Learned a new word

[Bud]

Maybe I've missed something, but I don't recall hearing this term before. You'll see why this popped up

How much does it cost to enforce busking law?
http://www.canada.com/much+does+cost+en ... story.html

[Coda]

Wow, I learned a new word, too. Around here, we'd just say "street musician" or "street performer."

[Bud]

Thanks Coda! I'm glad to know I'm not the only one

It seems like one of those concepts that doesn't really warrant a word. I mean, how many times in a lifetime will that particular idea come into conversation? Won't a short phrase suffice?

[Coda]

Yeah, it almost sounds like "bussing" (as in kissing, not riding in a bus). I'm often intrigued, though, by one-syllable words that I haven't heard before...like after I met my future husband, his friend talked about using a "winch"...which was a new word to me at the time, but not to a lot of mechanically inclined people.

[Bud]

HBO's Treme features a lot of busking.

Anyone watching besides me? EC made a few brief appearances, as you might recall...

[Bud]

his friend talked about using a "winch"....

Coda -- Funny that winch sounds similar to "whinge." I don't remember hearing whinge until I lived in Australia. Maybe you already know this, but it means "to complain fretfully : whine"

[mapache61]

Busker. Busking. First time I heard the word was a few years ago in the movie, "Once," which is about an Irish busker. It's an ok flick. Nothing great.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907657/

[Coda]

I never heard of "whinge" until now! Love those new words!

[Bud]

Seth Godin must be lurking around here:

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog ... light.html

[scielle]

Really? I use "busker" all the time; it's a common word in both UK and Canada. Never though there's anything odd about it.