Archive for 'Language'
Where to use ‘where’, ‘wear’ and ‘were’
A short guide to where to use 'where', 'wear' and 'were' [...]
The top 5 Maltese language errors
It's bad enough you don't read or write proper English because it's 'tal-pepe'; you also write shameful and atrociously incorrect Maltese. Here are the top 5 Maltese language errors. [...]
21 Proverbs, updated for the 21st Century
Proverbs are much like browsers, they need be updated and their holes plugged. Here are 21 Proverbs updated to Modern Life. [...]
4 Bullshit Phrases that piss me off
If you’re something of a stickler for language and take care to avoid using certain words and phrases, you will understand my pain and consternation when people use language with as much grace as a drunken [...]
Corporate words and phrases that annoy me
Language is a relatively decent way to communicate, I think we can agree on that. Except, of course, when the language you hear often at the office is so bereft of meaning it leaves you gasping [...]
The complete dictionary of bullshit
I came across this epic masterpiece recently. Being somewhat scientifically minded and a fan, nay follower, nay disciple, or reason, logic and critical thinking obviously helped me appreciate it further. It’s basically a periodic table, but [...]
Lose or loose, their or they’re and others
Last time I was grammatically offended I wrote about “It’s, its and when to use apostrophe + s” Today, I’m feeling suitably relaxed, so I’ll go on to some of the finer locutions in the English [...]
It’s, its and when to use apostrophe + s
This commonly made mistake in English has been one of my favourite for years, if not for how common it is, for how easy it is to correct yourself before you err. Anything wrong with the [...]
How Italians do the English
I know what you thought when you read that title! Sadly for you, I’m not writing about the copulating habits of Italian douches. Because of course, I know nothing of said habits. As well as they [...]
5 things I hate about Carnival
The last two points are spot on, in this country of censorship and pol
Don't care who you are, only care what you do
with the "culture" of nepotism and partisan politics in Malta, I highl
Malta has a Cardinal and I couldn't give a toss
Apart from already being a priest, what use could a possibly be to Mal
5 things I hate about Carnival
ehh kemm naqbel mieghek jahasra!! Ghal xi raguni jew ohra, tant ma kie
Malta has a Cardinal and I couldn't give a toss
My thoughts exactly! Well at least you bothered to write about it.