Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: L'Inglese che si parla a Malta

Vorrei sapere se l'Inglese parlato dai Maltesi č molto differente come
pronuncia dall'Inglese britannico.
Se andassi a lavorare lě pensate che imparerei un buon inglese?
Grazie

 Se andassi a lavorare lě pensate che imparerei un buon inglese?
Sicuramente migliore di quello che impareresti in Italia.
Sebastiano
-- 
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his face]
JD: [Thinking] Oh my God, do not say "splotchy."
JD: Good splotchy Dr. Splotchy. 

 Sebastiano
Il guaio e' che molti maltesi parlano anche l'italiano, pero'!
Almeno cosi' ho letto.
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 Il guaio e' che molti maltesi parlano anche l'italiano, pero'!
Verissimo, l'italiano è diffusissimo. Basta non parlarlo. Se uno, però, ha
un accento italiano e non è sciolto nel parlare, troverà sempre chi passerà
all'italiano, pensando di aiutare.
Sebastiano
-- 
Marshall : I've lost my keys. Where are they? 


Over the internet I knew people from Malta who speaks english better than me
(and this wasn't that hard); what's more they spoke italian better than me
too... maybe I was supposed to study a little more when I was at school
(both english and italian, of course!)


Because English has a preferred status in Maltese schools, it might
indeed be a very good place to study English.
When I was stationed with NATO in Naples, I knew many people who went
to Malta on vacation. They found it a beautiful place.
At that time, there was still a NATO base in Malta, and periodically a
Courier would come to Naples from Malta to pick up and deliver
documents.
Another duty of the Courier from Malta when he came to Naples was to
make the rounds of the NATO base at Bagnoli in an effort to buy up old
copies of Playboy magazine, which he would then smuggle back into
Malta in his diplomatic pouch. This subterfuge was necessary because
magazines such as Playboy were banned in Malta at the time.
Joe from Massachusetts

 (both english and italian, of course!)
Beh, a Malta credo che sia l'inglese, sia il maltese siano lingue
ufficiali. Moltissimi a Malta sono praticamente madrelingua in inglese e
moltissimi sono proprio madrelingua.
Sebastiano
-- 
J.D. : Why aren't you using the mop I bought you?
Janitor : I didn't like it.
J.D. : But you cried!
Janitor : No, that was you.
[drags wet mop over JD's face] 

 magazines such as Playboy were banned in Malta at the time.
Poor li'l guys from Malta!
Anyway, it's a nice place and a good one to learn English, but if you have
a strong Italian accent you might end up speaking Italian 'cause if someone
who speaks Italian hears you talking with your "pizza-shaped" accent, they
might say "oooo, Italiano! Come va? Bella Italia!" and then you find
yourself spending your vacation helping out the locals with Italian.
Sebastiano
-- 
J.D. : Look, Dr. Cox, I've been doing a lot of thinking, and I honestly
think the only reason that your not down at that hospital right now is
that... you're afraid.
Dr. Cox : I think you're right, I do. It's partly because you've gotten to
know me this year, but mostly it's that well... I told you I was afraid
earlier today... so please don't tell me you've some to reiterate things
that I've already said, because I know the things that I've already said,
in fact... I'm the one who said them. 

 ha scritto nel messaggio
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 London!
Well, I am quite sure Malta is cheaper than London, but I don't know if
it's cheaper than Italy's big cities. And is it cheaper than Sicily? I
don't know.
Sebastiano
-- 
Tony Almeida : So, uh, what are we saying here? If we save LA from a
nuclear bomb, then you and I can get together for dinner and a movie? 


My uncle have worked in Bagnoli for 15 years or more... I didn't know he
read playboy for free... old pig!

 read playboy for free... old pig!
*HAS worked... Damn!

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I worked at the base in Bagnoli, but lived in Licola and Lago di
Patria.
Joe from Massachusetts

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I suppose you should say "My uncle has been working" (but "has worked"
should be fine as well) if he's still working there, and "My uncle worked"
if he isn't working there any longer.
Bye, FB
-- 
"The doctors found out that Bunbury could not live, that is what I mean—so
Bunbury died".
"He seems to have had great confidence in the opinion of his physicians".
("The Importance of Being Earnest", Oscar Wilde)


The second one. He's not working there now, he's retired. And yeah, I know
what the past perfect continuos is.