dnoblett Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 (edited) One of our members shot me a link to her blog site that covers life after immigrating to the USA, from household stuff, to entertainment, to culture, she is also working on producing a magazine. Check her site out here: http://en.youmayus.org/index.asp update link July 2020 is https://en.youmayus.org/ Edited February 4, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 What does the title represent? As near as I can figure, it's simply a Chinese phonetic representation of 'You May'. Is there a Chinese interpretation? 育美 = Yu Mei, which is pronounced the same as the English - You May Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msittig Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 育 = educate/teach (dict.cn/mdbg.net)美 = 美(国) = USA From the site's About page: You May US is a startup non-profit organization founded to help Chinese women immigrants thrive in the US. Then name seems to fit the purpose of the publication/site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 About the word Merican on the sitehttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=merican1. mericanA word which means "American", but doesnt require you to put your burger and fries down to use the shift button in order to create a capital letter for the "A".Many "Americans", use the word merican, when filling in forms as it saves valuable time and energy which could be more purposly used eating or drinking." we are mericans and we are proud " 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joecy Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Hi Dan, thanks for sharing our website link here! msittig is right about 育 and 美.美 also means "美丽" = beautiful, as to say Chinese women are beautiful and becoming more beautiful in 美国. I'm surprised with all the Chinese characters flying around here.Can't believe you all can speak and type Chinese! My husband will be embarrassed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joecy Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 About the word Merican on the sitehttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=merican1. mericanA word which means "American", but doesnt require you to put your burger and fries down to use the shift button in order to create a capital letter for the "A". Many "Americans", use the word merican, when filling in forms as it saves valuable time and energy which could be more purposly used eating or drinking." we are mericans and we are proud " Is this correct? Or just old fashion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 About the word Merican on the sitehttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=merican1. mericanA word which means "American", but doesnt require you to put your burger and fries down to use the shift button in order to create a capital letter for the "A". Many "Americans", use the word merican, when filling in forms as it saves valuable time and energy which could be more purposly used eating or drinking." we are mericans and we are proud " Is this correct? Or just old fashion? I had never hear of it before.. It seems like an Internet meme of some sort, but I have no idea. I had to Google it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnoblett Posted May 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Hi Dan, thanks for sharing our website link here! msittig is right about 育 and 美.美 also means "美丽" = beautiful, as to say Chinese women are beautiful and becoming more beautiful in 美国. I'm surprised with all the Chinese characters flying around here.Can't believe you all can speak and type Chinese! My husband will be embarrassed...LOL, I always find the characters to be fascinating. My wife who is over in China visiting at the moment sent me this picture, I quickly replied back what it says, she got a kick out of that. http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad334/dnoblett/Misc%20Junk%20for%20posting/0F5F5070-3105-489E-8887-C6BFA376B727_zpsbrtvrlxy.jpg Knowing where she is and doing at the moment I knew the notation on the bus means Yangshuo <--> Guilin or 阳朔 <--> 桂林 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joecy Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Hi Dan, thanks for sharing our website link here! msittig is right about 育 and 美.美 also means "美丽" = beautiful, as to say Chinese women are beautiful and becoming more beautiful in 美国. I'm surprised with all the Chinese characters flying around here.Can't believe you all can speak and type Chinese! My husband will be embarrassed...LOL, I always find the characters to be fascinating. My wife who is over in China visiting at the moment sent me this picture, I quickly replied back what it says, she got a kick out of that.Knowing where she is and doing at the moment I knew the notation on the bus means Yangshuo <--> Guilin or 阳朔 <--> 桂林 Your Chinese must be scary good to your wife. No secrets in the Chinese channel any more. Bad news to wives !! Able to Read the Chinese characters is quite an advanced stage to me. How do you memorize these characters? Aren't they all look like mess code or weird painting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joecy Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 About the word Merican on the sitehttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=merican1. mericanA word which means "American", but doesnt require you to put your burger and fries down to use the shift button in order to create a capital letter for the "A". Many "Americans", use the word merican, when filling in forms as it saves valuable time and energy which could be more purposly used eating or drinking." we are mericans and we are proud " Is this correct? Or just old fashion? I had never hear of it before.. It seems like an Internet meme of some sort, but I have no idea. I had to Google it Interesting! Guess the internet makes people lazy ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnoblett Posted May 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 LOL, I always find the characters to be fascinating. My wife who is over in China visiting at the moment sent me this picture, I quickly replied back what it says, she got a kick out of that. Knowing where she is and doing at the moment I knew the notation on the bus means Yangshuo <--> Guilin or 阳朔 <--> 桂林Your Chinese must be scary good to your wife. No secrets in the Chinese channel any more. Bad news to wives !! Able to Read the Chinese characters is quite an advanced stage to me. How do you memorize these characters? Aren't they all look like mess code or weird painting? Oh no nowhere that good, I tend to use deduction, My wife is visiting family in Guilin, and she planned to visit friends in Yangshuo not far from there, thus already knowing the bus had to be the one connecting to Yangshuo. Also I tend to have Chinese language added to my iPhone and Computers so that I can generate characters. I tend to like symbols, so Chinese character tend to be mostly symbols to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joecy Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Hi everyone, I realize I haven't introduced myself Here's me:Born in Chengdu, grew up in China, have a 7 yr old daughter came to the US at age 5 Met & married an American with 14 & 16 year old daughtersFirst 18 months of marriage were long distance while working through the USCIS processFirst two years in the US is quite a shock and full of challenges : scare of talking to Americans, scare of going to grocery store, no friend, feeling lost and low...Now want to help other Chinese immigrant women who may be facing similar challengesStarted a non-profit organization staffed by volunteers -all Chinese women in the US Would like to hear from people on CFL, how best You May can help. thank you!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsap seui Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Welcome to Candle. Please post more, it will be great to read how you are doing in America. Nice to see you reaching out to help other Chinese women arriving in America. Good luck to you. tsap seui 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allon Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 I do know you are providing a valuable service. My wife, after 5 years, is just now getting used to America. I am so proud of what she has done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allon Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 About the word Merican on the sitehttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=merican1. mericanA word which means "American", but doesnt require you to put your burger and fries down to use the shift button in order to create a capital letter for the "A". Many "Americans", use the word merican, when filling in forms as it saves valuable time and energy which could be more purposly used eating or drinking." we are mericans and we are proud " Is this correct? Or just old fashion? I had never hear of it before.. It seems like an Internet meme of some sort, but I have no idea. I had to Google it A lot of guys I met in the military say 'Merican as a kind of joke to some of the foreign women when they asked, Where are you from? Instead of saying "I am an American" which is formal, they would shorten it to "I'Merican." The term if I recall came from a beer commercial and caught on. It is really just a colloquial saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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