![]() ![]() In 2010, Cambridge University labelled Polari as an "endangered language". Mainly gay men, although also lesbians, female impersonators, theatre people, prostitutes and sea-queens (gay men in the merchant navy). Straight people who were connected to the theatre also used it, and there are numerous cases of gay men teaching it to their straight friends. ![]() The most famous users of Polari were Julian and Sandy (played by Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams) in the 1960s BBC radio comedy show, Round The Horne (written by Barry Took and Marty Feldman). However, it has also been used in the past by Julian Clary, Larry Grayson, Peter Wyngarde, and in a Jon Pertwee episode of Dr Who (Carnival of Monsters). I have collected almost 500 Polari terms, although it's unlikely that most people would have known or even used that many.
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