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Ukulele - The Next Big Thing :-)

Ukulele… the next big thing!  Sell everything and invest in ukulele stock :-)


Here is the famous Ukulele Joe and the Uke Tones track.

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  1. swampwiz on August 24th, 2008 2:31 pm

    Марина, instrument like the ukulele:

    балалайка

  2. m.philos on August 18th, 2008 10:16 am

    Dear teacher,

    I really love that kind of videos, when you let your inventive wit draw a funny storyline.
    the more glimpses of nonsense you add, the better it tastes for me !

    thanks for those minutes of pure joy…

    Thanks also for trusting us enough to post your family’s pictures,
    ( hope they don’t mind for the oldest ones, as they probably are
    in the skies now..) anyway I had a warm thought of gratitude
    towards them, for bringing us such an extraordinaire teacher as you !

    Your faithfull student

  3. lividemerald on August 17th, 2008 6:17 pm

    The next big thing is the ukulele. The last big thing belonged to Fascinus.

  4. lividemerald on August 17th, 2008 6:15 pm

    I would like to tiptoe through the tulips, through the two lips….

  5. distinctav on August 17th, 2008 7:27 am

    Mandolin is that thing that slices when preparing food.
    Another word for ukulele? hmm….A Little Lyre?

  6. MARCOS CHESS on August 12th, 2008 7:42 am

    Hi Marina, excelent production! :idea:
    please tell me who are in that old pictures, is there your real grandma??

    all the best for you :razz:

  7. leonard on August 9th, 2008 1:27 am

    Hehttp://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=IYnjASLYKdA&featur e=related :lol: re is one Song from your granny’s time++

    leonard replied on August 9th, 2008 1:29 am:

  8. dingdao on August 8th, 2008 4:06 pm

    Thanks for the tip-off.

  9. pennsyltucky9 on August 8th, 2008 3:37 pm

    Another great video, Marina! Thanks for the timely information, I always learn from your lessons.

    Guitar, sitar, sarod, lute, banjo, balalaika, koto, viola, mandolin, and ukelele all function using the principle of gut strings or wires stretched tightly across a box (or drum head) with a fingerboard or fretboard on the neck to adjust string length and therefore change pitch. Many of those have different names depending on their size and scale (bass viol, bass guitar, guitarron, piccolo bass, violin, cello, mandocello, tenor guitar, etc.) but you get the idea. I’m pretty sure there are many I missed, but those are the main ones I can think of offhand.

    My ukelele is an old soprano one made of rosewood. I know it was a cheap one in its day because the fretboard dots are stencil-painted on and the brand name (Y’keke) was applied to the peghead using a simple wet-transfer decal instead of inlay. Even so, being of solid rosewood construction with brass frets makes it sound much better than those cheap plywood and veneer imitation instruments on the market today. The luthier said he thought it was probably from the late 1940s or early 50s.

    I found it 15 or 20 years ago in a box of broken toys, old books and worn-out baby clothes that were left over from a garage sale, sitting in the blazing noonday sun on a sidewalk and marked “FREE.” It needed a new bridge and a set of strings for which I paid a total of sixteen dollars at the local luthier shop. The Mel Bay ukelele chord book cost twice that! It was worth every penny though. I like it for canoe and backpack trips because it’s tiny and lightweight and it’s a great accompaniment for off-key firelight serenades.

  10. davemarkwz on August 8th, 2008 2:04 pm

    OKAY Marina, the deal is if you go “Rob Townsend/THE WHO” on a ukelele you get the weekly pay-check!!!!!

  11. muggins on August 8th, 2008 12:40 am

    Check out ukes on ebay. The old good ones, like a Gibson, sell for thousands of dollars. People make ukuleles, either the cheapies made of similated wood, or the hi-end models made with exotic hard woods in Hawaii and China and Eastern Europe. they commonly come in four sizes: Soprano (the common uke), tenor, bass, and brontisaurus.

  12. quagmier8 on August 7th, 2008 6:03 pm

    Did she say Russer?

  13. checmark on August 7th, 2008 4:22 pm

    New definition for the word “imagination” - seeing Marina topless way back when in the pic and projecting to now. lol

    pennsyltucky9 replied on August 8th, 2008 2:36 pm:

    This is the answer to all those teen weenies who beg and moan for marina to do a topless video, at last! There must be at least several thousand requests for it in all the replies. Now we can just send ‘em here!

    pennsyltucky9 replied on August 8th, 2008 2:44 pm:

    There are two “topless” photos: 4:28 and 4:38. Woo-hoo!

  14. thxeleven38 on August 7th, 2008 3:44 pm

    Which came first the violin or the ukulele?

  15. demonsasuke12 on August 7th, 2008 2:08 pm

    what about the word ‘word’? were did it come from?

  16. dambreaker on August 7th, 2008 12:16 pm

    request for the word VACATE and VACATION, unless they are some how in relation :cool:

  17. Capman911 on August 7th, 2008 11:09 am

    NEW VIDEO IS UPPPPPP

  18. parthenophilast on August 7th, 2008 10:26 am

    Preposition puzzle: why is it “attorney-at-law,” rather than “attorney of the law”?

  19. kaibanator on August 7th, 2008 10:24 am

    Cool video marina :cool:

    The costume fitted the video very well. Good to see ukulele get a mention as well, it’s the next best thing to the banjo.

    I finally got to see you in one of the Fuel TV commercials on cable, ironically I didn’t see the ad on Fuel TV :lol: You looked cool and hot :)

    Keep rockin’ :cool:

  20. claudiaz on August 7th, 2008 9:44 am

    Hi Marina,
    Would you do the word HUSKY?
    Thanks a lot!

  21. thecure548 on August 7th, 2008 8:39 am

    hey marina you should do a video on the word FART :shock: i know its gross but it would be a intersesting word to hear the origin of

  22. james_mcleary on August 7th, 2008 8:30 am

    Watching many of your videos and learning the origins of so many words, I’ve come to wonder where the word cleavage came from. I believe a cleave can also come crom cleaver, as a weapon.

    Dictionary.com defines it as cleaved or clove, cleft or cleaved or clo·ven, cleav·ing.
    –verb (used with object) 1. to split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow, esp. along a natural line of division, as the grain of wood.
    2. to make by or as if by cutting: to cleave a path through the wilderness.
    3. to penetrate or pass through (air, water, etc.): The bow of the boat cleaved the water cleanly.
    4. to cut off; sever: to cleave a branch from a tree.
    –verb (used without object) 5. to part or split, esp. along a natural line of division.
    6. to penetrate or advance by or as if by cutting (usually fol. by through).

    and then age… certainly wouldn’t be implying to a numerical representation of a person’s physical maturity… so how did the two come together to form a word describing as does cleavage?

  23. school_dean_hot4.u on August 7th, 2008 8:26 am

    words request ; “kindred” as in “fornicate under consent of kindred”

  24. littlegotgi on August 7th, 2008 8:17 am

    Hello myteacher,
    I want your gard more b/c i think u so beautiful and also intelligent .
    i will try to learn with u again and again ….and again
    Maybe i will intelligent like u :razz:

  25. Warren on August 7th, 2008 8:01 am

    Hello Marina,
    I forgot to mention that I used your thumbnail for your “Fascinate” show on a channel I use at my Mevio page. If you don’t want me to use it just let me know and I’ll remove it.
    I did a search for your show there and the Maxim show is posted but none of you HotForWords shows are there.
    Is that because of a YouTube exclusive rights sort of thing?

  26. doupetrob on August 7th, 2008 7:26 am

    Wow….10 stars rating in a 5 stars world!!

    Now, since we are now on the letter “U” I think it a good time to tell us the origin of “Up the creek” or “Up the creek without a paddle”. I’ve heard this expression all my life and have always wondered where it came from. There is also a close expression called “Up shit creek” with out the paddle too.

  27. Warren on August 7th, 2008 7:23 am

    Hello Marina,

    Psst…your talent is showing.

    Capman911 replied on August 8th, 2008 5:17 pm:

    Hi Warren Whhhaaaasssuuuppp. Her talent always shows. You are correct on that statement. :smile:

    Warren replied on August 9th, 2008 4:26 am:

    Hey Mike, Yes, she is getting better and better. I sent a comment to you on YT.

  28. felicity on August 7th, 2008 6:46 am

    Hello this is felicity from a country on which atomic bombs were dropped in the early August of 63 years ago. How do you guys define the word “peace”?

    melikadothechacha replied on August 7th, 2008 10:19 am:

    Peace is won when your enemy is
    vanquished to a point where he is
    unable to make war anymore and
    must sue you for peace to survive. :mrgreen:

    Emperor Hirohito was willing to
    sacrifice all the lives of his own
    people rather than discuss peace
    diplomatically with America and
    end the war!

    When it was made clear that
    the bomb could be used to kill
    all Japanese, if America intended,
    Hirohito finally admitted defeat
    and surrendered unconditionally,

    PEACE! :grin:

    okay4now replied on August 7th, 2008 10:55 am:

    How do you?

    sniperskaya replied on August 7th, 2008 12:47 pm:

    Marina, please forgive me if I get on my soapbox for a minute here.

    Felicity, and all others who take this position, you must be truly ignorant of the facts of history.
    “Peace”, for those of you who don’t know, is defined as a cessation of hostilities.
    The United States was at peace until our country was attacked on a quiet Sunday morning without warning, without provocation. Our troops were bombed by cowards who gave no notice of their intentions to declare war on our nation.
    During the war the Japanese troops committed unspeakable atrocities on women and children who were non-combatants. Women were raped, babies thrown in the air and used for bayonet practice. Their treatment of prisoners of war was against the Geneva convention of 1929 which Japan signed.
    Our experiences on the islands we took while fighting towards the Japan homeland showed us that the Japanese would rather die than surrender since they regarded all non-Japanese as sub-humans and saw themselves as a superior race, as did their allies, the Nazis. We dropped the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima to force the Japanese to surrender rather than have to go in and kill every man woman and child in their country, which the Japanese had indicated they were willing to do. The atomic bombs forced the Japanese to stop making war and surrender, thus ending the war in the Pacific theater. The Japanese killed hundreds of thousands more innocent people than those two bombs did, so in a case of cosmic karma, they got what they deserved. The Japanese were forced to abandon their conquest of Korea, China, Burma, Indonesia, Taiwan, Manchuria, the Philippines, et al. The Japanese were forced to relinquish the military dictatorships of the countries they had conquered and remove all their troops from them. The United States did not establish military dictatorships in any of the countries she occupied on the way to Japan as Japan had done when she conquered countries. We did not rape and pillage Japan the way Japan did with Korea, China, Manchuria and the Philippines. We helped Japan rebuild her country and her economy and allowed them to have an autonomous government. Japan never did that with any of the countries she took over. For example, when Japan took over Korea they made it illegal to speak, read or write the Korean language under penalty of death. They kidnapped thousands of young women to use as prostitutes for Japanese troops. Were the bombings of HIroshima and Nagasaki horrible? Yes. But no more so than the rest of the war. If the Japanese had not started the war perhaps it could have been avoided. They paid the ultimate price for their actions. Forcing Japan to surrender saved millions of lives on both sides, but you seem to think that ’s a bad thing. But then as I said at the beginning, you are truly ignorant.

    sniperskaya replied on August 7th, 2008 12:49 pm:

    Felicity, now let me ask you a question:
    How do YOU justify the atrocities that Japan committed during the war?

    aLx replied on August 7th, 2008 12:53 pm:

    dude.

    he just asked about the word. he did not accuse you of anything.

    besides, there are not only americans on this site. maybe he wanted a general opinion from people regardless of where they live.

    taking his question automatically as a provocation to americans is pretty self-centered and, well, ignorant.

    in dubio pro reo.

    sniperskaya replied on August 7th, 2008 1:29 pm:

    aLx, he (could be a she, or is that just you being sexist? After all, “Felicity” is generally a female name, at least in the West.) said they are from “…a country on which atomic bombs were dropped …” “A country”??? If they weren’t trying to put a guilt trip Americans (since the US was the country which used atomic weapons) , why not simply say “I’m from Japan”?
    Ohhhh! Bad Americans! You used atomic bombs in time of war!
    The fact that they tied the bombs to the definition of the word “peace” is not accidental and indicates the writer probably has an agenda which is not related to the topic of this particular thread.
    And unless you’re a surfer, calling people “dude” went out with the Bill and Ted movies.

    Capman911 replied on August 8th, 2008 5:13 pm:

    Felicity I define peace as a time when all things are pleasant and happy and there are no wars. Where everyone gets along together and there is no hostilities among people of different races or countries or even with in your own country like civil wars or unrest. Where you feel that everyone is your friend. :smile:
    Mike

  29. wordfiend on August 7th, 2008 6:43 am

    request- why do we use the word ‘mother’ to refer to something being the biggest or best?

    eg. ‘the mother of all horror films’

  30. stear on August 7th, 2008 6:13 am

    I have been arguing the oringin of the “F” word with co-workers. You seem the best person to ask. They have said it is an ancronym meaning “For Unknown Carnal Knowledge” I have understood it comming from ancient times meaning “Fornication Under Consent of the King”. Can you help? Thanks for your time and your lessons. I too am a word person.
    Sincerely

    tayljim replied on August 7th, 2008 7:45 am:

  31. insertdisc on August 7th, 2008 6:07 am

    Another fabulous lesson Marina!!
    I feel like I’m learning so much from you!

    I have another question for you, and I hope you can help out. In the English language, why do we capitalize the word “I”???

  32. fishercro on August 7th, 2008 5:37 am

    Request: make out

    you are great teacher, bye

  33. whatamack on August 7th, 2008 5:25 am

    Request - “Bob’s Your Uncle”

    Hi, Marina. For years I’ve heard Brits use the phrase “Bob’s your uncle” as some variation of “all set” or “everything’s ok”, or something similar. I’ve never been able to find a definitive meaning and origin for this, so I’d be grateful if you could Investigate. Thanks, my wonderful teacher!

  34. mrchex on August 7th, 2008 5:23 am

    That was a fun one. The thing that most resembles a ukulele is another ukulele! har har. well if have to guess something else and look silly i will say.. a mandolin, or, that instrument Spencer Tracy played in the Academy Award Winning movie Captains Courageous. Whatever that was it was from Portugal as well and is likely as rarely played. Do you know that instrument Marina?

  35. koalabear on August 7th, 2008 4:51 am

    Great video. :smile:
    Love the “black and white” special affects and the family photos.

    koalabear replied on August 7th, 2008 5:28 am:

    Now, was Marina in those photos and how many times? :???:

    koalabear replied on August 7th, 2008 7:49 am:

    Making a photograph look old is called a sepia affect, what’s the equivalent terminology for movies?

  36. ptm368 on August 7th, 2008 4:24 am

    Teacher -
    When I hit this video, I get “Sorry, this video is no longer available, but it still plays (behind a darkened background)… What’s up with that??

  37. James on August 7th, 2008 3:58 am

    Also Marina, I am probably going to start winding you up now, keep pointing out errors, ie tonque,etc etc etc but your front page says

    93,320,317 Total Video Views Total Video Views on YouTube

    sorry please don’t hate me!! :oops:

    koalabear replied on August 7th, 2008 6:13 am:

    Marina’s elves have fixed this. :smile:

  38. James on August 7th, 2008 3:36 am

    Marina you did make me laugh

    Hotforwords decided to go down to the library and get some books for purposes of researchingthis word

    :lol: :lol:

    CaptainJack replied on August 7th, 2008 10:26 am:

    Yea she totally worked out all the details of this lesson.

  39. Bob on August 7th, 2008 3:09 am

    Amazing Marina.
    Amazing Ukulele.
    P.S. Ukulele is pronounced “You cool Lady”. :smile:

    okay4now replied on August 7th, 2008 5:13 am:

    B-Nice cover, for my money that’s better than Ukulele Joe & the Uke Tones’ version.

    Warren replied on August 7th, 2008 7:54 am:

    I heard a way to teach someone how to Yodel ( it came to mind as I read your comment)-

    Knock, knock.
    Who’s there?
    Little old lady.
    Little old lady who?

  40. jdiamond on August 7th, 2008 2:54 am

    Hi Marina :grin:

    Latly i have heard the word ‘Gay’ alot in the wrong sentences used for offending people! Could you explain what the propper meaning is on an upcoming Youtube video?

    People are bound to listen to you. -Jamie :!: :?: :!: :?:

  41. bobguerra on August 7th, 2008 1:52 am

    HI sweetheart
    Im really interestested in knowing where the word social path came from and why it is difficult for a empathic society like yours in russia to combo like: social paths versus a cunning linguist like your self . funny huh:P anyway if this is wierd for you to illustrate or find offensive I only doubt that because i hear russian women are very satirical…sarcastic and funny..then maybe the word empathic and where did that come from….best wishes and pryers to you and your family sincerly
    bobguerra3rd@yahoo.com

  42. sabooru on August 7th, 2008 1:30 am

    lol that’s so dirty!
    “if you were going to give anyone cunning linquist I suppose you’d give a cunnilingus to Hot For Words!”

    Cunnilingus. Oral sexifying of the famale bird. omg the monopoly board is taking over my brain!!!

  43. valorfowler on August 7th, 2008 1:30 am

    hay i have a puzzling phrase and that would be where does “flipping the bird” originate?

    Capman911 replied on August 8th, 2008 5:21 pm:

    I’ll back you up on that one. I asked for that about two vids ago. I also asked her about finger language from other countries and how they evolved. I hope you get your request.
    Mike

  44. becquet on August 7th, 2008 1:17 am

    I have a slightly naughty word for you… The F word… You seem to use it alot when you mess up your words. It is used all the time when something goes wrong but the meaning clearly doesn’t match.

    James replied on August 7th, 2008 3:34 am:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVthSNUBre4

    becquet replied on August 7th, 2008 3:47 am:

    Yes well, its just not the same without miss smarty pants…Marina! Does this guy speak the truth?

    James replied on August 7th, 2008 3:52 am:

    Of course I do. Marina is not likely to do it (the word) anytime soon, so I did!

    school_dean_hot4.u replied on August 7th, 2008 8:14 am:

    Well speak for your self why don’t you.

    James replied on August 7th, 2008 8:22 am:

    Ok then

  45. thecannabisking on August 7th, 2008 1:04 am

    I have a word requst it has puzzled me for years. The origin of the word stoner and also the phrase word to your mother??

  46. originforcarlo on August 7th, 2008 12:53 am

    Hi marina, i was wondering the word origin where did it come from? :?: :grin:

  47. wyo550 on August 6th, 2008 11:45 pm

    Thanks for showing us the photos of your family and also the photos of you as a child.
    No wonder you’re such a sincere and real person.
    Someday, you too will be a nice, little round-faced baboooooooshka

    …some day. Maybe you can marry Hiugh Hefner! He’ll be 100 soon!

  48. jojokerus on August 6th, 2008 11:37 pm

    Gracious and amazingly wonderful godess of entomology, please help me in my quest!

    I am curious about the word “Gaelic” and whether there is a relationship between this word and “Gaul”. It seems that there should be, with Astrix and Obelix and the Celts in Bretagne and Britan and Irish men drinking in pubs.

    By the way, Wikipedia did not help me in this matter. Perhaps you can call on forces more powerful!

  49. 89wheelz89 on August 6th, 2008 11:26 pm

    Marina, i has a word and a phase for you too choose from:

    the is, lollypop

    the is, As right as rain

    Your choice

    Shawn L

  50. smokey36bear on August 6th, 2008 10:17 pm

    Dear Marina,
    I noticed in movies, that take place during the renaissance era, that they say things like “I’ll see you on the morrow”.
    I know this means tomorrow, but when did we add the ‘TO’ to the word morrow?

  51. danielpool52 on August 6th, 2008 9:52 pm

    hi marina how about a penny for your thoughts no OK see you tomorrow :lol: :lol:

    prospero811 replied on August 7th, 2008 11:55 am:

    If they give you a penny for your thoughts, but you have to throw your two cents in …. hey! Somebody’s pocketing a penny!

  52. labbatt78 on August 6th, 2008 9:41 pm

    i have not played the ukulele before.

  53. BillyB on August 6th, 2008 8:43 pm
  54. sniperskaya on August 6th, 2008 8:39 pm

    Marina, if you think the ukelele player was good, check these two out!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm8nbGzN3us

    Sorry, love music! Couldn’t resist!

    BillyB replied on August 6th, 2008 8:52 pm:

    Wonderful stuff, I’m subbed to “candyrat”, so don’t resist lol
    Going to California

  55. sniperskaya on August 6th, 2008 8:33 pm

    Marina, sorry, but I forgot that some time ago a friend sent me this link to a phenomenal ukelele player: Definitely not Arthur Godfrey!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J30S6hkiyU

    danielpool52 replied on August 6th, 2008 8:47 pm:

    you cant get better then that that was good :grin:

    BillyB replied on August 6th, 2008 9:01 pm:

    danielpool52 replied on August 6th, 2008 9:22 pm:

    that was good BILLYB :lol:

  56. Capman911 on August 6th, 2008 8:22 pm

    I think that was a great idea in combining the old with the new and inserting some personal info sort of into this video. I can’t wait for the blue screen. The ventures will be even better. Keep up with the great imagination on making videos. Never a dull moment. :smile:

    CaptainJack replied on August 7th, 2008 2:53 am:

    Funny you said blue screen. Nobody uses them any more. Its green screen now. Blue had many issues that green doesn’t. I used the old blue screen and Adobe Premier in college. Some of the crazy stuff we would do would just make you burst a gut watching. I wish I still had the footage we shot. The things they are doing today with green screens is just a mazing. Hell they are even able to do the same effects without green screens. I should play with screens again. I could use it for a teaching tool on still photos I have.

    Marina replied on August 7th, 2008 7:49 am:

    CaptainJack they still use blue.. it depends on the colors used in the scene.. if a person has blond hair they are supposed to use blue.

    CaptainJack replied on August 7th, 2008 11:33 am:

    Oh your exactly right Marina. Blues seem to bring out flesh tones better because skin and hair is brighter. In your case it shouldn’t matter other than your eyes. Movie industry has made the very bright Green screens work for them probably to make lighting easier and they normally use darker colored props for special effects. Darkness hides a lot of problems. Bright subjects will be easier to key with a blue background. Dark subjects work better against green.
    Also you can pull better chroma keys with Green than Blue. You can use any color you want. I think green screen would work fine for you. If you have both screen you can try them and see which works best for your needs. I’ve seen blonds use green screens with no problems that im aware of. In college my boss had problems with his blonde hair. But we where using 1990’s technology. I don’t see any problems today. Bed sheets are cheap so one can experiment with both.

  57. sniperskaya on August 6th, 2008 8:10 pm

    Marina, check out the charango, a ukelele sized instrument from Peru that has a resonator that is made out of the shell of an armadillo! Could this be where Ovation guitars got the idea for a round back from? If you want to hear it find a CD of Paul Simon with the Peruvian group Machu Picchu, (named after the highest mountain in Peru) on the “Live Rhymin’” album.
    (I was at that concert when it was recorded.)
    Here is a modern version of El Condor Pasa:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpJkDZ9g9z4

  58. cubfan1971 on August 6th, 2008 7:36 pm

    Hello my dear teacher,

    Great video today. Very creative and clever. :) Also, I would like to know the origin of the word ‘Playboy’.

  59. dasoh on August 6th, 2008 7:20 pm

    Its good to see my favorite twins - “Ama” and “Zing”!

  60. davecodave on August 6th, 2008 7:09 pm

    85th !!!!

  61. danielpool52 on August 6th, 2008 7:05 pm

    good one marina 5 * :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: very creatively done good job at the end of the video 4.14 cousin 4.18 you 4.23 you and your mother 4.43 mother 4.53 grand parents mother side 5,02 cousin you and your father 4,28 you and your brother YES :?: :grin:

  62. lcl4 on August 6th, 2008 6:53 pm

    Fire the wardrobe person! :evil:
    An opportunity wasted! :evil:

    A chance to see Marina in a grass skirt dancing the hula on Hot for Words… wasted! :twisted: :mrgreen:

    Love
    Larry

    duke veritas replied on August 7th, 2008 1:40 am:

    Oh Larry… you bring up a good point. However, for EVERY opportunity, there is a cost.

    We had to “pay” the cost of a mere chance see Marina in a grass skirt, BUT we got a rare treat in exchange. :razz: Today, we
    NOT ONLY got to see Marina’s grand sense of silliness and skill as a etymology, we ALSO got to see Marina’s grandmother throughout the lifespan. Remember that this stroll down memory lane included her grandmother’s black lacy teddy phase, which apparently occurred twice in her lifetime :lol:

  63. melikadothechacha on August 6th, 2008 6:47 pm

    Are you guys seeing the little stars under the video?
    I didn’t know what they were for, at first. You can rate
    this video with one easy click and Marina will see it!
    77 comments and 14 votes? If you leave the page
    and come back, you can rate it again! Just sayin’
    Food for thought. And you new guys need to make
    better Gravatars. The computer generated ones
    make it look like your only transients passing by.

    CaptainJack replied on August 6th, 2008 7:44 pm:

    Oh you found the little secret. The rating system does nothing. YouTube lets you import video but you have to go to YT to rate the video. I searched the net for some tool the would import YT rating system to no avail.

    I agree with you about the Gravatars. If someone has been here for a spell should take some time to make themselfs a custom Gravatar. Yea its a bit corny but it helps puts a face on your name so we can identify you people easier.

    melikadothechacha replied on August 6th, 2008 7:51 pm:

    I wasn’t sure…
    Good thing I’ve been going to YT
    hence, my 5 star x 2 posts!
    ok - so the one here is just so
    Marina feels good? I’m down
    for that, too. :mrgreen:
    Thanks, Jack!

    CaptainJack replied on August 6th, 2008 8:22 pm:

    Well maybe. But I remember many people that only visited the site and not YT where asking her where they can rate the video. Im guessing she put the little WP plugin to satisfy those requests.
    Yea its a bummer that all those clicks go to waste. If there was a YT plugin Im sure Miss M would have installed it.
    Funny thing. Even though I know the WP rating plugin is fake I still find myself clicking on it. Am I just odd?

    Capman911 replied on August 6th, 2008 8:42 pm:

    No odder than I am. I click on the stars on every video she makes. Whether they count or not. It makes me feel better for voting for her. You know I wish there was a rewarding system for how long you’ve been a member of the site. Like a different colored star or something next to your gravatar. But the more she adds the more it slows down the system and the more work she would have to do. Try to keep upgrading someones attendance. Just yakking here, probably to myself by now. I’ll settle for my red outline box. I am very happy with it.
    That’s my little reward for being a member here. :smile: :cool: Thank you Marina

    seesixcm6 replied on August 7th, 2008 7:21 am:

    CaptainJack, Please explain! I’ve watched on the HotForWords Channel, instead of YouTube. These HFW ratings don’t count???

    More importantly, do the statistics for number of views improve Marina’s income on the HotForWords site? Or, should I be a viewer on YouTube to help Marina’s advertising income?
    SeesixCM6

    CaptainJack replied on August 7th, 2008 9:53 am:

    seesixcm6, What part did you not understand? Try re-reading and maybe that will answer your first question. :wink:

    I can not answer your second question without violating some contract. Just keep doing what you have been doing. Your doing fine. :mrgreen:

    aLx replied on August 7th, 2008 10:17 am:

    I can not answer your second question without violating some contract.

    you got a contract?

    Marina replied on August 7th, 2008 10:25 am:

    CaptainJack would be killed per his “contract” if he divulged information! :-) (Just kidding)..
    The ratings used to be a big thing at one point on YouTube as the layout of the menu items on the homepage was:
    Most Viewed Videos
    Top Rated Videos
    Latest Videos… etc…

    And the result was that people would first click on the most viewed to see what’s up.. then they would click on the Top Rated.. and if I had a video on the Top Rated page I would get about 500-1000 views an hour The result was that they most viewed pages had higher quality videos.

    NOW… a few months back, someone at YouTube decided to make the menu items alphabetical.. and let me tell you.. I don’t think there is a website on the PLANET that has an alphabetized menu.. but the result is that Tp Rated doesn’t mean as much as most people don’t click on it any more as its all the way to the right.. and the quality of the videos on the most viewed page has come down as a result.

    So rating my videos is not as important as it was.. but it still helps to a certain degree.

    The ratings on the site don’t help at all.. in fact I might remove them right now as they slow down the site significantly.

    CaptainJack replied on August 7th, 2008 11:51 am:

    aLx, No I don’t have a contract with Marina. Im just aware of her contracts with other entities. If I said what I want to say Marina would rip my head off and … well use your imagination.

    CaptainJack replied on August 7th, 2008 11:58 am:

    Marina, My tests have shown its not all the plugins slowing things down but any plugin that is accessing data from other sites that slows things down. For example gravatar & coco. When I block service like that (using adblock plus) your site flies faster than a speeding bullet on my little 1.5 mbps connection. Am I incorrect in this observation?

    Capman911 replied on August 6th, 2008 8:53 pm:

    It will tell you sometimes to only vote once. I have had it do it to me. I voted twice and it scolded me and beat my arse for clicking on it twice. I couldn’t take it back then if I wanted to. Oh well. :!: As far as I know the little stars have always been there on this site too :???:
    Let me tell you about the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees and the moon up above, and a thing called love. Its late and I am sleeply and tired after cutting six acres of grass today. With a 20 inch push mower.Ha. Cha Cha your catching hell tonight sir. I feel like yakking alnight to someone. MI spelling is getting a little slurred so I let you go to bed now. Nite Nite yall. :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz:   :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz:   :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: :smile:

  64. dolphinbite on August 6th, 2008 6:36 pm

    Hi, Marina. Can you investigate why some people say “luke-warm” when they mean warm? Like : “How hot is your coffee? “Luke warm.”
    Thanks

    melikadothechacha replied on August 6th, 2008 6:51 pm:

    Use the Force, dolphinbite :mrgreen
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hshybhpA2ZA

    CaptainJack replied on August 6th, 2008 7:53 pm:

    Thats a good word. It’s roots go back to 1200 hundreds. I don’t see any relationship that Luke is a name nor Warm means a temperature. But your coffee might be “lacking in zeal”. I think it would be proper if Marina looked into this term for you.

  65. socksandviolins on August 6th, 2008 6:15 pm

    I live in Hawaii, and I always hear “ukulele” pronounced as “oo-koo-lay-lay.” I’ve always wondered where the word “Mandolin” came from.
    So, Marina…if those are some of your baby pictures we were looking at, then I guess technically speaking, we’ve now seen you topless???

  66. talynn08 on August 6th, 2008 6:01 pm

    —REQUEST—

    how are you so smart!!!!!! ur amazing!!!! is it okay if i request a word??? i would liketo know why the television is called “The Tube” :???:

    its something that ive always wondered, then when the website “youtube” came out i was like wtf am i tubing?!?!?!?! please hotforwords….why do they call it “The Tube”??

    CaptainJack replied on August 6th, 2008 8:15 pm:

    Oh this is an easy one for me. I learned how to repair TV in high school. Even that most TVs where solid state back then, we had to learn about how Vacuum Tubes worked. I was programing computer chips back then. It seem ridiculous to learn about Vacuum Tubes.
    I remember one morning I was very sleepy (it was my first class of the day) and my finger touched the test probe and 250 volts of DC current went through my body. Oddly enough I was wide a wake the rest of the day.
    Back to your question, sorry. Before LCD TV and Plasma TVs that we see today. TVs (TeleVision) had large glass tube (CRT or Cathode Ray Tube) to generate a picture. Its just a giant vacuum tube that shoots electron beams that make the phosphors glow. This creates a picture. Over time we used slang words to describe a TV. i.e. Boob Tube, electronic baby sitter, picture box, etc. I guess we just brought back the old term of Tube to a new form of watching videos.
    For more informations watch this Tube, I mean TV… No internet video. :roll: :roll: :roll:
    http://www.howstuffworks.com/tv.htm

    I hope that explains it for you. Thanks for asking.

  67. CaptainJack on August 6th, 2008 5:59 pm

    Here’s a little word game I found. Give it a try and tell me what you think.
    See how many of the 100 most common words in the English language you can guess in 5 minutes…

    melikadothechacha replied on August 6th, 2008 7:03 pm:

    That was not so easy!
    I copped 39 and missed
    some really easy ones…
    How did you do, Captain? :mrgreen:

    CaptainJack replied on August 6th, 2008 7:33 pm:

    I sucked. I wasn’t focused and only did like 22. :oops: I was more interested in how many of us would be interesting in playing the little brain game. I found some cool word games we might get Marina to put on the site. :mrgreen: I’m looking into fun word games that should not draw any local server side resources and crash HFW.

    danielpool52 replied on August 6th, 2008 8:19 pm:

    that was fun captainjack only 19 ouch :oops: :oops:

    foxbow15 replied on August 7th, 2008 2:10 am:

    yeah :P lol I got 57 right :razz: And and English isn’t even my first language :grin:

    CaptainJack replied on August 7th, 2008 2:39 am:

    Good job Foxbow. I should try it again. I haven’t really looked at the list yet so I think I would do much better next time. Im not a fast thinker. The clock is a bit intimidating to me. Im more like Albert E. and take my time to solve the worlds greatest problems. :smile: Though over time Im seeing something in words that I have never seen before. Its hard to describe but the best example I can give is like the movie Matrix where they see all that code on the screen and they are able to see what people are doing in the Matrix. To this day I still do not know how to read. All I see is letters that represent pictures that I am able to assemble as a thought.

    foxbow15 replied on August 7th, 2008 3:38 am:

    it’s easy, just pretend you’re writing a letter and you’ll get like 50 at least.
    Are you serious abouth that can’t read all i see is letters thing? sounds realy confusing :sad:

    CaptainJack replied on August 7th, 2008 4:19 am:

    I wasn’t referring to the game. I was just making an observation about they way I see words. Yes, I