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  1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

    # that "clockwork orange" is/was a Cockney turn of phrase meaning expressly odd. Or re-learned it as it did seem familiar.

    Friday, 12-Feb-16 15:38:19 UTC from web
    1. orungano orungano

      @awl huh, neat

      Friday, 12-Feb-16 15:38:31 UTC from web
      1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

        @tiffany quoth Anthony Burgess on ann introduction he did for a later publishing for the novel with said phrase: "If he can only perform good and evil, he is a clockwork orange-- meaning that he has the appearance of an organism lively with the colour and juice but is in fact a clockwork toy to be wound up by God or the Devil". Really good analogy.

        Friday, 12-Feb-16 15:53:04 UTC from web
        1. orungano orungano

          @awl we all learned something today

          Friday, 12-Feb-16 15:54:51 UTC from web