| Some samples of Polari sentences |
| Both my culls multee bonar for Robert |
Both my mates are strongly attracted to Robert. |
| Nanti vardering the cartes. - Oooh, nada to varda in the larder. |
Don't look at his basket! - Oh, he is not well endowed. |
| Omnes and palones of the jury, vada well at the eek of the poor omee standin' before you, his lallies trembling. |
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, look carefully at the face of the poor man who stands in front of you - his legs are trembling. |
| As feely homies, we would zhoosh our riahs, powder our eeks, climb into our bona new drag, and our gildy batts and troll off to some bona bijou bar. |
As we are young men, we would comb our hair, powder our faces, wear our best new clothes, and our fancy shoes, and walk to some good little bar. |
| How bona to vada your eek! |
How good to see your face! |
| Varda that swishin' omi-poloni with the nanna matini. |
Look at that flamboyant gay man with the awful ring. |
| Vagaried to Eine, where I met a fantabulous gylrig, but NTBH. |
I went to London, where I met a fantastic (and desirable) male, but he wasn't available. |
| Nantee palari before the gajo cull. |
Don't speak Polari before that outsider. |
| Polari version of the King James Bible |
| 1. In the beginning Gloria created the heaven and the earth. |
| 2. And the earth was nanti form, and void; and munge was upon the eke of the deep. And the nanti lucoddy of Gloria trolled upon the eke of the aquas. |
| 3. And Gloria cackled, Let there be sparkle: and there was sparkle. |
| 4. And Gloria vardad the sparkle, that it was bona: and Gloria divided the sparkle from the munge. |
| 5. And Gloria screeched the sparkle Day, and the munge he screeched nochy. And the bijou nochy and the morning were the una day. |
to read all the Bible translated to Polari, go to:
http://www.thesisters.demon.co.uk/bible/ |
