Prestige English: Two minutes

Prestige English: Two minutes
Average: 5 (34 votes)

Improve your English

This ad refers to Turkish Prime Minister saying "One minute!" in an aggressive tone towards the moderator of Davos meetings. "One minute" were the only words he could say in English.

Advertising Agency: Gram Istanbul, Turkey
Creative Director: Tarık Akın, Nurcan Yıldız
Art Director: Çiğdem Kurt Çağlıyan
Copywriter: Berkay Özay
Photographer: Nejat Talas
Published: October 2009

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Juan Cabral

Well, I didn't like it. Maybe because I am not Turkish.

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Guest

gave me a smile

Underdose's picture
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Underdose

Actually he said "One minutes" at his first attempt.. If you'd write "One minutes" and put a red correction line on the "s", this AD would be far better..

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9060

As the ad is based on a real moment the prime minister did not really say "one minuteS". your opinion could be nice in that case.
what he exactly said was "one minute" and nothing more, cuz he does not speak english.
the copy says "improve your english" not "correct your english"

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dsklan

artistlik yapma, lan!

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Guest

:)))

grafivolkan's picture
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grafivolkan

i love it man. nice work. congratulations. :PPP

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Guest

god job. Less is more...

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Guest

Biraz daha hard geçseniz bile olurdu..

Beyninize sağlık.

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thegokhanunver

Loud applause for gram...

silvi's picture
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silvi

I don´t get it.

doncorso's picture
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doncorso

Read the rationale.

J Designer's picture
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J Designer

As Underdose said, you have to make it clear that she is adding the 'S' to help improve their English. A red underline would have been enough to make this ad 10 times better.

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Jet Propulsion Lab

Ummmm....let's see....I'm actually stumped for words for once...

I quite like her hairdo.

Yeah, that's it! I like her HAIR!!

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shahidali's picture
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shahidali

given the background i'll go with 'Underdose' to make the ad 'meaningful'.

shahid

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simiot

Bu adamlar nerden bilsin RTE'nin gafını. Güzel fikir. Ancak Nejat Talas'a hiç gerek yokmuş.

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she_kai

ten years
------improve your creativity

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goncacicek

kahkaha atmasam da 30 saniye kadar gülümseyerek baktığımı inkar edemiycim..

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brkbltc

RTE sells... pfff