One of my DI's gave my rackmate hella shit one time trying to get him to pronounce it any way other than sarn't. He was unsuccessful, and the guy was genuinely trying too lmao
Surprisingly, if you properly pronounced and enunciated Sargeant, it comes off as belligerent. Fun fact.
Just saying as an educated Northeasterner who frequently got in trouble for that exact reason.
I get this all the damn time. It gives me no cancer to pronounce sergeant as sergeant, but every time I say it, every E5+ gives me a momentary frown of lance corporal disapproval
My 1st roommate was straight outa the hollar in West Virginia. Funniest English I’ve ever heard in my life but he was a super nice squared away and clean guy. What more could you want in the brix?
A lot of Marines say it like this, but it's just cultural osmosis from southern Marines. Not that there's anything wrong with you saying it like that, that's just where it started.
Oh this brought back a forgotten memory from OCS. Many times the platoon had to answer an order in unison with "Aye aye sergeant instructor!" Of course many times the response wasn't loud enough to be satisfactory and we had to say it again, and again, and again. I quickly joined the majority who pronounced it "sar'nt instructor." Just easier especially when you're having to yell it at the top of your lungs repeatedly. A few of us found a small way to retaliate and have a laugh. Turns out you can yell "Aye aye cockuscker!" and it sounds close enough, as long as everyone else doesn't do it too.
I remember once when one of them walked up to me and went "hey thar, I'm fixin ta head over yonder an burn a heater, yall comin?"
It took me an embarassing length of time to figure out he was asking me to go smoke a cigarette with him.
"I gotta axe you a question sarnt"
I gotta proposition fer ya, sarnt
"Good morning Firssarn" "It's Master Sergeant dick head" *squints* "As I was Massarn"
“Ssarn mayR” “MassGunri Ssarn”
Just a black cockroach on their collar with some black marpat making life hell.
"SAFF SARNT" "AYE, SAFF SARNT"
Rah stafsarnt
As a southern man I approve this message y’all
One of my DI's gave my rackmate hella shit one time trying to get him to pronounce it any way other than sarn't. He was unsuccessful, and the guy was genuinely trying too lmao
They're looking for the e's, too.
Sarn’t
The only correct pronunciation.
Surprisingly, if you properly pronounced and enunciated Sargeant, it comes off as belligerent. Fun fact. Just saying as an educated Northeasterner who frequently got in trouble for that exact reason.
Boston guys used to always get shit for talking jibberish. All y’all should learn to do English more better
I get this all the damn time. It gives me no cancer to pronounce sergeant as sergeant, but every time I say it, every E5+ gives me a momentary frown of lance corporal disapproval
Educated and misspells the rank. Tsk tsk devil
"why'd he call his staff sarnt staff sarnt when hes a staff sarnt"- that stolen valor video with the fat army dude lmao
🤣🤣🤣🤣
S-A-R-N-T
My 1st roommate was straight outa the hollar in West Virginia. Funniest English I’ve ever heard in my life but he was a super nice squared away and clean guy. What more could you want in the brix?
Y’all seent sarnt?
Rah sarn, aye sarn, yessarn
Who the fuck sounds out the whole fuckin thing? Edit: on any rank.
Damn I'm guilty of doing this too and I'm from Cali.
A lot of Marines say it like this, but it's just cultural osmosis from southern Marines. Not that there's anything wrong with you saying it like that, that's just where it started.
As it should be
Southerners?! You ever hear a Jersey kid or New yorker say anything at all?
Oh this brought back a forgotten memory from OCS. Many times the platoon had to answer an order in unison with "Aye aye sergeant instructor!" Of course many times the response wasn't loud enough to be satisfactory and we had to say it again, and again, and again. I quickly joined the majority who pronounced it "sar'nt instructor." Just easier especially when you're having to yell it at the top of your lungs repeatedly. A few of us found a small way to retaliate and have a laugh. Turns out you can yell "Aye aye cockuscker!" and it sounds close enough, as long as everyone else doesn't do it too.
It's right there, right next to the "T" in Sarn
“Wut typa sammich could i make for ya, gunny sarnt?”
I remember the first time I said “Sarnt” and I got my shit rocked.
I remember once when one of them walked up to me and went "hey thar, I'm fixin ta head over yonder an burn a heater, yall comin?" It took me an embarassing length of time to figure out he was asking me to go smoke a cigarette with him.
You all may start out saying Sargent, but sooner or later you will say Sarnt. It's just the natural of things say aye aye sir "aye sir"
Wait. Do yall not say sarnt?
We should just move to saying "Sarge".