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minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·13 hours agoI always thought it was because they were orange
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·10 hours agoOrang means human or person (not “guy”, honestly), (h)utan means forest.
minus-squarepet the cat, walk the dog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours ago‘A Clockwork Orange’ possibly comes from Malay ‘orang’. Although Burgess alternatively credited a cockney expression, but no record of such an expression exists.
minus-squareTheOctonaut@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 hours agoMy other favourite Malay animal name is pangolin. “What’s that thing that rolls up?” “Thing-that-rolls-up (pengguling)”. “Pangolin?” “Sure lah”
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.
My other favourite Malay animal name is pangolin.
“What’s that thing that rolls up?”
“Thing-that-rolls-up (pengguling)”.
“Pangolin?”
“Sure lah”