Fear of Maltese words of Semitic origin

Joe Felice Pace (July 30) argued that in Maltese there is the word denunzjatur for whistleblower and denunzja for whistle blow. Yes indeed and there are also akkużatur and xellej for the former and akkuża and xilja for the latter. But it seems that...

Joe Felice Pace (July 30) argued that in Maltese there is the word denunzjatur for whistleblower and denunzja for whistle blow.

Yes indeed and there are also akkużatur and xellej for the former and akkuża and xilja for the latter. But it seems that nowadays people are scared of Maltese words especially when they derive from Semitic roots.

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