The singular advantage McGill’s has is that only 0.5% of the Maltese population is able to pronounce it
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January 23, 2014 at 2:10am
“Gejt bl-Arriva?”
“Mort bl-Arriva.”
“Haqq %$£”***&!! l-Arriva.”
Try that with McGill’s. It’s not going to happen. Buses are going to become buses again, not ‘Arriva’.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-25809175
I wager they’ll still be Arriva, just like a mobile phone is “Telecell”.
What’s that?
One of the Easedale brothers (owners of McGill’s) has a string of convictions for tax and VAT fraud – they have also long been covered in a cloud of suspicion regarding corruption and sharp practice – should be a shoe-in for this contract then.
[Daphne – There has been just the one conviction for VAT fraud: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/ibrox-chiefs-roll-out-red-1460777 ]
Yes, that puts them in a favoured position with this government then.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/ibrox-chiefs-roll-out-red-1460777
Only after a due diligence exercise! So they’re definitely a shoe-in for the contract, then.
I would say ‘Michael ‘ is odds on favourite. The gender is of course the problem.
“Gejja l-Michael.”
“Kemm se ddum il-Michael.”
“Il-qahba Michael kif inhi mimlija.”
“Kemm hi mahmuga il-Michael.”
“Kemm iddahhan il-Michael.”
“Ili ma nirkeb fuq il-Michael.”
By the time they will be forced to leave Malta after being asked to sign off their assets to the Labour government without compensation, they would have grown up into McGrill’s.
McGill’s statement that they have contact with “very prominent individuals and companies” puts them in pole position in Malta, and the obvious people readily come to my mind. Didn’t take them long to figure out how contracts are awarded here.
Oh, but can’t you already hear “McDonild’s” (sic) ringing in your ears?
My thoughts exactly.
If the Maltese can say MuckDonalds, why would it be a problem for them to say Muckills? U ija mhux xorta ajma. l-aqwa li ftehmna.
Ħaqq għall-”Maggill”…
That’s what brain washing does to people. I bet we will still be hearing of Arriva and associating it with bus service in Malta for a very long time.
This was one of the strategy, and still is I’m afraid, of Labour to get power.
Look now they have turned their attention to present Nationalist MEPs – they are being called traitors.
Who is the real traitor of Malta may I ask? Those who defend sale of citizenship are patriots and the opposition are traitors.
What warped mentality is this?
Gejt bil-Meggils
The thing is, will this “Arriva MK2” be accepted by “the people” because the PL brought them in whereas Arriva was brought in by the PN which is not acceptable.
I do not expect any bashing of the new provider, whether it is McGill or a local operator. With PL everything goes.
Se l-Orrizont’s reaction to the filming of the Chinese billionaire. When the same treatment was metted out by Super One it was ok.
Why does this government always attract fraudsters?
Birds of a feather and all that, I presume.
I wonder how our dear population will refer to them. Will it end up Mek Girrs? “Dhax il-gears ghadhom manual.”
Or maybe Mekkell? “Mhux barranin bhall dik il-Germaniza?”
Or perhaps Magilsk? “Filli xejn u filli jigu tnejn.”
Bis-servizz li kellna, l-Arriva kienet qed titlef il-miljuni kull xahar. Issa li l-istess servizz qed imexxih il-Gvern permezz ta’ Transport Malta min taħseb li qed jagħmel tajjeb għall-istess telf, ja baħnan Malti?
Il-PN itik biċċa ħobż f’idejk u tarmiha, waqt li timla’ rasek (mhux żaqqek) bil-wegħda li l-Lejber se jtik biċċa kejk tajba. M’għandekx esperjenza biżżejjed tal-(in)kompetenza tal-Labour fi gvernijiet passati?
Tista’ tkompli toħlom, inkella tiftaħ għajnejk u ma tħallix lil min ibellagħlek ir-ross bil-labra.
Does it mean bus drivers will wear a kilt?
They were almost driving about in a loincloth in the days before Arriva, with the slipstream cooling off their sweaty sack, so that should please them.
Let us wait and see for the reaction of Times of Malta towards the selection of Makkgill; it won’t be as negative as that towards Arriva, I am sure.
As an armchair linguist (def. “an expert in tongue in the lounge” – dear me that sounds rude), I think it’s a tie between “Megill” and “Michael”. The latter opens up a fascinating field of research on gender assignment.
“Smajtha Mer, sahnitilhom il-Michael fit-tela t’Alla w’ommu.”
“Hux bil-Meggle Meggle! Ha niehu l-Pichut”.
They will just be tal-Megill.