Guest ezkerraldean Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 my edition had a glossary in the back. was very handy for someone without knowledge of Russian I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rabid Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 The only slavic language I could speak was polish and I understood the slang perfectly lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsaicin Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ezkerraldean Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 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 The only slavic language I could speak was polish and I understood the slang perfectly lol slavic languages are awesomely close together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3FF3R00 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsaicin Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Yeah taking the last chapter out was a really silly thing to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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