“Cool”
July 29th, 2007
I want to share how we usually use the word “cool” because I’ve heard many non-native speakers use it differently.
First of all, “cool” is not a word you would use to describe yourself because it sounds too arrogant. For example, it really sounds like you are too proud of yourself to say, “I am a cool guy”. It’s not cool to say that.
We also don’t usually tell people directly that we think they are cool. For example, I wouldn’t tell my friend, “You are really cool”. If I’m talking to someone else about my friend I might say, “My friend Chris is a really cool guy”. But I wouldn’t tell Chris that. I’m not sure exactly why we do this but its almost always done this way.
We also don’t usually tell people that they look cool. If I thought someone was wearing really cool sunglasses, I might say, “Hey, those are really cool sunglasses. Where did you get those?” I wouldn’t say, “You look cool in those sunglasses”. Some other common sentences are, “That’s a really cool bar.” “This apartment is really cool”. “That was a really cool movie”.
Please share your thoughts and give me some topic ideas.
Thanks
Andrew
Grammar and Word Usage Learning and Improving English
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August 1st, 2007 at 1:55 pm
This is very cool to know, I thought I can express myself well but certainly still not native in a cultural sense, you should write more stuff like this!
Thanks for the lesson!
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Wow, Andrew, thank you for the detailed explanation of “cool”…After learning this, I think I won’t make such mistake in future.
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