The Kurats at Number 49

Il-Kumars f'Londra,
Il-Kurats fi Brussell..

Heqq hemm.. ha nibdew b'naqra poezija qabel ma nipprezentaw l-orrur...

Listen Mr. Oxford don
by John Agard

Me not no Oxford don
me a simple immigrant
from Clapham Common
I didn't graduate
I immigrate

But listen Mr Oxford don
I'm a man on de run
and a man on de run
is a dangerous one

I ent have no gun
I ent have no knife
but mugging de Queen's English
is the story of my life

I dont need no axe
to split/ up yu syntax
I dont need no hammer
to mash up yu grammar

I warning you Mr Oxford don
I'm a wanted man
and a wanted man
is a dangerous one

Dem accuse me of assault
on de Oxford dictionary/ imagin
a concise peaceful man like me/dem
want me serve time
for inciting rhyme to riot
but I tekking it quiet
down here in Clapham Common

I'm not a violent man Mr Oxford don
I only armed wit muh human breath
but human breath
is a dangerous weapon

So mek dem send one big word after me
I ent serving no jail sentence
I slashing suffix in self-defence
I bashing future wit present tense
and if necessary

I making de Queen's English accessory/to my offence

Il-lingwa Maltija tisfa maqtula fi Brussell

Skond informazzjoni li ghandu dan il-blogg, ghalkemm il-mewt tal-lingwa Maltija kienet mahsuba li kien xoghol il-hafna britixx Maltin li hemm jghixu Brussell u jaqdu d-dmir ta' konsulenti u zbubati simili ghall-kuruna Maltija, dan ma kienx minnu. Dan il-blogg irnexxielu jakkwista ezempji disturbanti ferm tat-tip ta' tortura li kellha tbati l-povra lingwa qabel ma sfat mejta b'daqqa ta' sikkina Franciza f'dahra, gidma Olandiza ma saqajha, hafna bullets Inglizi u xi bullets Taljani fil-qalb u fl-istonku. Tafu min kienu... Inutile de démasquer!

Francisizmi!

pubell - landa taz-zibel
(mill-Franciz poubelle)

ix-xeff - il-kap
(generalment head of division)

il-prodott - prodott biex innaddfu l-parquet

il-garr - l-istazzjon
(tinqara bhal garr... tgorr, igorr, ecc)

systematic - qasra ghal "systematic destroyer of our house"
(ie, isem helu ghalija li taghtni Anita)

savà - multifunzjoni
(halliha, kif int, jien orrajt, ecc)

andaluws - qasra ghal "mitraillette bil-basal u frites bis-sauce tzigane, imma jekk ma jkollux tzigane, andalouse tajjeb ukoll. Eh, u coka diet ukoll..."

niddegustaw - nduqu

l-orér - xhin ser tghaddi l-bus

Commerces de proximité

ic-centru - il-Bourse

excellence - Video Excellence

dejjemmaghluq - PlinTub

rachid - Coiffure des Bienfaiteurs

automatisch kostantijn (b'moviment sesswali-robotiku sakemm tghida) - tejkewejs f'Amsterdam

l-indjan - tan-night shop ta' hdejna (wisq probabbli Pakistani mhux Indjan)

in-nonant - tram 90

is-swasantsenk - bus 65

iktar provi inqas iwahxu!

nee hux... (le hux)

il-yeti / narkopelsja - Antonio Sousa Pereira
(sid il-kera. Portugiz... sufi u "pjuttost kalm")

fernan/fernando/fernand/ferdinand - Fernando Sousa Pereira
(il-gar - hu sid il-kera)

it-Torka - gara simpatika hafna li kull ma nafu fuqha hi Torka u li tonfoq hafna fuq peroxide tax-xaghar u tiffirmalna ghall-pakketti u l-posta taghna

il-Maltin - il-Maltin orrajt ta' Brussell
(imnissla b'ton normali)

il-Maltiiinne - il-Maltin li jdejqulna l-garzetta
(imnissla b'ton imdejjaq)

salarju iktar attrattiv fuq il-livell finanzjarju - salarju ahjar

Ma kienx hemm qbil fil-familja Kurat - fatt li seta' jwassal sabiex johorgu l-istinti lingwistiko-qattiela taghhom b'mod vjolenti...

anita tghid moxt jien nghid petne

anita tghid porch u jien nghid woxxruwm (washroom) jew buwanderi (buanderie)

anita titni u jien nitwi

Et tu Brutus?
Kif qed tbaghbas u tifrakassa l-lingwa int?