![]() ![]() One of the hazards of a class-ridden society, I'm afraid. Burgess probably knew as much about working class slang as the first Pres. If the novel caused a stir among the chattering classes in London ('doon tha Smoke' was the local way of referring to the place) it didn't penetrate the North. When the movie appeared I had no trouble with the 'source' of the title. Garrick92 13:33, 27 July 2005 (UTC) Growing up in Middlesbrough in NE England in the 50's and 60's, I must have heard the expression 'You're as useless as a clockwork orange', or 'You're as useful as a clockwork orange' quite a few times. There are analogies in Cockney ('As queer as a bottle of chips', for example) but no known 'clockwork orange'. Burgess's title is the first recorded use of the phrase, and no-one knows if he made it up or not. ![]()
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