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Devious Inner circle 2120 Posts |
In spanish "buscar" means to search for.
In french, "busquer" means to search. During the 17th century folks went sailing on mighty vessels to search for goods, wares, and special services...and the busker was bourne. I often will hear young folks on the pitch explaining that literally busker means someone who begs for pay whilst performing acts of idiocy...etc...not entirely very accurate. Here's to full hats! Now where is my hat? I guess I'm searching eh? |
Magic.J.Manuel Special user I have danced upon 663 Posts |
Nothing would get done at all, if man waited so long that no one could find fault with it.
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gallagher Inner circle 1168 Posts |
Hey Devious, your honking down the right street. The Thread Magic.J.Manuel refers to, is way off base. It´s funny, though, how things are speculated about(!),... boots!?!
One can take the word "buskar" back a little farther, though. It probably finds it´s roots in the Indo-Germanic word "bhudh-skö",... meaning "to conquer, overcome". Gosh, think of that, it once meant "to conquer,.. to overcome",... today it means, "hey, where´s my hat?!?" have a good one,... you ol´ Busker, gallagher. |
Devious Inner circle 2120 Posts |
Thanks for the info Sir Gallagher!
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solrak29 Special user NY Metro 936 Posts |
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On 2011-08-23 12:33, gallagher wrote: Interesting, I have to agree but I'm no expert on this. It seems right off the back this other thread more less makes busker = hustler. I've seen a hustle, so I can not agree with that. I would say the guys working the 3 shell game is more like a hustle than what busking is. Shoot, some would say that your pitchman would be doing a hustle, but I wouldn't go that far. I think in this time; which has passed people a little more educated and know what busking means; even though, I have to explain what it is to street festival organizers, and municipal clerks many times when looking to perform. Here is what I found on dictionary: busker http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/busker hustler http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hustler So I think using the term hustler and busker is incorrect and are two different things. Good Stuff....
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I think it's a Latin phrase meaning "Beggary with style"
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2889 Posts |
Begging is getting money from people because they fell sorry for your financial plight. And you don't have to provide anything for the money other than gratitude.
Busking is performing well enough that people will be inspired (perhaps with a little prodding) to give you money to thank you for the performance.
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ringmaster Inner circle Memphis, Down in Dixie 1974 Posts |
Origin of the word Busker
"itinerant entertainer," 1857, from busk (v.) "to offer goods for sale only in bars and taprooms," 1851 (in Mayhew), perhaps from busk "to cruise as a pirate," which was used in a figurative sense by 1841, in reference to people living shifless and peripatetic lives. The nautical term is attested from 1660s (in a general sense of "to tack, to beat to windward"), apparently from obs. Fr. busquer "to shift, filch, prowl," which is related to It. buscare "to filch, prowl," Sp. buscar (from O.Sp. boscar), perhaps originally from bosco "wood" (see bush), with a hunting notion of "beating a wood" to flush game. Busker has been mistakenly derived from buskin in the stage sense. via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
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Mario Morris Inner circle Mario Morris 2044 Posts |
As Devious stated, Busker Is derived form the spanish word buscar!
Busker Chiefly British . to entertain by dancing, singing, or reciting on the street or in a public place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_performance I love this definition The word "busk" comes from the Spanish root word "buscar", meaning "to seek" – buskers are literally seeking fame and fortune. Put these together their you have it a busker. Busker derived from Spanish buscar to search makes so much sense! A performer searching for what? Literally, fame and fortune! This is very telling and insightful definitions of what a busker does! |
Devious Inner circle 2120 Posts |
Thanks for corroborating a few things for me Mario! What's the weather like in Wales these days eh?
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The Great Zoobini Elite user Boulder, Colorado 443 Posts |
While I've seen that wiki definition, I take it to mean seeking an audience and therefore monetary appreciation for their performance. Seeking fame and fortune in a forest, for example, would be fruitless.
Meet you in Busker Alley
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Mario Morris Inner circle Mario Morris 2044 Posts |
Cities have been built in forest and I have been to some great festivals in the woods!
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