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A Secret Love Language
Best described as a “cant”—a form of language spoken by a group and that is unintelligible to outsiders—Polari was mostly spoken by British gay men until the mid-20th century. Consisting of around 500 words, it resembles...
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A Secret Love Language is an episode from Are We Europe Readouts by AreWeEurope. Best described as a “cant”—a form of language spoken by a group and that is unintelligible to outsiders—Polari was mostly spoken by British gay men until the m...
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Published Jun 23, 2021, 00:04:42 long, audio available.
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Best described as a “cant”—a form of language spoken by a group and that is unintelligible to outsiders—Polari was mostly spoken by British gay men until the mid-20th century. Consisting of around 500 words, it resembles a mixture of English with Cockney rhyming slang, Italian and Yiddish. Speakers used it for secrecy, to identify each other and for camp humour. This story is a part of our magazine—The Queer Issue.
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Published Jun 23, 2021 and 00:04:42 long