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I was out looking for some pretty polly when I stumbled across this site, oh my brothers and only friends. I am happy to have joined up since I have some what of an obssesion with this book and film (barcode tattoo with 6655321 as part of the numbers and I named my dog Alexander DeLarge). It's been a while since the last post, so I don't know if any droogs are still around drinking milk plus to even see this.
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Re: It was Home I was looking for, and it was Home I found
Thu, July 29, 2004 - 3:24 PMyou should post a picture of your tat! -
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Re: It was Home I was looking for, and it was Home I found
Thu, July 29, 2004 - 4:50 PMI posted a picture of my Tat in my profile, I posted a movie poster in the main ACO photo album.
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Re: It was Home I was looking for, and it was Home I found
Thu, July 29, 2004 - 3:54 PMHowdy. I realized the other week that my two favorite movies are Clockwork Orange and Singin' In The Rain. I am starting to wonder what place society has for someone like me.
I know that the song, Singin' In the Rain, was used in Clockwork Orange because it was the only song that Malcolm McDowell knew by heart. What triv do you bring to the table? -
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Re: It was Home I was looking for, and it was Home I found
Fri, July 30, 2004 - 6:04 AMoh duh sorry, now i saw it, kewl! -
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Fri, July 30, 2004 - 7:54 AMTrivia: what was the name of the language used in the book and movie?
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Fri, July 30, 2004 - 11:27 AMOh, good! The language is called Nadsat, and it's based on Russian, German, and some English slang...
Alex's age....Hrm, I remember that his age at the end of the book different, depending on if the edition included the 21st chapter or not, which is when Alex "grows up" and turns 21...of course, not the version the movie used...
What's the answer? Anyone else?
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Re: It was Home I was looking for, and it was Home I found
Fri, July 30, 2004 - 11:29 AM*Crap* no, he's eighteen at chapter 21. Appy polly loggies. I'm guessing he's 15 at the beginning.
Regards, Virginia -
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Re: It was Home I was looking for, and it was Home I found
Fri, July 30, 2004 - 12:19 PMAt the beginning of the novel, according to Burgess's foreword, Alex is roughly 15. Which makes the story that much more powerful in my opinion. -
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Re: It was Home I was looking for, and it was Home I found
Fri, July 30, 2004 - 12:35 PMYou are correct, in the novel he is 15. Also, the Nadsat language had a lot of Gypsy speak as well as the above mentioned.
Now, for a tougher one from the book:
How old are the 2 girls he takes home from the record store?
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Re: It was Home I was looking for, and it was Home I found
Fri, July 30, 2004 - 12:38 PMHe says they are something like two or three years behind him in school . . . making them 12 or 13, if memory serves.
Also . . . the word "devotchka" in russian means alternately "little girl" and "whore", depending on how it's used . . . another of Burgess's brilliant word plays in the book and also a clue as to the ages of all the kids in the book without arousing too much censorship suspicion. -
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Re: It was Home I was looking for, and it was Home I found
Fri, July 30, 2004 - 12:40 PMExcellent!! I see you are quick and very powerful. -
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Re: It was Home I was looking for, and it was Home I found
Fri, July 30, 2004 - 12:43 PMMore like bored and broad band capable, lol.
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Re: It was Home I was looking for, and it was Home I found
Tue, September 21, 2004 - 3:41 PMWhen I read the book for the first time in college back in SF I had borrowed it from the school library and in the margins were written notes on Nadsat in Cyrillic. I thought taht was interesting...
Then I couldn't stop THINKING in Nadsat for like a month...
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