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A Clockwork Orange (Book)
the-artful-dodger-rodger:
"in-out in-out", something that goes in then out then in again then out again and its something that has to do with sex.
MlKE:
oh.
Ishotdanieljohnston:
Anyone who liked this book, or the film for that matter should deffinitely see If...., Malcolm McDowell's first film and the reason he was cast in CWO.
iliketodraw:
--- Quote from: the-artful-dodger-rodger on 15 Aug 2007, 07:01 ---well all the slang was use as a filter because there is alot of nasty stuff that happens in the book, if he havent use the slang, the book probaby been banned because of the graphicness of the novel.
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It was banned.
Elizzybeth:
--- Quote from: ZedAvatar on 14 Aug 2007, 00:01 ---I remember when I read it for class, our professor gave us a cheat sheet of all the funky slang. Wish I'd hung onto that....
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Bit of a bump, but... there is a full Nadsat wiktionary here, if it helps.
Also, I seriously doubt that the slang was any attempt to stave off banning of the book. In the case of A Clockwork Orange, I felt as though it not only makes Alex a distinctive voice, it also lends to the unsettingling familiarity of the dystopia--even though Nadsat is foreign and initially incomprehensible for most English and American readers, you quickly grow used to the words and thus find yourself in cahoots with these ultraviolent kids. That said, I felt both the book and movie have been over-hyped and inexplicably fetishized; it was good, but not that good.
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