The Bible in Polari

[Michael Quinion]

Grant Barrett wrote of Polari:

> Gay slang:
> http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/polari.htm

Well, up to a point, Lord Copper. It's now regarded as such, and the
little of it that's still known is strongly associated in the UK with
gay life, but historically it was a cant or argot of showmen and the
like, particularly theatre folk, which is how it acquired its gay
tag.

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Michael Quinion
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