Thread: Есть!

Originally Posted by Vincent Tailors

Navy: “Ay ay, sir.”

Aye, Aye, Sir

А не Ay Ay

You are right, "Aye, Aye" is more common but "Ay, Ay is also used:

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Syd Belton, by George Manville Fenn, Chapter 26“Ay, ay, sir!” cried Strake; his whistle sounded shrilly against the sides ... “Ay, ay, sir. Now, my lads, be smart, and we’ll have that gun up in a jiffy. ...
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Army: “Yes, sir.”
Navy: “Ay ay, sir.”
Marines: “Sir, Yes Sir.”


not quite...

Army refers to only officers as sir. everyone else you refer to their rank. "yes staff sgt."

never heardth navy say ay ay, though they might.m you also us3 diffrent forms of adress when ur deployed and at home so they probly say ay ay on subs or something.

same thing with the marines... only "yes sir" for officers, and corrisponding rank for everyone else....staff, gunny, etc...

the airforce is the only branch that refers to everyone highr than you as "sir", but its just yes sir...and believe you me, nothing pisses off the army like calling an E6 "sir".

but dont believe everything you see in the movies.

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

...and believe you me, nothing pisses off the army like calling an E6 "sir".

What's that?

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Army: “Yes, sir.”
Navy: “Ay ay, sir.”
Marines: “Sir, Yes Sir.”


not quite...

Army refers to only officers as sir. everyone else you refer to their rank. "yes staff sgt."

never heardth navy say ay ay, though they might.m you also us3 diffrent forms of adress when ur deployed and at home so they probly say ay ay on subs or something.

same thing with the marines... only "yes sir" for officers, and corrisponding rank for everyone else....staff, gunny, etc...

the airforce is the only branch that refers to everyone highr than you as "sir", but its just yes sir...and believe you me, nothing pisses off the army like calling an E6 "sir".

but dont believe everything you see in the movies.

In my post, I said: "responses to an officer’s order"

they still dont use sir twice .

and im assuming ur basing it off full metal jacket, but the T.I. was a gunnery sgt... not an officer, so again not consistant.

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

...and believe you me, nothing pisses off the army like calling an E6 "sir".

What's that?

http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/ins ... isted.html


the officer pay grades follow the same structure (only they get paid x2 as much) but the E is replaced with an O. for example

O4- major
E4- corporal

im only anE2

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

...and believe you me, nothing pisses off the army like calling an E6 "sir".

What's that?

That is actually the main road in Norway, the E6!!!

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

...and believe you me, nothing pisses off the army like calling an E6 "sir".

What's that?

That is actually the main road in Norway, the E6!!!

And also a chess field!

Хххмммммм...

Я думаю что возможно сказать "Военная Драма" на пример, или просто "Военка". Или я ошибаюсь?

На тему терминологию, там ещё есть "Так Точно!"

I think the most natural thing to say in Russian would be фильм про войну, as someone has already pointed out. Strictly speaking, военный фильм technically means "film used by the military" which isn't quite what you want to say. That said it's not a gross mistake to make, actually, I don't think it's a mistake, I think it's a slip and Russians probably make it too. So if I was to nitpick, I would insist on фильм про войну, but since I'm not, whatever you like best - фильм про войну, военный фильм.

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