Re: Russian & A Clockwork Orange
Emily Friedman (bananafish_9@yahoo.com)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 15:48:29 -0800 (PST)
> in the introduction to a paperback version of _a cockwork orange_
that i
> read a few years back it said that the slang used by alex and his
droogs was
> supposed to reflect the influence of communist propaganda from the
ussr...
> or something to that effect... the words are purposely taken from
russian
> and anglicized...
>
> _the clockwork orange_ also refers to the 1978 dutch soccer squad i
think...
> (they played like clockwork and had orange jerseys you see...)
>
That is interesting. I never read the Introductions to books, maybe I
should start. (:
-Liz Friedman
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