The Naked Truth: British Bathing Habits - English Like A Native Podcast

Hello and welcome to The English Like A Native Podcast, the

Hello u merħba għal The English Like A Native Podcast, il-

British English podcast that's designed for learners of English.

podcast Ingliż Brittaniku li huwa ddisinjat għal studenti tal-Ingliż.

In this episode, 'A Very British Life' episode, we are going to be looking

F'dan l-episodju, l-episodju 'A Very British Life', se nkunu qed inħarsu

at our relationship with the bath.

lejn ir-relazzjoni tagħna mal-banju.

Right, rubber ducks at the ready.

Dritt, papri tal-gomma lesti.

Let's talk about bathing.

Ejja nitkellmu dwar l-għawm.

In the UK, we love to take a bath.

Fir-Renju Unit, inħobbu nieħdu l-banju.

However, that might be set to change, because I read a newspaper headline

Madankollu, dan jista 'jkun issettjat biex jinbidel, minħabba li qrajt titolu ta' gazzetta

recently that said the cost of taking a bath is set to soar by 90%.

dan l-aħħar li qal li l-ispiża biex tieħu banju hija stabbilita li togħla b'90%.

Oh, we all know that energy costs are going through the roof at the moment.

Oh, nafu lkoll li l-ispejjeż tal-enerġija qed jgħaddu minn fuq il-bejt bħalissa.

Now, those are two nice phrases, aren't they?

Issa, dawn huma żewġ frażijiet sbieħ, hux?

Well, depends.

Ukoll, jiddependi.

Depends on the context, but set to soar by, and then a percentage.

Jiddependi fuq il-kuntest, iżda stabbilit li jogħla minn, u mbagħad persentaġġ.

This means that something, a price or a percentage is due

Dan ifisser li xi ħaġa, prezz jew persentaġġ hija dovuta

to, or about to go really high.

għal, jew waslet biex tmur tassew għolja.

So the cost, percentage of taking a bath is set to soar.

Allura l-ispiża, il-persentaġġ ta 'teħid ta' banju huwa stabbilit li jogħlew.

Prices of energy are going through the roof.

Il-prezzijiet tal-enerġija qed jgħaddu mis-saqaf.

That means they're becoming eye wateringly expensive.

Dan ifisser li qed isiru għaljin ħafna.

If something is eye watering, then it's so painful, it makes your eyes water.

Jekk xi ħaġa hija tisqija ta 'l-għajnejn, allura hija tant bl-uġigħ, tagħmel għajnejk ilma.

And energy bills are quite eye watering at the moment.

U l-kontijiet tal-enerġija huma pjuttost tisqija fil-mument.

So if the cost of taking a bath is set to soar by 90%, then many of us may be

Allura jekk l-ispiża biex tieħu banju hija stabbilita biex togħla b'90%, allura ħafna minna jistgħu jkunu qed

avoiding a bath and heading straight for a very quick, lukewarm shower.

jevitaw banju u sejrin dritti għal doċċa malajr ħafna u fietel.

Oh, I do like the word lukewarm.

Oh, jogħġobni l-kelma fietel.

Lukewarm is kind of that place between cold and warm.

Lukewarm huwa tip ta 'dak il-post bejn kiesaħ u sħun.

So it's not warm, like comfortably warm, and it's not cold.

Allura mhux sħun, bħal komdu sħun, u mhux kiesaħ.

Brr, it's lukewarm.

Brr, huwa fietel.

It's kind of in the middle.

Huwa tip ta 'nofs.

I don't really like a lukewarm bath nor a lukewarm shower.

Ma tantx inħobb banju fietel u lanqas doċċa fietel.

I like it really hot.

Jogħġobni tassew sħun.

How about you?

U inti?

I like my skin to turn red, but actually I have been taking cold showers

Inħobb li l-ġilda tiegħi ssir ħamra, imma fil-fatt ilni nieħu doċċa kiesħa

recently because it's very good for you to have a cold shower apparently.

dan l-aħħar għax huwa tajjeb ħafna għalik li jkollok doċċa kiesħa milli jidher.

But I wouldn't like a cold bath that might not be as pleasant.

Imma ma nixtieqx banju kiesaħ li forsi ma jkunx daqshekk pjaċevoli.

Anyway, what I found particularly interesting about this article that was

Xorta waħda, dak li sibt partikolarment interessanti dwar dan l-artiklu li kien

in the Metro newspaper, it's not a paper I tend to read very often, but the Metro

fil-gazzetta Metro, mhix karta li t-tendenza li naqra ħafna drabi, iżda l-Metro

is a paper that's offered for free.

hija karta li tiġi offruta b’xejn.

If you are travelling, on the trains or on the tube, you can always

Jekk qed tivvjaġġa, fuq il-ferroviji jew fuq it-tubu, dejjem tista'

pick up a free Metro newspaper.

tiġbor gazzetta Metro b'xejn.

And so, in this newspaper article in the Metro, I saw a word that

U għalhekk, f’dan l-artiklu tal-gazzetta fil-Metro, rajt kelma li

I never realised could be used as a verb, and it's the word luxury.

qatt ma indunajt li tista’ tintuża bħala verb, u hija l-kelma lussu.

It said that people were luxuriating or people might not be

Huwa qal li n-nies kienu luxuriating jew in-nies jista 'ma jkunx

luxuriating in the bath as often.

luxuriating fil-banju ta' spiss.

I've never seen the word luxuriate.

Qatt ma rajt il-kelma luxuriate.

Luxuriate.

Luxuriate.

So to luxuriate is to enjoy the luxury of something.

Mela li tiggwadanja huwa li tgawdi l-lussu ta’ xi ħaġa.

So if you are lounging in the bath, maybe you've got some nice scents.

Mela jekk inti tiddejjaq fil-banju, forsi inti ħadthom ltqajna xi rwejjaħ sbieħ.

Maybe you put something nice in the bath that smells nice, so you've

Forsi tpoġġi xi ħaġa sabiħa fil-banju li tinxtamm sabiħ, allura inti

got some nice scents going on and you've got some candles burning

ħadt xi rwejjaħ sbieħ għaddejjin u għandek xi xemgħat ħruq

and maybe some music playing.

u forsi xi mużika daqq.

You might have a nice glass of wine and maybe you're sharing a bath with

Jista’ jkollok tazza nbid sabiħa u forsi qed taqsam banju ma’

someone special and having a lovely time.

xi ħadd speċjali u tieħu ħin sabiħ.

You might consider that luxury.

Inti tista 'tikkunsidra dak il-lussu.

So you are luxuriating.

Allura inti qed luxuriating.

Luxuriating.

Luxuriating.

It's very interesting.

Huwa interessanti ħafna.

I actually thought that the newspaper had made the word up, but

Fil-fatt ħsibt li l-gazzetta kienet għamlet il-kelma up, imma

I looked it up in the dictionary and sure enough, there it was.

fittixt fid-dizzjunarju u żgur, hemm kien.

So I've learned a new word, which is very exciting.

Allura tgħallimt kelma ġdida, li hija eċċitanti ħafna.

Now the article goes on to explain that filling a bath will cost an annual

Issa l-artiklu jkompli jispjega li l-mili ta’ banju se jiswa medja annwali

average, that's a yearly average, of £1,023 in 2023, up from £542.88 last year.

, jiġifieri medja annwali, ta’ £1,023 fl-2023, minn £542.88 is-sena li għaddiet.

Which is a big difference.

Li hija differenza kbira.

So maybe we are going to start taking less baths and showers, 'cause

Allura forsi se nibdew nieħdu inqas banjijiet u doċċa, għax

currently it's quite common for us to take a bath or shower daily.

bħalissa huwa pjuttost komuni li nieħdu banju jew doċċa kuljum.

Sometimes, I would take two showers in a day if I've been out doing some

Xi drabi, kont nieħu żewġ doċoċ kuljum jekk kont qed nagħmel xi

exercise in the evening or something.

eżerċizzju filgħaxija jew xi ħaġa.

Really just depends on how dirty I feel.

Tassew jiddependi biss minn kemm inħossni maħmuġ.

How often do you bath or shower in your country?

Kemm-il darba tagħmel banju jew doċċa f'pajjiżek?

I'm going to let you in on a little secret.

Se nħallik tidħol fi ftit sigriet.

I don't know why I'm whispering, but I am now offering premium content or rather

Ma nafx għalfejn qed insejjes, imma issa qed noffri kontenut premium jew aħjar

bonus material for anyone who becomes an English Like a Native Plus member.

materjal bonus għal kull min isir membru Ingliż Like a Native Plus.

So if you love listening to my voice on this podcast and you'd like

Mela jekk tħobb tisma' leħni fuq dan il-podcast u tixtieq

more, then you can get exclusive content by becoming a Plus member.

aktar, allura tista' tikseb kontenut esklussiv billi ssir membru Plus.

So I'll put the link in the description if you're interested.

Allura npoġġi l-link fid-deskrizzjoni jekk int interessat.

Okay.

Back to the bath.

Okay.

Lura għall-banju.

Let's look at some bath vocabulary.

Ejja nħarsu lejn xi vokabularju tal-banju.

I'm sure you all know the basics.

Jien ċert li lkoll taf l-affarijiet bażiċi.

Obviously we have the bath.

Ovvjament għandna l-banju.

In America they call this a tub more often, I believe, perhaps even a bath tub.

Fl-Amerika huma jsejħu dan tub aktar spiss, nemmen, forsi anke banju.

But in the UK it's pretty standard for us to simply say bath.

Imma fir-Renju Unit huwa pjuttost standard għalina li sempliċement ngħidu banju.

Bath with that tricky th where you stick your tongue between your teeth for bath.

Banju b'dik it-th delikata fejn twaħħal ilsienek bejn snienek għall-banju.

But depending on where you are in the UK or who you are speaking to, you might

Imma skont fejn tkun fir-Renju Unit jew ma’ min qed titkellem, tista’

hear that pronunciation slightly change.

tisma’ dik il-pronunzja tinbidel xi ftit.

So in the north of England, they'd actually change the vowel sound.

Allura fit-tramuntana ta 'l-Ingilterra, kienu fil-fatt jibdlu l-ħoss tal-vokali.

They'd say bath, bath.

Kienu jgħidu banju, banju.

And in the south we'd have a longer vowel, bath, bath.

U fin-nofsinhar konna jkollna vokali itwal, banju, banju.

And in some regions they'll also change the th to an f.

U f'xi reġjuni huma ser jibdlu wkoll it-th għal f.

So you'd have baf, baf.

Allura inti jkollok baf, baf.

Or if it's somewhere in the north baf, baf having a baf.

Jew jekk huwa x'imkien fit-tramuntana baf, baf li jkollu baf.

Now when it comes to preparing the bath, we are likely to use the verb run.

Issa meta niġu għall-preparazzjoni tal-banju, x'aktarx li nużaw il-verb run.

I'm going to run a bath.

Jien ser niġri banju.

I'm just running a bath.

Jien biss nimxi banju.

Would you like me to run your bath for you?

Tixtieq li nmexxi l-banju tiegħek għalik?

This is a very, very common way to talk about preparing the bath.

Dan huwa mod komuni ħafna, ħafna biex titkellem dwar il-preparazzjoni tal-banju.

There's an old-fashioned verb that I still sometimes see written, and in

Hemm verb antikwat li xi drabi għadni nara miktub, u fil-

fact, I saw it written in an article today, but I've never heard anyone in

fatt, illum rajtu miktub f’artiklu, imma qatt ma smajt lil ħadd

day-to-day conversation using this verb, and the verb is draw, to draw a bath.

f’konversazzjoni ta’ kuljum juża dan il-verb, u l-verb huwa tiġbed, biex tiġbed banju.

I think it's such an unusual verb, but it is from the past, so it is archaic.

Naħseb li huwa verb tant mhux tas-soltu, iżda huwa mill-passat, għalhekk huwa arkajku.

So don't be surprised if you see it written, but don't use it.

Mela toqgħodx sorpriża jekk taraha miktuba, imma tużahx.

Use run instead.

Uża run minflok.

So you run a bath.

Allura inti tmexxi banju.

We actually run the taps, we turn them on, allowing the water to run into the bath.

Aħna fil-fatt imexxu l-viti, nixgħulhom, u nħallu l-ilma jgħaddi fil-banju.

We're running the bath.

Aħna qed imexxu l-banju.

We're filling the bath with water, and then once the bath is full, or to

Qed nimlew il-banju bl-ilma, u mbagħad ladarba l-banju jkun mimli, jew sa

a level that you are happy with, you turn the taps off and then you take

livell li tkun kuntent bih, itfi l-viti u mbagħad tieħu

or have a bath, so I'm going to take a bath, or I'm going to have a bath.

jew tieħu banju, allura jien ser nieħu banju , jew jien ser nieħu banju.

Now, when we talk about getting into the bath, sometimes we say, I'm

Issa, meta nitkellmu dwar id-dħul fil-banju, kultant ngħidu, jien

just going to jump into the bath.

biss se naqbeż fil-banju.

I often say to my partner, I'm just gonna jump into the bath for a few minutes.

Spiss ngħid lil sieħbi, jien se naqbeż fil-banju għal ftit minuti.

I don't literally mean I'm going to be jumping into the bath.

Ma nfissirx litteralment li ser naqbeż fil-banju.

I mean, that would be quite an energetic way to enter the bath.

Jiġifieri, dan ikun mod pjuttost enerġetiku biex tidħol fil-banju.

But we say this when we mean we're going to do something quickly.

Imma dan ngħidu meta nfissru li se nagħmlu xi ħaġa malajr.

So I'm just going to jump into the shower.

Allura jien biss se naqbeż fid-doċċa.

I'm just gonna jump into the bath, meaning I'm going to get in there

Jien se naqbeż fil-banju, jiġifieri se nidħol hemm

quickly and spend a short period of time doing that thing, showering or bathing.

malajr u nqatta’ perijodu qasir ta’ żmien nagħmel dik il-ħaġa, nidgħawm jew nagħmlu.

And we use the word bathing as the verb, meaning to spend time lying in the bath.

U nużaw il-kelma banju bħala l-verb, li jfisser li nqattgħu ħin mimdudin fil-banju.

But we can also use bathing when we're talking about lying

Imma nistgħu nużaw ukoll l-għawm meta nkunu qed nitkellmu dwar

in the sun, we're sunbathing.

il-mimdud fix-xemx, aħna qed nieħdu x-xemx.

I don't often hear people saying, I was bathing last night, but meaning

Ma tantx nisma’ nies jgħidu, kont qed ngħum ilbieraħ filgħaxija, imma jiġifieri

they were lying in the bath, because often when we are lying in the

kienu mimdudin fil-banju, għax ħafna drabi meta nkunu mimdudin fil-

bath, we would use the verb, soak.

banju, konna nużaw il-verb, soak.

I was soaking in the bath last night.

Kont qed nixxarrab fil-banju lbieraħ filgħaxija.

I was enjoying some time soaking in the bath.

Kont qed nieħu pjaċir ftit ħin nixxarrab fil-banju.

Or I was having a soak.

Jew kont qed tieħu soak.

I was having a soak in the bath.

Kont qed nieħu tixrib fil-banju.

And we really do treat bathing as a luxury, as something that we do to

U aħna verament nittrattaw l-għawm bħala lussu, bħala xi ħaġa li nagħmlu biex

unwind after a very stressful day.

inħallu wara ġurnata stressanti ħafna.

We use lots of products, which I'll come to later, to try and

Aħna nużaw ħafna prodotti, li ser nidħol għalihom aktar tard, biex nippruvaw ngħinuna

help us to create this luxurious feeling to help us to unwind.

noħolqu dan is-sensazzjoni lussuża biex tgħinna nilqgħu.

Now, in our bath, we actually have a mixer tap, but originally we had two

Issa, fil-banju tagħna, fil-fatt għandna vit mixer, iżda oriġinarjament kellna żewġ

separate taps, and this is not unusual.

viti separati, u dan mhux tas-soltu.

In the UK, it's very common for there to be a bathtub in every household.

Fir-Renju Unit, huwa komuni ħafna li jkun hemm bathtub f'kull dar.

If there isn't a bath, then it is noticeable.

Jekk ma jkunx hemm banju, allura huwa notevoli.

When we were searching for our home, we looked at lots of different

Meta konna qed infittxu d-dar tagħna, ħaresna lejn ħafna

houses and there was one house that was quite a large house.

djar differenti u kien hemm dar waħda li kienet dar pjuttost kbira.

It was three bedrooms, but it didn't have a bath in the bathroom, and that

Kienu tliet kmamar tas-sodda, imma ma kellhiex banju fil-kamra tal-banju, u dik

was the only reason that we decided against that particular house because

kienet l-unika raġuni li ddeċidejna kontra dik id-dar partikolari għax

it didn't have a bath in it, which is unusual for a family home, and I think

ma kellhiex banju fiha, li mhux tas-soltu għal dar tal-familja, u Naħseb

particularly in larger houses that are, you know, meant for families.

partikolarment fi djar akbar li huma, tafu, maħsuba għall-familji.

Then not having a bath is strange because, you know, you bathe the kids, right?

Imbagħad li ma jkollokx banju hija stramba għax, tafu, inti tgħum lit-tfal, hux?

That's kind of part of the bedtime routine is to have a bath or

Dik hija tip ta 'parti mir-rutina ta' qabel l-irqad hija li jkollok banju jew

you need to throw them in a bath when they've covered themselves

ikollok bżonn tarmihom f'banju meta jkunu mgħottijin

in paint or food or other stuff.

biż-żebgħa jew bl-ikel jew għalf ieħor.

So, you know, not having a bath in a house is noticeable.

Allura, tafu, li ma jkollokx banju f'dar hija notevoli.

And so in a bath it would not be unusual for there to be two taps.

U allura f’banju ma jkunx rari li jkun hemm żewġ viti.

The same with our sinks.

L-istess mal-bjar tagħna.

There're often two taps, and people sometimes say, why in the UK do they

Ħafna drabi jkun hemm żewġ viti, u n-nies kultant jgħidu, għaliex fir-Renju Unit għandhom

have two taps, one for hot, one for cold?

żewġ viti, waħda għas-sħana, waħda għall-kesħa?

Why not just have one tap and just mix the water together, which is becoming

Għaliex ma jkollokx vit wieħed u ħallat l-ilma flimkien, li qed isir

more popular here, to have a mixer tap.

aktar popolari hawn, biex ikollok vit mixer.

A mixer tap, where you just have one handle and you adjust the

Vit mixer, fejn għandek biss manku wieħed u taġġusta t-

temperature with the one tap handle.

temperatura bil-manku tal-vit wieħed.

But originally, and I'm quoting here, a BBC article, originally it was tradition

Imma oriġinarjament, u qed nikkwota hawn, artiklu tal-BBC, oriġinarjament kienet tradizzjoni

that dates back to a time when hot and cold water were kept separate to prevent

li tmur lura għal żmien meta l-ilma sħun u kiesaħ kienu jinżammu separati biex tiġi evitata

contamination through cross connection.

l-kontaminazzjoni permezz ta’ cross connection.

Cold water came from a main's supply, and it was fit for drinking.

L-ilma kiesaħ ġie minn provvista ta 'mejn, u kien tajjeb għax-xorb.

So cold water was good to drink.

Allura l-ilma kiesaħ kien tajjeb biex tixrob.

Hot water, however, would be serviced by a local storage

L-ilma sħun, madankollu, ikun isservisjat minn

system, often situated in the loft.

sistema ta' ħażna lokali, li ħafna drabi tkun tinsab fil-loft.

Now, the loft is a room that's in the roof of a home or a building.

Issa, il-loft huwa kamra li tinsab fis-saqaf ta 'dar jew bini.

So we have a storage tank, a hot water tank up in our loft.

Allura għandna tank tal-ħażna, tank tal-ilma sħun fil-loft tagħna.

Although I assume that the hot water is okay, that if I happened to drink

Għalkemm nassumi li l-misħun huwa tajjeb, li kieku nzerta nixrob

some of the hot water from the hot water tap, it wouldn't kill me.

ftit mill-ilma sħun mill-vit tal-misħun, ma joqtolx.

But yes, that's the idea, is that they were concerned about contamination

Imma iva, dik hija l-idea, hija li kienu mħassba dwar il-kontaminazzjoni

and so they kept those two taps separate, hot and cold, separate.

u għalhekk żammew dawk iż-żewġ viti separati, sħan u kesħin, separati.

We now have a lovely mixer tap in our bath, but just weeks after having

Issa għandna vit tal-mixer mill-isbaħ fil-banju tagħna, iżda ġimgħat biss wara li twaħħilna

that fitted, we allowed Jacob, my eldest son, who at the time was only

, ppermettejna lil Jacob, ibni l-kbir, li dak iż-żmien kellu biss

about one and a half, two years old.

madwar sena u nofs, sentejn.

We allowed him to sit in the bath with his collection of stones.

Ħallnieh joqgħod fil-banju bil-kollezzjoni tiegħu ta’ ġebel.

He had a small obsession with collecting large pebbles, big round stones, and he

Kellu ossessjoni żgħira li jiġbor ċagħaq kbir, ġebel tond kbir, u kien

was very attached to these particular stones, these particular pebbles.

marbut ħafna ma’ dan il-ġebel partikolari, dawn iċ-ċagħaq partikolari.

And so we let him take them into the bath with him to play with.

U għalhekk inħalluh jeħodhom fil-banju miegħu biex jilgħab magħhom.

And guess what happened while we weren't looking?

U aqta x’ġara waqt li ma konniex infittxu?

I heard a little whinge.

Smajt ftit whinge.

Mummy.

Mummy.

Mummy, gone, gone.

Mummy, marret, marret.

What's wrong, Jacob?

X'hemm ħażin, Jacob?

What's gone?

X'marret?

Stone gone.

Ġebla marret.

Stone gone.

Ġebla marret.

Well, it can't be very far.

Ukoll, ma jistax ikun 'il bogħod ħafna.

So I'm looking around in the bubbly water trying to find this stone.

Allura qed inħares madwari fl-ilma bubbly nipprova nsib din il-ġebla.

And it wasn't in the bath, was it?

U ma kienx fil-banju, hux?

No, it was up the tap.

Le, kien fuq il-vit.

He'd shoved it into the tap and it was lodged.

Huwa kien shoved fil-vit u kien ippreżentat.

It still is lodged.

Għadha ddepożitata.

We were never able to remove this stone from our tap.

Qatt ma stajna nneħħu din il-ġebla mill-vit tagħna.

So now trying to get a full flow of water out of this tap is just impossible.

Allura issa li tipprova tikseb fluss sħiħ ta 'ilma minn dan il-vit huwa sempliċement impossibbli.

So we have a dribble of water that comes out when we turn on our lovely tap.

Mela għandna dribble ta’ ilma li joħroġ meta niftħu l-vit sabiħ tagħna.

It's very frustrating.

Huwa frustranti ħafna.

It's not the only frustrating thing actually.

Mhux l-unika ħaġa frustranti fil-fatt.

We got the plumbing wrong.

Sirna l-plaming ħażin.

And where it says cold water, on one side, is actually hot water and the

U fejn jgħid ilma kiesaħ, fuq naħa waħda, huwa fil-fatt ilma sħun u l-

handle that says hot water is cold water.

manku li jgħid ilma sħun huwa ilma kiesaħ.

So we mixed up the water, which is another frustration, but never mind.

Allura aħna ħallat l-ilma, li hija frustrazzjoni oħra, iżda qatt ma jimpurtahom.

So, yes, lovely Jacob sticking his pebble into our taps is something

Allura, iva, Jacob sabiħ li jwaħħal iċ-ċagħaq tiegħu fil-viti tagħna hija xi ħaġa li

we'll have to explain when we ever try and sell the house to somebody else.

jkollna nispjegaw meta qatt nippruvaw inbigħu d-dar lil xi ħadd ieħor.

This is the lovely bathroom.

Din hija l-kamra tal-banju sabiħa.

You'll notice the lovely mixer tap that we've installed for you,

Tinnota l-vit sabiħ tal-mixer li installajna għalik,

which comes fitted with its own pebble to give you a nice dribble

li jiġi mgħammar biċ-ċagħaq tiegħu stess biex jagħtik dribble sabiħ

of water when you turn on the taps.

ta 'ilma meta tixgħel il-viti.

Oh dear.

Oh għeżież.

Okay, so some facts about bathing.

Okay, allura xi fatti dwar l-għawm.

So I found that in the early 1900s, it was popular for British people

Għalhekk sibt li fil-bidu tas-snin 1900, kien popolari għan-nies Ingliżi

to take a cold water bath just once a week, which was believed to be

li jieħdu banju bl-ilma kiesaħ darba biss fil-ġimgħa, li kien maħsub li kien

beneficial for health and wellbeing.

ta 'benefiċċju għas-saħħa u l-benessri.

So that's really interesting.

Allura dak huwa tassew interessanti.

I'm curious to know when and why that stopped.

Jien kurjuż biex inkun naf meta u għaliex waqaf.

Although in lots of very posh gyms and spas, there's always like a

Għalkemm f'ħafna gyms u spas eleganti ħafna, dejjem ikun hemm bħal

cold plunge pool, which is normally just a teeny tiny little tank of

cold plunge pool, li normalment huwa biss tank żgħir żgħir ta '

water that's big enough to stand in.

ilma li huwa kbir biżżejjed biex joqgħod ġewwa.

That's freezing cold water, and there'll be like a bowl of ice next

Dak huwa ilma kiesaħ iffriżat, u jkun hemm bħal skutella ta' silġ ħdejha

to it as well to make it even colder.

wkoll biex tagħmilha saħansitra aktar kiesħa.

And you plunge into this freezing cold water.

U tgħaddas f'dan l-ilma kiesaħ iffriżat.

You know, it is been proven to be very good for your health.

Taf, ġie ppruvat li huwa tajjeb ħafna għal saħħtek.

Now, I did go into a plunge pool recently.

Issa, dan l-aħħar mort f'pixxina.

We went to Centre Parcs.

Morna ċ-Center Parcs.

And at Centre Parcs, the one that we go to, they have a cold plunge pool outside

U fiċ-Center Parcs, dak li mmorru għalih, għandhom pixxina kiesħa barra

in their outdoor swimming pool area.

fiż-żona tal-pixxina ta’ barra tagħhom.

And you can see people daring each other to go and jump into this plunge pool.

U tista’ tara n-nies jisfaw lil xulxin biex imorru jaqbżu f’din il-plunge pool.

Can you stand the cold?

Tista 'toqgħod il-kesħa?

And I did it.

U għamilt dan.

Because I know how good it is for you.

Għax naf kemm hu tajjeb għalik.

So I jumped in and I think I spent about 10 seconds in there before

Allura qabżejt u naħseb li qattajt madwar 10 sekondi hemmhekk qabel ma

I was like, no, I need to get out.

kont bħal, le, għandi bżonn noħroġ.

And then I jumped back out.

U mbagħad qbiżt lura 'l barra.

My partner, the next day I dared him to do it and he only managed to jump in for

Sie[bi, l-g[ada sfajjtu jag[mel dan u rnexxielu jaqbe] g[al

a second and he was straight back out again 'cause he couldn't stand the cold.

sekonda biss u re;a’ re;a’ barra dritt g[ax ma jifla[x il-bard.

So I was the winner of that challenge.

Għalhekk kont ir-rebbieħ ta’ dik l-isfida.

These days I do try and take a cold shower if I'm feeling well,

Dawn il-ġranet nipprova nieħu doċċa kiesħa jekk inħossni tajjeb,

I will often try to make my shower cold at the end of my washing.

ħafna drabi nipprova nagħmel id-doċċa kiesħa fi tmiem il-ħasil tiegħi.

So when I've finished washing my hair or washing my body or doing

Mela meta spiċċajt naħsli xagħri jew naħsli ġismi jew nagħmel

whatever it is I need to do, then I will turn the shower down to cold.

dak kollu li jkun ikolli bżonn nagħmel, allura nbiddel id-doċċa għall-kesħa.

But depending on where I'm showering, like at home for

Imma skont fejn inkun qed nixgħel id-doċċa, bħal

example, I can make it quite cold.

pereżempju d-dar, nista’ nagħmilha pjuttost kiesħa.

But, I often shower at the gym after I've done some exercise.

Iżda, ħafna drabi nispiċċa fil-ġinnasju wara li għamilt xi eżerċizzju.

And I can't always get it very cold there.

U mhux dejjem nista’ nikseb kiesaħ ħafna hemmhekk.

It's strange.

Hija stramba.

So sometimes I just end up with a lukewarm shower at the end, which as I've said

Mela kultant nispiċċa biss b’doċċa fietel fl-aħħar, li kif għidt

before, I'm not a fan of lukewarm.

qabel, m’iniex dilettant ta’ fietel.

It doesn't really do anything.

Ma verament tagħmel xejn.

Alright, next fact, it was once common for members of the same

Tajjeb, fatt li jmiss, darba kien komuni li membri tal-istess

family to share bath water.

familja jaqsmu l-ilma tal-banju.

Of course, you know, this saves your water bills from getting too

Ovvjament, taf, dan jiffranka l-kontijiet tal-ilma tiegħek milli jogħlew wisq

high and your heating bills 'cause you have to pay to heat the water.

u l-kontijiet tat-tisħin tiegħek għax trid tħallas biex issaħħan l-ilma.

So this is understandable and in fact, I used to share bath water

Allura dan jifhem u fil-fatt, kont naqsam l-ilma tal-banju

with my family when I was younger and actually these days I still, you know,

mal-familja tiegħi meta kont iżgħar u fil-fatt f’dawn il-jiem għadni, taf,

I will run a bath for my children.

se nagħmel banju għal uliedi.

I'll jump in the bath first, and then the children come and jump in with me after

L-ewwel naqbeż fil-banju, u mbagħad jiġu t-tfal u jaqbżu miegħi wara li

I've had about 60 seconds to myself.

kelli madwar 60 sekonda għalija nnifsi.

Then they jump in and then I leave them to it, and so they're sharing

Imbagħad jaqbżu u mbagħad inħallihom għalih, u għalhekk qed jaqsmu

the bath water and previously they'd shared it with me, but as a

l-ilma tal-banju u qabel kienu qasmuh miegħi, iżda bħala

child, this is something I did too.

tifel, din hija xi ħaġa li għamilt jien ukoll.

I was the eldest of seven children, so I was lucky that I was first in the bath,

Jien kont il-kbir minn sebat itfal, allura kelli xortik tajba li l-ewwel kont fil-banju,

and then after me, all the boys would jump in and my sister would jump in too.

u mbagħad wara lili, is-subien kollha kienu jaqbżu u oħti kienet taqbeż ukoll.

You know, all different combinations of who's in with who.

Taf, il-kombinazzjonijiet differenti kollha ta 'min ma' min.

But I dread to think how disgusting that water must have been by the last person.

Imma nibża’ naħseb kemm dak l-ilma kellu jkun diżgustanti mill-aħħar persuna.

But yeah, you just do what you can, don't you?

Imma iva, tagħmel dak li tista’, hux?

Have you ever shared a bath?

Qatt qsamt banju?

I mean, sometimes it's romantic, right?

Jiġifieri, kultant huwa romantic, hux?

They always show it in the films.

Dejjem juruh fil-films.

A loved up couple sharing a, a warm bubble bath.

Koppja maħbuba li jaqsmu, banju tal-bużżieqa sħun.

Anyway, moving on.

Xorta waħda, nimxu 'l quddiem.

Next fact.

Fatt li jmiss.

In the 17th century, British people would add herbs, oils, and fragrances to

Fis-seklu 17, in-nies Brittaniċi kienu jżidu ħwawar, żjut, u fwejjaħ mal

the bath water to make it smell nicer.

-ilma tal-banju biex jagħmluha riħa aħjar.

This just makes me think of when I was younger and I would spend a lot

Dan biss iġġiegħli naħseb meta kont iżgħar u kont nqatta’ ħafna

of time, unattended in the bath.

ħin, bla attenzjoni fil-banju.

So I must have been about, you know, 10 years old.

Allura bilfors kelli madwar, taf, 10 snin.

One of my favourite things to do was to make a concoction to make

Waħda mill-affarijiet favoriti tiegħi li nagħmel kienet li nagħmel koncoction biex nagħmel

a special perfume for my mum.

fwieħa speċjali għall-mammi.

So I'd mix all the different lotions and potions that I could find around

Għalhekk kont inħallat il-lozjonijiet u l-potions differenti kollha li stajt insib madwar

the bathroom with the bath water and throw some bubbles in there

il-kamra tal-banju mal-ilma tal-banju u nitfa’ xi bżieżaq hemmhekk

and shake it all up and say, mum, I've made you a special perfume.

u nħawwad kollox u ngħid, omà, għamiltlek fwieħa speċjali.

It was probably horrible.

Probabbilment kien orribbli.

But yeah, we love to add things to our bath.

Imma iva, inħobbu nżidu affarijiet mal-banju tagħna.

So the new thing at the moment is, I say new, it's been around for a

Allura l-ħaġa ġdida bħalissa hija, ngħid ġdid, ilu żmien twil

long time, but bath bombs, I often receive bath bombs in like gift boxes.

, iżda bombi tal-banju, spiss nirċievi bombi tal-banju f'kaxxi tar-rigali bħalhom.

If there's like, a hamper or a box of beauty goodies, then it

Jekk ikun hemm bħal, hamper jew kaxxa ta 'goodies tas-sbuħija, allura

will often include a bath bomb.

ħafna drabi se tinkludi bomba tal-banju.

And this is like a ball of I don't know, like salt and soap stuff, and you put

U dan huwa bħal ballun ma nafx, bħal melħ u għalf tas-sapun, u inti tpoġġih

it in the bath and it kind of explodes.

fil-banju u tip ta 'tisplodi.

It fizzes.

Jiżżerżaq.

It's effervescent, is that the right word?

Huwa effervexxenti, hija dik il-kelma t-tajba?

It starts to fizz and react and break up in the water.

Jibda jfizz u jirreaġixxi u jkisser fl-ilma.

Some of them are very colourful and so, you can get all sorts

Xi wħud minnhom huma mlewna ħafna u għalhekk, tista 'tikseb kull xorta

of different types of bath bombs that do some wonderful things.

ta' tipi differenti ta 'bombi tal-banju li jagħmlu xi affarijiet mill-isbaħ.

Yeah.

And you introduce them to the water and they do all these wonderful

Iva. U tintroduċihom fl-ilma u jagħmlu dawn

things and they make your bath smell like a perfume shop and create lots

l-affarijiet meraviljużi kollha u jagħmlu l-banju tiegħek riħa bħal ħanut tal-fwieħa u joħolqu ħafna

of different colours in your bath.

kuluri differenti fil-banju tiegħek.

I'm not a big fan of these things because I have very sensitive skin and

Jien m’iniex dilettant kbir ta’ dawn l-affarijiet għax għandi ġilda sensittiva ħafna u

I find that they always bring me out in a rash or some sort of reaction.

nsib li dejjem joħorġuni f’raxx jew xi tip ta’ reazzjoni.

But bath bombs are very popular and bath salts.

Iżda l-bombi tal-banju huma popolari ħafna u l-melħ tal-banju.

Now I do like a bit of bath salt.

Issa nħobb daqsxejn melħ tal-banju.

My son has eczema, so we tend to just use like dead sea salt now,

Ibni għandu ekżema, għalhekk għandna t-tendenza li nużaw biss bħal melħ tal-baħar mejjet issa,

which is just pure salt in the water.

li huwa biss melħ pur fl-ilma.

Or I would sometimes use Radox.

Jew kultant kont nuża Radox.

It's quite a popular brand that's been going for a long time in the UK.

Hija marka pjuttost popolari li ilha għaddejja għal żmien twil fir-Renju Unit.

Bit of Radox to soak your muscles.

Bit ta 'Radox biex jixxarrab il-muskoli tiegħek.

And you might also find things like bath scrubs as well in many bathrooms, which

U tista 'ssib ukoll affarijiet bħal Scrubs tal-banju kif ukoll f'ħafna kmamar tal-banju, li

you use to kind of scrub on your skin.

tuża biex tip ta' Scrub fuq il-ġilda tiegħek.

It like exfoliates your skin.

Huwa simili exfoliates ġilda tiegħek.

Just basically takes your skin off and rejuvenates you.

Biss bażikament tieħu l-ġilda tiegħek off u rejuvenates inti.

But again, I don't really use these things because my sensitive skin doesn't like

Iżda għal darb'oħra, ma tantx nuża dawn l-affarijiet għax il-ġilda sensittiva tiegħi ma

them very much, but it's all meant to make your bathing experience more luxurious.

tantx togħġobhom, iżda dan kollu huwa maħsub biex jagħmel l-esperjenza tiegħek ta 'l-għawm aktar lussuża.

So next fact is during the Victorian era, it was popular for British people to take

Allura l-fatt li jmiss huwa matul l-era Victoria, kien popolari għan-nies Brittaniċi li jieħdu

a sponge bath instead of a full bath.

banju bl-isponoż minflok banju sħiħ.

Now, this is interesting because I would often take a sponge bath when

Issa, dan huwa interessanti għaliex ħafna drabi kont nieħu banju ta 'l-isponoż meta

I was younger, and I still talk about having a sponge bath today.

kont iżgħar, u għadni nitkellem dwar li jkolli banju ta' l-isponoż illum.

So sometimes as a busy mum, I don't get an opportunity to have

Mela kultant bħala omm impenjattiva, ma nsibx opportunità li nagħmel

a shower or a bath in a day.

doċċa jew banju f'ġurnata.

I wake up and my kids, they're running late.

Inqum u t-tfal tiegħi, qed jispiċċaw tard.

I need to get them ready.

Għandi bżonn inġibhom lesti.

I don't have time to look after myself.

M'għandix ħin biex inħares lili nnifsi.

So I will have a sponge bath or a flannel bath.

Allura se jkolli banju tal-isponoż jew banju tal-flanella.

A flannel being a piece of cloth that you use for cleaning

Flanella hija biċċa drapp li tuża biex tnaddaf

yourself, your face or your body.

lilek innifsek, wiċċek jew ġismek.

So I'll just fill the sink with hot water, bit of soap, use a flannel

Allura nimla l-sink bl-ilma sħun, ftit sapun, nuża flanella

and wash my body with the flannel.

u naħsel ġismi bil-flanella.

I'll sometimes do the same with the boys, but we don't share flannels.

Ġieli nagħmel l-istess mas-subien, imma ma naqsmux flannels.

We all have our own flannel.

Ilkoll għandna flanella tagħna stess.

And this again, it saves time and it saves water and energy of course.

U dan għal darb'oħra, jiffranka l-ħin u jiffranka l-ilma u l-enerġija ovvjament.

In the 19th century, some British people used to walk out of their house

Fis-seklu 19, xi nies Ingliżi kienu joħorġu minn darhom

and take a bath in a nearby river.

u jieħdu banju fi xmara fil-qrib.

Now, these days I'm always a little bit nervous about going anywhere near the

Issa, f’dawn il-jiem dejjem inkun xi ftit nervuż li mmur kullimkien ħdejn ix-

river because there's been so much talk about the waste and the sewage that

xmara għax tant tkellem dwar l-iskart u d-drenaġġ li

different companies are pumping into the rivers, they're polluting the river.

kumpaniji differenti qed ipompjaw fix-xmajjar, qed iniġġsu x-xmara.

So I wouldn't feel safe bathing in the river.

Allura ma nħossx sigur għall-għawm fix-xmara.

I probably would come out dirtier than I was before I went in.

Probabbilment noħroġ iktar maħmuġ milli kont qabel ma dħalt.

But it's completely understandable having a bath in a river,

Imma wieħed jifhem kompletament li jkollok banju fi xmara,

you know, it makes sense.

taf, jagħmel sens.

Then you're not using any of your own water that you're

Imbagħad m'intix qed tuża l-ebda ilma tiegħek stess li qed

paying for out of the pipes.

tħallas għalih mill-pajpijiet.

You're not having to worry about heating it or anything.

M'intix għalfejn tinkwieta dwar issaħħan jew xi ħaġa.

So it makes sense.

Għalhekk jagħmel sens.

And I know in other countries, this is the done thing, the typical thing to do.

U naf f’pajjiżi oħra, din hija l-ħaġa li ssir, il-ħaġa tipika li tagħmel.

You do what you can.

Inti tagħmel dak li tista '.

But like I said, my nearest river is the River Thames and it's

Imma bħalma għidt, l-eqreb xmara tiegħi hija x-Xmara Thames u hija

filthy, so I wouldn't recommend bathing in the River Thames.

maħmuġa, għalhekk ma nirrakkomandax l-għawm fix-Xmara Thames.

You might get sick.

Tista’ timrad.

In fact, there was lots of reports of polio being found in the rivers

Fil-fatt, dan l-aħħar kien hemm ħafna rapporti dwar il-poljo li nstab fix-xmajjar

or in the sewage system recently, so all the children locally, my

jew fis-sistema tad-drenaġġ, għalhekk it-tfal kollha lokalment,

children too, had to be vaccinated again or have boosters for polio.

uliedi wkoll, kellhom jerġgħu jitlaqqmu jew ikollhom boosters għall-poljo.

These days, my experience of bathing is, like I said, very short-lived.

Dawn il-ġranet, l-esperjenza tiegħi ta 'l-għawm hija, bħalma għidt, ta' ħajja qasira ħafna.

I tend to get about 60 seconds of a hot bath before my children

Għandi tendenza li nieħu madwar 60 sekonda ta 'banju sħun qabel it-tfal tiegħi

run in saying, mummy, mummy.

jiġru jgħidu, mummy, mummy.

And they start stripping their clothes off and they wanna jump in, but I

U jibdew iqaxxru ħwejjiġhom u jridu jaqbżu, imma għandi

have to go, no, stop, it's too hot.

mmur, le, ieqaf, jaħraq wisq.

You'll scald yourself.

Int tismit lilek innifsek.

To scald yourself is to burn your skin.

Li tismit lilek innifsek huwa li taħraq il-ġilda tiegħek.

Then I have to fill the bath with cold water and make it

Imbagħad irrid nimla l-banju bl-ilma kiesaħ u nagħmilha

lukewarm for the children.

fietel għat-tfal.

But previously, before my children were born, I used to love a long

Imma qabel, qabel ma twieldu uliedi, kont inħobb

lounge, a long soak in the bath, and I actually have a bath pillow.

sala twila, tixrib twil fil-banju, u fil-fatt għandi pillow tal-banju.

I really was so excited when I bought myself a bath pillow, which is like a

Verament kont tant eċċitati meta xtrajt lili nnifsi pillow tal-banju, li hija bħal

pillow, which is waterproof and it has suckers on it, and you can stick it to the

pillow, li hija reżistenti għall-ilma u għandha suckers fuqha, u tista 'twaħħalha ma' wara

back of the bath and rest your head on it.

tal-banju u tistrieħ rasek fuqha.

And I bought myself one of these bath tables, so it has extendable sides, so

U xtrajt lili nnifsi waħda minn dawn l-imwejjed tal-banju, għalhekk għandha naħat estiżi, sabiex

you can lean it on the edges of the bath.

tkun tista 'dgħifha fuq it-truf tal-banju.

And then it has a piece that lifts up and you can rest a book on it, or a phone or

U mbagħad għandu biċċa li jerfa’ u tista’ tistrieħ ktieb fuqha, jew telefon jew

an iPad or something, if you want to watch something or read something while bathing.

iPad jew xi ħaġa, jekk trid tara xi ħaġa jew taqra xi ħaġa waqt l-għawm.

And it has a little holder for a glass, and you can have a little,

U għandu holder żgħir għal tazza, u jista 'jkollok ftit,

you know, plate for, I don't know, chocolates or something.

taf, pjanċa għal, ma nafx, ċikkulati jew xi ħaġa.

So you can have a glass of wine and some chocolates and a book.

Allura inti tista 'tieħu tazza inbid u xi ċikkulati u ktieb.

And then some candles.

U mbagħad xi xemgħat.

Gone are those days when I could enjoy that kind of bath time, but

Għaddew dawk il-ġranet meta stajt ngawdi dak it-tip ta’ ħin għall-banju, imma

I used to really love spending a lot of time in the bath.

kont inħobb ħafna nqatta’ ħafna ħin fil-banju.

The problem is when you spend a long time in the bath, you

Il-problema hija meta inti tqatta 'żmien twil fil-banju, ikollok

get quite wrinkly, don't you?

pjuttost tikmix, hux?

Your skin becomes very prune-like.

Il-ġilda tiegħek issir ħafna bħal pruna.

Prune is like a dried fruit that's very wrinkly, but very

Pruna hija bħal frotta mnixxfa li tikmix ħafna, iżda

good for your digestive system.

tajba ħafna għas-sistema diġestiva tiegħek.

It helps to keep you regular, helps you go to the loo often.

Jgħin biex iżommok regolari, jgħinek tmur il-loo spiss.

Anyway.

Xorta waħda.

If you spend a long time in the bath, your hands and your feet become very

Jekk tqatta’ żmien twil fil-banju, idejk u saqajk isiru qishom ħafna

prune-like, where you might say, I look like a prune, or my skin's like a prune.

pruna, fejn tista’ tgħid, nidher qisha pruna, jew ġilda bħal pruna.

Okay, I'm going to pull the plug on this particular podcast.

Tajjeb, jien ser niġbed il-plagg fuq dan il-podcast partikolari.

Do you see what I did there?

Tara x'għamilt hemm?

I made a pun, to pull the plug.

Għamilt pun, biex iġbed il-plagg.

Obviously, if you finish your bath, you pull the plug out of the bath

Ovvjament, jekk tispiċċa l-banju tiegħek, iġbed il-plagg 'il barra mill-banju

to allow the water to drain away.

biex tħalli l-ilma jitbattal.

Well, now I'm going to pull the plug on the podcast.

Ukoll, issa jien ser iġbed il-plagg fuq il-podcast.

If you pull the plug on something other than a bath, it means that you end it.

Jekk tiġbed il-plagg fuq xi ħaġa oħra għajr banju, dan ifisser li tispiċċaha.

You stop it from happening.

Tieqaf milli jiġri.

So if you want to hear more about bathing, I'm going to be discussing a

Mela jekk trid tisma’ aktar dwar l-għawm, ser niddiskuti ftit

little bit more in a premium episode.

aktar f’episodju premium.

So if you'd like to partake, listen to, enjoy that premium episode,

Mela jekk tixtieq tieħu sehem, tisma’, tgawdi dak l-episodju premium,

then think about becoming a English Like a Native Plus member.

imbagħad aħseb biex issir membru Ingliż Bħal Native Plus.

Until next time, thank you for listening.

Sad-darba li jmiss, grazzi talli smajt.

Take care and goodbye.

Oqgħod attent u addio.