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Post by BillyNiblick on Feb 23, 2007 22:45:00 GMT
Lovely to hear Sean tonight being given by the scriptwriters a word of polari: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolariI've no idea how much people use polari these days, but I'd like to think they still do. ;D |
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Feb 23, 2007 22:53:20 GMT
Probably not many. I've only ever heard it on old Round The Horne clips.
Patsy
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Post by Nick on Feb 24, 2007 12:00:08 GMT
We use it occasionally
varda
Riah
Ecaf
Bona
dish
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Post by amysoniacosmokate on Feb 24, 2007 14:26:27 GMT
I don't think it makes any difference if he uses it or not.lol
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Post by Nick on Feb 24, 2007 17:22:18 GMT
 I don't understand the logic of your point Amysonia...doh dah n wotsit |
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Post by pearly queen on Feb 24, 2007 20:32:23 GMT
I've heard the expression 'so and so is a dish' or is dishy and it had never occurred to me where that came from.
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Post by Nick on Feb 24, 2007 20:45:43 GMT
actually dish means someone's botty  ;D so if someone says 'varda the bona omi with the dolly riah and dolly dish' it means ' look at the handsome man with the nice hair and the nice bum' |
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Post by pearly queen on Feb 24, 2007 20:52:24 GMT
Oooer missus!
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Post by amysoniacosmokate on Feb 24, 2007 20:56:07 GMT
I don't understand the logic of your point Amysonia...doh dah n wotsit hahahahaha what have you got against me?lol |
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Post by amysoniacosmokate on Feb 24, 2007 20:56:58 GMT
actually dish means someone's botty ;D so if someone says 'varda the bona omi with the dolly riah and dolly dish' it means ' look at the handsome man with the nice hair and the nice bum' I didn't think Sean spoke like that what language is that?lol |
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Feb 24, 2007 21:16:02 GMT
It says in the title of the thread. Polari. It's a language gays made up.
Patsy
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Post by amysoniacosmokate on Feb 24, 2007 21:30:28 GMT
what did Sean say in Polari?
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Post by sallywebster on Feb 24, 2007 22:05:20 GMT
Click on the link in the first post, amysoniacosmokate, and it will explain what it is!
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Post by Nick on Feb 24, 2007 23:27:13 GMT
He said Varda
i have nothing against you amysonia........ ;D
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Post by amysoniacosmokate on Feb 24, 2007 23:30:05 GMT
ha...ha
I have nothing against you either
Ni.....
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Post by Nick on Feb 24, 2007 23:32:44 GMT
Touche  |
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Post by amysoniacosmokate on Feb 24, 2007 23:34:48 GMT
why do people use Polari?
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Post by Nick on Feb 25, 2007 15:23:11 GMT
It was used as a secret language by gay men in times when being homosexual was a punishable offence...it incorporates parts or rhyming slang and backchat (which is words spelt backwards eg:Riah for hair) also parts of Romany fairground language...it was used a lot by gay men who were in the merchant navy as well.
it died out in the 60's,but was ressurected by the radio show 'Round the Horne' in the mid sixties where two of the characters 'Julian and sandy' used it while being interviewed by Kenneth Horne
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Post by valda on Feb 25, 2007 15:42:53 GMT
thank you for explaining about it Nick as I had wondered too have a K .
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Post by amysoniacosmokate on Feb 25, 2007 21:03:16 GMT
cool
they don't use it all that much anymore do they?
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Feb 25, 2007 22:41:39 GMT
It was already said at the start of the thread it wasn't. As homosexuality isn't illegal now there's no need to.
Patsy
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Post by Nick on Feb 26, 2007 14:00:30 GMT
gay men do slip the odd phrase in........'ooh me lallys (legs) are aching'
I say lets have a varda (look) sometimes
thanks for the K Val
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Post by amysoniacosmokate on Feb 27, 2007 8:25:07 GMT
right
ok say something and I'll try and see what you said
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Post by pearly queen on Feb 27, 2007 11:42:32 GMT
It all sounds slightly Clockwork Orange to me.
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Post by Nick on Feb 27, 2007 14:45:09 GMT
here goes Alyson....
hello dear nice to varda your dolly old eek....varda the omi at the bar,bona dish but have a varda at the riah.lets go back to my latte for a glass of mothers ruin
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;D
