Three sheets to the wind!

[BlackCatCadillac]

"nobody expects rain on their wedding day" isn't why it's ironic. rain interferes w/ plans & is generally unwelcome on most days, particularly special events (e.g. "rain on your parade.") the weight & cultural significance associated w/ weddings, i.e. for everything to be perfect on her special day, leads one to believe that rain's a bad thing on that day. ("the cake- her hair & dress- kids are muddy!") BUT, rain is a good omen on wedding day. therein lies the irony.

[BrianBinOR]

Correction -- there is one, and only one, thing on a ship called a rope by sailors -- the bell rope, which is used to ring the ship's bell.

[sij1957]

I wish I'd known about her when I was teaching. It would have been much easier to get the boys to pay attention to vocabulary lessons.

[mmalta5]

shes got dick sucking lips

[oye2a2000]

I knew the expression but didnt know the origin of the word thank you!

whoever disliked this video is actually an idoit,

[SJMG123]

haha i love ur accent in this vid haha its just the way u said sheets haha x

[hannigan06]

I love the show three sheets.

[drdave771]

Marina, I love the way you say the words horizonal and sheets. If I had a PERFECT dream, you would be the star character :)

[TheBushwacka]

hello!??? hot for words

[estebonlouder]

nice lips

[thawthepast]

The sheets are drying on the line; as my mother worked her natural resourced ways and means!

[christiandaldy]

Bollox

[brainjesus]

What a fucking attention whore... sickening...

[racedinghy]

@brainjesus

jesus hung out with whores

jesus loves her

more

than you

[luckydaze13]

What a sexy mouth she has, She could be talking about waist manegment and I would kiss her mouth all night

[skipperlipicus]

she's incorrect. back in the day when this phrase was coined sailors called the sails sheets.

if it's really windy and you've kept all your sails up and filled with wind, your boat will be overpowered. As the boat is now overpowered she will roll around a lot and behave unpredictably. This exagerated rolling and unpredictable motion could be compared to that of a drunk.

Please. no sailor in their right mind would hoist a sail without the sheets already tied to it.

[kookooboy]

Actually, she's right--at least according to Wikipedia, which states that "sheets" was the nautical term for the ropes that hold sails, not a term for the sails themselves. But hey, how do we know that Wikipedia is always right?

[anothersongwriter]

You are incorrect. "Sheets" are the ropes that fasten the corners of the sail, When three sheets are loose, the sails will flap around like a drunken sailor

[skipperlipicus]

@anothersongwriter, yes in today's sailing lingo "sheets" refer to the lines that control the sails themselves.

back in the day, back when this phrase was made up, sheets actually referred to the sails, not to the lines that controlled the sails.

like i said before no sailor would ever try hoisting a sail without the sheets already tied to the clew - it's terrible seamanship and would be a huge school-boy error. have some faith, i sail for a living.

[stevgm91]

she is from Russia, how you expect her to talk?

[EvilPaola]

The one thing that annoys me about her is how slowly she talks. I bet this video would be at least a third shorter.

[uswdkb42]

Usually when I see a hot blonde, batting her eyes around and pouting her lips, I don't expect to learn anything of any significance except to be amazed at how superficial people really are.

I always thought the "sheets" referred to sails. So ironically, I learned something new, in spite of the platinum blonde hair, batting eyes, and pouty lips.

[LinnTractorNut]

Wish I had an English teacher like her...irony

[gobbaf]

We should import more Russian women who look this good.

[sgtpepperoni]

WHO CARES!! Stop watching crap on the internet and go outside!!! Ride a bike you fools

[ddunlap86]

nice advivce, i actually went for a bike ride today.

[ddunlap86]

actually its pronounced three sheits to the wind. i'll explain...everyone knows when u drink too much u tend to get diarrhea shits. one night three guys were all drunk and got the shits at the same time. they all turned to shit but in their hast they shit into the wind and got shit on themselves. the video was posted on youtube and it was titled "three sheits to the wind".

[amrahc3232]

???? the word has been used longer than youtube has been out. even kid rocks song from like 1990. why make that crap its not even funny?!

[ddunlap86]

wow no clue what the word sarcasm means and a kid rock reference...should everyone take notes from that coke head white trash cousin fucker. seriously though i lol'd at ur reply. let the childish internet fight begin!

[amrahc3232]

a childish internet figh?! what are you 10? get a life.

[akseakayaker]

she's from Russia or the Ukraine? Damn.....makes me want to visit and get one of them

[newyorkgreek]

privet iz Albany, NY Marina! kak dela? cute vid hun... xoxo

[thawthepast]

Iron man meats(meets)...confusion...goo­d job...sheets to HOTFORWORDS

[anthonzi]

aether222: "Also it's pronounced hal-yard (hal like the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey)"

Hall-yerd(as she said it in the video minus Russian accent) is an acceptable in my experience, if not the most common pronunciation.

[Justinebunny10]

22f..what my boyfriend doesn't kno..im dirty

FASTLOVERFUN(DOT)(COM)

[Morten1933]

You are soo HOT. I what your pussy. Sorry but I can't resist you LOVE-LOVE.

[gschjetne]

Also remember that the standing rigging consists of stays (going fore and aft) and shrouds (going athwartships)

[aether222]

Ironic has a new meaning and if we go back to the old meaning then there is no word for what currently is called 'ironic'.

Also it's pronounced hal-yard (hal like the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey)

[drtrdr99]

nice dic suckin lipps

[SirCaesarOctavius]

She`s Russian

[Booooops]

Even you are boring someone at home. True?

[nibargerswife51482]

if noone expects it to rain on their wedding day then they should watch th weather channel...lol

[YueY12]

lolz

[tjverr12]

how about "blow me" .... it really means suck my man meat

[Spartan9518]

Hahahahahahahahahahahaahahahah­a

[disillusionmedia]

the only people that have a problem with the meaning of irony are idiots that are too stupid to wrap their heads around how the word is properly used in the english language... and that is a BRUTAL description of sail rigging. Try again.

[metalmilitia89]

hahaha. loved it.

[vorpalbunny1]

I believe the 2 types of "ropes" are halyards the lines that define the rig and topmasts. and wouldnt the other be the lanyards the lines that brace (tie down) the sheets and mast? curious

[Ardenwolfe]

True genius. Never heard the expression beforehand, though.

Wolfe

[argentum81]

hahaha.... untied shit. :-P

[protac6]

Where are youu Marinaaa

We got alott to talk abouttt!!

[pkersammyboy]

did u moove house?

[xsenator152]

you talking is a form of irony!

[orennaim1]

i love you

[malvivente1986]

Am I the only one here who thinks this seem too artificial from her mouth ?

[k0parsh3u]

the bed behind gave me some ideas there...

[sootandstarz]

that's called a couch...people sit on it.

[k0parsh3u]

can't

there's a dirty bitch on the way

[Hergonan]

three shits to the wind

[metaphysikz101]

she makes my penis happy

[metaphysikz101]

she makes my penis happy

[ghal11]

nice thanks

[TheSmiterer]

I never knew it meant a drunk person. I did know (though didn't connect them) both the 3 sails to the wind reference and that some ropes were called sheets.

[ZWylde7901]

I love how you say wind-sounds like "weeyind." I could listen to you talk all day. Intelligence definitely is sexy!

[modelpicture]

you have breasts almost as big as mine lol

[buprenorphed24]

look a bit above if you like, i just explained it to dominicanspirit6.

[buprenorphed24]

Im pretty sure its because some time ago, there was a legal conflict betweem austraila and the 'church' of scientology.

In order to outlaw the CoS the oz court made fools of themselves. Basically the were doing the right thing, but they took the wrong approach out of panic.

The CoS, as they do, started a ridiculing campaing against them, and amongst all that the term was born. It was a very typical thing to do for the CoS.

[buprenorphed24]

Basically it means this.

You have a cake. Its there, its yours.

You eat it, its not there anymore.

So you can either have it, or eat it. Not both.

Having the cake AND eating it would be a pretty damn good deal no? But it cant be done.

So basically you cant have it all.

[xemnas112358]

hehe ur adorable and i love the fact that uve put something enriching on youtube

[shade231]

heh don't care about smarts. id just like to hit that.

Also on a side not while she has an accent, maybe Austrian? Russian? Anyway in her talking their s a low key pitch in different words.

I wonder if she is partially deaf or maybe has some type of brain damage. Or could be a speech impediment, but then again that's still dealing with the brain.

[pte61kelly]

I think a sheet to the wind or 3 is when you are having a sheet on board a ship and there is no toilet paper to wipe your ass, that is what you call ironic.

[busterhymanout]

look at that face !!! i mean big mouth blowers cheeks !!!! should i say more

[mentalfighter]

I think it's crap

[ole2719]

I can listen to hotforwords all day long. It doesn't even matter what the hell she's talking about. She's a sweetheart.

[fromquake]

I can't believe all the non contributers out there calling this woman a whore. You're not paying to see this! Don't hate, just because you're never gonna "hit it", that's not the point. She's using her sex appeal to teach something. If you don't want to learn, that doesn't make her a whore.

[Samsgarden]

@fromquake

Yeah right, on youtube

Definately ironic.

[simonmarshall1]

heres a few words....dumb blonde who only gets subscibers cause shes a bimbo

[l3eex]

Why be such an asshole? atleast hotforwords does something constructive with her videos instead of random pointless crap like most youtubers.

[regularguy5mb]

HAHAHA!! I hate an untied sh*t! Those are the worst. ;-)

[fa1reaper]

WHAT A CAM WHORE I HOPE SHE GETs CANCER

[NoWayInEarth]

u r a bitch marina , burn in hell u slut

[drewhenderson13]

i get quite iritated when people get "irony" and "coincidince." they are two completly different words and definitions. learn to use them corectly.

irony is when the outcome is completly different than expected.

coincidence is when two semingly different things or events are the same or similar in some way.

[RageTMGr]

whorizontally?

[justplayman]

In the Bible "seek to enter in the narrow gate, for only few will enter" is an ironic statement by Jesus.

Jesus is being sarcastic.

Jesus is speaking about the Law of Moses.

No one can "enter" and "few" is...none at all.

The law of Moses demends perfection...

No one can do that...

So...

By the way...check out my vids...and learn about it...

[harrrysaltzman]

jesus sucks

[DolaOL72]

Every time I watch your videos, I am completely blown away. I can't get enough of how cute you are at 3:51 when you do your little smirk and laugh. Keep up the very intelligent videos.

[virtualtourman]

I have the idea that a sheet and some duck tape might go well with Capn, Morgan......

[Freezwazhere]

that was so awesome, thanx for the nautical terms. they will come in handy. =]

[ndamus88]

hahahaha ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh whaaaaaaaaaaat?!

[FrederikSOlesen]

Isn't "to the wind" is also used to refer to the windward side... ? Or is that only in Danish? :x ("Going up to the wind" in Danish means to sail 'closer' to the wind, ie. to turn the vessel more to windwards.)

(Windward: a ship sailing N with a wind blowing from E, would have windward to starboard (and leeward to portside). If it is sailing S or the wind is western, windward would be to portside.)

[thejoad]

She's actually from New Jersey

[DaisieChains]

thejoad: no, she's from Moscow, Russia!

JAmes "Tony Soprano" Gandolfini is from New Jersey. And so are Jay and Silent Bob.

[thejoad]

duh

[DaisieChains]

Wow, what an ample, terse and intelligent reply, thejoad! :O

[thejoad]

Thanks...Duh

[IamLouder]

wow, the joad needs to get a life

[thejoad]

HAHAHHA------check yourself stalker boy

[thejoad]

I thought it was 3 sheets- You are so naughtical

[indigorob]

She is precious!!!!!!

[camtasm15]

yes , quite a hot retard!!!

[looker3189]

What a gal! I'm in love.

[edfarst]

she's hot for a retard.

[USP1986]

lol I still use that term("three sheets to the wind"), everyone tells me I'm old for saying it.

[ThompsonSeedless]

does the video cut out for anyone else at 2:07 after she switches to the new lesson?

[stickfa]

God, if this woman was my english teacher in high school I wouldn't have slept through it every day.

[creativeevolution]

Now God put this attractive woman to dictate over ones who escaped school sessions of English, she speaks like the girlfriend of St Augustine,while he thanks the lord to bring her on to Youtube, adding that its hard to kiss the lips at night that chew your ass out with English all day long.:D

[DaisieChains]

She speaks like the girlfriend of St. Augustine?

So those with the shemale hypothesis are right???

[bobalens]

It's interesting how words and bits of old phrases can morph into other meanings.

[TyroneSandalphon]

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[SiLvErm00nstz]

hot hot hot ....

i have a question... i have studied english for almost 10 years,i study even now but i have never learned the old accent i mean like

"Ye old shoppe" or something like that .

So my question is what is that accent and why as it changed ???

[MaxSafeheaD]

Waster - generally an insult for a useless person.

It originates from the Royal Navy, during the Napoleonic war. During use, the lines would wear. It was the job of the Waster on a ship, to gather the 'wasted' fibers and use them to make string. It was generally considered the most menial task on board, so the job title became a general insult.

[Mexatron]

You should do more expression explanations!

one expression that I never understood was

"hanging on by the skin of my teeth"

teeth don't have skin...

[midwayRab]

LOL love the outtake at the end!

[IvanBeTerrible]

untied shit...um sheet

lol, luv ya M.

[toreadoroflove]

why the random keifer sutherland photo?

[redwayde]

I've seen three of your vids and I clicked subscribe.

You are good at what you do and not hard to look at.

[fariborz29]

she is a ROBOT! a very hot one i must say. dont worry im a robot too. i have a WORD! ready? aight. it is the word Dogma. yesss. thats a good word.

[chllywllyd]

The meaning of "irony" is changing??

LMAO!

[HerQQQQ]

what is her family name..

[alexatherby]

Neat!

[sweetspot83]

Irony = you hate ironing yet iron for a living.

Irony = "the well water tastes irony"

Irony = its ironic you speak of irony yet are so stupid, that in itself is ironic.

touch yourself next time . o.k.professor??

[davedays]

are you a robot?

[creativeevolution]

What do we do with the drunken sailor, early in the morning? The ship is ready to depart to United States of a miracle,sire.

[wxnut]

i farted in the wind once... and guess what happened? i lost my fuckin fart! you got it noob??

[GlobalAxess]

I Rate High :)

[ileftmyheartinhyrule]

i love words. i could watch you speak about them all day.

[godservant777]

what was she talking about ...lol

[samal4]

╔╗╔═╦╗

║╚╣║║╚╗

╚═╩═╩═╝

The scene at 4:40 is classical. :)

[princeofexcess]

thx for doing this... its really interesting... ^^

[neam88]

lol the ending was the best xDDDD I laughed so hard... youre so funny :)

[impotentela]

Gee...i wish i had you as an instructor during my captain lic.! PLEASE do more of nautical terms...Head, Gallley...and Nautical Phrases too...!

Capt. "V"

[buddiebuoy]

Know how you feel, I might have passed my EDH first time too! Then again I may have been even more distracted

[gordonanton]

WTF is this?

[Masterpower155]

Nice post as usual :)

[Sitavikat21]

I really enjoy jour vidos, nice brake for work.

Love your accend tho (must be russian, or related to russian).

Keep up the good work.

[AcePilot101]

The Bible spells "subtle" (a French word) as subtil (KJV), irony is very subtle but sarcasm is coarse and mean-spirited.

Most people do not know the difference, which is rather ironic since they think they are so very clever. A true clown can laugh at himself and does not make fun of others..

[Hot4wordsfan]

dude, marina is RUSSIAN. UR ALL IDIOTS. SHE TELLS U IN HER EARLY VIDEOS DUH

[pitbull040]

As far as feminine beauty goes, Look closely at Marina's face. Her facial structure is the STANDARD OF FEMININE BEAUTY. I don't say that to impress her. It is simply the truth.more.>>>

[pitbull040]

Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Belorusian, woman. "Slavic" ladys are by far the most beautiful women on earth. Sorry to all the other pretty ladys out there, someone has to be the best. The lady Marina fits the bill.

[pitbull040]

Да моя мйлия женщина You sober me up real quick!

[tdfoolery]

Wow you are entertaining with combining your sexiness of femininity with accent and adding to it the teaching aspect of keeping us guys in check and up to par. Goodness knows we need to have a pretty schoolteacher out there. Thanks, lol TDFoolery

[CobaltO18]

Thats true!

[twd256]

You make learning a complete joy !!!

You should be in charge of all schooling worldwide.If you were the teacher there would be no drop outs and the world would be a much more intellegent place to live in.Keep up the excellent work.

[RayGlez59]

Man oh man, Marina. I'm hot for words just watching and listening to you. I admire your preparation since you dont once use an ah or uh when speaking. youre drop dead gorgeous. youre smart and bottom line if it was a guy doing this or even another girl, I wouldnt bother. Thannks

[BrotherMoonshine]

If you ask me, it's all a little quackers!

[masterof010]

i love ur videos cuz ur actually very informative while providing a great sight =)

[CanguroArgentino]

You know something? I don't know if I watch you for the wealth of information you share, your beautiful eyes, or that sexy accent you have! Whatever the reason, I think you're brave, smart and funny: which is a unique combination- well done!

Going back to your accent, I've narrowed it down to Northern Europe: Russia, Poland, Cheq, Ukraine? Am I close?

[Bassas2]

very sexy explanation :)

[jgnospelius]

Dear hot -

I love what you have got going there with the play on words. I always duck whether it's a low flying duck or an ungrounded duct.

Have you spent much time thinking about mnemonic devices,mainly acronyms. My favorite are the acronyms that have been so overused they are now completely misused. the two I'm thinking of are current banking terms, namely:

ATM Machine: Short for 'automated teller machine machine' AND

PIN NUMBER - Personal identification number number.

[felixperro]

You left out

GNU = GNU's Not UNIX

That's the weirdest self-referential acronym I know of.

[jgnospelius]

that's what I'm sayin yo.

[578914]

she's so deep, and very intresting

[ten4prod]

great video. nothing better than to listen to a erotic accent, learn something new and stare at an absolutely gorgeous woman....aahhh I'm in heaven!

[CACTUSCODA]

I give a sheet about words!

[VideoOddness]

There is a third group of ropes on a ship - the Stays - which brace the masts.

[SmallTeets]

speak english, ya thick bitch!!!!!!!1

didn't catch a thing........

[bl33db33ch]

She's speaking English, infact, you can't even use English grammar, however, you're putting her down for her English. Learn to spell and study English before you start to put others down, moron.

[spncr91]

ok, so that wasn't nice... the comment i post 2 seconds ago.... sorry....but seriously tho... will yu b my teacher?... florida has a shortage of sexy young blonde teachers, ever since that dumn sh*t kid ratted his teacher g/f out.

[Nilguiri]

There are schools in Florida??

Who would've thunk it!

[spncr91]

i'll give ya THREE word definitions: OXYMORON:A smart blonde german girl. STEREO TYPE: a dumb blonde german girl. CRAPPY COMEDY: wat yur reading rite now... :[

[dragonrider091]

omg ur so hot :P id like u to be my universal teacher...i like ur lips tho

[duster008]

Hello Marina. I have heard this term all of my life and never knew the origin. I knew what it meant and now I know where it came from. Thanks so much!!! Stay Wonderful!

[1Ry4n1]

i wish u were my teacher =DDDDDD

[neorunt]

Marina, your site is interesting in the sense that as a man who admires your natural beauty, I can't understand the need for the augmentation in light of your intelligence. Sometimes less is indeed more.

This was meant in good taste, the beauty is in an intelligent woman's eyes.

[pbhello]

Do you teach Algebra also? lol ;>

[Lostwheel]

Not sure that your entymology is completely correct re three sheets to the wing.

A sheet is a line/rope etc as you described, but a sail originally had 4 sheets. So to be three sheets to teh wind would have the sail flapping wildly and barely attached. 4 sheets and teh sail would be lost. You indicated that the 3 sheets were three separate sails with one sheet loose per sail - hardly a ripple in impact, more a nuisance than the nearly catastropic reality of one sail with loosed sheets!

[jamjys]

ironic ,  my favourite word

[JanvanMastrigt]

What is meant by "hot"

in the term "You're hot!" ?

[perverator]

you look old are you over 38???

[sublime95]

wow. amazing. a hot girl who is smart too. god i wish she was mine.

[christineglamazon]

You epitomize good teaching: you make learning fun and interesting.

[LovelyYTRocks]

Untied shit. (Oh shit!)

[pablorenan1]

I think you are the anwser to all my prays , how to learn enlish without getting bored

[forgottendoggy]

does any1 see the irony in the sentence "never say never"?

[boxwi]

less talk more naked.

[zeppelinboy777]

i like 2:23

[truewealth]

Smart and beautiful!!!! You can be my teacher anytime. Easy on the eyes and ears!

[maddhax0r]

next week do the phrase "fuck my ass and blow your wad in my face"

[TheTitoMontana]

Now how can message possibly be spam?