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Contug our study on LGBT slangs English, there is a very tertg variatn spoken South Ai and the Cape Town regn lled Gayle language.  NOTE om the webse For Qutng Queers (1999): Bee of the historilly actured nature of South Ain society, polarised along racial and lguistic l, two distct gay "languag" have…

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LIST OF SOUTH AIN SLANG WORDS - SPECIAL-E SLANG - GAY SLANG

Gayle remas as popular as ever – but has evolved, shifted and bee a language spoken by more than jt gay men. * gay lingo south africa *

Gay SlangSlang veloped the 1970s to allow the speakers to nverse public whout drawg attentn – ually referrg to girls' nam often wh the first letter mon wh the tend meang:.

gayle – the name for this slang.

mary – obv homosexual. polly – Portugue homosexual. In the past two s there’s been a greater acceptance of gay men many societi.

GAYLE: SOUTH AI’S SECRET GAY LANGUAGE

Gayle, a secret gay language, flourished durg South Ai’s apartheid-era, the language lgers on today SA slang, ed by gay * gay lingo south africa *

This n be seen, for stance, by the number of overtly gay men who occupy centre stage on prime time TV. And Somizi’s speech is fluenced by the South Ain lexin known as “Gayle” which is still e today the untry.

Ken Cage extensively explored the language’s history and velopment his 2003 book “Gayle: the language of kks and queens: a history and dictnary of gay language South Ai”. All of the varieti of language were veloped historilly by gay men (and to a lser extent lbians) who need their own way of speakg to avoid tectn and persecutn. Gayle remas as popular as ever – but has evolved, shifted and bee a language spoken by more than jt gay men.

CONNIE, SALLY AND PRISCILLA: GAY SLANG SOUTH AI

South Ain gay culture has produced a rich range of slang terms which has been lled a 'gay vernacular.'  Although of urse many South Ain gays will have never ed or may actively dislike and avoid the slang terms, they are trigug ditors of a vibrant subculture. Gerr Olivier clus a long list of terms… * gay lingo south africa *

It has been adopted by others, and is ed often by those who want to show allegiance wh gay people. There is a growg amount of rearch about Gayle, and ’s even been the subject of a short documentary, “Visg Gayle” by filmmaker Lren Mulligan.

SOUTH AI’S GAYLE

As I have argued my own rearch, the populary and longevy of Gayle South Ai shows how lguistic rourc n be mobilised by anyone.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY LINGO SOUTH AFRICA

How Cape Town's "Gayle" has endured -- and been adopted by straight people .

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