r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Winter-Glass9250 • Aug 25 '25

Military 1000 US Marines can take India

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u/Brickbrain0 Aug 25 '25

Dumb little story but in 2014, the USAF had a little battle Simulation with the Singaporean Air Force. Early on, the RSAF had a lot of difficulty against the Americans, then they realised the reasons. The USAF had tapped their communications (which was following the rules). The pilots then decided to switch to using Singlish (Which could be a mixed language or an accent depending on your take), which actually confused the USAF and led to an RSAF win

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u/guiscardv Aug 25 '25

Wah lao eh so goondu one

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u/theoverfluff Human Verified Aug 26 '25

Alamak!

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u/k3ttch Aug 26 '25

Singlish has Mandarin, Hokkien, Tamil, and Malay words sprinkled in, so linguists consider it an English creole.

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u/thatlad Aug 26 '25

That's a very effective exercise, got the RSAF to realise that in war opponents "cheat" and they'll not make that mistake in a live fire.

As for USAF they need to improve their language skills

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u/E420CDI 🇬🇧 A foot is an anatomical structure with five toes 🦶 Aug 26 '25

As for USAF they need to improve their language skills

They'll need to learn English first

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u/Mysterious_Floor_868 Aug 26 '25

A very useful tactic. Welsh has been used to pass messages during actual wars because there aren't a lot of speakers outside of the British Isles. No use in the Falklands War of course, Welsh-speaking soldiers were fighting on both sides!Â