New redirecting phrase

[asandhanam]

I added a new phrase that i could use to display before redirecting from one of my custom forms.
The phrase varname is 'sponsorthanks' and this is the line of code i'm using to display the redirecting message.
eval(print_standard_redirect('redirect_sponsorthan ks', true, true));
But it simply doesn't display anything. After the form gets submitted, the users are redirected t o the destination page without flashing the message in between. What am i missing here?
The languageid = -1 and fieldname is frontredirect in the db.