Ain’t ain’t so bad!

Perhaps ain’t ain’t so bad? But, I’m using it incorrectly here, right?

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  1. leoNard says:

    [cajun] versus [creole]

    Invalid Unicode value in one or more parameters…concerning tweeting

    …What is a “brain callus”…..knots soul hard a i n ‘ t :cool:

  2. elahie says:

    lol in english creole, its said like ent, and i realised that today. and most i use itin the rong context

  3. MtnDood says:

    I ain’t never did see me not say never hear speak dem flabber floopy wibbly wobbly doo da dingle dangle shimmy shoo lamb shoe shangle lippy loppy floop flang… sorry what was the question? :razz: beat that random string!

  4. Lord Mortus says:

    I ain’t used the word much at all hehe.. in fact, aside from quoting someone, that’s (or that is), the first time I’ve used it.

  5. nonomo says:

    you look sexy why not do a video on pussy (women’s vagina

  6. mrroil says:

    I don’t use the word ain’t much… i never remember when to use it. XD

  7. bespeakn says:

    I agree that the word “ain’t” is the contraction for the phrase “am not”. However, I disagree with it’s use for the plural, present tense of the verb to be, “are”, as in the phrase “are not”. Isn’t the contraction “aren’t” better in that case. Thanks for all the good research you do.

  8. gabbysblog says:

    I don’t use the word ain’t often.

  9. inisa says:

    That outfit is ridiculous but she makes it work somehow. I wish the hotforprofits chick would try getup’s like that. She “aint” no Marina though. I like both their styles though.

  10. I ain’t never gonna quit watching you!

  11. stayawake says:

    Hmmm, ain’t for sure yet. :wink:

  12. Prospero says:

    I can’t post on your calendar page for some reason. Says I need to be logged in, but if I go to any other page, it works. I have no idea why that happens.

    by the way – November 7 is National Martini Day.

    • pedanticKarl says:

      Hi prospero811,
      That happens to me also occasionally. I’ll log in and when I navigate to another page, there is no comment text box as if I were logged out, even though I just logged in.

      What works for me 99% of the time is to just do a page refresh and the comment box appears. Occasionally, I have to clear the cookies and / or the browser cache, at which point I would need to log in again. The reason that happens is expired/outdated cookies and session IDs .

  13. 2utoday says:

    :mrgreen: I don’t have any word request. I just wanted to say that there are those who write stuff in comments like this just to get attention or to stir up stuff among others who really want to have a dialog of important matters so that everyone can get to the truth of the matter. No matter what you are talking about, the truth must come out and we need to make room for those who really have a voice to communicate. That is what free speech is all about and I just want to say that I support free speech and great places like this so we can all have a place to exercise this great freedom. OK,that is all I have to say. Have a great day everybody!!!!

  14. eragonus says:

    How about the word etymology… I probably mispelled that.

  15. cufan71 says:

    I ain’t got no word request right now! :cry: :mrgreen:

  16. davecodave says:

    WHAT THE…..? !!!! I’m the 465th commentor? !!!
    OH,,,How the mighty have fallen…. :cry:

  17. redtop says:

    Hi Marina, Thank you for what you’re doing,it is good stuff.My suggestion would be the word: PYRAMID. I’ve heard it has no real origin or something but i’m not very sure of that.I ask for an investigation.Thanks.bye bye teacher.

  18. Maria, first off your a beautiful. You probably hear it every minute of every day but it still wouldn’t be enough.

    I am a student of languages and linguistics. Etymology and Philology have always been hobbies of mine however there are several words I have not yet been able to determine the origins to. Perhaps you can help me out here.

    Flirt
    G-String
    Turmoil
    Stash
    bug
    dweeb
    cuddle
    condom
    jazz
    snooze
    jiffy.

    Sorry I have a much longer list but maybe you can help me shorten it.

    Ciao

  19. itzy says:

    hello, this is not a word its my name “ITZEL” and i have search it and i have had diffrent answers maybe you can help me and tell me the right one what I have found is

    1. Most beautiful shineist star in the sky
    2. Rainbow
    3. Most beautiful female worrrior

    if you can help me that would be great thanks for your time =)

  20. jax989 says:

    You’re helping me so much thank you! can you explain the word Copacetic ?

  21. person15 says:

    word request- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis :shock: it really is a word… good luck

  22. wombat67 says:

    hello marina
    i have a word request for you
    afterlife :mrgreen:

  23. boootttyy says:

    Marina! i want to know the origen of the phrase “Thats what they say.”,……and if there is,… who the hell is “They’… THANKS!

  24. GREG says:

    To request? to re-quest
    quest: the pursuit of
    inquest: a legal inquiry,
    request: To ask for

  25. GREG says:

    tain’t will this work?

  26. Captain Jack says:

    Just a reminder for everyone some of us TAs are retyping your word/phase request because your comment lacked the keyword ‘request’ that we are using to search for words that you are asking for HFW to do. If you did put the keyword ‘request’ in your comment then we have logged your comment. :wink:

  27. cyko_01 says:

    I have a phrase request:
    “Net Neutrality”
    What is it and what does it mean?

  28. mijj says:

    nooooooooo!!

    There don’t seem to be any Marina headshots against a greenscreen background!!

    :cry:

  29. stolla says:

    thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Marina you are the best

  30. stolla says:

    hey marina
    the word stripper , ?????

  31. eli@s says:

    I would like to request the origins of a phrase if I may.
    Who coined the phrase “coined the phrase”?

    A fan of your spin on education!!!

  32. muchen3 says:

    I don’t know if you can check out this word on not :oops: “Dildo”.
    Michael Scott

  33. socklord says:

    You did use it incorrectly. But, only by your rules. I use Scrabble rules, and in america, if it is a word in common usage, with a common use, that’s what it is and what it means.Ain’t is a complete negative. It can be used for is not, shouldn’t be, anything. It ain’t unusable. It’s kind of like “fuck” in that it is infinitively adaptable. I think the history of words is interesting in that the means of communication is expanded, but maybe you should bring a little more common usage into it.

  34. 2utoday says:

    :mrgreen: Er,forget what I just said in my previous comment. I ain’t thinking right when I made the previous comment. It must of been some strange entity from a distant star system that wuz messin with my head and I ain’t gonna let them do it. Sorry about any confusion it must of created!!

    • 2utoday says:

      :cool: Say what,man? You ain’t one of those outer space dudes from way out are ya? I said all I wuz gonna say to the last bunch of em that came knocking on my door at 3am one stormy night in the middle of winter. They didn’t git nuttin from me then. I just kept yakkin about X-Files and how Fox whats-his-name was gonna git em and they finally left me alone shaking their heads in disbelief. If you can’t beat em you got to outsmart em my dear old dad always told me. And it works!!

  35. 2utoday says:

    :mrgreen: I ain’t going to comment on this word because I ain’t ever gonna use ain’t in any sentence and you ain’t going to make do it. So any of your efforts to make me use this word ain’t going to have any affect whatsoever. And that’s the truth!!

  36. I have a word to request! “Malarkey” I’d like to know wtf is up with that word. btw your youtube vids are extremely interesting and hilarious :D Keep em coming! :grin:

  37. mikeglass says:

    is that your nipple i see in the top left, or just a good shade of light? :razz: you need more info on your DVD’s like expected release and content.

  38. CheVolay says:

    Oh ain’t she sweet,
    Well see her walking down that street.
    Yes I ask you very confidentially:
    Ain’t she sweet?

  39. pedanticKarl says:

    Hi Marina, many months ago you had talked about using profane words and that you should be able to say them as it is in the context of teaching about words, and then you mentioned that bleeping out every other word just wouldn’t work.

    Here is a video of a guy regressing words back to letters.
    No bleeps needed. Letters=Words
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw5MyKbxSxo

  40. Bob says:

    Has anyone noticed that, in the video still screen above, Marina looks like a Teletubby?

  41. GREG says:

    Marina you said earlier you are a good cook.
    Beautiful a good cook, smart ,young and yet you are unattached, unmarried, unwed, footloose and fancy-free.
    Are you just to picky?
    Maybe you’re just a little cinchy?
    Do you have any good home style Russian recipes you can share.
    I know a few Russian dishes. But I cook Southern,Tex-Mex, Italian and BBQ for the most part.

  42. John says:

    I sometimes say ain’t, but not today.

  43. animalntaz says:

    I was just thinking about the disasterous aftermath of the Athens’ Olympic arenas, that was reported weeks ago. You know, with all the abandonement, finances with maintenance costs, vandalism, and the looting by GYPSIES.

    :?: And it got me thinking… where does the word GYPSY come from? It’s a strange word, there aren’t any vowels in it.

  44. mijj says:

    does anyone have any idea when did M do her first plain background vid? … how far back should i start looking? weeks? … months? .. always did them?

  45. joe409 says:

    Hi, where did the phrase “Cat’s got your tongue” come from?

    Thanks! Joe 409

  46. erikvanriker says:

    In an unrelated topic (sorry, the FAQ said the best way to get in touch with you is to post on the latest word), as someone genuinely interested in philology, would you mind posting a bibliography or syllabus of some sort, so that I might one day be as smart and attractive as you? (Philology makes people hotter, right? Well, Nietszche was a philologist, so maybe it’s something else.)

  47. aad12aad says:

    Hello again, Marina

    I’d like to know the origin of the word “witch” and “witcher”. Is “witcher” a proper masculine form of “witch”?
    Did you play or read “The Witcher”?

    And another request:
    What is you favourite slavic-origin word? And is there any slavic-origin word you hate or you are shame on?

  48. barnkat36 says:

    To anyone it may concern or consider, I woyuld like to change the little thing in front of my name :sad: But I’m unable to figure it out :?:

  49. barnkat36 says:

    Teacher Sweet, If I understand this correctly the saying, “ain’t ain’t a word ” is actually an inproper use of ain’t!! Help :???: I’m confused, my english teacher in grammer school has been my problem all along :grin:
    JonX0X0X0

  50. paulfwb says:

    Okay, this time I haven’t resorted to OED. The word I am interested in is “Haywire”, as in “My knitting machine has gone haywire!”.
    Can you crack it?

    Paul

  51. matalexwolf says:

    …love the way the Brits had rid this ‘ain’t’ word :lol: …we ain’t no longer ammused by this word so orff with its etymology.. :roll:

    ..ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it, that’s what gets results…..:smile: – ‘ain’t no sunshine when shes gone, its not warm when she’s away, ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone, and she’s always gone too long anytime she goes away…..could gloze on, but I ain’t……. :smile: :smile:

  52. mittheman says:

    I ain’t gonna say it.

    BTW…

    Do you know what a haint is??

  53. Hitman says:

    I don’t use the word aint at all

    In fact I think that if everybody starts using the word ain’t, it will be accepted is matter of popularity …

  54. fishymack says:

    I never use “ain’t” as it makes the user sound a little less intelligent than they really are.

  55. hitoshi says:

    i dont use aint because i am a saint…

  56. annuddermale says:

    i seldom use ain’t in everyday speech, unless i feel in the mood to speak dialectually or am emotionally-charged…

    and i ain’t gonna agree with those that say your outfit in this vid was distractin’…

    it ain’t the outfit, it’s you…

  57. gendata says:

    Ok then,how about this one… :twisted:

    Chrononhotonthologos

    Спасиба,
    Евгений

  58. gendata says:

    Hey Marina from Bulgaria,
    Excellent job you’re doing so far,but I didn’t help but notice that you haven’t still investigated the word “tennis”.As I used to play professional tennis,I am intrigued by the origin of this noble sport(It was first played in the french court by the nobles and even kings,right?),but I’m not sure about the word itself…
    A trusty student of yours,
    Evgeny

  59. bobsully says:

    Very interesting indeed! But I have to admit that your outfit today was distracting (thank you very much) :shock: and I ain’t lying. :wink:

  60. crazyincrete says:

    In my grammar school, using ain’t resulted in:
    (1st offence) writing it 50 times
    (2nd offence) writing is twice the first offence or 100 times.
    (3rd offence) writing it three times the first and second offences combined, or 450 times.
    (4th offence) was a meeting with the parents and writing it 1000 times. I never quite got the mathematical rationale for that.

    Again, like lostinhere, it’s a Catholic school thing…

    Was traveling, Doroguya, so I have a lot of schooling to catch up on… nice to view you again.

    • mijj says:

      100 times = …
      ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t
      ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t
      ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t
      ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t
      ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t
      ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t
      ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t
      ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t
      ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t
      ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t ain’t
      … that’s a lotta “ain’t”s :shock:

    • kaibanator says:

      writing it 50 times is as easy as this:

      “it 50 times” :razz:

  61. What is the term for a word (I will call it a word, because there are no spaces in it as would be in a phrase) that is a sentence run together for humerous effect? It is not a portmanteau, but a mongrelization of a commonly used (and thus easily recognized) saying. Example: “It started raining ten minutes after I washed my car, but whattayagonnado?

    Don’t tell me this doesn’t exist. (Maybe it doesn’t, but I don’t want you to tell me.)

  62. for another video could you find out about the origin if the word “dominatrix” thanks (russian women are the best)

  63. that was a great video u look so hot and sexy and that is the word i want u to findout about the origin of the word “sexy”

  64. lostinhere says:

    I went to a Catholic grade school, and they burned “ain’t” out of my vocabulary. :sad:

  65. James says:

    Marina whats this???

    “Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” – H. M. Warner, founder of Warner Brothers, in 1927 1881-1958

    I am sorry… I will shut up now then.. :smile: :smile:

  66. misscupcake says:

    hey marina, what about calves?

    as in.. theres a baby cow thats called a calf right? and i think a baby whale is also a calf.

    but then we have the muscles in our legs called that too :???:

    (i only ask because my calves are aching like hell)

    • mijj says:

      I had a look at your: [Sex Sells - What Youtube Has Taught Me]

      You seem a little disappointed that info can be more effectively communicated when modulated using sexuality. (though maybe your opinion is that the attention is grabbed, but the info isnt getting through)

      But i’m not sure why you’re disappointed. You’re just discovering that dry recitation of information doesn’t fix in the mind. It needs the senses to make it meaningful.

      And sexuality heightens sensitivity/imagination/presence .. all the good stuff the brain finds useful when acquiring information. (of course, there’s sexuality, and there’s sexuality – it doesn’t have to be blatant to be effective .. in fact subtle is probably better)

      Making broad use of the senses when communicating info makes it more real and not just dry abstracted detail. Of course, to be effective it should be modulated in an intelligent way.

      • aLx says:

        so what are you saying?

        • mijj says:

          what i’m saying is …

          “You seem a little disappointed that info can be more effectively communicated when modulated using sexuality. (though maybe your opinion is that the attention is grabbed, but the info isnt getting through)

          But i’m not sure why you’re disappointed. You’re just discovering that dry recitation of information doesn’t fix in the mind. It needs the senses to make it meaningful.

          And sexuality heightens sensitivity/imagination/presence .. all the good stuff the brain finds useful when acquiring information. (of course, there’s sexuality, and there’s sexuality – it doesn’t have to be blatant to be effective .. in fact subtle is probably better)

          Making broad use of the senses when communicating info makes it more real and not just dry abstracted detail. Of course, to be effective it should be modulated in an intelligent way.”

          :neutral:

      • aLx says:

        oho, in a funny mood today, eh?

        what’s your goddamn fucking point?

        • mijj says:

          lol, yeh. :smile:

          i used up my daily allocation of meandering prose.

          basically .. sex isn’t just a valid influence/method of modulating communication, it’s essential (in the sense of indispensible) .. of course, i mean in the broadest sense, not just the bawdy blatant sense.

      • aLx says:

        so, what’s the broadest sense of sex, then?

      • aLx says:

        what the hell? you came up with it, so you ought to have some idea of what you’re talking about.

      • misscupcake says:

        aLx always makes sense :mrgreen:

        maybe you incorrectly guaged my mood in that ‘sex sells’ video?
        i didnt intend to come across as though i am disappointed that sex is more interesting than… well, no sex.

        the primary reason for making that video was to prove that i personally do not use sex to get attention on youtube, because someone had recently started commenting my videos and accusing me of having no talent, because ‘only guys watch my videos because of the way i look’

        i was insulted he said that to me, because i AM talented with voices, and until that ‘sex sells’ video, i had not intentionally tried to lure viewers in by looking or sounding sexy. im flattered to think that guys watch me because they find me attractive, but i have never intentionally used my appearance to get views. Im on youtube for my voices and acting, not because of how i look. besides, im not that good looking in real life anyways.

        it was just to prove a point. and you know what? it worked. :cool:

        as for being disappointed that sex sells.. im not disappointed really. i think its a shame that someone as intelligent and pleasant and lovely as marina gets alot of views solely because of her appearance, because i know what a great person she is on the inside. i originally started watching her because someone dared me to try her voice. i didnt think i would ever be able to do it but after marina encouraged me, i did it! (like.. 10 times now.. im a bit obsessed with marinas voice now :shock: :mrgreen: )

        but i know the facts about life. im guilty of it myself; if theres a sexy thumbnail on a youtube video i am 10000000000000000000000 times more likely to click it than if it’s a thumbnail of say, a car or something else im not that interested in.

        even a silly cupcake girl like me is a prime example of how sex does sell :mrgreen: and im not ashamed to admit it.

        -MC crosses her fingers that the comment will work because it took her ages to type-

      • misscupcake says:

        i saw the words sex and candy and became interested LOL (lmw)

        man, i didnt think this would turn into such a debate haha. :mrgreen:

        i just want my smilie cookie now. :oops:

    • Capman911 says:

      Thanks Misscupcake for the word request of calf or calves. :wink:

      • mijj says:

        lol … i love this bit of research ….

        Given the choice of 15 euros now or a larger chunk of change later, men who had just handled bras valued an immediate payoff more highly than did guys who’d been stuck fondling T-shirts.

    • mijj says:

      ok .. i’m going to forge ahead in the vague exploratory style that aLx dislikes so much …

      i think its a shame that someone as intelligent and pleasant and lovely as marina gets alot of views solely because of her appearance

      I dont think that’s true. No offence to Marina, but superficially attractive girls are a dime a dozen. Marina makes use of her appearence with wit and intelligence and provides a tongue-in-cheek exaggurated (sort of self parody on occasion) style of communicating. (I’m assuming this is deliberate – she’s an intelligent person.) And i think it’s that combination that is making her popular, not simply her appearance.

      And i think that’s an essential combination. Superficial appearance wont keep people coming back. There’s no communication there. And, i guess, in essence effective communication is a sort of psychic sexual (in the heady sense rather than the body sense) encounter. And the more effective the communication, the greater the sexual undercurrent (theory #392). So i guess, if you’re effectively communicating your material .. then there will be people who will accuse you of succeeding because of your looks. But that’s because they don’t know what’s going on within themselves. They confuse communication with overt sexuality and sexuality with looks.

      ps .. when i say communicating .. i mean .. where what is said has significance and meaning as opposed to being just a sequence of sounds representing data.

      (ps .. i write stuff into Notepad first then copy it across .. i always assume i’ll mess up)

    • mijj says:

      { … mijj listens to pretty
      [British Song Thrush[ whilst under attack from aLx and buzzword …)

  67. kaibanator says:

    I have always wondered, since at some point words like :
    have not was changed to haven’t
    does not was changed to doesn’t
    could not was changed to couldn’t
    can not was changed to can’t
    would not was changed to wouldn’t
    has not was changed to hasn’t
    are not was changed to aren’t
    should not was changed to shouldn’t
    shall not was changed to shan’t (I could be wrong about that one)

    Then, how come ‘will not’ wasn’t changed to ‘willn’t'? :lol:

  68. The same in French : Normally and officially I AM = JE SUIS but in Picardy where I live many people say EUJ CHUS. All this from Latin EGO SUM = I AM.
    The number of dialects in a country depends not on the size of the country but rather on the number of isolated areas. So in Moscow and Vladivostock they speak the same Russian. But in Kavkaz every valley has a different dialect or even a different language.

  69. liquidruby says:

    I just wanted to say thanks for all that you do and request a word. Vermilion. Keep up the great work.

    • VERMILION is Latin : In latin VERMIS = WORM.
      Some worms were used for making a red color.
      In Slavic CHERV’ means “worm” and CHERVËN “red vermilion”.

      • Don’t stop there!
        taupe
        mauve
        fuscia
        chartreuse (The color of a phony treasure map?)
        maroon (The color of a shipwrecked person after ten years in the sun?)
        magenta
        cerise
        cyan

        Now you can stop.

      • aad12aad says:

        Hi, dictionaricdotcom

        Actually “cherv” doesn’t mean “worm” but larval phase of insects.
        CHERVËN mainly means “red” in several slavic languages.
        Polish “Armia Czerwona” Croation “Crvena armija” (probably Serbian and Bosniac as well) for “The Red Army”.

        Western and southern slavic word for “June” is usually very similar to CHERVËN.

      • Fianchetto says:

        Taupe – adhesive used to mend a faux pas

        mauve – How you get all your belongins from your old chateau to your new chateau

        fuscia – atomic process of joining two French atoms to produce vast amounts of energ

        chartreuse (The color of a phony treasure map?)

        maroon (The color of a shipwrecked person after ten years in the sun?)

        magenta – a genta that belongs to me

        cerise – the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt, and the only one that is spheroid

        cyan – Pining for a lover, I cyan I cyan if she loves me, she does, too

        :mrgreen:

        Ciao,
        Fianchetto

    • Fianchetto says:

      Thanks, liquidruby and CampKohler , for your WORD REQUESTS :
      Vermillion
      taupe
      mauve
      fuscia
      chartreuse (The color of a phony treasure map?)
      maroon (The color of a shipwrecked person after ten years in the sun?)
      magenta
      cerise
      cyan

      Ciao,
      Fianchetto

  70. mrchex says:

    Very nicely done. I didn’t have any idea there was so much behind aint!

  71. autodefe7 says:

    Hotforwords,

    I have to know. What is the origin of the word seven. Not the value but why is seven, seven. Its my favorite number and it is tattooed on my arm. I would be so grateful.

  72. seph170 says:

    My word request is the most complicated word I’ve come across that a dictionary never helped me comprehend: nihilistically

  73. my word is language? where did that come from?

  74. achsdu17 says:

    Like the world the US doesn’t use words in some of the different regions. Ain’t… isn’t commonly used in the western area only in the southern areas as far as I know. I don’t think I’ve used ain’t since elementary school.

  75. Captain Jack says:

    Where the heck is PAGEDOLL! Did he fall of the face of the earth? Did he go on vacation without checking out with me. Damn! Where is the hall monitor when you need one? :roll:

  76. labbatt78 says:

    There’s 2 types of ain’t s I like
    1. “You ain’t so bad”.
    2. “You ain’t nothing”.

  77. suss-e says:

    I’d like to request the word “rocking chair”

  78. solace says:

    Correction: It may be easy, but thought it would be fun as well.

  79. solace says:

    Hello hot for words, being that yesterday was talk like I pirate day, and that pirates are both exciting and fun, I wanted to know the origin of the the phase “Me Hartys”. I maybe be easy but thought it might be fun as well. love what you do for internet by not only educating but doing while being smart and beautiful.

    Hope you had a chance to speak like a pirate with that beautiful russian accent.

    Warm Regards,
    B.Solace

  80. twitthegreat says:

    I “ain’t” surprised that there was confusion. There is much confusion in words that may “sound” bad but not necessary be bad or even misused. “Ain’t” containing a “not” derivative comes off negatively. Some words have hard consonants that sounds bad like “puss” or “cock” (as related to guns, of course). Some words have an unintended cultural bias embedded in them, like “niggardly” meaning miserly or cheap which I think originated from Sweden. Some words have taken on derogatory implications from TV shows, like he’s so “gay” which now means he is stupid from South Park. So, to be PC (politically correct), do we avoid these words? English is a movable feast… just be aware that your target audience may have a political agenda.

  81. mijj says:

    Marina! … one little detail about your vid!

    from the content:
    ain’t = “am not” or “are not”

    Your video title is:
    “Ain’t” ain’t so bad

    but that isn’t
    “Ain’t” am not so bad
    or
    “Ain’t” are not so bad

    so your
    “Ain’t” ain’t so bad
    has improper useage of “ain’t” !!

    Am i right? Did i learn correctly from your lesson?
    did i catch a deliberate error? (style, rather than grammar, for titles)
    do i get a pat on the head? :smile:

  82. unke says:

    Word request: “Marm” as in “School-marm”. I know what it means; but why are there only school marms? Why not office-marms, or business-marms, etc.
    Do you consider yourself a marm?

  83. tiapet says:

    hey torontosadist aka erniefitz aka efitzgerald aka efitzgerarld aka randomletters99 aka torontosadist..how’s the aircraft inspector job goin, ya drunk?

  84. jayham says:

    “Not to bad”

    I think that is what you mean to say

  85. I wonder what’s the story of the origin of the word numeracy and why the word Innumeracy is not in my dictionary,… are they illiterate?

  86. buzzword says:

    when marina was asked what her future plans were she responded, i ain’t going to stop till i’m number 1 in deutschland

  87. bsomebody says:

    I do not use the word. I am a school teacher, and I do a lot of formal writing so I try not to use any contractions. It makes it a real pain when I e-mail or text my students. They are so much faster than I am anyway. :mad:

  88. horkasoraus says:

    You sound like a redneck if you use ain’t! Here’s another word for you. “Oofda” That will make you sound norwegian.

  89. Che Mero says:

    Tah, instead of pronouncing to in becoming popular.
    Bush uses it all the time, it may well be a regional dialect for some parts of the country.
    If one would use tah, ain’t or other mispronunciation of English words a linguistic profiler could find out much about the speaker. :roll:

  90. tiapet says:

    sorry…meant that last post but add (not ad) the word “is”

  91. tiapet says:

    Why does everyone say your when it you’re?

  92. tiapet says:

    hey erniefitz….you the same drunken inspector that goes in half crocked everyday at De Haviland? Fk off…seriously…go find another job old FART!

  93. buzzword says:

    for all the computer nerds in the house, datarock

  94. muggins says:

    I firmly disagree with Marina on this one. :!:
    Ain’t” is best kept in the improper usage department in the English language and used like a sword for heavy handed emphasis. Like when possibly-soon-to-be V.P. Senator Joe Biden (D. DE) said in a speech something to the effect that it was patriotic to pay taxes, somebody, like myself, would likely get disgusted and might make use of the term in question this-a-way: “I ain’t buying that for a second.” And if I was chewing tobacco, a juicy gob o’ spit on the ground would fit as finalizing punctuation to the retort. Except I hain’t ever chewed tobacco, so that wouldn’t never been commited by yours’ truly.

  95. monsoon says:

    I use the word ain’t a lot! And I think since the word is so commonly used, and language changes over time, that these days it should be correct in all of those uses. I mean, I ain’t a philolgist, but it ain’t like I ain’t making a good point. Ain’t I?

  96. nopalyto1 says:

    I like to know the origin of the word MACHO or MACHO MEN
    Thank you

  97. I watched the video twice,
    to be sure of the tenses.

    I ain’t got a clue… is bad grammar (have not rule)
    I ain’t distracted : a correct usage (am not rule)

    Marina!? What are you teaching me??? LMAO :grin:

    Why does Amberlyn from Alabama
    rermind me of Miss Cupcake? LOL! :mrgreen:

  98. scooter_1977 says:

    People are always talking about how their conscience nags at them, and I would love to know where the word conscience comes from. All I can ever think of is the part in the movie As Good As It Gets when Helen Hunt is trying to spell the word and her line is, “Con and Science? That CAN’T be right!” LOL. Thanks!

  99. nigel1 says:

    I’d like to request “Indian Summer” . What is the origin of this expression? (Yes, I know it’s fall :smile: )

  100. smokey36bear says:

    I ain’t a user of the word. I ain’t got friends that use it either.

  101. Hello, Marina!
    Congrats on the great site! I know this is a bit unusual, but here goes… I was told to coin a word for my college writing class, and I came up with -
    Dormet – (door-’may; ‘door-may), noun. Etymology:Middle English, from Latin dormitorium, from dormire- dormitorium or dorm- a residence hall providing rooms for individuals or for groups usually without full kitchens and French, from Middle French, alteration of gromet boy servant, vintner’s assistant- gourmet- a connoisseur of good or delicate food.
    1)food made for the delicate and discriminating tastes of an epicurean using only small appliances.
    2)a connoisseur of food cooked without the aid of a full kitchen.
    it’s on my site (the address is in my profile).
    Keep up the great work! Intelligence really IS sexy!!

  102. My dear teacher, Marina, frequently I’ve heard you refer to people from the past who have said something, done something, or coined some new word or phrase. All those that you mention have influenced the English language in some way or other. But in my opinion, through the use of modern media, the Internet, the ease that information circumnavigates the globe these days, and because of the huge number of people who regularly watch your awesome videos, I believe that your influence upon the current vernacular and the English language in general from this point forward is going to be profoundly significant.
    Your sexy and humourous videos are not only entertaining, but they provide a valuable source of learning and education to those of us who thirst for knowledge and are smart enough to keep watching.

    “American English Marina Style!” will always be your legacy.

    With love

  103. runawayscott says:

    Loved the outfit and the new visual effects on this Video

  104. b says:

    Hi Marina,

    Ain’t nuttin but a hound-dog! Hhhhooowwwlllllin’ all the time!!!!

    Word Request: Gravy Train?

  105. tiapet says:

    Sexual Sadist. That is what my exhusband wants to be when he grows up..

  106. seesixcm6 says:

    Dear Marina,
    For your homework, I seldom use the word, “ain’t.” The only exception is if it’s part of a song.

    Marina, please tell us you are a great cook. From your videos, we see your household is very clean, and your clothing is neat and well-washed. So, you have great intelligence, great beauty, great sense of humor, great attractiveness, great at housecleaning, great at laundry. Only one thing is needed to complete your image as The Perfect Woman: Please tell us you’re a great cook! :smile:
    Your dear student, seesixcm6

    P.S. (Hint to Marina: Please reply and post, “seesixcm6: Yes, I’m a great cook.”)

  107. mijj says:

    Marina – I’d like to noodle round with your vids and see what i can do with putting backgrounds in and generally mess with the images. No real purpose .. just want to see what i can do. Do i have your permission?

    “no” is fine by me if you like, because at least i have a clear position.

    (i asked before somewhere but i got no answer – i dont know if you didn’t see the question, or if you didn’t like to give an explicit “no”)

  108. wetsuit5 says:

    Mmmmm, I’m having a beer. :cool:

    But I ain’t feeling’ too rich. :cry:
    Cause Marina has a six pack. :grin: :shock:

    And I don’t think a case will get me one of those. :oops:

    That is a heck of a nice outfit. :grin:
    But what do you call the top with the scarf. :?:
    And I’ve never seen a mini skirt with a puppy pocket. :idea:

    Speaking of which, where is Super Dog Kobe? :?:
    Is he done flying yet? :idea:
    That would have been a sight to see Kobe floating along and across in the background. :idea:
    Maah, ain’tcha gonna let me down? :wink: :wink:

  109. Capman911 says:

    Could someone please tell me what is wrong with this damn cocoment thing. I signed up and now the bastard want let me back in to vote. I believe it’s a piece of stinky. :evil:

    • pedanticKarl says:

      Hi Mike. I love CoComment. I’ll help you. Let me know where you are signing in. Is it the bottom of the contest page, or the main CoComment page?

      If you are having issues on the contest page, wait until the page loads fully. There is a ton of stuff to load. It may take many seconds for a slower connection.

      If you need more help, message me on my YT account.

      • Capman911 says:

        I waited till the whole page loaded. Then I clicked on your comment to leave you a tick mark. A screen pops up and says I have to log in. I try to log in with my email or my user name and password but nothing works. I says what I put in is invalid

    • pedanticKarl says:

      Hi Mike, try this: go to the CoComment Home page and login in there.
      I’m having you go there so you don’t have to wait for the contest page to load all the time. http://www.cocomment.com/

      The username is NOT case sensitive, so that is not an issue.

      The password is case sensitive. You either have caps on now, or you had caps on when you created the password. Try logging with your password in caps.

      If that fails, there is a link to the right of the login that says, “Forget Your Password”, click on that and they will send you a new password.

      • Capman911 says:

        It was the case sensitive password. I had it all in caps and I was putting it in small letters. So I logged into cocomments and changed my password to small letters. Thanks pal for all the help. I ranted and raved over my on short comings. I am tired anyway. I just finished the yard work and I am a little edgy tonight. Smelling diesel smoke for four hours will do that to you me :grin:

    • pedanticKarl says:

      I’m glad that all is OK now. I know what you mean about yard work. Got lots of that coming up myself. Get a beer and some rest. :smile:

    • You can comment on YouTube and you can comment here. This is like existing in two dimensions. There should be a service that would merge the two and allow all of the comments of either to be seen as one; you post once on the service and it goes both places. Things could get a bit tricky keeping track of who is where, though.

      Perhaps it could also filter out comments based on user-supplied keywords, greatly reducing the childish clutter (which I suppose one could defeat by writing something like “Would you be so kind as to show us those that always arrive at your destination shortly before the rest of you”).

  110. mijj says:

    hang on a minute … shut up about telling M how attractive she is for a minute!

    if “ain’t” is a contraction of “am not” and “are not” why isn’t it:
    a’n't
    and where does the letter “i” come from in “ain’t”.
    [Wild guess]Could it be that “i” was originally an apostrophe standing for a missing letter?[/Wild guess]

  111. pedanticKarl says:

    Word Request: addictive, as in the Hot For Words videos are highly addictive. Well, one out of three ain’t bad, huh? I think this would be a great word to study. :smile:

  112. senior says:

    I don’t use “ain’t” because I was taught in school many many years ago that it was improper. I was very surprised to learn about it’s orgin. I still prefer not to use it in everyday speech.

    • animalntaz says:

      I remember back in school, where one of my teachers were making a big deal about “ain’t” not being even a word, after she overheard someone use it. I sometimes use it, but sometimes tried to avoid it because of the stigma that surrounds it.

  113. pedanticKarl says:

    Wow!! Now I ain’t confused no more. Marina, I love this video. Your smile was particularly radiant and I love that coy and alluring quarter turn at the end.

  114. Captain Jack says:

    Well Miss M. Thats an interesting outfit your wearing in the lesson. I love it. Its very unique. The bag on the skirt is nice. I guess its better than having your purse over your shoulder. Do you feel a bit naked wearing the top?

    Homework: Hum. yea I think I have just a few comments or emails ago. I know I just used ‘Aren’t’ in my last post.

    Years ago, many people told me that it was improper to use ain’t. But I rebelled and use it all the time. I feel funny using it still. :roll:

  115. mijj says:

    was that girl the Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII of England?

  116. stevensgurl says:

    hey hot for words!!
    i wanted to know what the word “synonyms” means
    i know it means that 2 words sound the same but different meanings
    but i wanna know how and where we got it from

    thanks!!

  117. James says:

    I like the older style of vids on the bed where you could see things in the background, to me, it felt nicer because you could see things more sometimes kobe and the plant of the day, White is a cold colour and ain’t got the same feel as the bedroom. I am not saying Marina has got worse. I just liked having a background.

    • pedanticKarl says:

      Umm, umm, don’t listen to him Marina. How am I gonna do green screen effects with cluttered backgrounds. You don’t want me to work extra hard do you. With a plain background I can chose my own backgrounds. :grin:

    • mijj says:

      i like these ones with the plain background.

      Marina is the entire focus .. no distractions at all .. plus it’s like a cartoon panel.

      There’s an abstracted sense to vids like these. At first i thought she was going to use these plain backdrops for adding backgrounds in her software. But plain backgrounds are an effective idea.

      • pedanticKarl says:

        Yipeee!! two votes for plain background. Can I get a third…

      • pedanticKarl says:

        OK, Capt’n going with plain…. halleluja

      • pedanticKarl says:

        mijj, yes I do green screen effects. I saw a few of your clips and they were done well. I do mine in Sony Vegas Movie Studio, and I also have Flash Studio. Did you ever see this video that I made?

      • buzzword says:

        there is a fucking great andy warhol exhibit here in ohio at the wexner center for the arts. only u.s. stop. the pop art of andy warhol and the white background got me to thinking that providing images that can be used by other artists would further promote her. andy warhol doing marilyn monroe kinda thing.

      • The moving clouds background is just a start, right?
        Can you do Marina with waves crashing like she’s
        surfing, ala Gidget? Show me that – ja ja ja ja ! :mrgreen:

      • mijj says:

        melika .. that was just an effort to see if i could get to grips with the basics of the image processing progs i’m using … there’s no real creative effort there. Though i like the rushing clouds background. I think if i’d thought about it, i wouldnt have used the enamel effect on M, i would have transformed her into a pencil sketch instead.

        I dont want to explain anything ‘cos i#m one of those people that believes explanations jinx the effort :oops: – anyway .. my efforts will be about poking about and checking stuff out rather than planning particular stuff.

      • Captain Jack says:

        A blue background or Green would work much better. So tell me something I heard something in the underground that some YTbers are using green backgrounds in hopes that someone would use their video as a mash for something like a parody. Whats up with that?

      • Nah, I liked the old way better. It’s much more feminine with the comforters and pillows and other fluffy stuff around. Plus it is more interesting to see the bird in it’s nest, so to speak. (You can tell a lot about a person by the height of the dishes stacked in the sink.) The blank wall/empty room effect makes it look like she had to sell her furniture to get the deposit for her bigger digs. And it makes the low-end painted baseboard painfully obvious (vs., say, monkeywood that has been hand-rubbed to a pleasant glow by virgin maidens shortly before their sacrifice to Puka Paloppy, the god of bountiful banana harvests [and as of late, also of good cellphone signal strength]).

      • A prism quickly reveals light we
        perceive as white has components
        of all visible color frequencies.
        ergo, white light is all colors :mrgreen:

      • John says:

        and black is the absence of any light reflection

      • Captain Jack says:

        Melika, your correct for transmissive light but we are talking about an object like the white wall which reflects most all spectrum of visible light. A black wall would absorb most all spectrums of visible light. Notice I said most, not all. The paint on the wall is not 100% pure reflective. Nor is the light hitting the wall 100% all colors of visible light.
        I know my photons! :razz: :razz: :razz: :wink:

      • James says:

        Yes it is I hate when people say that.

      • mijj says:

        A blue background or Green would work much better. So tell me something I heard something in the underground that some YTbers are using green backgrounds in hopes that someone would use their video as a mash for something like a parody.

        I’m not an expert in these thing – i’m just using simple scripted image processing software and not video processing software – so from my point of view the background is best as a simple plain color with minimal spread that isn’t represented anywhere on M or her clothing.

        + YTers deliberately setting their vids up to make hacking (?) easy is a good idea – though my point of view is it’d be best if they gave their explicit permission to do so.

      • >A prism quickly reveals….

        I’ll say! Light would take less than a nanosecond to get through it.

  118. mijj says:

    I prefer to say “int”. “Ain’t” is so passé.

  119. jbell says:

    i have a request. the word is “Dixie”, as it refers to the southern portion of the US. Thanks.

  120. erniefitz says:

    I say aint because it is easier than arsent LOL

  121. CheVolay says:

    When was in school we weren’t allow to use <i<ain’t then later in life it was in the dictionary.
    The teachers would correct us students by saying, “ain’t ain’t in the dictionary.”

  122. James says:

    Marina.. I ain’t had a reply from you for a while…………. HI

  123. Capman911 says:

    Nice skirt Miss M. Do you carry Kobe in the big pocket when you go for walks? Or are you a carpenter when your not making videos? :smile:

  124. Capman911 says:

    Ain’t is every day red neck speak here in tha south Ma Lady. :lol:

  125. mijj says:

    ok .. i dont have vid ban, i might as well watch.
    :shock:

  126. mijj says:

    { … runs around in the thread making loads of racket cos it’s all empty … }

  127. mijj says:

    is you is or is you ain’t, my baby?

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