• Polari (from Italian parlare 'to talk') is a form of slang or cant historically used in Britain by some actors, circus and fairground showmen, professional...
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    discriminated against. Gay men may have used Polari to communicate during these times. Polari was a coded language used by gay men that used metaphors and...
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    similar in some respects to Polari in the United Kingdom, from which some lexical items have been borrowed. The equivalent language used by gay South African...
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    Polaris is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It is designated α Ursae Minoris (Latinized to Alpha Ursae Minoris) and is...
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  • 1986), "Language and subcultures: Anti-language", An introduction to language and society, Methuen, ISBN 9780416346305 "Polari: The Lost Language of Gay...
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  • Polaris Inc. is an American automotive manufacturer headquartered in Medina, Minnesota, United States. Polaris was founded in Roseau, Minnesota, where...
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  • Danny the Street (category Articles containing Polari-language text)
    Danny communicated through text on signs, in a "camp" lingo studded with Polari phrases. His name is a pun on drag queen Danny La Rue, as la rue is French...
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  • available in several languages.[citation needed] Comparison of office suites List of office suites "Polaris Office: Edit&View, PDF". "Polaris Office". "App Store...
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  • Scottish Romani and Traveller groups (category Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text)
    Highland Travellers, or Irish Travellers) as flatties in their own Polari language. The label of flattie-traveller can include showmen who have left the...
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  • Williams were largely responsible for introducing the underground language Polari to the British public. Paddick also enjoyed success as Percival Browne...
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  • Paul Baker (linguist) (category Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University)
    article, Polari, a vibrant language born out of prejudice, was published in The Guardian on the language of Polari. Baker said that "I love Polari, but hopefully...
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  • in the United Kingdom Polari Ken Cage (2003). Gayle: The Language of Kinks and Queens: A History and Dictionary of Gay Language in South Africa. Jacana...
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  • to several languages spoken by gay communities: Swardspeak or Beki language, a cant slang used by gay communities in the Philippines Polari, cant slang...
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  • uk. "Vintage Stand-up Comedy". Vs-uc.com. Baker, Paul (2003). Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men. Routledge. ISBN 9781134506354. Julian and Sandy tribute...
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    The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or...
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    The Polaris RZR (Often pronounced as POLARIS RAZOR), is a sport side-by-side produced by Polaris Industries. When launched in 2007 as a 2008 model, it...
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  • tool Health - a fitness tracker Fractal / Polari - messaging apps GNOME GNOME Project Adwaita (design language) "first release". "GNOME Human Interface...
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  • of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL). p. 226. Retrieved 2007-11-15. "Lexigraphy: Piccadilly Polari". 2006-09-26. Archived from the...
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  • Beurla Reagaird (category Language articles without language codes)
    (compare with the Irish Béarla na Saor 'speech of the smiths'). Bungi dialect Polari Scottish Cant Shelta Evans, S. Stopping Places – A Gipsy History of South...
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  • Polaris (Korean: (주)일광폴라리스; Polaris Entertainment), previously known as Ilgwang Polaris, was a South Korean record label founded in 2006. It was formerly...
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  • Nr1 Adressa-trykk Orkanger Polaris Trykk Alta Polaris Trykk Harstad Polaris Trykk Trondheim Polaris Trykk Ålesund "Polaris Media" (in Norwegian). Norwegian...
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  • April 2019. "Secret gay language Polari gets an 'appy return". Manchester Evening News. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2019. "Polari Mission: Bona Eek (The...
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  • Romani Project website. Polari "BBC - Voices - Multilingual Nation". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-18. "School of Arts, Languages and Cultures - The University...
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    February 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2015. Baker, Paul (2002). Polari – The Lost Language of Gay Men. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26180-5. Archived from the original...
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  • Shelta (redirect from Shelta language)
    representative of actual speech in normal situations. Beurla Reagaird Bungi dialect Polari Scottish Cant Shelta at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Bauer, Laurie (2007)...
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  • vocabulary, and, in a few cases, an elaborate alternative lexicon such as Polari. Early studies in the field of LGBT linguistics were dominated by the concept...
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    Jeremy Dutcher (category Polaris Music Prize winners)
    known for his first album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, which won the 2018 Polaris Music Prize and the Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at...
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    [citation needed] Lingua Franca left traces in present Algerian slang and Polari. There are traces even in geographical names, such as Cape Guardafui, which...
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    History of the Scots language Gaelic road signs in Scotland Beurla Reagaird Polari Pidgin English According to the 2011 census, 53,098,301 people in England...
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  • ISBN 0-8442-0838-8. Baker, Paul (2002). Dictionary of Polari & gay slang. Baker, Paul (2002). Polari-- the lost language of gay men. Barrère, Albert; Leland, Charles...
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