German language, (RTE radio ad.)

26-02-2013 12:11PM

The German ambassador was on Pat Kenny last week talking about this.
The German (+Austrian + Swiss) governments have rolled out language programs in other countries and are now bringing it to Ireland.

It is for general cultural reasons and to fill German speaking jobs in Ireland and for jobs in Germany.

There are worse things you could do with your time.

ancapailldorcha · 26-02-2013 12:34PM

If it would help encourage the Germans create job over here, then I say it's a great idea.

snubbleste · 26-02-2013 12:39PM

Does anyone else think that it is a very clever audio advertisement?
Even though approx a quarter of it is in a foreign language, we can all understand it. It really does get its intended message across.

ado100 · 26-02-2013 12:45PM

I'd much prefer to have learnt German in school rather than wasting my time learning Irish just to keep the oatmeal sock brigade happy!

El Siglo · 26-02-2013 12:57PM

I did German in school and much preferred it to Irish but our German teacher was atrocious and the class was full of scumbags so it didn't make the learning easy. Having said that I would like to learn German again, not least because it'll make watching war films more understandable and when the invasion does come I won't get caught out by being told "Good luck".

Son Of A Vidic · 26-02-2013 01:03PM

SamHall wrote: »

Is an invasion is imminent or something?

Dude, you missed the memo, they amalgamated us into The Reich quite a while ago.

Shenshen · 26-02-2013 01:16PM

El Siglo wrote: »

I did German in school and much preferred it to Irish but our German teacher was atrocious and the class was full of scumbags so it didn't make the learning easy. Having said that I would like to learn German again, not least because it'll make watching war films more understandable and when the invasion does come I won't get caught out by being told "Good luck".

As a native German, I can assure you that understanding German does not make watching war films any more understandable.
9 times out of 10, those extras aren't talking German, but plain old universal gibberish.

Capt'n Midnight · 26-02-2013 01:22PM

SamHall wrote: »

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

You might have spoken too soon.

But we are hopeless at languages compared to the competition. If you spoke German you could get any number of call centre jobs in this country.

Apanachi · 26-02-2013 03:58PM

Learning German is a pretty damned good idea, I live in Germany and speak fluent German and am amazed at how many Irish companies are looking for Germans or German speakers to come over and work for them (it's a shame I'm stuck here for the next few years, or else I'd be on the next plane out to to Ireland to live.

Shenshen wrote: »

9 times out of 10, those extras aren't talking German, but plain old universal gibberish.

I had a good laugh at Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) speaking German in one of the 24 seasons

He did his best, but there's no way he would have fooled that guy in real life with that gibberish he was talking

Rasheed wrote: »

German sounds like you're trying to clear your throat.

Actually I've come to love the German language, and after learning to speak it fluently, i don't find it gutteral at all, I guess you just get used to it.

I also find it's a very colourful language, the German language has so many fantastic words to describe things that you'd need a whole sentence for in English

Cantona's Collars · 26-02-2013 04:02PM

We can all work for Lidl or Aldi,the only flaw there is that we'll need to speak Polish aswell.

I learned German in school & can speak it better than Irish despite not having used it in years.It's not a hard language to learn despite sounding very harsh when you use it.

Mick ah · 26-02-2013 04:08PM

El Siglo wrote: »

I did German in school and much preferred it to Irish but our German teacher was atrocious and the class was full of scumbags so it didn't make the learning easy. Having said that I would like to learn German again, not least because it'll make watching war films more understandable and when the invasion does come I won't get caught out by being told "Good luck".

Same story with me and learning it in school. That said, I could get around Germany without speaking english if I had to.

I just loved learning it and gave it a good whack while I was there. The other lads were shiite at it, because they didn't care.

I reckon that'll be the place for me to go when I get my engineering degree.

Capt'n Midnight · 26-02-2013 11:30PM

Apanachi wrote: »

I also find it's a very colourful language, the German language has so many fantastic words to describe things that you'd need a whole sentence for in English

yes but some of those words are a sentence long

Crann na Beatha · 26-02-2013 11:38PM

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TeddyTedson · 26-02-2013 11:38PM

Although I'd be somewhat of a German sympathizer, I have to admit I was a little surprised when I heard this on the radio.
Although, there are of course benefits to learning any language.

Dwork · 26-02-2013 11:41PM

I speak fluent German and have had occasion to use it there for work. Sadly, this means that whenever a German person comes over here to work for one of our clients, I get roped in to deal with the fecker. This has proved both advantageous and disadvantageous.

On the upside, being the only cnut in the room that knows what the schnitzel-muncher is on about means I hold the power. On the downside, I have to deal with the whiny, arrogant baxters on a regular basis.

I'd prefer to speak Portugese and only have to deal with hot Brazilian women. This is a dream that eludes me, sadly.:(

Banjo String · 26-02-2013 11:45PM

Phoenix wrote: »

Anyone have a link to said ad?

Hi Phoenix.

Not sure if radio ads are edited from podcasts, listen back etc.

Anyway, I heard the ad either shortly before, or shortly after Tubs show began (so 0855-0905 approx) this am.

Hope that helps.

Lando Griffin · 26-02-2013 11:45PM

I can count from 1 to ten in six different languages. Including German.
Some day I will know it in 10 languages and say each number in a different tongue.

Chuck Stone · 26-02-2013 11:46PM

They should proberly make them lern propar english first dough.

26-02-2013 11:47PM

I'd love to learn German properly. I know some bits but I'd want to expand on it.

jaffacakesyum · 26-02-2013 11:55PM

munchkin_utd wrote: »

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.

Do they have a website? Did a quick google there and couln't find a decent German employment website from an English-speakers point of view. Have a bit of German myself, wouldn't mind working in Germany it's a great aul country!

Dwork · 26-02-2013 11:59PM

jaffacakesyum wrote: »

Do they have a website? Did a quick google there and couln't find a decent German employment website from an English-speakers point of view. Have a bit of German myself, wouldn't mind working in Germany it's a great aul country!

You should go. Feck all no-one else works there, I reckon anyway, from my recent visits.

dj jarvis · 27-02-2013 12:29AM

jaffacakesyum wrote: »

Do they have a website? Did a quick google there and couln't find a decent German employment website from an English-speakers point of view. Have a bit of German myself, wouldn't mind working in Germany it's a great aul country!

not using the google thing properly so , loads out there

if you can put up with the German mind set , it can be a good place to go
but they can be a funny bunch them Germans

jaffacakesyum · 27-02-2013 12:38AM

dj jarvis wrote: »

not using the google thing properly so , loads out there

if you can put up with the German mind set , it can be a good place to go
but they can be a funny bunch them Germans

How do you survive every day being so extremely helpful? :rolleyes:

I had found a few sites but wanted to know specifically what german employment office he was talking about.

I've been to Germany a few times, find the people lovely if a little odd!

larchielads · 27-02-2013 05:58AM

Michael Scott: Buneos dias Dwight!
Dwight Shrute: Guten tag, hier Michael.
[cut to talking head]
Dwight Shrute: I don't understand why Michael is wasting his time with Spanish. I have it on very good authority, that within twenty years everyone will be speaking German. [pause] Or a Chinese-German hybrid.

the office season 6 2009:eek:

they can predict the future!!!!:eek:

europe will be speaking german
america speakin chinese

and when we europeans communicate with the americans, thats the chinese-german hybrid

MadsL · 27-02-2013 06:10AM

My daughter likes and enjoys German in school (JC this year)

Here's the thing, she is not allowed to drop French and only do one language until LC, and her German teacher is crap.

Also Spanish is the 2nd most widely spoken European language on the planet, rare as hens teeth in schools.

Thomas_I · 27-02-2013 08:26AM

KTRIC wrote: »

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.

Could you tell me more about that please?

uck51js9zml2yt · 27-02-2013 08:52AM

I prefer the VW add.

Apanachi · 27-02-2013 09:00AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

yes but some of those words are a sentence long

Fair point

MadsL wrote: »

Here's the thing, she is not allowed to drop French and only do one language until LC, and her German teacher is crap.

It's a balls when you have a bad teacher, it's not a great learning help at all, so I say fcuk the teacher, get her listening to her favourite films and programmes in German, read German magazines/newspapers etc. Do you know any Germans at al that she could talk to? Basically using the language even for a little while on a day to day basis, beats 5 years of German in school.

My school German was pretty good, but 6 months over here and I was able to understand everything and speak really good German, so I could have long converstaions with "ze natives" without being lost for words. As far as grammar goes, once you have the vocabulary, you can spend more time on it and it's actually not as hard as it seems

Boskowski · 27-02-2013 09:14AM

Heute Abend auf ESPN um halb Acht: DFB Pokal Viertelfinale Bayern - Dortmund
Hat das Potential ein echter Kracher zu werden, zumal Dortmund keine Chance auf die Meisterschaft hat und der Pokal die einzige Chance ist Bayern einen reinzuwuergen.
Viel Spass!

Thomas_I · 27-02-2013 09:17AM

Boskowski wrote: »

Heute Abend auf ESPN um halb Acht: DFB Pokal Viertelfinale Bayern - Dortmund
Hat das Potential ein echter Kracher zu werden, zumal Dortmund keine Chance auf die Meisterschaft hat und der Pokal die einzige Chance ist Bayern einen reinzuwuergen.
Viel Spass!

Scheiß Fußball Bundesliga!

German language, (RTE radio ad.)

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