Lavender Languages & Linguistics 24
Conference Programme
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Workshop
Note that a special event 'Language and Gender: Discrimination and Conflict' will be taking place at the University of Nottingham the day before Lavender. Please click here for more information and registration.
Special workshop: How to Polari Bona, with Paul Baker.
Polari was a form of language spoken by gay men and women in the first half of the 20th century. Used for secrecy, identification, humour and gossip, it enabled a camp performance of gay sexuality for its speakers. With a lexicon of around 400 words from a variety of sources (rhyming slang, Italian, backslang, Cant etc) it was constantly developing and relied a lot on the creativity of its speakers who improvised new words and phrases, using a telegraphic form of grammar. In this one hour workshop you will learn the basics of speaking Polari through a series of interactive games. By the end of the class you should know your lally from your luppers and be able to dish the dirt. Unleash your inner omee-palone or palone-omee and troll along!
Please note that numbers are limited for this workshop, which runs on Saturday 29th April 12-1pm: a sign-up sheet for this session will be available at the registration desk from the morning of Friday 28th April 2017, and places will be available on a first come, first served basis.