"How gay men used to speak - A short film in Polari" on YouTube

[davidt]

Mike sends the link:

"How gay men used to speak - A short film in Polari" on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8yEH8TZUsk

 

[Skylarker]

So...all British guys past, present, and future?

 

[My Only Weakness]

Well, that settles it, I was, without question, a tortured gay Brit in a past life.
I could understand this.
Maybe a lot of this polari, which I thought was palare, for obvious reasons, has crept into modern slang round here.
Maybe the people I learned it from are in the closet.
I don't know.

 

[Deleted member 1074]

How gay men speak today:

http://www.morrissey-solo.com/search.php?searchid=642213

 

[Anonymous]

So, Bono Darth Vader?