A Dictionary of Polari & Gay Slang

Author: Paul Baker
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0826459617

A Dictionary of Polari & Gay Slang

Polari has been the secret language of gay men and women through the twentieth century. Download A Dictionary of Polari & Gay Slang from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. But more than a language, Polari is an attitude. From the prisons and music halls of Edwardian England to American GIs, to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Polari has been used to laugh, bitch, gossip and cruise. Like all slang, Polari users coined an ever-changing vocabulary. Derived from words used by criminals, circus artists, beggars and prostitutes, it also employed Italian, Yiddish, French, rhyming slang and backslang. Since gay liberation, lesbian and gay slang has become less a language of concealment than a language of specialisation, though the tradition of camp remains. "Fantabulosa" presents a lexicon of Polari and a more general dictionary Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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A Dictionary of Polari & Gay Slang education books for free. But more than a language, Polari is an attitude. From the prisons and music halls of Edwardian England to American GIs, to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Polari has been used to laugh, bitch, gossip and cruise. Like all slang, Polari users coined an ever-changing vocabulary. Derived from words used by criminals, circus artists, beggars and prostitutes, it also employed Italian, Yiddish, French, rhyming slang and backslang "Fantabulosa" presents a lexicon of Polari and a more general dictionary

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