To include those not speaking German in the fun: in Oettinger's home state Baden-Württenberg, the Swabian dialect is predominant, and there is a stereotype that Swabians can't drop their strong accent when attempting to speak in High German (the literary and media form) even if they try. Playing on this, the state got itself the slogan "We can do everything. Except speaking High German!"... According to SPIEGEL, a YouTube commenter of the video played on this, saying Oettinger's murder of the language was not an attempt in English but in High German...

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}