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minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoI always thought it was because they were orange
minus-squareStarya67@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·1 month agoOrang means human or person (not “guy”, honestly), (h)utan means forest.
minus-squareTheOctonaut@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoMy other favourite Malay animal name is pangolin. “What’s that thing that rolls up?” “Thing-that-rolls-up (pengguling)”. “Pangolin?” “Sure lah”
minus-squarepet the cat, walk the dog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month ago‘A Clockwork Orange’ possibly comes from Malay ‘orang’. Although Burgess alternatively credited a cockney expression, but no record of such an expression exists.
I always thought it was because they were orange
Orang means human or person (not “guy”, honestly), (h)utan means forest.
My other favourite Malay animal name is pangolin.
“What’s that thing that rolls up?”
“Thing-that-rolls-up (pengguling)”.
“Pangolin?”
“Sure lah”
‘A Clockwork Orange’ possibly comes from Malay ‘orang’. Although Burgess alternatively credited a cockney expression, but no record of such an expression exists.