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you Mu's sure can party

English translation: catchphrase from a movie, see below

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English term or phrase:you Mu's sure can party
Selected answer:catchphrase from a movie, see below
Entered by: Shirley Fan

13:01 Nov 12, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
English term or phrase: you Mu's sure can party
It's funny, in some ways we've grown apart," Shahiin reflects, "but in most ways we've just grown up and that's the reason we're most excited to be playing together again. In the past I think I always wanted us to condense, to minimize, to be tighter and hotter than stars. Now we want to explode.. to blow apart, expand, interact, and make a universe that can hopefully stand on its own legs one day, light up a splif, look at itself and say "you Mu's sure can party.
Shirley Fan
Local time: 03:44
catchphrase from a movie, see below
Explanation:
I've done some research on Google and have come to the conclusion that this is a catchphrase from a movie called "Revenge of the Nerd" that has found its way into popular culture.

You can find the script here:
http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/r/revenge-of-the-...

"Mus" refers to members of the college fraternity "Omega Mus". If you google the phrase, either with "Mu's" or "Mus", you'll find a lot of blogs and bulletin boards where the phrase is used.

As regards the translation: Since the phrase is probably not well known in Chinese, I'd probably leave it out and simply say "You sure can party!".
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Jalapeno
Local time: 21:44
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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2 +5catchphrase from a movie, see below
Jalapeno
4 +2you musicians sure know how to party // you musicians sure know how to have a good time
Michael Powers (PhD)


Discussion entries: 2





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
you mu's sure can party
you musicians sure know how to party // you musicians sure know how to have a good time


Explanation:
Mike :)

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Note added at 7 mins (2007-11-12 13:09:34 GMT)
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If you read it aloud, the pronunciation of "Mu's" is identical to the first part of the word "musicians" - so I believe it is an improvised inforal way of referring to musicians.

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 15:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: I think Mike is probably right
23 mins
  -> Thank you, Paula - Mike :)
agree  Jack Doughty
37 mins
  -> Thank you, Jack - Mike ;)
neutral  Andrew Levine: see other answer... this one makes no sense
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, Andrew - Mike :)
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +5
you mu's sure can party
catchphrase from a movie, see below


Explanation:
I've done some research on Google and have come to the conclusion that this is a catchphrase from a movie called "Revenge of the Nerd" that has found its way into popular culture.

You can find the script here:
http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/r/revenge-of-the-...

"Mus" refers to members of the college fraternity "Omega Mus". If you google the phrase, either with "Mu's" or "Mus", you'll find a lot of blogs and bulletin boards where the phrase is used.

As regards the translation: Since the phrase is probably not well known in Chinese, I'd probably leave it out and simply say "You sure can party!".


Jalapeno
Local time: 21:44
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cmwilliams (X): could be. My first thought was that it could be referring to a college fraternity.
17 mins
agree  NancyLynn: and frat boys have a party reputation, for sure
26 mins
agree  Andrew Levine: yes, definitely a college frat reference
3 hrs
agree  Suzan Hamer: A fraternity was also my first thought.
5 hrs
agree  Claire Chapman: I'm sure :-)
15 hrs
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