Comments on: Here we go again with the blast-from-the-past Mintoffian language https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/07/here-we-go-again-with-the-blast-from-the-past-mintoffian-language/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: SpitFire https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/07/here-we-go-again-with-the-blast-from-the-past-mintoffian-language/#comment-3047472 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:42:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=67073#comment-3047472 It seems that nowadays stating the facts makes you an enemy of the country. Reminds me of Russia under Stalin.

]]> By: H.P. Baxxter https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/07/here-we-go-again-with-the-blast-from-the-past-mintoffian-language/#comment-3047457 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:23:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=67073#comment-3047457 Seriously?

]]> By: H.P. Baxxter https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/07/here-we-go-again-with-the-blast-from-the-past-mintoffian-language/#comment-3047458 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:23:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=67073#comment-3047458 Of course not. The government.

]]> By: Protolangue https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/07/here-we-go-again-with-the-blast-from-the-past-mintoffian-language/#comment-3047408 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 20:05:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=67073#comment-3047408 One may be an ‘enemy’ of the government (il-gvern) of the day and be loyal to the state, the country and the nation.

I believe the calque translation of the English “government” into “gvern” does not fit a country whose cultural referents are essentially Latin.

]]> By: H.P. Baxxter https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/07/here-we-go-again-with-the-blast-from-the-past-mintoffian-language/#comment-3047407 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 20:04:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=67073#comment-3047407 Scum of the universe.

]]> By: Tabatha_White https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/07/here-we-go-again-with-the-blast-from-the-past-mintoffian-language/#comment-3047402 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:47:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=67073#comment-3047402 Go, Jason, Go.

That’s quite a good visual.

]]> By: Neil Dent https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/07/here-we-go-again-with-the-blast-from-the-past-mintoffian-language/#comment-3047401 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:46:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=67073#comment-3047401 L-etat, c’est moi….

]]> By: il-Ginger https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/07/here-we-go-again-with-the-blast-from-the-past-mintoffian-language/#comment-3047396 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:34:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=67073#comment-3047396 Better to be an enemy of the state than a traitor to your country.

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