10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARLYAREE»
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Parlyaree in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men
Parlyaree. Seventeenthcentury, derived from the Italian camicia. camp /kaemp/
adjective: flamboyantly effeminate, original, amusing, homosexual, affected.
Originally used at the beginning of the twentieth century. Possibly derived from
the ...
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Language in the British Isles
He goes on to say that it is 'a slang that has much in common with Parlyaree', and
more specifically (Ibid.: 249) that it '. . . in the 19th century detached itself from the
moribund Parlyaree'. Regarding its link with the acting profession, he notes ...
3
Secret Language: Codes, Tricks, Spies, Thieves, and Symbols
Parlyaree and Polari An argot developed among itinerant entertainers in Britain
as early as the seventeenth century called Parlyaree or Parlary (variously spelt),
which is thought to be from Italian parlare 'to speak'. The entertainers in question
...
refer to as Parlyaree. However, the identity of the group who use this canting form
of speech is in question, as the following definitions given to Parlyaree by the
editors of the OED demonstrate: Parlyaree ... Also pariary. [f. It. parlare to speak, ...
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Impertinent decorum: gay theatrical manoeuvres
1851, which states that 'The showmen have but lately introduced a number of
Italian phrases into their cant language'.6 John Bee's Dictionary of 1823 records
the first Parlyaree term, but Eric Partridge agreed with a source of his, R.
Crompton ...
6
Here, there, and everywhere; essays upon language
It was among showmen and strolling players that parlyaree originated, partly in
self-protection; actors and actresses, especially if itinerant, being a despised
class until late in the 19th Century. Henry Mayhew's reference applied
particularly to ...
7
The Language of Theatre
Parlyaree is claimed, (see Beale, Here, There and Everywhere, 1949), to be the
lingua franca of C18-C19 non-legit performers; later, through commerce, it
became current in the mC 19-20 London underworld - the world of
costermongers, ...
8
Closet Space: Geographies of Metaphor from the Body to the Globe
Here he recounts a specific kind of parole that was used by gay men in public
space: Parlyaree: We created words for our own use and it came in from the
ships into the dockside pubs and then the gay pubs. This was the language we
spoke.
9
Hello Sailor!: The Hidden History of Gay Life at Sea
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a number of words from Cant
gradually found their way into a newer form of language, called Parlyaree. Used
by 'grafters' (travelling circus and market people), entertainers, beggars and ...
1 14 Parlyaree young woman. The word survived in this complimentary form
alongside the slang and cant debasement down through the centuries. Francis
Grose, in his A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785) gives blowen as
both ...
Diarmaid Ó Muirithe, 1996
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARLYAREE»
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Parlyaree is used in the context of the following news items.
At Your Service: The Birth of Privates on Parade
When Kenneth Williams spoke Parlyaree, we were in advance of the rest of the nation who wouldn't hear of it till Beyond Our Ken. Our post-war ... «The Arts Desk, Nov 12»
The rides of their lives: Carters Steam Fair
... years that they evolved their own language, Parlyaree. But, unlike about 4,500 other show families, the Carters are not members of the guild. «Telegraph.co.uk, May 12»
