Foreign Languages

Ok, this just dawned on me. How awesome would it be to have an entire unit speaking in another language? (french, german, spanish etc)

I know for a fact that we have quite a few germans here, i myself am a frenchie

Just, come on, how badass would this be?

and for practicality, we could yell out stuff like "mark flank left" and people wouldn't get it (most of the time)

it'd also be pretty darn intimitating.


what do you guys think about this?

I'm taking Japanese!

i only speak english and some gaelic

Well im taking ASL. Do it in silence is better than yelling amiright?

GERMAN ALL THE WAY!

I agree with Aaron
...And anyways.... honestly what language, other than perhaps Russian, or norwegian, or somethin like that, would be more intimidating than German?

I can use a lot of simple German, but I don't know how to say things that relate to tactics/war. For example, "Flank left" or "Check my 6" etc.

Plus it'd be too much discipline and complications, as well as the order being almost pointless because it'd take a second for the other members to mentally translate.

well, i'm pretty sure me and my french buddy could do this. We'd have things like:

Avancez rapidment- Advance quickly
Avancez a droit/gouche- Advance to the right/left
Avec moi, allez- With me, go
Retournez a la base- return to the base
Il y a deux enemies la bas- there are two enemies over there
Il y a deux enemies a onze heures- there are two enemies at 11 O'clock
Ouvre la porte- open the door (like breaching)

see? it's totally possible to speak in another language, and i'm only in second year french. I plan to take my french buddie to tac-tac next week to try this out.

Garrett and I speak pretty good German, and I know most of the essential combat commands.

I know basic german and can always quickly learn the combat stuff

Deutsch ist am besten, und wir mussen alle juden aufraumen. Nein nein nein das ist nur ein witz, ein schlecte witz. Aber Deutsch ist immer noch die beste und alle anderen Sprachen sind dumm.

Mmmk thank you for that pointless and slightly racist post that has almost nothing to do with the topic... Another language can be intimidating but I don't think it's worth the trouble

Yeah that was almost as pointless as your comment about how no one (you) cant use another language in battle, and it was mostly an inside joke.

First of all, inside jokes are only funny to the people involved, and if that other person's not around, it's not funny, so why post? Two, you guys don't need to fight over the forum, it was meant to share ideas, not bash on each other, plus Ford's post did have merit, as opposed to yours. I agree that if your'e not fluent in a language, it'll take some time to translate, and it'll probably be valuable time, that could cost you the game. So, just stop dissing each other and let it go. It's pointless and dumb.

Thanks Brandon. So from what I've gathered let's just forget about this idea. People hardly communicate in battle anyways... We're not very organized. If we had an organized group who all had equally fluent foreign languages so ahead and try it, I just don't think it works too well. Btw Lead Farmer who the hell are you that was your first post...

i know Farci aka Persian fluently
and i'm ok with spannish.
i know Dari fluently

lol haha but #1 and #3 are some of the worlds hardest languages so i guess i'm just going with spannish haha

Lol, jacob, Spanish*
I'm taking spanish 200 right now... but im planning on learning german next year...
I wanna vote german, but why dont we all just learn british speak??? LOL
FBAFTW

-The Fellow Brit

omg... why is it always a compitition with u.... here ill just say it... ur better than me.... there :/

It wasn't IT WAS A JOKE AND I WAS SPELL CHECKING!!!
Stop thinking I hate you please I don't wanna fight...

German is very easy to speak for English speakers, easy pronunciation, but memorizing things and the grammar will trip up people in a game

However it's commonly used for war simulations (WWI and WWII anyone?)

Markus is all about WWII sims.

hey, so am i ;3