Hugh Young's Lexicon of Polari

Here is the Polari (etc.) wordlist. It is copyright © Hugh Young 1996 provisionally, though much of it is lifted from other copyright works, and I'll have to sort that out later if I get to publish it. It may be copied and used for educational purposes in the meantime (at least as far as I am concerned). The numbers begin anew for each letter (so an entry can be cited as A1, A2, etc.).

As you see, some of it (pronunciations, parts of speech - do they still call them that?) is incomplete, and some words lack derivations (choad? maung(ed)?). For the filling of any gaps, or any suggested additions, I will be very grateful. I have given words and phrases the benefit of the doubt, including some that may be, for example, no-one but Kenneth Williams' idiolect.

I would also be grateful for suggestions of, or offers from, generous foundations who would be prepared to finance a trip to England to study Polari first-hand.

A

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 acqua water h acqua - n It acqua - -

- - - - - - - Lingua Franca (LF) akwa - -

- - - h aqua - - - - - -

2 ajax nearby - - - a - - - -

3 alamo! I'm hot for you/him! d - - excl - acr. LMO = Lick Me Out - -

4 arthur masturbate k - - vi rhyming slang J Arthur Rank = wank - -

5 aspro male prostitute h aspro - n LF aspro 'money' (or E 'arse' + 'pro[stitute]' ?) - - -

- - - h aspra - - - - - -

6 Aunt Nell ears a - - n pl - - - -

- Aunt Nell! Listen to me! a - - excl - - - -

B

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 bagadga penis h bagadga - n It bagaggio "baggage" - -

- - - h bagaga - - - - - -

2 barclays masturbate k - - vi rhyming slang Barclays Bank = wank - -

3 barkey sailor h - - - It barca "boat" - -

4 barnet hair (perh. esp. highly coiffured and styled) ATH - - n rhyming slang Barnet fair = hair "You can have any colour to match your barnet." - Julian and Sandy Barnet fair, a large horse fair in Hertfordshire (Barnet is now part of Greater London)

5 - head, brain pb - - n - - Use your barnet -

6 bat foot a - - n usu pl - - - -

7 - shoe - - - - - - - -

- - shuffle or dance on stage h - - v - - - -

- - shoe b batt - n usu pl - - - -

8 battery knock h - - - It battere - -

- - strike h - - - - - - -

9 battery carsey knock at a door h - - - - - - -

10 benar better h benar - - - - - -

11 bene good h bene bi:n - It bene "well" - -

- - - - ben - - - - - -

12 beyonek shilling h beyonek 'bjAnek - It bianca "white" - -

- - - h beone bj@un - - - - -

- - - h - bijoG - - - - -

13 bevvy drink h bevvy - n It bev- "to drink" - -

- - - - bevie - - - - - -

- - - h bivvy - - - - - -

- - pub, tavern s - - - - - - -

14 bevvy omee drunkard h - - n - - - -

15 bijou small b - - a Fr - - -

16 bimbo dupe, sucker h - - n It bimbo "kid, infant, child" - -

17 binco kerosine flare h - - - It bianca "white" - -

18 blag pick up (man) b - - v i - - - -

19 bod body dl - - - - - - -

20 bold outrageous, flamboyant (and bold) ATH bold - a E - Oooh, 'e's bold! 'e's got the Polari off!" - ATH -

21 bodega shop h - - n It botteca - -

22 bona good - bona 'b@un@ a It buono - -

- - - w bonar - a - - - -

- - - - boner - - - - - -

- - - h bono 'b@un@u a - - - -

23 boner nochy good night h - - - - - - -

24 bonar for attracted to w bonar for - a - - both bonar for Cecil -

25 bonaroo wonderful, excellent r bonaroo - a - - - -

C

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 camisa shirt h camisa - - It camisa - -

2 camp act in a stereotypically feminine way k 1/2/50 camp - v - - - -

- - stereotypically feminine, excessively showy - - - a - - - -

3 capela hat, cap b capela - n It capella - -

- - - r capello - - - - - but see kapello

- - - h kapella - - - - - -

- - - n shap - - - - - thieves' cant

- - - h suppelar - - It suppellettile "household fittings" ...? - -

4 carnish meat, food h carnish ka:niS n It carne "meat" - -

5 carnish ken eating house h carnish ken - - - - - -

6 cartes genitals b - - - - - - -

7 cartzo penis h - 'ka:ts@u - It cazzo "thrust - -

8 carsey house l carsey - - It casa - -

- - lavatory - - - - - - - -

- - brothel - - - - - - - -

- - - h carser - - - - - -

- - - h carzer - - - - - -

9 catever bad h catever - - It cattivo - -

- - - - kerterver - - - - - -

10 charper seek h charper - - It cercare - cf. sharpy

11 charpering carsey police station h charpering carsey 'tSa:p@rin 'ka:zi: - - - - -

12 charver have sexual intercourse - charver tSa:v@' - cf. Sp chava "girl" chabacanada 'a very vulgar expression' - -

- - - ph - - - Sp cavolta "horsemanship" - -

- - - - - - - Romany charva/charver "touch" - -

- - - - chauver 'tSo:v@ - - - - -

13 charvering donna (female) prostitute h charvering donna - - - - - -

14 chavie child l - - - Sp chava "girl" - -

- - - bl - - - - - - -

15 chaud penis - - - - - - - -

16 chicken young boy dl - - - - - - -

17 chinker five l chinker - - It cinque - -

- - - h chikwa - - - - - -

18 cod vile dl - - - - - - -

19 colin erection k - - n rhyming slang? - - -

20 comission shirt h - - - - - - see camisa

21 cottage public loo dl - - - - - - -

- - frequent c's in search of sex - - - vi - - - -

22 crimper hairdresser dl - - - - - - -

23 cull mate n - - - - - - as in "mollying-cull" 18thC

- - testicle n - - - - - - 18th C

D

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 deek observe? r - - - - - - -

2 deaner shilling h - - - - - - see "dinarly"

3 dewey two l dewey - - It due - -

- - - - dooe - - - - - -

- - - - duey - - - - - -

4 dinarly money l dinarli - n Sp dinero - -

- - - - - - - It dinaro - -

- - - - - - - Persian dinar - -

- - - h dinarla - - - - - -

- - - h dinarly - - - - - -

5 dish attractive male dl - - - - - - -

6 dizzy scatterbrained dl - - - - - - -

7 dolly pleasant g - - a It dolce, "sweet" - - -

- - smart and attractive young woman h dolly - n It dolce, "sweet" - - -

- - - h doll - - - - - -

8 dona lady, landlady, woman h dona - - It donna - -

- - - - donna - - - - - -

- - - - doner - - - - - -

9 doob pill (amphetamine) b - - - - - - -

10 dosh money w - - - - - - -

11 dowry a lot, much h dowry - - It dare, "give" - -

12 drag clothes b - - - - - - -

13 drear dreary k - - a - - all very tiring and d. - 12/4/50 -

- - dreary person k - - n E - a group of British drears -

- - behave drearily k - - vi - - d.s along in perfect Cindarella fashion - 6/7/49 -

14 dredge ? m - - - - - - -

E

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 ecaf face b - - n E (backwards sp) - - -

- eek face ATH - - n E (contraction of the above) or - - -

- - - - - - - It eche ("com- plexion"?) - - -

2 +ette (suffix) diminutive ATH - - - - - treazhette ("little treasure"), tour-ette, telegramme -ette - ATH Much more frequent than standard English

3 esong nose dl - - n E (based on backward sp) - - -

F

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 fab fabulous, excellent, marvellous - fab - - - - - -

2 fabe - k 12/5/68 fabe - a Sp fabuloso = Eng. 'fabulous' - -

- - - - fabel - - - - - -

3 fake make, do h fake - n It faccio "I make" - -

- - artificial, false - fake - a - - - -

4 fakement thing, doing, action h fakement - n It faccio" + Eng '-ment' - -

5 fanny ? ATH - - - - - That singing polone, Brice:" "Fanny?" "Maybe to you but we were enthralled!" - ATH -

6 fantabulosa excellent ATH - - - E fanta(stic) + Sp (f.)abuloso - - -

7 fatcha face h fatcha - - It faccia - -

8 feely young b feely - a It. figlie, children - - -

- - child h feele - n - - - -

- - - h feelia - - - - - -

- - - h feelier - - - - - -

- - - l fellier - - - - - -

9 ferricadooza knock-down- blow h ferricadooza - - It ferire - -

- - - h ferrica douzer - - - - - -

10 filiome under-age youth h filiome ,fi:li'@umi: - It figlie" + "uomo" - -

11 flowery lodgings, accomodation, house entertainment - - - - E. prison rhyming slang? flowery dell" = cell ? - -

12 fogle handkerchief h fogle - n It foglia "leaf" - -

13 foon ? ATH - - - - - Divine! Foon, very foon!" - ATH -

G

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 gam leg h gam - - LF gamba - -

2 gajo stranger, non-Gypsy ph gajo - n - - - -

- - - - gaujo - n - - - -

3 gelt money dl gelt - n Ger. via Yiddish? gelt "gold" - -

4 gent money h gent dSent - It argento "silver" - -

5 glossy magazine dl glosssy - n (usu. pl?) - - - -

6 gunta abusive: in your g. d gunta - - - - - -

7 gylrig (desirable?) male k gylrig - n E backlsang? Girlyg[irl]? - park where there was a fabulous g. but not available - 18/6/57 -

- - flirtation? k - - - - - - -

- - sexual k - - a - - - -

H

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 hambag money w hambag - - - - - -

- - presents r handbag - - - - - -

2 hermo sumi obrepens homosexuality? k 2/4/47 hermo sumi obrepens - n h.s. scan-rhyme for "homo-sexu" + quasi L. repere "to creep" cf. obreption "surprising by stealth, obtaining (gift) by false pretences" - - -

- - - k 27/2/47 sermo humi obrepens - n - - - -

IJ

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 jarry eat h - - vt It mangiare - -

- - food h - - n - - - -

- - fellate, have oral sex with b - - - - - - -

2 jew's eye anything of value h - - - It - - -

3 jogger entertain h jogger - - - - - -

- - - h jogar - - Port. jogar "play" - -

4 joggering omee entertainer (male), street musician - - - - - - - -

5 jube breast j cf. doob - n usu pl - - - -

K

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 kaffies trousers dl kaffies - n pl - - - -

2 kamp gay man or lesbian - kamp - n - - - NZ 1960s, 70s. See also 'camp'

3 kapella hat, cap h kapella - - It capella - -

4 kapello cloak h - - - - - - -

5 ken house h - - - - - carnish ken usu. in combination: see also carsey''

6 kerterver cartzo venereal disease h - - n - - - See also 'catever'

L

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 lally leg - lally - n usu pl - - - -

- - - j lallipeg - n - E rhyming sl.? - -

- - - r lyle - n usu pl Anglo- Chinese lai-lo, "come here" - -

2 lapper hand j lapper - n usu pl - - - -

- - - pc lupper - n usu pl - - Rona lau your luppers up the strillers, bona! - ATH -

3 latty, latties house, home, lodgings, accommodation b, m latty, latties - n - - - -

- - - - letties - n It lette - -

4 letty bed h letty - n It lette - -

- - - ph - - - It letti "beds" - -

5 lil hand dl - - n (usu pl?) - - - -

6 lingo language (esp. foreign) h - - - - - - -

7 lucoddy body g - - n E rhyming sl.? - - -

8 lupper finger dl lupper - n (usu pl?) - - - -

M

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 madzer half h madzer - - It mezzo - -

- - - h medzer - - - - - -

- madzer caroon half a crown (two shillings and sixpence) h madzer caroon - - It mezzo corona - -

2 manjalie eat, food h manjalie - - It mangiare - -

- manjarie eat, food h manjarie - - It mangiare - -

3 manky bad, poor, tasteless h manky - - It mancare, "lack, want for" - -

4 martini hand a - - n - - - -

5 matini ring aw (andrea woelke) - - - - - Vade the poloni with the matini. means look at the man* with the ring, i.e. look he's gay. * contraction of omi-poloni? -

6 maunged bad looking g - - - - - - -

- - destroy, damage? - - - - - - - -

7 mazarine mezzanine, platform below stage h mazarine - - It mezzanino - -

8 measures money b measures - n - - - See medzer

- - - l metze - - - - - -

- - - h medzers - - - - - -

- - - dl metzas - - - - - -

9 medzer halfpenny r - - n It mezzo , "half" - -

10 meshigner crazy dl meshigner - - Heb. via Yiddish meshuga, crazy; meshuggener, crazy man - -

11 mish shirt n - - - It camisa - See camisa

12 molly gay man n molly - - - - - -

- - - n molly(ing)-cull - - - - - -

- - - n mollying-bitch - - - - - -

13 muck stage makeup h muck - - It macchia "stain" / Eng. muck - -

14 multy many, a lot h multy - - It molto - -

N

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 nada nothing ma - - - Sp. - Nada to varda in the larder - not well endowed -

2 naff bad b naff - - E. acro: Normal As Fuck, - Acronyms probably back-formed

- - drab dl - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - Not Available for Fucking - -

- - - gb - - - - Naffuckingood - -

- - - ATH naph - - - - - -

3 namyarie eat, food h namyarie - - It mangiare - See jarry

- nanyarie eat, food h nanyarie - - - - - See jarry

4 nanti no, nothing, not, don't h nanti - - It niente Nanti vardering the cartes - Don't look at his basket! -

- - - ma - - - - - Nanti camp - here comes sharpy! -

- - - h nanty - - - - - -

- - - h nantee - - - - - -

- nanti riah bald ATH - - a - - I'm nanti riah - KH -

5 nix no, not, do not h nix - - Ger nichts - -

- - - l nish - - - - - -

- - - dl nishta - - - - - -

- nix-mungarlee nothing to eat, no food h - - - - - - -

6 nobber nine h nobber - - It 35370 - -

- - - l nobba - - - - - -

7 nochy night h nochy n@utSi: - Sp noche (It notte, LF note) - -

O

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 ogle eye a ogle '@ug@l - It occhio, - -

- - - - - - - E ogle - -

- - - j ocal - - - - - -

- - - a ogale - - - - - -

- - - h oogle 'u:g@l - - - - -

- - - j opal - - - - - -

- ogale fakes spectacles a - - - - - - -

- ogle riahs eyelashes b - - - - - - -

2 .ola intensive? k - - - - - tradiola = trade Or just to conceal meaning?

3 omi man, landlord - omi - n It uomo - -

- - - l omie - - - - - -

- - - r omee - n - - - -

- - - h omy - - - - - -

4 omi-paloni gay man g - - - - - - -

- - - h omee-paloney - - - - - -

- - heterosexual c - - - - - - logical ("man-[for]- women") but rare?

5 oney one h oney - - It una - -

6 onk nose dl - - - - cf. esong, or onomat? - -

7 orb eye dl orb - n (usu pl) - - - -

8 otter eight l otter - - It - - -

P

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 pannam bread h pannam - - L panem (It. pane) - -

- - - h pannum - - - - - -

2 palaver talk, argument h palaver - n - - - -

- - argue, discuss h - - v - - - -

3 paloni girl, young woman - paloni p@'l@uni n It pollone "chick" - -

- - - - palone p@'l@un - - - - -

- - - - paloney - - - - - -

- - - - pollone - - - - - -

- - - - polone - - - - - -

4 park give,hand over r park - v It partire "pay out" - -

- - pay l parker - - - - - -

5 parnie water ph parnie - - - - dowry of parnie" - ph -

- - rain - - - - - - - -

6 plate (of ham) fellate k 25/9/68 - - n, vt E rhyming slang gamahouche - -

- - feed dl - - - - - - -

7 pogy small, a little h pogy - - It poco "little" - -

- - - h pogey - - - - - -

8 pogey acqua a little water h pogey acqua - - - - - -

9 poll wig - - - - - - - -

10 ponce pimp h ponce - n - - - -

- - - - pont - - Fr prostitute" + Eng. 'punk' - -

11 ponte pound sterling h ponte - - It pondo "weight" - -

- - - h poona - - - - - -

12 Polari speak h Polari - n It. Parlare (pagliare "to speak" - ph) - Since 1970, as L>A> notes, 1976, 'gay' slang has come to be known in raffish, homosexual circles, as polari." - ph

- - speech - - - n - - - -

- - language - - - n - - - -

- - secret language of gay men - - - n - - - -

- - - - Palary - - - - - -

- - - h Panarly - - - - - -

- - - h Parlare - - - - - -

- - - h Parlaree - - - - - -

- - - h Parlary - - - - - -

- - - h Parlyaree - - - - - h says Partridge distinguishes (gay) Polari from (circus) Parlyaree

13 punk virgin male, male homosexual b, h - - n cf. US vt: "rape anally" E punk Sp punto, puto "male prostitute" - - -

- - male - - - - - - - -

- - male prostitute - - - - - - - -

Q

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 quattro four l quattro - - It quattro - -

- - - h quater - - It - - -

- - - h quarter - - - - - -

2 quartereen farthing, 1/4 of a penny h quartereen - n It quattrino - -

3 Queer-Ken prison house n - - - - - - thieves' cant

4 queue homosexual k queue - a E queer or queen - she says Cyril Ritchard is q.!!! - k. 5/3/48 -

- - - - Q. - v - - is the whole of London going q.ing? - k. 16/3/48 -

- - - - - - n - - talked Q. [sic] for hours - k. 22/8/48 -

R

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 riah hair g riah rai@ [ri@ ?] n E back spelling - - -

- - - - - - - Sp raya "parting in the hair" - -

- - - h raih - - - - - -

- - - a, r riha - - - - - -

2 riah shusher hairdresser dl - - - riah + shusher = zhooh[er] - - -

3 rona lau - pc - - - - - Rona lau your luppers up the strillers, bona! - ATH -

S

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 salter one penny h salter - - It soldi - -

- - - h saltee - - - - - -

- - - h salty - - - - - -

- - - h saulty - - - - - -

2 savvy know, understand h savvy - - LF, Port. sabir - prob from Pidjin through Eng.

3 say six l say - - It sei - -

- - - h sa - - - - - -

4 say dooe eight h say dooe - - - - - -

5 say oney seven h say oney - - - - - -

6 say tray nine h say tray - - - - - -

7 scarper flee h scarper - - It scappare (Eng. rhyming slang: "Scapa Flow" go ?) - -

- - - h scapali - - - - - -

- - - h scarpy - - - - - -

8 screech mouth b - - - E - - -

- - throat b - - - - - - -

9 screeve write h - - v It scrivere - -

- - written material h - - n - - - -

10 setter seven l setter - - It sette - -

11 shamsh(e?) attractive man k 24/10/47 - - n (pl only?) E smasher ? met 2 marines - very charming. Bonar s. -

12 sharper policeman h - - n It cercare + Eng. "sharp" - -

13 sharpy policeman r - - - - - Sharpy's deekin', luv: the police have you staked out cf. charper

14 sharping-omee policeman r - - n - - - cf. charpering omee

15 sheesh ? k 13/7/57 - - - - - ..who looks the full s. -

16 shyckle wig r shykle - n cf. Yiddish shaytl, sheitel, from Ger. "crown of the head, parting" - - -

- - - dl shyker - - - - - -

17 shush steal (from client) dl - Su;S? v cf. zhoosh - - -

18 shush bag holdall dl - - - - - - -

19 slang perform on stage l - - - - - - climb the slang-tree, perform on stage

- - - - - - - - - - slang a dolly to the edge, work a marionette on a small stage to attract an audience

20 slap makeup w - - n - - - -

21 stamper shoe n - - - - - - thieves' cant

22 steamer prostitute's client j - - n E Rhyming slang steam tug = mug - -

23 stish performance? ATH - - n - schtick? an audition, varda our stish" -

24 strill musical instrument, esp piano or violin - - - n It strillare, cry out, shriek - -

- - - ph - - - Neapolitan cant strillante, "cornet" - -

25 striller piano key - - - n usu pl - - Rona lau your luppers up the strillers, bona! - ATH -

26 succey de bede ? k 2/3/58, 11/7/58 - - - - - - -

T

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 tat tatty thing(s) k - - n E tatter - -

2 TBH sexually available (but not gay?) j - - - E To Be Had - -

- - sexual interest - - - - - - says she's got a big TBH with me - 16/11/50 -

3 the article, often used [redundantly, k - - - - - going down on him for t. fellatio - 24/4/72 -

4 tober road ph tober - n Irish (back- formed) bother - to tailors and tramps

- - circus-ground ph - - - - - - to circus people

5 tober omee landlord h tober omee - - - - - -

6 tosheroon two shillings and sixpence h tosheroon - - - - - -

- - - h tusheroon - - - - - -

- - - h tusseroon - - - - - -

7 trade casual sex, person offering it, esp. not gay-identified - - - - - - we had t. chat - 10/5/58 -

8 traditional concerning t k - - - - - a t.piece - 3/7/57 -

- - - - - - - - - in the hope of t. entertainment - 4/4/52 -

9 tradey concerning t - - - - - - all very charming and t. - 12/6/52 -

10 tray three l tray - - It tre - -

11 troll go, walk - - - - E - - -

- - esp. looking for trade dl - - - - - - -

U

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 una one l una - - It una - -

- - - h oney - - - - - -

V

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 vaggerie go, leave, travel h vaggerie - - It viaggiare - -

2 valley drags trousers a - - - - - - lally drags?

3 varda see, look - varda - v cf. Venetian vardia "a look" - -

- - - ph - - - It ult. f. L vedo, I see, ult. f. video - -

- - a look - - - n - - - -

- - - - varder - - - - - -

- - - h vardo - - - - - but cf. also Romany vardo "Gypsy waggon"

- - - h vardy - - - - - -

- - - r verda - - - - - -

4 voche voice h voche - - It voce - -

5 vogue cigarette b - - - - - - -

W

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 wallop dance h wallop - - It gallopare - -

2 walloper dancer h walloper - - - - - -

XYZ

Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form Example Comment

1 zhoosh style (hair) b - - - - - - -

- - throw b - - - - - - -

NUMBERS

	Word	Meaning	Source	Alternate Spellings	Pronunciation	Part of Speech	Original Language	Original Form	Example	Comment
1	una	one	l	una	-	-	It	una	-	-
-	-	-	h	oney	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	dewey	two	l	dewey	-	-	It	due	-	-
-	-	-	-	dooe	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	duey	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	tray	three	l	tray	-	-	It	tre	-	-
4	quattro	four	l	quattro	-	-	It	quattro	-	-
-	-	-	h	quater	-	-	It	-	-	-
-	-	-	h	quarter	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	chinker	five	l	chinker	-	-	It	cinque	-	-
-	-	-	h	chikwa	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	say	six	l	say	-	-	It	sei	-	-
-	-	-	h	sa	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	setter	seven	l	setter	-	-	It	sette	-	-
-	say oney	seven	h	say oney	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	otter	eight	l	otter	-	-	It	-	-	-
-	say dooe	eight	h	say dooe	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	nobber	nine	h	nobber	-	-	It	35370	-	-
-	-	-	l	nobba	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	say tray	nine	h	say tray	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	daiture	ten	l	daiture	-	-	It	dieci	-	-
-	-	-	-	dacha	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	deger	'dedSa	-	-	-	-	-
11	long-dedger	eleven	h	long-dedger	-	-	It	undici	-	-

SOURCE REFERENCES:

Gaytalk by Bruce Rodgers, Paragon, G028 ROD

The Homosexual Society by Hauser, Richard, Bodley Head 1962

Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor (1861) e.g. Vol. 3, p. 47, "Punch Talk"

Robert Leach The Punch and Judy Show - the example here is from a privately recorded interview with an aging showman.

However Partridge does mention a lexicon Vardi the Parlary by Sydney Lester.

ATH - Around The Horne

BOK - Beyond Our Ken

a = Alcock in Walking Aftar Midnight, Routledge 1989, ISBN 0-415-02956-2

aw = Andrea Woelke, St Cuthbert's Society, Durham d.a.woelke@durham.ac.uk

b = Peter Burton, Parallel Lives, GMP 1985, ISBN-0-907040-65-9

bl = Sue Blackwell <BLACKWELLSA@VMS1.ACADEMIC-COMPUTING-SERVICE.BIRMINGHAM.AC.UK>

bo = Andrew Boniface boniface@math.ohio-state.edu)

c = Colin 1993

d = David, Awhina Centre 18/10/94

dl = Daniel Long <dlong@joho.osaka-shoin.ac.jp> quoting Polari by Chris Denning http://www.cygnet.co.uk/~cdenning/polari.html

g = Guardian article 29/7/90

gb = George C Bourne
15c Saunders Place
WANGANUI 5001

h = Ian Hancock "Shelta and Polari" in Language in the British Isles, ed. Trudgill, CUP 1984
N.B. this list was sorted and citations written in IPA.
My translation into ASCII phonetics.

j = John in Between the Acts, Kevin Porter ed., Routlege 1991, ISBN 0-415-00944-8 [an interviewee identified only as John in an oral history written/transcribed/edited by Porter, the Acts being those of 1885 and 1967]

k = The Kenneth Williams Diaries, Russell Davies ed., Harper Collins, ISBN 0 00 255023 7

l = Impertinent Decorum, Gay Theatrical Manouvres by Ian Lucas, Cassell 1994

m = Mike Atkinson mikea@dircon.co.uk

n = Mother Clap's Molly House, The Gay Subculture in England, 1700 - 1830, GMP 1992, quoted in l

pd = Eric Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Macmillan

ph = Eric Partridge Here, There and Everywhere

pc = Philip Clark pclark@oldec1.agw.bt.co.uk

pg = Paul Giaccone k941319@kingston.ac.uk

r = Rodgers, The Queens' Vernacular, Blond and Briggs, Straight Arrow Books 1972, SBN 85634 018 9

s = "Sons of Sawdust" by Edward Seago, Language in the British Isles ed. Trudgill (CUP 1984)