YOU
WHAT RANK ONE?
This is a handy guide for those
who are going to do their national service, to help them familiarize themselves with
the SAF ranks so they won't have to “knock it down” when they wrongly address
their superiors.
| RANK |
HOW
TO PRONOUNCE IT |
| Recruit |
"Recrook", sometimes
"Leecloot" |
| Private |
Ply-vert |
| Lance Corporal |
"Lan-copler",
sometimes "lunch copler" |
| Corporal |
Copler |
| Sergeant |
Sah-tzen |
| Warrant Officer |
In-chay |
| Lieutenant |
Lair-turn-en |
| Captain |
Care-turn |
| Major |
May-tzer |
| Colonel |
Ker-ner |
| Brigadier General (BG) |
Pee-chee |
contributed by: "Bengite"
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