German language, (RTE radio ad.)

Banjo String · 26-02-2013 10:10AM #1

Just heard an ad on RTE radio encouraging us to learn the German language.

Why?

Is an invasion is imminent or something?

I don't want to speak German!

I'll never speak that language, nein, nein, NEIN!

eviltwin · 26-02-2013 10:12AM

Heard that the other day, I thought it was a joke, a Gift Grub type sketch or something. Very odd ad indeed.

Banjo String · 26-02-2013 10:13AM

eviltwin wrote: »

Heard that the other day, I thought it was a joke, a Gift Grub type sketch or something. Very odd ad indeed.

They'll pass a motion in the dail making it mandatory, (if Germany tell them to)

I'm scared!

iDave · 26-02-2013 10:14AM

Heard it on Newstalk too.

Kylo Ren · 26-02-2013 10:15AM

SamHall wrote: »

Is an invasion is imminent or something?

If there was an invasion coming, why would the invaders want the country they are about to attack knowing the German language?

If anything it's in their advantage for us not to know the language as a lot of Germans know English as a second language while we only know English and scraps of Irish.

What a stupid statement.

Der Führer will be pleased to know the country he is about to seize is not very competent.

26-02-2013 10:15AM

Wohoo I am ahead of the game so. One of my gfs works with german - translation teaching writing and that sort of thing - and has been teaching us as a kind of hobby. I have to admit to being _really_ bad at it but I have managed over two years to pick up more than I did during 6 years of schooling in it.

Tabnabs · 26-02-2013 10:16AM

It's sponsored by the Dept of Emigration. How else are the government supposed to provide jobs for the school leavers and college graduates?

Sagi · 26-02-2013 10:16AM

well, many companies in Ireland are looking for german speakers (that's why I moved here) so might be useful, also learning a language is always beneficial.

ColeTrain · 26-02-2013 10:17AM

Our German overlords deserve our airwaves. If only their porn made onto our screens. Winning streak followed by a bitta riding from dussledorf would be sound

Banjo String · 26-02-2013 10:17AM

Keno 92 wrote: »

What a stupid statement.

Der Führer will be pleased to know the country he is about to seize is not very competent.

I see you have a German sense of humour.

Triangla · 26-02-2013 10:18AM

Joblessness is an issue in Ireland so a lot of people are emigrating, mainly to the UK and English speaking countries far away.

Germany has been in the papers a lot in the last few years.

It is seen as the power house of Europe which is doing well economically in this recession.

Language schools are looking to cash in by offering German to those looking to emigrate and widen their options.

Real Life · 26-02-2013 10:20AM

I heard this ad and i wanted to check the website when i got home but i forgot it. Anyone know what it is?

Morag · 26-02-2013 10:21AM

Sprechen Sie Deutsche?

jester77 · 26-02-2013 10:27AM

Morag wrote: »

Sprechen Sie Deutsch?

Lesson 1

Rasheed · 26-02-2013 10:31AM

I'd rather learn Mandarin. German sounds like you're trying to clear your throat.

snubbleste · 26-02-2013 10:36AM

Swiss, Austrian & German governments are trying to positively encourage the use of German and that it is not a difficult language to learn.
The reason for the ad campaign is to foster demand for German in Irish schools

Foreign language skills are notoriously bad in this country, but when we look at the languages we learn in schools we seem to follow our heart not our head. With 63% of Irish secondary schools choosing to teach French above other languages. It makes one wonder are we sufficiently jobs orientated in our language teaching. Well the German Embassy along with its Austrian and Swiss counterparts is launching German Connects and initiative to push for a bigger chunk of the language teaching pie to go to German and Pat was joined in studio by the German Ambassador Dr Eckhard Lubkemeier. http://www.rte.ie/radio1/today-with-pat-kenny/programmes/2013/0221/368868-today-with-pat-kenny-thursday-21st-february-2013/?clipid=1004489

http://germanconnects.ie/

jester77 · 26-02-2013 10:41AM

snubbleste wrote: »

Swiss, Austrian & German governments are trying to positively encourage the use of German and that it is not a difficult language to learn.
The reason for the ad campaign is to foster demand for German in Irish schools

http://germanconnects.ie/

They have a point. German is a relatively easy language to learn, it's the most widely spoken language within the EU and the German speaking countries are the economically strongest within the EU.

Caliden · 26-02-2013 10:42AM

Half of Europe learn a foreign language(English) as well as their native language. What's the harm in educating yourself?

munchkin_utd · 26-02-2013 10:44AM

The German job office has a shade over 700,000 jobs waiting to be filled on their website as of the last time I looked last night.
A lot are manual jobs but a lot are skilled jobs that there just arent enough young educated germans out there to fill the positions.

Getting one of those 700,000 jobs isnt the worst of reasons to learn the lingo to be honest.

Happyturtle00 · 26-02-2013 10:51AM

Having learned German in school and college and having travelled around Europe a bit, I'll admit that German is a useful language to have. However, Spanish, Italian and French are definitely easier languages to learn. With this in mind, and the general consensus that a lot of Germans speak good English, the incentive isn't there to learn German ahead of another EU language

KTRIC · 26-02-2013 11:02AM

I lived in Germany for two and a half years and spent a lot of time there on holiday before that. I'd have to say the job market is great, the food and drink is fantastic, as is the countryside, the motorways, the general infrastructure. Well why didn't you stay I hear you say ??

The FUCKING Germans, thats why !! they're some of the most infuriating people I've come across.

SEPT 23 1989 · 26-02-2013 11:09AM

Papiere Bitte:(

Shenshen · 26-02-2013 11:09AM

Rasheed wrote: »

I'd rather learn Mandarin. German sounds like you're trying to clear your throat.

In all fairness, Mandarin sounds like you just hit your hand with a hammer....

suicide_circus · 26-02-2013 11:17AM

Shenshen wrote: »

In all fairness, Mandarin sounds like you just hit your hand with a hammer....

or your head, repeatedly.

Rasheed · 26-02-2013 11:19AM

Shenshen wrote: »

In all fairness, Mandarin sounds like you just hit your hand with a hammer....

I love the sound of mandarin! Each to their own I suppose.

ancapailldorcha · 26-02-2013 11:22AM

Be more useful than learning Irish in fairness. Probably easier too.

OneArt · 26-02-2013 11:25AM

susieq124 wrote: »

Having learned German in school and college and having travelled around Europe a bit, I'll admit that German is a useful language to have. However, Spanish, Italian and French are definitely easier languages to learn. With this in mind, and the general consensus that a lot of Germans speak good English, the incentive isn't there to learn German ahead of another EU language

Spanish and Italian are easier than German I think, but French is a b!tch to learn. I did it from when I was 7 to 15 and still don't remember anything. The grammar just gets more difficult and its pronunciation is next to impossible to understand. I'm glad French is confined mostly to France! In comparison German is MUCH easier.

Yes, I'm a bitter ex-French student.

Reoil · 26-02-2013 11:26AM

To be fair, more people will be able to understand the German, compared to the handful if was in Irish...

monkeypants · 26-02-2013 11:55AM

Triangla wrote: »

It is seen as the power house of Europe which is doing well economically in this recession.

Not sure how much longer that will be the case if they continue on their mission to make everyone in Europe too poor to buy the stuff they make. There's always China I suppose.

SEPT 23 1989 · 26-02-2013 12:06PM

donegal_road wrote: »

because an RTE director's daughter has a German boyfriend and he is setting up a German language institute somewhere like Stillorgan

In any other country this post could be taken as a joke

Franticfrank · 26-02-2013 12:10PM

Well I'd be happier hearing German language/German accents rather than those horrendously annoying English accented radio advertisements. The reality is that there are jobs in Germany right now and it's an attractive destination for those who can speak the language. A 1.5 hour flight to Berlin or Frankfurt is much better than heading all the way to Australia. Still, though in terms of general usage, stats show that German comes 10th in terms of the worlds most spoken languages. If you're not emigrating to Germany, learn Chinese.

German language, (RTE radio ad.)

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