Interesting observation of yours. Man sagt auch ‘mein Mann oder meine Frau’ auf deutsch. You- commonly – also say ‘my man or my woman’ in German, though you can also say ‘mein/e Ehemann/Ehefrau’, ‘Ehe’ being marriage, i.e. my marriage man, marriage woman. Next time I fill in (or, interestingly enough, fill out) an official form in German I must check what it says.

German is a rather clear and practical language, usually. Its nouns are often compound and give a very down to earth explanation of what the word describes, e.g. ‘Zahnfleisch’ (toothmeat = gums), ‘Staubsauger’ (dustsucker = vacuum cleaner) and ‘Wasserkocher’ (waterboiler = kettle). I love them.

Rapiti? Either some strange variant of ‘rapist’ (a borrowed word from English like Hepi Berdej) or the Italian word ‘stolen’.

Mad people usually muck up their sentances and wording making them incoherent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqL02HSPjUM

Ah! I too collect Maltese expressions as a hobby. Perhaps you’d like to have a look at these. I’ve had them in my collection since last summer:

Inkahhallek wiccek mar-Redentur.

Indeffislek blandun f’sormok.

Naghmel zobbi mohriet u nibaghtu jaghzaq f’ghoxx ommok.

And the pièce de résistance:

Naghtik daqqa ta’ ponn nerga’ ngibek liba.

[Stephen – …but I think your little blasphemous phrase under the picture is a rather over the top]

If you think that’s over the top, you should live in my street. A neighbour of mine shouts expletives and swears at her children every single day…and sometimes its actually worse.

I’ve watched this video. Tal-biza.

Anyway smajt il-kelma “veru rapiti”. U ma nafx xi tfisser.

And keeping your fingers in the car while driving, too.

KG, do you think that makes any difference to the “cercura” in the pic? Jekk tmur tghidilha hekk, issabbat lilek.

(Imma l-aqwa li niddiskriminaw lill-gharab).

Din kienet xi haga li dejjem impressjonatni f’dan il-pajjiz, li certu genituri juzaw kliem agressiv mat-tfal anke ta’ eta’ zghira hafna bhal li kieku kienet xi glieda qalila bejn zewg irgiel fis-sakra. M’hemmx differenza.