Duolingo

Duolingo·Language app

Loud and Unclear.

Problem

Brits are too polite to say what they mean.

Insight

What they don’t understand can’t get you in trouble.

Idea

Learn a language.Get away with saying what you want.

Duolingo Instagram story: Announcement. Britain, you've bitten your tongue long enough.
Lessons

Click on phrases to get translations.

Duolingo app lesson: what to say when your flatmate eats your food (Italian)
You have the brain of a hen and the hunger of a wolf.
You’re like parsley, always in my fridge.
Duolingo app lesson: what to say when someone bumps into you (Irish)
Would you watch where you’re going?!
Do that again and I’ll knock your teeth out.
Duolingo app lesson: what to say when someone cuts the queue (Spanish)
You have more face than back. (You’ve got some nerve.)
You’re more useless than an ashtray on a motorbike.
OOH
Duolingo banner on a boat outside Thames Water headquarters
‘You shit pumping bastards’ in Russian
Duolingo poster on the Tube: Take your fucking backpack off, in Italian
‘Take your fucking backpack off’ in Italian
Socials UGC
TikTok post in Irish
TikTok: POV I'm telling my boss I'd rather lick the tube floor than work here another week... in Spanish
TikTok: Telling my colleague microwaving fish is a war crime in French
Partnership

Collab with Kneecap.

Kneecap on stage with Duo in an Irish-flag balaclava
Stunts
Duo in a Kneecap balaclava at a protest holding a sign: Seasaim le Gníomh na PalaistíneDuolingo ad van outside Parliament