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* A Clockwork Orange: which language is the gang slang derived from?Predrag Petrovic
`* A Clockwork Orange: which language is the gang slangBill Anderson
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 by: Predrag Petrovic - Wed, 8 Nov 2023 15:08 UTC

On Wednesday, 6 September 1995 at 09:00:00 UTC+2, Eric Ivanov wrote:
> I have a question concerning the "code" language used by the gang in A
> Clockwork Orange. Many words (e.g. "droog" for "pal", "gulliver" for
> "head") seemed derived from serbo-croatian. However, I couldn't get
> all of them, so I wondered if this language was derived from another
> language. Anyone has a clue?
> -eric
Droog (Drug) is definitely Serbian ( serbo-croatian ), but I am not sure about "gulliver" for head.

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 by: Bill Anderson - Wed, 8 Nov 2023 20:04 UTC

Predrag Petrovic <design4um@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 6 September 1995 at 09:00:00 UTC+2, Eric Ivanov wrote:
>> I have a question concerning the "code" language used by the gang in A
>> Clockwork Orange. Many words (e.g. "droog" for "pal", "gulliver" for
>> "head") seemed derived from serbo-croatian. However, I couldn't get
>> all of them, so I wondered if this language was derived from another
>> language. Anyone has a clue?
>> -eric
> Droog (Drug) is definitely Serbian ( serbo-croatian ), but I am not sure
> about "gulliver" for head.
>

Google “slang in a clockwork orange.” it is interesting.

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On 11/8/2023 3:04 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
> Predrag Petrovic <design4um@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 6 September 1995 at 09:00:00 UTC+2, Eric Ivanov wrote:
>>> I have a question concerning the "code" language used by the gang in A
>>> Clockwork Orange. Many words (e.g. "droog" for "pal", "gulliver" for
>>> "head") seemed derived from serbo-croatian. However, I couldn't get
>>> all of them, so I wondered if this language was derived from another
>>> language. Anyone has a clue?
>>> -eric
>> Droog (Drug) is definitely Serbian ( serbo-croatian ), but I am not sure
>> about "gulliver" for head.
>>
>
> Google “slang in a clockwork orange.” it is interesting.

Fun fact: Anthony Burgess also did the cave-speak in QUEST FOR FIRE.

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 by: HenHanna - Sat, 2 Mar 2024 21:14 UTC

moviePig wrote:

> On 11/8/2023 3:04 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
>> Predrag Petrovic <design4um@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, 6 September 1995 at 09:00:00 UTC+2, Eric Ivanov wrote:
>>>> I have a question concerning the "code" language used by the gang in A
>>>> Clockwork Orange. Many words (e.g. "droog" for "pal", "gulliver" for
>>>> "head") seemed derived from serbo-croatian. However, I couldn't get
>>>> all of them, so I wondered if this language was derived from another
>>>> language. Anyone has a clue?
>>>> -eric
>>> Droog (Drug) is definitely Serbian ( serbo-croatian ), but I am not sure
>>> about "gulliver" for head.

i think they are all from Russian.

>>>
>>
>> Google “slang in a clockwork orange.” it is interesting.

> Fun fact: Anthony Burgess also did the cave-speak in QUEST FOR FIRE.

Yes... Great movie... i read the book a few times

Just a few years ago , i read the final chapter
that was deleted for the US release of the book.

-------- this is prob related to the movie's somewhat odd ending.

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