“Jurtak”, “nurtak” etc is derived from the Italian “urtare” – to wound somebody’s feelings. It has nothing whatsoever with irritating.

Take my advice and refrain from commenting on Maltese usage snce you obviously don’t know anything about it.

Mendi/Mandy/Amanda or whatever. I would hazard a guess that Maltese was not your strong point at school – or you wouldn’t have posted such a ċuċata (not cucata).

I have neither the time not the inclination to give you a run-down about the verb in Maltese in its various forms, but you can look them up here:

http://www.akkademjatalmalti.com/filebank/documents/Taghrif_rivedut.pdf

“nurtak” – Now there’s another one!

I would say “nirritak”. “Nurtak” to me is like saying “abbli” instead of “probabbli” – the shortened colloquilism of a few being made the official word for the rest.

To explode would be “faqqa”, cuc. (Sorry, but I couldn’t help it. Why are you hard-headed people so pedantic?)

Given the presumed pronuncation in the other official “Maltese” words, one could safely assume that it would then be spelt as “juwterrn”.

Ettore, in large parties like the PN and PL it is normal for members to have different views on certain issues so, in itself, that does not really constitute news. In this case what we had was Joseph Muscat lambasting Gonzi and histrionically waving a “secret” report when he was suddenly confronted with a clip showing his most prominent and qualified candidate saying exactly what the report had recommended.

It is not just a routine matter of opposing views. An economic advisor of the PL has expressed his considered opinion that health services cannot remain free while the leader of the same party goes into hysterics about the health services not remaining free.

As for Lou Bondi, he is doing his job as an investigative journalist and doing it brilliantly. Not so Joseph Muscat.

Naqbel miegħek dwar “skont” u “skond”. Kien żball, għalija.

Dwar l-oħrajn, le.

How many times before the last general election was Edwart* commenting on policies he had himself proposed to the pseudo financial guru Dr. Charles Mangion?

*Sorry, Ivan (F) Attard

Skuzani oht, nassigurak li ma kelli ebda intenzjoni li nurtak, u l-anqas li nindahallek fil-mod kif tesprimi ruhek. S’issa ghadna pajjiz demokratiku – kulhadd liberu jesprimi ruhu kif irid.

Il-punt tieghi huwa li jien wkoll kontra n-n**k u ezagerazzjonijiet ta’ l-Akkademja tal-Malti. Bhalek u bhali jahsbuha l-maggoranza tal-Maltin. L-intenzjoni kienet aktar biex ninbex lil xi segwaci ta’ l-Akkademja milli lilek.

Navzak min qabel : tkomplix taqra jekk se turta ruhek !

Skond Joseph Aquilina (Concise Maltese English Dictionary)
i) “faqgha” hija l-mod korrett kif tiktibha dik il-kelma li konna nuzaw fit-tmeninijiet, u
ii) “faqgha” ghandha zewg tifsiriet kwazi kontradittorji “unexepected misfortune” jew kif uzajtha korrettament inti “word used to express something of the finest quality”

Nerga nghid, mhux biex nikkoregik ….. imma l-istess dizzjunarju jghatik wkoll …… blakbord jew blekbord …….

Ikkalma :-)

Sorry dear, I can’t agree with you on this one. I believe he is one of the best candidates in Malta for the EU parliament and should make it with flying colours. Let’s also remember that he is not contesting the national election but will be a contributor to the PES within Europe.