Daphne like ‘much more’ I do not have a Like button.

“I don’t personally care if Dalli is right or wrong and as far as I am concerned as an ex-PN minister he can take a hike for all I care.

But when a Maltese national is hounded by foreigners without a justifiable cause then yes I would show solidarity with him and believe he is innocent until proven otherwise.

It is shameful how many posters here sided with the foreigners on circumstantial evidence and are the prosecutors, judge and jury of the case.”

(http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140710/local/dalli-barroso-should-be-arrested-if-he-came-to-malta.527145)

This person cares less about the reputation of the island being tarnished by someone who has been repeatedly hounded by allegations over corruption than sticking it to the EU.

I cannot take this ignorance any more.

What’s wrong with pleased to meet you?

[Daphne – Nothing. But British English has a built-in sorting codes, like sofa and settee, napkin and serviette, living-room and lounge, and so on.]

How can there be wages of sin la Alla ma jħallasx bin-nhar ta’ Sibt? Presumably they should be the salaries of sin….

Salary derives from the Latin word for salt ‘sal’ and eventually ‘salario’ became a form of payment.

“La scarsità del sale e la sua importanza alimentare (come insaporitore e come conservatore di cibi) gli hanno conferito la dignità di moneta e l’offerta, lo scambio e l’uso del cosiddetto ‘oro bianco’ si è caricato di significati simbolici legati alla vita civile e religiosa.”

Basically the importance of salt particularly in the preservation of food was so high that at times payments were made in salt. This was considered as ‘white gold’.

The expression ‘worth his salt’ derives from this.

[Daphne – I do have a Like button. Two, actually – one at the top of the post and another at the bottom. Nobody says ‘it is my pleasure to make your acquaintance’ unless he wishes to be thought a Transylvanian who is translating mentally as he speaks. The thing to say is howdoyoudo.]

Dalli’s lost earnings are likely to have been far more than his salary and allowances.