2006-11-29 02:19:22 · 7 answers · asked by Jailyn 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
your answers are great! knowing the meaning of merde I just wasn't sure why we scream it before going on stage. :0) Dancers.... hmmm we are a weird bunch.
2006-11-29 04:53:55 · update #1
I've heard and used the word "merde" for almost all my life. All the dancers I know use it as well. It's a french term just like all the ballet terms are: pas de deux, for example.
I think it comes from a response to actor's saying "break a leg" -- which some people believe means, "take so many bows your legs hurt". Since you'd never wish a dancer to break a leg another rather dark expression was needed. Merde probably began in America where english is the main language, the dancers feeling smug with their knowledge of french used it as an inside joke -- which remains true today.
Merde!
Good luck!
2006-11-29 04:44:11 · answer #1 · answered by wrathofkublakhan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-13 11:13:13 · answer #2 · answered by Belle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Merde" (s h i t) is mainly used in french before an actor or a dancer goes on stage. The artistic field is filled with superstitious beliefs and wishing somebody "merde", bad luck, would make the opposite happen, just as wishing luck could end up in a real mess.
2006-11-29 02:54:04 · answer #3 · answered by audiomatiks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't heard of people saying merde in that context, I guess it is a French thing. I assume it's for the same reason English speakers say 'Break a leg' to wish people luck before going onstage. Saying 'good luck' openly is said to be unlucky
2006-11-29 02:23:18 · answer #4 · answered by Velouria 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of someone saying "merde" before a performance, although I do know people say "break a leg", just to be funny and wish them "bad luck" when they're really just joking. "Merde" is French for "sh*t", so I could see how it would mean the same as "break a leg".
2006-11-29 04:01:24 · answer #5 · answered by Courtney 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
merde is french - for sh*t - never heard it used before a performance, though
2006-11-29 02:24:15 · answer #6 · answered by mxzptlk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-17 22:32:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Merde" is a french word that means luck.
2006-11-29 02:24:46 · answer #8 · answered by Mark Conners 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋