on O’Reilly. What was interesting was that your name and hot for words.com came up and related terms and searches were Playboy’s Fresh Faces so I did a quick search to see if you were connected to that and found nothing. Then there were separate hot trends for the words “codswallop” and “blooters”. If you let me know ahead of time, I might be able to get an article out there about any of the latest news about you. Hold on, I’m going to go find out how high up you were the other day if I can.
It was somewhere between July 27 and July 30. On July 30, Codswallop was number 20 on Trends and I know you were at least in the top 68 and I think at one point you were number 1 I am still trying to find the exact time of day but I’m pretty sure it was evening. It is great to make it into the top 100!
I found it! It took a lot of research so I hope I get an A grade for today:
Here is a link which shows you were at number 68 at 5 pm on July 31. Does that make sense or do you know why that would be? Anyway, here is the info and your name and site are definitely noted so people were searching for you, yay! http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=hot+for+words&date=2008-7-31&sa=X
Just a word of warning! While the news stories are usually safe to click on, be very careful about clicking on any blog posts. Some are okay but some are horrible sites that will try to hack your computer. So be careful about that! Please!
Hello Marina.
I just signed up here and I’m a big fan of yours. I would like to request a word, and it would be so cool if it got through to you. I would like to go with the guy below me. Could you investigate the word “yo”? Where does it come from and does it have any other meaning than getting attention?
Please? Thank you so Much.
Hi Marina,
I just signed up and am a huge fan. The word I wanted to request is one I hear all the time on the street, in school and in movies. The word is ” yo “. Where does it come from, and it mean something else besides trying to catch someones attention.
Thanks
Marina, McDonald’s used to have great fries until they stopped presoaking them in beef broth to give them some flavor. Seems that presoaking also added a few calories and that’s a no no these days. Personally I like the curly fries you can buy in bulk at Sam’s if I don’t have time to make them from scratch. Of course the Russian way of turning potatoes into Vodka is good too.
#92 Tres chic!
Voulez vous hubba hubba?
Kobe is in his own world, isn’t he?
Cute little bug…
Back when Pearl Harbor was
bombed, Americans had bon fires
and burned many things Japanese.
Kinda like giving blood after 911.
People need a healthy outlet for
these feelings and shared events
like those are expressions of unity.
I thought we were in REAL trouble
when I saw Clint Eastwood during
one of the 911 programs! We’re
not used to seeing Hollywood stars
show any backbone in supporting
our country like they always did
in the old days. Bunch of preeners
these days. Remember when
Richard Gere pissed off the NYFD’s?
He really stunk up the place…
The best french fries? Wow!
My homemade’s are the best.
There’s a trick to doing it right.
Wendy’s are not bad for the
fast food variety. Dairy Queen
and Steak & Shake are also
quite edible. The best fries I
ever ate at a restaraunt had
to be the Columbia Steakhouse
in Lexington, Kentucky. hands down.
5 stars x 2 XoxO
ciao
Yeah, it sucks when people don’t support going to war on a lie, doesn’t it? You were right to rename them, “Freedom Fries.” That really showed those Frenchies, didn’t it?
But if you really wanted to make a statement, you should just have sent back the Statue of Liberty. Then they would have been sorry!
ok – first and most obvious, you are not American
and knew no one who died at ground zero in NY
on 9/11 just for showing up for work… and I doubt
you were alive for Pearl Harbor ( I wasn’t) so you
may have no learned historic reference.
Insofar as “freedom fries” – I could care less,
that was an impotent way of flipping off France
for having shown more support for the terrorists
than for their “allies”. A fair weather friend is no
friend at all.
I guess if terrorists had blown up the Statue of Liberty
we would be having a much different conversation,
more in agreeement than it appears we are now.
got your back on this one, “to announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong. is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is moral treasonable to the american public.” its embarrassing to think that as a civilized society our first response is to destroy things when we experience destruction and loss. what example do we provide to the rest of the world? to loose our humanity leaves us with nothing worth fighting for.
The second part of your comment was kinda funny. But the first part you hit it head on.
How can you convince another country to go to war on a farce that you really don’t have true intelligence other than they are cruel to their people.
Puleez, rhetoric is no substitute for
reason, even from Jefferson.
And spewing the word “lie” without
any substance or facts supporting
such a statement, is deplorable!
The French were in shock & stunned about the missed opportunities & failed diplomacy leading-up to this second Iraqi war. Did they want it to happen? No. Did they try and stop it? Yes. But, remember right before it started they said give them two more weeks and they’d join us. Now, what were they going to do with those two weeks? Try to put a halt on it, of course, and we said no we wouldn’t wait. Then they were on the ‘outs’ with the U.S. and they felt like they had really blown it diplomatically. This wasn’t that long ago (not ancient history) why can’t people better remember?
i do believe the events between the u.s. and french government was a little more complicated than that. i guess it depends on the various media outlets you were using o4n. you might want to check the transcripts or documented exchanges between government officials at the time. sometimes our memory isn’t all that reliable. i haven’t been able to find anything that substantiates your recollection.
buzz; absolutely right about recollections & I may have over-stated for the sake of brevity. It was never that easy for the French & they wanted more time for inspections etc. & then were willing to sign a new U.N. resolution that didn’t equate to automatically using force. the ‘10’ day two week proposal was real. France was a part of the 1st Iraqi war, of course, and also participated in the bombing in 1993 as punishment for the attempted assassination plot of George Bush, Sr. and the lack of Iraqi compliance in the ceasefire terms…So, none of this was as cut and dry as anyone makes it out to be. A month and a half before ‘we’ rolled into Iraq the French were in line to join…
I don’t see the strategy in this.
Bring back TP, or I go on strike! No more commenting… I MEAN IT.
Last word request until TP will be back up: “double cross“.
If you look at the background,
and some of the other lessons,
you’ll see this one was prestaged
quite some time back. As such,
she likely did not name a TA
because this gives her flexibility
deciding which lesson to air.
Try to be a little more patient
if you can. It’s not anything
against anybody, ok?
double cross, double down,
double back, double trouble,
Marina and her sister could
sell gum and double your
pleasure….
Difference between
TA “Teachers Assistant” currently, Capt. Jack, actually gets to help out & assist teacher (Honourable position).
TP “Teachers Pet” a little more random, maybe even chosen out of pity. Certainly not a position of trust & in my case, my friends and family laughed at me, but the video is still up on my Favs. And I’m happy for the mention in a Hotforwords video, but i’ve been around a while so everone else be patient, Kobe is the real pet anyways.
Capt. Jack says the Teacher pet thing is on its way back.
it’s not that Billy, your bringing me out of strike just to say this:
creative control my foot, sir! She said it will be back up shortly. I’m only trying to understand why she gave it the boot in the first place. It’s not that I want to BE TP, I really don’t care… I did however liked the outfits!
Isn’t that something worth fighting for?!
Hey a strike with no tears… I quess I can step in as a negotiator. I understand your plight, and it’s a serious issue to be sure
But it wasn’t that long ago that HFW videos were a little more sporatic, maybe 2 or 3 a week. Now I get Marina in my mailbox every day… sometimes appearing in various states of enthusiasm, always lovely & interesting. Could the virtual world be any better maybe, .
Glad I could bring you out of your strike, even happier if it was a hunger strike… now eat your fries or there’s no dessert for you
When the cheese melts into the hot fries & gravy… what a magnificent mess., & no fork allowed Found no Jack Daniels jeans, seems the company prefers the direct approach to advertise.
What about French Toast? It”s hard to believe that the French make toast by frying bread soaked in eggs. I like mine baked with cinnamon. If you haven’t tried it, you’re missing a life experience.
French bread and cheese is always good with wine. Ummm.
I’m still trying to figure out what “Chicken fried steak” is. Anyhow, there’s a small mom and pop Chinese restaurant in my neighborhood that makes the best “Shanghai fries.” Potato strips marinated in soy sauce before being fried. They’re out of this world.
Being in the food industry for the last 16 years and half of those as a sous chef I know why it is called chicken fried steak. Although there are pats of the U.S. where they use chicken. A chef I used to work with came from Wis. and thats how they did them there.
If it is okay I will tell you, but not till I get word on that.
Capman you are right. It is a steak breaded and fried like you would do to a chicken. Ever notice how country gravy tastes better on them than a brown gravy used on meatloaf?
Smokey,
Sounds like your a line cook?
I am an old style short order cook, My chicken fried steak is, a thin cut steak, pounded or cubed and battered, Then deep fried golden brown. A country gravy with black pepper. side of mashed potato’s.
Maybe Julia Child made fries fried in whisky or something! Didn’t she always get drunk on her shows?
“You take 3 parts flower, 1 part water, and 2 parts brandy… you mix the flower and the water and while mixing that, drink the brandy!”
I like Ruby Tuesday’s french fries. They have a spicy coating on the outside. Zesty brand fries at the supermarket has very good fries. But we fry all of our fries at home in peanut oil. It takes the heat better and longer.
Maybe they are waiters because they Wait for the customer to show up, then they Wait for them to order, then they Wait for their food, then they wait for them to be done. After all that they Wait for the costomer to pay. If the waiter Waited well enough they Wait for a tip.
Miss Marina,
Just wondering if the words officer and sir are some how connected. I know sir comes from the old english word sire , but there are words that have no connection ie. MALE-FEMALE that one would think that there is one. Maybe at one time officer was spelled offisir?
What do you think?
Ooops the dog ALMOST ate my homework.
I have to say that the best fast food fries are from McDonalds. Other than that they have to be a thin cut. The larger ones like joe-joes are too thick and have a hard time cooking right without making the out side burned or the inside rawish (under cooked)
It is amazing. We have been eating and talking for many years and somehow we forget there things in the mouth that we still bite. Like the tongue, lips, and cheaks.
The [Walloons], inhabitants of Wallonia, the southern, French-speaking half of Belgium…Belgian historian Jo Gerard recounts that potatoes were fried in 1680 in the [Spanish Netherlands], in the area of “the Meuse valley between Dinant and Liège, Belgium.
…The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family (also known as the nightshades). …ps~ hard on the joints
The ones your eating are Belgium fries (they are thick) The French fries are very thin something like halve the width of a Belgium fries.
The Belgium fries are the best.
So that means French toast isn’t as [romantic] as I thought? Darn that means I’m not so sexy with a [loaf] of bread in my teeth …
tough one…
althought dont eat much fries.
did you know potatoes are originally peruvian?
and started eating them by accident in europe?
do you know how?
I’m of Belgian descent… I knew that one! I did not know that it started in 1918 after the Great War, though. My favorite French Fries come from Culver’s Resturant (a chain of Fast food stores in the upper-mid-west). Thank you.
Lmfao. Love the stuff she puts in ” Bon Jur” And gorby running at the end
MOM
Don’t ever tell a Belgian that French fries are French. Us Belgians are abnormally sensitive about the topic.
Five Guys Burgers
makes the best fries.
Belgium huh?
I always thought the first French Fries were made in greece.
best french fries…hhhmmmm…..haven’t been to McD’s or Burger King for ages but a place in Henley I go to occasionally is pretty good at French Fries. In ozz, they call crisps chips like we brits call french fries chips. Vistied France recently, tried some snails and frog legs, with fries…bloody awful if not gross. Now I’m feeling chipper again
I think…
I’m sure that you make the Best French Fries
;D
I love zee French kisses, and she loves zee escargot…..
Winghouse (Ker’s Winghouse) has the best fries. serve them up with
a dip of Jalapeno cheese and it’s better than candy !!!
Dear teacher,
Thank you so much ! Yes french fries are not french they are belgian ! Merci au nom de toute la nation française ! Thank you from all the french people ! There is a big difference between France and Belgium! They have a king we have a president, every body speak french in France, half Belgium speak another language! They eat french fries all the time and we prefer “pot au feu” or “osso buco” or “boeuf bourguignon” etc…. so this is not the same country ! These are not the same traditions !
Amicalement,
Don Felipe Gonzales el gaucho de las vegas
Of course, in France, they are typically just referred to as frites. The whole freedom fries movement was stupid. France has a president? I didn’t know that. I just thought that Carla Bruni was in charge. When you say la nation française, you mean that hexagon thingy, right? Whatever. I’m off to the Paris Las Vegas to grab a burger and fries…. Il y a des gauchos dans les parages ? Faut aller chercher un peu…
Dear fellow student,
Hey hey hey! what a french touch, are you french too? Are you just an excellent francophone? No there is no gaucho in France, just people that dream of the wild west or the mexican wide open.
Amicalement,
Don Felipe Gonzales that prefers “les pommes de terre sautées”
Oh, donfelipegonzales, I’m just an Ozark hillbilly living in Las Vegas. Mais j’ai étudié le français pendant bien des années, et j’ai même reçu la maÎtrise en littérature française à l’Université d’Arizona en 1978. J’ai passé un peu de temps en France, mais pas récemment. Je t’ai déjà écrit à l’occasion de petits messages dans lesquels je t’ai indiqué que j’ai une connaissance assez profonde de la langue française. Bien sur, je fais semblant des fois de l’ignorer, mais c’est purement pour le plaisir de me permettre de plaisanter un peu. Et voilà !
the germans make the the best pommes. they eat it with every meal…
Hi Marina, hi all !
i especially like this lesson, cause that’s what i keep saying ALL the time …
my homework ;
everybody knows my grandmother makes the best
hugs from belgium!
Of the fast food places, McDonald’s fries are the best.
My vote is for In-N-Out Burger’s Fries. They must have some kind of a drug in them because they are addictive!
It’s 1 am I have to sleep
Therefore I am declaring the first space on the next video for myself, the only people granted immunity are : Marina&Foxbow15
The first comment shall be property of myself.
I don’t own this website… Get used to it
Marina could you indulge us the knowledge of the origin of “I cross my heart.” As in making a solemn promise to someone. Is it religious? I would very much like to know where we got this. Thank you!!
Do you hope to die?
the best fries are from any small mom and pop restaurants. They’re thick and crunchy and taste like real potatoes, not like McDonald’s. The worst fries, sadly, are from In and Out Burger. They’re always soggy and have no taste. Gross!
Not to get off subject, but it’s raining here. Is it just me or does anyone else love the smell in the air just before, during, and after a good rain fall. Thunder storms are even better.
One of the best smells of Summer, along with the smell of freshly mown grass.
Dear fellow students,
Here, in “La côte d’Azur” we just like like the smell of monoï.
Sorry !
Amicalement
Don Felipe Gonzales
La côte d’Azur. Sounds like a Nice place to visit someday.
they’re
Wendy’s has the best fries, if they hot and cooked long enough so that they aren’t soggy. Go Dave!
Why is french kiss called a french kiss?
Dear fellow student,
Perhaps because romantism is associated with France. We all know that love is universal but for some reason, France (and Italia) is (are)associated with love… We all use our tongue (not only for speaking), this is not a french exclusive.
Amicalement
Don Felipe
Even the cattle are romantic in France. They just love dishing out a slurpy langue de boeuf.
video is at 25… Urm everyone else.. go to sleep or something comeback in about 3 hours. Nothing will happen
That’s exactly what i’m gonna do, except i’m gonna be back in like 12 hours:P got an important match tomorrow morning
kinda late allready 
Good luck on getting first
g’d night people
hehehe 1 down 700 to go
Video is more 23 but not showing
when i’m in the mood, i make the best french fries…
commercially, Zaxby’s, which most won’t know, does a nice mesquite-style; i also used to like Backyard Burgers’, but they folded here…
however, if only i knew French – go at least this dame française attirante…
annudder
I wanted to watch this, but it buffered forever.
‘eh, just a guy droolin’ over a couple of very attractive breasts…
oh, wait…
that’s half the guys here…
annudder
As everyone here knows what my next video will be… I’m Singing…(oh god)
This. On account it sounds rubbish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSWE1Iy1V-M
Here’s another site I found in a different country or language.
http://www.taringa.net/posts/noticias/1190865/La-profesora-hot-ense%C3%B1a-ingl%C3%A9s-online-+Yapa!.html
….where the the word ‘Saheeb’ come from anyway??!?
Hey just curious. I just got two beautiful dobermen and I named one of them Saheeb…
Вы Miss M.
It should have read thank you
Don’t go all Russian on my ass capman
I am trying to learn enough to talk to Superdanilchik and others.
Dear Marina,
I’m back and caught up with your latest vids. Good job Marina, esp. with the O’reilly show.
Hi everybody! I’m not sure how you all have time to watch vids and post during the week….I can only really make time during the weekends!
Some of you must be retired….hold on while I try to control my envy
OK………. 
Don’t have any new word requests…still waiting on Cold Turkey and Testify to be answered.
OH…..and my favorite way to eat potatoes……….is called PAPITAS CON HUEVOS………….it is fried potatoes with eggs and I put a little hot sauce and cheese on top….so good!!
I’m catching up on videos since AK-47 (a couple of June vids, all of July, and half of August!) because of the time demands of teaching and being a student. It takes time to catch up, especially if you want to read some of the comments and perhaps add one or two.
That shariatuber that keeps posting on yt… I know I shouldn’t talk about youtube.. But I sent him a message saying every time i see a comment from him on hfw im going to email it back to him
He says the owners of the channels of allow him to advertise islam.. hmm
what about french kissing?
what about it?
you mean THIS?
awwwww how cute!! lol
Ohhhh…..good request kyrotho!! Do you mean to ask why kissing with full open mouth and tongue contact is called French Kissing?
Maybe the french invented kissing like that? Maybe Marina should look into that for us? But please don’t show us an example of it Marina
I’m sure the guys would love that, though!
absolutely
damn ! seems that i’m doomed , i will wait until you will run out of words and you will be disposed to investigate for the word ” waiter ” Marina . I will wait because i’m a waiter .
Though i hope that you don’t forget and have me waiting in vain .
im requesting the word “tickle” or “tickled pink” please do it, thanks!
Was 26 now 29
James
You know ??
Marina could use a new
live plantsilk plant for her room.The stick plant is looking very sad. That could be the perfect gift.
Go to the shopping site on her web page and have one shipped to her??
Ok rrr
…………………….
A BONSAI 
Never put a tree in the same flat as a dog!
A BONSAI ? high maintenance, needs to be watered
Silk is forever.
Nex-Tag
This is a great site to shop anyhow and ships direct.
Silk, however is not real.. I have an aloe vera
She has an absent of pillows on Her Bed ?
My Wife throws 5-10 pillows on the bed .
Pillows are good…??
Pretty sure She can’t kill a Pillow
Hello Marina! I married a young, and beautiful Ukrainian woman, and we are in the process of learning one an other’s languages. Occasionally she says, “Yalkey palkey!” What does this actually mean? Where did the expression come from? Thanks in advance, Will
Being half French i can certainly make boast of our ”FRIES” and our kisses..actually i do do not know whether we have the best fries but i’m sure that we have the best kisses…i think that,,,maybe nobody disagrees
I’ve had lots of French kisses. I can’t disagree with you.
Hi Марiна, tell me плиz, may be я не верно сформулировал вопрос, or question нужно писать only на английском языке????? Или мой вопрос не предстовляет для вас никакого интереса?
From России with любовью.
С уважением Илья.
Hi Ilya, She understands what you are saying. She just has a long list of words and videos all ready made up to do. She will get around to yours I hope.
Mike
THIS is part of why I’m trying to learn!
Read one yesterday and only understood
“Doh!” Today, I can read his name….
Tomorrow? Let me get there…
Thanks Mike. Simply at me the impression of ignoring of my questions was made. I shall look forward to hearing!
ZDOROVO, MISHA! Sooo i think we can already communicate in Russian,can’t we?
@ superdanilchik
Soon I am still learning. Like you said the different letter meanings are hard to learn. I will get there I hope.
And that! Marina that Russian:) the Sense to communicate here in English?)))
You know the last thing she is going to do is ignore a fellow countryman.
It helps to comment in English. Her site has friends from all over the world and different dialects. Everyone does the best they can to comment. But if English is hard for you then use your natural language. Marina understands this and will answer back. It doesn’t matter if we understand you as long as she can. Superdanilchik will help you all that he can. Just talk to him some. He has been a big help to me.
Ilya, Вы получили ваш ответ пока?
Misha
Да, я в другой теме получил исчерпывающий ответ от Марины.
Спасибо Вам всем за уделённое внимание
Ещё раз привет всем из России )))
You are welcome my friend.
Миша, я посмотрел видео , ссылку на которую дала Маша, слово “DUH” имеет совсем другой смысл нежели слово “D’oh” , жду от неё объяснений.
Parts of this I simply do not understand. The rest is beyond me.
Друг мой, учи русский язык!
Hey, im requesting the words/phrase “Pitch Black” Why is it called that???
pitch black?
pitch fork,
sales pitch,
roof pitch
pitch has a lot of different meanings
cool
I’d like to see James trying to put pitch onto a pitched roof using a pitch fork.
Do you think he would be open to a sales pitch for a shovel?
How about the movie Pitch Black with Vin Diesel.
I love the Chronicles of Riddick, and Vin Diesel really wants to make a sequel. He needs to hurry before Judi Dench gets much older. She’ll be 74 this coming December 9th.
I see Captain Jack is still at sea. He’s aboard the Kokopelli. Maybe he’ll be back soon to resume his job as door greeter.
Did you post on my comment and channel.. Or just one.. Beacuse it showed up on both…
I did it on both so I would make sure you got my 5 star comment.
Capman, I am very much all for a spamming war, However I can’t risk my account being deleted… Just as well I have a fake one then!!!!! You first
Actually capman… I started it I couldn’t help it
Every thing will be a ok James.
Oh… This is an RRR activity
.
Not me I am NOT worthy .
??
Besides I hate everyone.
Old Man James though would make a good SXT Mate……??
SXT?
…………( # 2 )
Marina, I don’t know if this is ok or not but it looks to me like someone has stolen 8000 views from your kool-aid video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue7DSAsuemw
Seems his channel is just about becoming a millionare overnight sort of thing as well.
Hit Shappins… not too worried about it… it happens more than you can imagine.
People like that are such sock cutters
(reference from my homework vid
)
Hit Shappins…
ja ja ja
How can someone still your views?
Ok never mind. I see the big picture.
Really?
The guy is not so much stealing as he is piggy backing on Marinas fame.
He might even be helping Her by bring new people to Her.
The more command her name becomes, the more it’s worth to advertisers. SO spread Her Name..
Hit-S……….Common
You just gave the guy even more views by posting it here…
Hi James,
Marina could flag the video as a copyright infringement. You could flag it as spam. On the other hand, people that find that guy’s video, could be people that have never seen HFW videos which means that HFW might actually gain new subscribers.
By the way, not to pick on you, but your Fork video uses tags referring to HFW, which may or may detract from HFW video views. Just some thoughts….
Lets all go do a spamming war on this guy for stealing from Marina.
He’s even got a comment that someone has called him a spammer.
I used those tags so that on the side list Marinas videos would show up.
13 more spots before you reach #24 at utube Miss M.
todays #24 has 40,000 hits.. Views. Perhaps it might be a while. Need to sabotage all the rubbish/anime in the way
You need to multitask
this is what i’m doing
(my neighbors must be wondering
who i’m talking to, learning the
Russian alphabet)
http://www.languagehelpers.com/members/russian/online/languagehelper.html
Chacha,
Are you learning the Russian Language so that when Russia owns the US you will be able to talk to your Masters??
Or just to impress Marina?
Learn Spanish, easier.
I like spanish
I thought about learning Russian
for a few years. I’m just off my
“bluetooth” and actually doing it.
John Cleese was very convincing
that this was a good idea in a
Fish called Wanda.
Impress Marina? Doubt it!
not yet, anyway…
#32
Hello Marina! I thought a good word for your research would be Buck as in the slang for a dollar and how it is used in the phrase ‘passing the buck’ I believe the term started during the old west in the United States
butter churn
In terms of typical fast food chains, McDonald’s.
When I was at studying at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Jay’s Diner has the best fries. I look for the crispiness on the outside and the chewy warmth on the inside of the fries.
Come to think of it, seafood restaurants tend to have some good fries.
Interesting on the timing.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/02/chip.lawsuit.ap/index.html
Wetsuit you never know what is in your food or what you are really eating.
Hi Marina.
This is Sérgio again.
About your class on spoonerism, I’ve got one sentence that you gonna like: “It is kisstomary to cuss the bride” (“customary to kiss”).
Bye
Hello marina.
My name is Sérgio and I’ve got one new word for your vocabulary. Have you watched the latest Hulk movie? Right at the beginning of it we can see the expression “Rocinha Favela”.
“Favela” is slum, or shanty town, in Portuguese. During the 1890s, in Rio de Janeiro, there was a very poor neighbourhood there called “Morro da Favela”- Favela Hill. “Favela” is the name of a typical weed in Brazil. Therefore, all the houses there were ill-built and badly assisted by the government. And that is what we still have today: huge poor neighbourhoods in all our big cities.
P.S: The word favela is now part of the Oxford University.
Hey can you look up the term cajun. I’ve always wanted to know why they call people from like Louisiana cajun.
Zydeco Gumby Ya Ya!
http://www.jango.com/music/5832-Brave-Combo?l=0
Someone just posted on my cheesecake video that there was an error in the title
This is what I called it
Handsfree: Strawberry Cheesecake
DUH!! I used my hands!!!
They must be blind James
Being from Belgium I must say that our fries are the best
We have a ‘frituur’ at almost every other street corner, where you can buy a packet of fries and other fried things. And yes, we usually eat them with mayonnaise
Anyway, I propose we just call them fries.
That’s true
, you can’t go to belgium withouth seeing a so called “snackbar” or “frituur” I think they have even more than here in the Netherlands, but I don’t like belgian mayonnaise , to much vinegar.
btw Michael, do you speak dutch or french?
In Sweden we just call them “Strips” (obviously derived from “Stripes”, which is what they look like). Anyways, I’d like to see Marina’s explanation for “Fuzzy”. that’s a funny word
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair!
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t
very fuzzy was he?
Sorry – old limerick
Hey you were great on O’Reilly. They should give you a regular segment.
tt
There is no answer to that question but I expect that you want us to say “You”.
I was wondering if you could do the word “Yahoo”
That’s a good one to do. It could be Yahoo like in the search engine or he’s a yahoo. I second the motion.
Woo Hoo! I also second the motion
My wop friend came over and we drank rum and ate french fries. rhum
but here’s no explaining for a hamburger?
BTW, Gyes, Ihave no idea why you call those things HAMBURGERS
or SANDWICHES (!!!!that is my request for a word !!!!) here in exUSSR countries we call such a things by German word ButterBreuted (spelling Bouterbroud)
Marina would you explaine me why is it so ?
Sandwich: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjiJRdRO38Q&eurl=http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/07/23/sandwich/&fmt=18
and how ’bout a hamburger?
This is where “Hamburger” may come from”
Hamburg steak patty forming machine
United States Patent 2634458
[this is what fishermen call "bait"]
Right now I am working on a big project like the amy winehouse video I made. Its family guy libbing a remix reggae song.. Type in spongebob soulja boy on YT. It’s like that
Those Ed Hardy shirts are freaking expensive, I saw them at a store today and they were all 70+ euro’s , There was one shirt that was kinda nice so asked how much it was and the guy said 100 euro’s LOL rip off !
I was going to order a t-shirt from the Time Bandit fishing vessel the same people that Captain Jack taught a class to. The t-shirt was $60:00. Just for t-shirt with their logo on it. Sorry no way to high. Rip off is right:???:
Hi Marina,
Not sure whether this one would be allowed on your show.However, it is a common term used among men in the UK.
It seems if something is really good and recommended it is referred to as “The Dog’s Boll*cks”
.(replace the * with O).Does it go back to the days when Dog Fighting was common and the strongest dog being recommended?Hope I haven’t offended anyone nevertheless,I am so curious.
I love your show and I have always been fascinated by where these words come from.
Thanks again.
Here’s one. Which word has the most double letters in it? eg. skIIng, leTTer, spOOn….
balloon?
Mississippi?
I seem to remember there was a burlesque performer called
“Miss Sissy Mississippi”.
Subbookkeeper ?
With an address name like that, who needs any more letters?
nice one!
Jossstick
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
Name of a village in Wales, United Kingdom.
you probably never get any letters from people when you live there…
I can say that.
My mother when she was young had a friend named Mary Lily Ruth Lovdevine Semo Elisabeth Caroline. I believed her cause she was my mom.
Hi Marina
I have a requests I live in Nottingham UK (Land of Robin Hood) I would really like to know why the local people from Nottingham refer to people as “Duck”.Has it got anything to do with the Goose Fair?Which is one of the biggest and oldest fairs in Europe.
Ps if you run with this i think you would look great dressed as Robin Hood
This was one of my
favorite Saturday
morning cartoons!
“Actually, It’s a buck and a quarter, quarter staff…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZTvOSndtUM&feature=related
I’ll bring the pop tarts and milk so we want get hungry watching Daffy Duck or Buggs Bunny.
HEY! I was wondering if you could explain the origins of the word “Savvy” and the phrase “Oopsie-Daisy”..
Thank you verry much (in advance)!
McD fries contain no potatoes they are just flour and other bits.. Also “milkshakes” are officially “thickshakes” due to them containing no milk whatsoever. They are actually 70% pork fat, ever had your straw clogged?
Source: Teacher went on food training course, found out there.
Their apple pies don’t have any apples in them. They are potatoes flavored like apples because it is cheaper to do so. I got this info from a person who worked for them.
As much as I Hate MacDuhs….
You Guys are being silly boys. Here is their foods product list.Click this link for their page.
Nothing like a fact to ruin your day…
I think Rally’s makes the best french fries.
hi Marina- Brand new to your website and I love it already. Don’t know if you take requests from “the new guy” but here goes. I was playing a board game the other dy and was wondering where the title came from. It was Monopoly. I know Mono means 1, but where does poly come from. Thanks
Hey Marina– I’m wondering how the expression ’smitten’ came about as an expression for being really interested in someone. Doesn’t smitten mean you have been smited (as in agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate)??? How could such a ‘cute’ expression of love and affection come from such a powerful evil word?
Marina, How did “pooped or “pooped out” come to mean tired or exhausted
I just ate a whole bunch of french fries, and I’d love to know where the word ” F L A T U L E N C E ” came from.
FLATULENTIA in Latin means INFLATION WITH GAZ
The root is FL- “blow” like in English BL- in BLOW
FL- Latin = BL- Indoeuropean
Also i was watching Eurotrip last nite and Vinny Jones plays an English football fan sumtime in the movie he calls this guy a “tosser” do u no wat it means?
Hey mw and some of my friends were talkin and we were wondering why do sum people call cocaine “blow” can you help me out?
I have eaten fried potatoes in Holland on the Zider Sea. They were pretty good but they are served with mayo. But I must admit that the best “french fries” that I have eaten were found in Paris as served with entrecote (sp) a thinly cut steak with a nice brown sauce. When I visited Belgium I don’t remember eating fried potatoes. The Germans also serve good fried potatoes. Houston’s a chain of restaurants in the US also makes good french fries. Their secret is thinly cut potatoes.
Senior
zider sea? you mean zuider zee, also known as “ijselmeer”
Hi, foxbow, what is the correct way (if any) to pronounce ijselmeer?
kinda like you say it in english I think
My dad makes excellent homemade fries
.
Typicaly ballparks have good fries too, how’s the fries in Chicago? Do they taste better when your team is winning, or losing? Fries are like comfort food. Cubbies had trouble tonight with the new guy from the Pirates.
win or lose the fries at Wrigley tastes great especially with 2 jumbo dogs and a pepsi. Yep today was frustrating. The cubs hit into 4 twin killers today. I think that would b sorry if anybody does not the fries.
Well, “America’s favorite french fries” are McDonald’s. But, I know from friends that they actually add MEAT FLAVORING to their french fries and supposedly that’s why they taste better than other places. Me personally, I prefer Spangles french fries.
Great Website! May I suggest a few words?
Apparatchik. Cheeky. Rose (flower). Wench. Borscht.
Where did the phrase “what the hell” come from?
Marina,
I have another phrase that I would like you to investigate. Where does “To wear your heart on your sleeve” come from? Why a sleeve? Why not just on the outside?
Hope you can help me out.
Thanks!
P.S. My son said you were super on O’Reilly. So cute, he caught it and Tivo-ed it for me
Marina – did you know you made it onto the top 100 Google trends hot list yesterday? What was that about? I’d love to update my article about you which is getting lots of page views and, hopefully, linking right back to you
Do you know what number?
It was really high for awhile and I was going to write an article about you but I didn’t know you’d just been on O’Reilly. What was interesting was that your name and hot for words.com came up and related terms and searches were Playboy’s Fresh Faces so I did a quick search to see if you were connected to that and found nothing. Then there were separate hot trends for the words “codswallop” and “blooters”. If you let me know ahead of time, I might be able to get an article out there about any of the latest news about you. Hold on, I’m going to go find out how high up you were the other day
if I can.
It was somewhere between July 27 and July 30. On July 30, Codswallop was number 20 on Trends and I know you were at least in the top 68 and I think at one point you were number 1
I am still trying to find the exact time of day but I’m pretty sure it was evening. It is great to make it into the top 100!
I found it! It took a lot of research so I hope I get an A grade for today:
Here is a link which shows you were at number 68 at 5 pm on July 31. Does that make sense or do you know why that would be? Anyway, here is the info and your name and site are definitely noted so people were searching for you, yay!
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=hot+for+words&date=2008-7-31&sa=X
Just a word of warning! While the news stories are usually safe to click on, be very careful about clicking on any blog posts. Some are okay but some are horrible sites that will try to hack your computer. So be careful about that! Please!
Thanks for the pointers! Still trying to decipher that Google trends.. I’ll look at it some more!
I found this site about what Jcr was talking about.
http://www.frenzynews.com/2008/08/01/hot-for-words/
Homework: Bratkartoffeln
isst gut!
(good eating)
hello marina…..how are things??? well i would like to request a word for you….”picnic” any idea?
gracias preciosa!
wtf is going on???????????
What the HELL?????????????
Kangaroo??
Chacha
There’s blood on the rubber baby buggy bumpers.
also, bugs black blood
I can do them both
Try your friends out on those, for a laugh
Just accepted your invite @ YT
You’ve got a fanclub, now!
Since I have focussed on here and YT compared to before subscribers and friend invites have gone through the roof
I found a new word today.. I want it tattooed.. Zygocacti
Belgium made best french fries in the world and McDonald french fries taste good
Hello beautiful Marina,
I would like to request information about the origin of the word PLACEBO.
Many Thanks
Kermat46
heyy! i want to know where the word Mimic came from
thank you!!
Don’t eat the Marina…or you will become ….well, just don’t eat them.
I noticed that, too
Just like the cake, She is
merely posing, not actually
tasting.
Hello Marina.
I would like to request a word, and it would be so cool if it got through to you. I would like to go with the guy below me. Could you investigate the word “yo”? Where does it come from and does it have any other meaning than getting attention?
I just signed up here and I’m a big fan of yours.
Please? Thank you so Much.
-Mitch
I’m down for that! And
also; how did “yo yo”
go from being a toy
to “yo”, an attention getting
expression akin to
saying “here” or “present”?
“YO, Adrian” – Rocky Balboa
Hi Marina,
I just signed up and am a huge fan. The word I wanted to request is one I hear all the time on the street, in school and in movies. The word is ” yo “. Where does it come from, and it mean something else besides trying to catch someones attention.
Thanks
Marina, McDonald’s used to have great fries until they stopped presoaking them in beef broth to give them some flavor. Seems that presoaking also added a few calories and that’s a no no these days. Personally I like the curly fries you can buy in bulk at Sam’s if I don’t have time to make them from scratch. Of course the Russian way of turning potatoes into Vodka is good too.
#92 Tres chic!
Voulez vous hubba hubba?
Kobe is in his own world, isn’t he?
Cute little bug…
Back when Pearl Harbor was
bombed, Americans had bon fires
and burned many things Japanese.
Kinda like giving blood after 911.
People need a healthy outlet for
these feelings and shared events
like those are expressions of unity.
I thought we were in REAL trouble
when I saw Clint Eastwood during
one of the 911 programs! We’re
not used to seeing Hollywood stars
show any backbone in supporting
our country like they always did
in the old days. Bunch of preeners
these days. Remember when
Richard Gere pissed off the NYFD’s?
He really stunk up the place…
The best french fries? Wow!
My homemade’s are the best.
There’s a trick to doing it right.
Wendy’s are not bad for the
fast food variety. Dairy Queen
and Steak & Shake are also
quite edible. The best fries I
ever ate at a restaraunt had
to be the Columbia Steakhouse
in Lexington, Kentucky. hands down.
5 stars x 2 XoxO
ciao
Yeah, it sucks when people don’t support going to war on a lie, doesn’t it? You were right to rename them, “Freedom Fries.” That really showed those Frenchies, didn’t it?
But if you really wanted to make a statement, you should just have sent back the Statue of Liberty. Then they would have been sorry!
ok – first and most obvious, you are not American
and knew no one who died at ground zero in NY
on 9/11 just for showing up for work… and I doubt
you were alive for Pearl Harbor ( I wasn’t) so you
may have no learned historic reference.
Insofar as “freedom fries” – I could care less,
that was an impotent way of flipping off France
for having shown more support for the terrorists
than for their “allies”. A fair weather friend is no
friend at all.
I guess if terrorists had blown up the Statue of Liberty
we would be having a much different conversation,
more in agreeement than it appears we are now.
got your back on this one, “to announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong. is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is moral treasonable to the american public.” its embarrassing to think that as a civilized society our first response is to destroy things when we experience destruction and loss. what example do we provide to the rest of the world? to loose our humanity leaves us with nothing worth fighting for.
oops, quote by theodore roosevelt, yo theo!
The second part of your comment was kinda funny. But the first part you hit it head on.
How can you convince another country to go to war on a farce that you really don’t have true intelligence other than they are cruel to their people.
Haarg,
[ Yeah, it sucks when people don’t support going to war on a lie, ]
Well you please define, LIE?
So many people have no idea what this word really means.
“i hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.” thomas jefferson
Puleez, rhetoric is no substitute for
reason, even from Jefferson.
And spewing the word “lie” without
any substance or facts supporting
such a statement, is deplorable!
reason, yes that is exactly what is required from a civilized society as it responds to any conflict instead of burning the effigies of our enemies.
I agree with you Buzz.
Exhausted
The French were in shock & stunned about the missed opportunities & failed diplomacy leading-up to this second Iraqi war. Did they want it to happen? No. Did they try and stop it? Yes. But, remember right before it started they said give them two more weeks and they’d join us. Now, what were they going to do with those two weeks? Try to put a halt on it, of course, and we said no we wouldn’t wait. Then they were on the ‘outs’ with the U.S. and they felt like they had really blown it diplomatically. This wasn’t that long ago (not ancient history) why can’t people better remember?
o4n, you can’t be serious. this is ridiculous. you might want to read up that.
err … read up on that.
i do believe the events between the u.s. and french government was a little more complicated than that. i guess it depends on the various media outlets you were using o4n. you might want to check the transcripts or documented exchanges between government officials at the time. sometimes our memory isn’t all that reliable. i haven’t been able to find anything that substantiates your recollection.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2848593.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2832307.stm
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/blair-blames-france-for-iraq-war-in-reply-to-diplomats-claims-514397.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/feb/16/iraq1
http://www.pollyplatt.com/pages/USFrenchFriction.htm
cool, thanks for the links.
Awesome lesson Marina =)
Hehe the Swedish name for French Fries is…. Pommes Frites, the real name :O
Hehe, and I loveall sort of Pommes, no mather whos made them really, as long as they arn’t overboiled hehehe.
Best Wishes, Ath, Your friendly naighbourhood mainiac.
WENDY’S absolutely has the best fries of any fast food chain.
Actually I got a spiral slicer and a Fry Daddy for christmas and together they make better fries than ANY chain.
I don’t see the strategy in this.
Bring back TP, or I go on strike! No more commenting… I MEAN IT.
Last word request until TP will be back up: “ double cross “.
we are ALL teachers pet
yea… bring TP back or else!
If you look at the background,
and some of the other lessons,
you’ll see this one was prestaged
quite some time back. As such,
she likely did not name a TA
because this gives her flexibility
deciding which lesson to air.
Try to be a little more patient
if you can. It’s not anything
against anybody, ok?
double cross, double down,
double back, double trouble,
Marina and her sister could
sell gum and double your
pleasure….
Difference between
TA “Teachers Assistant” currently, Capt. Jack, actually gets to help out & assist teacher (Honourable position).
TP “Teachers Pet” a little more random, maybe even chosen out of pity. Certainly not a position of trust & in my case, my friends and family laughed at me, but the video is still up on my Favs. And I’m happy for the mention in a Hotforwords video, but i’ve been around a while so everone else be patient, Kobe is the real pet anyways.
Capt. Jack says the Teacher pet thing is on its way back.
Jeez… let Marina change it up & have creative control over her own stuff. My son uses this on me when I complain STOP WHINING
it’s not that Billy, your bringing me out of strike just to say this:
She said it will be back up shortly. I’m only trying to understand why she gave it the boot in the first place. It’s not that I want to BE TP, I really don’t care… I did however liked the outfits! 
creative control my foot, sir!
Isn’t that something worth fighting for?!
Hey a strike with no tears… I quess I can step in as a negotiator. I understand your plight, and it’s a serious issue to be sure
maybe, .
But it wasn’t that long ago that HFW videos were a little more sporatic, maybe 2 or 3 a week. Now I get Marina in my mailbox every day… sometimes appearing in various states of enthusiasm, always lovely & interesting. Could the virtual world be any better
Glad I could bring you out of your strike, even happier if it was a hunger strike… now eat your fries or there’s no dessert for you
hotforwords is the only place where you get the strawberries before the fries.
YAY for world peace… I’m all about that kind of stuff, you know meh!
I didn’t see it mentioned anywhere, but the best fries are Poutine (not a company, a style – brought to you by the French.. Canadians.
)
-Jor
I had some Poutine a couple of days ago & “mm mm” good, but I didn’t know what to drink, to wash the guilt away. Canadian Club what else…
Do they make Jack Daniels’ jeans
Those look tasty!
I’ve had chilli fries but
that doesn’t look like
chilli. What’s on ‘em?
Gravy and cheese curds, of course!
-Jor
They sound and look good. Does the cheese melt over them?
When the cheese melts into the hot fries & gravy… what a magnificent mess., & no fork allowed
Found no Jack Daniels jeans, seems the company prefers the direct approach to advertise.
Marina:
Someone else always makes the best.
Unfortunately, Micky Ds has the best fries.
What about French Toast? It”s hard to believe that the French make toast by frying bread soaked in eggs. I like mine baked with cinnamon. If you haven’t tried it, you’re missing a life experience.
French bread and cheese is always good with wine. Ummm.
pugnatious
The word is Latin : EGO PUGNO = I FIGHT
PUGNATIOUS means “fighting until success”.
I would like to request word.
On the wagon and off the wagon.
Thanks
I’m not sure, but I think it has to do with how they transported booze before there were trucks and things.
I’m still trying to figure out what “Chicken fried steak” is. Anyhow, there’s a small mom and pop Chinese restaurant in my neighborhood that makes the best “Shanghai fries.” Potato strips marinated in soy sauce before being fried. They’re out of this world.
Being in the food industry for the last 16 years and half of those as a sous chef I know why it is called chicken fried steak. Although there are pats of the U.S. where they use chicken. A chef I used to work with came from Wis. and thats how they did them there.
If it is okay I will tell you, but not till I get word on that.
Smokey I thought it was a steak fried in a pan like you would fry chicken. I know you are the chef so I am waiting for the answer too.
Capman you are right. It is a steak breaded and fried like you would do to a chicken. Ever notice how country gravy tastes better on them than a brown gravy used on meatloaf?
Smokey,
Sounds like your a line cook?
I am an old style short order cook, My chicken fried steak is, a thin cut steak, pounded or cubed and battered, Then deep fried golden brown. A country gravy with black pepper. side of mashed potato’s.
I just ate and you’re still
making me hungry!
smokey36bear, tell us why it’s called chicken fried steak… is it that it’s fried the way one would fry a chicken?
Maybe it should be called ” Kentucky fried steak” or even “pennsyltucky fried steak.”
smokey36bear, tell us why it’s called chicken fried steak… is it that it’s fried the way one would fry a chicken?
Yes, We fry everything like chicken.
Candy bars
Twinkies
pie……..anything and everything.
yes
what is she saying from 0:49 to 0:51 ?
She said the word came from solders returning from battle during WW1 from predomantly French speaking parts of Europe.
predomantly? what does that mean?
And there is a background “voice over” saying “bonjour” – French for hello.
Glad to see your Koala bear back in place.
pre·dom·i·nant = most common
So a part of Europe which mostly spoke French.
Here’s a link
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/predominant
predominant >adjective 1 present as the strongest or main element. 2 having the greatest control or power.
then she is saying “in predominantly French speaking parts of Europe”?
oops replied to the wrong one but yes she is
I prefer Burger King fries
five stars
I have always liked Burger King. They have the best hamburgers.
They do have great burgers, but I’m not a big fan of their fries.
BK passes the “next day” test.
Guess it’s the flame broiling…
Hum. TMJ.
From smiling so much.
Did Julia Child ever make French Fries?
TMJ???? I HAVE THAT!!! I crack it all the time but have eased off now.. Think it clearing
Maybe Julia Child made fries fried in whisky or something! Didn’t she always get drunk on her shows?
“You take 3 parts flower, 1 part water, and 2 parts brandy… you mix the flower and the water and while mixing that, drink the brandy!”
The myth exposed
Marina,
I like your style.
Like my mother’s old receipe for sauce.
How my wine did she put in it?
Depends on how much she left in the bottle while cooking it.
Julia Child,
She ROCKS………hotforfood.. ( RIP)
Of corse you can’t tell how bad the food is when you are drunk…
Hell even 4j’s (little chain of dinners in Montana) is good after the bars close.
JK nothing against Julia.
I like Ruby Tuesday’s french fries. They have a spicy coating on the outside. Zesty brand fries at the supermarket has very good fries. But we fry all of our fries at home in peanut oil. It takes the heat better and longer.
Chicken fried in peanut oil is
“out of this world” it’s so good…
will u please investigate for the word ” waiter : Marina ?
dude patience.
Maybe they are waiters because they Wait for the customer to show up, then they Wait for them to order, then they Wait for their food, then they wait for them to be done. After all that they Wait for the costomer to pay. If the waiter Waited well enough they Wait for a tip.
What about waiting
on someone
“hand and foot”?
Why hasn’t their been a teacher’s pet in a while?
I thought she just did that once
a week, not EVERY lesson…
Miss Marina,
Just wondering if the words officer and sir are some how connected. I know sir comes from the old english word sire , but there are words that have no connection ie. MALE-FEMALE that one would think that there is one. Maybe at one time officer was spelled offisir?
What do you think?
Ooops the dog ALMOST ate my homework.
I have to say that the best fast food fries are from McDonalds. Other than that they have to be a thin cut. The larger ones like joe-joes are too thick and have a hard time cooking right without making the out side burned or the inside rawish (under cooked)
Do Micky D burgers still look
more blue than brown?
Always wondered about that….
Toothpain in the end?
Homework:
.
I’m afraid I cannot do my homework today cause I’m not from US
Or she bit her jaw. I know that hurts.
It is amazing. We have been eating and talking for many years and somehow we forget there things in the mouth that we still bite. Like the tongue, lips, and cheaks.
tooth. tongue or jaw
the look said
“will there be more pain?”