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Subject: Previous human contacts with the Covies and GS343. English abounds!
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Much of this has been previously mentioned but it might be worth collecting here. A few facts. Grunts speak English. In fact, I have yet to hear their native tongue (assuming there is one). They also warn the rest of their assault groups (e.g. Elites, Hunters, Jackals) in English so presumably the other races can at least understand English. GS343 speaks English and makes several comments about human tendencies and behavior. So there are several questions yet to be answered. Why would the Covies communicate, even at the lowest ranks in English (human speak). If they consider us inferior, why use our "primitive language at all? Second, where and when did they pick it up, and who from? GS343 obviously has seen a few -blam!- sapiens in his....er....its day. So who has he been chatting it up with? Are there any logical explanations for this? Any sensible speculations?

  • 07.07.2004 3:16 PM PDT
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The reason the grunts speak english is becuase All UNSC forces have a chip in there head that translates therre language into yours, we have yet to decode the other languages also we have been fighting grunts for many years the other covie are new to us kinda...

[Edited on 7/7/2004 3:23:31 PM]

  • 07.07.2004 3:22 PM PDT
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yhea i was always said how did 343 know english if he had never met a human
until MC but maybe he picked it up from a computer data base or something
but i think the forruner programmed him to speak it! one time i made a topic
about this and 1minute later it was gone no where to be found a
conspriacie.. hmmm youll have to ask bungie that~

  • 07.07.2004 3:23 PM PDT
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I don't think the human forces have a chip in there freakin heads. Who decided what grunty words mean what? And...Why don't they have a chip for the elites? That makes no sense. I'd only agree with that if someone quoted it from Bungie or the books.

  • 07.07.2004 4:17 PM PDT

The humans studied the grunts

everything is accorded well with the books.

  • 07.07.2004 4:23 PM PDT
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I don't think the human forces have a chip in there freakin heads. Who decided what grunty words mean what? And...Why don't they have a chip for the elites? That makes no sense. I'd only agree with that if someone quoted it from Bungie or the books.

It has come from bungie and they havent translated elite speak yet only gruntish

  • 07.07.2004 4:32 PM PDT
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I think that's a weak explanation just for the record.

  • 07.07.2004 4:34 PM PDT

ITS IN THE BOOKS!

  • 07.07.2004 4:51 PM PDT
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Still weak.

  • 07.07.2004 5:25 PM PDT
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this post is weak its in the books read it! you can understand grunts but not elites

  • 07.07.2004 5:31 PM PDT
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There are auto-translators in the chips in the human soldiers head. They may not even actually be speaking English. And remeber, GS is an ancient and incredibly intellegent AI construct, and would probably have been monitoring(It's his job, remeber) the humans on HALO, and could have figured out their language by now.

  • 07.07.2004 5:51 PM PDT
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The last man on Earth sat in a room, there came a knock at the door.

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Posted by: Commander Andy
...and would probably have been monitoring(It's his job, remeber) the humans on HALO, and could have figured out their language by now.

Much like the way the Covenent did with the first transmision to the humans.

  • 07.07.2004 5:53 PM PDT