Word History-Jukebox or Jutebox?

[Chatterati]

From time to time I've read posts on this board that include the word 'jutebox.'
I believe that these posters may be referring to a 'jukebox.'

The word juke comes from the Gullah language, the English-based Creole language spoken by people of African ancestry off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina. In Gullah juke means "bad, wicked, disorderly," and is the probable source of the English word juke. Juke became an African-American word meaning a roadside drinking establishment that offered cheap drinks, food and music for dancing and often doubled as a brothel. "To juke" is to dance, particularly at a juke joint or to the music of a "jukebox."

 

[Mike_O]

> From time to time I've read posts on this board that include
> the word 'jutebox.'
> I believe that these posters may be referring to a
> 'jukebox.'
>
> The word juke comes from the Gullah language, the
> English-based Creole language spoken by people of African
> ancestry off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina. In
> Gullah juke means "bad, wicked, disorderly," and is the
> probable source of the English word juke. Juke became an
> African-American word meaning a roadside drinking
> establishment that offered cheap drinks, food and music for
> dancing and often doubled as a brothel. "To juke" is to
> dance, particularly at a juke joint or to the music of a
> "jukebox."
>
I am one of those people that use the word "jutebox" and I have seen the word "jukebox" spelled both ways in various publications. Peeked my courisity if there were perhaps two spellings for the same thing. Not from what I found in the Webster's College Dictionary.

jute from Hindu jhuto means matted hair jata. a braid of hair or fibrours roots. 1)a strong, glossy fiber used for making burlap sacks, mats, rope, etc.
2)either of two S Asian plants of the linden family, which yield this fiber.

Jute: a member of an ancient Germanic people that lived in Jutland {imagine that}: Jutes invaded SE England in the 5th cent. A.D. settling in what became Kent.

I stand corrected on the spelling of a machine that takes coins to play music, which is indeed a "jukebox". That I did not expect to learn here. Thanks for the lesson, at least I did not only get a day older, but learned something.

Mike O

 

[joeblow5491]

Not only that, but your interest was piqued as well...





> > From time to time I've read posts on this board that
> include
> > the word 'jutebox.'
> > I believe that these posters may be referring to a
> > 'jukebox.'
> >
> > The word juke comes from the Gullah language, the
> > English-based Creole language spoken by people of African
> > ancestry off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina. In
> > Gullah juke means "bad, wicked, disorderly," and is the
> > probable source of the English word juke. Juke became an
> > African-American word meaning a roadside drinking
> > establishment that offered cheap drinks, food and music
> for
> > dancing and often doubled as a brothel. "To juke" is to
> > dance, particularly at a juke joint or to the music of a
> > "jukebox."
> >
> I am one of those people that use the word "jutebox" and I
> have seen the word "jukebox" spelled both ways in various
> publications. Peeked my courisity if there were perhaps two
> spellings for the same thing. Not from what I found in the
> Webster's College Dictionary.
>
> jute from Hindu jhuto means matted hair jata. a braid of
> hair or fibrours roots. 1)a strong, glossy fiber used for
> making burlap sacks, mats, rope, etc.
> 2)either of two S Asian plants of the linden family, which
> yield this fiber.
>
> Jute: a member of an ancient Germanic people that lived in
> Jutland {imagine that}: Jutes invaded SE England in the 5th
> cent. A.D. settling in what became Kent.
>
> I stand corrected on the spelling of a machine that takes
> coins to play music, which is indeed a "jukebox". That I
> did not expect to learn here. Thanks for the lesson, at
> least I did not only get a day older, but learned something.
>
>
> Mike O
>