Comments on: It’s time to put the word KICKBACKS into the language https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/04/time-put-word-kickbacks-language/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/04/time-put-word-kickbacks-language/#comment-3133282 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:40:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=92343#comment-3133282 The point here is that it is NOT tixhim. It’s money shared, not money paid for a purpose. Words are symbols: when a word serves a particular purpose, people pick it up instantly. Look at the way ‘iced bun’ went into the language. I actually invented that.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/04/time-put-word-kickbacks-language/#comment-3133277 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:33:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=92343#comment-3133277 Baksheesh is a word known to everyone who speaks British English.

]]> By: La Redoute https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/04/time-put-word-kickbacks-language/#comment-3133259 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:21:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=92343#comment-3133259 Michelle Muscat is a critical piece of the puzzle. She is married to the Prime Minister and it is her name that has been directly linked to Egrant Inc.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/04/time-put-word-kickbacks-language/#comment-3133217 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 12:19:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=92343#comment-3133217 Most people I know would never say tangenti. They would all instantly pick up ‘kickbacks’.

]]> By: Spock https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/04/time-put-word-kickbacks-language/#comment-3133215 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 12:16:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=92343#comment-3133215 In reply to Mela Darba…….

That’s a point to be picked up by the independent media – that the law was broken nonetheless .

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/04/time-put-word-kickbacks-language/#comment-3133204 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:45:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=92343#comment-3133204 In reply to Mela Darba…….

Yes, and Brian Tonna also used his offshore company to hide money from his wife.

]]> By: Mela Darba...... https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/04/time-put-word-kickbacks-language/#comment-3133201 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:44:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=92343#comment-3133201 If Keith Schembri lent the money to Brian Tonna while he was in separation proceedings from his wife, isn’t that deception and a criminal offence in itself?

]]> By: A. Caruana https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/04/time-put-word-kickbacks-language/#comment-3133194 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:35:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=92343#comment-3133194 BAKSHEESH.

That word should be on lots of posters at the next public meeting.

Muscat seems to be about to burst out laughing, probably thinking how simple the whole nefarious scheme had been. Louis Grech’s blank stare is on the other hand inscrutable. Can’t make it out whether it is the look of a proud elder seeing how clever his youngsters are or a look of detachment.

But the most culpable look is of Muscat’s.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/04/time-put-word-kickbacks-language/#comment-3133193 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:33:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=92343#comment-3133193 No, my piece is not about language. It is about corruption.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/04/time-put-word-kickbacks-language/#comment-3133188 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:30:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=92343#comment-3133188 In reply to Ryan Murdock.

Maybe I should write one, though I can’t see how that would be chronologically possible.

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