Date: 2005-03-03 08:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] staircase-wit.livejournal.com
I heard something on NPR months ago, about a gay cant, but it wasn't Spannish. Are gays now using Spannish to communicate subvertly with each other?

Date: 2005-03-03 08:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] staircase-wit.livejournal.com
I thought the issue with Spongebob Squarepants and Seseme Street is a supposed norming of homosexuality. Polari is a cant developed in order to allow homosexuals to communicate with each other. If the issues of teaching Spannish and normalizing homosexuality are related, then it may be due to the use of Spannish as a covert language among homosexuals. (http://andrejkoymasky.com/lou/pol/pol001.html")

Date: 2005-03-03 09:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] staircase-wit.livejournal.com
I do things by the rules if I'm not sure.

The rule is in a two-sylable word, short vowels are followed by a double letter. E,g, "latter" vs" "later." I'm guessing from context that "Spanish" is correct.

You know I can't spell.

Date: 2005-03-03 10:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] staircase-wit.livejournal.com
Ah, I'll commit that rule to memory.

I think using Microsoft Word has helped me improve my spelling. It used to be absolutely horid. Sometimes I have blank-out moments where I question everything, though. Usually it involves sufixes. -ible vs. -able, -ey vs -y, etc.

I just recalled

Date: 2005-03-03 08:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] staircase-wit.livejournal.com
It's called Polati. As far as I remember, Polati has never been a part of Sesame Street.

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