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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CLUNKS
You’ve never gave me any grief. Take care buddy. HH
CLUNKS on 12TH JUNE 2016 11:53 PM
Marvellous and generous acknowledgement.
Hail Hail
CLUNKS
You’re a guid man Clunks:))
HH
Mucking aboot
Doon the lane
Polis
Run
Stop
Wut
Punch in the puss
C’mon
Address
Ann street
Oh shit
Hospital
Home
The home
10 o’clock
Late
Punished
But
Liar
Polis used to come in for their tea
Hello
Smile
Wink
Prick
Biscuits and cheese just arrived. :-)))) HH and Night Night.
Clunks- hope you win your fight. We can all lash out when there are underlying problems to be dealt with. However, you recognise that and have acknowledged this publically. The only way is up mate.
Travellerbhoy- don’t let the bastards win. Keep telling it like it is. Your prose is thought provoking and hits me every time. Proud of you!
Clunks
Brother
I’ve eaten the face aff my boy at times
My lassiies got it bad
Cause o my circumstances
And depression
They stood firm
Like everybody on here
Family
Hail hail
Best wishes
Brother
TRAVELLERBHOY
Howdy!
Glad yer well and hope to see you again at some stage.
HH!!
The playing of ‘God Save The Queen’ before Northern Ireland’s match against Poland on Sunday prompted injury Manchester City and Belgium defender Vincent Kompany to ask: “If England faces Northern Ireland will we hear the same national anthem twice? Will they all sing it together… twice? I’m confused.”…….lol
My da
Never knew
Apparently
Cos he was in the jail
Rid jean
Who he had a thing with
Who rose had to to hit
For survival
Who tried to drown me
Who orchestrated everything
Who is still alive
As far as I’ve heard
I’ve given a lot of statements
Through the years
Never taken seriously
Actually been warned off
Tell the polis
Try it and see
Police Scotland
Police Britain
Establishment
Cover up
I heard
Rid Jean
Is alive
An living
I Fife
In kelty
On the travellers site
I heard she died years ago
I’m going to see my daughter in Perth tomorrow
From west Lothian
Through Fife
I want to see a fossil
Hail Hail
Windows 10
Evolution not revolution.
Exiled Tim and The Huddle..
Windows will install automatically after so many repeated attempts to reject the upgrade install.
I had been rejecting it for several months until it started to download by itself after me rejecting it.
Now my laptop wont connect to the internet, mail server or open up anything from my desktop. I called B T who is my internet provider, and their answer was.. “We advise our Customers not to install Windows 10 until they get it fit for purpose.”
Cheers.
ANDYR53
WINDOWS10 sounds every bit as bad as an iOS update from APPLE. Takes me ages to sort my phone after one of those.
AndyR53
You can disable the notification executable bit it is easier to download a utility NEVER10
It’s simple and it does what it says on the tin.
Oh and it’s a cop out from BT to say it’s not fit for purpose.
How do they know for what purpose you use or need a PC?
My own experience of 10 have been positive.
A couple of wee delays while I had to find a driver for an obscure, old, external hard drive and a scanner.
It takes a wee bit getting used to, but having ezperienced 8.1 it didn’t take long.
I now have a touch screen and it’s great, having many of the characteristics of my IPad.
I’m avoiding the use of some of the packaged apps.
For instance the Windows7 media player is better.
I use VLC for videos as I do on our 7 and 8.1 PCs.
Someone posted this link earlier.
I’m sorry I can’t remember who was responsible as I saved the link until now.
http://www.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
It is a really good read.
Brazil exit Copa America after losing 1-0 to Peru, with a controversial goal.
Replay showed scorer used his hand to score.
Heads will roll in Rio.
Good morning friends from a damp, grey cloud covered EK.
Looks like ideal conditions for a wee knock round EKGC.
One and a half Million turks could be on their way to britland ?
You’re gonna need a bigger island -)))
Green dots update –
445 (2), 411 (26), 412 (1), 413 (3), 415 (1), 416 (94) – a total of just 127.
Work calling.
Boca Juniors Quick News in meltdown as posters celebrate Brazil’s defeat.
Racists!
M’on tae grips Jobo
Fix this weather!
Second German goal last night I was calling it to bastian schweinsteiger as soon as they crossed the halfway line. Yeah! Well done me….sofa quarterback with my widescreen tv.
But then you watch the repeat and notice the sheer ditance of the pass to him, the precision over that distance and your man’s timing and technique to meet it perfectly on the half volley!
Then you’re left feeling humbled and football inadequate.
And then you see he’s pecked and done for the night having only just come on and you feel that maybe you do share the same planet!
HH jamesgang
Jamesgang
Jawhohl, Pigmounter certainly brought home the bacon last night.
Agree on the pass from Özil, sublime.
Jawohl, natürlich.
Beatbhoy
;-)
HH jamesgang
After the weekend warm up games the Euros proper start later today when The Republic of southern eire ( neutral) play Sweden (neutral but nazi co operators) .
As we all know well the Scandinavians in general no nothing about football and the Swedes in particular are generally useless at the game.
That’s the type of impartial reporting you won’t see in the great bastion of liberal pinko journalism. ..aka The Guardian
The Germans look very impressive . Play great one-touch football . Very good players but I dont see any world-class except maybe for goalie. Good players with football intelligence ,well-coached in a good system. And of course the winning german mentality.
*no nothing. …know nothing
WITS: So you fancy us to win:-)
Bamboo
I wish any team I supported could be ‘not world class’ like Germany!
;-)
Frankly I think they’re a superb team. But I do get your point btw!
HH jamesgang
Sweden v Ireland
Nightmare for me.
Land of my Ghod versus Land of my Brothers and Sisters (and the Magic ghuy who appears in the middle of Dublin to pluck us from 1 pub to another in his getawaytaefek car like such timmish James Bond!!!)
HH jamesgang
Bamboo
Think Tony Kroos, World Cup winner and Champions League winner with 2 different clubs, might just sneak into that category, especially given the range of passing he displays from midfield. Laser-like.
Almore
Seriously it will be a very tight game.
Jamesgang
Apart from Henrik Johann and a spattering of good looking swim wear models what have the Swedes contributed to western civilisation
WITS
Did you used to run a ‘sell Henke’ petition?
HH jamesgang
WITS: Heart says Ireland obviously but I wouldn’t like to call it. Lots of people saying Hoolihan selection is key.
Jamesgang
No, Henrik was a class act
I used to run a” give the ball to Henrik” campaign though