"#Russian language training is back in vogue in the US military. Here soldiers in Germany play Cyrillic Scrabble in DLI (defense language institute) class," Cavas tweeted. He illustrated his tweet with three photos.
#Russian language training is back in vogue in the US military. Here soldiers in Germany play Cyrillic Scrabble in DLI class pic.twitter.com/gZztBkOr7K
— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) 16 марта 2017 г.
Two of them picture US military personnel with a phonic ABC and an alphabet poster. The female soldier's name, Rachel, is written in Russian.
In the third, two soldiers are playing Cyrillic Scrabble, making Russian words on the board from small tiles.
@CavasShips @ericgarland Russian has always been a top tier language for DLI on account of its complexity. I imagine more class spots are opening up now.
— ❄Jes B.❄ (@cannedmermaid) 16 марта 2017 г.
Interestingly enough, the words which they form are not connected with the army or the military. What can be seen laid out is: "please", "good bye", "thank you", "God", "bye", "actor" and "me". All of them are spelled correctly.
@CavasShips @MalcolmNance Ehy not? We all should be. The way 45's taking the country we'll be Russian by next year.
— Christine Hersh (@GOAT_Mom) 16 марта 2017 г.
Twitter users were quick to respond. One user suggested that all the Americans should do it. "The way 45's [president] taking the country we'll be Russian by next year," she suggested.
@CavasShips And you still wonder why you can't understand Russia?
— Михаил Загурский (@MichaelZagursky) 18 марта 2017 г.
While another user commented that "Russian has always been a top tier language for DLI on account of its complexity. I imagine more class spots are opening up now."
However nobody seemed to be surprised with the choice of educational materials.
