Re: A. Burgess (keeping a dictionary handy)
Emily Friedman (bananafish_9@yahoo.com)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 14:47:12 -0800 (PST)
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> On Sun, 29 Nov 1998 11:23:24 -0500 (EST) Sproutt18@aol.com writes:
> >When I read _A Clockwork Orange_ I ended up printing out a
dictionary
> >I found
> >on-line with all the slang words that Burgess used/made up in that
> >book. I
> >found it very helpful, and since I was doing a report on Burgess I
> >ended up
> >using some of his slang in the writing of that paper.
I would not recommend using a dictionary while reading A Clockwork
Orange because part of the experience of reading the book is becoming
assimilated to the language when you finish. When I first started
reading the book the language sounded like gibberish but soon I was
able to understand it perfectly. I thought it was amazing and if I had
used a dictionary it would not have been the same.
-Liz Friedman
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