User talk:Keir
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[edit] Polari
Regarding your list of Polari words which have entered mainstream English: I am rather confused. The only dates the artcile gives for Polari is the 1950s and 60s; yet several of the words from your list vastly predate the 50s and 60s. ('Bloke' is the most obvious example; 'bimbo' is regularly used by P. G. Wodehouse; and I have to say that I have my doubts about 'drag' and 'mince' too.) So if you're right in saying those words entered English from Polari, then clearly Polari must have older origins. Please explain! Doops 21:49, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
I didn't create the entry on Polari. I simply added my limited knowledge to it. To answer your question, at a guess I would suggest that either (1) Polari is older than the entry suggests and was around in Wodehouse's time; or (2) Wodehouse drew the words from the same Romani sources. I think theory no (1) is probably more likely. Polari doesn't have a strict etymological definition and hasn't been particularly well documented AFAIK, so the Wikipedia entry could be wrong.Keir
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