A CLOCKWORK ORANGE POST 1

"Our pockets were full of deng, so there was no real need from the point of view of crasting any more pretty polly to tolchock some old veck in an alley and viddy him swim in his blood while we counted the takings and divided them by four, nor to do the ultra-violent on some shiverying starry gray-haired ptitsa in a shock and go smecking off with the till's guts. But, as they say, money isn't everything."

The diction used is unique and made-up, making it difficult to understand, but requires a certain amount of imagination and context clues to decipher. The "deng" in their pockets seems to be some sort of money, and the fact that they have enough is keeping them from resorting to mugging someone, displaying their violent tendencies. "tolchock some old veck in an alley and viddy him swim in his blood" seems to mean that they would otherwise assault an old man in an alley and bloody him in the process of mugging. This shows that they are morally unsound and reckless young men; they obtain their means of survivial through thuggish behavior and have no problem with committing crimes to get what they want. "Do the ultra-violent on some shivering tarry grey-haired ptitsa in a shop and go smeck off with the till's guts" can be translated similarly to the first quote. It blatently addresses "ultra-violent" behavior on a helpless old person and mercilessly spilling their guts. The fact that they currently have money is keeping them from doing these horrible acts, and the last line is either alarming or helpful to the situation. "But, as they say, money isn't everything" seems to mean that although they have the "deng", it won't keep them from pursuing other violent behavior.