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minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI always thought it was because they were orange
minus-squareStarya67@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoOrang means human or person (not “guy”, honestly), (h)utan means forest.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months ago‘A Clockwork Orange’ possibly comes from Malay ‘orang’. Although Burgess alternatively credited a cockney expression, but no record of such an expression exists.
I always thought it was because they were orange
Orang means human or person (not “guy”, honestly), (h)utan means forest.
‘A Clockwork Orange’ possibly comes from Malay ‘orang’. Although Burgess alternatively credited a cockney expression, but no record of such an expression exists.