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Caesar’s Salad

Is Caesar’s Salad named after Julius Caesar?  Or a Mexican guy?  After eating the salad for years, I decided to finally investigate this!

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  1. nyotia says: 125

    mmmmm Caesar salad munch munch lol. Marina and the hotforprofits girl have such great bodies. I guess those salads would be a big part of the reason why.

  2. leonard says: 124

    Just to let you know this my random lesson—stats are fine–I gotta pick tomatoes, frost came :evil:

    • leonard says: 124.1

      Another random lesson: Love this feature, it makes for more learning of all the great teaching talents, you make of these lessons. Et.Y.Ma*** [Eu.pho.ri.a]…[Ex.cog.i.gate] …[exten.u.ate]…[e-qui-pol-lence]…does this transpose? :grin:

  3. hutchiee says: 123

    Caesar salad does go well with a Corona beer, now I know why :)

    Marina I have a request – in this video, how does your top stay on? It seems to defy gravity and strain a few other laws of physics.

  4. mijj says: 122

    ok .. let’s see what i’ve been missing since my self imposed drought.

    (i didn’t realise i’d missed so many of M’s vids!!)

    • leonard says: 122.1

      How ya been? my random and happy souls day…. :cool: :evil:

      • mijj says: 122.1.1

        hiya! .. long time no see. :grin:

        right now i’m strugglin’ with the idea of creating an anim to go with my (finally) finished song: Skull Island .. pity it ent ready for this inauspicious day.

        so, how’s you then? .. all cylinders firing?

        • Hey mijj,
          I see you sneaking up on us.
          Watch out, M may just want to have a word with you or two.
          How have you been?
          I keep up with your tweets, so that’s good.
          Glad to see you stop by.

          • been fine n dandy, mistah .. trying to get my ass back into gear tho (been far too leisurely recently).

            yeh .. i see your tweets too .. and i notice you n captainjack have a habit of complementing each other on hotness. Very suspicious.

        • :lol: :smile: In the USA, cocaine was sold over-the-counter until 1914. It was widely used in tonics, toothache cures, patent medicines, and chocolate cocaine tablets. Prospective buyers were advised (in the words of pharmaceutical firm Parke-Davis) that cocaine “could make the coward brave, the silent eloquent, and render the sufferer insensitive to pain”.

          When combined with alcohol, it yielded a further potently reinforcing compound, now known to be cocaethylene. Thus cocaine was a popular ingredient in wines, notably Vin Mariani. Coca wine received endorsement from prime-ministers, royalty and even the Pope.
          piercing for decorationhel.lo :???:
          One medical use that was found early in the history of cocaine, and which the drug is still used for today (rarely), is that of a good surface anesthetic. Beginning in the late 1880s surgical procedures using local anesthetics (numbing a specific area to pain) were starting to be used instead of general anesthesia (rendering a person unconscious).

          This was due to experiments that were conducted by William Halstead, using cocaine. William Halstead was one of the four founders of The Johns Hopkins Medical School. He is often referred to as the Father of American Surgery.

          Unfortunately William experimented on himself by injecting cocaine, to see if surgery could be performed using cocaine as a local anesthetic. After experimenting for a time, he became addicted.
          :smile: :cool: I love the British…for mijj

          • wow! .. thanks for that H.S.Thomson vid .. i never thought to search for anything re him on YT. .. that’s a great step forward for my brain.

            ps: “I love the british” .. course you realise that, until the ’70s, LSD was our official currency, don’t you.

  5. SOS Teacher!

    Video Word Request

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLyEdsv0TWc

    Talk Like a Pirate Day is fast ahead!

    http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

    Cheerio

  6. Hi Marina…
    Maybe you should investigate the origin of the word Fajitas…..its not Mexican….!

  7. Hi Marina! This is mexicanyakuza, thanks for investigating the origin of Cesar Salad! Hugs from sunny Mexico!!! I love you! bye…. mexicanyakuza…..

  8. SurfinRI says: 117

    My favorite salad dressing is Rhode Island Dressing, which is a Swedish variation of Thousand Islands Dressing. In fact, the best-selling salad dressing in Sweden is Rhode Island. Yes, it’s true! Just ask any native Swede (not a Swedish-Amercan) and I’m confident that they’ll confirm this fact.

  9. Hey what about smattering :?: Everyone knows what it means but, how did it come about :?: Oh yea, and not to seem pretentious or annoying but, I believe you will find its Iulius Caesar, pronounced “i/ee/ie – u/oo – l – i/ee/ie – u/oo – s _ k – ai/ei/ae/eye – s – a/ah – r” not, “J – oo/ew/y/u – l – i/ee/ie – u/oo – s _s – ie/i/ee – z -uh/e/i – r”, its just unnecessarily erroneous, and for what, national stupidity?

  10. hey what about smattering :?: everyone knows what it means but how did it come about :?:

  11. nighteye says: 114

    But Cesare was himself named after Caesar, so in a way the salad is, too.

  12. vladi says: 112

    Привет Марина,

    (I don’t speak Russian,only English,Deutsch & Bulgarian)
    Can you tell me from where the words “atomic clock”,”sprite ” or maybe “pizza” originated from?
    I would like it if you make a video about my request.
    Thanks and see you at YouTube.

  13. rigo611 says: 111

    hotforwords
    i want to know the origin of the word
    Toilet

  14. Hi Marina and Guys
    Dropping by to catch up with ya’ll
    I guess Mine would be Hidden Valley Ranch. ( made from scratch )
    Are you going to come by my site and say Hi??
    Just click my name .. :) >

  15. candyholic says: 109

    I would like to request a word.
    Now, Helloween’s approaching
    so I’d like to know the origin of the word ” witch”.

  16. Could you please tell me where the phrase “Brass Tax/Tacks” comes from? Thank you

  17. z00f01d says: 107

    Hi. can you do me the word ‘anathema’.
    i think your website and youtube page are great and you present it very well, your English is better than my English, which is bad because i am an Englishman(a scouser) lol.

    thanx 4 ur time and stay perfect

  18. geronimo says: 106

    Marina: Today I am going to a rock, paper, scissor, contest to win a car. It is also called roshambo. Do you know why?

  19. joylight says: 105

    Marina,

    I came across your wonderful website through YouTube, and after watching a few of your posts have become a firm fan. The topics you cover a most instructive and entertaining, and I have to comment that your I find your seemingly relentless assiduity most alluring.
    Keep up the good work in seeking to educate us all. It’s SUCH fun!
    Yours ever
    joylight

  20. labbatt78 says: 104

    i watched a retro Budweiser commercial on my channel. The food I’m not familiar with is a Wasabi. What’s a wasabi?

  21. I would be intrigued to know the meaning of the word ”power,” since it’s such a significant word when it comes to pop culture, the media, government, etc.

  22. devil666 says: 101

    hi, i want to knw the definition / origin of the word ‘EMO’ Please….

    my youtube account is – youtube.com / user / 888Mujahid888

    fanks :idea:

    • buzzword says: 101.2

      contrary to popular opinion, “emo” is the name of an moronic standup comic that was popular in the late 80’s and 90’s, emo phillips. in the u.s. people started calling people who didn’t have a clue, “emo” punks, metal heads, goths and myself used it frequently to describe the kids who were posers and lacked adequate understanding of the counter culture to get true street cred. watch the video you’ll see what i mean. “emo” does not mean emotional.

      • no depressed goth, agitated punk or brooding metal head is going to use “emotional” as an insult. it was never used to describe a type of music that people listen to. i mean really, “hey lets call this music… emotional or emotive music… or just emo!” no, didn’t happen. i mean listen to iggy pop, pigface or motorhead and think, “no no no, not emotional”
        i mean compare emo phillips to my chemical romance you’ll agree. okay, i’m done ranting.

      • BillyB says: 101.2.2

        I don’t have the luxury of multi level replies… so I did reply to you on Karate (A little email tag or nudge would be a nice feature on this site to keep the replys in the right place)
        “panopticon” is a word I’ve never used & may never again. but We here have a prison system that is quite unusual in its security. As a visitor (done this) for an afternoon social visit, I have to first of all, apply & qualify, (paper trail) then on being approved, go through the searches & drug sniffers etc. leave my ID at the front entrance & again pass inspection on the way out. On another occasion (not a planned social) I was amazed how lax the security was. I have a truck that will carry a cord of wood & since the prison is on the waterfrount, driftwood is always available & the inmates cut it up & sell it for firewood. On request of an Inmate I took my truck, uninspected, into the prison acerage & escorted…
        (unescorted once) drove to the beach where the wood was stacked, only one admin staff (no guard)… inmates loaded the wood into the enclosed truck & I drove to the compound entrance & left (uninspected) after signing the documents(even inadvetantly stole a visitor tag once). The wood was for an inmate’s wife, who could of had her husband delivered home by me because they never even looked in the back of the truck on my way out & only once on my way in. I’ve done this three times in a two year period.

      • BillyB says: 101.2.3

        that was wierd, that reply I’m sure I put to aLx???
        Chemikal romance link ended up “not availble in my country” Which song?

    • James says: 101.3

      No thanks.. Too depressing

  23. jetpack says: 100

    bootblack what does it mean il be happy if you tell :roll:

  24. matalexwolf says: 99

    Hi HFW’s,
    Heinz Salad Cream is my fav. not very ambitious I know but is to die for. Have been known to take a jar with me when traveling. Hellmans mayo with tuna mind, is most enjoyable. Anchovies, blaaaah, they wig me out. — PHRASE request please HFW’s, G-sib William celebrated his fifth b-day yesturday; when giving me a slice of his B-day cake he said ‘this is how you get a fat women into bed uncle Mat! peace of cake!’ So un-PC :shock: — So question, how does ‘peace of cake’ come to mean ‘easy’? :???: — he then went on to with ‘what do you call a lesbian dinosaur? Ans: I Like to lick alot of puss’ :shock: — he knows nothing of meaning of lesbian or puss by the way but thinks it was an actual creature that once lived, which made it really funny. Oh the joy they bring. :grin:
    Looking tip top as ever M :smile:

  25. Jeopardize

    This word doesn’t look or sound like any other English word. Where does it come from?

    This is my word request.

    PS: you’re the best.

  26. wetsuit5 says: 97

    @ 3170
    #2 @ 1669
    #3 @ 1217

    Championship Strip Poker anybody?

  27. desertfox says: 96

    Hello my dear teacher, I wolud like to know what does it mean ” pope”.
    Greatins from italy
    Davide

  28. alin4419 says: 95

    Hi!
    I want to know!
    whats the origin of ‘alien’ :?:

  29. julius says: 94

    hi, what does ”bootblack” exactly mean and do people still use that word? best wishes and thank you for being here

  30. years ago i had a friend that ate her salads without dressing…none at all! so i decided to try it, and surprisingly i liked it! nowadays i seldom have dressing on my salads at all – just a sprinking of salt & pepper and i’m good-to-go.

    when i do have dressing on my salads it’s the dressing of my youth – italian, the zestier the better…

  31. alin4419 says: 92

    whats the origin of ‘alien’ :?:

    My youtube channel:
    youtube.com /user/alin4419

  32. franknitti says: 91

    Hi, Marina!! Thanks a lot for new lesson!
    I spended some time in Middle East and I would like to know the origins of name of the one arabic dish “Shaurma”, maybe it will be interesting to other too. Спасибо!

  33. foxbow15 says: 90

    woohooo 18 :mrgreen: now i can legally drive a car…vote and uuh pay a shit load of money on health insurance and other crap :???: great…

  34. Hello:
    Recipe idea:
    Musolini Burrito
    Wheat flour tortilla for wrapping. Beef and turkey strips for the meat portion. Marinara sauce, Pizza cheese and parsley.

  35. I love caesar salads, but NEVER heard of putting anchovies in it… groooooooooss!!!

  36. Marina you are hitting like a heavyweight the vote 3078 :lol: happy for you :lol: :lol: :lol:

  37. James says: 85

    Marina, could we have hyperlinks at the bottom so instead of typing

    we can just click the bit of code we want.
    and it comes up here

    James

  38. James says: 84

    someone subscribed to my favourites. This has not happened to me before. What does it mean

  39. neonburger says: 83

    I remember this being my favorite word for awhile, but I’d like to know the origin of “panopticon

  40. masco82 says: 82

    my favorite dressing is bleu cheese….or bacon fat….hehehe…ok …ive got one that my grand father claims he came up with….i know hes wrong but i cant proove him so…its the phrase “catch 22″ we used to play chess alot together but as he got older and got more shaky hed pick up his pice and lay it toward mine but knock down al the pieces pretty much everywhere….we set them back up the best we remembered and after he made a good move he always told my catch 22….damned if i do and damned if i dont….hehehe…funny how he always knew where to put my pieces but when i questioned his….catch 22…damned if you do and damned if you dont….hehehehe god rest his soul….but i know hes not gonna rest

  41. animefreak says: 81

    whats the origin of ‘Hate’ ?

  42. james25 says: 80

    Wierd kinda like the toilet not invented by Crapper guy.

  43. levisan says: 79

    hi Marina… i got a word… it’s bug, it’s used in software development. i heard it comes from the Mark II computer when a real bug, inside the system, caused an malfunction… but i don’t trust the source… so, thx, have a nice day :)

    • The term “Bug” was used within the computing industry as a shortened form of the word “debugging”. An activity performed by the electrical engineers to remove dead insects from the vacuum tube circuitry which constituted the machines inner workings, who had crawled there, that is the pests not the engineers, to get warm and electrocuted themselves. Their dead bodies would continue to short the circuits until they were removed. The machines where built in unheated environments. If this wasn’t done the machines did very poorly in arithmetic and insisted that one plus one equaled three.
      To find out more use this phrase “History of the Word Debugging”.

  44. kingramzo says: 78

    the origin of the homework

  45. OK I got a word for you to find out about. It is “gasoline”. I only know that Rockafeller would dump it in the river at night. It was a bi-product of kerosine. Kind of like carbon is to humans. I was curious if you could figure out were the word came from.

  46. lofkc says: 76

    Ranch Dressing for me. still curious about natural hair color. Have a great day.

  47. oracle7 says: 75

    My favorite dressing is ranch mixed with buffalo sauce.

  48. Chemikal says: 74

    Wow.. after another night lost reading up for my exams, today after I passed even the last one… I checked my e-mail, and found the HWF new video alert.
    Oh, I said… that’s cool, let’s see what Marina cooked up this time… Caesar’s Salad, yum.
    And before I knew it, I was smiling blissfully towards my monitor, forgetting all of the hard times and the fatigue accumulated during my examination period.
    I couldn’t have received a better reward today!
    Thank you, Marina!

  49. leonard says: 73

    Potato salads are good food and the best is German style potato salad. Dressing naked is barely serviced. Anchovie paste added :grin:

  50. abdulaziz says: 72

    hi marina :smile: ,

    could you please give us the origin of the word ((banana)) :wink:

    thanks very much.

  51. hoodster says: 71

    Hey Marina!!

    I have a word request (actually, a phrase request):

    Why is a baby shower called a baby shower?

    I mean, at a baby shower, it doesn’t rain babies…so why s it called this?

    Thanks for taking this into consideration!

    Hoodster

  52. protac6 says: 69

    I’ve noticed there’s no Marina this whole thread. OH NO! WHERE CAN SHE BE?! :cry:

  53. Lately I’ve been leaning more towards something fruity with a bit acidity. So my current dressing of choice is Raspberry Vinaigrette.

  54. mijj says: 67

    ok .. another salad based limerick spark .. any takers?

    To make a salad requires lots of luck …

  55. zfranciose says: 66

    i would love to know the origin of the word
    “graffiti”
    great video btw.

  56. protac6 says: 65

    Anyone here from the bay area?

  57. A #1 video, Marina – 5 stars, total yummy hotnesssss…. :mrgreen:

    Homework -
    Mixed green salad including broccoli, lettuce, cauliflower,
    carrots, bean sprouts, cherry tomatoes, iceberg and
    Romaine lettuce, grated cheese and croutons, topped
    with Hidden Valley Ranch Original House dressing.
    When’s lunch? :smile:

    • mijj says: 64.1

      i’m going to avoid watching the Marina vids for a few days…

      My brain overloaded on the allure: hallucinations, rapture and delusions were induced. While very useful for creativity, it’s very emotionally draining. Time to reset Marina back to being merely an attractive, pleasant person.

      • mijj, your sucking too deep on the hookah.

      • i never said what was in your hookah, that’s your business. now stop moving around damn you! i can get your replies.

      • mijj says: 64.1.3

        oh .. well … this reply business is confusing .. i know i have a reply because i get an email saying i got a reply in my post, and i get a link which takes me there.

        so .. i assumed it’s the same for you .. but … i suspect not!

        anyhoo .. i use Clary Sage oil too .. and i double checked : .. it includes:

        aphrodisiac, euphoric

        all the other stuff i mess with does weird stuff with brain activity too .. and increases sensitivity to the effects of the oils.

      • you got any links i could follow up on regarding this oily issue?

      • BillyB says: 64.1.5

        Alright, who’s going to put odds on how many day’s mijj can go without… ah, watching a vid.We got polling on the website, can we get some online betting action?

      • mijj says: 64.1.6

        yeh .. buzzy .. the oils .. i’m going to look around and see if i can dig out a few refs that do more than just give shopping info.

        lol, BillyB .. my vid viewing (in conjunction with my legal chemical experiments) involving Marina induced a state of mind conducive to my studies of the occult which are of the purest, most moral and craziest variety and not about mundane physical … erm …

        anyway :oops: my aim is to be able to watch a Marina vid and think “gosh! what she said about that word is interesting” .. and not fall victim to the heart stopping allure of her charisma.

      • mijj says: 64.1.7

        while i’m checking round, buzzwords … here’s some thoughts …

        when i check out these oils, i basically check for the claimed influences they have and not bother if the claims are backed up with hard evidence …

        … these things arent dangerous, and the point is to get benefit from them, rather than conduct a scientific study. So, bearing in mind the effects are subtle, i just use them and if i feel somthing’s benefitial in anyway, even if it’s just a nice smell, then i hang onto it.

        The mix i use most frequently is:
        Frankincense
        Clary Sage
        Ylang Ylang

        i use these if i want to get into a spacy and penetrating study mode .. it also induces (for me) a very (in the child’s sense) christmassy feel.

        I use a mix of
        Spearmint
        Peppermint
        .. if i feel a bit stuffy or fluish, etc.
        … these are also good if you want your landlady to believe your flat is clean and tidy without going to all the bother of actually cleaning or tidying.

        Estate Agents (Realtors) also use a particular essential oil for homes they’re trying to sell. I can’t remember which one, though. Makes people feel like they’ve walked into a fresh bright roomy house, etc.

      • BillyB says: 64.1.8

        Buzz mentions above “My chemical romance”…be careful, I don’t mix any chemical or natural stimulants & tried to quit (viewing) once… thought I was a “free will” guy… swinging a little more “determainist” lately…’til I decide to swing back.

      • mijj says: 64.1.9

        good thinking, BillyB

        … really, the chemicals i’m dealing with are not powerful illegal type substances or even much in the way of stimulants .. merely enhancers and aids to concentration.

        I’m not going for a high via chemicals or other external means, i’m merely clearing the channels.

        i found that considering and getting my head around the reality of the occult creates a massively ethereal and otherworldly sense of being – which of course, means i’m crazy. :)

        My background (long ago before university) included the regular use of powerful chemicals – i’ve found the state of mind induced by controlled perception is far superior to any state of mind induced by chemicals. Mainly, i guess, because it has the sense of presence and super-reality.

        My sense of enchantment, etc with Marina while in that state revealed to me meanings in what i was examining that would otherwise be merely a collection of words. However.. on reflection … i guess this is creepy because she’s a woman presenting vids about words – she’s not expecting to be in the role of a high priestess who’s the spiritual force which is the complementary half of a fanciful chivalric quest to uncover the secrets of the occluded universe.

        :oops:

      • mijj says: 64.1.10

        … erm .. so basically, i’m trying to show some respect by trying not to be enchanted.

      • Warren says: 64.1.11

        Hello mijj,
        How is/was your rehabilitation? Did you get the shakes? Did you quit cold turkey or find a substitute? I agree with you that every once in awhile we need to reboot our system or we overload ourselves with Marina’s sight(site) and interesting lessons. But like any other addiction it’s difficult to stay on the wagon. Right now I’m trying to catch up on all of my newsletters and e-mails and yet I stop by here and get distracted by all of the interesting comments and links. I’m catching up again since I’ve been too busy with work. I was stuck out of town twice this week and now it’s my saturday and this is what I call relaxing.

      • mijj says: 64.1.12

        it was a tuff rehabilitation, Warren. If she didn’t have a brain she’d be easy to cope with. If she didn’t have a bod, she’d be easy to cope with. If she didn’t have wit, she’d be easy to cope with. But all those together is too intense for me.

        However .. i found a weakness in the mix. She actually chose (and was not forced by circumstance) to live in California in the shadow of the showbiz empire. No reason why she wouldnt want to do that .. but it’s a character aspect that doesnt ring for me .. so .. whew!! – i can hang onto that in times of peril!

        anyway .. it’s relatively easy now i don’t watch the vids.

        I come to this site cos i like the material Marina sets up and i like the banter.

        and .. i have to admit .. i get a delicious zing when M replies to a post – and that keeps my plate spinning. :)

  58. mijj says: 63

    oops .. try again …

    There once was a salad named “Caeser” …

  59. kayayetee says: 62

    Excuse me, but I was always wondering where the slang Knockers comes from.

  60. CaptainJack says: 61

    Why do people say I’ll take care of it shortly but never say I’ll take care of it longly? :shock: :grin:

  61. hungryluis says: 60

    ranch dressing is the best

  62. CaptainJack says: 59

    My friend Eddie Garcia used to call me the salad man because I would eat salads often. I don’t use any dressing. I think it takes away from the flavor of the fresh veggies. If I do feel like a dressing I use just some sort of olive oil and a fancy vinegar. When I make a salad its big, and I mean big. I fill up an entire dinner plate to the point the veggies are falling off. My salads are so colorful I sometime have to take a pictures of them.
    Here’s one for example.
    Wow I just posted this photo and I already have one comment on it for a list of ingredients. Heck I don’t remember. I just grab and dash. :mrgreen:

  63. misscupcake says: 58

    i once experienced a phase where i could only eat ceasar salad when i ate out. i dont eat out often but during that time i ate ALOT of caesar salad. its interesting to see how differently it can be made by different cafes and resaurants etc.

    maybe i only care about the production cos i work in the food industry tho. hehe.

    hey marina what about briefs versus jocks? where did the word jock come from when describing mens underpants AND the sporty guys from america!

    we dont use the term jock here in australia (for sporty guy)

    OMG i forgot to put some smilies throughout the comment so here is a great influx:

    (in order of most to least favouritist)
    :oops: :mrgreen: :grin: :cool: :shock: :neutral: :wink: :sad: :???: :razz: :!: :sad: :lol: :mad: :eek: :idea: :evil: :twisted: :roll:

    the rolling eyes one is so mean, so i hate it. :mrgreen:

  64. jnaples says: 57

    Russian dressing is OK too. I’m a ranch kind of guy. I’d like to pass on the raw egg and anchovies please….

  65. BillyB says: 56

    Caesar Salad, the best… must use fork, never added the anchoves?
    Love the way my wife makes the dressing, anybody that partakes, comes back for more, but sits alone for awhile.

  66. toptank11 says: 55

    My Dear Teacher,

    Could you please explain to me the origins of the word ‘varsity’.

    Thank you.

    Your constantly improving student,

    Toptank1.

  67. fianchetto1 says: 54

    My Dear Teacher,

    I am pretty new to this site, but see immediately that you are doing a tremendously wonderful job, and in a way that is so beautifully and uniquely YOU! Please don’t stop :-)

    I have viewed many of the videos, and noticed that many have a severe discussion of slang/profanity – to use it or refrain, and many of my fellow students type something followed by the question, “Is that a word?”

    Well, I have found for you a lexicographer who has an interesting set of ideas about words, and dictionaries, and wish to share her views with you and all my fellow students. I know you have a poll set up on the matter, but would like to have some feedback, particularly from you, but from anyone who wishes to put their two cents in.

    Anyway, here’s the link to Erin’s 16 minutes of fame:-)

    http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary.html

    Enjoy, and please tell me what you, Dear Teacher, and you all, fellow students think of the matter. Enjoy!

    Ciao,
    Fianchetto1

  68. 2utoday says: 53

    :mrgreen: My favorite dressing is “oil and vinegar” because I’m lactose intolerant and I avoid any dressing with dairy products. By the way,why don’t you find out the origin of lactose and how it affects the foods we eat.

  69. hi marina,

    I would like to request “corny” as in when someone says something awkard and it is refered to as corny. Why? Something to do with corn?

    Thnx

  70. michael1171 says: 51

    I would like to request “going nuts”

  71. supersteve says: 50

    I like Thousand Island, but I only eat a couple hundred at one sitting.

  72. dusmar says: 49

    :grin: There’s a word that I’ve never had told to me because I’m awful at blackjack, winner winner chicken dinner. What does chicken dinners have to do with blackjack?

  73. leon2as says: 48

    Yup, why it’s called “Hollywood”, the origin o that word, and i want to know too the origin of the word “origin” hahahaha

    • Young Brits talking about the lasses:
      “So. Do you think Molly would?”
      “Golly, no!”
      “What about Dolly?”
      “Maybe with a collie…”
      “What about Polly?”
      “Golly, no! But methinks Holly would!”
      “Jolly good!”

  74. lmv says: 47

    Hi Marina!

    I’ve recently watched the shout out video about ‘holy cow’. The word holy reminded me about a famous place: Hollywood. Why is it called hollywood? Were there any sacred trees or something?

    I’m curious about the word, so plz tell us its origin. I hope to see u in the next “Hollywood” video :mrgreen: (and to be next teacher’s pet if possible :lol: )

    Bye!

  75. my favorite dressing is ranch.
    this is completely random but what is the orgin of the word”blogana” (don’t know if its spelled right.)
    it seems like the weirdest name for a meat.

  76. monsoon says: 45

    My favorite is blue cheese dressing. What is the origin of “BLUE CHEESE” any way? Its not actully blue, so why is it called that?

    • foxbow15 says: 45.1

      it’s kinda blue -.- they could also have said purplely green blueish cheese :???: i’d go with just blue….

    • yomero says: 45.2

      It’s the mold, :shock: :shock: rotting fungi. :eek: :eek:

    • mijj says: 45.3

      speaking of cheese …

      Casu Marzu may be the most revolting cheese in the entire Orion spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

      ref: [Casu Marzu]

      To make, you start with pieces of Pecorino Sardo cheese. You set the cheese out in the open, uncovered, and allow cheese flies (scientific name “Piophila casei”) to lay eggs in the cheese.

      The eggs hatch into transparent white maggots about 1/3 inch (8 mm) long. Sometimes, instead of waiting for the flies to lay eggs, the maggots are introduced into the cheese at the maggot stage to speed the process along.

      Some people wear eye protection when eating the cheese, because the maggots can jump up to 6 inches (15 cm.) Some remove the maggots before eating the cheese, most people do not. They just focus on eating the cheese.

      The maggots can be forced out by sealing the cheese in a bag, suffocating them. You’ll hear the worms hitting the side of the bag as they jump out of the cheese, looking for air.

      However, it should be noted: the above website uses frames, and so should be treated with suspicion.

  77. animalntaz says: 44

    When I was a kid, it use to be Thousand Island. But when I got older, I changed to French. And now a days I get bored with French dressing, that I switch to Italian. I use to like Caesar dressing, in salads and certain sandwiches, but I don’t care much for it as I use to.

  78. mijj says: 43

    why is it that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but a man’s best friend is his dog?

    What’s going on here? .. what’s the deal?

  79. Hello Hot For Words, I would like to request that you make a video about the word sarcasm. I use sarcasm all the time but now I want to kno what sarcasm actually means… Thank You ~I Love Russian Men~

  80. sirmau says: 41

    1) smoking hot
    2) Marina

    ps; enjoy all yur videos… educational indeed

  81. prospero811 says: 40

    Homework: Caesar’s salads are the best. So, Caesar dressing rules.

  82. sanjori says: 39

    Nice lesson! But what about the origin of the word “marijuana”?

  83. yomero says: 38

    Soup and Salad with buttermilk dressing for me.

    Teach, is the Stone Soup Story Russian in origin. The way I heard it was about Russian soldiers :?: :???: :smile: :wink: :cool: :grin:

  84. b-meister says: 37

    I really like chicken caesar salad, but usually I prefer Italian dressing.

  85. narleynina says: 36

    I would like to know the origin of the phrase “straight from the horses mouth” Why is it a horses mouth?

  86. Homework:
    Blue cheese
    French
    Caesar
    Luna (a dressing we make at work)

  87. levisan says: 34

    ranch for me… but i’m not a salad fan… in fact, a bottle is a 2-month old in fridge

  88. protac6 says: 33

    By the way, who felt the earthquake last night? 4.1 I think. :shock:

  89. protac6 says: 32

    Homework: 1000 Island dressing or Italian dressing. Good flavor

    Marina, I say you do one of your videos like how the video looks when you announce the teachers pet. and SOMEBODY is revealing today. :wink:

    Keep up the good work Miss Marina!
    Matthew

    Oh yeah, can I be the next teacher’s pet pleaseeee! :cry:

  90. cufan71 says: 31

    Since it is hurricane season, what the origins for the words hurricane and typhoon? Typhoons used to be storms in the Pacific now they are called hurricanes. :?:

    • cufan71 says: 31.1

      :oops: I ment to say: What are the origins for the words hurricane and typhoon?

    • “Hurricane” is a more generic term. It can apply either to typhoons (which appear in the Pacific area) or to cyclones (which appear in the Atlantic Area). We have the same distinction in France with the words “ouragan” (hurricane), “typhon” (typhoon) and “cyclone”.

      • cufan71 says: 31.2.1

        Interesting info celebornmars! Pleased to meet you! Where I am from we call cyclones, tornados. While hurricanes can spawn tornados they are not the same thing. Hurricanes can last for hours even days! Tornados, however last for just a few mintues, and strike without warning! word requests cyclone and tornado

  91. protac6 says: 30

    What time was this put up?

  92. chevolay says: 29

    In my house some salad dressing are so old the label is in Aramaic, (drum roll, hit the cymbal). :roll: :roll: :grin: The ones most rotated are Ken’s Stake House Ranch and Blue Cheese.
    OK now back to my BBQ. Luego :cool: :smile:

  93. semalf says: 28

    marina

    i was listening to your maxim radio session where you spoke of poon…
    and i was wondering, would this word be related in anyway to the word “harpoon”?
    —>

  94. My favorite dressing to use at home is medium strength red salsa or green salsa. After all, the translation of salsa is “sauce,” and it’s a lot healthier than most dressings.

    My favorite dressing when I eat out is Peanut Dressing, which can be found in Thai Bistros. It’s light and tasty.

    Interesting to note, besides mountains, oceans, and forest, my favorite thing to see is a woman in a dress. So, you could say that I like women dress-ing, meaning when they wear dresses :wink:
    Yeah, the etymology doesn’t actually work there, but it’s a mystery & sounds funny :razz:

    • Capman911 says: 26.1

      If she does that would be cool. I think at one time she was going to let someone use a moving gravatar. :wink:

    • That’s funny I was just downloading that animated gif to put on my website. Its a shadow of the fourth dimension. Its a good example of what the 4 dimension might look like if we could see it. String theory predicts that there are 11 dimensions of movement. For more information check out “The Elegant Universe” You can watch the whole show online. It’s 3 hours long so take your time. Its a lot of information to absorb and to wrap your mind around. If the theory of strings is true then what we know of the of the universe amounts to a pin on top of an ice burg. :shock:

      • James says: 26.3.1

        Our theroies are melting :?: :lol:

      • No, not really. We are looking for a better theory that would explain how the universe works. Our current theories are in conflict. Einstein theory of the things very large and Bohr theory of the very small are in conflict. When you try to combine them into one ultimate theory of everything, they tend to break down. The numbers are nonsense. We need to find a new theory that can explain it all. String theory might be the one. The problem with string theory is that is has not made one prediction on how our universe works. Something is very interesting about it is the math of string theory is starting to make sense. The formulas are working. The holly grail in science right now it finding this theory of everything. It will dwarf landing on Mars!

    • Any town in Iceland is an ice burg.

  95. seesixcm6 says: 25

    красивейшая Marina, You look so good and beautiful in that strapless dress with leaves on top. I guess you went out on Friday night, so there was no update then. The Los Angeles Philharmonic played Tchaikovsky at the Hollywood bowl, too.
    What? There’s homework? Well, Kraft has a “Light Done Right Thousand Island dressing”, an Wishbone has a “Just 2 Good Ranch Dressing.” I’m not as thin as you, so I must use low-calorie salad dressings. Your Американский студент, seesixcm6

  96. ibm6789 says: 24

    ranch is my favorite :D and, I have been wondering, what is the proper way to pronounce “W”. double-u? dubba-u? and, why is it not “double-v” or something like that…. :???:

  97. Capman911 says: 23

    I like Ranch dressing on my salads, hot wings, pizza, fried chicken, and veggie trays.

  98. Prievyet (phontically spelt) Marina, kakdila/kaksila(whichever), I would like to know about America’s warping of ’till then, Generic, English words, eg; ‘mum’ becoming ‘mom’ from mother, or ‘colour’ becoming ‘color’ exactly like Spanish(different cases)? I have heard the vague story of a American protests of Britain, but i find it unfathomable, and thus questionable, as to why they would degenerate and contort their OWN language to abuse Brits (whom, if anything, would mock them for it as a sign of linguistic incompetents, and general idiocy(not a slite on you)?

  99. thxeleven38 says: 21

    Dear Teacher:

    My homework:

    Favorite salad dressing is Russian otherwise I like them naked, wet with virgin olive oil and freshly torn.

    Do Russian’s have an American dressing? Don’t say it’s blue genes.

    Get away from Koby.

    P.S. When are you going to get to those waiting double ” u” s video?

  100. mijj says: 20

    long shot: I don’t suppose anyone in here has used a MIDI guitar, have they?

    • Capman911 says: 20.1

      I just Googled them and they are expensive. Do you plan to start playing one?

      • mijj says: 20.1.1

        i used to play guitar – but i had ideas beyond my abilities. So .. i got them down on tape before i finally abandoned it.

        A little while ago i doodled around with a software music program (FL studio) using a MIDI keyboard.

        But only a few days ago i realised that MIDI guitars must exist .. and sure enough .. there they are.

        But – it’s a totally cloudy area to me .. i have no idea what kind of money you should expect to pay for what kind of capability.

        I wont be using it for live play .. just to play the stuff i saved into the software and doodle round wiht it there. (and compensate for my crap technical abilities)

        (here’s hoping the above makes sense cos i cant be bothered to look it through and edit it)

      • mijj says: 20.1.2

        there’s a cheap one in amazon [here]

        … but .. one comment says it’s great, another says it’s crap .. and there’s no tech info – and even if there was, i prob wouldnt be able to make a value judgement.

        so .. what i need is someone with personal experience to say ..

        cheap ones are pretty much as good as expensive ones. they all do pretty much what you need.

        or

        for god’s sake … keep away from the cheap crap. The quality of the signal processing … etc etc.

        anyway .. i thought i’d ask .. you never know.

        I guess i should scour the net for a midi guitar forum.

      • mijj says: 20.1.3

        oops .. that one’s a USB guitar .. i guess it’s just a way of getting the analogue elec pickup info into the pc.

        d’oh

      • mijj says: 20.2.1

        well .. you know music software you can have on your pc?

        well .. they can take “midi” control signals to control the insturments and so forth in the program (as well as the fake keyboard you’d get inside the program).

        so the midi interface is similar to a USB interface, but dedicated to musical signals .. so they carry pitch and velocity (for volume) and so forth.

        So .. i was looking for a guitar that would send those signals into my pc for the program … only .. it seems the best way to do that is with a bit f electronics that clips over the strings of a normal guitar and then sends info to a converter to midi and then into the pc.

      • protac6 says: 20.2.2

        Oh I see, i use keyboards for my computer to make beats.

  101. sniperskaya says: 19

    Marina, Mexicans speak Spanish (or a derivation thereof) which is a Romantic language, so the name Ceasar/Cesare is from a Latin based language. Makes sense.
    Julias Caesar also gave us the term “C-Section” for a Caesarian operation, which may or may not come in handy for you later in your life. Sure beats an episiotomy!
    My favorite dressing (those rare times I eat a salad – rabbit food UGH!) is oil and Basalmic vinegar.
    Is “Russian Dressing” really Russian, Marina? What do Russians put on their salads? American dressing? Or Vodka? Just curious….

  102. I once tried “Republican Ranch” dressing, but only ONCE. I poured it on my salad, and it drained all the life out of my vegetables.

  103. mijj says: 17

    Oops! :oops:

    [tiny little letters]’scuse me .. i just farted.[/tiny little letters]