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From: rob@ctvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Clockwork Orange - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 19-Jan-84 22:47:29 EST
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ctvax!rob    Jan 16 16:54:00 1984

The English expression is "Queer as a clockwork orange". I suspect
Michael Caine modified it to avoid antagonising anyone. You Americans
have a similar expression involving a three-dollar bill. True Cockney
expressions are usually based on rhyming slang. Here's one for net.movies:

    Going to the movies.
is
    Going to the dolly mixtures.

Don't get it? The English call the movies, the pictures. Dolly 
mixtures is a kind of candy. Simple innit?

regards,

Rob Spray, (a genuine transplanted Cockney)
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