Partiality and impartiality
Published:
February 19, 2009 at 1:55pm
Dr Anglu Farrugia, Deputat Mexxej ghall-Affarijiet tal-Parlament, Kelliem Ewlieni Laburista ghax-Xoghol Relazzjonijiet Industrijali u livell ta’ l-Ghixien tal-Poplu Malti was on Super One radio, complaining that there is too much IMpartiality at PBS.
I must now plunder the rich store of elfin vocabulary:
HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…..HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!……HAJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????
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Even Jason Micallef spoke of IMpartiality re TVM news. He had just left the Broadcasting Authority where he did NOT meet the Broadcasting Authority Board, at least this is what three of the members of the Board, including its chairman, said. So, I assume, there is no problem on TVM news IMpartiality.
And Anglu Farrugia will not toLLerate it!
This morning PL bright spark the Hon. Owen Bonnici, who was ‘analysing’ the day’s newspapers, repeatedly translated the word ‘asylum’ as ‘azil’. This young lawyer has already been criticised for his English; he cannot even be relied on to speak Maltese.
And can you tell us your Maltese word for “asylum”, Jane?
@ Jane
I am really surprised you were listening the newspaper commentry on One Radio! I can’t imagine a person of your calibre listening to the radio of the Hamalli Laburisti!! You are too upclass and sophisticated to waste your time!!
Typical comment from a pathetic classy person with sky high superiority complex, who thinks she in the centre and everything circles around her.
John Schembri
“And can you tell us your Maltese word for “asylum”..”
The Maltese equivalents are ‘kenn’ and ‘rifuġju’ both of which mean ‘shelter’. I have heard ‘asil’ on radio and television but it is an invented word and sounds ridiculous. Asylum comes from the Greek word for ‘refuge’ so the words I have mentioned are the best translation.
@ John Schembri
I suppose Dr.Bonnici must have heard the word ‘ezilju’ in his Law lectures.I was never aware of the word ‘azil’ in Maltese. The closest this word comes to is the word ‘asile’ in Italian which means something totally different.
@ Alan
Actually I had my T.V.on and I was going through the channels whilst having my breakfast.But don’t worry, that’s all I heard because I wanted to enjoy my breakfast and I couldn’t stomach something else to spoil it for me.
[Daphne – Now I always thought ‘ezilju’ was exile, and a quick look at Aquilina confirms it. There isn’t a Maltese word that covers the legal concept of asylum, though the general concept is covered by ‘kenn’, which really means nothing more than shelter. So maybe what you’re thinking about is ‘azilju’? I’ve never heard it myself. ‘Azil’ is ridiculous, a truncated form of the Italian ‘asilo’, as used for nurseries.]
Alan: Listening to, watching and reading media with which one does not identify can be informative and entertaining. You should try it sometime. It might even cheer you up.
@ Daphne
Yes you’re right. And here I was thinking that my Maltese was better than Owen’s!
[Daphne – And there are my enemies, deluding themselves that I know no Maltese at all, because they don’t know that I grew up in a Maltese-speaking family (proper Maltese, that is, not working-class dialect).]
Corinne, I can assure you that I follow all media which put me in a position to speak. I believe that yo do the same with the difference that I have no prejudice at any of the media and filter the news in an objective manner
Alan: My apologies. I wasn’t aware that you are a media expert, nor that you knew I am not.
I’m impressed that you follow all media. How many eyes and ears do you have?
Alan
“..I have no prejudice at any of the media…”
Perhaps you have no prejudice against the media (I find it hard to believe but am taking your word for it) but you’ve certainly displayed aggressive prejudice against Jane.
@ Antoine Vella
I don’t like persons who try to ridicule anything which has to do with Labour. I hate to see people who frivolously try to judge someone for a single word which was pronounced wrongly, like the majority of the broadcasters after all! I believe, Mr Vella, in decent and cordial dialogue where different views are expressed objectively. Judging a person for a mistake is a clear example of an ‘I know better’ mentality that unfortunately is very common on this interesting site. Accepting different views than yours is a virtue………..
@ Daphne
I hope you don’t count me as one of your enemies. Believe me you have my heartfelt admiration though I don’t always agree with you.
[Daphne – I don’t even know who you are!]
We should do away with the Maltese language and its inefficiencies altogether. Although unique and part of our culture, it’s undoubtedly incomplete and imprecise. The advantages of phasing it out of our national curriculum are numerous, not so the disadvantages.
AZIL is the word used by Tonio Borg when he was Minister for the Interior,
AZIL is the word used by Karm Mifsud Bonnici as Minister for the Interior.
AZIL is the word written in the LAWS OF MALTA.
ASYLUM = AZIL
EXILE = EZILJU both have the same meaning