Comments on: God has nothing to do with the price of oil https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/01/god-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-price-of-oil/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:39:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Harry Purdie https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/01/god-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-price-of-oil/#comment-20742 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:39:13 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1470#comment-20742 Have never met or heard of a politician who has ‘really’ put God higher than himself. Gawd.

]]> By: John Schembri https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/01/god-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-price-of-oil/#comment-20741 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:08:28 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1470#comment-20741 As Antoine said above ,you should not take it literally. It’s a colloquial expression. I don’t know why the reporter emphasised the PM’s expression. As we say in Maltese “qiegheda f’halqu”. And Obama at the end of his inaugural speach quoted “….and with eyes fixed to the horizon and God’s grace upon us”. Would Obama blame God if he does not “arrive”? It seems that you are allergic to the word “God” in public speeches.

[Daphne – No, I’m allergic to the capricious use of the word God in public speeches. There’s the world of difference between what Obama said on a momentous occasion, and associating God with the price of oil. If it’s just a figure of speech, then it shouldn’t be – particularly not to somebody who claims to take God so seriously.]

]]> By: John Schembri https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/01/god-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-price-of-oil/#comment-20740 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:00:19 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1470#comment-20740 Watching the swearing in of President Obama was more like a religious ceremony , there were two preachers.
Shouldn’t Obama have said these phrases in the last few minutes of his inaugural speech: “…..and with God’s grace upon us” “God bless you and God bless the United States of America”?

[Daphne – That’s completely different because it’s the oath of office. It would be a whole different kettle of fish if the president of the United States addressed a press conference and said: “God willing, if the price of oil goes down…” As though the price of oil has anything to do with God’s will.]

]]> By: John Schembri https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/01/god-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-price-of-oil/#comment-20739 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:37:42 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1470#comment-20739 Dik f’halqu qiegheda “Il-BAMBIN” jghid .Mela qatt ma’ smajtu jghidha? Heqq, hija espressjoni Maltija. Nahseb li Fenech Adami attent iktar xi jghid. Ma nafx imma forsi ajruplan gejja minn ‘ajru’ bhal fit-“tajr ta’ l-ajru”. Lilu biss nisma’ jghid ‘arjuplan’.

Ghandu habta jaqleb is-sillabi, irrid nisimghu jghid il-kelma “xugaman” forsi jghidha “xumagan”.
Ahjar jibqa’ jghid kif dejjem qal ghax hekk taf x’ghandek.

Niftakar lil Sant f’dibattitu ma’ Fenech Adami jikkwota (b’mod studjat) lil xi Papa, bhal li kieku dejjem jaqra il-kitba tal-papiet. Ha zball fin-numru tal-Papa u Fenech Adami (li hu intiz fis-suggett) ikkoregieh, u waqqghu ghac-cajt.

Veru zzarzar u tidher tat-tfal imma ahjar hekk inkella jisforza u ma’ jkunx hu nnifsu. Hawn min jara d-dahka tieghu ta’ wiehed li qed jitmejjel bik, allura jnehhijha?

Naf li taf xi tghid fuq dan is-suggett, imma minn naha taghna ahjar naraw lil xi hadd kif inhu, milli kif iriduh jidher in-nies tar-relazzjonijiet pubblici. Bil-Malti nghidu: “kif tarani pingini”.

]]> By: Andrea https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/01/god-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-price-of-oil/#comment-20738 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:21:42 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1470#comment-20738 People had to change their behaviour?
They could light more candles. Keeps electricity costs down and becalm God.

]]> By: Harry Purdie https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/01/god-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-price-of-oil/#comment-20737 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:08:51 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1470#comment-20737 ‘Nervous verbal tic’. Love it.

]]> By: John Schembri https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/01/god-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-price-of-oil/#comment-20736 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:06:20 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1470#comment-20736 Il-PM qal “jekk il-bambin irid u l-prezz taz-zejt li jittella mill-art jiqba kif inhu, il-prezz tad-dawl u l-ilma jorhos…….
Daphne, dak jghidha bhal ma’ nghidu “Allahares qatt”. Jekk wiehed jghid: “Jekk Alla jrid” dak ikun irid ifisser li ‘l-haga li jixtieq iqisha bhala haga tajba u mixtieqa u tfisser bil-maqlub meta jghid “Allahares”.

Allahares tiehu dan il-kliem bit-tifsira litterarja. Kieku gbidtlu saqajh ghax jghid “arjuplan” , “koNoLLi” jew “jiQBghu” kont nitbissem u ntik ragun. Dan il-kliem huma maghguna f’ Lawrence Gonzi.

Jekk ma’ jghidhomx ma’ jkunx hu. Bilhaqq, hsibtek li se tifrahlu ghax sar nannu. M’inhix xi espert ta’ l-Ingliz, imma minn sena l’hawn rajt l-Ingliz tat-Times niezel.

[Daphne – Il-bambin irid: din ahjar, ukoll. Nahseb li wiehed irid jaghmel distinzjoni bejn il-mod kif ghandek titkellem fil-privat bhala bniedem kwalunkwe u l-mod kif titkellem bhala prim ministru f’konferenza stampa jew avveniment pubbliku. Arjuplan: fil-fatt il-prim ministru huwa korrett ukoll. Jiddependi jekk tqisx li l-kelma gejja minn ‘aeroplane’ (jew mit-Taljan), jigifieri ‘ajruplan’, jew mill-kelma Maltija ‘arja’, li fil-kaz tigi ‘arjuplan’.]

]]> By: A Camilleri https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/01/god-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-price-of-oil/#comment-20735 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:51:31 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1470#comment-20735 …so help me God. Not much different than the Allah hu Akbar, but our outlook on the expression in Maltese or English and in Arabic is different.

[Daphne – Actually, it’s the expression pronounced ‘inshallah’ that you’re looking for.]

]]> By: Antoine Vella https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/01/god-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-price-of-oil/#comment-20734 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:25:59 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1470#comment-20734 It started as a pious interjection but has become just a colloquial expression on the same lines as “Alla jbierek”. Usually we don’t even say “jekk Alla jrid” but “kallajrit” as if it were one word and it simply means “hopefully”. It could be, perhaps, the same linguistic process by which “holy day” became “holiday” in English.

]]> By: jesmond https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/01/god-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-price-of-oil/#comment-20733 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:00:32 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1470#comment-20733 Iz-zmien li jonqsu t-tariffi tad-dawl u l-ilma jasal qal, u zgur li jasal mela ma jasalx, imma meta jaqbillu hu mhux issa meta jaqbel ghan-nies, bhal ma’ ghamel bic-children’s allowance. Tajjeb li jsemmu l-Alla, Daph, halli nimpressjonaw u minjaf kif qalha b’dik id-devozzjoni li Gonzi biss jaf.

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