Foreign Language Soldiers to get more money for insulting foreigners in native tongue - by Fafhrd
Rug Burn Junky on 12/5/2006 at 03:19
Quote Posted by Strontium Dog
pssst that stick is still in your ass
Actually, that's my mom pegging him with a strap on.
Yet another in a long line of people who've succeeded in making Convict their bitch.
Convict on 12/5/2006 at 03:57
I kept saying I'm not interested in shemales.
fett on 12/5/2006 at 04:00
Damn RBJ, your mom is hot.
Nicker on 12/5/2006 at 04:35
Quote Posted by Fafhrd
Strike anyone else as potentially ominous that they're planning on offering a significant bonus to Chinese speakers? Nothing for Korean speakers, or any African languages.
You seem to be reading things into the story. Let's try your quote with difference emphasis - "The US military listed Arabic, Dari, Pashtu and Mandarin Chinese
among the languages it needs soldiers to speak."
Listing the many languages that might qualify would make tedious reading. This is about writing style, not invasion plans.
According to the story the amount of the bonus depends on general proficiency not specific languages.
"Pentagon spokeswoman Lt Col Ellen Krenke told the Reuters news agency the amount of bonus payment soldiers receive will depend on the languages they speak - and how well they speak them."
TBE on 12/5/2006 at 11:43
US armed forces have gotten bonuses for speaking/reading/writing foreign languages for quite some time now. This isn't something new.:p
Fafhrd on 12/5/2006 at 18:01
but an up to 12x increase for the ones that speak Middle Eastern languages and Chinese is.
Great Fish Wizard on 12/5/2006 at 18:45
Well, the Arabic part should be no surprise. We seem to be in a war with them, and there is that thing about the Koran stating that everyone who isn't a Muslim should die.
As for the Chinese, well, they're Commies. And everyone knows that there's only two types of Commies; those who have attacked, and those who haven't attacked yet.
Nicker on 12/5/2006 at 22:30
Quote Posted by Fafhrd
but an up to 12x increase for the ones that speak Middle Eastern languages and Chinese is.
I can't find the bit that specifies this. Would you quote it for me please.
Fafhrd on 12/5/2006 at 23:02
sorry, 3x increase. Got confused by the $12,000 number.
Nicker on 12/5/2006 at 23:07
Quote Posted by Fafhrd
sorry, 3x increase. Got confused by the $12,000 number.
The multipyers are not for specific languages but for general proficiency; the more languages you speak and the better you are at them. The article (as far as I can see) does not attach increased values to specific languages. Thus this policy does not seem to indicate and immenent intervention plans for China.
