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The '''Polari''' or '''Polare''' was a method of speech developed in the carnivals of [[Earth]], but which spread out from there.
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'''Palare''' (pa-lar-ree) or '''Polari''' was the language developed and used by carnival people and other travelling entertainers. [[Ace]] could speak and understand parlare, including swears. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'')


When [[Vorg]] spent time on [[Earth]], he picked up some of the Polari. When he met [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]], he believed he was also a showman and attempted to speak to him using the Polari. ([[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters]]'')
When [[Vorg (Carnival of Monsters)|Vorg]] spent time on [[Earth]], he picked up some of the Palare. When he met the [[Third Doctor]], he believed he was also a showman and attempted to speak to him using the Palare. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters]]'')


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[[Jacquilian]] and [[Sanki]] spoke primarily in Parlare. [[Mike Yates]], [[Alexander Shuttleworth]] and [[Forgwyn]] could also speak it, and [[Bernice Summerfield]] was fluent, considering it "basically what her mates spoke". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'')
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Palare

Palare (pa-lar-ree) or Polari was the language developed and used by carnival people and other travelling entertainers. Ace could speak and understand parlare, including swears. (PROSE: Love and War)

When Vorg spent time on Earth, he picked up some of the Palare. When he met the Third Doctor, he believed he was also a showman and attempted to speak to him using the Palare. (TV: Carnival of Monsters, PROSE: Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters)

Jacquilian and Sanki spoke primarily in Parlare. Mike Yates, Alexander Shuttleworth and Forgwyn could also speak it, and Bernice Summerfield was fluent, considering it "basically what her mates spoke". (PROSE: Happy Endings)