This video was very funny and a little scary!I loved the Werewolf singing in tune,and the animation at the end was something.It’s getting close to that time of year also.I guess this is the new 2008 version of a older version.I wish you good luck Marina with your new website design,hope it all comes together.Thank you for your time,and see you later!
Marina ,I love you and everytime I’ll love you .Some peoples envy me for love you!
I love you MARINA and always I’ll love you!
You are very wonderful a person for me .
All with my loves and hugs to you and all your family!
onlycasperman
Mahmut Alan
SAMSUN-TURKEY
Correct on so many levels. Yet the phrase is indeed quid pro quo, which, literally translated, means, “Hey! Your piece of pie is bigger than mine. What’s with that?”
Marina, when pronouncing the word “gnostic” the “g” is silent. Why is the “g” not silent in the words “agnostic”, “diagnosis”, “prognosis”, etc.? All that is occurring is the addition of a prefix to the base, modifying the base meaning… right?
Gnostic, from the Greek gnosis (knowledge) < from gnostikos (knowing, able to discern) < from gnostos (knowable) < from gignoskein (to learn, to come to know)
Hi Teacher! I need to know how to send you some Digital artwork I did of you. Tastefully done I might add. You will get a kick from it I think. I hope to hear from you soon.
….knock knock at my door some early trick or treaters; ….a playful hairy leg lit’l hippie girl dancing in her sunshine dress standing next to a chubby purple face alien named moonbeam wearing an oversized tie dye T-shirt wreaking of cin-cest and ganja. They ran away as I answered the door.
{ shouldn’t have worn my La Migra uniform as a costume, oh well more candy for me }
Dear Teach – Your new YT page is FANTASTIC! I love the profile pic from your calendar. Beautiful! Have a blast in Hawaii. Keep us updated – lots of pics!!! If I ever get Twitter to LET ME LOG IN TO THE DAMN THING I’ll try to follow your exploits there, too. Love you! Happy bikini Halloween!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Vzrfkg-HY there is no such things as a happy bikini halloween, there’s a happy bikini christmas, but no happy bikini halloween. watch the dumb video nitwit.
I don’t have tweeter…any other way to see them Happy haunting day there captain…been to alaska lately which is my home state. I live a summer in kodiak working with the coast guard for my employment and was most fun I had ever working.
Oh, I can see it now. Six weeks of pineapple, aloha, hula, poi, luau, mahalo, lei, kahuna, wahine, ukelele, wikiwiki and, of course, The Official Complete and Unabridged Rules and Regulations of Diamond Head National Park.
Justwant to send my love and peace, best wishes to two very good friends of mine, Martin and Gareth Taylor (BROTHERS) who sadly passed away yesterday via headonism in Nahm…bless you Rebbecca and Trina, wives of my friends and to all the family….Jim, we have talked before….; todays news brings it home…..lost for words, love you all – sorry for bringing party down but lesson to us all….I knew these guys most of my life and todays news saying they died due to ‘fun times; speaks volumes as they now rest for ever, has to be the worse Hallow ween season ever… There smiles and laughter gave me life, a part of me they shall always remain….I share my openinenss HFWs, take it or leave it, these are my firends, they are gone……i miss them so very much……Thank you Marina for allowing my out burst but shared we are, life is so short,t tomorrow never a gift, liive now, live wise, be happy, be kind you all…if you can leave the planet as my firends Martin nad Gareth have done with endles memories and laughter to others such as me, you will be legend….- excuse my words please, but love you all at HFWs like ilove my firends of the past 20 or so years…….PEACE to you all, with a balanced mind and an open heart, wishing you all love….// XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Hope HFWs commune understands as this to me is just awful, lost two good friends suddelnly today, life never will be the same…, we all here near ‘Reading’ are choked and in shock….shall miss your fun and laughter, stupid verse on everything that you always said, made me think and laugh so much……shall miss you, greatly Gareth and Martin….love you always as we friends laways have and will…..
I am very sorry for your loss Matalexwolf. It is good to share the loss of friends with other friends as we understand and will stand by you to help you through the tough times. Peace bro.
Hey… Speechless… my heart goes out to you & Martin and Gareth’s wives, and thanks for feeling free to share with us.
It gives me a point of reflection & a focus for my prayers.
yes, unfortunately i was, i understand nobody asked to be born(not that i’m aware of) but ultimately you have to put the blame on the closest connection, which would be my frigid parents.
Since I am in Hawaii right now I am looking at a beautiful blond with in a small bikini. It’s orange to go with Halloween. It also has two pumpkins on it. Sorry Che I don’t know if M is in Haw, where did you say again? Huh, what did you say I can’t here you right now as the pumpkins are covering my ears. mmmmm
Het HFws’ – look, you all, I now this much and thats about as far as I go but please hear me know,today, I recieved sad news,two friends,bothers of mine, died through their own stupidity…..Gareth and Martin died in Vietnham snorting some grap…..a big hug from you alls would be appreciated….big loss, cant stop crying, mamny people freinds in surreal reality…..sorry but life right now…..lost two great friends today, am feeling horrid……what words can explain, who can make good in these impossible times….MY LOVE AND THOUGHTS TO REBECCA AND TRINA
I have a word request. My daughter who is a Marine told me that the Marine’s use oohrah as a motivational word. Can you please research the origin of the word oohrah .
I love you my sweet friend MARINA!
LOVE,
If you want meet with me then I’ll tobe very happy,
If you some love me then I’ll give you my heart,
If you send me to your wonderful a picture then I will put on my table with my picture,
If you reall love me then I’ll give you to all of my life,
Because you are wonderful a person and you have a kindhearted a heart!And so,
Always I will love you my sweet friend MARINA!
All with my loves and hugs,
Onlycasperman
SAMSUN-TURKEY
What’s that to you if I love Marina!Are you a women or male I dont know you!Dont worry you,I’ll love to Marina to everytime.
Lets tell me your thoughts about of the love!
Best wishes,
onlycasperman
SAMSUN-TURKEY
They just what? come back! That’s not even a werewolf! I know because Wolves are bigger than that, and so are men, so if you mix the two, you’ll get something big like a grizzly beer.
I’m sorry to say that your German spelling can be improved. The German word is “Werwolf”.
This word has a bad taste as Hitler used this name for an organisation whose members murdered the mayor of Aachen.
Making an observation, it looks like that Marina may have had an editing oversight as the Dutch word was also incorrect also using the same letters; i.e. “wulf” instead of “wolf”. I’m embarrassed to say, I do that all of the time. It’s too easy to copy and paste, but then I keep forgetting to make the letter changes. The agony of technology.
Additional ancillary tidbits about “wulf” and “wolf”.
Generally, versions of the word Wolf with an “o” indicates the German origins and with a “u” indicates English roots.
However, the word “Wulf or Wulff” does appear in German as a variant of wolf. It may be patronymic in origin being derived from the first name of a father. In this case, Wulf is associated with the very popular German first name Wolfgang and simply means “son of Wolfgang”. No doubt the initial bearer of the name was noted for his qualities of strength and power.
Marina, Never has anyone made philology so interesting.
A word came up that has three meanings at dictionary.com , the word is “Wrangler“. In the USA people think of a cowboy, it can also be someone who argues, and in the UK it is someone who got the highest marks, of their year, in the exam for their maths degree at Cambridge University. All very different, but is there a connection? Which came first?
Привет Марина! I was wondering if you knew the origin of the saying: “You cannot have your cake and eat it too” ? Is it a Russian joke? I know the word for “have – есть” and “eat – есть” are spelled the same in Russian, is that where it comes from?
Thanks,
Tom
Marina are you going to give out report cards today? I know you haven’t mentioned them in your lessons, but I guess you have been so busy that you haven’t had time to hand them out. I hope I get one if you get around to it! Have a happy and safe Halloween!
To all my fellow students here in Marinaville have a happy & safe Halloween also!
Sculpting pumpkins like a professional is harder than I thought. I’ve tried scuplting real-life faces in them, the way I wanted it to be, but I’m not even halfway done with the first pumpkin.
I’ve been struggling with my art skills for years, I’m not the perfectionist I use to be. I don’t think I ever was THAT good, but probably only good enough for high school.
I don’t believe in werewolfs. But I am beginning to believe in magical dogs as I watch Gorby (your communist dog) or is it Kobe disappear and reappear in your videos.
I liked your choice of pink. Hat’s off to that werewolf!
Marina, great series of videos for Halloween. What wil be your costume?
On a substantive point, isn’t “virilis” derived from the more simple word in latin “vir” meaning “man”? Are adjectives always derived from nouns? Or put another way, do nouns always come first? That would be a cool lesson by the way, something meta-philogical.
Of course I do. Since I was a boy, I believed they were the only being that the devil could create and send into the world. I guess it jus seems so much more real than a blood-sucking freak. Interestingly, i found that I would lay awake at night thinking about things and bears would come to mind since they were around the house a s a child. Than i would link my next thoughts to werewolves. i even had a dream a s a boy thta invooved being bitten by a wolf. i guess the encounter with wild dogs as a boy later on would have an effect on me. Strong enough for me to base a book on it written while in prison. It involves shapeshifting which I got cued in on when i watched a movie by a former playboy bunny named Julia Cialinni. Its almost finisherd. it has shamans and wolves and shapeshifting. Its alot more credible than anything else and I’ve even tried it. Its the idea that one can enter the being of an animal in the reak world when one begins to fall asleep. its a cool thought and idea. Like i said, its something Ive tried and found it to work really well. It definately is a trip. Peace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
…yeah! another ‘myth’, werewolf LOL….I mean ever such a thing as a man-wolf….its crazy idea, just to even think about….wait…..huh, nah, ….ouch!! AAH, just getting some strange
flashbacks…fullmoon……..screams…biteing…blood…..hairy…….running fast….really hungry……howeling…..peeing on lamp posts……..huh, sniffing another dogs butt, gross……
I would like to request a very interesting word. I first heard it in a Three Stooges TV show where they were pretending to be doctors in a hospital DR. Howard! DR. Fine !and I thought they just made it up!! They used it as an instrument they wanted passed to them working on a patient. It was very funny ! ! Anyway the word is ………………………………………………………. Are you ready…………………………………………………………….
………………………………………. o n o m a t o p o e i a
Marina, what is a Stonehenge? Well, I’m sure I know what a stone is… More to the point, what is a henge? I know what the site of Stonehenge is, and I know where it is… but what is a henge? Is it a colonnade? or perhaps a hedge? or even a mound or hill?
Hi Marina, In Australia we get a lot of US T.V. and movies, quit often someone in these shows will use the phrase, “Jesus H Christ”. Please can you find the meaning of this “H” in the middle of this phrase, I have asked several yanks that I have met over here but none could tell me what this “H” means.
It’s just a made up middle initial for humorous effect as an expletive as though the name was that of an ordinary person, i.e. one of no historical importance. I once new a guy who regularly combined this with the crutch expletive, “Jesus H. Christ on a crutch!” That was in the 70s and he could be dead by now. (St. Peter: “WHO ON A WHAT?”)
Perhaps if he comes back, he will be required to use “NMI” for his identity card or driver’s license.
This is one theory… some of it is true, some of it is plausible.
It recalls the H in the IHS logo emblazoned on much early church paraphernalia. IHS (Iesus Hominum Salvator [Latin for "Jesus savior of men"]) dates from the earliest years of Christianity, being an abbreviation of “Jesus” in classical Latin characters. The earlier Greek Christogram is “IHC”, derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus, iota-eta-sigma or ΙΗΣ. The Greek pronunciation is “Iesous,” with the E sound being represented by the character eta, which looks like an H. When the symbol passed to Christian Romans, for whom an H was an H, the unaccountable character eventually became accepted as “Jesus’ middle initial.”
Wow! massive changes to the HFW YT profile page. I like the changes. I like the recent comments box also.
Recommendation regarding background picture. Could you do a horizontal flip (mirror) of Marina? (leave her on the left side but facing right) or move her about 50-100 pixels to the right.
I’m so picky.
Marina, while I was in the armed services we sometimes referred to grenades as pineapples. However, I have learned that grenades have a link to pomegranates. I understand the grenade’s appearance as a pineapple, but how and why is the grenade like a pomegranate?
Oh, I’m afraid you misheard. It’s not pineapple, but pinapple. You pull the pin and it Automatically Peppers People with Lacerating Enfilade. I hope this question didn’t blow up in your face.
I always wondered where the word “Pawn” came from. I have heard the word many times and even used it a few times on occasion, but have no idea where it comes from.
Marina, the link to this site in the YouTube header for this lesson has an error. “http” is doubled up, killing the link. I’m surprised someone has not spotted it sooner, perhaps because they all come here to view the videos. I use YouTube first so that you get your count bumped up one and then click the link to frolic amongst these whackos… uh, I mean loyal fans. Moral: whenever you provide a link, always test it before you consider the work done. You never know when a typogoofical error will creep up and do you in.
PS*: If Kobe is wandering around in the background when you are shooting, your edits will make him seem to move at the speed of light.
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*Funny how “PS” still is an apt abbreviation, even though we have moved from snail-mail to E-mail.
Werewolf? No problemo. Nothing a T-888 (an infiltration model i.e. a Terminator designed to pass for human) programmed by yours truly can’t deal with.
Anyway, I think I might have heard of the origin of the word before, though I have almost forgotten it completely in the midst of time. Thanks for reminding me of this fascinating word.
By the way Marina, this might be of interest to a philologist like you:
In Chinese, sex maniacs (i.e. men so obsessed with sex that ethical concerns such as mutual consent mean nothing to them) are called “colour wolves” (pardon me, this is a direct translation of the 2 Chinese characters used). East
Asian languages such as Chinese and Japanese have no standardized alphabetical systems such as the A-Z in English, the Cyrillic characters in your native language (Russian, I hope I’ve not named it wrong), etc. They are based on pictorial symbols, which evolved from what were literally pictures to the much more simplified bit still relatively complicated and massive library of pictograms and their combination to create different words.
Interestingly, it seems that wolves are used as symbolism for sex crazed men in both the East and West.
I’ll like hear your expert thought and opinions on this, Marina.
I have never heard of the sex-crazed aspect in werewolves before. I can understand that with respect to Eastern culture, but I would think that if it was in Western culture, I would have run across it at least once in uh, (ahem) several decades.
Since you seem to know something of Chinese, I have some questions. I am very interested in how languages consisting of pictograms cope with new terminology. If someone hears of or invents, for example, fiber optics, they could put together the characters for light and tube and it would be apt. But what of others, e.g. the lay public? Will they be able to “get it” from those characters, especially if the characters have more than one meaning. In English, for example, light could mean a photon stream or not having much weight and a tube could be a vacuum tube* or a subway. How would the pictogram guy deal with the permutations? Do they have to be taught the color wolf = sex maniac? But we don’t always combine existing words to make new terms; we can just invent new words or make acronyms.
What happens when the new term hits the streets? Is it always accompanied by a brief explanation until the public is used to it? Is there some central authority that approves or disseminates them? How does the average Joe know what light tube means? At least in English, a new word will be unfamiliar and tell the reader “this is a new word” (unless the reader is unsure of himself and attributes it simply to his own ignorance). What does the pictogram reader think?
Take laser. It used to be LASER, an acronym that morphed from MASER when the frequency was upped from microwaves to light. When it was MASER, the techies read about it and knew what it stood for, but not Joe Sixpack. Slowly laser caught on, what with sci-fi, Star Wars, hand-held pointers, gunsights, etc., without Joe ever knowing what LASER actually stood for (and still doesn’t!). Is that how it works with pictograms? Enquiring minds want to know.
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*Electronic device or those message-carrying sucker-uppers.
Nice to see that you are interested in cultures and languages other than your own too.
Anyway, I figured there is a little misunderstanding about the “colour wolf” terminology. It has to do with wolves, yes, but not werewolves specifically. “Colour” in Chinese has multiple meanings that are actually very unrelated to each other. Of course, colour means colour in Chinese too, but in my specified context, colour refers to:
Carnal, sexual, etc.
You get the picture.
As for terms for new things say, new technology, it depends on the exact device. For instance, fiber optics are called “guang xian” (approximation of actual pronunciation, since I have no Chinese keyboard to type them out properly), which translated literally means “guang” = light and “xian” = line, string, rope, etc. basically, “line of light”. Technically in English, we call them optical waveguides (yes, I am very much involved in Engineering), which in its bare essence no different from the Chinese term. Photons are called “Guang Zi” in Chinese, which is just Chinese for a “light particles”.
Other terms, such as LASER, aren’t so well translated in Chinese, however. In such a case, the Chinese term is simply created by grouping Chinese characters that sound similar to the individual syllables of the English word(s). LASER in Chinese, believe it or not, sounds VERY similar to the original word itself.
I am very pleased at your curiosity, though it’s obviously impossible to tell you everything I know in this limited space. Besides, I’m only participating out of my free time and I’m usually quite busy. Chinese Mandarin (THE Chinese Language that all Chinese speak) is a very complex language, full of nuances, expressions, etc. that date from very recent times to as far back in Chinese history that we know to that (about 5000 years).
If a Chinese character were to be used for the meaning of its original intention, it is in fact rich in symbolism which in itself tells you its meaning. I’ll like to go into detail, but lack of a Chinese Keyboard isn’t helping.
To get an idea of how numerous the basic pictograms and possible combination of them, it was actually the Chinese that invented the printing press many years before the west, though unfortunately, unlike the west, they did not have a habit of recording and championing their inventions as the west usually does (until very recent history, e.g. Beijing Olympics, where they showed off Chinese inventions such as the South pointing compass, etc.). The real reason they dropped its use was that unlike Alphabetical languages such as English, Russian, Arabian, etc., which has a definite character set of reasonable number and where every possible word is just a combo of them, Chinese is based on many pictograms combined to form a character or sometimes, just a single pictogram, depending on the exact character. In short, there were too many fundamental printing blocks needed to be practical using purely mechanical presses. It wasn’t completely thrown away, but never achieved the widespread use of printing in the west, e.g., news printing, until quite recently.
Thanks for the info. Now how do new terms get recognized by the public? Set aside technology and just talk about new general speech. In English a new word like blog gets pronounced and the listener could figure out how to write it without too much difficulty. How does the listener know which pictograms to use for a new word without the aid of spelling? Going the other way, how does the reader know how to pronounce a new combination? It seems like the entire population would spend half their time keep up with new stuff, unless of course, pictograms, by their nature, inhibit new stuff so that the language changes very slowly.
I can’t imagine what it would be like without spelling.
As I said, some English terms are translated by simply mimicking the sound of their syllables, which severely lessens the need for new pictograms. Changes are still made to this date, though they are usually changes in pronunciation and very occasionally, a slight change of pictogram form.
If it wasn’t for a fairly recent invention known as “pinyin”, which depicted pronunciation of individual Chinese characters in the form of alphabets (e.g. fish in Chinese is pronounced very closely to “yu” and that’s also very close to how it is described in pinyin). Some characters can have their sounds guessed out from their form provided you have fundamental knowledge of the constituent pictograms used to form them, but most of the time, a sound is just arbitrarily assigned and you simply can’t know unless you are told.
And yes, one can waste most of their lifetime trying to memorize numerous characters. Lacks of simple alphabet and words that are just combos of these alphabets does make the creation of completely new characters extremely unlikely, but 5000 years of history is more than enough time to create almost every character that will ever be necessary in practice.
No i do not believe in werewolves. I do believe in man and that is scary an-fa ? Steve Irwin crikey mate you’re far safer dealing with crocodiles. Westerndiamonback rattlesnake’s then the executives and producers and all those sharks in the MGN building. Mankind has declared genocide upon himself
No, I don’t…
Lycanthropy is considered a mental illness and is mentioned in DSM IV… It is also clustered with Paranoid Schizophrenia as one of its signs….
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Then stop it until you do. You could substitute “Yadda, yadda, yadda” meanwhile. And if you have the same problem with that one, try “and so forth,” “for what it’s worth,” “in my humble opinion,” “if you will” or “but what do I know.” One of those should work for you. I mean, just until you find out.
I don’t know if you are aware of this or not. When where Adam in the Bible is kicked out of Eden with his Wif, Eve, they then have to Wear clothes right? Adam had then to till the Soil until and even through himself being weary. Maybe out there under the moon, when he was wanting to be at home with his Wif, long after evening, he then became a werewolf. Like, “Where’s Wif”, right.? HOWWWWLLLLLLLLLL!!!
Another Interesting Fact: Male Wolves will not Howl at the Moon unless and only with the Shewolf.
Hmm,how about the name Weir,like rob Weir from Grateful Dead(apt name for Halloween time eh”),could that name be related to the word were and,I hate to say it,make Teacher wrong! Yes! Yes! I’m biting My tounge!
Watch out for that little,white,werewolf behind You! I heard that “Gorby-wolves” can be very fierce and attack without notice!
No,I don’t “believe”,but,there is that factor of some truth behind every myth so Who knows what spawned the tales originallly?
I remember that rabbit flying out of a cave to rip the knights throats out! LOL,don’t even need to see the vid. Watched *alot* of Monte Python on PBS back in the 70s as a loaded teen. Float on over to the tv to turn it up so Ya don’t miss anything while the whole smokey room is laughin their asses off!
Hey Mikey!…Oh, just picked up six calenders. One for every room in the house! JK!! No, I’m giving them as Christmas gifts to some buddys. Even Page is getting one. She will love it…she better or we’re not going to be friends anymore!
My grandmother made french fries with gravy, I’ve seen it around ever since I was a kid, I thought every one ate thick sliced fries. We would laugh at fast food fries being skinny and all.
Wow…one of your students had request for @ symbol and that is great question..but, had me thinking, Question Mark, exclamation point…they are staring at me on the symbols and take them for granted…what about looking into them for us Marina
This is really coincidental that your class today is on Werewolf. On the way home from work I was thinking: What if there were Dog Men? Not even connecting the dots to werewolf. On some planet maybe there are Dog Men. Werewolves are very rare, even more rare then Vampires. I smell a Werewolf…shit…looks over his shoulders…That’s enough to scare you away, they need to shower obviously.
Wish there was a sample page to view, I like to get a peak of how it’s laid out.
I notice that BandMerch Store does not offer much in the way of descriptions, like they don’t tell you what the material is in the clothes, they are no LL Bean.
Where, wolf??? (W/apologies to Marty Feldman)
Yes, real men are becoming an endangered species.
“These days there’s dudes gettin’ facials, manicured, waxed and botoxed. With deep spray-on tans and creamy lotiony hands you
can’t grip a tackle box.
“Yeah with all of these men lining up to get neutered,
it’s hip now to be feminized.
I don’t highlight my hair,
I’ve still got a pair.
Yeah, honey I’m still a guy.”
MARINA THAT WAS SOO SEXY i love dit how ur thong was showing. Loved it. ANd also ur feet were showing when that wild unrealistic beast attacked u! Show more of your breasts. I saw u smiling when u ran away =) Plz orgin of the word Bra
HotForWords looking naked —-> http://bandmerch.seenon.com/detail.php?p=74212
2009 Calendar finally out, woo!
I added it to my wish list, though until I get my own VISA, I will only look from afar :/
I agree Chemikal. My nephew is a professor at Hawaii University. Him and his wife say the cost of living is very high there. But like you said Marina deserves it very much.
Marina since your new to Twitter, have a hint.
If you want to private message one of your followers without it showing up on your main page, use http://twitter.com/direct_messages/
Why is it that the words READ ( as in your reading a book ) and READ ( as in you have already finished it ) are spelled the same?, same with Wind ( blowing air ) and wind ( to wind up )
I’m gobsmacked that you of all people (and not your site’s support team) helped me out with my password fiasco! Thank you very much for going out of your way in assisting me.
And on that note, I’d like to ask you for the origin of the word “gobsmacked”…definately a word not used much anymore these days.
I first discovered Marina’s HotForWords on FOX News’ The O’Reilly Factor a couple weeks ago, and then her YouTube videos just last week (I know, I’m a late bloomer). So naturally, I was excited when she of all people helped me out with my registration password that was defunct!
jt, I wonder if Marina does it all, even if everything is signed with her name. (I got such a message when I first started.) However, there are little glitches by those whose second language is English, e.g. she says “1900s” instead of “the 1900s.” (These are the kinds of things that get spies killed. I don’t see how, even with the most intensive training, one could eliminate them entirely from one’s speech, such that one would have perfect confidence in a foreign land.) Now take a look at the Privacy Policy page. Things like “…track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.” would not seem to dance trippingly* on the Ukranean tongue. I smell at least one lawyer “behind the curtain,” and where a lawyer lurks, can techs and administrators be far behind?
Personally, I don’t see why such a charade would be needed. We all understand that running an operation like HFW is not a one-man band. I suspect sitting around the kitchen floor tickling Kobe is a luxury that can be afforded only if the nuts and bolts of fixing broken stuff can be delegated to Webmasters and the like. You know, her people. You think she has people, don’t you? Of course she does. Their names and pictures should be on her people page. Yes, they should.
Hey Marina Keeping In the spirit of Halloween.
When we die some of us will just lie and suponify.
What does that word mean and where does it come from?
Thanks you’re the best!
My favorite holiday! or actually it’s more of an event (real answer below). Hope I’m not too much of a buzz-kill for yah. Still too funny to see some thug in a rubber werewolf mask (that he just threw on) walking around growling and thinking he’s ‘got the H. spirit’. The greatest thing about Halloween is 1. seeing other people portray their fantasies 2. see the limited fantasies of others (limited imaginations).
But, late on a still night, alone, walking through mist covered woods looking at strange dark vague shadows and you feel (no, you know that you’re being watched &/or followed) then the answer would be ‘yes’. Of course, we can talk ourselves into anything…
In my country we don’t have Halloween, and I think it’s a pity because it’s a chance for kids to have some fun and for grown ups to have parties. So if this means believing in something as far fetched as werewolves, I’m all for it!
On the other hand, I could just go ahead and have a party anyway, but good luck convincing my boss I can’t come to work the next day.(since it’s not a regular holiday here)
So.. enjoy, and make the most of it
I live in Paris. The next day is All Saints day, which is a holiday…A good Halloween costum for you would be to go to work on the 31st dressed as your boss–now, that would be when the fun really starts
Nah, must be those darn flees.. )
I just thought you knew that, it’s a little bit of history that is dear to me. France presented Romania with a copy of the Arch of Triumph (of course, a slightly smaller version). Also awarding Bucharest with the honorary title of Little Paris.
I’m sorry if I came off like someone with an itch, I’m only tired that’s all
Totally cool! I’ve heard Bucharest is truely beautiful. Someday I hope you really get to experience Halloween in full. I going to L.A for ten days but not until the 1st, and there is no Halloween here–so we’ll miss it together–cheers.
You will get to celebrate All Souls` Day, Western style. Be sure to write on HFW from LA, I for one would like to know all that I can about America, since I’m planning to work there in the future.
Have a good trip!
Au revoir
Marina, about you State of Texas Tool Taxes, as you know every mans tool is his peter and his treasure. if a womans use of a mans treasure is used for economic gain she owes taxes on said gain as a franchise tax.
Of course I believe in werewolves – there was one wandering about your flat behind you, as you made the video. One moment it was by the door and in a flash it disappeared, to reappear a minute later from the kitchen.
I don’t believe in werewolves as I have never seen one. My outlook on life is seeing is believing . If one was to bite me on the butt then I would believe in them and probably be one. So I couldn’t eat garlic with my food anymore.
Did you know that werewolves come out to feed only once a month? And even so, they still are faster, stronger and more stealthy then us humans. They hunt alone and hide their prey after ingesting the meet. In some books, these animals are shown as vicious stalking type hunters, in others they are shown as part human, part animal, shifting between the two shapes when a full moon is present.
Interesting myth if you ask me… I’d watch any modern movie based on this.
Ms. Marina, I have a question!
Do you have any e-mail address I could contact you?
It’s kinda personal, and you’re the only one that needs to know about it
Hi johnnycase, Marina would tell you to click on the Contact link up above and then you’ll see a link that will bring up a text box where you can send a private message to Marina.
So your saying there can’t be any women werewolfs?
Also I see you have a little werewolf problem on your hands, sorry I can’t help you there… Kobe spooked me when he walked into the scene, imagine what a real werewolf would do to my complexion =))
AAAAHH… I just finished watching the whole video..
OH COMMON!!! Was that fright really necessary? )
BRB, I must poo…
MARINA AND ALL……….I just found video on video thumbnail and sexy boobies….uh,..not suggestion anyone we know but is funny video and worth a look and Marina would laugh too…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbhVthXCLSs
Maria Sansone is one funny blonde
I also appreciate her experience in the field. I just wish I had time to watch all my favorite youtube shows. Alas, I do not…
But, Thank God for weekends!
I thought and i thought. I reached to the depth of my soul and the height of my intellect, but I could not improve on perfection. The winning thumbnail must have boobies!
2 seconds later Mr. Werewolf got bit on the ass by Gorby the Zombie Slayer.
He knows a good gig when he has one.
Ain’t nobody gonna mess with his Marina.
I don’t believe in Werewolves.
I have to go shave my knuckles and toes to get ready for tomorrow night.
I was gonna dress up as HotForWords but I kept pawing myself.
Hi Marina – thanks for the show. Just wanted to ask if you could look into the word “concur”. I think it has something to do with latin roots but I don’t know…
This video was very funny and a little scary!I loved the Werewolf singing in tune,and the animation at the end was something.It’s getting close to that time of year also.I guess this is the new 2008 version of a older version.I wish you good luck Marina with your new website design,hope it all comes together.Thank you for your time,and see you later!
me too i dont believe werewolves exist
Marina ,where are your other wonderful pictures,can you able put there now?
Sure was a funny video!
hope you are having a great day, onlycasperman : we need your comments back at the HotForWords site.
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” – Albert Einstein 1879-1955
Yep, they’re real.
I do not believe in werewolves.
Marina ,I love you and everytime I’ll love you .Some peoples envy me for love you!
I love you MARINA and always I’ll love you!
You are very wonderful a person for me .
All with my loves and hugs to you and all your family!
onlycasperman
Mahmut Alan
SAMSUN-TURKEY
I see Camel cigarettes [word request] uses Samsun tobaccos from Turkey. bless you all
Dear LEONARD,
Thaks you for your thoughts ,yes Turkish cigarettes SAMSUN216 wonderful cigarette!
Best wishes,
Mahmut Alan
TURKEY
i always wondered where the word Slang come from.
I want to know the origin of the word, stool.
Hazzard
Word request : Extravagance.
Really want to know it
Does anyone know how to sign up someone, like add Marina to my Twitter program?
i would like to request the word “podunk”. Thank you! and good luck!
I would like to request for the word ’success’. Thanks.
i was wondering about the origin of the word -elude-
i have a word request: ain’t
Hi jamman810
Marina has done a video on the word “ain’t”.
Link here :http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/09/19/aint-aint-so-bad/
Try again
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/09/19/aint-aint-so-bad/
[Word/Lessons] in the menu bar, lists words Marina has done.
yes i do
WORD REQUEST: Incest.
Put your sister to the test.
good one and I second that word
Hey marina.
what is the meaning of “sorry”?
everyone says it when they’ve upset some one, so what does it mean?
wish i could tell ya but i don’t know, sorry.
PRO QUID QUO?
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Hi what is the meaning and origin of the word “PRO QUID QUO?”
You mean quid pro quo. (Those pesky foreign languages are soooo confusing.)
WROOONG!!! UR SOOOO WRONG!!! lol.
Correct on so many levels. Yet the phrase is indeed quid pro quo, which, literally translated, means, “Hey! Your piece of pie is bigger than mine. What’s with that?”
Marina putting her ‘feet up’ in Hawaii.
oops
http://twitpic.com/j9ry
Marina, when pronouncing the word “gnostic” the “g” is silent. Why is the “g” not silent in the words “agnostic”, “diagnosis”, “prognosis”, etc.? All that is occurring is the addition of a prefix to the base, modifying the base meaning… right?
Gnostic, from the Greek gnosis (knowledge) < from gnostikos (knowing, able to discern) < from gnostos (knowable) < from gignoskein (to learn, to come to know)
prefix a- (without)
prefix dia- (through)
prefix pro- (before)
This is all so gnu to us.
Why do I get the feeling I’m being buffaloed?
It must be an Erie feeling.
the ads in the video are quite annoying , it obscures my view of Marina
You are a true fan!
“What is seen, is not always what is real.”
Sometimes life isn’t ok. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Vzrfkg-HY
well well well look who came out to play
{…want some candy lil’t girl }
Why is that song so familiar? I heard it somewhere before
Yeah, that would do it.
Hi Teacher! I need to know how to send you some Digital artwork I did of you. Tastefully done I might add. You will get a kick from it I think. I hope to hear from you soon.
Problems solved—
where’s the doggie
Scary Halloween car Rolls Royce Phantom
It looks like an old style Batmobile
So is it that WifWolfs are wandering the combat zones?
Marina,
Did you really expect to repel Werewolfs in red thong undies?
Red is suppose to attract bulls. Maybe it does the same to werewolfs and the male gender
…Was a little worried that if a fange got snagged, there’d be a resultant wedgie.
….knock knock at my door some early trick or treaters; ….a playful hairy leg lit’l hippie girl dancing in her sunshine dress standing next to a chubby purple face alien named moonbeam wearing an oversized tie dye T-shirt wreaking of cin-cest and ganja. They ran away as I answered the door.
{ shouldn’t have worn my La Migra uniform as a costume, oh well more candy for me }
Didn’t you put on a mask or were you naked.
…glad to see you got your head out of the pumpkin
I got sand in my eye.
…..you mean her boyfriend kick sand in your face
It was one of the pumpkins.
La Migra! You’re an evil one, Che.
Dear Teach – Your new YT page is FANTASTIC! I love the profile pic from your calendar. Beautiful! Have a blast in Hawaii. Keep us updated – lots of pics!!! If I ever get Twitter to LET ME LOG IN TO THE DAMN THING I’ll try to follow your exploits there, too. Love you! Happy bikini Halloween!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Vzrfkg-HY there is no such things as a happy bikini halloween, there’s a happy bikini christmas, but no happy bikini halloween. watch the dumb video nitwit.
Where I’m from we’d say, from your usual comments, that you “have a burr under your saddle.” Sometimes you can be marginally amusing, though.
wordrekwest: bootie , booty , algolagnia
wordrekwest: makin’ bacon
Marina is in Hawaii. Check out her pics from Tweeter. One on the plane and the other from her hotel room. Very beautiful photo of the beach.
I don’t have tweeter…any other way to see them
Happy haunting day there captain…been to alaska lately which is my home state. I live a summer in kodiak working with the coast guard for my employment and was most fun I had ever working.
Yes NB look over toward your right and you will see My Tweets under the adds section and click on My Tweets.
….looks like she is sitting in coach figured her for a first class type of gal.
Beach
Plane Coach Seats
Link to photos
Oh, I can see it now. Six weeks of pineapple, aloha, hula, poi, luau, mahalo, lei, kahuna, wahine, ukelele, wikiwiki and, of course, The Official Complete and Unabridged Rules and Regulations of Diamond Head National Park.
wordsequest: Dometic
Justwant to send my love and peace, best wishes to two very good friends of mine, Martin and Gareth Taylor (BROTHERS) who sadly passed away yesterday via headonism in Nahm…bless you Rebbecca and Trina, wives of my friends and to all the family….Jim, we have talked before….; todays news brings it home…..lost for words, love you all – sorry for bringing party down but lesson to us all….I knew these guys most of my life and todays news saying they died due to ‘fun times; speaks volumes as they now rest for ever, has to be the worse Hallow ween season ever… There smiles and laughter gave me life, a part of me they shall always remain….I share my openinenss HFWs, take it or leave it, these are my firends, they are gone……i miss them so very much……Thank you Marina for allowing my out burst but shared we are, life is so short,t tomorrow never a gift, liive now, live wise, be happy, be kind you all…if you can leave the planet as my firends Martin nad Gareth have done with endles memories and laughter to others such as me, you will be legend….- excuse my words please, but love you all at HFWs like ilove my firends of the past 20 or so years…….PEACE to you all, with a balanced mind and an open heart, wishing you all love….// XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Hope HFWs commune understands as this to me is just awful, lost two good friends suddelnly today, life never will be the same…, we all here near ‘Reading’ are choked and in shock….shall miss your fun and laughter, stupid verse on everything that you always said, made me think and laugh so much……shall miss you, greatly Gareth and Martin….love you always as we friends laways have and will…..
Sorry to hear of your loss. Peace is difficult at such times, but I hope you will do well and achieve it.
I am very sorry for your loss Matalexwolf. It is good to share the loss of friends with other friends as we understand and will stand by you to help you through the tough times. Peace bro.
Man, I am so sorry about your buddies. You all will be in my prayers.
My condolences to you matalexwolf for your loss.
My prayers are with you.
Hey… Speechless… my heart goes out to you & Martin and Gareth’s wives, and thanks for feeling free to share with us.
It gives me a point of reflection & a focus for my prayers.
i wish i was never born.
Were you?
yes, unfortunately i was, i understand nobody asked to be born(not that i’m aware of) but ultimately you have to put the blame on the closest connection, which would be my frigid parents.
hi marina, i am interested in english word DOMINATRIX. Greeting from Slovakia
If anyone sees any great costumes tonight please come back here and tell us.
Since I am in Hawaii right now I am looking at a beautiful blond with in a small bikini. It’s orange to go with Halloween. It also has two pumpkins on it. Sorry Che I don’t know if M is in Haw, where did you say again? Huh, what did you say I can’t here you right now as the pumpkins are covering my ears. mmmmm
what…….are you in hawaii with marina
You stole my girl damn it..must be the damn uniform…oh well, god bless and your service for our country.
Hey NB this is where she ask me to be engaged or vice versa.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/06/18/cracker-game/#comment-27340
…motorboat!!!!!
Het HFws’ – look, you all, I now this much and thats about as far as I go but please hear me know,today, I recieved sad news,two friends,bothers of mine, died through their own stupidity…..Gareth and Martin died in Vietnham snorting some grap…..a big hug from you alls would be appreciated….big loss, cant stop crying, mamny people freinds in surreal reality…..sorry but life right now…..lost two great friends today, am feeling horrid……what words can explain, who can make good in these impossible times….MY LOVE AND THOUGHTS TO REBECCA AND TRINA
Sorry for your lost ‘mit’
Hi Marina,
I have a word request. My daughter who is a Marine told me that the Marine’s use oohrah as a motivational word. Can you please research the origin of the word oohrah .
Thank You
Al
I love you my sweet friend MARINA!
LOVE,
If you want meet with me then I’ll tobe very happy,
If you some love me then I’ll give you my heart,
If you send me to your wonderful a picture then I will put on my table with my picture,
If you reall love me then I’ll give you to all of my life,
Because you are wonderful a person and you have a kindhearted a heart!And so,
Always I will love you my sweet friend MARINA!
All with my loves and hugs,
Onlycasperman
SAMSUN-TURKEY
dude, i’m sorry to say this, but get a fuckin life.
What’s that to you if I love Marina!Are you a women or male I dont know you!Dont worry you,I’ll love to Marina to everytime.
Lets tell me your thoughts about of the love!
Best wishes,
onlycasperman
SAMSUN-TURKEY
What is the origin of the phrase “money for jam”?
How did the world “club” refer to Bar/Dance Club/Strip Club?
HAVE A HAPPY HALLOWEN DAY FOR MY SWEET FRIENDS!
All with my loves and hugs,
onlycasperman
SAMSUN-TURKEY
They just what? come back! That’s not even a werewolf! I know because Wolves are bigger than that, and so are men, so if you mix the two, you’ll get something big like a grizzly beer.
Dear Marina,
I’m sorry to say that your German spelling can be improved. The German word is “Werwolf”.
This word has a bad taste as Hitler used this name for an organisation whose members murdered the mayor of Aachen.
Making an observation, it looks like that Marina may have had an editing oversight as the Dutch word was also incorrect also using the same letters; i.e. “wulf” instead of “wolf”. I’m embarrassed to say, I do that all of the time. It’s too easy to copy and paste, but then I keep forgetting to make the letter changes. The agony of technology.
………….OED……..video shows
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O.E…..werewulf…..werewulf…..correct
M.Du…weerwolf…..weerwulf…..err
O.H.G..werwolf……werwulf…….err
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Additional ancillary tidbits about “wulf” and “wolf”.
Generally, versions of the word Wolf with an “o” indicates the German origins and with a “u” indicates English roots.
However, the word “Wulf or Wulff” does appear in German as a variant of wolf. It may be patronymic in origin being derived from the first name of a father. In this case, Wulf is associated with the very popular German first name Wolfgang and simply means “son of Wolfgang”. No doubt the initial bearer of the name was noted for his qualities of strength and power.
Name Example: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulf
Marina, Never has anyone made philology so interesting.
A word came up that has three meanings at dictionary.com , the word is “Wrangler“. In the USA people think of a cowboy, it can also be someone who argues, and in the UK it is someone who got the highest marks, of their year, in the exam for their maths degree at Cambridge University. All very different, but is there a connection? Which came first?
Thanks and kisses.
Alan
Привет Марина! I was wondering if you knew the origin of the saying: “You cannot have your cake and eat it too” ? Is it a Russian joke? I know the word for “have – есть” and “eat – есть” are spelled the same in Russian, is that where it comes from?
Thanks,
Tom
Hey Marina, I was wondering where the word commercial came from, as in a television commercial. Thanks, and keep up the great work!
Really you are wonderful a women!
ah Deja Vu
Is M really in Hawaii or is she prankn’ us
http://www.ikissyou.org/
The internet was a new toy then.
Before ‘flaming’ was discovered.
Really you are wonderful a women!
To all my fellow students here in Marinaville have a happy & safe Halloween also!
“Oh, that’s beautiful!”
It’s Halloween Bitches
DAMN IT! I screwed up that link.
I was wondering where the word “incest” comes. I think you rock…
If you rearrange 2 of the letters… you get “insect.”
I guess “insect” and “incest” are equally disgusting. (…Well, actually incest in more disgusting, but you get the point.)
Is the opposite outcest?
no… outcast
Hey does anyone know if this is Buzzword. Look at the picture on the wall behind him.
Buzzword
first thought buzzword was sxephil when I saw is gravatar
Hi Marina,
Where does the word soul come from.
Johnnyc(Blueskysoul)
Sculpting pumpkins like a professional is harder than I thought. I’ve tried scuplting real-life faces in them, the way I wanted it to be, but I’m not even halfway done with the first pumpkin.
I’ve been struggling with my art skills for years, I’m not the perfectionist I use to be. I don’t think I ever was THAT good, but probably only good enough for high school.
Hell boy you still got your broom
Broom? What? …I’m not a witch.
My Halloween gravatar.
–animalntaz
Where did the word LUSCIOUS come from .
Keep up the greta work
kudos.
Marina ! You forgot a second instand with the root WERE in WEREGILD ! => http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wergild
I don’t believe in werewolfs. But I am beginning to believe in magical dogs as I watch Gorby (your communist dog) or is it Kobe disappear and reappear in your videos.
Senior
Where did the word Charlatan come from???
Charlatan.
I liked your choice of pink. Hat’s off to that werewolf!
Marina, great series of videos for Halloween. What wil be your costume?
On a substantive point, isn’t “virilis” derived from the more simple word in latin “vir” meaning “man”? Are adjectives always derived from nouns? Or put another way, do nouns always come first? That would be a cool lesson by the way, something meta-philogical.
Happy Halloween!
Louie
Hi Marina,
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Great site and videos. Maybe you could research the word fellatio next?
Спасибо
yo momma so hairy she only speak wookie!
Your mom’s actually not too bad… she’d give you the hair off her back.
yo momma is so hairy when you were born you got carpet burns
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!
Is anyone else having trouble getting into gravatar.com?
Affirmative… gravatar site is belly up… looks like the site is trying to reset itself in some infinite loop…
tks Karl
works for me
About time you got out of bed…. what’s for breakfast.
Marina said:
“Just had a breakfast… Strawberry banana fruit smothie blend…. Yammy… U want some???”
You bet. I’ll be right over.
Of course I do. Since I was a boy, I believed they were the only being that the devil could create and send into the world. I guess it jus seems so much more real than a blood-sucking freak. Interestingly, i found that I would lay awake at night thinking about things and bears would come to mind since they were around the house a s a child. Than i would link my next thoughts to werewolves. i even had a dream a s a boy thta invooved being bitten by a wolf. i guess the encounter with wild dogs as a boy later on would have an effect on me. Strong enough for me to base a book on it written while in prison. It involves shapeshifting which I got cued in on when i watched a movie by a former playboy bunny named Julia Cialinni. Its almost finisherd. it has shamans and wolves and shapeshifting. Its alot more credible than anything else and I’ve even tried it. Its the idea that one can enter the being of an animal in the reak world when one begins to fall asleep. its a cool thought and idea. Like i said, its something Ive tried and found it to work really well. It definately is a trip. Peace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Marina,
You’ve done a lesson on golf but what about the word FORE?
…yeah! another ‘myth’, werewolf LOL….I mean ever such a thing as a man-wolf….its crazy idea, just to even think about….wait…..huh, nah, ….ouch!! AAH, just getting some strange
flashbacks…fullmoon……..screams…biteing…blood…..hairy…….running fast….really hungry……howeling…..peeing on lamp posts……..huh, sniffing another dogs butt, gross……
Hey! Does Gorby want to go out and pay?
….and now music to commemorate calendar pre-sales Pictures of Lily – The Who
…gives a whole new meaning to the phrase stocking stuffer
German pronunciation for weib:
(das weib; n. woman, adult female, wife)
Marina’s weib
Correct pronunciation is similar to the English word “vibe”, but with a more abrupt ending.
http://www.dictionarist.com/uebersetzung/weib
Has anyone noticed how Kid Rock’s song “All Summer Long” is the same tune as Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwIGZLjugKA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSc8qVMjKM
Kid Rock wasn’t the only one to combine another song with sweet home alabama… an interesting cover (combo).
how about the word ho.
It’s too early. Come back next month.
And wear the suit.
p
please tell me the word sweetheart. thank you sweetheart
….and now is the time for spooky music Last Kiss – Pearl Jam
I would like to request a very interesting word. I first heard it in a Three Stooges TV show where they were pretending to be doctors in a hospital DR. Howard! DR. Fine !and I thought they just made it up!! They used it as an instrument they wanted passed to them working on a patient. It was very funny ! ! Anyway the word is ………………………………………………………. Are you ready…………………………………………………………….
………………………………………. o n o m a t o p o e i a
Marina, what is a Stonehenge? Well, I’m sure I know what a stone is… More to the point, what is a henge? I know what the site of Stonehenge is, and I know where it is… but what is a henge? Is it a colonnade? or perhaps a hedge? or even a mound or hill?
hi hot for words…
i would like to suggest the word shebang, as in “the whole shebang”
love ur work by btw.
“Jesus H Christ”
Hi Marina, In Australia we get a lot of US T.V. and movies, quit often someone in these shows will use the phrase, “Jesus H Christ”. Please can you find the meaning of this “H” in the middle of this phrase, I have asked several yanks that I have met over here but none could tell me what this “H” means.
Love your work.
It’s just a made up middle initial for humorous effect as an expletive as though the name was that of an ordinary person, i.e. one of no historical importance. I once new a guy who regularly combined this with the crutch expletive, “Jesus H. Christ on a crutch!” That was in the 70s and he could be dead by now. (St. Peter: “WHO ON A WHAT?”)
Perhaps if he comes back, he will be required to use “NMI” for his identity card or driver’s license.
Personally I prefer “Jumping Jesus on a Pogo-stick!”
The Dead Milkmen: Stuart
This is one theory… some of it is true, some of it is plausible.
It recalls the H in the IHS logo emblazoned on much early church paraphernalia. IHS (Iesus Hominum Salvator [Latin for "Jesus savior of men"]) dates from the earliest years of Christianity, being an abbreviation of “Jesus” in classical Latin characters. The earlier Greek Christogram is “IHC”, derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus, iota-eta-sigma or ΙΗΣ. The Greek pronunciation is “Iesous,” with the E sound being represented by the character eta, which looks like an H. When the symbol passed to Christian Romans, for whom an H was an H, the unaccountable character eventually became accepted as “Jesus’ middle initial.”
Marina, the Nick and Marina YouTube Vision glasses commercial was pretty funny. I ordered the glasses and you really did appear.
Wow! massive changes to the HFW YT profile page. I like the changes. I like the recent comments box also.
Recommendation regarding background picture. Could you do a horizontal flip (mirror) of Marina? (leave her on the left side but facing right) or move her about 50-100 pixels to the right.
I’m so picky.
You sly dog…
Marina, while I was in the armed services we sometimes referred to grenades as pineapples. However, I have learned that grenades have a link to pomegranates. I understand the grenade’s appearance as a pineapple, but how and why is the grenade like a pomegranate?
Oh, I’m afraid you misheard. It’s not pineapple, but pinapple. You pull the pin and it Automatically Peppers People with Lacerating Enfilade. I hope this question didn’t blow up in your face.
lol… good one! Your puns remind me of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.
I ordered 3 calendars.
Time check…
I always wondered where the word “Pawn” came from. I have heard the word many times and even used it a few times on occasion, but have no idea where it comes from.
Marina, the link to this site in the YouTube header for this lesson has an error. “http” is doubled up, killing the link. I’m surprised someone has not spotted it sooner, perhaps because they all come here to view the videos. I use YouTube first so that you get your count bumped up one and then click the link to frolic amongst these whackos… uh, I mean loyal fans. Moral: whenever you provide a link, always test it before you consider the work done. You never know when a typogoofical error will creep up and do you in.
PS*: If Kobe is wandering around in the background when you are shooting, your edits will make him seem to move at the speed of light.
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*Funny how “PS” still is an apt abbreviation, even though we have moved from snail-mail to E-mail.
Werewolf? No problemo. Nothing a T-888 (an infiltration model i.e. a Terminator designed to pass for human) programmed by yours truly can’t deal with.
Anyway, I think I might have heard of the origin of the word before, though I have almost forgotten it completely in the midst of time. Thanks for reminding me of this fascinating word.
By the way Marina, this might be of interest to a philologist like you:
In Chinese, sex maniacs (i.e. men so obsessed with sex that ethical concerns such as mutual consent mean nothing to them) are called “colour wolves” (pardon me, this is a direct translation of the 2 Chinese characters used). East
Asian languages such as Chinese and Japanese have no standardized alphabetical systems such as the A-Z in English, the Cyrillic characters in your native language (Russian, I hope I’ve not named it wrong), etc. They are based on pictorial symbols, which evolved from what were literally pictures to the much more simplified bit still relatively complicated and massive library of pictograms and their combination to create different words.
Interestingly, it seems that wolves are used as symbolism for sex crazed men in both the East and West.
I’ll like hear your expert thought and opinions on this, Marina.
I have never heard of the sex-crazed aspect in werewolves before. I can understand that with respect to Eastern culture, but I would think that if it was in Western culture, I would have run across it at least once in uh, (ahem) several decades.
Since you seem to know something of Chinese, I have some questions. I am very interested in how languages consisting of pictograms cope with new terminology. If someone hears of or invents, for example, fiber optics, they could put together the characters for light and tube and it would be apt. But what of others, e.g. the lay public? Will they be able to “get it” from those characters, especially if the characters have more than one meaning. In English, for example, light could mean a photon stream or not having much weight and a tube could be a vacuum tube* or a subway. How would the pictogram guy deal with the permutations? Do they have to be taught the color wolf = sex maniac? But we don’t always combine existing words to make new terms; we can just invent new words or make acronyms.
What happens when the new term hits the streets? Is it always accompanied by a brief explanation until the public is used to it? Is there some central authority that approves or disseminates them? How does the average Joe know what light tube means? At least in English, a new word will be unfamiliar and tell the reader “this is a new word” (unless the reader is unsure of himself and attributes it simply to his own ignorance). What does the pictogram reader think?
Take laser. It used to be LASER, an acronym that morphed from MASER when the frequency was upped from microwaves to light. When it was MASER, the techies read about it and knew what it stood for, but not Joe Sixpack. Slowly laser caught on, what with sci-fi, Star Wars, hand-held pointers, gunsights, etc., without Joe ever knowing what LASER actually stood for (and still doesn’t!). Is that how it works with pictograms? Enquiring minds want to know.
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*Electronic device or those message-carrying sucker-uppers.
Nice to see that you are interested in cultures and languages other than your own too.
Anyway, I figured there is a little misunderstanding about the “colour wolf” terminology. It has to do with wolves, yes, but not werewolves specifically. “Colour” in Chinese has multiple meanings that are actually very unrelated to each other. Of course, colour means colour in Chinese too, but in my specified context, colour refers to:
Carnal, sexual, etc.
You get the picture.
As for terms for new things say, new technology, it depends on the exact device. For instance, fiber optics are called “guang xian” (approximation of actual pronunciation, since I have no Chinese keyboard to type them out properly), which translated literally means “guang” = light and “xian” = line, string, rope, etc. basically, “line of light”. Technically in English, we call them optical waveguides (yes, I am very much involved in Engineering), which in its bare essence no different from the Chinese term. Photons are called “Guang Zi” in Chinese, which is just Chinese for a “light particles”.
Other terms, such as LASER, aren’t so well translated in Chinese, however. In such a case, the Chinese term is simply created by grouping Chinese characters that sound similar to the individual syllables of the English word(s). LASER in Chinese, believe it or not, sounds VERY similar to the original word itself.
I am very pleased at your curiosity, though it’s obviously impossible to tell you everything I know in this limited space. Besides, I’m only participating out of my free time and I’m usually quite busy. Chinese Mandarin (THE Chinese Language that all Chinese speak) is a very complex language, full of nuances, expressions, etc. that date from very recent times to as far back in Chinese history that we know to that (about 5000 years).
Another thing:
If a Chinese character were to be used for the meaning of its original intention, it is in fact rich in symbolism which in itself tells you its meaning. I’ll like to go into detail, but lack of a Chinese Keyboard isn’t helping.
To get an idea of how numerous the basic pictograms and possible combination of them, it was actually the Chinese that invented the printing press many years before the west, though unfortunately, unlike the west, they did not have a habit of recording and championing their inventions as the west usually does (until very recent history, e.g. Beijing Olympics, where they showed off Chinese inventions such as the South pointing compass, etc.). The real reason they dropped its use was that unlike Alphabetical languages such as English, Russian, Arabian, etc., which has a definite character set of reasonable number and where every possible word is just a combo of them, Chinese is based on many pictograms combined to form a character or sometimes, just a single pictogram, depending on the exact character. In short, there were too many fundamental printing blocks needed to be practical using purely mechanical presses. It wasn’t completely thrown away, but never achieved the widespread use of printing in the west, e.g., news printing, until quite recently.
Thanks for the info. Now how do new terms get recognized by the public? Set aside technology and just talk about new general speech. In English a new word like blog gets pronounced and the listener could figure out how to write it without too much difficulty. How does the listener know which pictograms to use for a new word without the aid of spelling? Going the other way, how does the reader know how to pronounce a new combination? It seems like the entire population would spend half their time keep up with new stuff, unless of course, pictograms, by their nature, inhibit new stuff so that the language changes very slowly.
I can’t imagine what it would be like without spelling.
As I said, some English terms are translated by simply mimicking the sound of their syllables, which severely lessens the need for new pictograms. Changes are still made to this date, though they are usually changes in pronunciation and very occasionally, a slight change of pictogram form.
If it wasn’t for a fairly recent invention known as “pinyin”, which depicted pronunciation of individual Chinese characters in the form of alphabets (e.g. fish in Chinese is pronounced very closely to “yu” and that’s also very close to how it is described in pinyin). Some characters can have their sounds guessed out from their form provided you have fundamental knowledge of the constituent pictograms used to form them, but most of the time, a sound is just arbitrarily assigned and you simply can’t know unless you are told.
And yes, one can waste most of their lifetime trying to memorize numerous characters. Lacks of simple alphabet and words that are just combos of these alphabets does make the creation of completely new characters extremely unlikely, but 5000 years of history is more than enough time to create almost every character that will ever be necessary in practice.
Sweet!
I believe in the spirit of the Werewolf, I was consumed by the spirit of one when I was in combat in Iraq in 1991.
were wolves are good for sex play amoung consenting adults, as for human werewolves perhaps in spirt there are.
Blondtourage.
Espionage
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No i do not believe in werewolves. I do believe in man and that is scary an-fa ? Steve Irwin crikey mate you’re far safer dealing with crocodiles. Westerndiamonback rattlesnake’s then the executives and producers and all those sharks in the MGN building. Mankind has declared genocide upon himself
No, I don’t…
Lycanthropy is considered a mental illness and is mentioned in DSM IV… It is also clustered with Paranoid Schizophrenia as one of its signs….
Oh shit…I am at risk for Lycanthropy. … I mean …
Who said that?! Wtf I am Hearing things…
Or uh…yeah. Really who said that?
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I like to think that werewolfs are around, but I haven’t seen any for a long time now.
I’ve always wondered where the phrase, “…and all that jazz,” came from. I use it all the time, but I don’t know who started using it or anything.
Then stop it until you do. You could substitute “Yadda, yadda, yadda” meanwhile. And if you have the same problem with that one, try “and so forth,” “for what it’s worth,” “in my humble opinion,” “if you will” or “but what do I know.” One of those should work for you. I mean, just until you find out.
Dear Marina Orlova,
I don’t know if you are aware of this or not. When where Adam in the Bible is kicked out of Eden with his Wif, Eve, they then have to Wear clothes right? Adam had then to till the Soil until and even through himself being weary. Maybe out there under the moon, when he was wanting to be at home with his Wif, long after evening, he then became a werewolf. Like, “Where’s Wif”, right.? HOWWWWLLLLLLLLLL!!!
Another Interesting Fact: Male Wolves will not Howl at the Moon unless and only with the Shewolf.
Hmm,how about the name Weir,like rob Weir from Grateful Dead(apt name for Halloween time eh”),could that name be related to the word were and,I hate to say it,make Teacher wrong! Yes! Yes! I’m biting My tounge!
Watch out for that little,white,werewolf behind You! I heard that “Gorby-wolves” can be very fierce and attack without notice!
No,I don’t “believe”,but,there is that factor of some truth behind every myth so Who knows what spawned the tales originallly?
I heard a rumor that Gorby is going to dress up as the Killer Bunny Monster from Monty Python and The Holy Grail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxKIJTb3Hg
“Look at the Bones!!!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTQfGd3G6dg&feature=related
I remember that rabbit flying out of a cave to rip the knights throats out! LOL,don’t even need to see the vid. Watched *alot* of Monte Python on PBS back in the 70s as a loaded teen. Float on over to the tv to turn it up so Ya don’t miss anything while the whole smokey room is laughin their asses off!
Hehe… Gorby the vorpal bunny… how cute… and dangerous.
You know in underworld where there is that dude that becomes a Werewolf and a Vampire, yup.
Or maybe the First Vampire in the Blade movies, yup.
I’ll be one of those for next year…
This year I’m of course,…a … Zombie with a Brainz Fetish.
Actually I just might be the Eye of Sauron.
“One ring to find them all,and in the darness,bind them.”
That didn’t work out so well for Sauron,hope the eye costume goes better for Ya!
Well I have a whole year to work on it.
here http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-sci-otzi1-2008nov01,0,6603213.story
now mind ur p’s and q’s
I throwed you a bone to chew on now shut up
Jus to let you know, I’m going to be camped out in a tent next to the mailbox until my calender gets here…send food and bug spray
Bug Spray Whaaaassssuuuupppp PD.
Hey Mikey!…Oh, just picked up six calenders. One for every room in the house! JK!! No, I’m giving them as Christmas gifts to some buddys. Even Page is getting one. She will love it…she better or we’re not going to be friends anymore!
[FOOD]
I used to be a werewolf but I’m OK Nowwwwwwwooooooowooh
lmao
Ok mikeohhh just in case you
change back.
Is it not a silver bullet that kills a werewolf?
SILVER BULLET
Hey Marina,
Your werewolf sound effects freaked out my cat. The cat’s ears popped up…
and then the cat ran into my bowl of popcorn. Very funny!
I do not believe in werewolves. I believe in music and love… baby!
My grandmother made french fries with gravy, I’ve seen it around ever since I was a kid, I thought every one ate thick sliced fries. We would laugh at fast food fries being skinny and all.
Wow…one of your students had request for @ symbol and that is great question..but, had me thinking, Question Mark, exclamation point…they are staring at me on the symbols and take them for granted…what about looking into them for us Marina
And don’t forget my favorite, the octothorp, an etymologistical nightmare.
Dear Miss Orlova,
This is really coincidental that your class today is on Werewolf. On the way home from work I was thinking: What if there were Dog Men? Not even connecting the dots to werewolf. On some planet maybe there are Dog Men. Werewolves are very rare, even more rare then Vampires. I smell a Werewolf…shit…looks over his shoulders…That’s enough to scare you away, they need to shower obviously.
YS,
TOF
Calendars are ready to be ordered. So Karl are you really going to order 12 so you can display all 12 months at the same time
Huh Huh are ya
Wish there was a sample page to view, I like to get a peak of how it’s laid out.
I notice that BandMerch Store does not offer much in the way of descriptions, like they don’t tell you what the material is in the clothes, they are no LL Bean.
You got that right. I wish they did have at least one or two calendar pages to lust after.
I’m not talking about photos to lust over I just think they don’t have their shit together. BandMerch does not have my confidence.
Where, wolf??? (W/apologies to Marty Feldman)
Yes, real men are becoming an endangered species.
“These days there’s dudes gettin’ facials, manicured, waxed and botoxed. With deep spray-on tans and creamy lotiony hands you
can’t grip a tackle box.
“Yeah with all of these men lining up to get neutered,
it’s hip now to be feminized.
I don’t highlight my hair,
I’ve still got a pair.
Yeah, honey I’m still a guy.”
Brad Paisley, I’m Still A Guy
Or as Marina did a lesson on Metrosexual . A man who does things like that.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/08/18/metrosexual/
MARINA THAT WAS SOO SEXY i love dit how ur thong was showing. Loved it. ANd also ur feet were showing when that wild unrealistic beast attacked u!
Show more of your breasts. I saw u smiling when u ran away =) Plz orgin of the word Bra
Marina – Great vid! Great thong! Great lesson! Great effects! And great thong!!!
OMG you didn’t look did you? You were supposed to close your eyes. YEA right like the rest of us did——not either.
HotForWords looking naked —-> http://bandmerch.seenon.com/detail.php?p=74212
2009 Calendar finally out, woo!
I added it to my wish list, though until I get my own VISA, I will only look from afar :/
I just ordered my calendar Chemikal. Can’t wait til it arrives. Have to wait until December. WOW is right.
Chemikal what is Twitter? Is it something like Facebook or Myspace?
Hey Mike, Twitter is a quick way to stay in instant contact with people by making pithy comments or answering short questions.
Check out Marina’s pithy comments as she goes about her day. http://twitter.com/hotforwords/
You can view Marina’s remarks at that link. If you have a Twitter account, you can chat back and forth, not unlike one does on this site.
Twitter is addicting!
Have you seen Marina’s pics on Twitter from Hawaii. Beautiful.
She works hard, she deserves it
That won’t stop me from being a little jealous though…
I agree Chemikal. My nephew is a professor at Hawaii University. Him and his wife say the cost of living is very high there. But like you said Marina deserves it very much.
Marina, do not accept any marriage proposals for I have mine on top of the stack
Sorry NB I asked her back in the Cracker video. Or did she ask me. Ole well your not the only one.
Marina where did you get the cap that you wore in this video.
I just love the pattern on the cap. Is it a prop or did someone send it to you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkbY49eTkko&feature=iv&annotation_id=event_975959
Hello Marina
I`ve got a “word” I wuld like to know the origin of and that`s
the “@” where does that come from?
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okay4now, OK for now… I’m going to sleep, I have a big day tomorrow(it’s actually now today) and will wake up at 6:30 AM
Good Night
Marina since your new to Twitter, have a hint.
If you want to private message one of your followers without it showing up on your main page, use http://twitter.com/direct_messages/
Why is it that the words READ ( as in your reading a book ) and READ ( as in you have already finished it ) are spelled the same?, same with Wind ( blowing air ) and wind ( to wind up )
Hey Marina,
I’m gobsmacked that you of all people (and not your site’s support team) helped me out with my password fiasco! Thank you very much for going out of your way in assisting me.
And on that note, I’d like to ask you for the origin of the word “gobsmacked”…definately a word not used much anymore these days.
Your newest student,
Jim
Yea, she’s the best.
P.S. Welcome Jim, enjoy your new account
Thanks!
I first discovered Marina’s HotForWords on FOX News’ The O’Reilly Factor a couple weeks ago, and then her YouTube videos just last week (I know, I’m a late bloomer). So naturally, I was excited when she of all people helped me out with my registration password that was defunct!
How cool is that?
jt, I wonder if Marina does it all, even if everything is signed with her name. (I got such a message when I first started.) However, there are little glitches by those whose second language is English, e.g. she says “1900s” instead of “the 1900s.” (These are the kinds of things that get spies killed. I don’t see how, even with the most intensive training, one could eliminate them entirely from one’s speech, such that one would have perfect confidence in a foreign land.) Now take a look at the Privacy Policy page. Things like “…track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.” would not seem to dance trippingly* on the Ukranean tongue. I smell at least one lawyer “behind the curtain,” and where a lawyer lurks, can techs and administrators be far behind?
Personally, I don’t see why such a charade would be needed. We all understand that running an operation like HFW is not a one-man band. I suspect sitting around the kitchen floor tickling Kobe is a luxury that can be afforded only if the nuts and bolts of fixing broken stuff can be delegated to Webmasters and the like. You know, her people. You think she has people, don’t you? Of course she does. Their names and pictures should be on her people page. Yes, they should.
Forgot closure on the asterisk (a pet peeve of mine, too).
*There’s one of those words that almost seem to be an opposite of itself. It’s from some English guy.
Hey Marina Keeping In the spirit of Halloween.
When we die some of us will just lie and suponify.
What does that word mean and where does it come from?
Thanks you’re the best!
No.
Hi boss…
1 question.. if I may. Are you down with the whole Halloween holiday?
My favorite holiday! or actually it’s more of an event (real answer below). Hope I’m not too much of a buzz-kill for yah. Still too funny to see some thug in a rubber werewolf mask (that he just threw on) walking around growling and thinking he’s ‘got the H. spirit’. The greatest thing about Halloween is 1. seeing other people portray their fantasies 2. see the limited fantasies of others (limited imaginations).
But, late on a still night, alone, walking through mist covered woods looking at strange dark vague shadows and you feel (no, you know that you’re being watched &/or followed) then the answer would be ‘yes’. Of course, we can talk ourselves into anything…
I want to witness Halloween!!!
In my country we don’t have Halloween, and I think it’s a pity because it’s a chance for kids to have some fun and for grown ups to have parties.
So if this means believing in something as far fetched as werewolves, I’m all for it!
On the other hand, I could just go ahead and have a party anyway, but good luck convincing my boss I can’t come to work the next day.(since it’s not a regular holiday here)
So.. enjoy, and make the most of it
I live in Paris. The next day is All Saints day, which is a holiday…A good Halloween costum for you would be to go to work on the 31st dressed as your boss–now, that would be when the fun really starts
Where do you live?
Little Paris.
Strassbourg? Prague?
Huh, Google failed to deliver?
Bucharest
There is only one Official Little Paris, and that is
Chemikal, I was just trying to be friendly if you got some itch go scratch it somewhere else…
Nah, must be those darn flees..
)
I just thought you knew that, it’s a little bit of history that is dear to me. France presented Romania with a copy of the Arch of Triumph (of course, a slightly smaller version). Also awarding Bucharest with the honorary title of Little Paris.
I’m sorry if I came off like someone with an itch, I’m only tired that’s all
Totally cool! I’ve heard Bucharest is truely beautiful. Someday I hope you really get to experience Halloween in full. I going to L.A for ten days but not until the 1st, and there is no Halloween here–so we’ll miss it together–cheers.
You will get to celebrate All Souls` Day, Western style. Be sure to write on HFW from LA, I for one would like to know all that I can about America, since I’m planning to work there in the future.
Have a good trip!
Au revoir
Oh Marinaaaa….
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Wow that was fast!
Trying to get this twitter thing to work! Arrggghh!
Yeah, she fixed that in between belly-scratches for Kobe.
Marina, about you State of Texas Tool Taxes, as you know every mans tool is his peter and his treasure. if a womans use of a mans treasure is used for economic gain she owes taxes on said gain as a franchise tax.
My moms maiden name is Weir and I am hairy as all hell. Don’t worry I don’t eat people… I wouldn’t mind munchin on some Marina though
darlin’, i fully believe you could turn any man into a wolf…
now tell me, doe wif also show up in wiffle ball, and perhaps the phrase the batter wiffed?…
seems to me those oh-so-manly men might look down their snoots a bit at a poor batter, or a not-so-manly game, and make it “wifey”…
danged male chauvinista…
but excuse me while i wipe my wolfish drool off the keyboard…pantin’ with my tongue hangin’ out causes that, ya know…
Please tell me the origin of the word “Stawman” Thanks, Pedro
Of course I believe in werewolves – there was one wandering about your flat behind you, as you made the video. One moment it was by the door and in a flash it disappeared, to reappear a minute later from the kitchen.
I don’t believe in werewolves as I have never seen one. My outlook on life is seeing is believing . If one was to bite me on the butt then I would believe in them and probably be one. So I couldn’t eat garlic with my food anymore.
Uh Cap vampires hate garlic and steaks!!!
I don’t know if they like sirloin or not (with or without garlic), but I’m pretty sure they’re more worried about stakes.
Did you know that werewolves come out to feed only once a month? And even so, they still are faster, stronger and more stealthy then us humans. They hunt alone and hide their prey after ingesting the meet. In some books, these animals are shown as vicious stalking type hunters, in others they are shown as part human, part animal, shifting between the two shapes when a full moon is present.
Interesting myth if you ask me… I’d watch any modern movie based on this.
Dear Hotforwords,
What does Deus mean?
Here’s a song about it.
Yeah I do as ancient greeks that worshipped dyionisis were considered vampires and werewolves.
Ms. Marina, I have a question!
Do you have any e-mail address I could contact you?
It’s kinda personal, and you’re the only one that needs to know about it
BTW, your videos are awesome
Hi johnnycase, Marina would tell you to click on the Contact link up above and then you’ll see a link that will bring up a text box where you can send a private message to Marina.
She is marrying me or should I say she is engaged to me or I sent a message and waiting a response so get back in the line mister
No need for the E-mail. The answer is 1,000 bucks, payable in advance.
No rain checks, either, buster.
Make that check payable to Fianchetto, please, for prompt delivery (of the deed to the Brooklyn Bridge).
So your saying there can’t be any women werewolfs?
Also I see you have a little werewolf problem on your hands, sorry I can’t help you there… Kobe spooked me when he walked into the scene, imagine what a real werewolf would do to my complexion =))
AAAAHH… I just finished watching the whole video..
)
OH COMMON!!! Was that fright really necessary?
BRB, I must poo…
MARINA AND ALL……….I just found video on video thumbnail and sexy boobies….uh,..not suggestion anyone we know but is funny video and worth a look and Marina would laugh too….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbhVthXCLSs
Thanks for the link nakedbullwinkle, I recognized one of our favorite ones, errr… I mean two of them, well, I mean one thumbnail.
Maria Sansone is one funny blonde
I also appreciate her experience in the field. I just wish I had time to watch all my favorite youtube shows. Alas, I do not…
But, Thank God for weekends!
Great video NB simply the best. Must save that one to my archives.
Oh, Lord, I was startled by the gal smushed in behind the steering wheel of her car… then came Buxom Hillary – yikers!!!!!!!!!
Where do you buy bras that size?
I thought and i thought. I reached to the depth of my soul and the height of my intellect, but I could not improve on perfection. The winning thumbnail must have boobies!
I’m curious about Rock and Roll.
How did this term come about to define this type of music?
AWESOME request…………
For that matter, where did the word “Jazz” come from?
Read the comments here while you listen, oakie dokie?
Cool link, but doesn’t answer the R’N'R question. It does present some good info, though. Thanks, CK.
2 seconds later Mr. Werewolf got bit on the ass by Gorby the Zombie Slayer.
He knows a good gig when he has one.
Ain’t nobody gonna mess with his Marina.
I don’t believe in Werewolves.
I have to go shave my knuckles and toes to get ready for tomorrow night.
I was gonna dress up as HotForWords but I kept pawing myself.
Hi Marina – thanks for the show. Just wanted to ask if you could look into the word “concur”. I think it has something to do with latin roots but I don’t know…
I agree
Homework

No, I don’t believe in werewolves, but for some reason I howl when I see pretty gals! AROOOOOO!!!!
Oh yeah and I start panting too!!!
Yes, but do you sniff their butts?
Marina is so scary sometimes. Maybe she should be the new late night horror flick TV hostess.
Like this one Elvira Mistress of the Dark
Hey Capman911,
This is funny, give it a try-
Dirty Mind Test.
That was good one to figure out Warren Thanks.
I seem to remember something about her having some serious scars from burns, which are covered by her costume. (Gotta watch them boiling cauldrons.)
HotForElvira