I came across a fascinating article on Polari, a now dead language used by gay people in the English speaking world, when homosexuality was illegal. There is even a curiously touching short film done partially in Polari. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... 8yEH8TZUsk Annotations of the film : https://genius.com/8492565
Here are some resources:
A Memrise course:
https://www.memrise.com/course/98766/polari/
A vocabulary list:
http://www.polari.org.uk/
A Bible in Polari:
http://www.polaribible.org/
A song by Morrissey with some Polari in it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOdoJWzxDJE
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Re: Polari ( a secret gay language ) resources
You could also look up Kenneth Williams 'Julian and Sandy' sketches from the Round the Horne radio programme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4VaXsXCJ4M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4VaXsXCJ4M
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Re: Polari ( a secret gay language ) resources
New book on Polari: Fabulosa! The Story of Polari, Britain’s Secret Gay Language (ISBN: 9781789141320).
Book review in The Spectator.
Book review in The Spectator.
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