People write nu when they mean new, but they want it to look cool and a little different. You meet it most in names of music styles: nu-metal, nu-jazz, nu-disco.

People大家 write nu寫成nu when they mean new其實是要表示new，but they想要 want it to look cool and a little different讓它看起來酷一點、不太一樣。You你 meet it most最常見到它 in names of music styles在音樂風格的名稱裡：nu-metal、nu-jazz、nu-disco。

It tells you this is a fresh kind of an older style, not the old style itself.

It它 tells you告訴你 this is a fresh kind of an older style這是某個舊風格的新變體，not the old style itself而不是那個舊風格本身。

It is not a word you drop into a normal sentence. You would not write “I bought a nu bag”; a teacher would just see a spelling mistake. It lives on album covers, posters, and magazine labels.

It它 is not a word you drop into a normal sentence不是你會放進普通句子裡用的字。You你 would not write不會寫 "I bought a nu bag"「我買了一個nu包」；a teacher老師 would just see a spelling mistake只會看成拼字錯誤。It它 lives on album covers, posters, and magazine labels只出現在專輯封面、海報和雜誌的標籤上。

Older listeners may still say “new metal”; fans often write nu-metal as if that were the real name.

Older listeners年紀較大的聽眾 may still say可能還是會說 "new metal"「new metal」；fans而歌迷 often write nu-metal常常把nu-metal寫成 as if that were the real name好像那才是真正的名稱。

Though actually, the same spelling is also the name of a Greek letter, and in some Jewish families nu is a little word like “so?” or “well?” — but the nu on those album covers is only a stylish new.

Though actually不過其實，the same spelling同樣的拼法 is also the name of a Greek letter也是一個希臘字母的名稱，and in some Jewish families而在某些猶太家庭裡 nu is a little word like "so?" or "well?"nu是個小字，像「所以呢？」或「那然後呢？」——but the nu on those album covers但那些專輯封面上的nu is only a stylish new只是new這個字耍帥的拼法。