{"id":310,"date":"2015-03-11T14:19:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T20:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=310"},"modified":"2017-01-06T23:14:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T05:14:11","slug":"the-u-the-ima-in-fua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/the-u-the-ima-in-fua\/","title":{"rendered":"the u (&amp; the ima) in fua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>this video from\u00a0my youtube channel defends the use of the letter\u00a0<em><strong>u<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0to replace the word\u00a0<em><strong>you<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0the mexican inside joke mentioned at :48 is\u00a0<em><strong>fua<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0which stands for\u00a0<em><strong>f<\/strong>uerza\u00a0<strong>u<\/strong>niversal\u00a0<strong>a<\/strong>plicada,\u00a0<\/em>in english\u00a0<em>applied universal force<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"u\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zpNMaKIIwx4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>this is the report that made\u00a0<em>fua<\/em>\u00a0a  in mexico<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"fua original (with english subtitles)\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/niCc-PorCSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>the english translation in the fua\u00a0vid includes several instances of the informal but common expression\u00a0<strong><em>ima<\/em><\/strong>, which is a reduction of the already reduced\u00a0<em>i&#8217;m gonna<\/em>\u00a0(gonna=going to). \u00a0it is a\u00a0future tense structure. u can also hear it around\u00a01:00 in the first video as part of the declaration<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">i learned y-o-u, but <em>ima<\/em> fuckin write u. the letter.<\/h4>\n<p>at :50 the definition of\u00a0<em>fua<\/em>\u00a0is translated as<\/p>\n<h4><em>tapping into<\/em>\u00a0the\u00a0<em>grit<\/em>\u00a0in your belly &amp; saying &#8220;<em>ima<\/em> do it&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>tap into<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is a phrasal verb that means\u00a0<em>access<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"another example of 'grit'\" href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/grinding-grind-house-grind-city\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>grit<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0is a\u00a0mix of\u00a0<em>courage<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>toughness<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/el-fua.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-314 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mussolini-460_802785c-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"mussolini-460_802785c\" width=\"211\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mussolini-460_802785c-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mussolini-460_802785c.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-313 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/el-fua-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"el fua\" width=\"231\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/el-fua-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/el-fua.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6>\u00a0<em>something about the fua guy&#8217;s charisma <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/buen-fin-is-it-really-the-shit\/\" target=\"_blank\">reminds<\/a> me of mussolini<\/em><\/h6>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p>is\u00a0<strong>fua<\/strong>\u00a0something real that can help u do better in life? or is it just some confused\u00a0shouts from a drunk guy? do u ever use <em><strong>u<\/strong><\/em> instead of <em><strong>you<\/strong><\/em> when u are communicating digitally? \u00a0share your thoughts under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.217.70\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>this video from\u00a0my youtube channel defends the use of the letter\u00a0u\u00a0to replace the word\u00a0you. \u00a0the mexican inside joke mentioned at :48 is\u00a0fua\u00a0which stands for\u00a0fuerza\u00a0universal\u00a0aplicada,\u00a0in english\u00a0applied&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8,9,11,10,158,216,217,873,214,455,215],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/el-fua.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5116,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions\/5116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}