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More on Polari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari I grew up listening to recordings of "Round the Horne" in the UK, whic

More on Polari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari I grew up listening to recordings of "Round the Horne" in the UK, which included two characters Julian & Sandy that chatted a little in Polari during their sketches. A bunch of Polari words and phrases have migrated into general UK slang — so it's not really a case of dying out… more migrating and changing — as languages & dialects often do.

graham-miln 11y ago
You can listen to Round the Horne and The Navy Lark today on BBC iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c7q4l/episodes/player http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c7q4l/episodes/player http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bfvkd/episodes/player http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bfvkd/episodes/player Liverpool's Maritime Museum has an insightful exhibit on gay life at sea; the exhibit includes a section on the polari: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/visit/floor-plan/life-at-sea/gaylife/index.aspx http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/visit/floor-plan...
- BenDaglish 11y ago
  ...and, co-incidentally, there's also available at the moment a documentary about Julian and Sandy - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jwhr http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jwhr
- Angostura 11y ago
  I'm always astonished as to hows fresh Round the Horne sounds even today, when many of the comedy programmes of that era sound distinctly dated. Still funny, worth a listen.
edent 11y ago
There's an excellent Julian and Sandy sketch where they run a web design agency - http://tjathurman.tumblr.com/post/124925252596/information-bona-highway http://tjathurman.tumblr.com/post/124925252596/information-b...
- Joeboy 11y ago
  As I'm sure you know but others might not, that's not a "real" Julian and Sandy sketch. Edit: The classic Julian and Sandy sketches were recorded between 1965 and 1968. The last one was a reunion in 1987, shortly before Kenneth Williams' death.
TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
Well, even if much of its content is taken up by regular English, it's still dying.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
  English took a lot of vocabulary from Norman French, but that doesn't mean Norman French is alive, for example.
buro9 11y ago
It reminded me a lot of Monty Python too.
walshemj 11y ago
Me to now looking back I am surprised the way round the horn got away with so much
mc32 11y ago
Incidentally, Morrissey had a single 'Piccadilly Palari' about male prostitution in the Piccadilly circus area in which he included polari cant.

graham-miln 11y ago

You can listen to Round the Horne and The Navy Lark today on BBC iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c7q4l/episodes/player http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c7q4l/episodes/player http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bfvkd/episodes/player http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bfvkd/episodes/player Liverpool's Maritime Museum has an insightful exhibit on gay life at sea; the exhibit includes a section on the polari: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/visit/floor-plan/life-at-sea/gaylife/index.aspx http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/visit/floor-plan...

BenDaglish 11y ago
...and, co-incidentally, there's also available at the moment a documentary about Julian and Sandy - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jwhr http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jwhr
Angostura 11y ago
I'm always astonished as to hows fresh Round the Horne sounds even today, when many of the comedy programmes of that era sound distinctly dated. Still funny, worth a listen.

edent 11y ago

There's an excellent Julian and Sandy sketch where they run a web design agency - http://tjathurman.tumblr.com/post/124925252596/information-bona-highway http://tjathurman.tumblr.com/post/124925252596/information-b...

Joeboy 11y ago
As I'm sure you know but others might not, that's not a "real" Julian and Sandy sketch. Edit: The classic Julian and Sandy sketches were recorded between 1965 and 1968. The last one was a reunion in 1987, shortly before Kenneth Williams' death.

TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago

Well, even if much of its content is taken up by regular English, it's still dying.

TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
English took a lot of vocabulary from Norman French, but that doesn't mean Norman French is alive, for example.

buro9 11y ago

It reminded me a lot of Monty Python too.

walshemj 11y ago

Me to now looking back I am surprised the way round the horn got away with so much

mc32 11y ago

Incidentally, Morrissey had a single 'Piccadilly Palari' about male prostitution in the Piccadilly circus area in which he included polari cant.