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macbkidspy
MacB :
It just occurred to me that I’ve never seen the word “zhuzh” written before.
2024-08-14 03:41:33
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shannonm0971
Shannon M :
Sir, did you just use the clicking when pronouncing the South African language? Impressive. 👀👏
2024-08-13 18:11:00
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boylover.04
homo :
YES LOVE POLARI EVERYONE SHOULD READ FABULOSA BY PAUL BAKER
2024-08-13 17:05:39
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philthyworld
philthyworld :
Morrissey has a song called “Piccadilly polari “ it’s a great primer in polari
2024-08-13 19:42:03
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genev1ve
genevieve. :
yas
2024-08-13 16:34:24
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ohsoniko
Oh So Niko :
Your South African Zulu pronunciation was pretty good.
2024-08-14 00:44:34
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gaydylan
Dyl :
ahh love polari, i used to chat with a worker at my youth group all the time abt it. and hed talk abt this radio show in polari that gained traction for being funny gibberish, and they got away talkin
2024-08-14 12:00:38
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slop_nations
slop_nations :
This is so Julia
2024-08-13 16:46:07
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balconycharm
Nyx Storm :
I feel like zhuzh has gotten really popular in the last year or two
2024-08-13 16:49:10
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harry.thompson02
Harryyyyythompsson :
I wrote my dissertation on this xxxxxxx
2024-08-14 11:42:23
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bubba3361
Bubba :
I was wondering why a lot of business and companies are named after the founders last name? Like is there psychology behind that
2024-08-13 23:03:21
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dreadhead710_
dreadhead710_ :
Can you talk about the cant I find it very interesting I’m a Scottish traveller and it’s interesting how the dialect I speak is very different compared to other travellers and also each family uses
2024-09-06 15:26:15
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intersectionalody
IntersectionalOdy :
Isnt there are also Yiddish and Russian elements to Polari? I don’t know where I heard that but for some reason I think that?
2024-08-24 12:40:15
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frog_bhc222
🇵🇸Lex (Yungblud's version) :
this is genuinely something i'm so passionate about it's amazing
2024-08-13 16:51:52
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joelcrofts
Joel ⚓️ :
Polari had a huge connection to Yiddish too
2024-08-14 16:57:38
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kammywammyuwu
Kammy :
How do words like awww, oof, and ouch show up in language like I don’t feel Ike people are taught what ouch means it’s like instinct
2024-08-13 18:30:05
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hellionamaruq
Nick-at-Nite :
POLARI MENTIONED RAAAHHHHH
2024-08-14 22:59:20
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theunlikelypunk
the unlikely punk! :
So bona to vada, oh you- your lovely eeek and your lovely riah ✨ (from Morrissey’s Piccadilly Palare)
2024-08-15 07:57:58
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tiktomduxwu
tiktomduxwu :
Bona to vada your dolly old eek!
2024-08-14 21:01:06
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jaynedic
JayNedic :
have you listened to 'Julian and Sandy'?
2024-08-13 20:16:59
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arbythearb
auby !! 🧪🌳 :
im filipino and i actually grew up with people who spoke swardspeak on a regular basis! this is why i either speak like an action movie character or a drag queen according to my cousin
2024-08-20 15:04:00
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angelofathens
AngelofAthens :
In Greece, the language was kaliarda καλιαρντά I used to know some as some of my older friends used it sometimes
2024-08-13 18:44:59
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811spiderbee
811spiderbee :
love polari, so expressive
2024-08-26 19:37:39
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daisydeaton
Daisy :
I learned about Polari when I wrote a paper about queer slang for my uni linguistics class! It's so fun
2024-08-16 12:25:00
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