Clockwork trivia

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I spent some time teaching English in Russia. Turns-out that "Clockwork-speak" is a mix of English and Russian slang. chances are that if you watch the movie and don't recognize a word, more than likely it is Russian.

Check out Robert Paulsen tribe if you get a chance. There you can see me with my face smashed in. Something a lot of people on tribe would like to see. Hahaha.

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    Re: Clockwork trivia

    Mon, May 2, 2005 - 11:28 AM
    Some, not all, editions of the book (american printing) have a fairly comprehensive glossary & explanation (not from Burgess himself) about Nadsat's Russian roots. i.e., something really gread is "horrorshow", which, unless I miss my guess, is pretty close, phoenetically, to the russian word for the same general thing (korosho? I don't speak russian. Or spell it.).
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