Comments on: Karmenu Vella and the Labour Party clearly don’t understand the nuances of a certain kind of British English https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/karmenu-vella-and-the-labour-party-clearly-dont-understand-the-nuances-of-a-certain-kind-of-british-english/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Madame M https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/karmenu-vella-and-the-labour-party-clearly-dont-understand-the-nuances-of-a-certain-kind-of-british-english/#comment-708584 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:42:52 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=26113#comment-708584 Maaaaa this is truly hopeless! F’hiex se nigu!

]]> By: Rita Camilleri https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/karmenu-vella-and-the-labour-party-clearly-dont-understand-the-nuances-of-a-certain-kind-of-british-english/#comment-707066 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:25:24 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=26113#comment-707066 I doubt whether they even know the meaning of the word “nuances”.

]]> By: Angus Black https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/karmenu-vella-and-the-labour-party-clearly-dont-understand-the-nuances-of-a-certain-kind-of-british-english/#comment-706114 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:14:50 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=26113#comment-706114 He must have scribbled ‘ambixjus’ on a scrap of paper while the English expert termed Labour’s plan as ‘ambitious’.

Had Mr Seaman acclimatized himself in the Malta scene, he would have realized that the Queen’s English is not quite practiced by a certain sector of the population.

Had he known that, he would have used the word ‘presumptuous’ rather than ‘ambitious’. It would have been a bit more blunt, but then there would not have been room for ambiguity.

]]> By: Jozef https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/karmenu-vella-and-the-labour-party-clearly-dont-understand-the-nuances-of-a-certain-kind-of-british-english/#comment-705745 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:49:19 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=26113#comment-705745 In reply to Frans Cassar.

Yep, some lovely summer nights, windows closed and a red haze hanging overhead.

]]> By: Flora White https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/karmenu-vella-and-the-labour-party-clearly-dont-understand-the-nuances-of-a-certain-kind-of-british-english/#comment-705672 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:23:01 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=26113#comment-705672 The noble Brutus hath told you that Caesar was ambitious; if it were so,it was a grevious fault and greviously hath Caesar answered it.

]]> By: Dave https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/karmenu-vella-and-the-labour-party-clearly-dont-understand-the-nuances-of-a-certain-kind-of-british-english/#comment-705654 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:16:28 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=26113#comment-705654 In reply to Dave.

Even better, they managed to put a tv edit together : http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c84n5H9XZj4

Incredible.

]]> By: Dave https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/karmenu-vella-and-the-labour-party-clearly-dont-understand-the-nuances-of-a-certain-kind-of-british-english/#comment-705621 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:08:33 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=26113#comment-705621 And the Ministry of Misinformation (aka MaltaStar) turns it into a headline article: http://maltastar.com/mart/20130115-mizzi-pn-expert-confirms-projects-can-be-done

]]> By: H.P. Baxxter https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/karmenu-vella-and-the-labour-party-clearly-dont-understand-the-nuances-of-a-certain-kind-of-british-english/#comment-705552 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:51:23 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=26113#comment-705552 In reply to maryanne.

Which is all PN is interested in. That’s why they’ll lose this election big time. Should have worked for Caritas, the whole bally lot.

]]> By: Mario https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/karmenu-vella-and-the-labour-party-clearly-dont-understand-the-nuances-of-a-certain-kind-of-british-english/#comment-705350 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:51:51 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=26113#comment-705350 In reply to Josette Jones.

He’s an idiot and a bare faced liar.

]]> By: anthony https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/karmenu-vella-and-the-labour-party-clearly-dont-understand-the-nuances-of-a-certain-kind-of-british-english/#comment-705320 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:42:58 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=26113#comment-705320 To expect Karmenu Vella to have a clue what the word ‘ambitious’ stands for in this context is to ask for the impossible.

The poor fellow struggles with basic Maltese.

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