JuJu Kwan Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 When I came to the US in 2012 I had textbook English. I was fine in the classroom, but had problems outside the classroom. I found it confusing how the language could be so different in different settings. My 3 year old cousin couldn't stop at Ju when I was born so I became JuJu, it annoyed me for a while but when I started playing music I embraced the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 My 3 year old cousin couldn't stop at Ju when I was born so I became JuJu, it annoyed me for a while but when I started playing music I embraced the name. I agree. JuJu is more memorable, more distinctive. Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 When I came to the US in 2012 I had textbook English. I was fine in the classroom, but had problems outside the classroom. I found it confusing how the language could be so different in different settings. I'm sure it would be that way for me if I learned some Chinese and then spent some time in China... My 3 year old cousin couldn't stop at Ju when I was born so I became JuJu, it annoyed me for a while but when I started playing music I embraced the name. I like that. Very much. Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 I like JuJu...it's a cute name. I tend to shorten just about everyone's name on the forum when I address a comment to them, so I'm glad you like the name! Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 JuJu----sounds like something I've heard in an old TARZAN movie--- "No go that way. Bad JuJu!" anyway... I suppose it's the same in any country with a "mother tongue" different from English. We ALL think another language is hard to learn, but I recall an English teacher making the claim that English is the, or at least one of the hardest to learn. A good example of this was exposed many years ago on an old "I Love Lucy" episode in which Ricky Ricardo, who in the show was a Cuban immigrant, attempts to read "little Ricky" a bedtime story filled with English words containing the "ough" letter group. He first comes across the word "tough" and confuses it with the word "though" and pronounces it "toe". Lucy corrects him. so when he reaches the word "cough", he not wanting to goof again pronounces it "cuff", but gets corrected again. So when the word "bough" comes up and he says "bawf" and then gets corrected AGAIN, he throws the book down in disgust and lets out a stream of angry sounding Spanish! I also think at one point he pronounced the word "through" as "thruff". So I'd have to agree that my teacher was probably right. Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuJu Kwan Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I needed a book of American slang, for awhile i took everything people said literally. One example, cool and hot meant just that to me. When someone would say that's hot in January in Massachusetts I thought what are you talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Yeah, American slang will mess you up. Or ANYbody, even Americans, who don't keep up with it. One I always thought stupid was "phat", which is a positive response, much like "cool". But you can't SEE how it's spelled when you HEAR it, and I often wonder at the plight of a young man who tells his girlfriend she looks "phat" in her new slacks! I'd often joke that if a guy tells his girl she looks "phat" in her new clothes, as you can't see how it's spelled when you hear it, all SHE hears is that she looks "fat", and HE'S gonna get it! Or worse, he WON'T! Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I needed a book of American slang, for awhile i took everything people said literally. One example, cool and hot meant just that to me. When someone would say that's hot in January in Massachusetts I thought what are you talking about. This is one of the reasons I suggested that Plans (not sure which country he's from?) could learn some "Cool" English by conversing with us on the forum as many of us are here in the USA and although we are not the greatest English teachers, we are pretty good at slang LOL! I have known many people who have taken Spanish lessons (to include my high school lessons), but few who could put it to use (to include me LOL!). One of my work friends who could speak it well, immersed herself in the language by traveling and living in a Spanish Speaking country for a year. I think the forum is a great place to pick up on some of our English slang and communicate with friends... Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuJu Kwan Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I know this is a guitar site so I don't want to get to far OT, but I tried to teach my dog to understand English and she just tilted he head from side to side and looked at me with a blank stare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plans001234 Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 One of my clients from Australia, presented the project. He speaks English with a British friend of mine. Communication between customers and my friend do not understand. If communication is American form, He understands better flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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