@thelingotter: Polari language and words #polari #linguistics #queerhistory

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bak3d_z1t1
Marshall :
There’s a short film on YouTube entirely in polari
2025-05-03 06:27:04
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.brighidin
naoise :
i thought polari was a romani language, like cant/shelta 😭
2025-05-05 20:14:17
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carboncringehuman
CarbonCringeHuman :
that's definitely an intro
2025-05-03 00:26:02
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afaniscool
afaniscool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 :
Polari is used alongside Nadsat on "Girl Loves Me" by David Bowie
2025-05-03 04:07:10
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just_vee656
just_Vee :
Paul baker did they have a relation to Chet baker by any chance?
2025-05-03 00:04:01
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ajax_panda
Ajax :
wow didn't know Ajax was use like that... hell yeah another cool fact bout my fursona's name
2025-05-03 07:36:08
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bikkennuggets
BhocolateBhipBhookies :
Ur finally back ❤️[happy]
2025-05-03 03:53:29
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waffles_i_eat
Waffles :
it sounds like simlis tbh
2025-05-03 15:17:40
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emoss_._
emoş :
idk about other languages but we have something like that in turkish too, its called "lubunca"
2025-05-15 11:56:26
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tallfromten
tallfromten :
OMG!! I was wondering where you've been. was so confused why u werent on my fyp anymore
2025-05-08 03:43:57
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ioanmacs
Ioan Macsen Gruffydd :
it had it's origins in the 19th century and it declined in the mid 20th century. Largely dissappearing by the 1960s.
2025-05-13 17:01:43
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homostrepsil
homostrepsil :
Thank you for covering this, Saíd! Polari is such an important part of queer history: as you illustrated, it's a language that emerged from an environment of violent LGBTQ+ oppression. Just the puzzle-like formation of the words ground our perspectives, as we had to disguise language itself in order to survive and flourish. There are also curious linguistic roots from all manner of places, cultural and interlingual. Some Polari words have been absorbed into the general parlance, but much has been forgotten. We honour our queer heritage by preserving the language to our best ability in the present, and so I implore anyone curious to research it in their own time - it doesn't take long. To anyone who wants to see Polari in practice, I personally recommend skimming the outrageous Polari Bible, a Polari translation of the King James Bible that can be found for free online. Thank you again for covering this topic!
2025-06-17 14:48:38
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jas0n.mendoza
jasoncore팍곹 👅🫀 :
@⚡Zenitsu's Wife⚡ @The_GreatPrussia!🌎🍝 currently learning this trust
2025-05-03 00:43:52
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the_soul690
Atlas :
@🍉Evil raccoon🍉 @🍉 Alyx 🍉
2025-05-03 14:58:24
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otter1292
Otter129🦦🚦 :
“Let’s speak gay”
2025-05-02 23:18:53
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vanillamelancholy
яш 🐦‍🔥 jash :
jennifer justice is such a cute name for such a not cute thing 💔
2025-05-02 23:15:57
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arthurh2_
Ten-Ton Tony :
@sir meows alot :3 this yo language
2025-06-18 22:52:17
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cillianmcdonnell7
cill :
be gay and do crime
2025-05-03 04:52:13
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endofaworld
coolgirl12 :
this is just a bunch of omee-palony
2025-05-04 08:26:29
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bagel_h0le
bagel_h0le :
Filipinos have their own language spoken exclusively by gay people called Swardspeak that is a creole of Tagalog, English, Spanish, and Japanese. It uses a bunch of pop culture references too
2025-05-15 01:43:22
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theglitchgorge
theglitchgorge :
finally I can speak fluent lgbt
2025-05-03 01:40:10
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a_tiny_lily_pad
𝑙𝑖𝑙𝑦-𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒 :
pls cover swardspeak too, it's also a gay language (i think etymologynerd talked about it in a tiktok)
2025-05-04 16:16:21
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