Iceland, Norway…mhux xorta, skond Maltastar
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June 22, 2010 at 2:43pm
Maltastar gets its flags wrong: this is Norway's flag, not Iceland's
Maltastar carries an article (dated 20 June) about Iceland. It is illustrated with the attached image, showing the Norwegian flag.
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As always, stupid people at Maltastar
Had me confused for a minute there … Norway blue cross, Iceland red … quite a close call, though.
The difference is actually quite subtle, as the design and color scheme is very similar.
[Daphne – Quite subtle? Icelandic flag:blue background, red cross. Norwegian flag: red background, blue cross. That’s not subtle at all. And besides, run your cursor over the photograph, and you’ll see that Maltastar has actually filed the Norwegian flag as Icelandic.]
It must be an omen for what Labour intend to do with the party’s emblem. Expect them to put the Polish flag instead of the Maltese flag.
Well, Reuben Scicluna above was confused also. The colours can play a trick on the eyes, and the devil is in the detail.
After all, not having seen their article (was it another Leader?!) they probably meant that Iceland will either join the EU or end up as a protectorate of Norway, who, if I remember well, had also said “No way” to the EU.
Dem-ON, so the Italian, Irish and Mexican flag are the same. The only thing that’s the same here is Beano, Dandy and Maltastar.
Allura b’daqshekk? Ibazru ftit ‘l hawn u ibazru ftit l’ hemm. L-aqwa li it-terremot jibqa jinhass.
Jekk jahsbu li l-Isvizzera tinsab fil-Mediterran, ma niskantax li jhawdu bandiera.
Can you imagine these people governing this country? The shadow cabinet? But in any case, once Joseph Muscat and the Missus with children in tow can be seen cheering the crowds as they triumphantly enter Castille – it’s mission accomplished, everything else would be superfluous. Until, of course, Malta hosts the EU presidency for six months. Mur zomm lil Michelle with all the first ladies at the summit meetings, ad libbing in French too.
A Google image search returns this. It is no fault of theirs jahasra.
http://www.funbumperstickers.com/detail.aspx?ID=3610
U Bruges fejn qeghda? Issa jew naccettaw li kulhadd jista jiehu zball, jew inkella nghidu li min jiehu zball huwa gidra. Aghzel int. Nispera li tippublikaha din. Thank You.
[Daphne – Bruges is in Flanders (Belgium), where Dutch (Flemish) is spoken, which is why some of the most widely read newspapers there are the dailies and weeklies published in the Netherlands, like De Telegraaf – just as the London newspapers are widely read in Malta, because English is spoken here (by some of us, at least). I imagine you are asking this because, like the other twits at Maltastar and the rest, who shrilled with delight about the matter without fully understanding how daft they were, you imagine that my eldest son, who wrote about this subject, thinks that Bruges is in the Netherlands because he wrote about the readership of Dutch newspapers there. The laugh, of course, is on them (and you). Just as they can’t tell the difference between the flags of Norway and Iceland, so they apparently labour under the delusion that French is spoken in Bruges because French is spoken in the place they call Brussel. Obviously, the people at Maltastar failed to factor in that he lived in the Netherlands (while his brother lived in Bruges), making it entirely likely that he knows where Bruges is, and that he holds a postgraduate degree – with distinction – in media and journalism, from one of the world’s top universities in the field, in London, making it entirely likely that he knows about newspaper readership trends. So I’m guessing that he knows where Bruges is and why De Telegraaf is read in Flanders. And that’s why the people who work for Maltastar work for Maltastar and he doesn’t – quite apart from politics, of course. Incidentally, I’m quite sure he can also tell apart the flags of Norway and Iceland. But then he isn’t a Super One ‘journalist’ studying LAW to gain status and having to resit his exams because he’s too damn thick to pass even at the pathetically low standards of the Malta university law course.]
But why are you surprised that these twits just cannot understand that a country can have more then one language?
After all, they still haven’t figured out that Malta has two.
Still, not to know that Flemish is one of the languages of Belgium (actually first language for over 60% of Belgium) is bad, even by Maltastar’s abysmally low standards.
Speaking about the law course, I assume Charlon got a pass in his English A-level, or whatever it’s called now?
And why not study something to do with journalism, unless being called Dr is all these chaps strive for in life?
[Daphne – It’s because Charlon Gouder’s ‘career trajectory’ is not in journalism (if it were, he wouldn’t be working for Super One). It’s in politics. I believe Max Weber had written something about this – how socialist politicians tended to start out in journalism, except that in Gouder’s case, it’s not journalism but party propaganda.]
Didn’t Simon Busuttil too start out in ‘journalism’?
And David Casa in ‘party propaganda’?
And Clyde Puli, David Agius…?
These cannot all be socialists masquerading as Populists, Demochristians, Nationalists, Conservatives and what have you?
‘I believe Max Weber had written … how socialist politicians tended to start out in journalism, except that in Gouder’s’
I think that Gouder, Bedingfield and the likes are not ‘socialist’ at all. They militate in Labour because of family tradition etc. I have always felt that if they were in Italy or the UK they would probably choose to militate in Forza Italia or the BNP.
Speaking of languages; don’t you think it is bad manners when a Maltese asks a question in Maltese and is answered in another language by someone who boasts that her Maltese is superior to that of many?
[Daphne – Not at all. I think it’s bad manners to use Maltese when many of those who read this blog don’t speak the language. I have sometimes been at a lunch table where a fellow guest might speak to me in Maltese, knowing full well that others at the table were not Maltese. In that case, it would be going along with my fellow guest’s bad manners to respond in Maltese rather than a language that others could understand. I accept Maltese on this blog only in certain situations when I have reason to understand that the person in question doesn’t know much English (or when translation would ruin the effect) and can communicate more effectively in Maltese. So that’s understandable. However, given that I have your IP number and know that you have commented frequently in serviceable English, I know that your problem is not linguistic but psychological and one of passive aggression.]
Usually you try to ridicule that person who does not know much English, let alone tolerate him.
[Daphne – No, I don’t. That would be very poor behaviour. However, when people pop into this blog to insult me or offer me strong advice on what to do with my opinions, I do tend to point out that I’m not prone to taking advice from individuals who can’t spell, write or think.]
As for aggression, I agree with you that I have a problem of passive aggression.
However, this sometimes works in favour of, for example, when a swindler L.L.D. who manages land on behalf of his family in Zebbug tried to take me for a ride. Good for him I was a passive aggressor.
[Daphne – Bully for you. But you might find that making your point forcefully gets better results than passive aggression, which tends to be associated with those who feel powerless and lacking in confidence, which is why passive aggression is more usually associated with women who are financially dependent on their husbands, and with men in low-level employment.]
Tahlix hin, Zebbug! Dik ma tiehux il-palju maghha meta jkollok ragun, ahseb u ara tkun torta tal-qubbajt.
Mostly Norwegian descendants on Iceland anyway, so they are only off with about a dozen centuries or so.
Baxxter, jien kelli Mintofjan jahdem mieghi u kien jahseb li Malta hi c-centru tad-dinja u Mintoff jikkontrolla lid-dinja, u hadd ma jista ghalih, u ghal xejn tfehmu li ahna qedin fic-centru tal-Mediterran bl’ebda kontroll fuq hadd u li l-maggoranza tad-dinja ma tafx binha ..
david g, jien ghandi Nazzjonalisti jahdmu mieghi, fl-2010, li jahsbu li Malta hija c-centru tad-dinja. Jigifieri nikkompatixxi t-tribulazzjoni tieghek.
Amazing nitwits. BTW, Daphne, congratulations on Andrew’s latest achievement. The genes do it again–along with some hard work.
Harry Purdie I’m guessing you’re a relative.
[Daphne – No, Harry is not related to me at all. He is 100% Canadian of – I believe – Scottish extraction? That’s his real name.]
Oh then he really admires you. I thought it was said ironically…:))
… in the sense that if he was related then he would have been referring to his own genes!
LG, yes, I admire Daphne, especially her tenacity, writing ability, wit and intelligence. And, yes, I am 100% Canadian with 100% Scottish blood. I also like your ‘LG’–Life’s Good.
Generally life is good, at least to me it has been quite good so far. However, LG are my initials. I used to use my full name initially but I got tired of people’s SMSes and Facebook messages commenting on what I said so I stopped using my full name – to avoid gossip about me in a country in which I don’t even live anymore. That’s MALTA!
I agree with you that having the guts to say what everybody is scared to even think is quite admirable. In Malta that tends to create a tornado only because everybody takes himself/herself so seriously.
So LG might be Lawrence Gonzi or maybe Louis Galea?
[Daphne – Wrong gender.]
U iwa mhux xorta kemm se taghaggibha! Bazwar ftit l’haw u bazwar ftit l’hemm l’aqwa li fihmna x’riedu jghidu….. Jew?
I am surprised they haven’t put a picture of the Chav du jour Kerry Katona instead
Daphne that happened because of the allegorical interpretation of the red, which they did not see as part of the flag but as the red sky heralding the time when the movement will be moving this country – forget about direction!
Maltastar copied their picture from a Norwegian blog (http://www.myrstad.eu/will-iceland-push-the-norwegian-eu-debate/ ) and this should have been a clue as to which flag was portrayed. The particular entry, however, mentions Iceland and that was enough to confuse them.
Dear Daphne, you seem to run out of interesting subjects lately.
[Daphne – It all depends on your perspective, Carmel. I, on the other hand, am fascinated by the fact that the Opposition party’s media can’t tell the difference between the flags of two European states, particularly given that they are European states which the Opposition party championed so assiduously as examples of how it is possible to be successful, be European and not be in the EU.]
Fakkartni f”Shakespeare….
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet …
Heqq, heqq, mghux xorta bandiera, ghall Maltastar.
These are not mere mistakes, but examples of sheer stupidity and hard-headed ignorance.
It’s also amazing to see the large quantity of UK flags around at the moment, despite the fact that the UK has no football team.
Just to make you smile, so that maybe we’ll get a new article soon –
Grupp ta’ nisa waqt coffee morning:
Wahda mara qabditha l-‘gasket flu’ – gastric flu
L-ohra ftahret li r-ragel wahhlilha l-‘intercourse in every room’ – intercom in every room
Wahda ohra marret tixtri l-‘ghost cheese’ – goats’ cheese
Ohra qalet li hi ‘l aktar li tiggosta huwa l-‘yoghurt tal-kliewi’ – yoghurt tal-kiwi
Ohra riedet id-‘defuckinated coffee’ – decaffinated coffee
Xi hadd staqsa ghall-gelat ‘strawberry nipples’ – strawberry ripple
Meta siefret marret tara l-‘kastell ta’ hand grenade’ (kastell ta’ Henry VIII), Piccalilli Circle (Piccadilly Circus) u marret ukoll ghand ‘Self Raising’ (Selfridges)
Ghost cheese, strawberry nipples and defuckinated coffee!
I just love it. If I ever open up a fancy coffee shop I’ll put those on the menu.
That would be an interesting venture. As will be when Germany whomps England.
My only concern if Germany whomps England: vuvuzela mania on the streets! Already got ear plugs.
Thanks, Pat – you just made me laugh out loud.
the image was most probably taken from this webpage:
http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/norveska-protiv-ulaska-u-eu-stanje-u-grckoj-najgora-je-poruka-kandidatima/482459.aspx
google translation from croat:
DISABLED and Kojima facing Greece and deep budgetary crisis had an impact on the relationship between Norwegians toward membership in the European Union. An increasing number of residents in the northern European Zemlya opposes joining the EU integration.
According to recent surveys of public opinion are published Kojak network NRK, in which 959 people were involved, that Dragan Post 56 subjects against EU membership. On the other beach, the EU has remained inclined respondents 30th Post
Teachers in Kojak was released last month, opponents of accession was six percentage points smaller than the latest survey, while the advocates of European integration, there were eight percent more. Norwegian politicians have a drastic drop in support for the EU only in a month attributed the financial crisis with which Athena is Pine.
Norwegians have already twice voted against joining the EU, back 1972nd Year of the 1994th. Tion is a new entry Planum on the EU referendum.