Ghaziz Grezz, anke Peppi Azzopardi jghid “INXURJANS”

My father expressly recalls people asking for “kaxxa nugget kiwi”.

I’m totally fascinated by this post. I love learning about the origins of words and all this is absolutely fascinating!

This item has been “Viewed 228 times”. If all the people who follow this blog have clicked this link, I sure think this guy will get an incredible amount of hits!

At least it’s not “rivers of moses” :))

I would also add:

“redifjuxin” instead of “rediffusion”
“mat gart” – instead of “mud guard”
“pene di spagna” instead of “pane di spagna”
“dak ta’ David” instead of “affidavit”

And my favourite:

“yogurt tal-Kliewi” instead of “yogurt tal-kiwi”.

Indeed it is! Sometimes, when people explain traffic accidents to me, they tell me “he used no ‘hands'”.

At first I used to be rather baffled. “What do you mean”, I once asked, my curiosity taking the better of me. “Where on earth were his hands?” My interlocutor burst out laughing. He then patiently explained what “hands” are – or rather, what they were.

Yes I did, Charles. It was nearing its end though.

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