Comments on: Now I know why Delia thinks nothing of crying in public as a dramatic statement

By: Joseph M Saliba

Joseph M Saliba — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 14:50:00 +0000

Adrian’s mother is a former teacher, well educated, while his father worked as a draughtsman at the Works Division.

I know this family very well and all I can say is that they have all the value you can imagine. I hope most families are like his.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 13:17:00 +0000

In reply to Les Bon Bons. Yes, that is precisely the point I'm making: that it's a calculated insult by the bride to the groom's family.

By: Les Bon Bons

Les Bon Bons — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 13:01:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Caruana Galizia. If the bride's family pay for the wedding as is usually the case then they would usually have a greater say as to how the wedding is organised and that includes the church and the reception.

By: pronoia

pronoia — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 12:22:00 +0000

In reply to callixtus. I beg to differ: the style that has rubbed off bears more of a resemblance to the Demarcos.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 06:58:00 +0000

He also added GHAX M’GHANDIX.

By: Odyssey

Odyssey — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 23:15:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Caruana Galizia.

I don’t follow the logic of Mrs. Delia. If Mrs. Delia feels superior to her husband, because of her family’s wealth or due to Adrian Delia’s background, she should have run for office herself. She is a professional woman, and in fact she spoke at the PN conference during the 2013 campaign when he was nowhere to be seen.

She is either for women’s liberation or she is not. She cannot feel ashamed of, and insult her husband one day, and then promote him as the PN leader, and consequently, demote herself as ‘the wife of’ the next day. There is no consistency there.

By: callixtus

callixtus — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 22:46:00 +0000

In reply to Marija il-maltija. Some of the incredible style of her in-laws must have rubbed off on her.

By: Marija il-maltija

Marija il-maltija — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 22:13:00 +0000

She’s enjoying her ‘battle of the Barbies’ . We saw Kirsty Debono with knee-high boots a few days ago. Now Mrs Delia wore fur to her husband’s swearing in.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 21:55:00 +0000

Yes, it does matter, because it’s a calculated insult by the bride to her groom’s family. When one language is shared, and the other is not, you choose the shared language. Anything else is either the ignorance of bad manners or a deliberate insult. I think you will find that it’s also the reason she kept her surname at a time and in a culture where and when women never did on marriage. Now, some women do. Back then, nobody did. It was definitely an ‘I don’t want your family’s surname’ statement (“ghax dawk baxxi”).

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 21:52:00 +0000

In reply to hekknahsibha. For somebody who is supposed to have read so much, his restricted vocabulary and syntax are startling. He can't have read very much at all.