Clockwork Orange

read it ages ago but suddenly realised that, since i knew enough russian to know what all the slang talk meant, i was in a minority of readers and shit, you see. did Burgess make up the Nadsat droog speak to be intentionally inpenetrable or not, do ye reckon?

pretty awesome how the spellings make some of the words seem perfectly English, especially Horrorshow and Gulliver.

my edition had a glossary in the back. was very handy for someone without knowledge of Russian I guess.

The only slavic language I could speak was polish and I understood the slang perfectly lol

  On 4/1/2010 at 8:54 PM, sneaksta303 said:

my edition had a glossary in the back. was very handy for someone without knowledge of Russian I guess.

Yeah mine too. I already knew that it was a mix of russian too though.

I read it and didn't use the glossary nor did I know any russian. I just assumed the meanings from the context it was used in. "Horrorshow" was easy to figure out.

  On 4/1/2010 at 8:54 PM, sneaksta303 said:

my edition had a glossary in the back. was very handy for someone without knowledge of Russian I guess.

damn there goes my idea then

  On 4/1/2010 at 9:04 PM, Rabid said:

The only slavic language I could speak was polish and I understood the slang perfectly lol

slavic languages are awesomely close together

Great book. I read that Burgess' intention with the book (originally printed without the glossary) was to brainwash the reader into learning a minimal understanding of the Russian language.

  On 4/1/2010 at 8:54 PM, sneaksta303 said:

my edition had a glossary in the back. was very handy for someone without knowledge of Russian I guess.

Same. I had to analyse for a course. Think it was a Penguin book.

Ya very possibly it was. I saw another edition, twas probably 30 year old that didn't have the last chapter included. Totally changes the tone of the book really.

Yeah taking the last chapter out was a really silly thing to do