Submit Response

SparkStats

Submit Response is a weblog by Jack Mottram, a journalist who lives in Glasgow, Scotland. There are 1308 posts in the archives. You can subscribe to a feed. This post was made on and belongs in the art and culture category. The previous post was , and the next post is .

Polari Dictionary

i found a pretty good polari dictionary earlier; browsing through, was surprised to discover that some of the words were identical to scots terms [i’ve looked for a good scots dictionary online, but there isn’t one; predictably, those keen to preserve spoken scots aren’t exactly au fait with html]. no idea whether the common words developed separately and coincidentally, or whether there’s a link, but polari’s such a mangled conglomeration of so many different languages that i wouldn’t be surprised if there was a link. maybe jack would care to go on a polari research binge…

pop culture news: natalie imbruglia is being interviewed on tv. she’s gorgeous, but she’s a bit dim…

oh, and i think i’ve exhausted the net. the proof? click here

Posted at 10pm on 25/01/02 by Jack Mottram to the art and culture category.
Permalink · Add to del.icio.us

Comments are closed

Comments are currently closed on this entry.

Comments are closed.

Recent Posts

Categories

Archives

Elsewhere

Search