Il-hobiss ta' Anglu: reading about Maltese of abroad u jiggoja
I notice that there is considerable interest in our hero Inspector Gadget, so I have braved his wabsajt and return battered and bruised to bring you some choice excerpts taken untouched from the section called:
Min hu Anglu Farrugia?
Huwa Attiv fi hdan il-Parliament tal-OSCE fejn jattendi regolari l-istanding committee dwar id-drittijiet tal-bniedem u ha sehem f;diversi konferenzi fi hdan l-Eu u l-Common Wealth bl-aktar wahda ricenti li saret Capetown South Africa.
Huwa ricenti kien jifforma delegazzjoni dwar l-affarijiet barranini ghal Parliament Malti fl-Indja fejn hemmekk huwa ha sehem dirett fid-diskussjonijiet dwar il-krisi nukleari Iranjana.
Illum huwa wiehed mill-esponenti ewlenin tal-Partit Laburista fejn dawn l-ahhar snin, f’diskorsi mqanala u qawwija fil-Parliament Malti u konferenzi Politici inkluzi diversi konferenzi stampi li zamm fil-pubbliku, huwa kixef diversi skandli tal-Partit Nazzjonalista l-aktar ricenti dwar il-hrug tad-dokumenti tal-Qorti mill-edificji tal-Qorti ghal ufficju tal-Ministeru tal-Gustizzja.
Huwa jhobb jaqra, jirricerka dwar Maltin ta’ Barra, u jiggoja.
The site includes also an English translation for those who can’t work out what mqanala and jiggoja mean. However, given that it reads as though written by a sub-literate person, you are better off with the Maltese version.
Here are some samples, complete with random capital letters and fascinating punctuation:
Known as ‘Anglu’, a lawyer by profession. Born At Mosta, Malta on 29/12/1955. Married to Carmen nee Zammit (also from Mosta) on the 26th March 1983. They have a daughter Caroline 23years old also a lawyer. He lives at Mosta and his vast experience in the profession includes that of a Police Officer Superintendent between 1977-1996. Today he’s a practicing lawyer running his legal profession in Mosta.
He Entered Politics for the first time under the MLP ticket in October 1996 General Elections. Where he was elected in Parliament from the 11th Electoral district.
During this two year government period was also head of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly delegation.
He was re-elected during the General election in September of 1998 as Member of Parliament and few weeks after he contested within the Party, the Deputy leader for Parliamentary Affairs where be polled 24% of the delegates votes. He again served in the Committee in the consideration of bills in Parliament and was appointed by the leader of Labour Party, Dr. Alfred Sant, Shadow Minister for Justice which he is still serving to the present day.
Between 1998 and today He was appointed on Various important missions by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and also by the EU commission, International observer for various General Elections, in particular countries that include, the violet revolution that took place in Giorgia (1999), Presidential Election in Palestinian Authority (2004) following the demise of then president Yasser Arafat. The Presidential Election in the USA (2004), the referendum for independence from Serbia in Montenegro (2006) and the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Zambia 2006.
Hmmm, he even took part in talks on something called the Nuclear Iranian crisis. One of his advisers should point him in the direction of a wabsajt link to the royal order of adjectives, while the rest of us thank God that he’s shadow minister for justice (bad enough) and not education:
Recently he formed part in the Maltese Parliamentary delegation that went to India where he participated in direct talks on the Nuclear Iranian crisis.
And here he translates mqanqla, or rather mqanala, as ferocious, while telling us that a person of undisclosed identity writes regularly about politics (foreign, too, no less) in daily and Sunday newspapers that are proper nouns even without their name:
Today he is one of the main Political exponents of the Labour Party where in his ferocious and strong speeches that he delivers in the Maltese Parliament and in the Public. He was the promoter in disclosing scandals within the Nationalist Party in power, the most recent one being the taking out of court documents from the court buildings in Valletta, to offices of Ministry of Justice. Writes regularly in Daily and Sundays Newspapers on subject of Political nature that include foreign Politics.
Now, take a deep breath:
His hobbies include reading, researching about maltese of abroad and jogging.
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.. and to think that such a creep will probably be Minister for Justice in three years time – enough to make me reach for the arsenic
Sur eros,
are you attending mass this sunday sur eros, mhux ahjar titlob mahfra u appologija calling mp a creep. fil fatt nahseb ghalek ma turiex ismek. vera miskin.
Sur rspiteri, I don’t go to mass, so I guess I can call Gadget a creep if I want to.
What exactly would you call someone who hugs his Leader in front of the cameras and then makes fun of him behind his back by calling him “IL-BOY”?
I think he meant ‘crap’ not ‘creep’
No, it will be Jose Herrera.
Madonna, x’injoranza pessma! How did this man graduate cum laude in law from the University of Malta? It’s shocking. And what’s more shocking still is the fact that he is barely literate and yet stands to become Malta’s deputy prime minister. Only in Malta.
Regarding the university question you posed, it also astounds me. And he is not the only one by a long shot.
Thanks to PN government against which he fought and still fights, he entered university as a mature student and studied for six years free of charge while still receiving his salary from the police force, and once he had got his degree and taken all those years of salary, he left the force and set up as an Avukat and politician.
I also did some research on the Maltese of a broad once. But she only spoke Romanian.
Good one HP. Plenty of them here too.
Can you see Anglu jogging? I can’t.
I have to admit that I saw ‘Anglu’ during his preferred ‘physical exercise’ but I refrain from calling it jogging. To me it seemed more like a slow canter.
Steve, Anglu does not ‘jog’, he jiggles.
Do you swear, cross your heart that this was lifted as is from his website?!
Hold it. He is not Shadow Minister for Justice. (That’s Jose guys…) But “apart from his role as Deputy Leader for Parliamentary Affairs he has also been chosen by Dr. Joseph Muscat as Shadow Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations, Worker’s Rights, Standard of Living & Co-Operatives.”
Worker’s Rights.
Standard of Living.
Insomma, Shadow Minister (jew kif ighidu l-Awstralja, Ministru Dell) tal-habbagozz.
[Daphne – “Huwa rega serva fi hdan fil-kumitat dwar l-abbozzi tal-ligijiet fi hdan l-Parliament u inhatar mill-kap tal-Partit Laburista’ Dr. Alfred Sant Shadow Minister ghal Gustizzja, kariga li ghadu jhaddan sal-llum.” – from Min Hu Anglu Farrugia? http://www.anglufarrugia.org ]
There is a dome in Mosta also. It is nice and make tourists attracted.
Please don’t start me off on the random capital letters! It is very hard to resist correcting circulars, newsletters, worksheets, etc issued by my children’s school and sending them back full of red ink.
You should! It is disgraceful that our educators lack basic English skills.
Kellu delizju iehor. Jarresta certi nies f’hinijiet li ma tippermettix il-ligi u li jhedded u jgielhek tiffirma xi stqarrija li jkun ivvinta hu, u jekk ma tiffirmax jaqflek fic-cella fid-dlam.
Dan illum qieghed xi haga dwar id-drittijiet tal-bniedem?
Kemm jinbidlu malajr certi nies! Vera sar modern, Anglu, mindu ideffes fil-partit tal-Labour.
Riya. What do you mean ‘jarresta nies f hin ma tippermetix il ligi?’ I thought that one could be arrested 24/7.
Jarresta n-nies ghal hin itwal milli tippermetti l-ligi.
He delivers speeches “in the Public”. LOL
At least he didn’t leave out the “l” …
Does he also deliver speeches when he’s alone? Maybe in the shower…
“Attiv fi hdan il-Parliament tal-OSCE”.
I’m guessing one can phoneticise that using Italian pronunciation as in my surname, but perhaps it’s not such a good idea – not unless you want another oxen-related libel suit.
What is interesting (and embarrassing) is that it’s not only the English version that is badly-written: the Maltese one is just as atrocious. The man has difficulty expressing himself but is totally unaware of the problem.
I’ll never forget something Oliver Friggieri once said on radio: people write and speak as they think. If this is true – and I believe it is – the careless and confused syntax and grammar used by Anglu Farrugia show an ‘untidy’ and uncultivated mind. He writes like a Form 2 student haphazardly throwing together a few sentences to finish his homework composition.
This proves that we should not be alarmed by the English used on Maltastar.
Insomma sewwa jghid il-Malti li min jipprova joghla hafna jiehu sabta kbira. Nahseb ghalhekk baghtuh ma’ Joe Debono Grech ghax hu ta’ l-istess livel.
Quoting from his website:
“inhatar mill-kap tal-Partit Laburista’ Dr. Alfred Sant Shadow Minister ghal Gustizzja, kariga li ghadu jhaddan sal-llum.”
Then:
“Huwa inhatar minn Dr. Joseph Muscat bhala kelliem ewlieni ghax-xoghol u drittijiet tal-haddiema.”
The infinite wisdom of this man is astonishing.
Now you do pronounce OSCE as “ghox”, don’t you?
It figures.
U dan issa gradwa wkoll fit-tisbit fil-parlament. Ghax qelibielhom lil Debono Grech u lil Joe Mizzi.
I suspect that when he gets “ferocious” he starts using the CAPITAL LETTERS.
Meanings of “ferocious”:
Extremely savage.
Fierce.
Cruel.
Yes, I can see why his speeches are described as ferocious in the same sentence where it is stated that he is one of the main political exponents of the Labour Party.
Look on the bright side, at least it looks like he’s taking note of his (obviously English) spell-checker at times, seeing that “jew” was written with a capital letter here:
“Kemm ilna fl-Ewropa, QED nibbenifikaw Jew QED inhallsu ghal min jabbuza?” ( http://www.anglufarrugia.org/modules/smartsection/category.php?categoryid=10 )
“Organisations held with Dr Farrugia
Organisations post held by Dr Farrugia to be included here”
( http://www.anglufarrugia.org/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=8 )
U le, u le. Il-veru tal-biki:
“Today he is one of the main Political exponents of the Labour Party where in his ferocious and strong speeches that he delivers in the Maltese Parliament and in the Public.”
( http://www.anglufarrugia.org/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=3 )
Maybe he does it on purpose to keep to the level of his followers – inkella jghidu “Eeeeee, kemm hu perfett dan! Ghan-naha l-ohra tajjeb mhux ghal maghna!”
He’s a prime candidate for the post of Minister of Education, isn’t he?
Antonia Banderas,
Meta kien fil-pulizija Farrugia u kien jigi Demarco id-depot wara in-1987 kien jgaghmel l-istess bhalma ghamel lil Joseph Muscat wara li spicca mir-risposta ghall-budget.
“Recently he formed part in the Maltese Parliamentary delegation that went to India where he participated in direct talks on the Nuclear Iranian crisis.”
The appalling English aside, perhaps they omitted a critical aspect here that would have been befitting of such a biography.
The simple, mere fact that while in India, he also rode on an elephant, which he unfortunately made look like a dwarf.
Nothing to do with the post above, but go to http://www.ft.com – section Life and Arts. There is a caption “Life in Britain under Mrs T” with a pic of Lady Thatcher.
BUT the caption takes you to a piece about toilets. It might have been a mistake, it might have been hacking, but it wasn’t very funny. They might have corrected it since.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11703195
Trust this Chinese person who had the bright idea to try to enter into Canada disguised as Dom Mintoff.
A green “drainage inspector” outfit might have been more convincing.
IT FRIGHTENS ME THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PERSONS WHO LIVE WITH SO MUCH SPITE AND HATE INSIDE!!!!
LIFE IS WONDERFUL … BUT IT IS QUITE EVIDENT THAT TO SOME IT IS A ‘LIVING HELL’!!
MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOU ALL!!!
I think he left something out on his CV. Before becoming a police superintendent, I remember him at what was once the Polytechnic in Msida, where he attended a course to become a teacher.
What a difference in profession.
Judging by the site replete with grammatical mistakes, good thing he never made it to becoming a teacher. Then again …
Your destructive parody amounts to nonsense. You have convinced me to vote for Dr Anglu Farrugia for the first time.
H Mizzi, your reasoning is warped, to say the least.
Someone with an obviously hampered IQ is exposed, and because he is exposed you decide to vote for him?
“Today he is one of the main Political exponents of the Labour Party where in his ferocious and strong speeches that he delivers in the Maltese Parliament and in the Public.”
Yes? Yes? What happens when he does?
Qatali nifsi.
I suppose he ‘entered’ university using the maturity clause. Thank God that it can’t be used for professions such as medicine.
So the government had its period in 1996?
Changing Education Paradigms:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
I am not one of those who are keen to know about Anglu. The least I know about this unpleasant person the better.
Daphne, you must feel honoured to have met this policeman. He’s like a Tasmanian devil when he gives one of those ferocious speeches of his. Imagine him mixing about with international leaders – tal-misthija, jew le?
Dery, it is true that the police have the right to arrest you 24/7 but it depends what type of crime you are being investgated on.
The only alleged crime that Daphne did when she was arrested by Inspector Gadget was that she attended a protest at that she attcked the Police particularli PS Joseph Mangion 710, the Police sergeant who everybody knows dumped Nardu Debono in a ditch in Qormi, and this sergeant never did anything in the Police force except beating up people at the Depot. Imagine Daphne attacking these type of policemen.
And when they went for Eddie Aquilina at his home at 5am, when he was asleep, they didn’t even accuse him of committing a crime, they just wanted his photographs. They took him to his office, forced him to open up, took the pictures – AND THEN ARRESTED HIM AND LOCKED HIM UP FOR AROUND 24 HOURS.
This was illegal. But for Anglu attending a demostration against the government at that time was illegal. Those were the human rights we were brought up with in Dr. Anglu Farrugia’s time in the police force. He should have arrested Piu Camilleri and his accomplices when he was the investigating officer in the brutal murder of Lino Cauchi.
Regarding his English, his fellow inspectors at the Depot used to say that Anglu never bothered checking how things should be written or spelled – and today he is a lawyer. No wonder Daphne and others on this website are making fun of his writing.
I would like to share with all of you the following considerations:
1. Dr Farrugia either writes the contents of his website or, at least, gives his consent thereto.
2. The University of Malta gave him a magna cum laude for his Magister Juris. One assumes that the UoM confers its degrees, and the level attained therein, after duly weighing the value of the thesis submitted.
3. It is inconceivable that a magna cum laude classification should be conferred to a thesis betraying the dismal level of literacy evidenced by Dr Farrugia’s website.
My only conclusion – and this is very serious – is that the author/reviser of Dr Farrugia’s website is not the same person who wrote Dr Farrugia’s thesis for the Magister Juris degree which he obtained with a magna cum laude.
I think that if any crime has been committed, it is now time-barred. But, politically, there is no prescriptive period.
If my hunch is right, the Maltese electorate should know the truth about the Deputy Leader of the party in opposition.
A structural analysis of the text of the thesis and the text of the website should yield a definitive opinion on whether they were/are written by the same person.
If Dr Farrugia did not write his own thesis, he should resign. And the University should denude him of the degree.
Friends of friends can still write theses.
And I really pity poor Giorgia who had a violet revolution… Was it a precursor to scarlet fever?
Daphne, don’t you consider yourself lucky that you can actually give him your no.1 vote in the general elections?
Jekk joghgobkom issemmux iktar il-vjolenza ta’ qabel l-1987 ghax mhux vera grat. U mhux vera li Angelo kien isawwat in-nies!!! Xejn ma hu veru!!!