Amnesia
Amnesia, as requested by my new student, James Blunt 
and my stupid sister!
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Good DAY…chumbawamba amnesia
yesterday i suffered from amnesia…lol
About your Quote of the Day, I have one by the famous american inventor Thomas Edison who invented the light bulb without even a high school education SUCCESS IS ONE PERCENT INSPIRATION AND NINETY-NINE PERCENT PERSPIRATION!
Urm… Im james.. lol
uhm…ah… I forgot what I was going to write.
In a conversation with a friend the other day, she wondered about the derivation of the word [fresh]. For example, “Don’t get ‘fresh’ with me!”. Seems to be that being fresh would be a good thing. You wouldn’t want someone being ’stale’ with you, would you?
Marina, please could you explain the meaning, origin and strange spelling of the word [paradigm]?
I’m still looking out for more news of your DVDs!?
Trying to ‘log in’ to this site once I couldn’t remember my screen name; but, that was a while back and its okay for now.
Hey i would like to request the word [smile] like in [You have a very pretty smile] thank you
bosnian president haris silajdzic solves economic and social problems by drinking neuro.
…just say you KNOW
consider the phrase, “forget about it!”
What is the translation or what does the Dutch word “dilkom” mean?
ig you google it, the only hits you get are from a swimmingpool, so there is your answer its the name of a swimmingpool.
http://www.dilkom.be/
Well, I’m dangerously bored…
HEY! Q: What’s it called when you go to Bulgaria to listen to the bagpipes?
A: A gaidi’d tour!
Now is that a “horo”-ble pun, or what?
In answer to your query about the North Saxons … here is the answer.
Oh no! I’m repeating myself! I must be suffering from amnesia!
привет Марина, как дела!!!
I want to request [why medicine names are weird]
I think it’s because there are so many of them. What else would you do, number them? Give them human names (”Here, eat these two Ralph W. Cramdens”)? Base the names on their use (Sleepazine, Antipukimine, etc.)?
I would like to request the phrase [bless you] when people sneeze, why do people say bless you?
.
[gesundheit]
[God bless you]
[salud] (health — Spanish)
[bendith] (bless you — Welsh)
It was once believed that when you sneezed part of your soul was escaping. So, “Bless you” helped keep your soul intact.
When I sneeze, people say, “Serves you right.” What’s that all about?
Hey pretty lady! I got a word request for ya!! {radar} What is the origin of the word?? I would assume it is named for the inventor of the device? Could you help me out?
Ooooh, an electronics question. That’s right up my [alley].
RADAR stands for Radio Detection And Ranging. For some reason it is now a word and not just an acronym (how does that happen, anyway?), and so it has lost the need to be in all caps, just like laser has.
Radar has been around since the early 1900s when it was crude, indeed. It used relatively long radio waves and so did not have the ability to distinguish small targets like fighter planes from larger ones. In WWII, the British overcame the problem of building a very tiny vacuum tube that would make very high frequencies; instead of trying build a tube with parts so close together that they couldn’t withstand vibration (like in an airplane), they came up with an ingenius new device, the magnetron. It had a round center with cavities around it. Electrons were sent whirling around in the center (constrained in its circular path by the magnet, hence the name). As electrons passed each cavity, they set the cavity ringing exactly like blowing across the top of a bottle, except it made radio waves instead of sound waves. The whole thing was machined from a block of metal, so unlike a tube, it was bulletproof and could be used anywhere. The microwaves it generated allowed the detection of small targets like submarine periscopes on the ocean.
Hand-carrying a model of the top-secret tube to the U.S. so that Western Electric could build them in mass production, a British agent getting off the train looked away for a moment and found that his luggage and the box with the magnetron was being toted down the platform by a helpful porter. (He got it back after a footchase.)
Today, instead of an antenna, magetron microwaves are directed into a box wherein your TV dinner lies. A microwave oven is nothing more than a magnetron and food cavity into which the waves flow. Everything else is just support circuitry (timers, interlocks, power supply, etc.). The waves jiggle the food molecules and heat it from within.
The Nazis knew of England’s radar and decided to destroy it. They sent a fleet of bombers to pulverize one site (and did). The Brits had a complete set of replacement equipment nearby just in case and so replaced it in a day. When the Nazis learned it was operating as nothing had happened, they came to the conclusion that radar could not be destroyed by bombing and never tried it again. Imagine that.
i say thanks…
oh hey, i’ve been looking for you. i don’t usually get too involved in politics on hfw. but i just wanted to pass on a resource that i use that has proved very informative in the past. it is factcheck.org, i subscribe to their email updates. they are rigorous and unbiased. here is a link. i really recommend them.
@buzzword
I don’t know how to read into that so I won’t. You are just doing me a solid and everything else is my Inferiority Complex kicking in!
Thanks for the link. I’ve already put it in my Faves.
Speaking of Faves, is Brett gonna sign with Minnesota!
2 Word requests please:
1) Since I haven’t been on for a while, and you are looking magnificent, my first request is HUG
.
2) Request 2 is the phrase, “wait(ing) on you hand and foot”.
Thanks.
Hello Teach!!
I have an origin request. [Neapolitan, like in the chocolate,vanilla, and strawberry ice cream mixture]
It refers to Naples or Napoli in Italy. The city was most likely first called “Neopolis” meaning “new city” by the Greeks.
Hey Marina,
Have a word for ya. My friend has a little problem sleeping and she says that she always feels like someone is in the room with her at night, and sees shadows of things that aren’t there. I believe there is a word for that, insomnia, and then it gets me thinking where that word came from. So, i would please like to know the word [insomnia] and its origins. Thanks cutie!
I think the word for the problem she has, additional to insomnia, is [ hallucinations ]
The shadows of things that aren’t there are called bwganod in Welsh, whence such terms as “bogey,” “boogeyman,” and (from the Harry Potter books) “boggarts.”
Hi Marina…
The other day I was thinking about the word evening. Why is it that we call the period between the afternoon and night the evening? It seems like an odd word for this time of day since there isn’t really a sense of even – ing that happens during the evening… Can you please tell me how we came to call the evening, the [evening]….
Thanks!
just wow okay i think its great for you to start doing stuff like this but yeah idk just wow sitting there basically naked just gets “certain” peoples views its not omg your the best…no people just like to watch you act smart…i dont get those straight A shit in english but i get invited to honors english because i can put across points nobody else sees and i love to argue especially with our most recent, worthless teacher but just wow i really could care less but whatever i know your probably going to not even write back but yeah oooooh a lunch date thats just dandy…i get those and more everyday….but im tired of seeing this so yeah ttyl bye
FallenKnight09
Hi Marina!
Please unleash the meaning of the prefix [peri] because my friend thinks periphrases means paraphrase and I don’t. What is your opinion?
Thanks! Tim
How about periwig?
-peri=around
-para=beside
My dear teacher what is the longest word that has no letters above or below the line. Such as an “f” or “d” or “g” or “y”. The word is [reconnaissance] and that is my requested word.
Your new student Roger
FYI, letters extending above and below are called ascenders and descenders, respectively.
Hey Marina. I was wondering if you could do a word origin on the word Oneiric? It means suggestive of dreams. Please get back at me to let me know if you will do it or not.
You must follow instructions: [Oneiric]
M won’t.
Trying out a new plugin here that caches the database, not the pages.. see if it is faster for me or eve if it works
Hmmm.. are the pages loading faster or not?
yes Marina faster, by how much
idano
Make all comments in one page to help see effect on speed. Note — changing to single page is only for determining if there is a speed improvement; even if it is faster, you can go back to paged comments if you continue to want to do so.
Back to my original caching system.. much faster!
Shouldn’t the plugin be given some time to cache the database? Caching will occur as database gets used over time.
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Hey, y’all know why I offered Marina $200 to write the [preface] for my book?
Because I needed a Hot [Foreword]!
If she doesn’t, I guess you will have to table the contents.
I thought you needed help with your Fine Print!
Ohhhh your good Evan Owen, you’re very good … On a completely different note!! Teacher Teacher sorry I was tardy but I found a Mondegreen that you absolutely have to look at and all the students who think misheard lyrics are funny … If you have ever heard of the classical piece “O Fortuna!” And love it you must look at this link I nearly wet myself with laughter its so funny i havent seen anything as funny in ages. Please all Enjoy – especially Dear Teacher – [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpAzvKt_8lk] Cheers classmates
and this one -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVf7K_KvVtg&NR=1
or even this one – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPyAli2xrog&feature=related 
Why is “Portobello Mushroom” still the headlining lesson on your YT page when “Amnesia” is the newest lesson?
I can only assume Carl has you in a double nelson for a certain amount of time, yes?
Hi PD, that is probably the correct answer as I checked five other YouTubers and all of their YT profile pages also still have their Cjr videos located in their featured box. I presume that there is a contractual time period in which the video is to be displayed in the featured box.
[ JUMPING JACK]
Hi Marina!
I was watching the movie Frost/Nixon last night and I heard the phrase [no holds barred] at some point in the movie. This got my mind racing and the phrase doesn’t feel and sound like it follows the norm of the English language. So please do a video on:
[no holds barred]
Love your videos. You are unbelievably attractive!
It means unregulated wrestling and when applied generally, means without limit on people’s actions.
With respect to porn packaging, spelled slightly differently, it means… Well, I don’t want to ruin the surprise for you.
i’d like to see the original pic that was used to do the cover.
Just saw the cover of the new book and it looks great! I love, “As seen on YouTube”.
“As seen partying in Cannes”
“As seen on the O’reilly factor”
“As seen smuggling Gorby into fancy restaurants”
“As seen fighting with her sister for a spot in front of the camera”
“As seen on millions of computer screens across the planet”
“As seen frequently shoppnig at Trader Joes”
Anyone who hasn’t seen the new book, check it out HERE.
I’ve never seen the “As seen on YouTube” line before. As anyone could put up a video with their product in it, it is not much of a recommendation. It’s like saying, “As seen in the advertising we paid for.”
Hey My dear Teacher that was an awesome lesson, One of my classmates was spot on with his comments you have absolutely hypnotic eyes
But that was almost the funniest Video you’ve done I do think you need to learn to get on better with your sister tho teacher, and when are we going to see Geek Girl do another Hot for Words she was awesome too. Anyway Dear teacher We love your work it was great having James on your Video too, He is excellent we love your work James and especially since you were an ex Squadie Im an Ex Australian Digger too!! You write great stuff keep up the good work.
That’s it
All the fabulous beauties have the alluring eyes.
Plus dearest teacher has adorable body language. However, this cannot be correlated with what she’s like behind closed doors (in the boudoir or dungeon?). For all we know, Marina could be a dominatrix like Nurse Diesel in “High Anxiety” and make a man beg for less bondage, more discipline.
Oh, say it isn’t so! (I’m looking for comfort, not confinement.)
I don’t know… with Marina, you could get to like it.
But take solace in the knowledge that everything I submit
is either wrong (factually or morally), or pure fiction…with the exception of this particular response.
……..was released in 1960. yep that is johnnys mug shot around the same time period..
Transfusion Blues – T.J. Arnall
Early one mornin’ while making the rounds
Took a transfusion and I shot my woman down
Went right home and I went to bed
I stuck that lovin’ 44 beneath my head
Got up next mornin’ and I grabbed that gun
Took a transfusion and away I run
Made a good run but I run too slow
[Synergy]
Where does the phrase [Johnny on the spot] come from?
I started to comment about..ah..then as you spoke all I could think about was [boinking] and where this annonoym for doing the [Horizontal Polka] came from and Dear Hot For Words, Please grab a couple [attagirls] outta petty cash!!
Thanks GG
(PS) FIVE STARS AND MUAH>>>Darling….
grovygrady1957: Hot Polish Chicks…
For the most I’m OK, but yes I do have moments of complete utter forgetfulness, so I’m told! Usually as very preoccupied. Sudden questionable phone calls from those I was suppose to be with an hour ago, oops! I think it’s a case of making something ’stick’ so I can’t forget when busy. Years a go, I recall a work colleague kissed me as to remind not to forget Fridays meeting!! He was not beautiful and I felt odd in having had the experience, I showered for days, but I did remember to go!
I have always had a hard time remembering people’s names. I am also very bad at remembering faces. I wonder if this means that I just don’t pay attention. For some reason, numbers stick in my head, and I can recall them for an exceptionally long time. I still have my phone # and street address from when I was 10. I can still recall the combination to my locker at work from 3 years ago. My wiring is just screwy …
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Was just wondering who writes your scripts. Very funny! My new word for you is {FRIEND} or {JUST FRIENDS} or {I NEVER LOVED YOU ANYWAY BeeOch}
~ JustWondering
Nice to see the return of the sister in-joke…
Try pausing at 1:01 and/or 1:18-19…
But of course, by the time you’ve reached this part of my message, you will have forgotten what I wrote in the last paragraph…
…errr, what *did* I write earlier in this post?
Howdy Marina,
Just found your site and from what I can see so far it’s quite fantastic. Lot’s of very interesting content and goodies to keep me busy for a while i think.
I have a word request for you, the word is bowhunk!
Cheers From Johnny.
my word is NAZI
National Socialist Party was condensed to Nazi. Not much of a story to that one …
***Word request***
Re Nazi: [teppichfresser]: one who flies into violent rages. (Hitler’s “ekename”)
peluca says:
95June 7, 2009 at 1:58 am
my word is NAZI
Marina !!!
Are you
or hapy ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapy
Since “Hapy was a deification of the annual flooding (inundation) of the Nile River, in Egyptian mythology, which deposited rich silt on its banks, allowing the Egyptians to grow crops.” Hapy seems to be a personification of happiness…
I like this homophony ! I would like to know your opinion about this…
I knew a guy who pretended to be gay. We called him “homophony.”
Ah, Marina has a greek sister
http://tinyurl.com/ooxaw2
Greetings
Um, I click your link and get some page in Swedish that converts dollars to Euros.
Sorrym misstake with copy and paste,
should be :
MatsRG
Dear My Teacher, I am hot to know the origin of the word [testimony].
My ex-wife used to get testy & moany with me.
This is somewhat related to james’ request – but you have such beautiful eyes, that it made me think of the word [hypnotic] z.z.z.z.z.z.z.zzzz
#2 It was [wifebeater] like Freud, you make a mistake and it says smth about you…
Hello, I wanted to request [wiebeater], I just wonder why do they call it alcoholic T-shirt =maika alkogolichka in Russia, and a wifebeater (sleaveless T-shirt) in english. MArina, hi, I’m also a philologist from R/ and your success kind of inspires me$)
Instead of amnesia, there was a sort of awakening by watching this new kind of virtual interactivity.
Anyone see this Project Natal Milo demo? One of these days we will be able to interact with our HotForWords teacher like that?
Marina will be writing a post regarding her book pre-ordering soon, but I just can’t wait anymore, so I’m asking you Karl…
I never ordered off of Amazon before.
Do they ship it to Romania?
This will suck forever if I won’t be able to get my order in.
I hope they don’t charge twice as much for delivery than the cost of the book itself.
Hi Chemikal,
Check out Amazon’s Shipping & Delivery page.
On that page they tell you to proceed as if you were going to order and then you will be able to play with the shipping options to see what the cost will be. If you don’t like any options, you can cancel the process.
You can also view the shipping tables for Europe by clicking here.
Presuming I am reading the table correctly, it looks like it is only $4 per item shipping and 15-26 business days for delivery time to Romania.
A friend of mine sent me 2 CDs in one package, from Atlanta, Georgia. Postage was worth $7.
Maybe Amazon has it’s own deals with the airline couriers?
I’m relieved anyway, and I’d like to thank you for investigating for me.
I see Super Saver Shipping (free shipping for +$25 worth of items) is only available in the U.S. so that’s scratched out from the get go.
what is the origin of the phrase
[rigmarole] 
it’s been annoying me for sometime now
[calumet]
Hail the Republic of HOTFORWORDS and QUEEN MARINA
***HOMEWORK:***
Gingko pills are supposed to be good for my memory, but I keep forgetting to take them.
So I keep my memories in a journal I call “Mnemosyne,” named after the Greek Muse of Memory. (If I remember correctly.)
Here’s Barbara Streisand’s take on memory.
Of course, some things we DO want to forget: The Persistence of Memory
[coitus]
Read about Coit in the U.S.
that’s not what I mean
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/coitus
Marina, How about photographs of your bookshelf (wtih readable titles)?
My wife and I are torn on the phrase [one IN the same] or [one AND the same] . Can you help this crazzzzzy couple figure this out?!
That was a [fun] video! I think I had amnesia after surgery last month; I don’t remember where I was when I woke up! Here’s a follow-up request: [ anamnesia ]
[anamnesis] does not mean an-instance-of-amnesia! Anamnesis comes from Plato; I am an Aristotelian, and so must bring up the contrasting concept: [tabula rasa]. Perhaps DictionaryGirl could teach these contrasting concepts?
Plato thought that there was a “real” world outside the world we perceive and the world we perceive is just a “shadow” of that world; some would say that the hypostasis (”that which lies underneath”) of the world we perceive is Plato’s “real” world. Plato said that we knew the “real” world in the form of memories (the anamnesis). Kant was much worse than Plato: Kant said that each person creates this world he perceives and the “real” world is totally unknowable.
Aristotle said there is only one world — this world of concretes which we perceive. Starting tabula rasa, we can use our intellect to know this world. But he said (incorrectly — so I disagree with Aristotle here) that things have essences — a leaf has a “leafiness” in it, a dog has “doginess” in it etc. Some refer to these Aristotelian essences of things as the hypostasis (”that which lies underneath”) of the things we perceive.
In fact, our senses give us the full evidence of the one reality that exists; the reality of concretes; the reality that we can know using our intellect (starting tabula-rasa).
PS: This person might have something to say about this world!!
we know. you told us that story for like the past month now
The real James Blunt…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_4n7kmA5wM&feature=related
“got blunt?”
http://canadianblunts.com/blunt-1213.jpg
need a couple a Z’s to fill that spliff
B.B.
light em if ya got em
Yeah, but he keeps forgetting he told it!
Hi
my word request is [guinea pig].
This name is pretty weird, since those pets don’t come from Guinea and have nothing to do with pigs
I would also love to hear you saying it’s name in Russian
xoxo
p.s.
I don’t remember when I suffered from amnesia for the last time
I don’t know how useful this Send To Twitter thing is as it doesn’t automatically preface the tweet with @hotforwords hmmm…
I would think that would be an easy hack to implement.
I was wondering about the 140 characters as there is no down counter as there is when using Twitter.
Or, how about a return link to this page when someone sees the tweet, they click and see the originating comment.
I’m over it. Looking for another solution.
OK, that’s kewl. It was fun while it lasted.
Curious, this really puzzles me:
Since you are looking for another solution, it means that you really would like to integrate twitter with HFW comments, with the tweets automatically going to (or easily set to go to) HotForWords; and perhaps you have some other features in mind (e.g., link back longer comments to HFW page).
If I were in such a situation, and I were not able to redo the plugin (my guess is I would be able to redo the plugin, but suppose I could not) then the first thing I would do would be to contact the author and request the feature. It would not surprise me if the author has a web-site in which he invites feedback. Here’s what puzzles me: such is not your first response; your first response is to look for another solution.
Also, what does “another solution” mean? When you found this plugin, did you not already do a search for all possible plugins that integrated WordPress comments and twitter, and pick this one?
Do you see it as wrong to request a feature? Do you see the request for a feature as amounting to a complaint or an insult to or an imposition on the author of the plugin? Or do you see the request for a feature as “begging” or otherwise demeaning?
Congratulations on the integration. I had a different thought about the “next step”/”feature enhancement” for the developer: For long comments and for comments that have a link to an image (e.g., link to a jpg file), start the tweet with a link to the comment on the HFW site. (This would be somewhat similar to how replies form tweetpic are started with a link to the image.)
(I believe there already are tweeter apps that accept tweet-messages longer than 140 chars, and send a tweet with a truncated version of the message but with a link to the full message — I remember seeing one such truncated tweet.)
Testing a new Twitter comment thing on my website. To see if this comment tweets
woo hoo!
you really are an outfeekinragious GEEK
B.B. 
to the max
your student
woo hoo!…is cool too…what a tool..[ya-hoo]
…long live HotForWords and love too
Ya Hoo had a brother who eventually became a Chief. He also liked baseball very much and went to the Atlanta Braves games. His name is Chief Wa Hoo.Ya Hoo and Wa Hoo had a younger bother who LOVED football but because his favorite team was the Cincinnati Bengals, he was called Boo Hoo.
There was one more brother. He is not spoken of very much because he changed his name, moved to Canada, and became a rock star. His name is Guess Who.
There parents brought them up well. They would say, “take the 5:15 magic bus down to Baba O’Reillys market. Watch out for Boris the spider and don’t get fooled again on the change. If you are not certain; ask ‘who are you?’” Naturally, they were called The Who!
There is a Cindy Lou Who, but that is the other side of the family and we only hear from them around Christmas!
Wahoo McDaniel…funny Wahoo…
I’m just going to have to check this out to see if this @HotForWords reply tweets.
Dang, that really did work
Word Request:[Disestablishmentarianism]. Oh yeah, if I had amnesia there’s a really good possibility that I don’t remember it,Whatta Ya think
Hello Venomrock67,
Marina did an awesome lesson on Antidisestablishmentarianism in which she discusses the word disestablishment. This is a very popular lesson having 7,345,141 YouTube views at this moment.
When you search the word Antidisestablishmentarianism on Google, you’ll see that the 3rd search result is Marina’s lesson. How cool is that?
Check it out
Antidisestablishmentarianism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv2_rSCnBQQ
one of my all-time favorite HFW words
Wow that’s pretty cool, I didn’t think to look under the A’s on the “request a word” listings page for one of the forms of the word disestablishment but she did cover it all in that lesson. I am for the seperation of Church and State so that’s why I went with Disestablishmentarianism.
You know in my opinion I like Marina’s three minute video lessons better,but I read a comment from Captain Jack somewhere where he and someone else were talking about “Youtube” and the general public having very,very short attention spans and maybe time is a factor too. I’d like to see her do more of those three minute lessons, but that’s just my suggestion, you know.
Oh, and just to let you know remember “Johhny got his gun”? the book is way better. The movie does tries very hard to capture the essence of the story. You’re right and I have to change my recommendation and recommend the book over the movie. I had to wait a few months though before finally receiving my hardcover edition of this title, for some reason it’s hard to get. I could’nt put the book down and read it in one session
Thanks
Have a good one PedantiKarl
Hey thanks Venomrock67,
I’m glad that you liked the book and it is very riveting.
Yes, I liked the older HotForWords 3 minute videos also. I keep reviewing the older ones as they are classics.
One of the other issues is that with the HD versions of the lessons, the file length are so much larger and it can take an hour to upload and process. The file sizes used to be around 8 MB in size. The current lessons are around 25 MB. Longer lessons would mean file sizes over 50 MB in size.
Take care
Hello HotForWords,
I don’t remember the last time I had amnesia, but I often think about going into a room to get something, then I get there and cannot remember what I was looking for.
Where do we get [Yankee]; what does it mean? [Yankee Doodle Dandy].
We covered that in the comments this past week; did you forget?
“Amnesty” is derived in the same way.
;o)
well on to my request!
Marina,
I have my theory but I have not been able to find concereat evidance to suport my theory!
“Serv the vegetables in a [monkey dish] on the side of the entree’.”
Been working and teaching in the culinary for years and the question comes up every so offten, why do they call it “monkey Dish?” it is that small bowl looking “side” dish that usualy holds your vegetables or when you ask for some thing on the side like gravey or fruit.
where does this term come from please?
Chef Divvie.
I have just discovered the meaning of everything! It’s number… Ermmm ummm
Why do I find holding numbers in my head difficult when calculating? I’m sure it was Forty-something.
Anyhow, when tired or stressed, I get very bad number amnesia.
The answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42. and that was WOLIU
Just set aside the politics and and different beliefs and just remember http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XajPAiBatuo and maybe pay a little tribute. It could be a lot worse nowadays.
Hi, Marina!
I would like to request the origin of your dog’s name, [Gorby], and if it has any relation to the former president of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev. Thank you!
Here you are: http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/28/gorby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOvaCV6uQp8
I would like to request the phrase “[Going Postal]”
Also the word “[Postal]”
Thanks
Sincerely, ET
Dear Marina,
Could you enlighten me as to current meaning and etymological origin of the curious word “[callipygian]“?
Thank you!
Aiden
Only if she does the complimentary, but rare word [steatopygic].
…and speaking of amnesia, I want to review an audiobook I recently downloaded and listened to, “The Bourne Identity” by Robert Ludlum. The movie followed the book loosely, but still the film was better than the book. The book immediately hooks you in with an interesting and complex plot development in the first few chapters. Then it goes downhill with the introduction of the female charactor, who is nothing like the charactor played by my personal heart throb, Franka Potente, except they are both the love interest (film vs book) of Jason Bourne. So, skip the book. There are other books to read.
HW: Due to a number of concussions (that sounds funny, but it isn’t) I have trouble pulling up names of people I haven’t seen for awhile. I’ll know precisely who they are, everything I’ve always known about them, but the word, the letters just won’t assimilate properly. Fascinating how the brain works.
I can’t believe your sister is mimicking you latest hair style. Let’s see, the last time I had amnesia…
I think we all get forgetful at times, but I don’t know if I have ever suffered from time blackouts or deep memory loss.
She totally wants to be me!
I miss Tigthevicious and his “wheely wheely” funny comments.
Good ol’ tig.
Tig, if your out there get off your wheel and come say hi!
Homework
AWESOME Lesson 
Dang, I can’t remember the homework 
Never suffered from umm.. What was that again
Marina, what’s the story behind [pip-squeak]?
“Words dissemble
words be quick
words resemble
walking sticks
plant them
they will grow
watch them waver so
I’ll always be a word man…better than a bird man”
Jim Morrison
Words can’t bring you down
Blackout?
Hey Marina, I was wondering where the phrase [so long], as in saying goodbye to someone, originated. Thanks!
Marina, Do you remember… ?
Transfusion – Nervous Norvus cover – Elastic No-No Band
help all amnesia victims 
Nervous Norvus – Transfusion (1956)
I’ve always pictured your sister to be a brunet.
Now I forgot what I was going to say.
This joke is from @Aimee_B_Loved one of the funniest Twitter chicks around.
What did the lesbian vampire say to her girlfriend?
“See ya next month!”
I thought Amnesia was an Amway perfume for eminently forgettable people.
Here in the US Bob, short term amnesia is know as having a ’senior moment’
Hey Bob,
Is that eminently or imminently forgettable?
By the way, I use to be an Amway distributor once, a long time ago. Not that you’ve asked or anything… I just like filling people’s heads with stuff that they will never be able to use.
I could test out the “opposites attract” theory on Marina. She never tells us things we can’t later use in conversation. I’ll keep you posted if I encounter any progress!
Buhahaha!
Since both Words sisters have suffered amnesia at some point, how can they tell each other apart?
I mean, we might be watching Marina’s sister and not even knowing it
Hi Chemikal,
Since I haven’t bugged you lately, I need to ask you about this:
So what languages do you know besides English and Romanian?
And how did Gorby’s kiss from M. inspire this remark? 
Hi Evan,
I fiddled with French and Latin in school, and afterwords I tried learning Chinese. It went well until I started university, when I found all my extra time lost and spent towards school matters.
I like foreign languages, so after I finish up on my degree, I’ll probably get back to studying tongues!
Now about the remark, I could be wrong though… I only said that because English is the language I’m most familiar with(native one aside). So I guess since I’ve discovered wordplays, I’m having more fun with it.
Take the word bitch for example, it’s most common meaning, and it’s original meaning… When you can use both meanings of a word in a single phrase or sentance, without having to repeat it, you get a feeling of overcoming a time gap(or something of the sort). Or maybe I’m just overly enthusiastic about certain things sometimes, I don’t know.
The main idea was that I wanted to share the fact that I had fun on that particular construction, and a generalization then followed.
I hope that by trying to explain I didn’t cloud you further.
Anyway, just note that I consider English to be a fun language due to it’s original metamorphosis of some words and phrases, and not to mention their cleaver joining, that leaves your mouth open!
Just to be clearer, I meant:
“leaves your mouth open” – in astonishment
What are you studying in school? What root language did Romanian evolve from? I know English is a germanic language…
@beevee14 Romanian is a Romance language (or Romanic).
I’m mainly studying computer science, among other things that would probably bore you immensely.
Thanks, Chemikal, most enlightening. Although your “doble-entendre” with “bitch” was a little hard to get, with Gorby’s being a male dog.
M. makes many of us feel “a bit itchy,” to take the wordplay a bit futher!
French and Latin…did you notice the similarities to Romanian?
The similarities helped me learn at first, but at some point I was trying to overly adapt words, and I was saying things like FORKulition or FRENCHeze.
I got over that quickly, but mind your similarities, otherwise they bite you in the but.
About the Gorby line, what did you first understand?
I did the classic role playing bit, where I was being Gorby, and said: “The Gorbinator’s back b1tches! auauauuu” addressed to all the female dogs on the web.
I hope I wasn’t misunderstood! LOL
“The Gorbinator’s back b1tches! auauauuu” addressed to all the female dogs on the web.
OK, NOW I get it! Forgive me, I’m terribly dense at times!
Language is not the barrier here, it’s merely the tool necessary to raise a bridge between fools with lack of deliverance skills.
P.S.
(me being the fool without deliverance/delivery skills)
I just felt I should note that, to avoid misinterpretation.
Cat fight! Cat fight!
I can’t remember if I ever had amnesia.
Hey! What’s with the 99-cent fee to download a lesson on YT? What kind of [cockamamie] crap is that?
What!!?…cat and bird talk…say that again.!?
inflAtion=deflAtionI know I’m not to be political, but you won’t yell at me. Even if you did, there is an 80% chance that I won’t be able to decipher it!(I need an Enigma machine)
Taxes keep going up but ALL of the leading economists proclaim that we won’t be able to pay off this debt, no matter how much they take. The last I heard was that you would have to take 66% of the gross of EVERY working American for the next eight years to satisfy the deficit. That is only if our economy doesn’t slide down the mountain anymore. Maybe I’m just too dumb to get it…
This one was different. Little bit of a twist. Some violence. Thats worth five.
Great Marketing Concept: Have a reference to Neurogasm in every video. A bottle, a magazine with it in there, a reference in a line; anything! The addicts in the crowd(of which I am a member in good standing…ok,FAIR standing) will go bananas trying to find it AND be the first one to tell the world right here! I got this from Seinfeld. EVERY show had some reference to Superman and I still find myself looking. I guess it would be difficult with green screen but it was just an idea. Keep the buzz goin, thats what a bee does! 
Is that an early model neurogasm bottle(clear bottle,light blue top) that J is holding at the beginning!?
La Raza” means “the race”… and is a group that also has connections to organizations that advocate the separation of several southwestern states from the rest of America! In fact, in 2006, the late Rep. Charlie Norwood urged La Raza to renounce its support of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan — which sees “the Race” as part of an ethnic group that one day will reclaim Aztlan, the mythical birthplace of the Aztecs (in Chicano folklore, Aztlan includes California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Texas).
WOW,L, you got me here! I had to go back and read my post sevaral times to make sure I didn’t say anything about race! I didn’t but I am familiar with La Raza. In fact, the USAs newest Supreme Court nominee is a member! That is grand,oops, grande! Like Artie Shaw(laugh-In) said,”Ve-e-e-ry interesting!”
BTW, Speaking of race; heres a story:
The lady behind us has had to go and watch a family member who isn’t doing to well. It didn’t take long for the dog to migrate up here and we knew she had a cat. So last night we were out by the fire making SMORES and here comes this black & white cat. We’ve already got 3 cats and 2 dogs so I’m thinking,”Hell,NO!” It went to my daughter, she fed it, and it was downhill from there! It was my turn to name the newest animal so I said,”We’ll call it RH, for ‘racial harmony’.” My daughter rolled her eyes and I said,’well, it IS black and white!” We’ve since bastardized it to Archie.
now my daughter wants to call it Wiggles and she is threatening legal action. I hope it isn’t go before the Supreme Court…
In fact, the USAs newest Supreme Court nominee is a member! Of La Raza.
Just wanted to put that down there again in case you were wrapped up in my kitty story. Serious Business
beevee, leonard’s post was so uncharacteristically coherent that I also had to reread your post to see if his remarks were in any way related to yours. I was relieved not to find any connection — it would have tarnished his reputation for aRtFuL [random]ness!
H…aRTFuL…grateful…[GRACEFUL]
***Aztec word requests:***
[chocolate]
[tomato]
[avocado]
Unrestricted immigration — an unassimilated minority becoming the majority — an armed uprising, resulting in a large chunk of territory being torn away from the homeland:
Texas, 1836
[HISTORY]…SPaiN…U rock Evan…
Where does [hornswoggle] Come from and why do ppl use it?
Hey Marina! What about the phrase [I'm not a happy camper]! I hear people use it all the time and I have no clue where it came from. Cya =)
That was a great hit Marina!
Always entertaining when Marina and her sister interact! Nice special effects! I wonder why James requested amnesia. I’d ask him, but he’s probably forgotten by now.
I must say, it is quite a small world. James Blunt’s big hit was produced by a good friend of mine by the name of Tom Rothrock (who also helped Beck and Elliot Smith get their start). James also toured a little with my friend Nerina Pallot too, I believe. From what I’ve heard, everybody who meets him says he’s a super nice guy. Interestingly enough, I’ve been waiting for Mr. Rothrock to get less busy recently so that I can have a musical meeting with him and he can hear my lo fi album. Maybe I’ll even meet James some day at this rate.
Speaking of small worlds, it really tripped me out the other day when I checked out Marina’s twitpics and she had a pic of a receipt from shopping at a Trader Joe’s that is right by where my ’special lady’ works (she’s an RN when she’s not modeling; Is doing a runway show right now as I type this!). I shop at that Trader Joe’s on occasion with her… maybe we’ll bump into Marina one of these days! And Gorby too!!
Last but not least, I had a great day today because my number one drummer of choice for who to work with on my own music ended up hearing my stuff and liked it enough to want to be part of it. He’s the perfect drummer for my sound, and a cool guy too. For those into music, his name is Jim Laspesa. Used to drum for a power punk band called The Muffs, and recently got off tour with Dave Davies. I’m ecstatic that he’s willing to work with me. Almost as exciting as discovering Marina likes my music a lot! I hope I never get amnesia, because then I might forget cool moments like this. lol
Thanks for the fun lesson, Marina! I enjoyed it thoroughly… you are truly unforgettable, my dear! Peace and love, Errin : )
p.s. For those curious, my music can be heard at http://www.myspace.com/errinfamilia
Speaking of amnesia, I almost forgot to post this link to a cool music video I recently found. It’s by Feist for a song called ‘My Moon My Man’ from a couple years ago. But I just discovered it the other day and it is a very cool song with a very nice video…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWrNCCx2p5U
Enjoy!
James probably requested “Amnesia” because he lives in Ibiza and the “Club Amnesia” is probably his local pub.
Amnesia Mmmm, so thats why i have to watch your Vids over and over,( now, what was I doing, must watch this Vid.)
I’d like to know the origin of the phrase [punch line], Thanks
Wow! a push and shove fight? cool! But I call that a draw. Anyways, I don’t think I had any type of amnesia before.
I would like to request the phrase [jimmy jacked]
Marina, I just saw two of your videos being Featured on the YouTube home page. One was the “Plastic Surgery” video and the other was “Mistake” (Boner).
I couldn’t remember parts about my childhood… I was exasperated by some of the things I experienced. After an injury 8 years ago, a Japanese Massage Therapist did some deep tissue work on my stomach area. All of a sudden I started recounting memories from long ago. It’s called post-traumatic chemical memory releases… where somehow our bodies “store” memories from our past… the most painful ones we block out for various reasons.
WOW! GREAT work in so many ways.
I would like to request the word [Spetsnaz].
Marnia you and your sister play nicer you should kiss and make up.
Homework:I did suffer from it once when I was 19. Some punk kid suckered punced me in the side of the head. To tihs day, some 18 years later I can’t remember anything from two hours before to an hour after. My girlfriend told me I drove home. Good thing I knew the way.
What Happened?
Nice!
I can’t remember when I had [ ambrosia ]… ohhh, wait a minute, were you talking about amnesia? I can’t remember.
You are way too clever. Just when I thought I was going to catch my breath at laughing at your sister crowding you out, then you come along and do the same thing. That was wayyyy too funny. Excellent video.
I dont remember
some additional information regarding amnesia.
Look Blunt being all “extra ultra cool” in front of you.
If he gets a little touchy-feely just tell him, Slow Down Baby!
The Orlova sisters are very beautiful, but one is more beautiful than the other. (I’m not telling which one.) There was a short lived comedy TV show in the ’80’s that had identical twins, and one of the gags was for one blonde to turn to the other and accuse her of being a clone. Then the other would accuse her of being the clone. Anybody remember that show?
Oh!
The last push/shove is soooo awesome!
It reminds me of one of those
full on
out of know nowhere
bum rush
death-blow tackles.
The sound effects are great …even sounds like a death-blow tackle!
The look you have at the end screams, “I am the boss and you better not forget it, pally!” …”but I also have a secret”
interested in accents? check this link out. the accent archive is located here.
Great contribution, buzzword! Highly apropos to the HFW site! Plus now I can maybe learn to speak Welsh without immediately giving away that I’m American!
Dear Marina,
I watched the Lakers play the Magic on TV, hoping I’d see you in the crowd. I didn’t see you there, but enjoyed the game, anyway.
Your video reminded me of this joke: A happy couple were watching the game, and at half-time, the man said,
“I’ll go to the kitchen and fix a snack.”
She asks “Would you bring me some wheat crackers, sliced cheese, and the fresh blueberries?”
“Sure.”
“Don’t forget we have some caviar. It would go nicely with the crackers and cheese.”
“I’ll remember.”
Just before the second half of the game starts, he returns with two dishes of ham, bacon, eggs and freshly sliced peaches.
“Oh, you remembered,” she says excitedly, “But wait, you forgot the sourdough bread.”
Marina – Congrats on another lesson so well done! That was quite humorous & creative – you and your dumb twin sister pushing each other off the stage.
The last time I suffered from amnesia was. . . . . . . . . .
Teacher is showing symptoms of short term memory loss, which is an effect of smoking certain weeds. Propagandists like this because it is then easier to manipulate a crowd that does not
remember what it was told yesterday.
when was the last time i suffered from amnesia? what is today?
0H–> “breakfast in bed” — in you native lingo =? …..
You’re beautiful…you’re..uh…
I enjoyed this vid. It reminded me of the way the HFW vids used to be. Good job on this one.
As for HW, I’ve never had amnesia, but I do have some pretty severe CRS sometimes. It’s
though.
There are some great effects in this video. What you are doing on your computer would have taken a team of people a week to do just a few years ago.
I have never had amnesia, but there have been some party nights that caused some holes in my memory.
hehehe your sister is back! Love the effects. Your getting good at using FCP.
Nice job! Great combination of pop elements (JB) video technique, dramatic structure and “Marina” humor. When you use a pop element, of course you need to make sure that search functions know to point to you when people look up (JB) I decided to start following you on TwitCity. I think I was #16,405…maybe 406. I have 16 followers…or is it 15? I care about each and every one of my followers. So much for pop culture, time to walk the dog. Speaking of dogs, is CC’s Bernie the father of the puppy? Did the puppy ever get a name and did the winner of that contest ever get their iPod?
the word i wanna request is happy
and crazy 
[happy] and [crazy]
I don’t know why you or your “sister” get pushed out of the shot is so funny, but it is.
I think the sound of you getting pushed and falling to the floor is hilarious!
This was a great lesson.
Definitely five apples way up!
I get Amnesia about every five minutes. I have to finish this comment quick or I’ll forget what I was doing!
That was a fun one.
GOTCHA! Trick question….. who would remember the last time they suffered amnesia?
When people tell you the next day what happened, you know then.
how lucky
5th
wow knock down drag out fight
u r the greatest
B.B.
Marina, that was fantastic! And considering the restraints YT has placed upon you it was even more remarkable. Thanks for making me smile when I really needed one.
Always.
…another great song…JAMES BLUNT – HIGH (LIVE)
Hilarious!
Cherish – Amnesia / New Music Video…what a tease…
James can not forget
….nice song…