busker in AE

**Englishlanguage** · 26-Nov-2007, 09:08

How would American English speakers call a busker, someone who plays music in a public place so that other people will give him money?

**oitafish** · 27-Nov-2007, 05:00

I would call them a street performer.

**Naamplao** · 27-Nov-2007, 05:07

Originally Posted by oitafish

I would call them a street performer.

Canadian English uses both terms.

**Englishlanguage** · 27-Nov-2007, 16:38

Thank you for your replies.
Is busker heard in the US?

**Ouisch** · 27-Nov-2007, 16:54

Originally Posted by Englishlanguage

Thank you for your replies.
Is busker heard in the US?

Only from British tourists, not from native speakers.

**Englishlanguage** · 27-Nov-2007, 20:02

Originally Posted by Ouisch

Only from British tourists, not from native speakers.

Just a curiosity

...how many Americans would understand its meaning?

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