parades

Omniknight SG

other countries get to hear parade commands that everyone knows while we hear a bunch of malay commands that we got to memorise by hard

Not4rent SG

if u malay u will understand the commands perfectly Laughing

sir sickolot II SG

well malay is the national language.

Reveille SG

Drill commands are really not that hard to remember. Attend a couple parades and chances are you can remember every single command word for word.

Gordonator SG

all parades follow the same predictable pattern. u just need to know what to do next. Laughing

Ponders SG

Even some malays don't really understand the command because it is not really part of everyday language.

But if you listen to Malay commands.. it is actually more "graceful" than english.

English commands/words sometimes cannot meet the
3 stage of the command...(hope someone can correct me i forgot the exact words)...

1. anticipation.
2. Regulation pause
3. execution stage

Ristar SG

er... wats wrong?

i mean, the parade commander can give a super long command like...

"blah blah blah blah blah blah blah" *breathes* "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah" *breathes* "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah" *breathes* "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah"

"ka kiri pu--------- seng!"

Laughing

no big deal wat. besides, after BMT, u know how to execute these commands without thinking already.

Reveille SG

Actually, the drill commands we use are almost similar to those in English used by the British, except almost literally translated into Malay.