ScoutDad2001 Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 My son returned from the National Jamboree with an "English" interpreter strip that he'd traded for. I'm pretty sure that these were intended as jokes, and that no such strip really exists (at least in the BSA). Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevorum Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 I believe these strips are used by scouts whose primary language is Klingon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knottyfox Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I believe Trevorum is correct! Knotty Fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madkins007 Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 (There is a whole range of 'spoof' patches, Interpreter Strips, knots, merit badges, etc. that can be had if so interested. Besides English, there is also Klingon, Computerese, Southern Drawl, and more.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotiacat Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I am going to play devils advocate here. Couldn't the following be in effect? 1.. The English Interpreter strip could be legit in another country 2.. Technically, I suppose in an area predominantly Hispanic could use it to communicate. They could have a bi-lingual strip because the other Hispanic child may not speak English, so to communicate with other kids, he needs another Spanish speaking individual who can speak English. So, does that mean I could wear English, Spanish, French, Gaelic strips? Add to it I know a little of two other languages, just haven't mastered them, yet. I guess they would come in handy at a Jamboree when you meet Scouts from around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eamonn Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 I have for over 20 years made teaching Americans how to speak good English like I dozz a goal!! Eamonn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packsaddle Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 OK, how does one get these? Sounds like a great joke. I would try Klingon but it just hurts my throat. Perhaps Ferengi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FScouter Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 What would one do with a joke interpreter strip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcluvvt Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 sew it on in spite of Bob White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA_Scouter Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 http://www.streamwood.net Check out the 'spoof' section. There are also some imaginative patrol badges and fun merit badges as well ( coffee-drinking, outhouse racing, Walmart shopping, and more )... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madkins007 Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Wear it on one's spoof shirt? I've put them on my 'trophy jacket' and I admit to having used Velcro on my Trained strip so I can swap it for an 'Over-Trained' strip when I did training classes once or twice. It was pretty much a private joke since no one seemed to notice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greying Beaver Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 They are for real. We have not a few VietNamese troops in our area where French and VietNamese are spoken in the homes. When you read the requirements for an Interpreter's strip, no, it is not a joke. Those youngesters wear them with pride. One the other hand . . . Our TCC is constantly in England on business. With George Benard Shaw remarking that the British and the Americans are two people separated by a common language, . . . He was presented his English Interpreter Strip and wears is proudly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emb021 Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 "Wear it on one's spoof shirt? " Yes. Don't laugh. I someone at NOAC that had a scout uniform of nothing but spoof patches on it (spoof knots, csp, office patches, etc). Didn't know if I should laugh or puke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madkins007 Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Emb021- I've seen a lot of 'spoof' shirts of one type or another at various places- and I think it is great... as long as they wearer knows what in the heck they are doing. I've seen them worn at things like Philmont Training Center, Pow-Wow, roundtables, and even training sessions. One guy wears a shirt as wrong as can be- whole row of CSPs sewn on in a big roll-up bundle on one sleeve, every Quality Unit award for a decade... and he wears it into training, 'coincidentally' just as the uniform segment starts. Lots of people I've met at Roundtable wear one or two- our RTs are pretty relaxed, almost crackerbarrel-ish- and it is just fun- since you also are pretty sure the same people do not wear them to unit meetings, etc.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeattlePioneer Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Queen's English, American Standard English, Ebonics, Tex-Mex? I'm sure there are others. This is a funny thread. I'd consider putting "English" on my uniform, although I also like the idea of using velcro and being able to switch in Klingon, Computerese and others for the sake of variety. Seattle Pioneer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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