Comments on: Enough with the humble, because it isn't praise and it's not complimentary either https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/enough-with-the-humble-because-it-isnt-praise-and-its-not-complimentary-either/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Silvana https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/enough-with-the-humble-because-it-isnt-praise-and-its-not-complimentary-either/#comment-86267 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:50:24 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11988#comment-86267 Very well said, Daphne……she was one of a kind.
May the Lord grant her Eternal Peace.

]]> By: La Redoute https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/enough-with-the-humble-because-it-isnt-praise-and-its-not-complimentary-either/#comment-86266 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:50:57 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11988#comment-86266 In reply to S.Anastasi.

They could have said ‘unassuming’, if that is what they mean. ‘Umli’ is used incorrectly in Maltese as well.

]]> By: kev https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/enough-with-the-humble-because-it-isnt-praise-and-its-not-complimentary-either/#comment-86265 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:50:46 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11988#comment-86265 In reply to Lomax.

The PN invented broadband? Go figure.

]]> By: S.Anastasi https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/enough-with-the-humble-because-it-isnt-praise-and-its-not-complimentary-either/#comment-86264 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:53:59 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11988#comment-86264 ‘To call Mrs Fenech Adami humble is to demean her, to make her small, to make out that she thinks little of herself when it is quite obvious’ …………..

I am sure that all those who described Mrs Mary Fenech Adami as ‘humble’, did not do so to demean her, to make her small ……. and what not ……. They simply wanted to mean that she was always modest in her behaviour, attitude and spirit, not arrogant or full of pride.

]]> By: Leonard https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/enough-with-the-humble-because-it-isnt-praise-and-its-not-complimentary-either/#comment-86263 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:51:36 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11988#comment-86263 The quantity and quality says a lot.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110708/local/mary-fenech-adami-s-condition-deteriorates.374535

http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/video-b-kara-mourns-mary-fenech-adami-as-nation-pays-her-tribute

]]> By: John Schembri https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/enough-with-the-humble-because-it-isnt-praise-and-its-not-complimentary-either/#comment-86262 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:29:26 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11988#comment-86262 In reply to Dr Francis Saliba.

Probably journalists described Mrs Fenech Adami as “humble” for want of a better word. I would say that they wanted to describe her as unassuming. As the wife of Dr Eddie Fenech Adami she could easily have taken a hard-to-approach role.

]]> By: Dr Francis Saliba https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/enough-with-the-humble-because-it-isnt-praise-and-its-not-complimentary-either/#comment-86261 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 03:10:26 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11988#comment-86261 The word “humble” has different nuances of meaning as applied to Mary Fenech Adami nothing derogatory was ever intended. It evidently referred to her Christian attributes of humility and genuine total absence of brash arrogance despite her exalted position as the treasured wife of Malta’s Head of State and as a selfless courageous mother when the lives of her family members were imperilled by senseless thugs. In this moment of truth let us recognise her above average good qualities out of genuine appreciation and not out of any misguided “de mortuis nil nisi bonum”.

]]> By: Dee https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/enough-with-the-humble-because-it-isnt-praise-and-its-not-complimentary-either/#comment-86260 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:12:16 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11988#comment-86260 In reply to Zorro.

In all probability that guy is not allowed to use the bathroom at home, not unless his wife okays it first.

]]> By: Hot Mama https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/enough-with-the-humble-because-it-isnt-praise-and-its-not-complimentary-either/#comment-86259 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:41:11 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11988#comment-86259 Spot on as usual

]]> By: John Schembri https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/enough-with-the-humble-because-it-isnt-praise-and-its-not-complimentary-either/#comment-86258 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:11:36 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11988#comment-86258 I don’t think Mary Fenech Adami stood behind Eddie, she stood beside him.
Lord grant her eternal peace.

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