Apr
11

Fictional Language Showcase: Nadsat Nadsat - the word coming from the transliteration of the Russian word for ‘teen’ (-надцать) - was invented by A Clockwork Orange author and polyglot Anthony Burgess. Nadsat is basically English, with some transliterated words from Russian and with rhyming patterns derived from Cockney slang, King James Bible and made up of a collection of words invented by Burgess himself. Burgess used Nadsat to capture the essence of the juvenile mind, so: sex, violence, drugs and beatings to the sweet tune of ‘Singing in the Rain.’ Nadsat is semi-functional as the grammar hasn’t been completely revealed to the public, though Burgess suggests he has worked the language to a functional state. Let’s learn some Nadsat, shall we, my koshkas? Peeting the old moloko with synthemesc. - Drinking milk spiked with a certain drug Bog bust and bleed you - May God strike you down. Interested in speaking like a bowler cap clad, poolstick wielding, orgy-loving droog? Click here to get the basics.

Fictional Language Showcase: Nadsat

Nadsat - the word coming from the transliteration of the Russian word for ‘teen’ (-надцать) - was invented by A Clockwork Orange author and polyglot Anthony Burgess. Nadsat is basically English, with some transliterated words from Russian and with rhyming patterns derived from Cockney slang, King James Bible and made up of a collection of words invented by Burgess himself. Burgess used Nadsat to capture the essence of the juvenile mind, so: sex, violence, drugs and beatings to the sweet tune of ‘Singing in the Rain.’ Nadsat is semi-functional as the grammar hasn’t been completely revealed to the public, though Burgess suggests he has worked the language to a functional state.

Let’s learn some Nadsat, shall we, my koshkas?

Peeting the old moloko with synthemesc. - Drinking milk spiked with a certain drug 
Bog bust and bleed you - May God strike you down.

Interested in speaking like a bowler cap clad, poolstick wielding, orgy-loving droog? Click here to get the basics.

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    I love this. I learned...vocab when I went...Alex for...
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    re-read this now that I actually know...goddamn Russian.
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