Have a good evening all.

[Daphne – So then what’s harir?]

So maltaRightnow.org are right, after all. I’m not one to fuss about spelling, but ‘skond’, as far as I know, is not even pronounced ‘skont’ – it’s more something between a ‘t’ and a ‘d’. So I’ll keep to ‘skond’.

My pet “spelling” hates (and pronunciation):

blekbord
wajtbord
trakk
vann
televixin
kuxin
kuker
hiter
fann
tajer
wajer
mekkanik
garaxx

Interestingly, “hamburger” is “hamberger” – probably pronounced “humberrrgerrr”, though.

As for your asking “What’s next? Sounding the “h” in words ending in “aha” (such as “taraha”?)”, you’d be surprised to know that there are actually people who DO speak that way.

The Akkademja tal-Malti is not only “sanctioning mis-spelling”; more horrendously, it is “sanctioning” mispronunciation of the original words.

l-ahhar qassata!

good to know…thanks!

To understand how to spell ghazel use the model resaq, where the “r” represents the “għ”. So in the imperative we say “ersaq”, therefore “agħżel”. Simple.

Thanks for the clarification…although I’m still not convinced about the aghzel/ghazel part!