Re:Polari: the dead language of gay British men
by Ballantara on Thursday September 14, 2017 @07:17PM
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Their Polari bible translation has "unto the homie" == "to the man", so Polari for "man" is "homie"! I think the modern slang homie comes from "homeboy", so that'd be convergent etymology?
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Re:Polari: the dead language of gay British men
by anewhnaccount2 on Friday September 15, 2017 @02:31AM
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Different "o" sounds: as in top and as in home.
Re:Polari: the dead language of gay British men
by grzm on Thursday September 14, 2017 @07:23PM
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Interesting. I'd (naïvely) guess Polari homie would come from the French homme, so it would be convergent (as opposed to some shared etymological root).
Re:Polari: the dead language of gay British men
by jdminhbg on Thursday September 14, 2017 @08:26PM
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Looks like it's actually from Italian uomo (plural uomi), and most places seem to spell it "omie" without the "h."
Re:Polari: the dead language of gay British men
by grzm on Thursday September 14, 2017 @09:06PM
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Cheers. Both share the same Latin root, homo (man), correct?
Re:Polari: the dead language of gay British men
by interfixus on Thursday September 14, 2017 @10:31PM
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Correct. However, the 'homo' in homosexual derives from Greek homo, meaning 'same' or something to that effect.
Re:Polari: the dead language of gay British men
by grzm on Thursday September 14, 2017 @10:41PM
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Right. For example, homogenous. Or homonym. Not related to homme or uomo. No connection to homosexual was implied.