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		By: Jack		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/give-me-the-luck-and-throw-me-at-sea-more-maltese-proverbs/#comment-46587&quot;&gt;Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.

Yes, you&#039;re right about the biskuttini.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/give-me-the-luck-and-throw-me-at-sea-more-maltese-proverbs/#comment-46587">Stanley</a>.</p>
<p>Yes, you&#8217;re right about the biskuttini.</p>
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		By: Gahan		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gahan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/give-me-the-luck-and-throw-me-at-sea-more-maltese-proverbs/#comment-46589&quot;&gt;Allan Gatt&lt;/a&gt;.

Dawn kien jghidom nannuwi (b&#039;kunjom wiehed):
Biex taqta l-h**i trid taqta&#039; z-z**b!
L-ghamar ohla mil-gh**x.
Bewla bla bassa qisa torri mighajr ghassa.
Bikja ta&#039; mara bewla ta&#039; kelb.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/give-me-the-luck-and-throw-me-at-sea-more-maltese-proverbs/#comment-46589">Allan Gatt</a>.</p>
<p>Dawn kien jghidom nannuwi (b&#8217;kunjom wiehed):<br />
Biex taqta l-h**i trid taqta&#8217; z-z**b!<br />
L-ghamar ohla mil-gh**x.<br />
Bewla bla bassa qisa torri mighajr ghassa.<br />
Bikja ta&#8217; mara bewla ta&#8217; kelb.</p>
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		By: Allan Gatt		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Allan Gatt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#039;Il-bidwi sormu jikwi&#039;

Qawl iehor, did-darba mehud mill- &#039;Il-Qawl Iqul&#039; ta&#039; De&#039; Conti Manduca

Translation: The farmer&#039;s arse is always sunburnt.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;Il-bidwi sormu jikwi&#8217;</p>
<p>Qawl iehor, did-darba mehud mill- &#8216;Il-Qawl Iqul&#8217; ta&#8217; De&#8217; Conti Manduca</p>
<p>Translation: The farmer&#8217;s arse is always sunburnt.</p>
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		By: Brian		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Who on earth translated those proverbs word for word? Mela, ghajnejk f&#039; sormi should be &#039;your eyes in my butt&#039;.

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - Or better still, &#039;your butt in my butt&#039;, given that &#039;ghajn&#039; can also mean &#039;sorm&#039;.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who on earth translated those proverbs word for word? Mela, ghajnejk f&#8217; sormi should be &#8216;your eyes in my butt&#8217;.</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; Or better still, &#8216;your butt in my butt&#8217;, given that &#8216;ghajn&#8217; can also mean &#8216;sorm&#8217;.]</strong></p>
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		By: Stanley		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stanley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve heard the xidja thing but never the fistla. And Jack, it&#039;s biskuttini, not pastizzi. Pastizzi is &#039;poor food&#039; and contrasts with the whole meaning of the proverb.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve heard the xidja thing but never the fistla. And Jack, it&#8217;s biskuttini, not pastizzi. Pastizzi is &#8216;poor food&#8217; and contrasts with the whole meaning of the proverb.</p>
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		By: Jack		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/give-me-the-luck-and-throw-me-at-sea-more-maltese-proverbs/#comment-46585&quot;&gt;Jack&lt;/a&gt;.

The expression in question being a hard-to-get-at itch, seeing that a priest in those days generally wore several layers of long garments.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/give-me-the-luck-and-throw-me-at-sea-more-maltese-proverbs/#comment-46585">Jack</a>.</p>
<p>The expression in question being a hard-to-get-at itch, seeing that a priest in those days generally wore several layers of long garments.</p>
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		By: Jack		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/give-me-the-luck-and-throw-me-at-sea-more-maltese-proverbs/#comment-46584&quot;&gt;red-nose&lt;/a&gt;.

Try telling that to Muscat Azzopardi who had published a school book with &quot;xidja f&#039;sorm il-patri&quot; and most other vulgarities above some thirty years ago.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/give-me-the-luck-and-throw-me-at-sea-more-maltese-proverbs/#comment-46584">red-nose</a>.</p>
<p>Try telling that to Muscat Azzopardi who had published a school book with &#8220;xidja f&#8217;sorm il-patri&#8221; and most other vulgarities above some thirty years ago.</p>
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		By: red-nose		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[red-nose]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Isard ecc.ecc. Not &quot;xidja f&#039;sorm patri&quot; but &quot;fistla f&#039;sorm patri&quot;!!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isard ecc.ecc. Not &#8220;xidja f&#8217;sorm patri&#8221; but &#8220;fistla f&#8217;sorm patri&#8221;!!</p>
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		By: Leonard		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leonard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s not exactly a proverb, more like a religious chant, but try and translate this one into Maltese:

My old man said be a city fan;
I said bollocks you&#039;re a cunt;
I&#039;d rather shag a bucket with a big hole in it,
then be a City fan for just one minute...
http://www.red11.org/mufc/sound/mp3/MyOldMan.mp3

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - You lot are going to get me into trouble with the police again. And now there&#039;s going to be a story on Maltastar about how I&#039;m using this sajt to promote swearing among the impressionable - like Twanny.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s not exactly a proverb, more like a religious chant, but try and translate this one into Maltese:</p>
<p>My old man said be a city fan;<br />
I said bollocks you&#8217;re a cunt;<br />
I&#8217;d rather shag a bucket with a big hole in it,<br />
then be a City fan for just one minute&#8230;<br />
<a href="http://www.red11.org/mufc/sound/mp3/MyOldMan.mp3" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.red11.org/mufc/sound/mp3/MyOldMan.mp3</a></p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; You lot are going to get me into trouble with the police again. And now there&#8217;s going to be a story on Maltastar about how I&#8217;m using this sajt to promote swearing among the impressionable &#8211; like Twanny.]</strong></p>
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		By: Jack		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/give-me-the-luck-and-throw-me-at-sea-more-maltese-proverbs/#comment-46581&quot;&gt;Isard du Pont&lt;/a&gt;.

Imma wicca ghad-dawl, u dawk l-ohrajn kolla jahrawn fejn ixommuh ... u Piano pastizzi f-halq il-hmir.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/give-me-the-luck-and-throw-me-at-sea-more-maltese-proverbs/#comment-46581">Isard du Pont</a>.</p>
<p>Imma wicca ghad-dawl, u dawk l-ohrajn kolla jahrawn fejn ixommuh &#8230; u Piano pastizzi f-halq il-hmir.</p>
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