Round the horn radio program brought polari into the mainstream and eventually it got picked up by some celebrities although the word and meaning of naff got mis-used.Princess Anne told someone to naff off,wrong.! Naff means, not nice,horrible tasteless etc. An example would be the reaction to an ugly dress for instance,you’d say,”What a naff frock,or, naff drag dear!
Naff in polari stood for not available for fucking....so it described anything straight and not bona....naff omi is a straight man. Nantie trade there dear he's naff
I could just listen to Bette talk all day! Great hair too for a gent in his 70s!
I learned the Polari in the British merchant navy in the mid 1955.
Fantastic analysis of an important part of our history. Thanks
Thank you so much for sharing. X
Thank you very much for this!
Love this thank you so much! I ,ove Julian and Sandy
Round the horn radio program brought polari into the mainstream and eventually it got picked up by some celebrities although the word and meaning of naff got mis-used.Princess Anne told someone to naff off,wrong.! Naff means, not nice,horrible tasteless etc. An example would be the reaction to an ugly dress for instance,you’d say,”What a naff frock,or, naff drag dear!
Naff in polari stood for not available for fucking....so it described anything straight and not bona....naff omi is a straight man. Nantie trade there dear he's naff
I always thought it referred to straight guys who were NAFF meaning Not Available For Fucking
I wonder who the gorgeous bloke in the picture behind Paul Shaw's head is? Looks like a promotional headshot or still from a picture.
It looks like a younger version of him.
Could it be the actor, Ben Wishaw?
It looks very like him to me 🤔
Polari (or I guess a modern Afrikaans sytle) is still being used in South Africa, if im not mistaken.
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What about the Northern version of Polari ‘ Bummas’ ?
Can you share more on that?
Slipping into polari in order not to be understood - parallels what the Welsh do when an English speaker is within earshot
Oh inney bold?
Who else thought it was a woman from the thumbnail