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A comment on Polari: the dead language of gay British men. Parent comment

Re:Polari: the dead language of gay British men by grzm on Thursday September 14, 2017 @09:06PM (#15253802)
Cheers. Both share the same Latin root, homo (man), correct?
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Re:Polari: the dead language of gay British men by interfixus on Thursday September 14, 2017 @10:31PM (#15254133)
Correct. However, the 'homo' in homosexual derives from Greek homo, meaning 'same' or something to that effect.
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Re:Polari: the dead language of gay British men by grzm on Thursday September 14, 2017 @10:41PM (#15254169)
Right. For example, homogenous. Or homonym. Not related to homme or uomo. No connection to homosexual was implied.
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