Yes, I had four fur-baby-coonies that I loved dearly. They like to snuggle and hold hands. I would take them as a pet over a dog or cat anyday. Why do some people confuse ‘their advance towards a raccoon and it fights back’ as the raccoon being the vicious one? They are only scared… and will run away… unless cornered. Thanks for the ‘raccoon lesson’ Marina!
My 5th grade teacher had a Racoon and a Skunk that was de-gland. She would bring them into class ever once in a while and let them wander around the class room during school. It was awsome. The were both friendly but the racoon didn’t like to be held. The skunk would sit on your lap like a house cat. It was great!!
Yes they are cute, but they can be dangerous. When I was little a guy who lived two houses down from us had three of them as pets. They ate marshmellows out of his shirt pocket.
I would consider a raccoon half rat half bear
half rat where they can be annoying in your garbage or ie house as you can see and half bear where their paws are very similar and habbits as well
Raccoons are not rodents, but are part of a wide range of small dog-like carnivores, and are actually closely related to a group of sea mammals that include sea lions.
They are not rodents. Rodents have front teeth that continually grow toward each other. They have to keep gnawing on things to keep them down to size, not to mention sharp.
Critters started invading my garden this summer . When I discovered that they were raccoons I gave up on trying to keep them out. They are so mischievous. But they are also so cute and adorable that I couldn’t bring myself to do any more than a halfhearted please-don’t-eat-my-plants .
At least the deer stayed out.
Hello Marina,
I’ve read here that raccoons are not rodents but in the city they seem just like rats, except they dress up when they go out.
HD looks great. You don’t need makeup, you look fine without that stuff.
I’ve seen a few racoons, they are fiesty little critters.
Back when I was stationed at Fort Knox, KY, I was just standing around talking with a co-worker if our warehouse office. And then I noticed a strange look on his face as his eyes were motioning across my lower legs, from right to left. He just took notice of a racoon coming in behind me and making its home in the front desk counter.
We had pest control set a trap overnight and they caught it.
I just ordered some more ram for my laptop to help it out some. Maybe you have to many things running in the back ground and don’t know it. If your on a regular pc click on start then run and type in msconfig, then click on start up and look at all the programs that start up when you turn on your computer. Some of the programs don’t need to run in the background as it uses up memory. I’ll try to find the program I use to tell you what you don’t need running in the background.
CHATHURINGMES
i’ve heard that, above mentioned word is used as scientifically name for worms. le’me know how it pronounced and also the origin and meanings.
you are doing a great job for us……..
WORD REQUEST: Footage
Why do people refer to something on video or film as footage?
Did it have to do with the length of the film strip in the old days?
When did it become a reference to a particular segment of film or video?
Your birthday present I mentioned in my last video hasn’t come to my house yet. This is because I ordered it yesterday (bank account issues) So it will be late getting to you.
I had heard of freudian on tv before but never knew what it meant or how to use it. I guess I will find now.. I did try and all I found was it came from Sigmund Freud and that I was born on the same day as he was. Just like you were born on the same day and year as
– Sarah Chang, American violinist
– Massari, Lebanese-born Canadian singer
and 1 day after my grandfather (but he was born 63 years before you in 1917) Remiding me I still have not got him a present! arrgh!
Marina, are you getting a (Freudian)
slip for Christmas?
Wink wink nod nod
Know what I mean? – Monty Python
(It would hurt sooo good
to know your dress size)
She was probably out late partying last night with all “those pretty, pretty boys she calls friends,” and got up fashionably late. As she still has sleep in her eyes, she’s not yet firing on all cylinders, so to speak. I could come over and kiss the sleep out of your eyes and give you a tickle to wake you up, Marina.
Maybe she needs a hair of the dog that bit her. Yeah, a cup of nice, hot tea. And a half a bottle of aspirin. That’s the ticket!
You have always told us that intelligence is sexy. Now there is scientific support for this claim. Take a peek at the article “Balls and Brains” in the Economist (December 6 p. 98) reporting on the work of Professor Rosalind Arden’s study which concludes that “intelligence is sexy.”
“Science is a cemetery of dead ideas. Science says: “We must live,” and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and amplifying life, of making it tolerable and acceptable, Wisdom says: “We must die,” and seeks how to make us die well.”
“Man is said to be a reasoning animal. I do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. Perhaps that which differentiates him from other animals is feeling rather than reason. More often I have seen a cat reason than laugh or weep. Perhaps it weeps or laughs inwardly — but then perhaps, also inwardly, the crab resolves equations of the second degree.”
The owner of a golf course was confused about paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help. He called her into his office and said, ‘You graduated from the University of Tennessee and I need some help. If I were to give you $20,000, minus 14%, how much would you take off?’
The secretary thought a moment, and then replied, ‘Everything but my earrings.’
A group of friends went deer hunting and paired off in twos for the day. That night, one of the hunters returned alone, staggering under the weight of an eight-point buck. ‘Where’s Henry?’ the others asked.
‘Henry had a stroke of some kind. He’s a couple of miles back up the trail,’ the successful hunter replied.
‘You left Henry laying out there and carried the deer back?’ they inquired.
‘A tough call,’ nodded the hunter ‘But I figured no one is going to steal Henry!’
The Sheriff pulled up next to the guy unloading garbage out of his pick-up into the ditch. The Sheriff asked, ‘Why are you dumping garbage in the ditch? Don’t you see that sign right over your head’. ‘Yep’, he replied. ‘That’s why I dumpin it here, cause it says:
‘Fine For Dumping Garbage’.
A Georgia State Trooper pulls over a truck and asks the driver to step out of the cab. He walks round to the side of the truck, points upwards and asks, “What is the meaning of this sign?”
“Well,” says the driver, “It tells what I do. What’s wrong with it?”
“It’s not a very polite sign, is it? Shit Carter” says the trooper, “I mean, couldn’t you phrase it another way?”
“Like what?”
“Well, for example, you could call yourself a Conveyor of Faeces.”
“Goddam!” says the driver, “If I was smart enough to be able to spell faeces, I wouldn’t need to be carting shit around all day.”
My Mom grew up in South Carolina. They didn’t turn cartwheels, they turned “clearlights”. And they didn’t pick or harvest collard greens, they went “crappin’ collards”. Seriously.
A man from Alabama told his buddy he was going to Georgia to buy some “taters & maters”. His buddy said, ” You can’t say taters & maters in Georgia they’re more sophisticated over there! You must say Potatoes And Tomatoes!” The man practiced saying Potatoes And Tomatoes. He entered the store and told the clerk, “I want some Potatoes And Tomatoes.” The clerk said, “You must be from Alabama!” The man said, “How could you tell?” The clerk told him, “You’re in a HARDWARE STORE!”
hello dear teacher, i really enjoy your lessons apart from ur sexy body it also brings alot of knowledge
i have been always been wondering who came up with the word TOILET? i hope its interesting enough for u to investigate and i hope to hear a response from you soon
Love *muAaah*
Your brand new student; Nanu
Welcome aboard (new) dear student
Be sure to check into getting a nifty Gravatar,
to go along with your name, even
If you have a YouTube site, try linking it
to your name (in the dashboard). Great
way to make new friends with the class.
See ya in class – ChaCha
(Oh yeah, the YT link turns your name
blue, like mine – click on it)
Hello hot for words. I have shown my kids, 8 of them, and my husband your youtube videos. My husband isn’t interested. lol But my kids love you. Guess I better come up with some words for you. How about the word “possum”. Or the phrase “playing possum”. My grandfather was a hunter but he would never hunt possums. He called them his granddaughters. I never understood this, for I was his only granddaughter and felt like he compared the possum to me. So, if you can, where did the word “possum” come from, and the phrase “playing possum” come from? Hope hot for words can solve this mystery. The kids hope you can. Take care, Zoe
8 kids? Well, now, we know what your husband prefers to Marina’s videos, don’t we?
The correct name for the animal is Opossum. (The A thru N models of this animal have been discontinued. The improved O model sports a matt-free coat, self-sharpening claws, inherent pest resistance, odor-controlled droppings and Internet connectivity [accessory USB and Ethernet cables available at extra cost].)
Raccoons? Hahaha! Raccoons eh? Muy bien señora. Let’s talk about raccoons. True, raccoons are prettily cute little fellows . They masticate all kind of food in a very cute and lovable way. But they can also be fiercely nasty little bastards when left alone in an unsupervised kitchen.
The are cuter than hamsters, serpents, pigs and chickens. But not as cute as puppies, kitties, squirrels and little flying sparrows.
Raccoon. It reminds me of some quote from some dusty-rusty geezer, the kind of scantily-brained, heavy-mouthed, sneakily-eyed weirdo you’ll find in history and science books, inside the chairman board of a global corporation or on the political stage.
Charles Quint (1500-1558) – I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, German to my horse and… English to the raccoons!!!
American War department just announced it will begin hiring foreigners for language skills and medical training, etc. Would you like to work for the “Great Satan”? Осторожно
Teacher-
Thank you for another interesting lesson… The raccoon, however is NOT cute, and IS quite evil… They may not be rodents, but they are definitely considered pests… My father came from the Southern US, where raccoon meat is sold for consumption… He told me that people who sold raccoon meat had to leave one paw on (with the fur), because unscrupulous people had sold cat, claiming it was raccoon…
Also, when hunting raccoon, one had to use a pack of dogs, and a low-caliber weapon (so as not to damage the meat)… The dogs were to kill the raccoon (once the shot knocked it out of the tree), because “the raccoon will beat hell out of a couple dogs, and you, if it gets the chance”… Very interesting…
Marina, A raccoon is a raccoon, I guess their cute, I don’t have a raccoon. Thats not saying i wouldn’t have a raccoon.
I do have a mouse however that keeps getting into my stores of bread
Raccoons for sure aren’t rodents, it is their ability to be a nuisance to mankind that has garnered the moniker rodent for this native American species.
Was there or is there a similar species in Russia?
Do you since living here in America have you been able to obtain a drivers license? Curious to know must you always find someone too take you places?
well, i wouldn’t wanna have one of those to destroy my kitchen. what i don’t know…: why are those animals called “waschbär”, which means some kind of “washing bear” in german? they aren’t bears, are they? nice video, btw, thank you marina.
Marina, what are the settings now for HD, after all that time you spent telling me how to do widescreen eh! Sorry. If there is anyone who can help me on youtube its you…
your camera is basically a televisio camera then. I will look into the flip hd ones. I am going to do a test @ 1280 x 720 just to see what it looks like anyway. I think I will have to gp hd now anyway.
Wow, Marina, you really are a pro.
It reminds me of something Sir Winston Churchill said, “I am a man of simple tastes … I satisfy myself with the best.”
Have you ever used the flip HD in a video? I am guessing you might have in the hawaii one. People may have looked if you took that massive camera on the beach.
If you held up a mirror to the camera, we could see it (just make sure you don’t have laundry hanging up in the background ). Anyone interested might read this review. {CK rationalizes…} I wonder if I bought one, if there would be the slightest possiblity that I could tape something that I could sell to pay for it?
Marina, how about these 2 confusing words – “TRIAL”, like in Court appearence or a Court Trial,,, then theres “TRAIL”,, like in your on a Dusty Trail,, these are both almost spelled the same using the same letters, but,,pronounced so differently as to 2 different meanings !!!! You should INVESTIGATE, Marina,, let me know on Hott for Words !!! Bye- Crazy Clown !!
I’ve had to deal with Racoons before on camp-outs. They look cute but they are actually quite vicious and unfriendly to people. Best to not try to keep a wild one as a pet. That and the wild one’s usually carry several various diseases including rabies. But that’s what I have heard, maybe our Teacher know’s otherwise. Until then, I wouldn’t try to pet one.
I had racoon fro dinner at a friends house once and it is not to bad. It tastes just like meat, imagine that. Any way I would like to know where the word commercial comes from. We watch them all the time so where does this word come from.
I have more racoons than You can shake a stick at! There are several racoons jumping out of My brainpan as We speak I can’t eat any more of this shit,,if I try,I’ll just die.
Me and My old pal got just fuckin loaded as hell,,,then some..Racoons are for shooting,skinning,cooking,and,eating,,,,not neccessarilliy in that order.It depends on how fucked up You are. We got Coons,Rats,Coyotes,Fox,Feral Dogs,Ditch Cats,Owls,Hawks,Eagles and You frikkin name it,,we got it here.Well,no,,no polar bears or any of that shit.just Yer basic driftless area critters. Don’t worry tho,,if Ya fall down in the woods,,,they’ll eat Yer ass,,and like it..
Yes, I think raccoons look cute. But at the same time, I understand they’re wild animals and need to be respected and treated as such. If I come across one I’m not going to pet it and take it home as a pet. And like ermines or apes, I’m pretty sure raccoons would be able to outsmart their owners and wreak all sorts of havoc. I’v actually only seen one since coming to the city where I currently live for most of the year.
And for everyone who’s been wondering about the raccoon’s place in the “tree of life,” as it were, here is their basic taxonomic classification:
So, Marina, I’m not exactly sure why you’ve heard them referred to as rodents; the Procyonidae family is pretty much just raccoons and species very similar to them, it’s own “raccoon family.” I’d guess some people think of them as rodentesque simply because of their troublesome nature when they intrude on a person’s house, much like certain rodents do.
Party at My place,chick on My lap typing as a bunch of Us all drunk were talking about various posts as she read them aloud. *If* I remember right,the reply looks to be a mixture of what different people said.When I looked around Her to see what She was doing it was too late,already sent. Later,after the crowd thinned out,passed out,or whatever it is crowds do,She apologized in the nicest of ways .I’m just here to pass that apology on to You and to say TY,because of You *I got some*!
When she wakes up hung-over and horny I’m gonna get some more.
They are not rodents. I think they are more closely related to the weasel family. They are smart as hell and they can take care of themselves. However, it is not hard to make friends with a wild raccoon. A woman I know babysits for a wild raccoon. Also, those wild raccoons adopted a kitten! They could have eaten it but instead it grew up with them and thinks it is a raccoon.
My request is not a work but a gesture that we all use to reference a phrase. I would like to know where the middle finger or the bird comes from. I have heard a few different explanations (my favorite is one about the “Hundred Years’ War”) and I would like to know where the gesture comes from.
One night a little after the sun had set, I was out camping and a raccoon walked into the fire light. He just stood there and watched me for a while. I eventually threw him a biscuit. He backed away, but eventually came forward at took the biscuit and ate it all up. I threw him another one, and this time with less backing away he ate it again. The raccoon was so pleased with my cooking that he sat up on his hind legs, and pleasured himself.
i kid you not.
Fairly omnivorous creatures. They look cute, but that’s as far as it goes. They’re quite willing to claw, bite, i.e. fight their way out of trouble if they deem necessary. They’re also well known vectors for the rabies virus, so do NOT get yourself bitten by one.
Excellent video and lesson, Marina, amazingly short and sweet. Keep it up.
Homework: Nope I don’t have a RatCoon. I did own a rat that would cocoon himself in a towel.
Raccoons are smart little guys. There was a time a friend of mine was feeding a wild one in his back yard. The female would walk up to the back glass sliding door and eat out of the dog food dish. Well one day she brought the whole family. Including their pet possum. Yea this little guy would eat right along with the other raccoons. Well this was all fun but he had to stop doing it before the whole forest of critters would show up. Also raccoons are very dangerous when angry or cornered. They sometime carry the rabies virus. His little daughter was getting very interested in the raccoon and he didn’t want her or the rest of the kids get to comfortable with the animals.
I was asleep in the living room in Tahoe on a mattress with the porch door open (30′ in the air) and one crawled over me to get in the Kitchen. Luckily it split fast when it woke me up!
They want your eyeballs. They want them for advertiser’s ads. Don’t give your eyeballs to them. Keep the counts low. Watch what you want to watch, not what they want you to watch. Advertisers won’t pay for low counts.
Excellent! No matter how they try to queer it, it will remain an unexplained phenomenon to them as to how Marina continues to be the Number One Site on YouTube. With over one million views to date and continued growth past one hundred thousand subscribers (in less than a year), I am only a little surprised at these “changes”. It is sad when those who are mediocre can only puff themselves up to appear to be big, only by trying to take down those who’s hard work has made them truly successful. Piss on ‘em!
Recycle-Logical-1, Thanks for the link. There where some great videos there showing how Tubers are upset over the changes.
I have been doing some research about this new change since Marina brought it up on twitter. I notice there was very few videos with images that would offend your everyday family. Yes there is a new algorithm that screens out videos that might offend. So I have been thinking why this is. Well I’m going to tell you. I come to you with 22 years in retail sale and marketing. What I have always mention to people is if you follow the money you will find the heart of all businesses. Follow the money… Follow the money…. The changes that YT is doing is to increase revenue. Especially in this economic down turn. YT is here to make money off of us. Its all about selling ads. Pure and simple. To sell ads. Advertiser want to get the maximum value for their dollar. We get to use their service for free in exchange to view some ads. Not a bad arrangement. So to get the maximum value you have to go after the largest demographic. Sheeple! You have to appeal to sheeple tastes and you must filter the content. Why was AOL the number one Internet provider back in the day? Not necessary the free cds. Filtered content. My sister still uses AOL because she is afraid of bad things she has heard about the internet. She is now a bit wiser but still has her AOL account. So back to my point. YT no longer need partners. This program is dead. Did you watch the last video with the guy wearing dark glasses and mask? He is right on in many points. If you haven’t go watch it.
Mark my words. If YT continues this route it will be come something very similar to network tv but on the internet. And you all know how the big networks like to control what we watch. Do you already see this happing here? In time YT will be just as big as the networks. This is the path they have chosen and once this path is chosen there is no way to go back.
No. They need more advertisers. Videos that are just a bunch of profanity or half naked girls running around is not attractive to most big money advertisers.
Smokey Drano is a good product but read the back label. Some of it can’t be used on ABS or PVC plumbing. It’s meant for cast iron or metal P Traps. They make a chemical for PVC or ABS P Traps which you can get at most Lowes or hardware stores. Drano like ChaCha said has lye and other caustic chemicals that eat up plastic pipes. You could get a drain snake and run it down the tub over fill hole which is located under the spout. Take off the overfill cap and just run the snake down the hole and it will clean out the P Trap.
Well, I have unsubcribed and not interested anymore in this site. Why? Well, my complaints have been submitted with no real response. My best word suggestion is “bored” for couple of reasons. I am not the first and not the last and wish you and all well but I suspect my complaints were never heard or will taken with any serious consideration. When the subscriptions hit a plateau and then decline, my complaints will matter then, maybe. For now, I say goodbye and will go elsewhere for my entertainment and research. Good day………..
As I recall, Marina went to some lengths to rekindle your interest, carrying her explanation to you over to a new thread.
Perhaps before you leave you can review and see what was said, as we all saw it. At times, the current lesson isn’t always as motivationg as some of the previous couple hundred. You couldn’t have researched them all, so I think you may want to check some of those out, too. Sorry to hear you were bored, it happens to some, I guess. You seem unusually angry about it, from your terse commentary. If you can find a site that perfectly fits your needs, please report back to us what you have found. We would all be interested to know. Au revoir and happy trails.
There was no conversation with her. She left a one sentence response in possibly september to one of my complaints. I recall here saying being patient. what you may recall is others offering advice or suggestions but you all just do not get it. It is a one way street and that is why it gets boring. there are t.a. that never had a suggestion ever done. That is her dilemna. How can she keep interest when people leave suggestion after suggestion only to never see any response to it. How long is the list? Should I wait six months, a year, two years? That is her dilemna and I gave seven months and we had a one sentence exchange and that is it. The real conversation is with the t.a.s who are all great and I am not saying she is not great too. She is living the American dream and kudos for her. I am just being honest that I got bored and after seven months, that does not make me flakey for sure. But, that is my opinion for sure. I have not found another site but can google a search and other search engines for my answers. I am not the only one and will not be the last. That is the challenge to keep growing. there will be a plateua and a decline and part of any questions asked will be answered requests never done or seemed to ever be done. There are only so many videos one can do and you have to keep interest is other ways. that is my free advice and no time for my easy exit…ciao
Uh huh, I see – instant gratification issues.
My word request was spoon. It took six monthes. Have you even looked at that lesson? You are entitled to your opinion.
As I said, when you find the site perfectly suited for your needs, please come back and tell us all about it! The bit about the plateau and decline, which you state redundantly, is no great shakes here. We’re all about having fun learning word origins and this, apparently, is not your “cup of tea”. Asti Spumanti! MeLikaDoTheChaCha, TA
[Don Ho singing Aloha Oy!]
Sorry I didn’t get to you in time. I literally make a video every single day trying to keep up. I was interested in doing the cheapskate request, but I am having trouble making it interesting as nobody knows where skate came from. Fubar was one I wanted to do until YouTube censored me for snafu. You had a couple others I’ve been looking at, I can’t remember them off hand. I am sorry that I didn’t get to them in time.. I can assure you, I will though… but I am going as fast as I can.
Celebrity status Marina , you can’t please everyone all the time, all at the same time, with a process that was created for use by just a select group.
Marina, I have been a fan since early summer and am impressed with your success so far. With so many companies being hit with a sledgehammer right now and definitely in the next couple of months, I am saying from the bottom of my heart and soul that I want to help you try to get ahead of the possible problem. The world does not revolve around me and that is why I moved to alaska where no one is up tight and defensive. And, I do not mean you at all but some of your defenders, God bless them but they are really hitting me on the head but that is okay. This nation was not built upon people all agreeing on everything and the last thing you want is a bunch of yes men. I hope and pray you will continue your further success and cheapskate is a crazy word for sure. I look foward to seeing you on fox news very soon. God bless you and you will have many happy new years. You are too driven and confident to not have your dreams succeed. I have more faith in you than you best defenders. I would bet my next paycheck on that. Warmest regards, Will
And, I will stay and be quiet and keep the critics happy for I want you to succeed. I will make any suggestions privately since some will be to upset too hear any constructive criticism. Captain Jack has a good measure of where I am coming from but that is why he is the best of the bunch for sure. If he beat me down for trying to help I would be really lost. So, for all that say I am being negative, lonely, bored, impatient, I will remain and you can now throw your tomatoes at me but aim wisely for this moose can move very, very fast so take your best shot….
I will never be a Teacher’s Pet, but I ‘m not going to cry about it.
A teacher’s pet here is a very special reward for being punctual in your attendance and following through with your homework.
Those who receive this honor are often, pleasantly surprised.
Upgraders and apple polishers are not the criteria here. The squeaky wheel does not get greased here. Only by contributions are people recognised. TA’s, like myself, do not crave the attention for themselves, as some might think.
We turn our energies towards being benefactors to as many as are willing to better themselves. Seeing others make their own way is our greatest reward. As I see it (my opinion) you are simply not up to the task, and lament like a ponsi school child, demanding more attention from Marina than you have earned. You are entitled only to my opinion (sorry, but you have earned that). You still have a choice. You can learn and grow from this experience, or not. If you decide to do some real work, and not merely complain, you are welcome and may find yourself a teacher’s pet someday. Or, you can simply quit, but you’ve got to ask yourself – what does this teach you except to be a quitter? I would be willing to help you better your opinion of us, and yourself, if you remain a student. Ok?
I was constructive criticism melik. I am not interested in receiving any attention. As I said earlier, she is living the American dream and if I was an asshole, I would not have said any constructive criticism. I am not mean spirited and if I was a business advisor, I would say the same thing in person or on the net. You dismiss my points to quickly thinking my comments are about ego. If I had a flakey, shalllow, attention needing ego, I would have been complaining in early summer when I started reading and watching the videos. It is now almost 2009 and her biggest challenge is keeping people interested and making it fun and she would be first to tell you but you missed that important point. I will say again I have the highest respect for her and all she has accomplished and I am not a child or a toxic personality trying to tear down something that someone has worked very hard to create from the sweat off their brow and the nerves or steel to take a risk like she has to make her site the success it has been. You lump me in with all the other silly, toxic people that inhabit this world called the internet. I just told her my honest impression right now and want her to have as few people feeling like I am and as many loyal fans as you. We cannot all be a steady and faithful my friend. That is the reality of the world and plenty of other interests out there on the net to pull people away with little attention span they possess. again, if I had been on for a month or two you points may be taken correct but I am going on eight months and not far from a year if you think about it. So, before you try hitting me with childish or juvenile remarks, remove your subjective opinions and look at my comments in an objective light and maybe you can take the from the soul advice I just gave for free in the hope that her dreams grows and does not plateua and diminish. You are not going to help slamming me when I am conducting myself in a civil, honest, and respectful manner. Save the childish remarks for the other jerk offs that show up but you do not need to be door man with me sir for I am already in the building and your services are not needed with such inappropriate responses.
Marina has other aspects of life to live as well, right? Working out, playing with Gorby, Reading books, living a healthy lifestyle, etc, etc. Marina is probably one of the busiest people. Keeping up with one new video a day is incredible, I wonder how much work goes into each video, and she reads our homework and is not some overlord of the hotforwords.com community but is in active participation with our requests, comments, and etc.
It goes to show her commitment to everyone that she doesn’t ignore people when they bring up things like this, even. She really cares, and that makes her even more of an awesome teacher!
I agree and have tried to state that there are logistic problems she will face down the road but everyone is so focused on beaing me in the ground for trying to be respectful and honest…but I am not surprised…you cannot see my faces and eyes and see I am sincere about respecting all her hard work but what else can I say……….
Thank god you are in Alaska. I hope you are miles away from anyone. You come off as some kind of psycho that would have written your comments in mag clips. All we are trying to say is get over it man. Stop taking yourself and this site so seriously. I have sent a crap load of requests that have gone unanswered but you don’t see me complaining. BTW I did read what you said but when I read it outloud I sound like my 12 year old niece complaining about a zit on her face. I’m sure if you wrote Marina a check she would answer answer your comments and request asap. Untill then just have fun.
Nakedbullwinkle, it’s all well and good that you’re not being “childish” or exhibiting a “toxic personality,” and just expressing your opinion, but I’m pretty sure most people here will agree with me in saying your opinion is way off base.
You make it sound as though our beloved teacher is some sort of philological tech support; that we should be able to randomly ask for a word origin and be able to expect a response within 24 hours. It’s incredible that Marina lives her normal life and still has the ability to come out with videos as frequently as she does. Just like most everyone else here, I’ve recommended words whose origins I think would be interesting, and none of them have yet been done. But I don’t expect them to be; I know Marina is doing her best to keep up with our piqued interests, and her best is quite exceptional.
And what’s this talk about the American Dream? Sure she’s selling a calendar and making appearances on shows like the O’Reilly factor but when it comes down to it, she imparts her knowledge to us for no cost, which is very admirable.
So if you don’t like the way Marina’s running her operation, that’s fine, as is expressing your complaints. But when your complaints so clearly have no legitimacy, you should just let the issue go, and bow out of the website quietly.
You did not read what I said…..I never suggested for a moment that my requests need to be answered and I have never demanded she respond to me at all everytime I speak. I was asked if we had a conversation and we did not. I been around since, uh, june I think and been active from late summer till recently. She has plenty of suggestions and I was thinking how can she keep everyone interested if they have a real interest in a word. You cite that I view here like tech support, I need answers now, and puzzled about the american dream comment. What planet are you from sir? She is the american dream. She created a business from scratch, from nothing, from an idea of her passion and knowledge of an important tool…words. I am beating the drum harder than you sir for
I want her to succeed sincerely. I am not telling her how to run her operation I am telling her that for long term success, she needs to keep something in mind and that is many requests that she cannot all meet and still keep all engage as best she can. do you not see that sir? Or are you just being defensive and refuse to think that I am sincere in wanting to see her succeed. I have been here since june so I am not flakey. I watch the videos and send requests like some but not all. I have an opinion and time is the ultimate test if I am near being right rather you trying to beat me down with observations that are not even close to what I said. Twenty four hours? Where did you read that? No where! Please just make your incorrect impressions and scroll up, thank you.
nakedbullwinkle, have you ever tried to email me on the contact page? I search my email and have not seen anything from you. Thats why Im here, to help. I don’t read all the comments posted on the site for Im busy working on other projects.
This brings up a point I been wanting to comment on. Everyone here needs to understand is Marina is a one women show. She does the work of 3 people and works on weekends. Im still stumped on how she gets it all done. About the emails. Even my emails take some time for her to respond. Just today she replied to an email I sent on the 20th of last month. You would think the TA would get priority. Nope she effectively balances her time to projects. Her replies are one line sentences. Its a very good time saving technique that I should also adhere to. The reason I volunteered my time was to help her out with some of this work load. I reply to just about every email that is sent to me. If its something I can not handle or a question that only Marina can answer then I reply and forward a copy to M.
I hope this clears up some questions I have been getting from time to time from all of you. If not you all know how to get a hold of me.
yes sir, thanks for not tearing my head off. I am getting some flack but that is okay. I am a big boy and we alaskans grow big. You have always been a gentleman and responsive and we had discussions. but, I would be dishonest when I say I was becoming bored. Not due to the fact that she does not work super hard for if she did not, she would not be so successful. I did not say anything to hurt, attack, make her feel insecure, or to try to stir up a dust devil since nothing is on television. I just get my subscription updates and did not have the immediate reaction to go watch them like I did in the last summer and early fall. Why? I asked myself that and thought well I have sent many suggestions but none made the list yet. I was told that some tas have never seen any of theirs and understand the list is massive. I know that for I am not a fool. but, what is different from me from most dissenters or somone as god as my witness trying to offer some constructive advice here that somehow I have not communicated properly initially is that does everyone who signs up continue to stay on? What is the retention rate? If people leave, why do they leave? I asked myself why am I becoming bored with someone I respect? I thought about it and it was not seeing any suggestions ever make the list. Am I the first guy on this site to think that way? I think not? So, how do you keep the viewer or subsriber interested and excited about the site while they view videos and make comments and suggestions? If they have sincere interest in a word or words, how long will they stay interested to find out if a word request is done? Am I the only one that asks these questions? Would someone who is a friend or advisor ask these questions to help her rather than attack her as some are suggesting. I cannot make it any clearer. She is living the american dream, creating a business from nothing, and being successful. I want all people who have small businesses to be successful for it is their dream. But, I am just being childish and impatient an want her to jump at my every comment in twenty four hours. Yea, I have displayed that comment over and over. Look time will tell if I am close to the mark to improve and strenghthen or just another toxic a hole on the internet just being hurtful. I am a good person and all reports of me being an a hole are massively incorrect. but, hey,that is my incorrect opinion right? I respect her and thank her for her response and admire her and once again I want you to own the market on word research marina. I just do not have the fire as I did before and was worried I mention it rather than not say anything and a possible problem not be noted. I make my exit as suggested by a few and wish you all a safe and happy new year and the best of success for all your family and friends. Say good night to the bad guy,,,maybe al pacino said it best, say good night to the bad guy.
I have been where you are at right now Nakedbullwinkle. I felt the site at one time was not right for me either that I was being ignored by the one person that I was here for. But the people on here and Marina talking to me like friends do I decided to stay. Sure my word request has never been done, but the friendships that I have made with people all over the world means more to me that any word request. Sure the recognition would have been a feather in my cap and good feeling in my heart as we all would like to seem special to Marina for our 15 minutes of fame, but this site is more than just that. It’s fun, the members are great comrades and friends and I have learned so much from them other than lessons Marina does. The people on here are have a worth of knowledge that a person can learn from. It’s all here for the asking. I for one will never dis you or put you down when you get in a sad or in a mood like you have been left out of the party. So I know you said you would stay and I am glad, as I like conversing with you. So be cool my friend and let a kind word put a smile on your face and lift up your heart so you can once again join us in harmony.
Nakedbullwinkle, your at what many of us have been at. Capman911 comments really explains what we have all gone through. He makes good point about the friendships made here. I have received two emails of people said that they where leaving. One took a break for about 30 days. The other still hasn’t really left yet but has reduced the amount of commenting he has done in the past. Many of them have returned after a short spell. Sometimes one just has to take a break. Maybe this is an option for you.
About your word requests. I searched the back end of your word request and she has acknowledged your word requests back in the Abysmal & Jeans, Denim and Dungarees lessons. You even re-requested the words which is not necessary for she never deletes requests. Marina is very thurl in doing her research which take her hours (if she is lucky) to days or weeks.
I think your a bit like some of us that like to excel at things we are involved with. I bet your saying ‘Is there not more?’ Im thinking since you mention your bored that you just need some challenges. Have you thought about helping out?
After reading and digesting your comments, and noting that you attribute things I did not say, to me;I must stand by my initial opinion and impression based on what you say, and how you present yourself. The things you are putting out that are your words, which you attribute to me, must be because you have heard them from someone else (not me) and that may explain much of you angry disposition with me. Sorry, I ain’t buyin’ into any of it. I can see I got it right the first time.
Click on dashboard, go to nickname type in what you want,
then go to ‘what you want your name …publicly’ put it in the box and then I think you have to logged out then logged back in again, revised name should appear.
Hey Marina, love all your lessons! I was wondering if you could teach a lesson on the word “scuba”. I recently heard that it is actually an acronym . So, is it still a real word? Thanks!
Self Contained Underwater
Breathing Apparatus (S.C.U.B.A.)
Yup! It’s a real acronym-word
Hey dude! That was a good request.
You should check out Gravatar.com
and replace that computer generated
freaky-deaky thingee. It’s real easy,
I promise.
What you don’t realize is that that gravitar is not computer generated. He spent weeks painstakingly creating it in oil after attending prestigious European art schools for years and suffering in poverty on the mean streets of decayed urban centers to gain inspiration.
If you’d like a custom gravatar… an original one of a kind design, I will offer my help. Tis the season to be of service to others… offer expires Dec 25 midnight.
Resistance is futile – LOL
Maybe try a nice fuzzy bunny?
[I'm kidding!]
Oh! I see you have a green..umm..
(I don’t know what that is! LOL)
OK- that’s a good start
How do you trap a rare rabbit?
Unique up on it!
See? That wasn’t so hard
And NOW, Marina can quickly
pick up on your comments, dude!
(It’s ALL good)
A rip on the Twelve Days of Christmas
.
On the first day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
,
On the second day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“Rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
.
On the third day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“Teacher’s pet”
“Rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”…
.
(cufan71)
On the fourth day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“For your homework”
“Teacher’s pet”
“Rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”…
,
(pagedoll)
On the fifth day of Christmas, Marina said to me
“Hello my dear students”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
.
(We wouldn’t mind some help)
On the ninth day of Christmas,
Marina said to me
“There you go!”
“HotForWords must investigate!”
“We have another video request”
“Another mystery solved”
“Hello my dear students”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
On the tenth day of Christmas,
Marina said to me
“640X360″
“There you go!”
“HotForWords must investigate!”
“We have another video request”
“Another mystery solved”
“Hello my dear students”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
Not to rain on everyone’s parade or anything, but how exactly is this a parody of the Twelve Days of Christmas? The only similarity is it starts out by saying “On the __________ day of Christmas.” It’s just a bunch of phrases from Marina’s videos, nothing numerical, and if you try to sing it to the tune of Twelve Days, it sounds really awkward. Oh well, I’m just being too critical. I’ll stop talking now.
I was going for the whole poetic
pentameter thingee, but you see
what happens with “art”.
It is what it is.
Ever see a Picasso?
Too cold for rain…
[Oh look! It's knowing!]
If you wait for fun to happen,
it never does.. BUT
If you make your own fun…
it can happen all the time.
Now, it’s your turn
Make some fun and
share it, you’ll be
surprised…
On the twelfth day of Christmas, dear Marina said to me:
“Floccinaucinihilipilification uh-huh”
” ”
“HotForWords must investigate!”
“We have another video request”
“Another mystery solved”
“Hell-o my dear stu-dents”
“Another mystery solved”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video”
“Subscribe to my YT channel”
My pop taught me a rummy card game called Coon Can. You rifle the deck for 8’s 9’s and 10’s and set these cards in a stack off to the side. So now, the deck is ace, deuce, 3, 4, 6, 7, Jack, Queen, King. A run of 3 could be 7, Jack, Queen…etc., identical to rummy. Less cards makes for a quicker hand. 10 cards are dealt to both players. You can play on your opponent’s melds, and the first player to meld 11 cards on table in front of him and have no cards in his hand wins the round. The winner then turns one card off the stack of 8’s, 9’s, and 10’s onto his side of the stack to keep score. Naturally the player with the most cards turned is the winner. It’s good for lunch breaks where you have limited time. So, where did the name Coon Can come from, Marina..or anybody else?
Homework: No, I don’t have any. At least not like a pet. There are some wild ones where I live, and they eat the food I put for my little squirrely buddies, but, heck they gotta eat, too. They are very cute to look at from a safe distance! Their tracks look like little human hands, almost. Pretty cool critters, but wouldn’t want to corner one or find a rabid one.
It must have been easier to chew through the gyp-board than the cabinet particle board. Damn thing made three holes!
(was somebody feeding him grapes?)
Orange is my word request, because no matter the shade, Marina is an orange blossom and like tea from Ceylon.. Remember r.a.b.i.e.s. Rabies is a fatal infectious disease and is due to a specific virus which occures in saliva…latin madness—-I say this because it is a reason to kill dogs. Coons or rather raccoons transmits rabies easily to dogs. please be careful with those flesh eating animals…bats too keep up the good work
Here is something about Wittgenstein from Wiki— His severe disciplinary methods (often involving corporal punishment, not unusual at the time) — as well as a general suspicion amongst the villagers that he was somewhat mad — led to a long series of bitter disagreements with some of his students’ parents, and eventually culminated in April 1926 in the collapse of an eleven year old boy whom Wittgenstein had struck on the head.[19] The boy’s father attempted to have Wittgenstein arrested, and despite being cleared of misconduct he resigned his position and returned to Vienna, feeling that he had failed as a school teacher.
2.3 The Nature of Philosophy
Accordingly, “the word ‘philosophy’ must mean something which stands above or below, but not beside the natural sciences” (TLP 4.111). Not surprisingly, then, “most of the propositions and questions to be found in philosophical works are not false but nonsensical” (TLP 4.003). Is, then, philosophy doomed to be nonsense (unsinnig), or, at best, senseless (sinnlos) when it does logic, but, in any case, meaningless? What is left for the philosopher to do, if traditional, or even revolutionary, propositions of metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, and ethics cannot be formulated in a sensical manner? The reply to these two questions is found in Wittgenstein’s characterization of philosophy: philosophy is not a theory, or a doctrine, but rather an activity. It is an activity of clarification (of thoughts), and more so, of critique (of language). Described by Wittgenstein, it should be the philosopher’s routine activity: to react or respond to the traditional philosophers’ musings by showing them where they go wrong, using the tools provided by logical analysis. In other words, by showing them that (some of) their propositions are nonsense.
From The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
A quick check shows CA doesn’t address “keeping,” but it is illegal to transport, possess, etc. mammals except for a few exempted kinds, like normal farm animals and pets, which are specifically enumerated. Having big holes eaten in your drywall doesn’t sound like possession to me.
I was looking at my user profile (Dashboard), when I saw that the Visual Editor check box was checked. It was not checked by me. Next to the box is the explanation “Use the visual editor when writing.” This is typical of programmers for some reason; the explanation does not really explain anything more than what a user might have just guessed at. It does not explain what the Visual Editor is or why you would or would not want to use it. So HotForTimeWasters decide to investigate.
It seems that with the advent of WordPress 2.0, a new WYSIWYG editor, TinyMCE, was implemented. From what I gather from many blogs, it is hated as the reason why human beings should be rounded up and ground up into raccoon food (just to relate a bit to the lesson). It is some kind of tool bar from which you click HTML features you want to use in a message instead of typing tags manually (much like you can click for smilies). At sites where much more HTML is allowed than at HFW, it does some strange things to formatting that does not endear it to users, and so many choose to disable it entirely and are happy that they did.
Since I see no traces of TineMCE here, I must assume that whoever set the site up has also chosen to disable it. So why is the Visual Editor check box visible? Clearly if the editor is off, you can’t use the check box to make it any more “off-er.” As proof, I unchecked it, but see no difference. If it is too much bother to remove the checkbox, I would think the thing to do would be to add another question to the FAQs:
• What does the Visual Editor checkbox in the Dashboard (user profile) do?
Nothing. WordPress’ Visual Editor is not deemed desirable for the users and has been globally disabled. If users elect to use the allowed HTML tags in their posts, they should be typed manually and will behave normally.
Or alternatively, do nothing so that the next guy will also scratch his head and wonder what the heck is going on. Yeah, that’s the ticket!
That’s a very good summary of this. I don’t mind scratching my head if it is itchy, but, sometimes I wonder if these people who do these things say amongst themselves… ” let’s see how many will shake their heads and fall for this one – Beavis and Butthead grunt! grunt!
I totally understand the pain in the arse to type html code in the reply box. I hate it with a passion.
Marina has used TinyMCE and it crashed the server. Other blog owners are experiencing the same issues. She has tried a few others and they also crashed. It’s a problem that we yet have to solve.
The ‘Use the visual editor when writing’ feature has been turned off so now its just a dummy button.
HaHaHa dang long url isn’t it. I don’t like tiny url or can’t figure it out. Tried it before but it kept messing up on me. Maybe need to practice more with it.
Watch out, nobody will see you in that!
Cabela’s is a great store. Between them and Bass Pro Shop anybody could survive anywhere. I could take a whole afternoon just thumbin’ through the BPS catalog.
Racoons are trouble at our house, they crap on the steps, steal the cat’s food & they even figured out how to open the garage door to get at the storage area, where we used to keep the cat food. When I locked the garage door they tore the insulation off the bottom. One night when I went out back to chase them away, for the umpteenth time, my wife gave me a hard time for being mean… “They’re soooo cute” she said of the babies… now the parents are teaching the kids to come & pester us. “Useless creatures” I say. Well at least some likeDaniel Boon’s contribution to fasion. Dogs can be usefull, and serve a purpose… Never go thirsty again.
When the dog first spots the other beach party, there is a dog there, too. But when it runs over to snatch a beer, there is no dog to be seen. Had their been, dog B would have barked/interacted with dog A and messed up the successful snatch. “CONTINUITY!”
I don’t know about the coon part, but I know who has a nice rac.
Nothing is cuter than a squirrel, either, but when they take up residence in your attic, they start exploring by chewing holes in the ceiling drywall. I thought when the neighbors cut down their walnut tree last year and the squirrels left, it was over. But yesterday a big squirrel had his head stuck out of the roof eve and chattered away at me. (It probably thought that I, as landlord, should take care of some maintenance problem he had.) Time to get out the rat poison.
I bought one of these Russian hat from a catalog I received at the house. The hat is made out of wool and has the same emblem on the front. It is warm almost to warm for our climate. But it’s a nice made hat.
Hi Girl,
Today someone was telling me that a group of people were in “cahoots” with each other. I know what the word means but where did it originate? Thanks,
Frank in Hayward
(feel free to use my real name if you respond on YOUTUBE)
I waited for mine to download completely, the audio worked fine but the video chopped up into a series of still pics… they looked good & clear…
My eyes aren’t HD anymore so I watched in normal quality just fine. I quess what I should do is go over to my wife, kick her off her new “Mac” and boldy proclaim “Hey, I want to watch Hotforwords in HD, and NOW”
Although some people might mistake a racoon for a big rodent, the racoon is actually more closely related to the bear family. In German the word for racoon is Waschbär, meaning “washbear” because they live near water and wash their food before eating.
Racoons, as has been mentioned below, are vicious and dangerous. They can rip a roof apart and everything else as seen in the video. The local game warden told me that if you see one out during the day, stay away, since they are likely ill and will attack. The are nocturnal and many cities are now infested with them.
Yes, I had four fur-baby-coonies that I loved dearly. They like to snuggle and hold hands. I would take them as a pet over a dog or cat anyday. Why do some people confuse ‘their advance towards a raccoon and it fights back’ as the raccoon being the vicious one? They are only scared… and will run away… unless cornered. Thanks for the ‘raccoon lesson’ Marina!
that Raccoon is soo cute lol
Not as cute as you and that accent.
Raccoons are cute. They look like dogs in some ways. But they are not so cute when they start to scratch everything in your family.
My 5th grade teacher had a Racoon and a Skunk that was de-gland. She would bring them into class ever once in a while and let them wander around the class room during school. It was awsome. The were both friendly but the racoon didn’t like to be held. The skunk would sit on your lap like a house cat. It was great!!
(((but the racoon didn’t like to be held)))
Only if they know you well enough.
Yes they are cute, but they can be dangerous. When I was little a guy who lived two houses down from us had three of them as pets. They ate marshmellows out of his shirt pocket.
I would consider a raccoon half rat half bear
half rat where they can be annoying in your garbage or ie house as you can see and half bear where their paws are very similar and habbits as well
I like raccoons
Raccoons are not rodents, but are part of a wide range of small dog-like carnivores, and are actually closely related to a group of sea mammals that include sea lions.
I’ll bet the wife hired the raccoon, so that she could finally get her kitchen remodeled.
While knowing that Russians have fine fur hats, I wonder if there are Raccoons in Russia, and what kind of fur a Russian hat is made of?
As a young boy I sported a Coonskin cap and imagined myself a frontiersman like Davey Crockett.
These critters are very cute but, they are ferocious and mean.
Hi Marina.
I’d like to request the word “History”. Is it related to the word “story”? What came first?
Thank you!
I don’t have a raccoon and think of them as pests.
Hello Marina,
You look like an angel in HD! love it,
anyways I was wondering where the idiom “cold turkey” came from. Like quitting something cold turkey.
any help?
thanks,
-pennhatch
Hi Pennhatch!
so please stuck to the thread below about TURKEY!
Hope Marina tells us something about it
Have a nice day!
They are not rodents. Rodents have front teeth that continually grow toward each other. They have to keep gnawing on things to keep them down to size, not to mention sharp.
Critters started invading my garden this summer
. When I discovered that they were raccoons I gave up on trying to keep them out. They are so mischievous. But they are also so cute and adorable that I couldn’t bring myself to do any more than a halfhearted please-don’t-eat-my-plants 
.
At least the deer stayed out.
very cute
Tsunami
Well, I wanted to ask for the word, triskaidekaphobia
that one is obvious.
tris = three
kai = and
deca = ten
phob = fear of
ia = [nothing. just makes it a noun.]
oh crap. misspelled the deka.
Are you Greek?
Cause that’s exactly the origin of the word 
It’s the fear of the number thirteen and in Greek it’s called triskaidekaphobia which literally means “fear of the 10 + 3″
A sample of advanced southern dialect, spoken mostly by wimmenfolk to their chilluns. What means: Jav nuf deet?
Sounds like, “Do you have enough to eat?”
“Does someone need a hug?”
Hello Marina,
I’ve read here that raccoons are not rodents but in the city they seem just like rats, except they dress up when they go out.
HD looks great. You don’t need makeup, you look fine without that stuff.
I’ve seen a few racoons, they are fiesty little critters.
Back when I was stationed at Fort Knox, KY, I was just standing around talking with a co-worker if our warehouse office. And then I noticed a strange look on his face as his eyes were motioning across my lower legs, from right to left. He just took notice of a racoon coming in behind me and making its home in the front desk counter.
We had pest control set a trap overnight and they caught it.
Nietzsche was a deek…er, uh, dick.
DO STRIPPER NEXT PLEASE
Oh, that isn’t necessary. We all know that coating-removal chemicals come from Home Depot.
FOR GODS SAKE! When I PRESS WATCH IN HD MY COMP GETS SLOWED DOWN! so.. can someone tell me what I need to upgrade now? It’s a laptop by the way
working now
I just ordered some more ram for my laptop to help it out some. Maybe you have to many things running in the back ground and don’t know it. If your on a regular pc click on start then run and type in msconfig, then click on start up and look at all the programs that start up when you turn on your computer. Some of the programs don’t need to run in the background as it uses up memory. I’ll try to find the program I use to tell you what you don’t need running in the background.
If this is considered trailer park trash then I want one
1st http://i36.tinypic.com/ixe4cg.jpg
2nd http://i34.tinypic.com/244xp1g.jpg
3rd http://i34.tinypic.com/28i98hf.jpg
Thats what I’m taikin’ about right there! Sweet rig.
Damn Hillbilly!
{ Where's the clothesline? }How awful. Here is a model of the buses that run where I live (concidence it is the route I get on as well ) http://www.britishmodelbuses.com/Large%20Images/Creative%20Master/UKBUS5011_Mercedes%20Citaro_Wilts%20&%20Dorset_N_Final_Large.jpg
Compare that to your “fort”
The door is on the wrong side
So we loaded up the RV and we moved to Beverley
Hills that is. Palm trees, swimming pools & we never put a foot out the door.
{ the only plane i ever been on... sprayed crops }My lord!!!
Sweet!
well, that looks nicer than my house even.
and probably more roomy too. I’m pretty sure it is.
I am working on your story now Marina..
CHATHURINGMES
i’ve heard that, above mentioned word is used as scientifically name for worms. le’me know how it pronounced and also the origin and meanings.
you are doing a great job for us……..
To those people who got a signed copy of the calendar:
Tell me if she dots the ‘i’ in Marina with a smiley face or a heart
{ doubt if she has that much extra time on her hands }Some Insane Snowboard Hits ! The music is kindda lame but the footage crazy!
WORD REQUEST: Footage
Why do people refer to something on video or film as footage?
Did it have to do with the length of the film strip in the old days?
When did it become a reference to a particular segment of film or video?
In the old days you had to crank the camera with your feet
Marina! Here is my xmas request for you. It’s a bit dodgy. Sorry i think i will definatley have to get an hd camera soon
Wow.. nice present.. what is it, air?
nice present? What do you mean?
he said “request” nog present
Did it get lost in trans(atlantic)ation?
you have present on the brain syndrome:smile:
atypical?
I don’t see any present in your post
I said “here is my christmas request” not present.
It would have helped if i posted the link though. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=49ERtTK-Es8
Your birthday present I mentioned in my last video hasn’t come to my house yet. This is because I ordered it yesterday (bank account issues) So it will be late getting to you.
Funny. First time I read it, I thought it said present, too.
Could be you need some new spectacles for Christmas, Marina.
It’s one of those optical collusions, like this one:
—Paris
–In The
The Spring
Now what did that say?
Weird.. I thought it said present too… I guess it was a Freudian slip!
I’m actually doing that word on the O’Reilly show which I am taping on Monday.. to be shown perhaps the next day or a couple days later.
Are you going to explain the difference between a ‘present’ & a ‘gift’?
I had heard of freudian on tv before but never knew what it meant or how to use it. I guess I will find now.. I did try and all I found was it came from Sigmund Freud and that I was born on the same day as he was. Just like you were born on the same day and year as
– Sarah Chang, American violinist
– Massari, Lebanese-born Canadian singer
and 1 day after my grandfather (but he was born 63 years before you in 1917) Remiding me I still have not got him a present!
arrgh!
What word are you doing? Freudian Slip or present?
the word is “dodgy”
Marina, are you getting a (Freudian)
slip for Christmas?
Wink wink nod nod
Know what I mean? – Monty Python
(It would hurt sooo good
to know your dress size)
Here
Dear Marina, I have a challenging word request for you
What is the origin of the word:
GERONIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo
and why do people shout it when they fall off a cliff or somewhere like that?
Oh and can you do another “Guess the word game”? I kinda miss them
Don’t be a troublemaker troublemaker! God question though.. I must look into it!
What’s God got to do with this?
Che Volay, Marina obviously meant good
And sorry Marina, I didn’t mean to be such a trouble, though sometimes I can’t help it 
Che Volay said “What’s God got to do with this?” Someday you may get to find out?
Duh! of course I know she meant good
Geronimoooooooooo!!!!
She was probably out late partying last night with all “those pretty, pretty boys she calls friends,” and got up fashionably late. As she still has sleep in her eyes, she’s not yet firing on all cylinders, so to speak. I could come over and kiss the sleep out of your eyes and give you a tickle to wake you up, Marina.
Maybe she needs a hair of the dog that bit her. Yeah, a cup of nice, hot tea. And a half a bottle of aspirin. That’s the ticket!
“half a bottle of aspirin”. will kill you so much for your advice.
Not if it’s a little bottle
Phrase Request: Bar None…
Once dressed up for Halloween:
I went in costume as a Bar Fly
My girlfriend dressed up as a Bar Nun
{ tough habit to break }
Rats! You beat me to that one
“Bless you, my son!”
Here’s a link to the on-line version.
Balls and Brains.
Dear Marina,
You have always told us that intelligence is sexy. Now there is scientific support for this claim. Take a peek at the article “Balls and Brains” in the Economist (December 6 p. 98) reporting on the work of Professor Rosalind Arden’s study which concludes that “intelligence is sexy.”
You are way ahead of your time!
Cheers, Q
{Sigh}
Here’s a link to the on-line version.
Balls and Brains.
Quotes:
“Science is a cemetery of dead ideas. Science says: “We must live,” and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and amplifying life, of making it tolerable and acceptable, Wisdom says: “We must die,” and seeks how to make us die well.”
“Man is said to be a reasoning animal. I do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. Perhaps that which differentiates him from other animals is feeling rather than reason. More often I have seen a cat reason than laugh or weep. Perhaps it weeps or laughs inwardly — but then perhaps, also inwardly, the crab resolves equations of the second degree.”
- Miguel de Unamuno (1864 – 1936)
Good quotes, neuroway.
Where did the first one come from?
Okayyyy. You die well and I’ll keep on livin’ lousy.
hmmm…since my snip i have no sperm to indicate my intelligence…
since there are no lil’ annudderwigglers, does that mean i’m empty-headed?…
oh – maybe i don’t want you to answer that…
Great article quiggles!! See I knew it!
A Georgia State trooper pulled over a pickup on I- 75. The trooper asked, ‘Got any I.D.?
The driver replied, ‘Bout whut?’
A young man came running into the store and said to his buddy, ‘Bubba, somebody just stole your pickup truck from the parking lot!’
Bubba replied, ‘Did you see who it was?’
The young man answered, ‘I couldn’t tell, but I got his license number.’
The owner of a golf course was confused about paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help. He called her into his office and said, ‘You graduated from the University of Tennessee and I need some help. If I were to give you $20,000, minus 14%, how much would you take off?’
The secretary thought a moment, and then replied, ‘Everything but my earrings.’
A group of friends went deer hunting and paired off in twos for the day. That night, one of the hunters returned alone, staggering under the weight of an eight-point buck. ‘Where’s Henry?’ the others asked.
‘Henry had a stroke of some kind. He’s a couple of miles back up the trail,’ the successful hunter replied.
‘You left Henry laying out there and carried the deer back?’ they inquired.
‘A tough call,’ nodded the hunter ‘But I figured no one is going to steal Henry!’
The Sheriff pulled up next to the guy unloading garbage out of his pick-up into the ditch. The Sheriff asked, ‘Why are you dumping garbage in the ditch? Don’t you see that sign right over your head’. ‘Yep’, he replied. ‘That’s why I dumpin it here, cause it says:
‘Fine For Dumping Garbage’.
Man, you are cracking me up! I’m from “Thuh South” and I still love these “thangs”.
A Georgia State Trooper pulls over a truck and asks the driver to step out of the cab. He walks round to the side of the truck, points upwards and asks, “What is the meaning of this sign?”
“Well,” says the driver, “It tells what I do. What’s wrong with it?”
“It’s not a very polite sign, is it? Shit Carter” says the trooper, “I mean, couldn’t you phrase it another way?”
“Like what?”
“Well, for example, you could call yourself a Conveyor of Faeces.”
“Goddam!” says the driver, “If I was smart enough to be able to spell faeces, I wouldn’t need to be carting shit around all day.”
My Mom grew up in South Carolina. They didn’t turn cartwheels, they turned “clearlights”. And they didn’t pick or harvest collard greens, they went “crappin’ collards”. Seriously.
Maybe that’s why the Civil War started there — they couldn’t figure out the language the rest of the country was using.
A man from Alabama told his buddy he was going to Georgia to buy some “taters & maters”. His buddy said, ” You can’t say taters & maters in Georgia they’re more sophisticated over there! You must say Potatoes And Tomatoes!” The man practiced saying Potatoes And Tomatoes. He entered the store and told the clerk, “I want some Potatoes And Tomatoes.” The clerk said, “You must be from Alabama!” The man said, “How could you tell?” The clerk told him, “You’re in a HARDWARE STORE!”
I like that one. I’ll have to remember it.
I heard someone the other day state that they enjoy a drink but they are not a “lush”. Why is the word lush used to describe a drunkard? Thanks!
hello dear teacher, i really enjoy your lessons apart from ur sexy body it also brings alot of knowledge
i have been always been wondering who came up with the word TOILET? i hope its interesting enough for u to investigate and i hope to hear a response from you soon
Love *muAaah*
Your brand new student; Nanu
You’ve got a catchy nickname.
Welcome aboard (new) dear student
Be sure to check into getting a nifty Gravatar,
to go along with your name, even
If you have a YouTube site, try linking it
to your name (in the dashboard). Great
way to make new friends with the class.
See ya in class – ChaCha
(Oh yeah, the YT link turns your name
blue, like mine – click on it)
rodent? no…varmint? yes?…dangerous? can be…
’specially the rabid ones…
not an animal i’d fool around with…
Ugh…hate raccoons….I’m not a fan of rodents of any kind….twitchy, scrambling, snarling little creepy creatures….
Hello hot for words. I have shown my kids, 8 of them, and my husband your youtube videos. My husband isn’t interested. lol But my kids love you. Guess I better come up with some words for you. How about the word “possum”. Or the phrase “playing possum”. My grandfather was a hunter but he would never hunt possums. He called them his granddaughters. I never understood this, for I was his only granddaughter and felt like he compared the possum to me. So, if you can, where did the word “possum” come from, and the phrase “playing possum” come from? Hope hot for words can solve this mystery. The kids hope you can. Take care, Zoe
8 kids? Well, now, we know what your husband prefers to Marina’s videos, don’t we?
The correct name for the animal is Opossum. (The A thru N models of this animal have been discontinued. The improved O model sports a matt-free coat, self-sharpening claws, inherent pest resistance, odor-controlled droppings and Internet connectivity [accessory USB and Ethernet cables available at extra cost].)
Raccoons? Hahaha! Raccoons eh? Muy bien señora. Let’s talk about raccoons. True, raccoons are prettily cute little fellows . They masticate all kind of food in a very cute and lovable way. But they can also be fiercely nasty little bastards when left alone in an unsupervised kitchen.
The are cuter than hamsters, serpents, pigs and chickens. But not as cute as puppies, kitties, squirrels and little flying sparrows.
Raccoon. It reminds me of some quote from some dusty-rusty geezer, the kind of scantily-brained, heavy-mouthed, sneakily-eyed weirdo you’ll find in history and science books, inside the chairman board of a global corporation or on the political stage.
Charles Quint (1500-1558) – I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, German to my horse and… English to the raccoons!!!
American War department just announced it will begin hiring foreigners for language skills and medical training, etc. Would you like to work for the “Great Satan”? Осторожно
War Department? That must be a pre-1947 press release you are reading from.
Methinks only the name has changed.
AT LAST! Finally managed to log in. Marina, is there a fix for the login bug?
There is a major update coming out early next week.. so hopefully that will fix it.
Brilliant, are you going to change the layout?
No.. not going to change the layout.. though the threaded comments is native to the new version so there might be sllight changes in the comments.
Hmm, I hope this doesn’t mean I wil have to find a new way of doing 4th level replies….
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=49ERtTK-Es8
Nakedbullwinkle – You need to start your own site and call it “ALL ABOUT ME”.
Teacher-
Thank you for another interesting lesson… The raccoon, however is NOT cute, and IS quite evil… They may not be rodents, but they are definitely considered pests… My father came from the Southern US, where raccoon meat is sold for consumption… He told me that people who sold raccoon meat had to leave one paw on (with the fur), because unscrupulous people had sold cat, claiming it was raccoon…
Also, when hunting raccoon, one had to use a pack of dogs, and a low-caliber weapon (so as not to damage the meat)… The dogs were to kill the raccoon (once the shot knocked it out of the tree), because “the raccoon will beat hell out of a couple dogs, and you, if it gets the chance”… Very interesting…
wild coon tales.
not…..
Marina, A raccoon is a raccoon, I guess their cute, I don’t have a raccoon. Thats not saying i wouldn’t have a raccoon.
I do have a mouse however that keeps getting into my stores of bread
Raccoons for sure aren’t rodents, it is their ability to be a nuisance to mankind that has garnered the moniker rodent for this native American species.
Was there or is there a similar species in Russia?
Do you since living here in America have you been able to obtain a drivers license? Curious to know must you always find someone too take you places?
If she has one, I wonder if her picture shows her reclining on her kitchen floor?
DMV employee: “Hey, lady! Lady! C’mon now. Get up off the floor. Seriously. Stand right there with your toes on the line. Where are you from, anyway?”
Marina: “L.A.”
DMV employee: “Oh, well, I guess that explains it.”
Yea strange last dmv picture i had taken the lady had me remove my glasses, so that i didn’t even look like myself.
well, i wouldn’t wanna have one of those to destroy my kitchen. what i don’t know…: why are those animals called “waschbär”, which means some kind of “washing bear” in german? they aren’t bears, are they? nice video, btw, thank you marina.
Marina, what are the settings now for HD, after all that time you spent telling me how to do widescreen eh! Sorry. If there is anyone who can help me on youtube its you…
1280 x 720.. you have to output your video at that.. which requires an HD camera.
But here is an HD camera that I bought recently: Flip HD as it shoots at 720P needed for the HD mode.
But I am shooting my lessons with this: Sony HVR-V1U, a bit on the expensive side.
your camera is basically a televisio camera then. I will look into the flip hd ones. I am going to do a test @ 1280 x 720 just to see what it looks like anyway. I think I will have to gp hd now anyway.
Also, What is your average file size on HD, mind you if this this is anything to go by, I will get one.
Wow! No wonder the video looks so good. How could it not with that camera! …Is it true that it takes about a gig of space per minute to edit HD?
Wow, Marina, you really are a pro.
It reminds me of something Sir Winston Churchill said, “I am a man of simple tastes … I satisfy myself with the best.”
Have you ever used the flip HD in a video? I am guessing you might have in the hawaii one. People may have looked if you took that massive camera on the beach.
If you held up a mirror to the camera, we could see it (just make sure you don’t have laundry hanging up in the background
). Anyone interested might read this review. {CK rationalizes…} I wonder if I bought one, if there would be the slightest possiblity that I could tape something that I could sell to pay for it?
raccoons remind more of dogs than rodents…especially this particular cute critter.
wow , the HD version is really HD !! Before that high quality and standard quality doesn’t have much difference
This racoon is so cute ! He looks like a little dog playing to get food
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I have a word suggestion :
“Constitution” like in the American Constitution.
Marina, how about these 2 confusing words – “TRIAL”, like in Court appearence or a Court Trial,,, then theres “TRAIL”,, like in your on a Dusty Trail,, these are both almost spelled the same using the same letters, but,,pronounced so differently as to 2 different meanings !!!! You should INVESTIGATE, Marina,, let me know on Hott for Words !!! Bye- Crazy Clown !!
I’ve had to deal with Racoons before on camp-outs. They look cute but they are actually quite vicious and unfriendly to people. Best to not try to keep a wild one as a pet. That and the wild one’s usually carry several various diseases including rabies. But that’s what I have heard, maybe our Teacher know’s otherwise. Until then, I wouldn’t try to pet one.
I had racoon fro dinner at a friends house once and it is not to bad. It tastes just like meat, imagine that. Any way I would like to know where the word commercial comes from. We watch them all the time so where does this word come from.
I have more racoons than You can shake a stick at! There are several racoons jumping out of My brainpan as We speak
I can’t eat any more of this shit,,if I try,I’ll just die.
Me and My old pal got just fuckin loaded as hell,,,then some..Racoons are for shooting,skinning,cooking,and,eating,,,,not neccessarilliy in that order.It depends on how fucked up You are. We got Coons,Rats,Coyotes,Fox,Feral Dogs,Ditch Cats,Owls,Hawks,Eagles and You frikkin name it,,we got it here.Well,no,,no polar bears or any of that shit.just Yer basic driftless area critters. Don’t worry tho,,if Ya fall down in the woods,,,they’ll eat Yer ass,,and like it..
Hey Marina,
Yes, I think raccoons look cute. But at the same time, I understand they’re wild animals and need to be respected and treated as such. If I come across one I’m not going to pet it and take it home as a pet. And like ermines or apes, I’m pretty sure raccoons would be able to outsmart their owners and wreak all sorts of havoc. I’v actually only seen one since coming to the city where I currently live for most of the year.
And for everyone who’s been wondering about the raccoon’s place in the “tree of life,” as it were, here is their basic taxonomic classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordota
Class: Mammilia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae
Genus: Procyon
Species: lotor
So, Marina, I’m not exactly sure why you’ve heard them referred to as rodents; the Procyonidae family is pretty much just raccoons and species very similar to them, it’s own “raccoon family.” I’d guess some people think of them as rodentesque simply because of their troublesome nature when they intrude on a person’s house, much like certain rodents do.
Where the fuck did You get You
“rodentesque”?!?! HORSESHIT as dear old Dad would say. I got no time.
“Esque” is just a suffix you can tack on to a noun to make it act like an adjective, like “ish.” Maybe I should’ve put a hyphen between it and rodent.
Ok,believe it or not here’s the story;
Party at My place,chick on My lap typing as a bunch of Us all drunk were talking about various posts as she read them aloud. *If* I remember right,the reply looks to be a mixture of what different people said.When I looked around Her to see what She was doing it was too late,already sent. Later,after the crowd thinned out,passed out,or whatever it is crowds do,She apologized in the nicest of ways
.I’m just here to pass that apology on to You and to say TY,because of You *I got some*!
When she wakes up hung-over and horny I’m gonna get some more.
Hi Marina,
could you check out where the word toilet or toilette comes form?
Thanks a lot!
eau de toilette?
Water of toilet?
I thought of water closet ….
HAHA, Mum, Dad there is something I have to tell you, I can’t stay in the water closet anymore… lol
A lot of “rodents” are cute. I’ve always wanted a ferret, which is of the weasel family; but they are illegal in California
They are not rodents. I think they are more closely related to the weasel family. They are smart as hell and they can take care of themselves. However, it is not hard to make friends with a wild raccoon. A woman I know babysits for a wild raccoon. Also, those wild raccoons adopted a kitten! They could have eaten it but instead it grew up with them and thinks it is a raccoon.
My request is not a work but a gesture that we all use to reference a phrase. I would like to know where the middle finger or the bird comes from. I have heard a few different explanations (my favorite is one about the “Hundred Years’ War”) and I would like to know where the gesture comes from.
Dear Marina Orlova,
You are the best teacher in the World! I cannot wait for your Calendar to come! And since your Birthday is almost here, I have a word request.
Word Request: Birth
Your Student,
ThoughtOnFire
“Squeak! Squeak, I tell you!”
- Ren Hoek
One night a little after the sun had set, I was out camping and a raccoon walked into the fire light. He just stood there and watched me for a while. I eventually threw him a biscuit. He backed away, but eventually came forward at took the biscuit and ate it all up. I threw him another one, and this time with less backing away he ate it again. The raccoon was so pleased with my cooking that he sat up on his hind legs, and pleasured himself.
i kid you not.
Raccoons:
Fairly omnivorous creatures. They look cute, but that’s as far as it goes. They’re quite willing to claw, bite, i.e. fight their way out of trouble if they deem necessary. They’re also well known vectors for the rabies virus, so do NOT get yourself bitten by one.
Excellent video and lesson, Marina, amazingly short and sweet. Keep it up.
Homework: Nope I don’t have a RatCoon. I did own a rat that would cocoon himself in a towel.
Raccoons are smart little guys. There was a time a friend of mine was feeding a wild one in his back yard. The female would walk up to the back glass sliding door and eat out of the dog food dish. Well one day she brought the whole family. Including their pet possum. Yea this little guy would eat right along with the other raccoons. Well this was all fun but he had to stop doing it before the whole forest of critters would show up. Also raccoons are very dangerous when angry or cornered. They sometime carry the rabies virus. His little daughter was getting very interested in the raccoon and he didn’t want her or the rest of the kids get to comfortable with the animals.
I was asleep in the living room in Tahoe on a mattress with the porch door open (30′ in the air) and one crawled over me to get in the Kitchen. Luckily it split fast when it woke me up!
Marina and users… YouTube is Dead article
Google is now changing YouTube popularity rating system —- appealing to new advertisers more than its users/YT celebrities.
What to do??
They want your eyeballs. They want them for advertiser’s ads. Don’t give your eyeballs to them. Keep the counts low. Watch what you want to watch, not what they want you to watch. Advertisers won’t pay for low counts.
Excellent! No matter how they try to queer it, it will remain an unexplained phenomenon to them as to how Marina continues to be the Number One Site on YouTube. With over one million views to date and continued growth past one hundred thousand subscribers (in less than a year), I am only a little surprised at these “changes”. It is sad when those who are mediocre can only puff themselves up to appear to be big, only by trying to take down those who’s hard work has made them truly successful. Piss on ‘em!
Recycle-Logical-1, Thanks for the link. There where some great videos there showing how Tubers are upset over the changes.
I have been doing some research about this new change since Marina brought it up on twitter. I notice there was very few videos with images that would offend your everyday family. Yes there is a new algorithm that screens out videos that might offend. So I have been thinking why this is. Well I’m going to tell you. I come to you with 22 years in retail sale and marketing. What I have always mention to people is if you follow the money you will find the heart of all businesses. Follow the money… Follow the money…. The changes that YT is doing is to increase revenue. Especially in this economic down turn. YT is here to make money off of us. Its all about selling ads. Pure and simple. To sell ads. Advertiser want to get the maximum value for their dollar. We get to use their service for free in exchange to view some ads. Not a bad arrangement. So to get the maximum value you have to go after the largest demographic. Sheeple! You have to appeal to sheeple tastes and you must filter the content. Why was AOL the number one Internet provider back in the day? Not necessary the free cds. Filtered content. My sister still uses AOL because she is afraid of bad things she has heard about the internet. She is now a bit wiser but still has her AOL account. So back to my point. YT no longer need partners. This program is dead. Did you watch the last video with the guy wearing dark glasses and mask? He is right on in many points. If you haven’t go watch it.
Mark my words. If YT continues this route it will be come something very similar to network tv but on the internet. And you all know how the big networks like to control what we watch. Do you already see this happing here? In time YT will be just as big as the networks. This is the path they have chosen and once this path is chosen there is no way to go back.
Welcome to ‘TheirTube’…
Here is an other link commenting about the changes.
http://portal.lacaterinca.com/youtube-changes/
That is a good description… and the end remark is very clever… ‘TheirTube’.
Time for someone to start a NewTube?
So , now they’re thinking that we like the ads more than the videos ?
No. They need more advertisers. Videos that are just a bunch of profanity or half naked girls running around is not attractive to most big money advertisers.
Yeah, I posted the original link yesterday, but now it has been updated with annotations.
Please find the origin of this word, you are a cute one!:
ingenue
Mistake! I should not use words I do not understand. Sorry n’stuff. I wear the dunce cap!
ChaCha – please inspect my latest modification to the device, and let me know your thoughts…
I know I posted this a few lessons back, but here it is again:
[Pear Tree In a Partridge]
My freaking tub just quit draining
The damn thing is less than a year old.
Any one know a good plumber?
call Joe
Drano two-part catalytic drain opener.
Sometimes it takes two doses, but
one’ll usually git ‘r’ done
My washbasin quit draining about 3 days ago.
Smokey Drano is a good product but read the back label. Some of it can’t be used on ABS or PVC plumbing. It’s meant for cast iron or metal P Traps. They make a chemical for PVC or ABS P Traps which you can get at most Lowes or hardware stores. Drano like ChaCha said has lye and other caustic chemicals that eat up plastic pipes. You could get a drain snake and run it down the tub over fill hole which is located under the spout. Take off the overfill cap and just run the snake down the hole and it will clean out the P Trap.
Now you know where all your hair is going
I know where mine went, I rubbed it off on the headboard
Well, I have unsubcribed and not interested anymore in this site. Why? Well, my complaints have been submitted with no real response. My best word suggestion is “bored” for couple of reasons. I am not the first and not the last and wish you and all well but I suspect my complaints were never heard or will taken with any serious consideration. When the subscriptions hit a plateau and then decline, my complaints will matter then, maybe. For now, I say goodbye and will go elsewhere for my entertainment and research. Good day………..
Don’t be a sourpuss, the lady’s time is precious! (or too hot for words)
As I recall, Marina went to some lengths to rekindle your interest, carrying her explanation to you over to a new thread.
Perhaps before you leave you can review and see what was said, as we all saw it. At times, the current lesson isn’t always as motivationg as some of the previous couple hundred. You couldn’t have researched them all, so I think you may want to check some of those out, too. Sorry to hear you were bored, it happens to some, I guess. You seem unusually angry about it, from your terse commentary. If you can find a site that perfectly fits your needs, please report back to us what you have found. We would all be interested to know. Au revoir and happy trails.
There was no conversation with her. She left a one sentence response in possibly september to one of my complaints. I recall here saying being patient. what you may recall is others offering advice or suggestions but you all just do not get it. It is a one way street and that is why it gets boring. there are t.a. that never had a suggestion ever done. That is her dilemna. How can she keep interest when people leave suggestion after suggestion only to never see any response to it. How long is the list? Should I wait six months, a year, two years? That is her dilemna and I gave seven months and we had a one sentence exchange and that is it. The real conversation is with the t.a.s who are all great and I am not saying she is not great too. She is living the American dream and kudos for her. I am just being honest that I got bored and after seven months, that does not make me flakey for sure. But, that is my opinion for sure. I have not found another site but can google a search and other search engines for my answers. I am not the only one and will not be the last. That is the challenge to keep growing. there will be a plateua and a decline and part of any questions asked will be answered requests never done or seemed to ever be done. There are only so many videos one can do and you have to keep interest is other ways. that is my free advice and no time for my easy exit…ciao
Uh huh, I see – instant gratification issues.
MeLikaDoTheChaCha, TA
My word request was spoon. It took six monthes. Have you even looked at that lesson? You are entitled to your opinion.
As I said, when you find the site perfectly suited for your needs, please come back and tell us all about it! The bit about the plateau and decline, which you state redundantly, is no great shakes here. We’re all about having fun learning word origins and this, apparently, is not your “cup of tea”. Asti Spumanti!
[Don Ho singing Aloha Oy!]
I think that was “tryant”, melikadothechacha
Sorry I didn’t get to you in time. I literally make a video every single day trying to keep up. I was interested in doing the cheapskate request, but I am having trouble making it interesting as nobody knows where skate came from. Fubar was one I wanted to do until YouTube censored me for snafu. You had a couple others I’ve been looking at, I can’t remember them off hand. I am sorry that I didn’t get to them in time.. I can assure you, I will though… but I am going as fast as I can.
Dog: She’s running as fast as she can. Give us a break, willya?
Celebrity status Marina , you can’t please everyone all the time, all at the same time, with a process that was created for use by just a select group.
Marina, I have been a fan since early summer and am impressed with your success so far. With so many companies being hit with a sledgehammer right now and definitely in the next couple of months, I am saying from the bottom of my heart and soul that I want to help you try to get ahead of the possible problem. The world does not revolve around me and that is why I moved to alaska where no one is up tight and defensive. And, I do not mean you at all but some of your defenders, God bless them but they are really hitting me on the head but that is okay. This nation was not built upon people all agreeing on everything and the last thing you want is a bunch of yes men. I hope and pray you will continue your further success and cheapskate is a crazy word for sure. I look foward to seeing you on fox news very soon. God bless you and you will have many happy new years. You are too driven and confident to not have your dreams succeed. I have more faith in you than you best defenders. I would bet my next paycheck on that. Warmest regards, Will
And, I will stay and be quiet and keep the critics happy for I want you to succeed. I will make any suggestions privately since some will be to upset too hear any constructive criticism. Captain Jack has a good measure of where I am coming from but that is why he is the best of the bunch for sure. If he beat me down for trying to help I would be really lost. So, for all that say I am being negative, lonely, bored, impatient, I will remain and you can now throw your tomatoes at me but aim wisely for this moose can move very, very fast so take your best shot….
I will never be a Teacher’s Pet, but I ‘m not going to cry about it.
A teacher’s pet here is a very special reward for being punctual in your attendance and following through with your homework.
Those who receive this honor are often, pleasantly surprised.
Upgraders and apple polishers are not the criteria here. The squeaky wheel does not get greased here. Only by contributions are people recognised. TA’s, like myself, do not crave the attention for themselves, as some might think.
We turn our energies towards being benefactors to as many as are willing to better themselves. Seeing others make their own way is our greatest reward. As I see it (my opinion) you are simply not up to the task, and lament like a ponsi school child, demanding more attention from Marina than you have earned. You are entitled only to my opinion (sorry, but you have earned that). You still have a choice. You can learn and grow from this experience, or not. If you decide to do some real work, and not merely complain, you are welcome and may find yourself a teacher’s pet someday. Or, you can simply quit, but you’ve got to ask yourself – what does this teach you except to be a quitter? I would be willing to help you better your opinion of us, and yourself, if you remain a student. Ok?
Oh, Hi Marina!
(I guess the lesson is that the squeaky wheel DOES get the grease, hm’kay?) LMAO
I was constructive criticism melik. I am not interested in receiving any attention. As I said earlier, she is living the American dream and if I was an asshole, I would not have said any constructive criticism. I am not mean spirited and if I was a business advisor, I would say the same thing in person or on the net. You dismiss my points to quickly thinking my comments are about ego. If I had a flakey, shalllow, attention needing ego, I would have been complaining in early summer when I started reading and watching the videos. It is now almost 2009 and her biggest challenge is keeping people interested and making it fun and she would be first to tell you but you missed that important point. I will say again I have the highest respect for her and all she has accomplished and I am not a child or a toxic personality trying to tear down something that someone has worked very hard to create from the sweat off their brow and the nerves or steel to take a risk like she has to make her site the success it has been. You lump me in with all the other silly, toxic people that inhabit this world called the internet. I just told her my honest impression right now and want her to have as few people feeling like I am and as many loyal fans as you. We cannot all be a steady and faithful my friend. That is the reality of the world and plenty of other interests out there on the net to pull people away with little attention span they possess. again, if I had been on for a month or two you points may be taken correct but I am going on eight months and not far from a year if you think about it. So, before you try hitting me with childish or juvenile remarks, remove your subjective opinions and look at my comments in an objective light and maybe you can take the from the soul advice I just gave for free in the hope that her dreams grows and does not plateua and diminish. You are not going to help slamming me when I am conducting myself in a civil, honest, and respectful manner. Save the childish remarks for the other jerk offs that show up but you do not need to be door man with me sir for I am already in the building and your services are not needed with such inappropriate responses.
Teacher’s Pet ok guess the word game that was fun.
Marina has other aspects of life to live as well, right? Working out, playing with Gorby, Reading books, living a healthy lifestyle, etc, etc. Marina is probably one of the busiest people. Keeping up with one new video a day is incredible, I wonder how much work goes into each video, and she reads our homework and is not some overlord of the hotforwords.com community but is in active participation with our requests, comments, and etc.
It goes to show her commitment to everyone that she doesn’t ignore people when they bring up things like this, even. She really cares, and that makes her even more of an awesome teacher!
TOF
I agree and have tried to state that there are logistic problems she will face down the road but everyone is so focused on beaing me in the ground for trying to be respectful and honest…but I am not surprised…you cannot see my faces and eyes and see I am sincere about respecting all her hard work but what else can I say……….
nakedbullwinkle is lonley and can’t get attention from an internet chick. let’s all cry for and with him.
this response is a perfect example of not seriously reading what I am saying and rather making quicky responses meant to dazzle………………
dazzle me again with a retort and ignore my sincere wishes and hopes for her and this site. Go ahead and dazzle everyone there Carlin.
Thank god you are in Alaska. I hope you are miles away from anyone. You come off as some kind of psycho that would have written your comments in mag clips. All we are trying to say is get over it man. Stop taking yourself and this site so seriously. I have sent a crap load of requests that have gone unanswered but you don’t see me complaining. BTW I did read what you said but when I read it outloud I sound like my 12 year old niece complaining about a zit on her face. I’m sure if you wrote Marina a check she would answer answer your comments and request asap. Untill then just have fun.
Nakedbullwinkle, it’s all well and good that you’re not being “childish” or exhibiting a “toxic personality,” and just expressing your opinion, but I’m pretty sure most people here will agree with me in saying your opinion is way off base.
You make it sound as though our beloved teacher is some sort of philological tech support; that we should be able to randomly ask for a word origin and be able to expect a response within 24 hours. It’s incredible that Marina lives her normal life and still has the ability to come out with videos as frequently as she does. Just like most everyone else here, I’ve recommended words whose origins I think would be interesting, and none of them have yet been done. But I don’t expect them to be; I know Marina is doing her best to keep up with our piqued interests, and her best is quite exceptional.
And what’s this talk about the American Dream? Sure she’s selling a calendar and making appearances on shows like the O’Reilly factor but when it comes down to it, she imparts her knowledge to us for no cost, which is very admirable.
So if you don’t like the way Marina’s running her operation, that’s fine, as is expressing your complaints. But when your complaints so clearly have no legitimacy, you should just let the issue go, and bow out of the website quietly.
You did not read what I said…..I never suggested for a moment that my requests need to be answered and I have never demanded she respond to me at all everytime I speak. I was asked if we had a conversation and we did not. I been around since, uh, june I think and been active from late summer till recently. She has plenty of suggestions and I was thinking how can she keep everyone interested if they have a real interest in a word. You cite that I view here like tech support, I need answers now, and puzzled about the american dream comment. What planet are you from sir? She is the american dream. She created a business from scratch, from nothing, from an idea of her passion and knowledge of an important tool…words. I am beating the drum harder than you sir for
I want her to succeed sincerely. I am not telling her how to run her operation I am telling her that for long term success, she needs to keep something in mind and that is many requests that she cannot all meet and still keep all engage as best she can. do you not see that sir? Or are you just being defensive and refuse to think that I am sincere in wanting to see her succeed. I have been here since june so I am not flakey. I watch the videos and send requests like some but not all. I have an opinion and time is the ultimate test if I am near being right rather you trying to beat me down with observations that are not even close to what I said. Twenty four hours? Where did you read that? No where! Please just make your incorrect impressions and scroll up, thank you.
nakedbullwinkle, have you ever tried to email me on the contact page? I search my email and have not seen anything from you. Thats why Im here, to help. I don’t read all the comments posted on the site for Im busy working on other projects.
This brings up a point I been wanting to comment on. Everyone here needs to understand is Marina is a one women show. She does the work of 3 people and works on weekends. Im still stumped on how she gets it all done. About the emails. Even my emails take some time for her to respond. Just today she replied to an email I sent on the 20th of last month. You would think the TA would get priority. Nope she effectively balances her time to projects. Her replies are one line sentences. Its a very good time saving technique that I should also adhere to. The reason I volunteered my time was to help her out with some of this work load. I reply to just about every email that is sent to me. If its something I can not handle or a question that only Marina can answer then I reply and forward a copy to M.
I hope this clears up some questions I have been getting from time to time from all of you. If not you all know how to get a hold of me.
yes sir, thanks for not tearing my head off. I am getting some flack but that is okay. I am a big boy and we alaskans grow big. You have always been a gentleman and responsive and we had discussions. but, I would be dishonest when I say I was becoming bored. Not due to the fact that she does not work super hard for if she did not, she would not be so successful. I did not say anything to hurt, attack, make her feel insecure, or to try to stir up a dust devil since nothing is on television. I just get my subscription updates and did not have the immediate reaction to go watch them like I did in the last summer and early fall. Why? I asked myself that and thought well I have sent many suggestions but none made the list yet. I was told that some tas have never seen any of theirs and understand the list is massive. I know that for I am not a fool. but, what is different from me from most dissenters or somone as god as my witness trying to offer some constructive advice here that somehow I have not communicated properly initially is that does everyone who signs up continue to stay on? What is the retention rate? If people leave, why do they leave? I asked myself why am I becoming bored with someone I respect? I thought about it and it was not seeing any suggestions ever make the list. Am I the first guy on this site to think that way? I think not? So, how do you keep the viewer or subsriber interested and excited about the site while they view videos and make comments and suggestions? If they have sincere interest in a word or words, how long will they stay interested to find out if a word request is done? Am I the only one that asks these questions? Would someone who is a friend or advisor ask these questions to help her rather than attack her as some are suggesting. I cannot make it any clearer. She is living the american dream, creating a business from nothing, and being successful. I want all people who have small businesses to be successful for it is their dream. But, I am just being childish and impatient an want her to jump at my every comment in twenty four hours. Yea, I have displayed that comment over and over. Look time will tell if I am close to the mark to improve and strenghthen or just another toxic a hole on the internet just being hurtful. I am a good person and all reports of me being an a hole are massively incorrect. but, hey,that is my incorrect opinion right? I respect her and thank her for her response and admire her and once again I want you to own the market on word research marina. I just do not have the fire as I did before and was worried I mention it rather than not say anything and a possible problem not be noted. I make my exit as suggested by a few and wish you all a safe and happy new year and the best of success for all your family and friends. Say good night to the bad guy,,,maybe al pacino said it best, say good night to the bad guy.
GOOD DAY! THATS MY SAYING!
I have been where you are at right now Nakedbullwinkle. I felt the site at one time was not right for me either that I was being ignored by the one person that I was here for. But the people on here and Marina talking to me like friends do I decided to stay. Sure my word request has never been done, but the friendships that I have made with people all over the world means more to me that any word request. Sure the recognition would have been a feather in my cap and good feeling in my heart as we all would like to seem special to Marina for our 15 minutes of fame, but this site is more than just that. It’s fun, the members are great comrades and friends and I have learned so much from them other than lessons Marina does. The people on here are have a worth of knowledge that a person can learn from. It’s all here for the asking. I for one will never dis you or put you down when you get in a sad or in a mood like you have been left out of the party. So I know you said you would stay and I am glad, as I like conversing with you. So be cool my friend and let a kind word put a smile on your face and lift up your heart so you can once again join us in harmony.
Mike
Nakedbullwinkle, your at what many of us have been at. Capman911 comments really explains what we have all gone through. He makes good point about the friendships made here. I have received two emails of people said that they where leaving. One took a break for about 30 days. The other still hasn’t really left yet but has reduced the amount of commenting he has done in the past. Many of them have returned after a short spell. Sometimes one just has to take a break. Maybe this is an option for you.
About your word requests. I searched the back end of your word request and she has acknowledged your word requests back in the Abysmal & Jeans, Denim and Dungarees lessons. You even re-requested the words which is not necessary for she never deletes requests. Marina is very thurl in doing her research which take her hours (if she is lucky) to days or weeks.
I think your a bit like some of us that like to excel at things we are involved with. I bet your saying ‘Is there not more?’ Im thinking since you mention your bored that you just need some challenges. Have you thought about helping out?
After reading and digesting your comments, and noting that you attribute things I did not say, to me;I must stand by my initial opinion and impression based on what you say, and how you present yourself. The things you are putting out that are your words, which you attribute to me, must be because you have heard them from someone else (not me) and that may explain much of you angry disposition with me. Sorry, I ain’t buyin’ into any of it. I can see I got it right the first time.
nakedbullwinkle…this web site is refreshing, just trying to keep on the bright side is the reality of fealty ..good luck and be back
{ (((((((((((((((What’s shaken?)))))))))))))))) }
someone on msn nudged you ?
BTW , how did you change your profile name ?
Click on dashboard, go to nickname type in what you want,
then go to ‘what you want your name …publicly’ put it in the box and then I think you have to logged out then logged back in again, revised name should appear.
Che you just have to save the changes at the top or bottom of the profile page then click on the name you want to show up then save it again.
Hey! if you’re losing your hair on the headboard you better turn around.
{think real hard about what I said there are two interpretations }
Hey Marina, love all your lessons! I was wondering if you could teach a lesson on the word “scuba”. I recently heard that it is actually an acronym
. So, is it still a real word? Thanks!
Self Contained Underwater
Breathing Apparatus (S.C.U.B.A.)
Yup! It’s a real acronym-word
Hey dude! That was a good request.
You should check out Gravatar.com
and replace that computer generated
freaky-deaky thingee. It’s real easy,
I promise.
What you don’t realize is that that gravitar is not computer generated. He spent weeks painstakingly creating it in oil after attending prestigious European art schools for years and suffering in poverty on the mean streets of decayed urban centers to gain inspiration.
Now say you’re sorry.
THAT’S ART
What is it? Uh oh…
(I hope it’s not a self portrait)
[just meesin']
Mine looks like I’m some kind spead-eagled…meat-wad!!!
A twofer! Read this and you will know all.
Or better yet, this, which will work a lot better.
SPEAKING of getting a Gravatar with your own unique graphic…
(Ahem and harumph)
It’s about time you got yours,
being a regular an’ all.
If you’d like a custom gravatar… an original one of a kind design, I will offer my help. Tis the season to be of service to others… offer expires Dec 25 midnight.
OMG, an ahem and a harumph! Oh, the pressure! How can I resist?
.-…
Resistance is futile – LOL
Maybe try a nice fuzzy bunny?
[I'm kidding!]
Oh! I see you have a green..umm..
(I don’t know what that is! LOL)
OK- that’s a good start
How do you trap a rare rabbit?
Unique up on it!
See? That wasn’t so hard
And NOW, Marina can quickly
pick up on your comments, dude!
(It’s ALL good)
So, Marina – did you get a [Foot Massage]?
That’s a great commercial. We had a shaker, but I didn’t feel it, due to concentrating on stuff…
Keep concentrating, mate!
Looks like twitter got rattled a bit
{ Oh No!!!! twitters down!!!! }
A rip on the Twelve Days of Christmas
.
On the first day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
,
On the second day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“Rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
.
On the third day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“Teacher’s pet”
“Rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”…
.
(cufan71)
On the fourth day of Christmas, Marina said to me,
“For your homework”
“Teacher’s pet”
“Rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”…
,
(pagedoll)
On the fifth day of Christmas, Marina said to me
“Hello my dear students”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
.
(We wouldn’t mind some help)
On the sixth day of Christmas, Marina said to me
“Another mystery solved”
“Hello my dear students”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
On the seventh day of Christmas, Marina said to me
“We have another video request”
Another mystery solved”
“Hello my dear students”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
On the eighth day of Christmas,
Marina said to me
“HotForWords must investigate!”
“We have another video request”
Another mystery solved”
“Hello my dear students”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
nice! schmeck
On the ninth day of Christmas,
Marina said to me
“There you go!”
“HotForWords must investigate!”
“We have another video request”
“Another mystery solved”
“Hello my dear students”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
On the tenth day of Christmas,
Marina said to me
“640X360″
“There you go!”
“HotForWords must investigate!”
“We have another video request”
“Another mystery solved”
“Hello my dear students”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video” and
“Subscribe to my YouTube channel”
Not to rain on everyone’s parade or anything, but how exactly is this a parody of the Twelve Days of Christmas? The only similarity is it starts out by saying “On the __________ day of Christmas.” It’s just a bunch of phrases from Marina’s videos, nothing numerical, and if you try to sing it to the tune of Twelve Days, it sounds really awkward. Oh well, I’m just being too critical. I’ll stop talking now.
Who cares. Just play along.
Ask yourself not, “What ‘coon this song do for me?”, but rather “What ‘coon I do for this song?”
‘coon you do any better?
Actually I totally imagined the instrumental to the Marina Rapping video and it worked perfect for me.
I was going for the whole poetic
pentameter thingee, but you see
what happens with “art”.
It is what it is.
Ever see a Picasso?
Too cold for rain…
[Oh look! It's knowing!]
If you wait for fun to happen,
it never does.. BUT
If you make your own fun…
it can happen all the time.
Now, it’s your turn
Make some fun and
share it, you’ll be
surprised…
On the twelfth day of Christmas, dear Marina said to me:
“Floccinaucinihilipilification uh-huh”
” ”
“HotForWords must investigate!”
“We have another video request”
“Another mystery solved”
“Hell-o my dear stu-dents”
“Another mystery solved”
“For your homework”
“Teachers pet”
“Please rate my video”
“Subscribe to my YT channel”
“There you go!”
My pop taught me a rummy card game called Coon Can. You rifle the deck for 8’s 9’s and 10’s and set these cards in a stack off to the side. So now, the deck is ace, deuce, 3, 4, 6, 7, Jack, Queen, King. A run of 3 could be 7, Jack, Queen…etc., identical to rummy. Less cards makes for a quicker hand. 10 cards are dealt to both players. You can play on your opponent’s melds, and the first player to meld 11 cards on table in front of him and have no cards in his hand wins the round. The winner then turns one card off the stack of 8’s, 9’s, and 10’s onto his side of the stack to keep score. Naturally the player with the most cards turned is the winner. It’s good for lunch breaks where you have limited time. So, where did the name Coon Can come from, Marina..or anybody else?
It came from Mexico. It’s a reversal of the syllables in the placename, Cancoon.
It’s true, I tell you.
Hmmm. Like ol’ Ray Rackets said, “I’ll believe anything as long as it don’t cost me any money.”
Uno!
Spades!
Go Fish!
Dos Tacos
melikeadotacos
Hearts
pinochle
pee-knuckle? LOL!
Dos Equis aqui por favor!
Screw your Neighbor.
Egyptian Ratscrew.
Cribbage….thus muggins.
Doce!
Homework: No, I don’t have any. At least not like a pet. There are some wild ones where I live, and they eat the food I put for my little squirrely buddies, but, heck they gotta eat, too. They are very cute to look at from a safe distance! Their tracks look like little human hands, almost. Pretty cool critters, but wouldn’t want to corner one or find a rabid one.
And will pass on the offer, should one be made, to remodel my kitchen.
It must have been easier to chew through the gyp-board than the cabinet particle board. Damn thing made three holes!
(was somebody feeding him grapes?)
Orange is my word request, because no matter the shade, Marina is an orange blossom and like tea from Ceylon.. Remember r.a.b.i.e.s. Rabies is a fatal infectious disease and is due to a specific virus which occures in saliva…latin madness—-I say this because it is a reason to kill dogs.
Coons or rather raccoons transmits rabies easily to dogs. please be careful with those flesh eating animals…bats too 
keep up the good work 
Quote
“I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein
Here is something about Wittgenstein from Wiki— His severe disciplinary methods (often involving corporal punishment, not unusual at the time) — as well as a general suspicion amongst the villagers that he was somewhat mad — led to a long series of bitter disagreements with some of his students’ parents, and eventually culminated in April 1926 in the collapse of an eleven year old boy whom Wittgenstein had struck on the head.[19] The boy’s father attempted to have Wittgenstein arrested, and despite being cleared of misconduct he resigned his position and returned to Vienna, feeling that he had failed as a school teacher.
2.3 The Nature of Philosophy
Accordingly, “the word ‘philosophy’ must mean something which stands above or below, but not beside the natural sciences” (TLP 4.111). Not surprisingly, then, “most of the propositions and questions to be found in philosophical works are not false but nonsensical” (TLP 4.003). Is, then, philosophy doomed to be nonsense (unsinnig), or, at best, senseless (sinnlos) when it does logic, but, in any case, meaningless? What is left for the philosopher to do, if traditional, or even revolutionary, propositions of metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, and ethics cannot be formulated in a sensical manner? The reply to these two questions is found in Wittgenstein’s characterization of philosophy: philosophy is not a theory, or a doctrine, but rather an activity. It is an activity of clarification (of thoughts), and more so, of critique (of language). Described by Wittgenstein, it should be the philosopher’s routine activity: to react or respond to the traditional philosophers’ musings by showing them where they go wrong, using the tools provided by logical analysis. In other words, by showing them that (some of) their propositions are nonsense.
From The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
So, basically, he’s saying philosophy is a blog.
You are wise CampKohler and as I grow into critical philosophy; evolutionism follows and plows.
oo , i can sense Gorby is getting jealous now ….
Isn’t it illegal to keep raccoons ?
A quick check shows CA doesn’t address “keeping,” but it is illegal to transport, possess, etc. mammals except for a few exempted kinds, like normal farm animals and pets, which are specifically enumerated. Having big holes eaten in your drywall doesn’t sound like possession to me.
The house is possessed by a devil raccoon, though.
Can they arrest the house?
Yeahhhh!!! YouTube has returned the default page to MOST VIEWED videos, instead of the Most Popular videos. I guess they saw it my way.
Also the annoying search bar is gone, so that Marina doesn’t get a haircut every time you freeze the vid.
I was looking at my user profile (Dashboard), when I saw that the Visual Editor check box was checked. It was not checked by me. Next to the box is the explanation “Use the visual editor when writing.” This is typical of programmers for some reason; the explanation does not really explain anything more than what a user might have just guessed at. It does not explain what the Visual Editor is or why you would or would not want to use it. So HotForTimeWasters decide to investigate.
It seems that with the advent of WordPress 2.0, a new WYSIWYG editor, TinyMCE, was implemented. From what I gather from many blogs, it is hated as the reason why human beings should be rounded up and ground up into raccoon food (just to relate a bit to the lesson). It is some kind of tool bar from which you click HTML features you want to use in a message instead of typing tags manually (much like you can click for smilies). At sites where much more HTML is allowed than at HFW, it does some strange things to formatting that does not endear it to users, and so many choose to disable it entirely and are happy that they did.
Since I see no traces of TineMCE here, I must assume that whoever set the site up has also chosen to disable it. So why is the Visual Editor check box visible? Clearly if the editor is off, you can’t use the check box to make it any more “off-er.” As proof, I unchecked it, but see no difference. If it is too much bother to remove the checkbox, I would think the thing to do would be to add another question to the FAQs:
• What does the Visual Editor checkbox in the Dashboard (user profile) do?
Nothing. WordPress’ Visual Editor is not deemed desirable for the users and has been globally disabled. If users elect to use the allowed HTML tags in their posts, they should be typed manually and will behave normally.
Or alternatively, do nothing so that the next guy will also scratch his head and wonder what the heck is going on. Yeah, that’s the ticket!
That’s a very good summary of this. I don’t mind scratching my head if it is itchy, but, sometimes I wonder if these people who do these things say amongst themselves… ” let’s see how many will shake their heads and fall for this one – Beavis and Butthead grunt! grunt!
I totally understand the pain in the arse to type html code in the reply box. I hate it with a passion.
Marina has used TinyMCE and it crashed the server. Other blog owners are experiencing the same issues. She has tried a few others and they also crashed. It’s a problem that we yet have to solve.
The ‘Use the visual editor when writing’ feature has been turned off so now its just a dummy button.
More of the “Raccon”, click here.
I know I know, I’m the last one who should be pointing out a typo.
At least it’s fixable!!
Aww come on, don’t rub it in.
Damn, I usually find the typos
Homework:
I see more skunks, porcupines, opposium, pack rats, mice, bear, deer, bats, moose, and squirrel here.
What, no llamas?
LOL! (he said moose and skvirrel)
What? No rabbits?
I should list my list for the holidays, so if someone feels sorry for this ole man. Nice when I am duck hunting.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp;jsessionid=VZ2QKO2HMS5VRLAQBBICCO3MCAEFCIWE?id=0033659942920a&navCount=3&podId=0033659942920&parentId=cat601753&masterpathid=&navAction=jump&cmCat=MainCatcat470076-cat601753&catalogCode=8IS&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat601753&hasJS=true&_requestid=139044&_requestid=105296
HaHaHa dang long url isn’t it. I don’t like tiny url or can’t figure it out. Tried it before but it kept messing up on me. Maybe need to practice more with it.
Watch out, nobody will see you in that!
Cabela’s is a great store. Between them and Bass Pro Shop anybody could survive anywhere. I could take a whole afternoon just thumbin’ through the BPS catalog.
Racoons are trouble at our house, they crap on the steps, steal the cat’s food & they even figured out how to open the garage door to get at the storage area, where we used to keep the cat food. When I locked the garage door they tore the insulation off the bottom. One night when I went out back to chase them away, for the umpteenth time, my wife gave me a hard time for being mean… “They’re soooo cute” she said of the babies… now the parents are teaching the kids to come & pester us. “Useless creatures” I say. Well at least some likeDaniel Boon’s contribution to fasion.
Dogs can be usefull, and serve a purpose… Never go thirsty again.
When the dog first spots the other beach party, there is a dog there, too. But when it runs over to snatch a beer, there is no dog to be seen. Had their been, dog B would have barked/interacted with dog A and messed up the successful snatch. “CONTINUITY!”
Sounds like a buffet.
I don’t know about the coon part, but I know who has a nice rac.
Nothing is cuter than a squirrel, either, but when they take up residence in your attic, they start exploring by chewing holes in the ceiling drywall. I thought when the neighbors cut down their walnut tree last year and the squirrels left, it was over. But yesterday a big squirrel had his head stuck out of the roof eve and chattered away at me. (It probably thought that I, as landlord, should take care of some maintenance problem he had.) Time to get out the rat poison.
looks like he can make a good warm hat to me
I bought one of these Russian hat from a catalog I received at the house. The hat is made out of wool and has the same emblem on the front. It is warm almost to warm for our climate. But it’s a nice made hat.
Do those pointy ears go in the hat or out?
Hi Girl,
Thanks,
Today someone was telling me that a group of people were in “cahoots” with each other. I know what the word means but where did it originate?
Frank in Hayward
(feel free to use my real name if you respond on YOUTUBE)
Good word request!
ye im glad 2 see u got the HD thing to work and i’m doing myths for my english class so i would like to know the origin of the word myth thx!
Dayummmmm, that HD video is AWESOME! Glad that you got it to work.
I waited for mine to download completely, the audio worked fine but the video chopped up into a series of still pics… they looked good & clear…
My eyes aren’t HD anymore so I watched in normal quality just fine. I quess what I should do is go over to my wife, kick her off her new “Mac” and boldy proclaim “Hey, I want to watch Hotforwords in HD, and NOW”
Go head BillyB. I have an extra bedroom when you try to kick her off of her Mac. But you have to move to the east coast.
I was just thinking the same thing!…Extra HDish. I like it.
I was thinking the same thing.
She’s gorgeous and the HD really brings out her beauty.
Does the sound seem clearer or are those Q-Tips working?
Although some people might mistake a racoon for a big rodent, the racoon is actually more closely related to the bear family. In German the word for racoon is Waschbär, meaning “washbear” because they live near water and wash their food before eating.
Racoons, as has been mentioned below, are vicious and dangerous. They can rip a roof apart and everything else as seen in the video. The local game warden told me that if you see one out during the day, stay away, since they are likely ill and will attack. The are nocturnal and many cities are now infested with them.
This particular wiki has a ton of footnotes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon