Yes We Cant: Anti-Languages and Argots - DIRT 163

What this episode covers

Come along for an exploration of anti-languages and the qualities that make them successful in building community and maintaining safety among the people that develop them. From occupational jargon to survival as a marginalized group to being hip with the kids, we tour a few of these languages, and subject everyone to a 16th century dialogue with translation. Links * O latín dos canteiros en Cabana de Bergantiños (Madrygal, in Galician) [https://web.archive.org/web/20100403084106/http://revistas.ucm.es/fll/11389664/articulos/MADR0404110113A.PDF] * Anti-Languages (American Anthropologist) [https://www.jstor.org/stable/674418] * The Language of the Underworld and its Sociolinguistic Significance (Contributions to the Study of Language, Literature and Culture) [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.471.6464&rep=rep1&type=pdf#page=45] * The secret "anti-languages" you're not supposed to know (BBC Future) [https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160211-the-secret-anti-languages-youre-not-supposed-to-know] * The Book of Vagabonds and Beggars: With a Vocabulary of Their Language (via Google Books) [https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/86148/uncovering-thieves-cant-elizabethan-slang-underworld] * A caveat or warning for common cursetors, vulgarly called vagabonds. Whereunto is added, The tale of the second taking of the counterfeit crank (via Google Books) [https://books.google.com/books?f=false&id=K0eK6uQC37kC&pg=PR%3Cem%3E6%22%20%5Cl%20%22v%3Donepage&q] * Uncovering Thieves' Cant, the Elizabethan Slang of the Underworld (MentalFloss) [https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/86148/uncovering-thieves-cant-elizabethan-slang-underworld] * Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (via Project Gutenberg) [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5402] * A brief history of Polari: the curious after-life of the dead language for gay men (The Conversation) [https://theconversation.com/a-brief-history-of-polari-the-curious-after-life-of-the-dead-language-for-gay-men-72599] * The Polari Bible (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) [https://www.polaribible.org/] * Putting on the Dish (via YouTube) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8yEH8TZUsk] * Putting on the Dish Screenplay (Brian and Karl) [https://brianandkarl.tumblr.com/post/122421969778/heres-the-screenplay-for-putting-on-the-dish-for] * This Month in Linguistics History: Lavender Language/Linguistics (Linguistic Society of America) [https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/month-linguistics-history-lavender-languagelinguistics] * Cants And 'Anti-Languages' — The Hidden World Of Secret Languages (Babbel Magazine) [https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/cants-and-anti-languages-the-secret-history-of-cryptolects] * Verlan - French Slang (ThoughtCo) [https://www.thoughtco.com/verlan-vocabulary-1371433] Contact * Email the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]