Polari – this bizarre slang has been around for hundreds of years.

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You’ve probably heard the language spoken in Doctor Who, Doom Patrol, Filth Rich and Catflap, Velvet Goldmine, or Dragon Quest, sometimes subtitled like a foreign language. Polari is the name of a form of slang that was once used in Britain by some actors, circus and fairground showmen, professional wrestlers, merchant navy sailors, criminals, prostitutes,…

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English man has stroke, wakes up speaking Welsh.

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Alun Morgan, 81 years old, grew up speaking English but lived in Wales for a while during an evacuation in World War II. He was only in Wales a few months and admits that he “learned a bit of Welsh” while he was there but was not proficient with the language. He has not spoken…

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Computer in Spanish

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A student then asked, What gender would a computer be? Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into a male and female group, and asked each group to decide for themselves as to whether computer should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for…

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