It's been observed that one way to evade the AI scraping is just to post in rhyming slang and similar - maybe #polari will make a comeback?

When you have an obsession with Music and FreeTube at the same time!

i feel like just reading the polari dictionary is giving me so much information about the time and the culture of its collection and use. like specifically, the amount of terms for certain things and the lack of terms for others, and the variety of specific words.

it's impossible to make conclusions without further context - are these remembered for a specific reason, what's regional, how were these collected? by whom, when?

but it's fascinating how much a snapshot of language can still reveal.

#gayhistory #polari #lgbqtqhistory

Political dialects babelize. The confusion of tongues can conceal shared interests and objectives between leftwing and rightwing, and conflicting interests and objectives between right and right, left and left. Elites, left and right, exploit this confusion. Keep their constituencies captive with cant. Maybe we need the equivalent of #Polari for the internal proletariat, a right/left pidgin for the underclass, so the rest of us can talk under the elites. Hmm? #talkingtomyselflettingyoulisten

New YouTube video from Olly Alexander:

‘When We Kiss’ is out today !! #newmusic #polari

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcFeEY07SY4

Normally, this time of year, I'd be pushing my #Waterstones and #Amazon links, but this time, if you're more environmentally conscious, please consider second-hand book retailers

You'll find most of my ten publications, including #poetry collections I've authored, a co-authored pamphlet, other titles I've translated and #anthologies I've co-edited

Whether you love poetry, #history or #children's #literature in #Gaelic, English, or #Polari there's something for everyone

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?an=mac%20tuairneir%20marcas&cm_sp=det-_-plp-_-author

I'm replaying Dragon Quest Builders 2 at the mo, and had completely forgotten about the Goodybag - a monster that's basically a sack of loot, with necklaces and treasure poking out of the top - called Jules who speaks #polari . I don't know who does the localisation for the games, but it's brilliant. Bona, even.

Thought I haven't been in IRC for a while, and figured I'd join #debian support or such to look around while testing out #polari.
Turns out I had forgotten my NickServ credentials, and after some poking at it to confirm I didn't remember wrong that I had registered there, I got some mental damage from NickServ informing me how long "for a while" had actually been...

Nickname last seen: Sat 09 Jan 2010 18:53:16 +0000 (14y 9m 30d 23:43:56 ago)

I thought it was just a few years at most..

There's a guy downstairs sanding down my parquet floor who has a logo on his van proudly proclaiming that he's a "Certified Bona Contractor".

I'm sure fans of Polari will find that reassuring.

He seems to be doing a pretty bona job so far, at any rate.

I was today years old when I learned that #ACDC means #bisexual in #Polari.
And just a few days before that I learned that the movie “Inauguration of the pleasure dome” used #GlagoliticMass by #Czech composer #LeošJanáček as soundtrack, which is extremely interesting for me due to family stories that are connected to all of this in a way.
And - by the way - there’s a beer named #TarasBoulba.

This was a great weekend.
#UselessKnowledge

Dragon Quest Builders 2 translation: Discussion on Reddit about an amazing localization of a Japanese videogame with lots of clever slang
https://www.reddit.com/r/DQBuilders/comments/cg1sd8/who_did_the_english_translation_for_the_us_release/
#dragonquest #translation #language #polari #games #dqb2 #dqb #+

In related news the #British slang word 'naff' (meaning unfashionable or otherwise valueless) was originally a #Polari (gay slang) word: Not Available For Fucking

#Linux #IRC Client #Polari Gets Fresh New Look

https://www.omglinux.com/linux-irc-client-polari-updated/

« A new version of #Polari, a terrific looking #IRC client for #Linux desktops, is out » by @omglinux
› https://www.omglinux.com/linux-irc-client-polari-updated/

Proud Pink Sky (Redfern Jon Barrett @Redfern ) – In an #AltHistory, the end of WWII sees the formation of Berlin as an independent #gay state with #polari as an official language. Now 24 million strong and a glittering futuristic metropolis, it is divided into an assortment of gay and lesbian districts (Twinkstadt, Diesel, Paw, Adonis…) including a hetero district for the immigrant straight labour and Q; which houses those who don’t fit into the strict categories of Gay and Lesbian. Those who as #bisexual, #trans+ and #polyamorous are seen as diluting the gay state and a fifth column for heterosexuals. Same-sex monogamous marriage is a requirement for full citizenship in Berlin.

The story follows the teen William who flees the homophobic persecution of Britain with his lover but struggles to find a place in the city’s rigid hierarchy. Meanwhile, Cissie and her family move to the city’s heterosexual district while her husband takes construction work. But while he falls into religious propaganda, Cissie explores life in the illegal trans district as tensions mount between the state and its undesirable residents.

I have to say, I’ve long been enamoured by the idea of a gay homeland to feel safe in, as flawed as the idea is (and have occasionally wanted to write a novel on this myself). To have this played out but the state centred on the community’s internal biphobia, transphobia etc. is very uncomfortable. The fact the city’s majority wants to be seen as normal and respectable enough to be accepted by the wider world (despite the distinction never mattering to bigots) sounded very familiar to groups like Mattachine, those who want to throw the radicals under the bus and conform to cishet values as much as possible. Put on a suit and tie, get married and be as non-threatening as possible rather than burn down the system that oppresses us. I never imagined a gay state being anything other than a revolutionary one and this is both innovative and depressing/sobering at the same time.

Then that the rest of the world never progressed on gay rights while everyone fled to Berlin is also a key part of why the gay nation idea has always been a risk - if you all leave, how will things improve for the kids born after you? We’re not free unless every queer child is born into that freedom.

Yet at the same time, the arguments for the safety found inside the nation used by various characters are particularly poignant in today’s climate, even if those most in need of it are those who are discriminated against in Barrett’s Berlin. All this really serves to underline the importance of unity within the community as the one thing that has got us through our darkest eras.

All in all, it is a fascinating and engaging book (especially for me as someone who has long been intrigued by the idea and is a nerd for #queer history, Berlin, and Polari). My only note is that there was only a partial resolution and I feel there is far more potential to the world created that is touched upon by this book. Like seeing a town through a train window as you whizz by. I’d love to read more exploring other aspects and dynamics within the city, and different eras of its history.

Barrett is on Masto (tagged at the top) and has a trailer for the book in their feed.

Fun factoid, there have been minor attempts to create a gay nation, such as the attempted takeover of Alpine County, California. None have really got very far at all though. But our migration to our communities has been common enough throughout our history so I wouldn’t say it is implausible that it could still happen.

And as always, support your local queer bookshop. They’re our little Berlins (without the dystopic element); Gays the Word and Common Press in London.

#Bookstodon #Books #QueerBooks #LGBTQ+ #TransBooks #Transgender #SciFi

A spot of #Polari in your 70s #DoctorWho!
Carnival of Monsters (1973)
#3rdDoctor

"Oven Bottom Muffins"

Probably all the Carry On films I was exposed to as a kid, but this just sounds like it should mean something naughty or cheeky.

Or it was a phrase in Polari. Imagining it being said in a Kenneth Williams voice ...