Why nu instead of new?

[Maurice]

"nu" is a Yiddish word equivalent to English words like "so?" or "well?," and can be used all by itself to mean "What's new?"

 

[eyeresist]

It's an reference to Nu Metal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu_metal

Plus "Nu" is amusingly lame. And we need all the amusement we can get.

 

[Kemaiku]

Because of what happened when we tried to use "Ni" first.

 

[Nerys Myk]

GnuTrek

 

[ManOnTheWave]

'Nu' is the new spelling of 'new' which at this point is dated.

 

[TRON JA307020]

Really stupid question but I tend to overthink things. Why are the reboots referred to as nu with that spelling? Wouldn't n-e-w make more sense? Is there a reason why it's spelled n-u?

Its called newspeak. Read the book 1984. Out socialist masters have wrought it upon us and guys like Winston are rewriting our history in newspeak as we Nuspeak.

 

[JarodRussell]

"Nu" is also making fun of the American pronunciation of "new", isn't it?

 

[Starborn Dragon]

I think people just really like Guns and are dyslexic.

 

[Nerys Myk]

"Nu" is also making fun of the American pronunciation of "new", isn't it?

By other Americans?

 

[M'Sharak]

"Nu" is also making fun of the American pronunciation of "new", isn't it?

I shouldn't think so. It isn't as if we have only the one.

 

[eyeresist]

MuTrek sounds more scientific.

 

[BeatleJWOL]

'Nu' is the new spelling of 'new' which this point is dated.

So you're saying "nu" is not the "nunew" but in fact the "oldnu"?

 

[martok2112]

"We are the Knights who say "Nee!' "

"Nu!"

"No, it's Nee!"

 

[Squiggy]

"Nu" is also making fun of the American pronunciation of "new", isn't it?

By other Americans?

That THAT...us.

 

[ManOnTheWave]

'Nu' is the new spelling of 'new' which this point is dated.

So you're saying "nu" is not the "nunew" but in fact the "oldnu"?

No.

And by 'no,' I mean yes.

Neither here nor there, but the band Neu was new back in the seventies. But never "nu." And pronounced "noi."

Here's Leonard Nimoy. And isn't that what really matters?

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6lTSPXDOAI[/yt]

 

[Cinema Geekly]

Actually I have often found the useage of "nu" anything to be generally used as a negative.

NuMetal wasn't really "new" per say but it deviated from what traditionalists thought was the "proper" form of heavy metal. So they started calling it NuMetal in an attempt to separate the thing that they thought sucked from the thing that they thought didn't.

 

[Smellmet]

Actually I have often found the useage of "nu" anything to be generally used as a negative.

NuMetal wasn't really "new" per say but it deviated from what traditionalists thought was the "proper" form of heavy metal. So they started calling it NuMetal in an attempt to separate the thing that they thought sucked from the thing that they thought didn't.

I can only partially agree with this -whilst I agree that the term 'nu' has been added to differentiate, as in I agree with the mechanism used, I don't however agree the term is used in a derogatory fashion. To me, the term NuTrek would have more than likely have been used anyway, and I believe it's been probably been used because these new films represent a shift in tone and content for example, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[eyeresist]

I think "Nu" is derogatory for people who intend it to be, but it's also just a generally accepted label. I don't know if anyone has trawled the interwebs to find the very first use of "NuTrek".