I just happened to be in M & S in Sliema, patiently waiting for my sister to choose some new cloths. I happened to be near the till upstairs when I heard one of the girls on the till telling her collegue "Leave these here, they are of the gentleman". Now I just saw red when I heard her say "of the gentlemen" which of course is the literal english translation of the maltese "tar-ragel".
I do not profess to speak or write perfect maltese, but please please I beg of everyone to either speak maltese or speak grammatically correct english.
I have a lot of other examples to give but I hope this is a start. I would love you to let me know your experiences, describe the person, where and when you heard them speak maltenglo.
About Me
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- I have lived in England for 35 years but decided to retire early and live in my native country, Malta. I live in Gozo really which is a 20 minute ferry ride away from Malta but I stay in Malta at the weekend and spend most of it with my family. M My main interest is cake decorating and making sugar flowers and despite being retired, I am now giving cake decorating lessons. I had my own cake decorating business in England. I have shipped all the equipment over here but most of the cakes I make nowadays are for family and friends. There is a sudden craze for cookies over here. I suppose, I introduced them and I make about 100 every week for young boys and girls on their birthday to take to school. Most of them are football shirts as they are football made over here.
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