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		By: Joy Saunders		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/05/rival-comment-of-the-week/#comment-55506</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joy Saunders]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 12:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/05/rival-comment-of-the-week/#comment-55488&quot;&gt;Charles J Buttigieg&lt;/a&gt;.

baqghet mohha fl-irkotta. Nehhieha minn mohhok din tal-irkotta. Diska mgengla.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/05/rival-comment-of-the-week/#comment-55488">Charles J Buttigieg</a>.</p>
<p>baqghet mohha fl-irkotta. Nehhieha minn mohhok din tal-irkotta. Diska mgengla.</p>
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		By: Joy Saunders		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joy Saunders]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 12:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/05/rival-comment-of-the-week/#comment-55476&quot;&gt;Charlie Bates&lt;/a&gt;.

biex qed tiskantaw? X&#039;fiha hazin li talli kollox ikun mar sew lil midwife jaghtuha Lm10? XI dnub? Xi skandlu? Affarijeit li anke jien minn qalbi u bla ma qaluli ghamiltom. Hekk ghandhu jkun.  ma jfissirx li qed thallas lil Midwife. qed taghtiha rigal minn qalbek.  Xi ksur tal-ligi dan?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/05/rival-comment-of-the-week/#comment-55476">Charlie Bates</a>.</p>
<p>biex qed tiskantaw? X&#8217;fiha hazin li talli kollox ikun mar sew lil midwife jaghtuha Lm10? XI dnub? Xi skandlu? Affarijeit li anke jien minn qalbi u bla ma qaluli ghamiltom. Hekk ghandhu jkun.  ma jfissirx li qed thallas lil Midwife. qed taghtiha rigal minn qalbek.  Xi ksur tal-ligi dan?</p>
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		By: Yanika		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yanika]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 07:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/05/rival-comment-of-the-week/#comment-55498&quot;&gt;Charles J Buttigieg&lt;/a&gt;.

That would be &#039;F*** off&#039; in English.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/05/rival-comment-of-the-week/#comment-55498">Charles J Buttigieg</a>.</p>
<p>That would be &#8216;F*** off&#8217; in English.</p>
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		By: SPTT		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SPTT]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 06:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/05/rival-comment-of-the-week/#comment-55488&quot;&gt;Charles J Buttigieg&lt;/a&gt;.

They probably do Daphne coz both irkotta and xtrat tarbija are correct.]]></description>
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<p>They probably do Daphne coz both irkotta and xtrat tarbija are correct.</p>
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		By: maria aquilina		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[maria aquilina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 21:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nghidu hlas. Halset ghal xiex? Thallas ghal xi haga. Mela biex ikollok xi haga sabieha bhal tarbijja, trid thallas u dan thallsu bl-ugieh. Fil-bibja nsibu &#039;u biex twelled trid tbati.&#039;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nghidu hlas. Halset ghal xiex? Thallas ghal xi haga. Mela biex ikollok xi haga sabieha bhal tarbijja, trid thallas u dan thallsu bl-ugieh. Fil-bibja nsibu &#8216;u biex twelled trid tbati.&#8217;</p>
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		By: Maryanne		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maryanne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 20:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/05/rival-comment-of-the-week/#comment-55488&quot;&gt;Charles J Buttigieg&lt;/a&gt;.

Again, sorry to disappoint but I never say xtrat tarbija (urgh) but I do say irkotta... (and I am not the exception)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/05/rival-comment-of-the-week/#comment-55488">Charles J Buttigieg</a>.</p>
<p>Again, sorry to disappoint but I never say xtrat tarbija (urgh) but I do say irkotta&#8230; (and I am not the exception)</p>
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		By: Eyjafjallajokull		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eyjafjallajokull]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 18:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/05/rival-comment-of-the-week/#comment-55488&quot;&gt;Charles J Buttigieg&lt;/a&gt;.

When a Gozitan friend of mine told me &quot;ohta kienet ghadha kif xtrat baby&quot; I looked at her in horror and said &quot;veru? Min fejn xtrathu?&quot;]]></description>
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<p>When a Gozitan friend of mine told me &#8220;ohta kienet ghadha kif xtrat baby&#8221; I looked at her in horror and said &#8220;veru? Min fejn xtrathu?&#8221;</p>
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		By: Marcus		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 15:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yeah, what about &#039;waqghet it-tarag&#039;, in Maltese meaning, the girl got her first period.

PS. When my wife delivered our child, I didn&#039;t say, &#039;xtrat tarbijja&#039;. I actually said, gibuli siggu ghax ser jhossni hazin.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, what about &#8216;waqghet it-tarag&#8217;, in Maltese meaning, the girl got her first period.</p>
<p>PS. When my wife delivered our child, I didn&#8217;t say, &#8216;xtrat tarbijja&#8217;. I actually said, gibuli siggu ghax ser jhossni hazin.</p>
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		By: Charles J Buttigieg		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles J Buttigieg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 15:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/05/rival-comment-of-the-week/#comment-55495&quot;&gt;Hypatia&lt;/a&gt;.

You are wrong. In Arabic you say &#039;Hallas&#039; (pay) &#039;Hlas&#039; or &#039;Halas&#039; is used to denote &#039;that&#039;s it&#039;, &#039;go away&#039;, &#039;end of&#039; but mostly in a rude form to tell someone to go away like we say &#039;Dabbar rasek&#039;. Imagine trying a literal translation to English of &#039;Dabbar rasek&#039;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/05/rival-comment-of-the-week/#comment-55495">Hypatia</a>.</p>
<p>You are wrong. In Arabic you say &#8216;Hallas&#8217; (pay) &#8216;Hlas&#8217; or &#8216;Halas&#8217; is used to denote &#8216;that&#8217;s it&#8217;, &#8216;go away&#8217;, &#8216;end of&#8217; but mostly in a rude form to tell someone to go away like we say &#8216;Dabbar rasek&#8217;. Imagine trying a literal translation to English of &#8216;Dabbar rasek&#8217;.</p>
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		By: Not Tonight		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Not Tonight]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 12:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/05/rival-comment-of-the-week/#comment-55479&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

No, not really.  We&#039;ve been told that most hunters are succumbing to severe depression, which we all know has links to impotency.]]></description>
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<p>No, not really.  We&#8217;ve been told that most hunters are succumbing to severe depression, which we all know has links to impotency.</p>
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