Detailed Programmatic Specificity

Eddy   Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:45 am GMT
Basically, for your interest:

In July 2009, the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, in Berlin for a five-day European tour challenged German translators with his "Rudd-speak".

While addressing German press and Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr Rudd said it was unlikely any progress would emerge from the Major Economies Forum (MEF) "by way of detailed programmatic specificity".

The line had German translators scrambling for a meaning.

THE Prime Minister's calls for "detailed programmatic specificity" confuses more than German translators, the Australian Opposition Leader said.

When asked about the Prime Minister's choice of words in Perth today, the Opposition Leader said Mr Rudd would be better to use clear, plain English.

The Oppostion Leader admitted he personally had "no idea what (programmatic specificity) means".
Steak 'n' Chips   Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:11 am GMT
Very amusing!

It's a shame that Mr Rudd didn't feel able to engage his internal reality checker to avoid coming out with such meaningless jargon.

I hope one of his aides was fired.
#   Wed Feb 03, 2010 4:44 pm GMT
That's a politician's profession: uttering meaningless stuff.
Caspian   Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:24 pm GMT
I agree with '#'.

Perhaps he was thinking in Chinese?^^
selling the nation   Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:49 pm GMT
Rudd is a Chinese agent.