“Rock and Rye” is the name of two distinct beverages: a citrus fruit flavored whiskey-based liqueur made from American rye bottled with a bit of rock candy (crystallized sugar); and a toddy made with rye whiskey, bitters, and rock candy.Rye is highly susceptible to the ergot fungus. Consumption of ergot-infected rye by humans and animals results in a serious medical condition known as ergotism. Ergotism can cause both physical and mental harm, including convulsions, miscarriage, necrosis of digits, and hallucinations. Historically, damp northern countries that have depended on rye as a staple crop were subject to periodic epidemics of this condition. There have been “occurrence[s] of ergotism with periods where there were high incidents of people persecuted for being witches. Emphasis was placed on the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts in 1692, where there was a sudden rise in the number of people accused of being witches, but earlier examples were taken from Europe, as well”.. Ergot of Rye: History….I thought, one time I read, that rye is where — [whYsHY--w-h-i-s-k-e-y] is [spelt] from??? I’m only driving at half-ass—
Pliny the Elder was dismissive of rye, writing that it “is a very poor food and only serves to avert starvation” and spelt is mixed into it “to mitigate its bitter taste, and even then is most unpleasant to the stomach” (N.H. 18.40).
…God Bless RYE…Pliny the Elder reported that the Gauls and Iberians used the foam skimmed from beer to produce “a lighter kind of bread than other peoples.” Parts of the ancient world that drank wine instead of beer used a paste composed of grape juice and flour that was allowed to begin fermenting, or wheat bran steeped in wine, as a source for yeast. The most common source of leavening, however, was to retain a piece of dough from the previous day to use as a form of sourdough starter.
Нет, ну мне нравится этот проект,… когда простая учительница Русского языка и литературы объясняет басурманам на их же басурманском языке происхождение их слов.
…как сейчас помню свои уроки русского языка 4-го, 5-го, и 6-го, классов , когда наша учительница делала тоже самое для нас. Спасибо Вам мои учителя! (((что мы не выросли пиндосами)))
Coincidentally, the Scandinavians have a liquor called aquavit>, a caraway seed flavored version of schnapps whose name comes from the Latin aqua vitae. which means water of life, or living water. Kewl.
…whats written at the bottom of an Irish whiskey bottle? — “Open other end” – Whats written on the top of an Irish whiskey bottle? – “See other end for instructions.”
I don’t drink. But that’s something; another fond name for what some people might consider a drug of choice. (these aren’t necessarily my views but I’m just saying)
Teacher SWEET, Yes I do drink whiskey , I like it striaght up, or in the fall and winter when it has become chilly out I’ll mix it with hot water like tea UM! thats gooood To tell the truth don’t care how it’s spelled as long as it’s “smooth’
JonX0X0X0
i used to love Southern Comfort when i was but a lad.
… until one day, me and a mate went on a huge binge. We got blind drunk on the stuff and went into a cafe for something to eat. He disappeared into the toilets. … some time later the manager came up to me and asked me to help carry him out. He’d thrown up all over himself and passed out into a pool of Southern Comfort stinking vomit on the floor.
so .. anyway .. after the experience of carrying this lump out i’ve never been able to take the smell of Southern Comfort without gagging.
When I was at a distillery in Scotland they recommended adding 1 to 2 teaspoons of water to the whisky which seems to release or “open” up the whisky. I guess they’re right because they converted me to a scotch drinker.
Every one
Click on one or two of Marinas google ads for whiskey products.
Let google know we are here. So shop and help out Marinas ad ranking. When you ready to click out of her site, click on an ad first,
its like leaving a tip.
Hi Hot for words i love your videos, there are very intreresting. I like Whiskie on the rocks, old pard es my favorite. i like to know the origen of (@) I reed that it’s original fron the arabes and the used to representa the 5th pat of a 1/4 it’s that tue i’d like for you to tell me. much kisses and thanks bye.
I’m curious about the word “DEFENESTRATE”. from Calvin and Hobbes:
“The monster, in his consternation, demonstrates defenestration,
And runs and runs and runs and runs away.”
Defenestration means throwing a person or thing out a window. Where does this come from?? i’m pretty sure it might have something to do with “fenestra” (window in latin)…. but to throw someone out a window?
Your hypothesis is plausible. The word “défenestration” exists in French (with the same meaning). It comes from “fenêtre” (old French form “fenestre”), meaning “window”.
I wanted to know the origins of the word diet. We see it as a nasty little word equalling calorie reduction when we all are on a diet, although some healthier than others.
Thanks, Chris.
Because in a short while, the tortoise will miraculously transform into my next meal? (as well as a handy container for catching fresh water or a digging tool for a well)!
perhaps even giving me enough energy to snare one of the vultures using the inedible parts as bait… I think I heard someone say that vultures taste a lot like chicken…
A. sand dunes are difficult terrain, and the turtle rolled onto its back in a failed attempt to negotiate the terrain
B. It’s already dead, else it would probably be able to right itself, barring some obstacle preventing it from doing so
C. As Stokes suggests, it’s a booby trap.
I pick A. or B. 2/3 probability that I’m gonna get some food is good enough for me. If I suspect a booby trap, I might still get my meal with a long enough stick…
Your in the desert and you see a tortoise lying on his back in the hot sun. Why aren’t you helping him?
Why??……….Because.. I am a Republican and I just love to watch slow whited helpless animals suffer. And the sooner everything is dead and the earth is uninhabitable the better
Hi Marina. I’m a big fan of Blizzard Entertainment’s ‘Diablo’ series of video games, and since Diablo 3 was recently announced, I was wondering if you would do a video on the word Devil and Diablo and all those different names we have for ‘Old Scratch’ . please, pretty please? I’ll give you my soul, oops wait, I already promised it to Blizzard for the first copy of Diablo 3. I guess my heart will have to do.
I’ve only been there a couple of times, but haven’t put much effort to learning to use it. Seems like an extra step to me. Perhaps someday I’ll explore it and determine if it has functionality for me, but until then, I’ve just been pretty much ignoring it. Similarly, I no longer normally view the HFW posts on YouTube, but for a different set of reasons:
1. The same vids are posted here.
2. There are no huge comments here that redirect to porn sites here.
3. The individuals here seem to have higher I.Q.s and a certainly higher degree of breeding, as evidenced by the vast majority of the posts.
4. The whole atmosphere here is generally a much more positive one than at YouTube. That is, I see very few pointlessly disparaging comments here – neither towards Our Dear Teacher nor toward other members, while I see many such postings at YouTube.
5. HERE is where Our Dear Teacher looks for word requests, not at YouTube.
I guess it boils down to the fact that we all come here to see the latest vids (initially), but, I stay here, REALLY for YOU ALL, my fellow students. While Marina makes the vids, and provides the forum, it is really US (or should I say WE) that make up the site.
Thanks to you all for making me feel a welcome part of the HFW community
Welcome aboard! Always good to see someone
interested in word origins come aboard with a
word request I got grazed once,
and it knocked me for a loop! The computer
generated Gravatar will do for now, but you
will probably want to get a graphic or picture
so your friends can find your comments faster.
Check out the pull down menus at the top of
the page for some neat downloadable stuff
Saw that one guy ask for head over heels. Have heard an earlier version of that, “appetitte over tincup!” not used today unless ya find an old geezer or young etymologist or philologist.
I’m gonna go to work 6 days in a row for 12 to 15 hours a day(is that even legal for an 18 yr old ) so i won’t be on for 6 days at least… just in case ANYone would wonder….. so yeah….ima gonna go to bed now, bye people
I have 2 more word requests for you. First, the word “strapping”. Why are goodlooking young men referred to as strapping young lads?
Second, meaning much the same, the word “handsome”. Does that have anything to do with hands?
Overnight, this question occured to me. For treating Kobe to a balloon ride, will PETA send their naked girls, like Alicia Silverstone or Amanda Beard, after you? If they do, can I watch?
seesixcm6
Love to think Kobe managed to take off…Cobe 189 ready for launch. Hope you gave Kobe enough nibbles for the long journey M Camcorder too so we get to see the adventure
Never new Whisky had another way of spelling… JD and coke is the go when on travels or holidays. Otherwise, Bushmills with water session. Mixed with egg sarnies before the postman or milkman arrive at sunrise – always with fine company, never alone, with out too much to do the following day, so havn’t been on it for ages
Have you covered the Gin crises in London Marina? Why do regular Gin drinkers always seem so fed up as well?
Naa, can’t be? Thought I just saw Kobe flying over head…looked happy mind
I selected “Men’s Dictionary” thinking that can’t be a very long volume, barely advanced from grunts. Marina has us figured out. Come on Marina! Are we that easy to understand? I’m going back to grunts, or oinks.
Hi Mike, regarding the Flyff ad… it’s not there now. It was interesting to see me mention flying and there was this large very colorful ad. The ad was just below the Wiskey video and was the same size. When clicking on the ad it took me to the following site. The ad on the HFW Home page was similar to the lower left quarter of this link. http://flyff.gpotato.com/ad/
Thanks, Capman, I just tried again and the comment input screen did appear. I have had problems in the past, though. For some reason, when I sign in to past videos, I notice a message stating that I am not signed in, but when I go to the most recent video, I am signed in. Oh well, all is okay now.
Thanks again, Capman911. You were right, the refresh button cured my ills. Oh, the marvels of high tech computer technology. I was lucky twice, today. I received an offer to claim 800,000 British pounds from a west African organization for only 200 British pounds. Who needs the lottery?
I found out when that happens to me on the login logout thingy if I go to another video and it says I am logged out I refresh the screen and it will tell me I am logged in then. Maybe it will work for you.
I used to get those all the time about if you send me money I have a gozillion dollars I will send you from a dead statesman that has no heirs. Yea. He’s going to send me that much money just to get it out of another country.
Could I please get the origin of the word practise. . and also. . if possible an explanation of why the verb is spelled differently in England and America?
Thanks!
Someone asked me to let them know of posts to TED.com, well, I posted a few to my ‘Favorites’ section of my Youtube channel. I hope you all enjoy them, and there are plenty more at TED.com.
You were supposed to get Kobe a DOGS license not a PILOTS license.
(Now he’ll leave you little piles here and there and everywhere)
Were the balloons part of the prize for the Best Weekend Ever Contest?
What a bunch of cheap-o’s.
They said they would provided airfare and this is what you get?
Marina, now you need to look into how alcoholic spirits are proofed. I’ll give you a hint: it involves gunpowder, or at least it used to in the old days…
Hello Hot For Words! Your videos are great. I enjoy a liquer made from Scotch whisky called drambuie. Where did the name drambuie come from? All the best to you and yours from me and Nibblet the Wonder Kitty.
I do like Whiskey…preferably Irish Whiskey. I don’t have it very often, but when I do it’s usually straight up (warm). Sometimes I’ll have it mixed with coffee.
re: YT comment: why all the balloons; stole them from a party.
Ohhh my poor stomach from ROFL. I can just imagine Marina tethered to the balloons flying over the city.
Wow, that was interesting. On the HFW Home page, there is an advertisement for Flyff (Fly For Fun) a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Very interesting.
Lawn Chair Larry one of the few to contend for the Darwin Awards and live to tell the tale. The Balloon Priest copycatted Larrys feat & is a nominee for a Double Darwin award.
My mumblin’ and stumblin’ “daze” are long past… and very thankful about it.
I would drink cheap ginseng brandy (had big root inside bottle) from the local grocer. My eyes would go Chinese and nobody understood me. LOL.
Like a proverbial flash of lightning, I dropped my boozing “like a hot potato!”.
It was like Divine Intervention… thank God!!!
Scotch Whiskey was good… Wohnny Jalker something er other… couldn’t f-f-f-f-f-ocus on the label very well…. shake-shake-shake-shiver!
Pink Floyd had this big pig shape blimp to promote its upcoming concert I remember seeing it stuck on the side of a mountain, the high winds would not let it cross over the top of the grade.
Pink Floyd? Is that a brand of whiskey? Sounds like somebody got drunk on the dark side of the moon! Probably spent two days in de-tox after a stunt like that. Go figure!!
To try to move a sticky something from one hand with the other, thus causing it to get stuck to the other hand and eventually to anything else you try to remove it with.
Halloween is fast approaching: Season of the Witch, not the Donovan version, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKbrix8S6xU If you’re sleeping these will be here in the morning.
I saw Jeff Beck doing a solo gig once, he was all fucked up, when he got off stage I ask him what was that pedal he was pressing with is foot, he look at me with glazed eyes and said, “a wah wah”
… i read somewhere (or hallucinated) that he had a buddy technician in the studio who hacked together bits of stuff to J’s description of the effect he wanted.
The wah-wah pedal was just invented when Hendrix burst on the scene in 1967. And to this day, few player’s names are more synonymous with killer wah leads and wicked, wah-driven syncopated rhythms. The wah pedal that Hendrix used was a 60s design by the Thomas Organ Company and manufactured by JEN in Italy. This is the unmistakable wah tone heard on Hendrix classics like “Up From the Sky,”"Voodoo Child (Slight Return),”"Little Miss Lover”and “Still Raining, Still Dreaming.”
The Who went on last at Monterey, all this ego shit going on back stage about who was going to close the show, so Hendrix upstaged The Who by stealing their act just to teach them a lesson.
It’s so written in Rock & Roll history, trust me.
i don’t actually think Hendrix managed to upstage the Who.
The Who were masters of the art of destroying their equipment .. they’d been doing it for years. .. Hendrix was fresh at it .. Hendrix didn’t make much of a display of destruction. .. his effort looks pale and insipid compared to the Who’s feat.
In Pete Townshend own words, Oh I can’t remember the exact quote, but after the argument back stage about who was going to close the show Hendrix got even buy doing The Who’s closing act. It’s well documented somewhere, I know I saw it on the History channel or PBS
This may have been the first time Hendrix set his guitar on fire just to spite The Who.
My source was a video documentary, maybe there is a written source out there.
Daltrey said something to Townshend, Pete replied he not stealing our act he’s doing it. It was Townshend speaking in the interview.
Hmm.. that balloon bit at the end reminds of something from Mythbusters.
Anywho,
I was thinking about my trusty hearing aid, and I was wondering if it was a coincidence that “ear” was in the word “hear”?
Would you be so kind as to provide a ’sound’ answer to my query?
I don’t know if anyone welcomed you to the site so here’s you welcome to the site Bsomebody. If you need any help with anything ask Marina, Captain Jack Lead Teacher’s Assistant or myself and we will be glad to assist you in any way. Make word suggestions whenever you want to and Marina or one of us should respond that your request. If we don’t, just say you have a Word Request name your word and the search feature will pick up Word Request and it will be notated. Have a great day.
Capman911 ATA
Hmmm,this has me thinkin. How about doing a vid on the words “alcohol” and “recipe”? Then ask the class to submit homemade beer,wine,mead,whiskey etc. recipes as homework? We could then print them and make recipe books! Now that’s a good idea! Sometimes I hit it juuuust right.
Excellant! Like one of the posters there I never heard Jerry’s version either,I am “grateful” tho.
Like another poster there said,Thin Lizzy does a great cover of it too.I think the original was about 100 years ago. Actually I think I like all the versions I’ve ever heard. Metallica too.
Homework: no whiskey, I am a devoted oenophile. In fact only until this lesson, had no knowledge of ‘whiskey’ being spelled without the ‘e’.
As for Kobe’s first solo flight, I must say it depends on the ceilings in that room…. if they are textured, he flew until enough balloons were burst by the rough ceiling, otherwise, I think he would have had no problem getting off the ground. Cannot comment on whether he enjoyed it or was terrified by the ordeal, but my fingers are crossed for the best!
I ask him yesterday if he could find some more of those kind of tests, or games like Jack wanted to put up from time to time like the rice game. He said he could but wanted to know if it was ok with M if he did it every day as so he wouldn’t get into trouble or break some kinda rule. I don’t know of any rules for posting games he just wanted to be safe. He didn’t want to be admonished for posting games without permission.
actually, the reason i wanted to check it’s ok with M is because i wanted the personal public pat on the head from M.
I didn’t think i was breaking any rules with those quizzes .. i’m sure someone would have mentioned it if i was.
Nope .. it’s the literal actual pat on the head from M within a post somewhere in a thread that i’m after .. not an abstract sort of nod that it’s ok.
… as an actual referable token of approval and as a sign of a sense of humor.
- i’ll take it if it’s (the above) not forthcoming then this indicates HRH doesn’t stoop to that kind of behavior and she could do just as well without my quizzes (which she probably can).
well … i’m the kind of person that expects my foolish behaviour to be reigned in by the authorities. I count on that because it allows me to experiment without the dampening self-constraint.
If i begin to use self constraint, then i’ll lose my ability to probe the bounds.
And where’s the requirement for respect for the law?!
I know what you mean. I worked under a para military based organization all my life so when I step out of bounds I feel guilty. But I like to test the waters if you don’t then you can’t expand your horizon.
it’s the sense that if i’m not constrained externally, then i’ll begin to do that internally .. and that means my playing around with possibilities will die.
anyway .. keep in mind i’m not afraid to be, or annoyed at, being reined in if you (or anyone else) thinks it needs to be done (though, knowing myself, there may be a little inertia to overcome while i reorient).
e.g. the kinds of links referred to, etc.
I don’t think i do anything outrageous .. but you never know.
Whiskey works,but,the vid above doesn’t! Just the spinny thing.aaaargh! guess I’ll have to check it later,I’m not sure but I think I may have been in on requesting it. Sounds like something I’d do.
I recently shared a bottle of Jack Daniels Single Barrel with some friends,we drank it straight from the bottle and chased with beer,we were outdoors after a poker party,no need for glasses,shot or otherwise.
A fine Scottish malt whisky is best. To be drunk as it is.
A good but slightly lesser quality whisky can be drunk with a little water or ice on a hot day – but still no flavoured rubbish in it. It just spoils a good drink and, some would say, a mortal sin.
American “whiskey” – well most of them I’ve had the misfortune to taste are just fire waters. Yuck. Probably tolerable with mixers – but if you know what decent whisky is you don’t drink the rubbish from over the pond in the first place.
The Irish make a good brew – not quite as good as the Scots – but damn close.
The Scots might not have as many restrictions on how it is made,but then,I don’t really know,just a guess.
I tried a blended scotch many years ago and think the quality of that is on par with Night Train,,yyyyuk. If I was a gutter-slurpin alcoholic I *still* wouldn’t drink that crap,I think it was Passport brand.
I’ll stay with my dark beers(imported and domestic)and the occasional bottle of whiskey.Actually I drink lighter beers too but prefer something with more flavor and kick. I would love a trip through european pubs to sample *every* type of beer/lager!
Well, I can’t claim to be Scots – I’m English – I suppose someone in England makes a whisky – maybe
As someone said below (or is it above – I can’t reply directly to it anyway), blended Scotch is not especially good. You need the proper malt stuff – much smoother – you can actually taste the drink – not just fire.
The good stuff is often twice the price – but worth savouring
The point being, there would be even less to enjoy in poor spirits mixed with water.
All spirits – permium or bargain basement – have ethanol in common at about 40%. So the taste of ethanol is not what you are paying for.
On the other hand, secondary flavors, including distilation “faults” (such as aromatic co-distillates, fusel alcohols and smoke) plus flavors acquired from the barrel and added water are the elements that distinguish liquors.
If you add water to a bad liquor you will emphasize precisely the flavors that make it bad while de-emphasizing the taste of alcohol.
Most of the blended stuff is second rate in my opinion. I did taste a nice one – ooh – a long time ago.
The pure single malt which seems to have the biggest market share in England anyway (is probably obtainable internationally) in Glenfiddich – very nice. Glenmorangie is another I remember from my misspent youth in Scotland,. The thing that makes them better in my opinion is that they are much smoohter – you don’t just taste fire.
historically, jesus did not exist. he was a mythic figure created to embody knowledge about spirit. There are no records written by people living in that time of such a figure as jesus. (who, had he existed, would have had such an impact that he wouldnt have gone unnoticed)
mijj “historically, jesus did not exist. he was a mythic figure created to embody knowledge about spirit. There are no records written by people living in that time of such a figure as jesus. (who, had he existed, would have had such an impact that he wouldnt have gone unnoticed)”
mijj this is akin to saying there is no such thing as Jewish people is that what your implying? I think the Jewis people would take offense to your trying to rewrite history and leave them out.
Hello My dear teacher,
in Australian bars we have three sizes of glass for beer: Pint, which is large. Middy, which is small. or schooner, which is the medium size but also the name of a kind of ship. Why do we call it that?
please investigate this word, it’s driving me crazy.
That would like when you video tape someone who is watching himself being taped while he is watching a TV of what you are taping into infinity.
Don’t ask me to repeat that or explain
No No make as many as you want. What I mean is we are now going through each video and listing the word requests as they are made. It will keep Marina up on the most recent requests. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Keep on requesting
Try my own special Bourbon drink:
12 oz glass
Fill with ice cubes
2 to 3 shots of Bourbon (test this variable for taste)
1 to 2 shots of Campari (also test here)
Fill remainder with Schweppes Russian.
I call the drink the Ugly American.
Most any Bourbon will work since its function (besides the addition of alcohol) is to add a sharp-edged flavor; the “Bourbon Bite”.
Campari is not too common in American drinks and one might imagine that the pink liquid is positively manhandled by the Jack. But, in fact, the Campari has a passive-aggressive bitterness that instills a lasting tension long after the Buorbon-bluster has subsided.
Schweppes Russian is probably also a bit unusual in the USA.
Because both Campari and Russian are little known in the USA, Ugly Americans usually appear when Bourbon bottles go travling to Europe.
Marina
Was that Kobe I saw floating over Burbank last weekend?
Is he OK now??
The package I sent you and was sent back,
Then re-mailed to me has made it here today
Back and forth from Louisiana to California….twice
ps, the address was correct????
Do you not except packages??
You will notice jack that it was me that she was talking to.
The fact still remains that there is a glitch in her mail network, I am sure she would like to know. Just being a good minion but Y O seem to think I am attacking her. I have pretty much stop coming here to make you happy but you are still in attack.
So then once and for all YOU just have a great day. ,
Actually, Greg, I think the Captain was merely bringing to your attention Our Dear Teacher’s response, since this site doesn’t seem to have a utility (that *I* am aware of) to be notified when anyone replies to your posts, in the interest of being helpful, and not at all does he appear, from my point of view, to be “protective” of her from you. Please continue to be a part of our little community…I enjoy your posts
Greg… I accept packages and have received all kinds of gifts.. so there is no reason why your package would be refused unless you are putting the wrong address.
I have no doubt you would have accepted it. but I just wanted to bring it to attention so that if this is a on going issue your attention to the problem was needed. It came back as no address located . I cut and paste your address right from your page? It just might have been a mistake by the shipper.
that was quite good. Water of life. how paradoxical or oxymoronic or something. The gin i had sunday made me fall asleep and i tasted it for two days. Very unpleasant. It was an accident I swear. I thought it was a virgin Bloody Mary.
Any interest in investigating that “out of whack” idiom? It’s just not as much fun looking it up my self.
The word “trip” has two very different meanings. One is a verb, as in “I tripped over a root and fell.” The other is a noun as in “They took a trip to Las Vegas over the weekend.”
Do the two meanings of “trip” come from the same of different origins?
Perhaps someday I shall have opportunity to “trip the light fantastic” with Our Dear Teacher. Perhaps, with equal probability, I will go tonight and purchase the winning lottery ticket….
Hey 7m7i7k7e, We have added your word request for Morse Code to Marina’s list. So until she can get to your request here’s a video on Morse code. Just click on the blue link and enjoy.
Thanks
ATA Capman911
HI Marina! Hello Class!
I used to chat with this German lady living in France. She said that
a great many drinks mix into tea or even coffee. She liked JB & tea.
It’s pretty good(I used a black tea, not green)! When I happen to be
out of soda, I’ll get inventive and mix it with remainders in my icebox.
The new V-8 Fusions of fruit & vegetables make *excellent* mixers
and give me a healthier excuse to have the treat!
hi, i wonder the name sanitarium, its a song of metallica (Welcome Home (Sanitarium)) and i would like to know where does it comes from and what does it means… Thanks… !
Look no further for a good word! I request the etymology of the word “dude”.
I say and hear “dude” pretty much every day and I must know more about the word please!! I heard once that it refers to a camel’s penis but I’m sure you will find out the truth.
This will sound completely dumb… but when I was a kid, I’ve been told that “dude” meant ‘a hair on an elephant’s butt!’ I don’t know what idiot came up with that idea or even why for that matter.
Don’t know the origin of how the act became associated with the word “toast”, but recall a story of a nobleman in the town of Bath, England (known – and named – for its public baths installed during Roman rule) who, on seeing a woman bathing in one of the pools, filled a glass with water from her pool, and after uttering some compliment to her beauty, drank it down. Perhaps something for Our Dear Teacher to investigate?
Only association in my life experience came while enjoying “Tapas” in Spain. I don’t recall whether the word means “toast” or “top” (as in ‘cover’) but understand the practice of having tapas is to go socialising from bar to bar, walk up to the windows and order wine and (usually salty) small snacks, using a piece of bread or toast to cover your goblet to keep flying insects out of your wine as you made your rounds of the town square, meeting new people and just having a delightful evening on the town.
I prefer a cheap beer like 211. It has 8.1% alcohol in it and its not that bad to my taste buds. I don’t drink much hard alcohol anymore. Its rare that I do. I plan to buy a margarita mixer. Thats about my extent of the harder stuff. I like the buzz but don’t care to get stupid drunk anymore. It its kind of sad though. I get really friendly and weird when im drunk.
I sometimes drink wine but I have not found a wine that i’m just so excited about to look for it again. I might have to try a wine tasting gathering to educate myself a bit more about wine. Also wine give me large headaches.
i have a word i would like to request.
The word is times……
why is there 2 ways (or maybe more mays) to say it like
In these harsh times
and also
one times two is three in mathematical terms
[RYE]…Did Gorby rise to the sky?
Haha how long did it take you to get all those balloons together? they did a Mythbusters on that too y’know?
Нет, ну мне нравится этот проект,… когда простая учительница Русского языка и литературы объясняет басурманам на их же басурманском языке происхождение их слов.
…как сейчас помню свои уроки русского языка 4-го, 5-го, и 6-го, классов , когда наша учительница делала тоже самое для нас. Спасибо Вам мои учителя! (((что мы не выросли пиндосами)))
К стати она была тоже красива и молода.
З.Ы. So pindosas take the shoot under the weist.
himphimp…strange.eaeawater….,,.goughd lesson and nice kiss, distilled gasses in a glass
Hi Marina: I like this set-up, with pages for comments…
…GOD bless MARINA…Drive-By Truckers – Women Without Whiskey
bees R ggothe(good)
***WORD REQUEST***
More Gaelic:
“Blarney”, “slogan”
Coincidentally, the Scandinavians have a liquor called aquavit>, a caraway seed flavored version of schnapps whose name comes from the Latin aqua vitae. which means water of life, or living water. Kewl.
Eric M
…whats written at the bottom of an Irish whiskey bottle? — “Open other end” – Whats written on the top of an Irish whiskey bottle? – “See other end for instructions.”
I don’t drink. But that’s something; another fond name for what some people might consider a drug of choice. (these aren’t necessarily my views but I’m just saying)
Poor doggy
I am just a diamond in the rough, word request: rough
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26819593/?GT1=43001
For me your dog fly
Teacher has a very nice set of ballons
Teacher SWEET, Yes I do drink whiskey , I like it striaght up, or in the fall and winter when it has become chilly out I’ll mix it with hot water like tea
UM! thats gooood 
To tell the truth don’t care how it’s spelled as long as it’s “smooth’
JonX0X0X0
i used to love Southern Comfort when i was but a lad.
… until one day, me and a mate went on a huge binge. We got blind drunk on the stuff and went into a cafe for something to eat. He disappeared into the toilets. … some time later the manager came up to me and asked me to help carry him out. He’d thrown up all over himself and passed out into a pool of Southern Comfort stinking vomit on the floor.
so .. anyway .. after the experience of carrying this lump out i’ve never been able to take the smell of Southern Comfort without gagging.
(gags at the mere thought)
That would definitely do it for me as well.
Cheers!
Eric M
video 9 … i missed nine videos in Marina-fast.
Capman911, your caught in your own trap just below this comment
This is a Texas PIg cooker
… and [this] is a Texas Pig Fcuekr.
A world Pig Fcuekr definitely
When I was at a distillery in Scotland they recommended adding 1 to 2 teaspoons of water to the whisky which seems to release or “open” up the whisky. I guess they’re right because they converted me to a scotch drinker.
I guess it like putting salt into a cake mix or something sweet that you cook or bake it brings out the flavor even more. Go figure.
in my whisky I like cold ice it has a nicer flavour then
speaking of martini i like an appletini it taste like sour apple jolly rancher
i like whisky on the rocks or by the shot or with caramel soda also ice and water
Answer at the bottom of my thread to the tortoise question. Thanks for participating.
Every one
Click on one or two of Marinas google ads for whiskey products.
Let google know we are here. So shop and help out Marinas ad ranking. When you ready to click out of her site, click on an ad first,
its like leaving a tip.
Good idea Greg.
500
Marina,
How do we get the name “Dick” out of Richard? My kids and I are interested in knowing.
VShagios
Hi Hot for words i love your videos, there are very intreresting. I like Whiskie on the rocks, old pard es my favorite. i like to know the origen of (@) I reed that it’s original fron the arabes and the used to representa the 5th pat of a 1/4 it’s that tue i’d like for you to tell me. much kisses and thanks bye.
Hey gerardourdaneta8. I have your word request of @ listed for Marina to check into. Your not the only one that requested that symbol.
Capman911 ATA
I’m curious about the word “DEFENESTRATE”. from Calvin and Hobbes:
“The monster, in his consternation, demonstrates defenestration,
And runs and runs and runs and runs away.”
Defenestration means throwing a person or thing out a window. Where does this come from?? i’m pretty sure it might have something to do with “fenestra” (window in latin)…. but to throw someone out a window?
Hey Missrachel7. I have your word request of “DEFENESTRATE” listed for Marina to check into. Thanks.
Capman911 ATA
Your hypothesis is plausible. The word “défenestration” exists in French (with the same meaning). It comes from “fenêtre” (old French form “fenestre”), meaning “window”.
I was in capmans trap and now I am out.
HeHeHeHe
And heres you free prize capman911 just click to claim http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_Death
I wanted to know the origins of the word diet. We see it as a nasty little word equalling calorie reduction when we all are on a diet, although some healthier than others.
Thanks, Chris.
zdrastvuite. vy v kakoom shtate zhivete? ea v virginiei. napishite
michael 2 2 0 3 na yahoo toch’ka kom.
Here’s a riddle for you.
Your in the desert and you see a tortoise lying on his back in the hot sun. Why aren’t you helping him?
Because I hate tortoises and I am a cruel person.
Because in a short while, the tortoise will miraculously transform into my next meal? (as well as a handy container for catching fresh water or a digging tool for a well)!
Ciao,
Fianchetto
perhaps even giving me enough energy to snare one of the vultures using the inedible parts as bait… I think I heard someone say that vultures taste a lot like chicken…
Ciao,
Fianchetto
You travel into outer space and eat the weirdest creature and you will still say it taste like chicken.
Making me hungry!
beepboopboopbeepbeepboopbeep
“Peking Wok, may I take your order?”
“Uh, yes..I’d like some Kung Pao Kitten and a large order of Bok-bok-meow”
“Pick-up or delivery?”
“I’ll be over to pick it up in a few minutes…”
The OTHER other white meat….
Blade runner
The question is from Blade Runner. You remembered cool.
A summing your not lost and starving. It just might be to big
assuming
because i’m the vulture waiting for it to die.
The turtle is being used as bait for a trap. Ask yourself how did the turtle get flipped on its back?
so either:
A. sand dunes are difficult terrain, and the turtle rolled onto its back in a failed attempt to negotiate the terrain
B. It’s already dead, else it would probably be able to right itself, barring some obstacle preventing it from doing so
C. As Stokes suggests, it’s a booby trap.
I pick A. or B. 2/3 probability that I’m gonna get some food is good enough for me. If I suspect a booby trap, I might still get my meal with a long enough stick…
It’s a test, designed to provoke an
emotional response.
I would cry for the poor helpless turtle, but the Prozac won’t let me.
Your in the desert and you see a tortoise lying on his back in the hot sun. Why aren’t you helping him?
Why??……….Because.. I am a Republican and I just love to watch slow whited helpless animals suffer. And the sooner everything is dead and the earth is uninhabitable the better
OK, Cappy….I give up…it’s gotta be almost time for a new vid….please do tell
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Because your a tortoise too. So you can’t help him.
I would say capman thats what seperates humans from the animals.
Hi Marina. I’m a big fan of Blizzard Entertainment’s ‘Diablo’ series of video games, and since Diablo 3 was recently announced, I was wondering if you would do a video on the word Devil and Diablo and all those different names we have for ‘Old Scratch’
. please, pretty please? I’ll give you my soul, oops wait, I already promised it to Blizzard for the first copy of Diablo 3. I guess my heart will have to do. 
can someone tell me if coComments is worth bothering with?
Basically … i just check for emails to see if i have any responses to posts, and maybe scroll up and down the webpage.
So, what’s the deal with coComments… does it make hfwThread activity a lot easier to deal with?
I’ve only been there a couple of times, but haven’t put much effort to learning to use it. Seems like an extra step to me. Perhaps someday I’ll explore it and determine if it has functionality for me, but until then, I’ve just been pretty much ignoring it. Similarly, I no longer normally view the HFW posts on YouTube, but for a different set of reasons:
1. The same vids are posted here.
2. There are no huge comments here that redirect to porn sites here.
3. The individuals here seem to have higher I.Q.s and a certainly higher degree of breeding, as evidenced by the vast majority of the posts.
4. The whole atmosphere here is generally a much more positive one than at YouTube. That is, I see very few pointlessly disparaging comments here – neither towards Our Dear Teacher nor toward other members, while I see many such postings at YouTube.
5. HERE is where Our Dear Teacher looks for word requests, not at YouTube.
I guess it boils down to the fact that we all come here to see the latest vids (initially), but, I stay here, REALLY for YOU ALL, my fellow students. While Marina makes the vids, and provides the forum, it is really US (or should I say WE) that make up the site.
Thanks to you all for making me feel a welcome part of the HFW community
Ciao,
Fianchetto
re #4: i guess as long as we (and i mean me) keep away from politics and religion that’ll remain true.
It works very well for Marina. That way we can follow her comments no matter were she goes and back her up on her commentaries and give her support.
oh, is that the only practical benefit over checking the page and email?
.. now that M leaves me cold after the snub, the use you describe doesn’t seem particularly enticing. (pout)
Hi Marina, I have finally got around to joining your site. Thanks for all the vids you have done.
I have a word request: graze
eg. I tripped up and grazed me knee on the path, or the cows are grazing on the grass
&eB
Welcome aboard! Always good to see someone
I got grazed once,
interested in word origins come aboard with a
word request
and it knocked me for a loop! The computer
generated Gravatar will do for now, but you
will probably want to get a graphic or picture
so your friends can find your comments faster.
Check out the pull down menus at the top of
the page for some neat downloadable stuff
It’s soooo quiet here
Word request cold as a witches tit
is this so because witches fly in the cold night on a broom stick
Or how about cold as a well diggers ass, or cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey,
i got a word i want 2 request “bra” and get yours out
Kobe’s flying lessons”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmLrlwgIQNs&f
It took awhile, but I found a clean copy of
that movie and The Great Race! They don’t
make movies as good as that much anymore
Talk about cruelty towards animals…
**No animals were harmed or killed in the making of this video.
I’d like to know the origin of the phrase “tongue in cheek.” It seems like it could be a fun one.
I asked about that phrase a couple of times.
MY IDOL!! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VpCADfZD-eg
I’ve always wonder where the word superfluous comes from. Another thing is how to pronounce it.
Don’t know the etymology, but believe is pronounced:
/soo-PER-floo-us/
Ciao,
Fianchetto
really?
i’m not an american ´(or native speaker of english), i’d have gone for “soo-per-FLOO-us”; from super + fluous, “fluous” from “fluid”.
well, maybe i’d actually say “SOO-per-floo-us”. yeah, uh, but i’d definitely not put the stress on the second syllable.
Superflouous defined and pronounced.
Idioms are cool people love em.
Saw that one guy ask for head over heels. Have heard an earlier version of that, “appetitte over tincup!” not used today unless ya find an old geezer or young etymologist or philologist.
I’m gonna go to work 6 days in a row for 12 to 15 hours a day(is that even legal for an 18 yr old
) so i won’t be on for 6 days at least… just in case ANYone would wonder….. 
so yeah….ima gonna go to bed now, bye people
Great video as always, Marina.
I have 2 more word requests for you. First, the word “strapping”. Why are goodlooking young men referred to as strapping young lads?
Second, meaning much the same, the word “handsome”. Does that have anything to do with hands?
Word Request
Chitlins also called Chitterlings
I like mine fried, but boiled are good too! YUMMY!
Overnight, this question occured to me. For treating Kobe to a balloon ride, will PETA send their naked girls, like Alicia Silverstone or Amanda Beard, after you? If they do, can I watch?
seesixcm6
what sound does a Buddhist monk make when vomiting after a hard night’s drinking?
[the answer]
Riding the porcelain bus, hey!
shouting into the big white telephone
Bowing to the porcelain God
technicolour yawn.
Phrase Request:
Head Over Heels
Ax to Grind
Bone to Pick
She has already done ‘head over heels’
look up at the top of the page under lessons.
Things to know about living in North Carolina …….
1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road .
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in North Carolina
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in North Carolina , plus a couple no one’s seen before
4. If it grows, it’ll stick ya. If it crawls, it’ll bite cha.
5.’Onced’ and ‘Twiced’ are words
6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
7. ‘Jaw-P?’ means ‘Did y’all go to the bathroom?’
8.People actually grow and eat okra.
9. ‘Fixinto’ is one word.
10. There is no such thing as ‘lunch’. There is only dinner and then there is supper.
11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you’re two. We do like a little tea with our sugar
12. Backwards and forwards means ‘I know everything about you.’
13. The word ‘Jeet’ is actually a phrase meaning ‘Did you eat?’
14. You don’t have to wear a watch because it doesn’t matter what time it is. You work until you’re done or it’s too dark to see.
15. You don’t PUSH buttons, you MASH them.
More to know about living in North Carolina:
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You’ve ever had to switch from heat to A/C in the same day.
3. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
4. You know what a ‘DAWG’ is.
5. You carry jumper cables in your car .. For your OWN car.
6. You onl y own five spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete, Tabasco and Ketchup.
7. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and motorsports.
8. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
9. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit ‘a bit warm’.
10. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer and Christmas.
11. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past time known as ‘goin’ Wal-Martin’ or ‘off to Wally World’ or off to ‘Wal-Mart’s’.
12. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chicken stew weather
13. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
14. You understand these jokes and forward them to your North Carolina friends and those who just wish they were from North Carolina.
I laughing so hard I can barely type
You forgot you watch TV while that TV is sitting on top of another TV
My wife just sent me these from her school.
Let me clarify that, your new TV is sitting on top of your old broken TV.
I’m from Georgia and most of that is true here too!
GO DAWGS!!!!!
Wake up Marina
Time for a new lesson 
So in need of outside stimulus with my caffeine
{..slaps chevolay to provide much needed stimulation ..}
Kobe you’re 50 years to late to be the first dog in orbit,
Laika did it on Sputnik 2
you still get a medal
Love to think Kobe managed to take off…Cobe 189 ready for launch. Hope you gave Kobe enough nibbles for the long journey M
Camcorder too so we get to see the adventure 
Never new Whisky had another way of spelling… JD and coke is the go when on travels or holidays. Otherwise, Bushmills with water session. Mixed with egg sarnies before the postman or milkman arrive at sunrise
– always with fine company, never alone, with out too much to do the following day, so havn’t been on it for ages 
Have you covered the Gin crises in London Marina? Why do regular Gin drinkers always seem so fed up as well?
Naa, can’t be? Thought I just saw Kobe flying over head…looked happy mind
Why can’t I post a comment to an older video?
I selected “Men’s Dictionary” thinking that can’t be a very long volume, barely advanced from grunts. Marina has us figured out. Come on Marina! Are we that easy to understand? I’m going back to grunts, or oinks.
Hey pig-in-a-poke you should be able to post there. I just went there and made a comment to see if it would work.
Hi Mike, regarding the Flyff ad… it’s not there now. It was interesting to see me mention flying and there was this large very colorful ad. The ad was just below the Wiskey video and was the same size. When clicking on the ad it took me to the following site. The ad on the HFW Home page was similar to the lower left quarter of this link.
http://flyff.gpotato.com/ad/
Thanks, Capman, I just tried again and the comment input screen did appear. I have had problems in the past, though. For some reason, when I sign in to past videos, I notice a message stating that I am not signed in, but when I go to the most recent video, I am signed in. Oh well, all is okay now.
Thanks again, Capman911. You were right, the refresh button cured my ills. Oh, the marvels of high tech computer technology.
I was lucky twice, today. I received an offer to claim 800,000 British pounds from a west African organization for only 200 British pounds. 
Who needs the lottery? 
I found out when that happens to me on the login logout thingy if I go to another video and it says I am logged out I refresh the screen and it will tell me I am logged in then. Maybe it will work for you.
I used to get those all the time about if you send me money I have a gozillion dollars I will send you from a dead statesman that has no heirs. Yea. He’s going to send me that much money just to get it out of another country.
Word request: Wiki as in Wikipedia
Could I please get the origin of the word practise. . and also. . if possible an explanation of why the verb is spelled differently in England and America?
Thanks!
Kobe’s Great Adventure with his new friends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjgYsHt71XE
Wanna know where he’s been?
Follow, Follow, Follow, Follow, Follow the yellow pee trail.
(Sounds like an “Wizard of Oz” song)
Someone asked me to let them know of posts to TED.com, well, I posted a few to my ‘Favorites’ section of my Youtube channel. I hope you all enjoy them, and there are plenty more at TED.com.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Fianchetto1
Ciao,
Fianchetto1
Oh no Marina you screwed up big time.
You were supposed to get Kobe a DOGS license not a PILOTS license.
(Now he’ll leave you little piles here and there and everywhere)
Were the balloons part of the prize for the Best Weekend Ever Contest?
What a bunch of cheap-o’s.
They said they would provided airfare and this is what you get?
Marina, now you need to look into how alcoholic spirits are proofed. I’ll give you a hint: it involves gunpowder, or at least it used to in the old days…
Hello Hot For Words! Your videos are great. I enjoy a liquer made from Scotch whisky called drambuie. Where did the name drambuie come from? All the best to you and yours from me and Nibblet the Wonder Kitty.
I’m not a drinker…but i want to request the word Aethereal…(i think that is how it’s spelled…)
I like Jameson Irish Whiskey have it with Coke or Gingerale.
I do like Whiskey…preferably Irish Whiskey. I don’t have it very often, but when I do it’s usually straight up (warm). Sometimes I’ll have it mixed with coffee.
I would like to request the word Nintendo, and my youtube username is smashballbrawler if you want to use that instead. Thanks!
ask nintendo…..
re: YT comment: why all the balloons; stole them from a party.
Ohhh my poor stomach from ROFL. I can just imagine Marina tethered to the balloons flying over the city.
Wow, that was interesting. On the HFW Home page, there is an advertisement for Flyff (Fly For Fun) a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Very interesting.
I looked for Karl and couldn’t find it. Could you please give me some more help to where it’s located Thanks Mike
Lawn Chair Larry one of the few to contend for the Darwin Awards and live to tell the tale.
The Balloon Priest copycatted Larrys feat & is a nominee for a Double Darwin award.
lol .. what a priestly tool.
Yeh .. + i guess being a priest makes you an automatic D.A winner.
Hi Marina,
My mumblin’ and stumblin’ “daze” are long past… and very thankful about it.
I would drink cheap ginseng brandy (had big root inside bottle) from the local grocer. My eyes would go Chinese and nobody understood me. LOL.
Like a proverbial flash of lightning, I dropped my boozing “like a hot potato!”.
It was like Divine Intervention… thank God!!!
Scotch Whiskey was good… Wohnny Jalker something er other… couldn’t f-f-f-f-f-ocus on the label very well…. shake-shake-shake-shiver!
SONG
Van Halen – Take Your Whiskey Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wFyrLE2LJA
Yet again I feel cheated out of future music by the death of a great musician, Richard Wright.
It’s happen all to many times before
My one happy thought will be night I saw Pink Floyd in Montreal.
I saw them when they brought out the Animals album.
I thought they lost the spark after Dark Side of the Moon.
Pink Floyd had this big pig shape blimp to promote its upcoming concert I remember seeing it stuck on the side of a mountain, the high winds would not let it cross over the top of the grade.
… words M will never investigate: #73
the historical existence of Christ is controversial, mijj…there is no definitive evidence one way or the other…
which means i’ll take the road of hope…your travels may take you in a different direction…
well … actual physical existence or not doesn’t matter, imho .. it’s the principle that’s significant.
I’ll take that same road annuder.
… phhhhh… bloody ‘ell ..
more hippy music [Ten Years After - I'm Going Home (live Woodstock '69)]
My favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i07SahQl5w
Something mellow Electric Flag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM5OvGfvsRM Hey little girl
(not too sure about Electric Flag)
I think this has got to be my favorite bit of hippy music …
[Beck's Bolero 1966]
This is radio London 1969 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUKufZGdeXY can you dig it?
nice to meet someone else who likes posting music.
Halloween is fast approaching: Season of the Witch, not the Donovan version, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKbrix8S6xU If you’re sleeping these will be here in the morning.
Don’t get me started, but you already did.
take this!! …
[Captain Beefheart & Magic Band - Sure 'nuff 'n Yes I do]
Yea, Electric Flag you had to be there for
I saw Jeff Beck doing a solo gig once, he was all fucked up, when he got off stage I ask him what was that pedal he was pressing with is foot, he look at me with glazed eyes and said, “a wah wah”
maybe he was trying to say “A what? What?”
Not really sure but I think he invented the Wha Wha Pedal
that’s got to be Jimi Hendrix …
… i read somewhere (or hallucinated) that he had a buddy technician in the studio who hacked together bits of stuff to J’s description of the effect he wanted.
oh .. i was hallucinating …
http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page=products/pip&id=347
The wah-wah pedal was just invented when Hendrix burst on the scene in 1967. And to this day, few player’s names are more synonymous with killer wah leads and wicked, wah-driven syncopated rhythms. The wah pedal that Hendrix used was a 60s design by the Thomas Organ Company and manufactured by JEN in Italy. This is the unmistakable wah tone heard on Hendrix classics like “Up From the Sky,”"Voodoo Child (Slight Return),”"Little Miss Lover”and “Still Raining, Still Dreaming.”
Good research, all that stuff was coming out at around the same time. I was not sure who was the originator was.
yeh .. Hendrix was the Isaac Newton of psychedelic guitar. .. all that weird tech guitar effects kit had to evolve to allow him to express himself.
Reversing the strings on a right hand guitar so a left hand person could play it had a lot to do with his sound.
he’d set his guitar on fire occasionally .. i’m sure that’d affect the sound somehow.
check out mattias eklundh.
Jimmy Hendrix stole that act from The Who
yeh .. i agree
[Who - Monterey]
I think Hendrix was too good a player to ever have needed physical drama .. he got the idea after seeing the Who.
The Who went on last at Monterey, all this ego shit going on back stage about who was going to close the show, so Hendrix upstaged The Who by stealing their act just to teach them a lesson.
It’s so written in Rock & Roll history, trust me.
i don’t actually think Hendrix managed to upstage the Who.
The Who were masters of the art of destroying their equipment .. they’d been doing it for years. .. Hendrix was fresh at it .. Hendrix didn’t make much of a display of destruction. .. his effort looks pale and insipid compared to the Who’s feat.
In Pete Townshend own words, Oh I can’t remember the exact quote, but after the argument back stage about who was going to close the show Hendrix got even buy doing The Who’s closing act. It’s well documented somewhere, I know I saw it on the History channel or PBS
This may have been the first time Hendrix set his guitar on fire just to spite The Who.
My source was a video documentary, maybe there is a written source out there.
Daltrey said something to Townshend, Pete replied he not stealing our act he’s doing it. It was Townshend speaking in the interview.
Daltrey
Hmm.. that balloon bit at the end reminds of something from Mythbusters.
Anywho,
I was thinking about my trusty hearing aid, and I was wondering if it was a coincidence that “ear” was in the word “hear”?
Would you be so kind as to provide a ’sound’ answer to my query?
Where does the idiom “to feel blue” come from, Marina?!
It’s so unclear, so it has the makings of a good game.
Have an orange day!
[Giant Dog Balloon Crashes into Highway]
Here is a word for you… hockey. Is it Canadian??
With everyone reqesting drinks at Hotforwords, we must all be lushes!
There’s a word request: Lush.
I know Marina has been drinking when she tries to make Kobi fly!
Marina, I just discovered you a month or so ago. It took me a while to catch up, but I finally did. Great work. BZ!
I don’t know if anyone welcomed you to the site so here’s you welcome to the site Bsomebody.
If you need any help with anything ask Marina, Captain Jack Lead Teacher’s Assistant or myself and we will be glad to assist you in any way. Make word suggestions whenever you want to and Marina or one of us should respond that your request. If we don’t, just say you have a Word Request name your word and the search feature will pick up Word Request and it will be notated. Have a great day.
Capman911 ATA
Jim Beam with three ice cubes, chase with a beer or cherry Pepsi
Scotch, neat. American Whiskey with cocunut water ice cubes.
I want to request the word ‘discombobulated’.
Hey xnefarious, Monte has already requested that word too.
So I’ll add you name to the word request list with Montes. 
Thanks,
ATA Capman911
discombobulated
Good party….No more wiskey….We go home….
It’s still early. Don’t you have a designated driver
not interested in the flying dog bit… but could you expel some helium into the dog and see if it barks funny? yeah, want to see that.
He might fart it out the back end and shoot across the room
maybe the [flying dog] thing could be useful.
MARINA! Sorry,didn’t mean to yell at Ya.
Hmmm,this has me thinkin. How about doing a vid on the words “alcohol” and “recipe”? Then ask the class to submit homemade beer,wine,mead,whiskey etc. recipes as homework? We could then print them and make recipe books! Now that’s a good idea! Sometimes I hit it juuuust right.
tryant
Jerry Garcia – Whiskey in the Jar
Excellant! Like one of the posters there I never heard Jerry’s version either,I am “grateful” tho.
Like another poster there said,Thin Lizzy does a great cover of it too.I think the original was about 100 years ago. Actually I think I like all the versions I’ve ever heard. Metallica too.
tryant
Homework: no whiskey, I am a devoted oenophile. In fact only until this lesson, had no knowledge of ‘whiskey’ being spelled without the ‘e’.
As for Kobe’s first solo flight, I must say it depends on the ceilings in that room…. if they are textured, he flew until enough balloons were burst by the rough ceiling, otherwise, I think he would have had no problem getting off the ground. Cannot comment on whether he enjoyed it or was terrified by the ordeal, but my fingers are crossed for the best!
Thank you for another fine lesson!
Ciao,
Fianchetto
time for some hippy music (brit) …
[Hawkwind - Hurry On Sundown]
Because you don’t abuse it.
how come i haven’t been admonished for breaking that rule?
what are you talking about? who’s abusing what? what rules? huh?
Posting the games that he puts up or the tests we take on personality.
uh. the tests are abuses? am i kinda slow today or something?
I ask him yesterday if he could find some more of those kind of tests, or games like Jack wanted to put up from time to time like the rice game. He said he could but wanted to know if it was ok with M if he did it every day as so he wouldn’t get into trouble or break some kinda rule. I don’t know of any rules for posting games he just wanted to be safe. He didn’t want to be admonished for posting games without permission.
actually, the reason i wanted to check it’s ok with M is because i wanted the personal public pat on the head from M.
I didn’t think i was breaking any rules with those quizzes .. i’m sure someone would have mentioned it if i was.
Nope .. it’s the literal actual pat on the head from M within a post somewhere in a thread that i’m after .. not an abstract sort of nod that it’s ok.
… as an actual referable token of approval and as a sign of a sense of humor.
- i’ll take it if it’s (the above) not forthcoming then this indicates HRH doesn’t stoop to that kind of behavior and she could do just as well without my quizzes (which she probably can).
i think he ment the 4th level reply’s with that “haven’t been admonished” thing…….
correct me if i’m wrong tough 
you’re wrong.
P
I am lost now on what he meant.
You may be right Fox I didn’t know he could do a 4 th level reply. I know James figured it out. Maybe Mijj did too.
ok .. just so’s it’s obvious
Level 4 comment
and here’s a level 5 comment (i think?)
I wanted to figure out how he did it.
foxbow is right – i meant for making level 4 posts.
I’ve been making posts at the 4th level, (ideas above my station), and been waiting patiently for the wagging finger. but to no avail!
Is nothing sacred?
Don’t worry about it. I she hasn’t said or done anything by now she probably don’t know or care.
well … i’m the kind of person that expects my foolish behaviour to be reigned in by the authorities. I count on that because it allows me to experiment without the dampening self-constraint.
If i begin to use self constraint, then i’ll lose my ability to probe the bounds.
And where’s the requirement for respect for the law?!
I know what you mean. I worked under a para military based organization all my life so when I step out of bounds I feel guilty. But I like to test the waters if you don’t then you can’t expand your horizon.
well .. its not so much feeling guilty ..
it’s the sense that if i’m not constrained externally, then i’ll begin to do that internally .. and that means my playing around with possibilities will die.
I don’t know what to tell you on that. I wouldn’t stifle my creative possibilities, but I see what you mean about self control.
anyway .. keep in mind i’m not afraid to be, or annoyed at, being reined in if you (or anyone else) thinks it needs to be done (though, knowing myself, there may be a little inertia to overcome while i reorient).
e.g. the kinds of links referred to, etc.
I don’t think i do anything outrageous .. but you never know.
I was in the learn / practice section trying to figure out how or what syntax you used to do the level replys.
actually, after talking to James, i think i used a different method to his.
I’m tempted, but don’t think i should hint at how i did it in public.
go to my utube page, just click on my name.
just a wild gues….greasemonkey script
there’s probably lots of different ways of performing the steps .. but i didn’t use greasemonky.
my wild multi-level comment shenanigans have now been curtailed.
… or have they?
Whiskey works,but,the vid above doesn’t! Just the spinny thing.aaaargh! guess I’ll have to check it later,I’m not sure but I think I may have been in on requesting it. Sounds like something I’d do.
I recently shared a bottle of Jack Daniels Single Barrel with some friends,we drank it straight from the bottle and chased with beer,we were outdoors after a poker party,no need for glasses,shot or otherwise.
Rye is best, of course!
A fine Scottish malt whisky is best. To be drunk as it is.
A good but slightly lesser quality whisky can be drunk with a little water or ice on a hot day – but still no flavoured rubbish in it. It just spoils a good drink and, some would say, a mortal sin.
American “whiskey” – well most of them I’ve had the misfortune to taste are just fire waters. Yuck. Probably tolerable with mixers – but if you know what decent whisky is you don’t drink the rubbish from over the pond in the first place.
The Irish make a good brew – not quite as good as the Scots – but damn close.
Nick
Hey Nick I drink that rubbish your condemning.
I guess if we had been making it as long as the Scots have then we could have some as good as you. 
Your neck of the woods was settle by Scots/Irish correct?
This is why you have moonshine and NASCAR.
Yep run across three gallons the other day.
My wife is a Mclaurin I have a German background.
The Scots might not have as many restrictions on how it is made,but then,I don’t really know,just a guess.
I tried a blended scotch many years ago and think the quality of that is on par with Night Train,,yyyyuk. If I was a gutter-slurpin alcoholic I *still* wouldn’t drink that crap,I think it was Passport brand.
I’ll stay with my dark beers(imported and domestic)and the occasional bottle of whiskey.Actually I drink lighter beers too but prefer something with more flavor and kick. I would love a trip through european pubs to sample *every* type of beer/lager!
I would like to try that myself.
So you can make a boilermaker home brew beer and moonshine whiskey.
Hey, please teach me how to third level reply.
It’s a gift from Marina. Sorry.
how come i haven’t been admonished for breaking that rule?
Christmas is coming maybe I’ll get a gift, hint hint.
My main concern was to avoid confusion.
Put in for a TA position that’s how you get the gift.
Well, I can’t claim to be Scots – I’m English – I suppose someone in England makes a whisky – maybe
As someone said below (or is it above – I can’t reply directly to it anyway), blended Scotch is not especially good. You need the proper malt stuff – much smoother – you can actually taste the drink – not just fire.
The good stuff is often twice the price – but worth savouring
Nick
Water is better in a fine whisky than a rock-gut.
Water reduces the taste of alcohol thereby allows other flavors greater prominence.
Ice, on the other hand, lowers the temperature and reduces the flavor over all.
Yeah, thats true. True for all drinks though – not just whisk(e)y
The point being, there would be even less to enjoy in poor spirits mixed with water.
All spirits – permium or bargain basement – have ethanol in common at about 40%. So the taste of ethanol is not what you are paying for.
On the other hand, secondary flavors, including distilation “faults” (such as aromatic co-distillates, fusel alcohols and smoke) plus flavors acquired from the barrel and added water are the elements that distinguish liquors.
If you add water to a bad liquor you will emphasize precisely the flavors that make it bad while de-emphasizing the taste of alcohol.
not a drinker but just read an article in bonappetit about blended whiskeys. whats your take on blends?
Most of the blended stuff is second rate in my opinion. I did taste a nice one – ooh – a long time ago.
The pure single malt which seems to have the biggest market share in England anyway (is probably obtainable internationally) in Glenfiddich – very nice. Glenmorangie is another I remember from my misspent youth in Scotland,. The thing that makes them better in my opinion is that they are much smoohter – you don’t just taste fire.
Nick
Whiskey is ok if mixed with cola, but my drink of choice is Wodka,
http://www.RolandBuckles.com
Bourbon and Coke is an American classic.
I was really wondering about the word arian.
arian references Arius, who posited that Christ was not one with God, but at one time did not exist at all, unlike the now-familiar Trinity…
now, if you really meant aryan, that’s of Mideastern origin, and should actually be applied, according to my source, only to Indo-Iranians….
which is interesting given it’s Nazi usage…
so, Marina, what’s up with Aryan?…
historically, jesus did not exist. he was a mythic figure created to embody knowledge about spirit. There are no records written by people living in that time of such a figure as jesus. (who, had he existed, would have had such an impact that he wouldnt have gone unnoticed)
mijj “historically, jesus did not exist. he was a mythic figure created to embody knowledge about spirit. There are no records written by people living in that time of such a figure as jesus. (who, had he existed, would have had such an impact that he wouldnt have gone unnoticed)”
mijj this is akin to saying there is no such thing as Jewish people is that what your implying? I think the Jewis people would take offense to your trying to rewrite history and leave them out.
I like Crown Royal and Cranberry juice with a dash of grenadine.
I never tried it with Cranberry juice and grenadine just coke. May have to try it some night. Thanks for the mixture.
They call the Red Royals around here and some like amaretto instead of the grenadine.
Jackoke…or Jackrite…or Jackdew…but mostly Jackoke…
now, what are my mixes of choice?…
none, usually…only if i’m feeling festive, and that’s rare these days…
dadblasted reality keeps bustin’ in…
How about Sangria and have you tried that new Orbit gum with that same flavor?
How about “More sh*^%# than you can shake a stick at”?
Hello My dear teacher,
in Australian bars we have three sizes of glass for beer: Pint, which is large. Middy, which is small. or schooner, which is the medium size but also the name of a kind of ship. Why do we call it that?
please investigate this word, it’s driving me crazy.
Kindest regards,
Your humble student.
Marina, if you drink Scotch you won’t have to worry about how to spell it. Now you have to do the etymology of tequila.
definitely! i second that!
Word request:
hokey pokey
hocus pocus
I already have you listed down yomero on the word request for hokey pokey and hocus pocus. So give M some time to go threw her list thanks.
You do???
Are you saying I need to pace myself in the amount of word request I make?
Yes sir I just listed now so we can keep better records of word requests.
oh, can you move me to the head of Marina’s list?…
‘er…to-do list, of course…
I added you yesterday on another request you made plus the one for today. The word “tease”. I think you requested it back in August.
oh, so you have the power to add replies where no replies are possible!
imagine the possibilities…absolute power to reply will corrupt replies absolutely!
wield the power wisely, cap…
The Force is with me.
That would like when you video tape someone who is watching himself being taped while he is watching a TV of what you are taping into infinity.
Don’t ask me to repeat that or explain
No No make as many as you want. What I mean is we are now going through each video and listing the word requests as they are made. It will keep Marina up on the most recent requests. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Keep on requesting
Thanks, I would hate to stifle my moments of inspiration.
You are a kind and gentle person, hey
61% spirituality is not too shabby.
Fustigating a creative moment is not your style.
Try my own special Bourbon drink:
12 oz glass
Fill with ice cubes
2 to 3 shots of Bourbon (test this variable for taste)
1 to 2 shots of Campari (also test here)
Fill remainder with Schweppes Russian.
I call the drink the Ugly American.
Most any Bourbon will work since its function (besides the addition of alcohol) is to add a sharp-edged flavor; the “Bourbon Bite”.
Campari is not too common in American drinks and one might imagine that the pink liquid is positively manhandled by the Jack. But, in fact, the Campari has a passive-aggressive bitterness that instills a lasting tension long after the Buorbon-bluster has subsided.
Schweppes Russian is probably also a bit unusual in the USA.
Because both Campari and Russian are little known in the USA, Ugly Americans usually appear when Bourbon bottles go travling to Europe.
Marina
Was that Kobe I saw floating over Burbank last weekend?
Is he OK now??
The package I sent you and was sent back,
Then re-mailed to me has made it here today
Back and forth from Louisiana to California….twice
ps, the address was correct????
Do you not except packages??
She has the perfect answer for your question: here . Hopefully that should answer your question once and for all. Have a great day.
You will notice jack that it was me that she was talking to.
O seem to think I am attacking her. I have pretty much stop coming here to make you happy but you are still in attack.
The fact still remains that there is a glitch in her mail network, I am sure she would like to know. Just being a good minion but Y
So then once and for all YOU just have a great day. ,
Actually, Greg, I think the Captain was merely bringing to your attention Our Dear Teacher’s response, since this site doesn’t seem to have a utility (that *I* am aware of) to be notified when anyone replies to your posts, in the interest of being helpful, and not at all does he appear, from my point of view, to be “protective” of her from you. Please continue to be a part of our little community…I enjoy your posts
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Greg… I accept packages and have received all kinds of gifts.. so there is no reason why your package would be refused unless you are putting the wrong address.
Marina
really? like what?
I have no doubt you would have accepted it. but I just wanted to bring it to attention so that if this is a on going issue your attention to the problem was needed. It came back as no address located . I cut and paste your address right from your page? It just might have been a mistake by the shipper.
What are the origins of the word egg. Where does the phrase “egg on” come from?” Maybe you could make it into a “what’s the origin” game.
You are really smart and pretty lady,I would like to know the origin of Genius or creative genius, thanks Marina. PK
that was quite good. Water of life. how paradoxical or oxymoronic or something. The gin i had sunday made me fall asleep and i tasted it for two days. Very unpleasant. It was an accident I swear. I thought it was a virgin Bloody Mary.
Any interest in investigating that “out of whack” idiom? It’s just not as much fun looking it up my self.
Tis true, “The wages of Gin is breath.”
I guess this one maybe to easy, but here goes.
How does one “Blot one’s copy book”
not sure myself, but i have been told i have done, more than once
The word “trip” has two very different meanings. One is a verb, as in “I tripped over a root and fell.” The other is a noun as in “They took a trip to Las Vegas over the weekend.”
Do the two meanings of “trip” come from the same of different origins?
WORD REQUEST:
Perhaps someday I shall have opportunity to “trip the light fantastic” with Our Dear Teacher. Perhaps, with equal probability, I will go tonight and purchase the winning lottery ticket….
Ciao,
Fianchetto
I would really like to know the background of the word:
color
And why do the English spell it colour?
Thanks for the word request of color and colour Itskatrina.
We will add it to her list, so keep a watch to see if she does your request. 
Mike TA
The english spelling is colour & the centre for learning in the back of my little shoppe will confirm it. eh!
Word requestS : 1.Morse code
Where did the word Morse ever come from?
2. Christmas stocking
Why do we call it stocking?
Thanks bye
Hey 7m7i7k7e, We have added your word request for Morse Code to Marina’s list. So until she can get to your request here’s a video on Morse code. Just click on the blue link and enjoy.
Thanks
ATA Capman911
LINK
Marina,
You missed an opportunity.
Your closing music for this video should have been you singing Up, Up and Away in my Beautiful Ballon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5C_MCl1eus
Ahhhhh, I can’t get yesterday’s song out of my head.
HI Marina! Hello Class!
I used to chat with this German lady living in France. She said that
a great many drinks mix into tea or even coffee. She liked JB & tea.
It’s pretty good(I used a black tea, not green)! When I happen to be
out of soda, I’ll get inventive and mix it with remainders in my icebox.
The new V-8 Fusions of fruit & vegetables make *excellent* mixers
and give me a healthier excuse to have the treat!
hi are there any other meanings for ‘mango’
Marina!! I would love to hear you explain the origin of ” Pizza “
Maybe “pizza” is actually “piece of” with an Italian accent. As in, “would you like-a ‘pizz-a (piece of)’ pie?”
How stereotypical of me.
hi, i wonder the name sanitarium, its a song of metallica (Welcome Home (Sanitarium)) and i would like to know where does it comes from and what does it means… Thanks… !
P.S. Your videos rocks!
WORD REQUEST:
you havent done the word PORN
oh that one would be good to know about
u spelt request wrong
WORD REQYEST: How about the word “Ecstasy”
??
Ex STASI ?
Egg! Stay! See?
ecks tasy…
Sex Stacy
Thanksgiving Theme
Word Request: talk turkey
My research came up with three possible answers, just the stuff HFW likes to investigates.
Word request: cold turkey
Does cold turkey and talk turkey have a common root?
Added to the list Yomero.
No reason, anymore, for turkeys to be cold.
Look no further for a good word!
I request the etymology of the word “dude”.
I say and hear “dude” pretty much every day and I must know more about the word please!! I heard once that it refers to a camel’s penis but I’m sure you will find out the truth.
Camel’s penis? Hmmm… “Dude”, I wonder what it would be considered if it were mixed in with “camel toe”.
Word request: toast. Why is a well-wishing with raised wine (or champagne) glasses called a toast when toast is heated bread?
WORD REQUEST:
Don’t know the origin of how the act became associated with the word “toast”, but recall a story of a nobleman in the town of Bath, England (known – and named – for its public baths installed during Roman rule) who, on seeing a woman bathing in one of the pools, filled a glass with water from her pool, and after uttering some compliment to her beauty, drank it down. Perhaps something for Our Dear Teacher to investigate?
Only association in my life experience came while enjoying “Tapas” in Spain. I don’t recall whether the word means “toast” or “top” (as in ‘cover’) but understand the practice of having tapas is to go socialising from bar to bar, walk up to the windows and order wine and (usually salty) small snacks, using a piece of bread or toast to cover your goblet to keep flying insects out of your wine as you made your rounds of the town square, meeting new people and just having a delightful evening on the town.
Ciao,
Fianchetto1
I prefer a cheap beer like 211. It has 8.1% alcohol in it and its not that bad to my taste buds. I don’t drink much hard alcohol anymore. Its rare that I do. I plan to buy a margarita mixer. Thats about my extent of the harder stuff. I like the buzz but don’t care to get stupid drunk anymore. It its kind of sad though. I get really friendly and weird when im drunk.
I sometimes drink wine but I have not found a wine that i’m just so excited about to look for it again. I might have to try a wine tasting gathering to educate myself a bit more about wine. Also wine give me large headaches.
i have a word i would like to request.
The word is times……
why is there 2 ways (or maybe more mays) to say it like
In these harsh times
and also
one times two is three in mathematical terms
Uh, I think one times two is probablytwo. But then, I’m not a mathematician.