Last week’s advert in the Tribune de Geneve was in English, despite the predominant local language being French. The primary target audience were Uefa representatives and functionaries, who are not drawn from the local Nyon catchment area, and will most likely speak English, with secondary target audiences in the UK. I hear both targets were reached.
There was a short-lived chat about which language to run with in Switzerland, but consensus was quickly reached that English was appropriate and sufficient. No translation was ever made.
Very much related to this subject…….
There was an incident when I was at school (many years ago). Two boys had exactly the same maths homework. This would have been fine had the work been correct, but the made exactly the same mistakes, so the teacher had sufficient proof to establish that he didn’t have two independently produced pieces of work.
The class lesson that day was, if you’re going to coordinate a response, you better get your facts right, or you’ll get caught.
Shortly after the Tribune de Geneve advert ran it was brought to my attention that some regularly-hostile-to-Celtic online loons were running with a line that an English advert had been sent to Switzerland and a French advert had been sent to an English newspaper by mistake.
This was fanciful, but not worthy of attention, because as you now know, there was never a French translation of the advert.
You can imagine my utter astonishment, therefore, that The Guardian claimed they didn’t run the advert because it was submitted to them in French, despite, as surely the world now knows, no French language version of the advert ever existing!
“If you’re going to coordinate a response, get your facts right.” It doesn’t look good, Guardian. It doesn’t look good at all. You’ve been caught in PR vice.
You know how PR works in Scottish football. Celtic and most clubs play with a straight bat: “This is the news relating to our games and events”, but there are clubs, personalities and organisations which are only tenable because of expensive and persuasive PR.
You remember the Poppy banner issue, which became news a full two days after a game, by which time PR could persuade journalists to run with a story which until then had no news value. You are only too familiar with some of the vacuous characters ushered into the game by newspapers demanding Lloyds Bank approve a takeover, while PR spun incredible lies about finance and probity.
The next time Celtic, or their manager, is vulnerable on a subject, look out for this Malign Influence. It battered Ronny Deila when he lost games, and recently went for Peter Lawwell.
My thanks to The Guardian advertising people, who confirmed to us this morning that the advert they received was in English. That’s the other thing about coordinating a Malign Influence, you need to get buy-in from a lot of people!
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The England team visited an orphanage in France yesterday.
“It’s heartbreaking to see their little faces with no hope” said Philippe age 6
The_Huddle
In the past couple of months or so I kept getting pop ups wanting me to switch to Windows 10, resisted, always cancelled the request, one day it decide to download it on it’s own volition, I discovered that windows are so desperate for people to switch to Windows 10 even if you cancel the request, it will sometimes ignore you and install it.
I had untold problems till I uninstalled Windows 10 and went back to 7.
HH
THE EXILED TIM on 12th June 2016 9:25 pm
In the past couple of months or so I kept getting pop ups wanting me to switch to Windows 10, resisted, always cancelled the request, one day it decide to download it on it’s own volition, I discovered that windows are so desperate for people to switch to Windows 10 even if you cancel the request, it will sometimes ignore you and install it.
I had untold problems till I uninstalled Windows 10 and went back to 7.
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Yep, if you click the X to close that update window rather than click No then it installed it. Microsoft got a lot of shit for that one.
Windows 10 isn’t to bad once you get used to it, it is quicker than 7 (and 7 was easily the best OS out there). But I’m trying out 10 at the moment and haven’t had any issues.
Nice and peaceful here tonight:o)
There are ‘goings on’ going on at Ibrox – no one knows what’s going on – and yet Les Gullibles hardly say a ‘cheep’.
Meanwhile over at Celtic Park, things are moving along at a pace – season tickets selling-out – and still Les Miserables love the sound of their own detracting voices – lovely biscuits!!!
Problems with Windows, of course you have, it’s not a Mac!!!!!
:-)
Jonathan Pierce on BBC saying that Ukraine defence getting in a bit of a fud!
The_Huddle
The Mrs has 10 on here lappy and it’s fine, she tried it on her PC and same as me switched back, she reckons there is a compatibility issue.
I liked a lot of the features but the problems werny worth the hassle.
HH
Great goal, made that finish look easy, it wasn’t.
2-0.
Good counter attack goal.
Jonathan Pearce has actually progressed from being a fud to a rather good commentator. IMO.
Great, Schweinsteiger is now the old man of German football, where does the time go :O)
Vincent Kompany ‘still question marks over Germany’
Aye nae bother Vinnie.
Due to being labelled ‘the new Kompany’ Jason Denayer nicknamed Sevco at CP.
Good thing about Kompany is that he didn’t go along with the consensus narrative.
Does my head in to see all the nodding head pundits.
There is ALWAYS an alternative narrative!
J. HH
ANGELGABRIEL@9:51
JP now top cat at BBC – he says Motty is a fud!
Paul Kimmage with MON
http://m.independent.ie/sport/soccer/euro-2016/battles-with-the-media-ringing-phonein-shows-and-getting-beat-up-during-a-gaa-game-paul-kimmage-meets-martin-oneill-34792710.html
Football today has been of a good standard , from a neutral wishing his country could be there.
However, sure I heard the BBC commentator offer his opinion on the skills of Joachim Löw, the German Manager.
“He needs to dye his hair!!!!”
Anyone else hear this? In the middle of the German dominance the commentator who I pay through my TV licence, reckoned the German manager should lose his grey streaks.
And thought it important enough to comment on.
WTF am I watching, Football or Catwalk?
Fecking pish from the BBC
Have a look at the latest on johnjamessite, just google it, The last paragraph is of potentially big interest…
BENDIGO 10.19pm
Cheers for that…..cracking read.
Interesting how the reporter says that moving to us now would be like a backward step in his opinion.
Hail hail my family
Tried to finish with this place
But like any family
I thought I was out
But they pulled me back in
I’m on my wife’s phone
Just want to say a massive welcome to Brendan
And a big happy birthday to my wife
Martha
Who has stood tall
Through everything
Love her all my heart
Xx
Travellerbhoy on 12th June 2016 10:57 pm
HH to you! Good to see you back on CQN!
How things with y’all?
TC45
Hail Hail TRAVELLERBHOY
I feel your rage and your pain.
Use it to make those around you feel the love you had taken away from you.
Don’t let it destroy you or define you.
You are better than that and those that surround you deserve what you did not get,
Hail Hail Brother
TRAVELLERBHOY
Welcome home bud
HH
UTLR… on 12th June 2016 10:55 pm
Yeah – he’s an ex cyclist – has written a lot on drugs in cycling
THECELT45
Hail hail to you my friend
Things couldn’t be better
Me and my M are back together
After another separation
My family is thriving
I’m going to be a granda
Courtesy of my eldest daughter
Mary-Ellen
In September
Really happy about that
Her partner has no interest in fitba
So free reign for Celtic stuff
The river runs
And diverges
But stays true
Thank God for that
Always Celtic
Travellerbhoy
Great to see you posting again. Looking sooooo forward to another meet this coming season. HH
BMCUW
WD LOVE TO BUTS BEEN GOING FOR AGES
TA ANYWAY
H H
GOING ON FOR AGES
Clunks
Thanks brother
Www
I wasn’really away
Well just for a while
Weefra
You”ll see me plenty next season
Looking forward to it my fhriend
Hail hail
Travellerbhoy
:-))))) HH
BMCUW
You awake??? HH
Just want to give a shout out to BMCUP
The blue tack of cqn
Keeps us all together
Amazing ghuy
Celtic the way it’s supposed to be
Thank you for everything
Ok
Green tack
Hail Hail
Travellerbhoy
Yer bang on there buddy, my best fhriend on CQN, and has been for the past 3 years. Phone calls twice a week without fail. HH BMCUW. Where TF is he??? :-)))) HH
I see the first couple of nights rioting by England fans is now being ignored,
with all the focus being put on the trouble the Russians caused
Just a wee ingress to say, your favourite chair was kept safe for ye TravellerBhoy
Good to see you back
HH and am back oot
Travellerbhoy on 12th June 2016 11:11 pm
Good to hear your news my friend! Enjoy it.
Grand-kids are great, they really are!! (I have 6!!)
TC45
I thank the people who have in the last 2 years have helped me see my light from my darkness.
Some of you frequent these pages and some of you never will.
It has been a mightily shitty 2 years.
I also apologise to those people on these pages who I have attacked and hurt in order to make myself feel better.
It has not been easy and hurting other people will never allow me to be the man I should be.
Bendigo 10.19.
Thanks for posting the link. Great read. HH