Caesarean (Cesarean) Section
Is it related to Julius Caesar?
Author: HotForWords
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TIT FOR sTATic (Iggy Pop-Sickness-American Caesar/Dandys-Grn…lyrics
‘cut and run’…mut and pun 
…fun be have 
Marina,
I was not born via Cesarean, but, all 6 of my children were. Oh yes, and their mother is still living.
I got a little mixed-up between Caesar and birth-stuff, but that didn’t stop me from starting on the extra-credit …
yes I was born by cesarean section
Hello Marina, could you investigate the word shmuck?
That’s a good one for her to do
Yiddish for fool, but can also mean “penis.” How appropriate — our penises often make fools of us.
Mario119 you are a Genius!
HotForWords detail 3D CGI animation “Do Me Babe” Rock & Roll version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b68tMk1oMM
ya know, I have always wondered the origin of the word
‘ghost’…where did it come from????
My birth was natural: color me exhumed.
Hello, can you find the origin of the word “kiss”? that would be interesting , and something fun to tell to the ladies
cumps
could you find the origin of the word ‘oops’ please?
its really random, but ive always wanted to know what it meant:)
please find the origin of “booyakasha” and its meaning
Why is this filed under
Feat and cocomment?
Joke for ya.
What happens when you give a politician a Viagra?
He gets taller
I don’t get it
Could you explain?
It means politicians are d*cks. So what does Viagra do for a d*ck?
OH, good one hahaha
Caesarean se…
?
HAIL
Kaesar, oranges not be 
; seize not of me 
, while I pee(earn an urn)tomorrow I glee with honey beads. Alex should be hearded and marched back to the womb and be as now a herd. 
Hi Marina I like you outfit you look adorable please email me a picture
Marina -
Please do the origin of the word “gams”.It was slang years ago for a good looking woman’s legs…”Nice gams,Marina!”
You hear it in all the old gangster movies and see it in the old pulp stories.
Have a wonderful new year!
I really want to Request this Word,
” Understand ”
Should’nt it be ‘Under & Stand” ?
Why does it Caall understand or understanding.?
I know the MEaning just wanna know How and why the Word are made up.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/11/understand/
to CampKohler I tried that, but unfortunately the battery had gone dead from being buried in the snow!!
Marina, Why don’t you have a watch in hd button that opens the player in a new page. You cant comment on the page just watch it in hd. That way people can choose. They also don’t seem to realize if you pause the video and let it load 100% it will play alot better than if you play it whilst it is still loading.
I talked to the developer of the plugin about making a javascript button below the video, like on YouTube that you click on and it plays in HD on the same page. He making it
Marina, not to gripe, but it seems like most of the comments you post lately have been about website technical issues.
A lot — most? — of us really are here for etymology and philology. I’ve really enjoyed your past comments in etymology / linguistic threads / discussions / debates, even if they’re just little notes of encouragement 
and miss them. 
Of course, some of us just are here to post wisecracks and bad puns, which don’t merit any encouragement from you!
And obviously wont get any
Though that wont stop any of us from trying 
LMAO B.B.
+1 Evan!
I agree with Evan on this one!
I didn’t get this lesson, and couldn’t figure it out not even with the help of dudesonroad and recycle-logical-1. I think we need the expert to fill in the dark spots for us.
The dilemma in short, is this: What does a “full head of hair” have to do with the surgical procedure? Here’s the discussion link.
I hope I’m not just being dumb about it, but perhaps the mystery wasn’t solved.
Marina,
I would like to know where the word/phrase
“Pardon My French” came from..I use it alot myself when I say
%$#% bad words (if there is such a thing)
thanks and keep up the good work
Mitch
The first Roman emperor also had epilepsy. Hence the name, “Julius Seizure”!
My older daughter was born Caesarian; at my wife’s request, I had the privilege of watching the operation.
Здравствуйте, Marina!
I was not delivered by caesarian section, but my brother and one of my sisters were
How is your Swedish, btw? Since you’ve already covered “window” – do you know of any other imported Scandinavian words used in English apart from the obvious ones like ombudsman and smorgasbord
Lutefisk!
Word Requests
Dizzy
Vertigo
ouch no way i was born the natural way that sounds pain lol i’m curiose as to know the origin of the word oxymoron i know its supposed to mean something my english teacher was talking aboutit one day but seeing as how unfortunatly she isn’t as attractive as you so i fail to pay much attention hahaha….
She’s done that one:oxymoron
Hi hot for words, I would like to know the history behind the phrase PS
P.S. means Post Signum which is latin Post=after, Signum=signature so it litterally means after the signature
Natural birth.
I know its a bit late but ive been thinkng when are the 12 days of Christmas?
Hi Marina
I wonder where the word fuck come from.
Do you know why smurfs are blue?
(because there’s only ONE smurfette!)
Jamesingtonthird did a video for you
Hey Cha Cha here’s another place Marina gave the meaning of that word.
http://www.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment/top-10-word-myths_1.html
I once heard a false rumor that “smurf” was German for “demon”.
Here’s another site that Marina explains that word.
http://www.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment/top-10-word-myths_1.html
fuck comes from the latin facio (pronounced fuck-ee-o) which means to do or to make and the monosillabic imperative of the word is fac (pronounced fuck)
I wasn’t born by C-section but I was a breech-birth baby; apparently I came out one leg first, then an arm, the other leg and finally the second arm and head together.
I’ve been doing everything ass about face ever since.
Mum said they had to pull me out with a giant set of forceps – maybe that’s why I don’t like crabs.
LUKE, you must learn to trust the forceps!
MAybe you could teach us a bit russian also?
I was born the “normal” way
Where does the verb “to chew” come from?
djoegasvilli, I trust you’re aware that your HFW user name was the real name of Josef Stalin: Iosif Dzhugashvili. Another tidbit: Marina’s nickname was “Koba,” also Stalin’s nickname.
Marina did the origin of AK-47 in Russian. Several others of us have been bugging her to do some Russian etymology. Which reminds me:
***WORD REQUEST: карандаш и пиро***> Пожалыста?
Side note to HFW readers: Stalin wasn’t Russian; he was a Kartvelebi (ქართველები) from the Caucasus region (Gruzinski in Russian, “Georgian” in English, not to be confused with the “Peach State”
.)
Conversational Russian
I was born a caesarian.
My head was probably too big.
Night Guys
I was born naturally, at home but because of complications during Mom’s pregnancy I am deaf, so would like to know where this word came from, so please look into the word DEAF please, and I like to see the final video as to how this is presented, for a deaf person.
All three of my children who are not deaf were born of Caesarean, and i was there for each of them in the birth room in the hospital.
Happy New Year everybody
Dude! Marina’s voice is like honey…
She makes words and phrases sound as sweet
as she looks. My voice is like sandpaper when
compared to the silky way Marina talks…
I think Marina will be no1 in the sexiest geek contest by tomorrow
She was, is & always will be #1 as far as her students are concerned
see my post @ sexy geek of 2008 Article 
B.B.
So long ago
my Mom recently celebrated her 90 th B/day 
BUT I was breast fed 
main reason why I am still lovin em ALL to this day 
B.B.
she reminded me I was au natural
anyone else with the same problem?
Loosely from OSX dictionary – definition of scissors
scissor singular -
derivation: “Latin cisoria, plural of cisorium ‘cutting instrument,’ from cis-, variant of caes-, stem of caedere ‘to cut.’”
Maybe it should be a scissorian section – to clarify that it is birth by cutting instrument no doubt the original meaning. A pair of cutting instruments on a pivot with opposing blades is a pair of scissors.
Romulus and Remus were raised by wolves and were not a pair of Caesars, however.
Hello my dear Teacher, Marina. I have a word request. I notice you often wear high waisted outfits—or Empire silhouette designs. (Sexy BTW
)
My word request is “empire” as it relates to fashion. Also, why is it pronounced “om-peer”. Thanks Marina. I love your videos.
Your loyal student,
shephild
i heard that the term came from a decree by Caesar that all caves must be saved even if the mother is in danger, later it was tried on humans. but that can’t be accurate if it was done in Caesarean times- could it?
Caves?
Calves, I think.
GOD Bless ISRAEL ISRAEL Has the right to EXIST
That’s another story which appears to be reported as inaccurately as possible. First, a hundred civilians are reported dead, then, only several dozen…?
This is code, y’know – they were ALL Hamas.
Leaders brought their families (who were not fighters)
and got them killed. War is not a place to bring your family.
And why does Hamas resist having international overseers?
(unless their intent is to continue…)
And where are all these weapons and rockets coming from?
Those are the people Israel should target next (Iran).
IT’S All Arab PROPAGANDA I AGREE IT’S TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IRAN
They’ll just do what they do, as they’ve always done…
De-stabilize the civilized world, and for what??
hello Marina i am a fan of your lessons
but i want to know the meaning of the world flawless 
thanks!!!
Nope,no surgical extraction,I entered the world the oldest way know to humans,they found Me under a rock! Somehow,they made the BIG mistake of bringing Me home instead of the rock!
The stork left you under a rock?
(kidding!)
Nine monthes fighting to get out and all your
life trying to get back in….
Yepper cha cha,You got that right.
The damn stork didn’t like Me either
Maybe cause I was a 10-pounder and caused wing fatigue 
Any chance you could find out where the phrase “Mad Money” comes from and how it originated?
Hello everyone,
I have posted a new graph and comments about the
Sexy Geek contest on the Sexy Geek page.
GOOD JOB KARL
IS IT OVER 
OR NOT 
Hello danielpool,
The Sexy Geek “contest” is not a contest in the traditional sense, so it is never over. That word “contest” is more of a euphemism here and should be called more properly an open ended competition or open ended poll just like the polls Marina has on this site. So, do continue to vote for Marina as often as you can (daily 24 hr basis).
Think of it as a race that continues forever. So there is no end to the voting. In fact, the Wired 2007 Sexy Geek competition is still available to be voted on. I just voted for Marina on that one again.
OK THANKS KARL
i was a vaginal birth baby…i.e., a conehead…
Hello Marina That was a very interesting lesson. IF CAESARIES= a full head of hair could you please do the opposite word’s like chrome dome or comb over
Hmmm,
I don’t remember if I wa born by C-section, or natural.
I know I was there, but it was such a shocking ordeal… all I remember is getting a spanking. I didn’t do anything wrong..
Maybe it was a birthday spanking.
Well,look at it this way,at least You weren’t so ugly the doc spanked Your Mom instead!
I know I know,,,that’s an old joke. Hope Ya took it in fun.
Dear Teacher,
I would like to know how the symbol “$” came to represent “a dollar”.
Thank you very much,
-Ethan
Click here for a good source — especially see the PTSI mark on the lower right corner of the image of the 1768 Spanish coin.
Incidentally, since the coin was made of precious metal and the face-value of the coin and the value of the metal it contained were the same, breaking a dollar coin into, say, two equal pieces would result in two pieces of metal each worth 50 cents. The “pieces of 8″ expression refers to the fact that the coin was made so that it could be easily broken into 8 pieces (8 bits); see here.
–Hs4Mm
Hello Hot For Words. There are actually two words I wanted to know the origin of, One, because of your recent “C-Section” video, and The other because it just makes no sense for it to be as long as it is…
1st word: Pregnant, Like I said, I wanted to know the origin of this because of the recent video of yours. Also, because I am about 15 weeks along in my own pregnancy. If you could help me out with this, I would be ever so greatful.
2nd word: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, This means the fear of long words. My wonder is How it got it’s origin, and Why it would make fun of people with such a phobia, by having that word be so long. It took my three tries, just to pronounce it correctly, finally I broke it down easily enough though Hippopoto/monstro/sesquippedalio/phobia. Hope you can help, with either one, or both of these words.
Thanks,
Samantha
Hey Samantha, here is one video she did on the Hippo word.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/11/30/sesqui-wha/
She hasn’t done one on pregnant yet. Maybe she will do that word for you. Just give her a little time.
Thanks, I have seen that video before, and I believe I have actually asked for the word before as well. Marina, is busy though, what with all of her students, so When she gets to it, she gets to it… Thanks though.
Samantha and Capman,,do Ya wonder if marina is hinting at something? Is Her twin sister gonna be an Aunt?! Will Gorby have another cutie to kiss? Is Marina gonna need a bigger apartment in a safe neighborhood near a good preschool?
She is in Her late 20s,successful,and the biological clock *is* ticking!
Don’t mind Me folks,I just felt like starting an innocent rumor,,,,but thennnn? What if?
Hey, I’d like to know the origin of the word “shrink” as in a therapist, psychologist etc.
Thanks so much and I love the videos!
(sorry I posted it on the last video, I didn’t know you had a new one up!)
A “C” section is OK but, “I believe that Zorro got a “Z” section”.
Imagine a mother trying to explain to her son William why she has a scar that goes down and up and down and up on her belly! 
hello hot for words… i just have one word request… the word is pneumatic i here it almost everyday at school in a lot of my classes but where did it come from? it starts with a p and theirs no p sounds at all in the word? and pn doesn’t make a sound like ph would
im sick of ppl callin marina a pornstar …
….
shes a geek ok
so heres da word…PORN….
Who is this ppl if you don’t mind me asking my friend?
CH if you read some of the comments on Marina’s YouTube site you will see what he is talking about. Marina has built up thick skin against comments like that. She asks that they just be left alone. Most of us just stay here because it’s a much nicer place to be and we want get into a flame war on her other site and bring the war back here.
Thank you for clearing that up for me kind Sir. I think I will just stay here and stay positive. I have been done with fighting wars for many years now,and I must agree this is a nicer place. But it is still very hard for me, not to let the southern gentleman that I am to come out, when somebody starts to degrade a real lady. Please forgive me my fellow students, and my apologizes to the teacher.
You’ll meet those ppl at youtube . any hotforwords video will do . Read the comments
I still can’t see Marina as a geek, even if she herself has been pushing the term (the Wired contest, e.g.)
Check out Marina’s posts in the tech forums
She just makes “geek” look really, really good!
Underneath that sexy exterior resides a number
(and word) crunching brainiac…
What is the virgin of the name Arsalan ?
This just in from a friend, I offer to all my HFW friends:
After serious & cautious consideration . . . Your contract of friendship has been renewed for the New Year 2009! It was a very hard decision to make. So try not to screw it up!!! My Wish for You in 2009: May peace break into your house and may thieves come to steal your debts. May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet of $100 bills. May love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault your lips! May your clothes smell of success like smoking tires and may happiness slap you across the face and may your tears be that of joy. May the problems you had forget your home address! In simple words . . . May 2009 be the best year of your life!!!
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Please check this out, particularly you twitter-philes:
http://getsatisfaction.com/twitter/topics/possible_child_abuse_secrettweet
please post a resonse there.
The information I saw was very vague and generic.
Difficult to know if this is real, imaginary or a prank.
Be careful how you respond…
With every respect to the fact that it may indeed be a hoax,
I would rather err on the side of ‘acting to prevent further harm to a child’ than ‘inaction in case it’s a hoax’.
No arguement there, if it’s not a prank
Without further detailed information to go on,
I don’t see that you have the opportunity to
be helpful by making (false?) reports.
If you can respond to this person directly, explain
that THEY must report the problem to proper authorities, as you are not in any position to act.
From what I saw, it looks like a “Bart Simpson”*
*little Timmy down the well needs help!
You’ve lost me a bit there, ChaCha – please forgive my ineptitude of the simpsons…
I simply cannot bear to let this go unnoticed, hoax or not.
Bart Simpson used a set of walkie talkies to convince people that “little Timmy” had fallen down a well (just to get some attention).
As I said, your best move would be to advise this person to notify the proper authorities themselves.
If you make a report, and it is a hoax, you have made a false report.
If this is NOT a hoax, secrettweet needs to notify proper authorities, NOT ask you to do it.
“secrettweet” is not a screen name that gives one confidence of the sincerity of such a strange claim to post in a public forum…I think someone is trying to pOwn you.
If I make an UN-KNOWING false report, then so be it. If I make a report and is true, then so be it as well.
I think you flagging it was the best thing. Then let the operators of the site deem it real or fake and they can follow it up to make sure. There is more than you on that page complaining so they have to take notice.
How did you find out about this Fianchetto? I looked around the site for a contact person but could find one. Only the red flag like you put up. That is a lame way to run a site.
I don’t remember where I found ‘SecretTwit’ but when I saw that post, I just lost it. What if that were my sister, my daughter? Thoughts just echoed in my head. I could not sit still.
I don’t blame you pal, you did the right thing.
Molto Grazie, mio fratello! I think so as well. – flagging it and bringing it to the attention of as many ppl as I possibly could seemed the only proper recourse.
Thanks, Mike.
Yes, but what about “Beware of the knives of March?”
Ck, that’s a good one for the cliches forum. Better hurry and use it for someone else catches on about the Ides of March.
yes
imagine a hole carved on your stomach , and out comes a little monster
Some of those pictures Marina put up as a baby coming out of the mother looked like the baby was able to start walking.
where ?
This is one of the pictures FB.
http://i41.tinypic.com/315mpaf.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/2m2b0c2.jpg
omg , is that an old woman giving birth ?
I want to know why these two pix aren’t presented in WordPress’ normal manner with the cancel button at the bottom. Has it anything to do with the size of the pix?
Yes the artist wasn’t Leonardo da Vinci was it?
Like this?
or rather, Like this?
What ever will be… will be! 2009!
This is a better one… QUE SERA SERA!<
Homework: I was hatched I think. Yeah hatched. Maybe that’s why I get along with parrots so well. My one of my many nick names in the Navy was Admiral Byrd. For I had a nose that looked like a parrots beak. I had broken it twice since then and it no longer looks like a beak.
Marina, I love your dress! It’s HOT HOT HOT!
Is this a new dress or you been hiding it?
I saw one of those amateur short movies wherein the main character would dress himself from a selection that came in a “bale o’ clothes.” It was thrift shop clothes put up like a bale of hay, and when he cut the wire, the clothes would explode over the room.
I wonder if M’s dressmaker friend supplies her with a “bale o’ new outfits” that she wears once and returns. Or does she have exactly 741 outfits and when she gets to the end of them we will start to see repeats? She looks best in solid colors, with fuscia being the most exciting.
Sources such as Merriam-Webster and EtymOnLine trace the word function to the word fungi (”perform, execute, discharge”); however, both sources are silent about whether this fungi has anything to do with fungus. Question: does the “fungi” that forms the root of function have any relation to “fungus”?
I still would like to know about the word…
ORTHODOX
as in (Unorthodox)
and all meaning there in.
Thanks Teacher.
WORD REQUEST: Gorbylicious
No, I was not C-section. I was, supposedly very late. My due date was early May, but I was born in mid June. Whether doc got the date wrong or not, they had to scare me out. Mom was going every Mon, wed, and Fri to the doc, and he told her “When you come Fri, bring your bags. We’re going in to get him.” She went into labor on Fri morn.
BTW, I have not been on time since.
Oh My God, Marina. My heart stopped for a second when I saw that outfit. You look gorgeous like that. You look gorgeous in anything come to think of it. Could you please, please, please tell me the origin of the word CREMATION. And on a side note, does anyone else think it’s wrong that I saw a commercial for cremation services on Food Network
Why not on the Food Network?
Wayyyyyy overcooked.
Yes I was born Cesarean section
samuel3d
I loved your video! : D thanks for the information : )
I have a request,
can you tell me the information on,
blanket
thanks in advance : )
you are a very nice person : )
Word Request: Walk
Thanks Marina,
Louie
P.S. I was a natural birth, 4th of four and slipped right out in record time.
Marina, I am sure I was a natural birth however as most infants that age I just can’t recall that memory. If there was a caesarean (Cesarean) section I am sure discussions would have been spoken about at family gatherings. It seems that all i hear about my birth was how after my parents got me home my sisters kept try to off me (sibling jealously) Now days a caesarean usually isn’t performed unless the mothers life is in danger or there could be some quack reasons not to have a natural childbirth (a fear her man won’t like her afterwards physically false history)
Most discussions that men hear about childbirth is does she want pain relievers or not.
The only thing I can critique here is the use of stomach in your description of a Caesarean. However perhaps that was the belief in those times?
You are quite fetching in your dress today and thats all I will say about that.
So Pretty
Bye for now
Hey Can you do the word Achilles Tendon Please and Thank You
“the name of the term comes from the legend that Julius Caesar was delivered by this method.” – this affirmation turns up to be false, as Marina explains the mix-up in words.
But if Caesar wasn’t delivered by this method, then what does HAIR have to do with the Cesarean Section?!
Common guys, am I the only one paying attention?
I knew that Caesar got credit by mistake before, from the Caesar’s Salad video, but why also now? I say we don’t let him!
Also…
How the heck did Caesar get his name affiliated with a drink called a Caesar… i.e. Tomato juice, clam juice, and vodka… plus salted rim and a celery stick???? hmm???
I know, how does he do that??!!
Maybe his relatives have been pulling the strings from behind the scenes!(all these years)
note
Caesarean section
“There are claims that Gaius Julius was delivered by such an operation, but evidence disputes such a claim. Fact: the first known successful “Caesarean section” was recorded in Pavia, Italy, April, 1876 from a Julie Covallini. Fact: although the operation was occasionally used in ancient times, the Caesarean section usually resultad in death for both (!!) the child and the mother. There were some occasions when the child survived, but the mother inevitably perished. Caesar`s mother, Aurelia, lived to be at least 70 years old in good health up until the time of her death. This would suggest that she never had the deadly operation.”
right, also Wiki sustains that there could have been an imperial law (in Latin: Lex Caesarea) that stated if the baby’s mother did not survive birth, then the baby should be cut free from her womb.
I don’t know what to believe… I always go with what Marina says, since she does the best research. But would you care to explain what does “hair” have to do with anything here?
..he was so named because of this (Latin caedere [to cut]), or caesus (having been cut). But there is no firm ground for this belief, and C. name probably derives in fact from Latin caesaries (head of hair –> does not equal “hair”!
). This could have originated as a kind of nickname for a person with thick hair.
So long
Over on YouTube someone said that the German term is “Kaiserschnitt” and that means “emperor cut” Since the word “Kaiser” is from the root word “Caesar” it really means “Caesar Cut” or Caesarean!
Damnit Teacher,
I just can’t resist to this one. You look just like a blossoming rose pistil inside this pink dress. These two petals are bound to florish, like two giant soap bubbles ready to burst, like another Wall St. induced pair of homebrew investment baloons, like another swarm of gazelles panicking on the great plains of the Serengeti.
is this another retarded way of saying, “nice tits”?
Yeah. I reckon so. I’m just wondering at how much attention they can attract.
millions of years of evolution have resulted in the development of enlarged breasts as a secondary sex characteristic and thus lots of lousy figurative language.
my wife is agreeing with you… a lot.
That’s a good one Buzz.
However, it doesn’t mention the behavioural changes induced in the human society by the evolutionary new high-tech breasts enlarging techniques through the insertion of silicon baloons behind the lacteous ducts and lobules of a young female.
No, neuroway, but because only a small fraction of males can be dominant, it does explain the attraction to enlarged breasts, at least for the vast majority of males. So no further explanation of the subsequent behavioral changes in (most) males due to this kind of surgical deception is necessary.
Buzz is one fart smucker.
Oh! Gorby! Don’t you know your such a lucky dog and you’re always acting as a ham.
Nope… I was born in the music section! My Mom was singing.
Also, a full moon!
No. I did not have hairy knuckles.
Lookin’ Out My Back Door
wanted to know the origin of the word passion or the word renaud
No, I wasen’t, but my mother still let me know I was a pain to give birth to
. Here is a public thank you to the TA. Karl, you are a font of knowledge and are very patient. I was going to ask you to find my cell phone, but thankfully I found it, buried in the snow. (we have lots of it here!)
You borrow another phone and dial yours over and over as you re-walk the route over which you lost it, listening for the ring. This assumes, of course, that you don’t keep it on vibrate, which would be hard to hear.
So in my conclusion. Can you find the origin of Tissue please?
Homework: I’m not sure my memories of that day are kind of fuzzy. I do remember being hungry and cranky that afternoon. I believe it was a Friday. I think Bonanza was on TV.
LOL! You do have a bit of Dan Blocker imagery
in your videos. I always liked that…
Could you find the origin of the word “boomerang”?
Do you where the Tissue got it’s name from? Why did they call it a Tissue?
Dear совершенная Марина Орлова, You look so good in that dress! I doubt if I could take you anywhere on a date because I’d get into too many fights protecting you and your honor from lechorous men.
I thought the surgical procedure for childbirth was called “Caesarian” because it was a bloody way to deliver a baby, and Romans like Caesar were very bloody to their enemies. So it got that name by being so bloody.
No, I wasn’t born by Caesarian procedure. I had a natural childbirth.
Я надеюсь вы сейф пребывания. seesixcm6
HotForWords 3D CGI “Do Me Babe” Rock & Roll version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b68tMk1oMM
Livewire-
Cool bunch of CGI videos you have made. Great likeness to all of the people portrayed in them. I left you a comment on your You Tube page.
The remark that in ancient Roman surgical procedures were sometimes used to facilitate birth but always resulted in the woman’s death made me wonder about women who sought to avoid such a fate. So how far back does the word abortion go? Perhaps it goes back to ancient Greece, before the influence of religion? Also, people usually mention ancient attempts to create aphrodisiacs [which actually begs the question of why one needs such a thing -- why one is unable to function without such a thing], but how far back do attempts at birth-control go (which actually pre-supposes knowledge of what causes pregnancies!)?
–Hs4Mm
Ancients Egyptians used condoms
made from ?
Sheep intestines, probably.
Etymological question: is a condominium a small prophylactic?
I don’t know about the word ‘abortion’ itself, but I’m sure the practice has been around for as long as humanity has been civilised. Like you said, clearly the ancient Greeks knew about abortion, because the Hippocratic Oath makes mention that they–doctors–shall not help perform abortions. I don’t know what you mean about “before the influence of religion,” because the Greeks had one of the most influential religions ever.
It’s the same case with aphrodisiacs and birth control: they’re as old as human civilisation is. Just look at the word “aphrodisiac”: clearly it stems from the name Aphrodite, the ancient Greek goddess of beauty and sexuality. The same goes for birth control: people have always tried to prevent pregnancies, whether the method was as simple as removal of the penis before ejaculation or as complex [sort of] as using latex condoms or IUDs. I seem to remember learning once that the Romans would use goats’–or sheeps’ or some such animal–bladders as a rudimentary condom. Because regardless of whether someone understands the intricacies of insemination and cellular development or not, it doesn’t require a very high intelligence to understand what causes pregnancy.
the words, “civilization” or “civilized” are troublesome words. they usually refer to an advanced stage of social organization. what constitutes a “civilized” society is very relative depending on the type of measure selected. agrarian cultures are commonly considered to be the earliest forms of “civilized” society. an agrarian society which practiced crop cultivation and possibly some form of animal domestication were probably well aware of the basics of human reproduction through their management of animals and crops. rudimentary human knowledge of such processes as sexual reproduction likely predate what is commonly considered “civilization”. see this link.
Yeah, you’re right, buzzword: “civilised” is a pretty loaded term. I was using the word in a looser sense.
Let us worship Aphrodite
She is cute but a little flighty
In her sexy see-through nightie
But she’s good enough for me!
Gimme that old-time religion…
It was good enough for Jason,
It was good enough for Hercules,
It was good enough for Odysseus,
And it’s good enough for me.
Hey Marina,
No I was not born by Caesarean section.
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My sister and brother were born by caesarean section, but I don’t remember if I was or not. But I might have been since I weighed in at about 9 lbs. 4 oz.
About maybe over a year before my brother was born, my mom had an abortion because of an ectopic pregnancy. The egg started growing in one of the fallopian tubes. It was a difficult time for my mom. But after my brother was born, she had her tube(s) tied. She just couldn’t go through the pregnancy process no more.
Homework: No Caesarean birth here. I was born a natural blond
)
(but I got smarter
Did the doctor put sunglasses on you at the very moment of birth?
Yep he’s a Terminator.
Any interest in coming up with meaningful sentences that use the most number of words form the word list?
–Hs4Mm
That’s not a bad idea!
You could add a new page in the forum
just for that. Good job!
It’s here use the words in sentences.
Check it out – I used the forum HTML to embed the words from lessons into a sentence
I did one using only the letters in the ‘P’ column once.
How about the best short story using all the words from a given month?
Etymology and spelling
At spelling bee contests, participants ask for the origin of the word to be spelt (spelled), but I do not know how knowing the origin of a word helps with one to spell it. Any examples to illustrate the use of knowledge of the origin of a word to help spell it?
–Hs4Mm
People who get into serious spelling bees like the ones we see on TV obviously don’t just sit down with the Oxford English Dictionary and memorise every word in it. They study how the sounds of the words of different languages are spelled, so that if they’re asked a word they don’t know, they can make an educated guess at how it’s spelled. I can’t think of a good example right now, but next time you read a word and think to yourself ‘If I’d only heard this word spoken, I wouldn’t have guessed it was spelled this way,’ you’ll see how studying etymology helps spelling bee contestants.
I earned a cup of coffee for knowing (e – away) + (gest -from gerare, to carry) = (egest to carry away, or discharge) on a bet with a friend over the answer to a clue on the New York Times Crossword Puzzle
Who saw on the news today the lady that gave birth to twins?
One was white skin one was dark skin, this was the second time she gave birth to mix twins.
Link to twin story
Here is the Video of Twin Story
check this out –
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/12/28/2008-12-28_instant_family_a_shock_says_elated_state.html
Instant family ‘a shock,’ says elated Staten Island dad; quintuplets arrive over 3 minutes
BY RICH SCHAPIRO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Sunday, December 28th 2008, 11:31 AM
A Staten Island couple received a Christmas gift like no other – their own basketball team.
Jamie and Kevin Ferrante became first-time parents five times over Saturday when she gave birth to quintuplets – four girls and one boy – at Staten Island University Hospital.
“I’m still in shock even though I knew it was coming,” Kevin Ferrante, 34, told the Daily News Saturday.
The first bundle of joy arrived at 1:28 a.m. The four others were born within three astonishing minutes.
“It was so quick I couldn’t believe it,” said Ferrante, an operating engineer. “Before it started, it was over. The team over there at Staten Island Hospital was unbelievable.”
The healthy children – delivered by Caesarean section – are: Allesia Louise, 2 pounds; Amanda Frances, 1 pound, 8 ounces; Emily Ann, 2 pounds, 1 ounce; Matthew Sabatino, 2 pounds, 4-1/2 ounces; and Ella Lilliana, 1 pound, 15-1/2 ounces. The quintuplet births was a first for the hospital.
“I don’t believe it,” Jamie Ferrante said after she got to touch her tiny babies for the first time.
The exhausted new mom – who received fertility shots and was 27 weeks pregnant at the time of the births – had been bedridden in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit since Dec. 1.
Her father, Tino Scherillo, could barely contain his emotions.
“I had eight grandchildren yesterday; today I got 13,” Scherillo, 67, said. “Last night was the most incredible thing I’ve seen in my life….It was amazing, and the babies are beautiful, just beautiful.”
Kevin Ferrante said that the couple had been expecting four babies until a second sonogram in August revealed a fifth. Doctors, he said, recommended reducing the amount.
“We decided to leave it in God’s hands and see what happens,” Kevin Ferrante said. “No matter what, I think we made the right decision. It’s something that a lot of doctors told us we wouldn’t see.”
The couple lives in a compact, two-bedroom home in Grant City.
“It’s going to be tight,” he quipped, adding that the couple’s car, a Pontiac Bonneville, may need to be upgraded to fit the five new members of the family.
The babies are expected to remain in the hospital until March.
Financially, there is some good news for the Ferrantes: Since the babies were born before the new year, they will be able to file for five tax deductions.
ahahaha, you posted this video just as i finished my last comment ><.
repost -
WORD REQUEST: With the Transfer of control of Baghdad’s heavily fortified ‘Green Zone’ to Iraqi control – http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-iraq2-2009jan02,0,2405448.story
I want to know the origin of the word “victory”
I want to know the origin of the phrase “the whole kitten kabuttle” meaning including everything, all of it and the kitchen sink.
Sincerely Your original Loyal fan…
Hey StylinAzn. The phrase you’re thinking of isn’t “the whole kitten kabuttle,” it’s “the whole kit and caboodle.” People don’t usually fully enunciate the ‘and’ part, so that’s where you’re getting your ‘kitten’ confusion from. Regardless, though, I have no idea where the phrase comes from.
Not Caesarean, but a ‘blue’ baby, with a short life expectancy. I beat the odds.
I love you Marina!
Did you born by C-section?
Hey Loudfighter, I sent your Hamburger request to Marina by email. That way see will see it and maybe do it for you. If you have already sent it to her then she will get two requests for the video request.
Thanks Capman911!
i dont born by Caesarean Section!
Gorby is so cute!
Dear Miss Marina Orlova,
You sure seem to be hitting the mark at getting to know me well! First Asylum, and then Sabotage (ok..they really didn’t make me wear wooden shoes), and now Cesarean Section!
Yes, I was Premature Cesarean by a month or so. And I was on oxygen for quite some time afterwords. Oh and there was a blood transfusion.
Your Student,
ThoughtOnFire
BTW THAT DRESS! WOW! *TOF Gives you an Apple*
If your new years reolouton is to quit smoking… I just had to post this from uncyclopedia.
There are at least 4000 chemicals in a cigarette. The best-known of these is nicotine, but also present are formaldehyde, benzene, ethylene, toluene, naphthalene, dimethyl sulfoxide, lysergic acid diethylamide, vinegar, sodium bicarbonate, psilocybin, hydrogen gas, blunt force head trauma, elemental sodium, and pure unadulterated flavor.
YAY psilocybin!
“blunt force head trauma”…James that aims for the dames of shame; If your new years resolution is to quit smoking and there are at least 4000 chemicals in a cigarette and blunt force head trauma is a one way out for what. Do snuff, without cigarette papers and filters; or chew the roots of a tobacco plant. vaporize……cloud..cure..or jump down one’s throat
You also forgot the chemicals that some of the farmers spray on the tobacco when it is to be cured. It is supposed to help in the drying process.
People who wish to quit smoking “lousy tobacco” could try this…
Buy loose tobacco and lay it out on a large flat boulder in the sunshine. Let the tobacco fully dry out in the sun (shuffle it around once in a while) and while this is happening, the ultraviolet light and infrared light will kill off the chemical residue(s).
Put tobacco in a pouch with a piece of apple or banana peel to rehydrate.
Old Native Indian thing I was shown.
I doubt that a chemical stew (as opposed to some biotics) can be “cured” by light of any frequency.
I don’t know how long it’s been up, but I am glad to see in the emails who commented back to us. Thanks M.
I was born the old fashion way. The Doctor slapped my mother instead of me when I came out.
I slapped my doctor and asked him… “where’s MY cigar?”
Homework
Natural I guess. I can’t remember!
Homework: Not by C-section, but I was a preemie. The doctor said he didn’t expect me to survive. Since I have outlived him, my parents no longer have the option to sue him for malpractice.
You lived OK and you want to sue? It would make more sense that you died and then wanted to sue.
Capman’s doctor slapped his mother for bringing him into the world (above) – my joke is that since I survived, my parents would like to benefit from the false prognosis.
Hail Caesarean! HwK: Nope but I was induced, or more politely: my delivery was a scheduled event
Maybe that’s why I’m not a big fan of pushy women…
Hey Okay4now, glad to see you back. Missed you and the great comments. Don’t stay gone so long as we thought you had dropped out of school.
Thanks Capman, didn’t drop just dithering other duties<—Hey my ‘d’ key works–fantastic! Nice to see things in such good shape.
I just learned something new, and I am a theater major! Do the origin on the word Hypocrite, please, and it’ll amaze many people. Good origin, and rather funny.
she already did lol
Hi jindai,
You can find Marina’s video on hypocrite here:
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/12/14/hypocrite/
PK please put the Knight back up, not that your ugly or anything it just doesn’t look natural with out your White Knight there.
So true, huh, Mike.
And, besides, how am I going to be the defender of any young maidens without my trusty white steed?
You are right guys, I somehow forgot that one, and it was only a few weeks ago! The origin I found is more amusing than Marina (sorry) presented, although it’s along the same lines, she just left a few things out. I thought it would be funny. Anyway, I DID search for the word before asking, you know, and if you go to the lessons list, Hypo-anything, is not there, so that’s why I requested it. I think some TA should be earning his pay and updating the lesson list, don’t you? I mean, a lesson 3 weeks old and it’s not indexed yet? Someone is dropping the ball on the paperwork (webwork).
Tschuss!
jindai, go to ‘Lessons by date’ it’s the best way to search for words.
The ‘alphabetical’ list needs to be updated by hand and is never up to date.
Yeah, right. I’m sorry, but if I have to do all the work for find a word by DATE, and I don’t know when it was done, or even how far I have to look back, because I don’t know at what point the alpha list was done, I’ll just look it up myself. A database, a simple one at that, can be written to automagically update that alpha list. It takes a few hours to set up, true, but it’s worth the effort. And the thing is, the longer it gets put off, the harder it is to fill in all the data. If it’s not worth it to her to get it done, then it’s not worth it to me to do anything, either. Thanks, though.
HW=Nope
That perky puppy is about to go zonk.
Ah Ha, wear him out before the recording.
;D Thank you very much Marina, i was always wondering what the origin of that word was..
But what is the original meaning of “high”? like when your drunk or watching videos in HD “High Definition”
No I was not, A stork dropped me.
Not on your head I hope
So the first words you ever heard were, “Good riddance?”
Hi Marina,
Could you please do an episode on the origin of the word “kettlebell?” In Russian, this exercise device is called a “girya.” How the heck did we get from girya to kettlebell?
Thanks very much! Best of luck for the New Year to you and Gorby.
Erin91
Natual unfortunatley
James I heard you were born in a cabbage patch.
or found under a gooseberry bush.
howdy
Will this be posted to your iTunes feed?
My iTunes feed no longer works… I am working to get it fixed. Sorry about that.
cool, hi marina, oh i forgot, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Marina do you read the mail from your You Tube site?
OH COOL I’M FORTH! lol, can u do the semordnilaps “live and evil” and “lived and devil”, do they have a connection?? and h/w na i was born naturally
Actually you are third!
oh third eh, lol thanx
Fourth, eh?
Semordnilaps: Didn’t know that word existed before, but it looks quite sexy.
yes fourth or w/e lol, yup, semordnilap is palindrome backwards
TWO!
Nope, natural birth.
Oh, the Cutting humor **grin**
Congrats, and ROFLOL!
how long was the labor?
According to mom, she went into labor the 23rd of Dec, but refused to stay in the hospital over Christmas, so “held me in” and had me the 27th. When she did have me, she was in immanent labor and was rushed to the hospital, and had me in the Labor Room, which they had back then, instead of the birthing room. Since this was before labor-halting drugs, I guess you could say the labor was 4 days, or a few hours in 2 spells. I was the 5th live birth, so you could say mom had experience, or you could say I should have slipped out easily. I don’t know anything except the family stories, which I related here. Take it for what it is.
each of our children have been naturally delivered in under an hour, labor included. each time we have warned the hospital staff but they are always dismissive and unprepared. because of insurance reasons our hospital is about an hour away, so for every child i have a really exciting traffic story.
your a theatre major, i took some performing arts classes for one of my b.a.’s theatre is really fascinating stuff. i wasn’t expecting much i could apply to my field, but i was surprised. i have really respected the art ever since. what aspect of theatre are you into?
Musical Theatre…actor/singer/dancer, in order of skill strengths. I’ve directed a couple, and written one or two. I’ve stopped appearing on stage, and now devote myself to writing, but don’t really expect much to come of it.