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WIth an appy polly loggy to Anthony Burgess ...
This was the quote of the day in our Congressional report today. I have absolutely no idea what the context of it was, but it is nice to have a literate candidate for president.
"Righty right, me malenky droogs. Come with uncle and hear all proper! Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones. You are all invited. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their faces, with bootsie-woots if thou it suits. One thing I could never stand was to hear a filthy, dirty old partisan bushie, howling away his filthy songs and going blurpy blurp. Naughty, naughty, naughty! You filthy old soomkas!” --Sen Obama (D-IL) telling supporters to “get in the faces” of wavering voters.
(If you don't get it, I suggest you google a phrase like "nadsat glossary.")
"Righty right, me malenky droogs. Come with uncle and hear all proper! Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones. You are all invited. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their faces, with bootsie-woots if thou it suits. One thing I could never stand was to hear a filthy, dirty old partisan bushie, howling away his filthy songs and going blurpy blurp. Naughty, naughty, naughty! You filthy old soomkas!” --Sen Obama (D-IL) telling supporters to “get in the faces” of wavering voters.
(If you don't get it, I suggest you google a phrase like "nadsat glossary.")
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Now that my partner is teaching me Russian it's funny to hear how "malenky", "droogs", "gulliver", etc. are supposed to be pronounced.
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It's still pretty damn funny.
As someone who has studied Russian, my favorite nadsat word is "horror show."
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"Good" was the first word I learned in Russian and I laughed. Now I alternate between pronouncing it "horror show" and "ex-oppa-whoa."