Comment on The forest guy
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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.
starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Orang means human or person (not “guy”, honestly), (h)utan means forest.
TheOctonaut@piefed.zip 1 month ago
My other favourite Malay animal name is pangolin.
“What’s that thing that rolls up?”
“Thing-that-rolls-up (pengguling)”.
“Pangolin?”
“Sure lah”
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 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.