She probably thought he would turn into a handsome prince if she kissed him, well probably both of them actually.

Tivventila tfisser xi haga ohra, bhal trewwah biex tqabbad xi glieda.

Kelma Taljana biex min juzha juri kemm hu bravu u uniku.

No, it is not correct. That’s not what ‘ventilare’ means.

It is putting forth ideas or suggestions for discussion, or to test the waters.

What Mallia means here is spreading rumours or false information, which is not the same thing at all. But I don’t expect him to know the difference. He’s a lawyer, and an MP. Double whammy.

Another thing Guido and Manuel had in common was Giannella.

What on Earth did she see in him?

Mallia filjozz ta’ Demarco.

No, ventilare is actually correct in Italian. It means to throw in the air or spread information. Never heard it used in Maltese though.

I believe the correct Maltese word would have been “tperrec”, a word still in current use especially in Gozo and some villages in Malta.

I know “ventilare” exists (I’m not that stupid), but it doesn’t mean “to spread rumours”, which is what Mallia presumably is trying to say here. Roughly, it means “to put ideas forth for discussion”.

It is deliberately meant to be misread, at first glimpse (and in the case of people with low education, even at second and third glimpse), “tivvinta”.

The letter was released to the press for all to read, and so the intention was obviously to imply, sarcastically, that Simon Busuttil is making up allegations.

Such is the vile and twisted mind of our prime minister.

Faced with this very serious incident of public shooting, in which the line between life and death for the targeted individual was down to fortuitous minutes of arc differences in bullet trajectory, and which, incredibly, has yet to result in a prosecution, the prime minister chooses to resort to such cheap cynicism.

He and his sneering visage.