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Subject: Why do Covies speak English?
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hhmmmm.....why?

  • 07.11.2004 4:52 PM PDT
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Why not? ;-)

  • 07.11.2004 4:53 PM PDT
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Three words,

1. Read
2. The
3. Books

  • 07.11.2004 4:55 PM PDT
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they dont, the humans have a chip inside their heads that translates guntish into human speech, and they still havent translated elite speech

  • 07.11.2004 4:55 PM PDT
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the covies have been studying the humans for years (loong before they attacked) and they know the human languages. they have translators, so they can speak english (the grunts have permanent ones attached to them).

  • 07.11.2004 4:59 PM PDT
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You mean humans have been studying the covies?

  • 07.11.2004 5:00 PM PDT
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You do know that you have president spelled wrong right?

  • 07.11.2004 5:01 PM PDT
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no covies have known aloooot about the humans waaaay before the attackes. thats how they know there language, alot of there planets, what they named the covies, etc.

  • 07.11.2004 5:01 PM PDT
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Oh, ok thats cool, i suppose there still working on the jackal and hunters languages as well? Did you find that info in the books? thanks

  • 07.11.2004 5:03 PM PDT
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they said it in fall of reach. and the jakels, hunters, and elites i have noooo idea about. but the first contact with covies, they were speaking english, wich brings me 2 believe they have shipborn translators.

  • 07.11.2004 5:05 PM PDT
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Hey johny just to let u know u r wrong ....the MC has a translator in his mark V MJOLNIR armor........but only for the grunts. If u would listen to what they say in halo you would know . cortana tells the MC that.....

  • 07.11.2004 5:33 PM PDT
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read the books. the covies where speaking inglish (translated english) b4 MC got his MJOLNER armor.

  • 07.11.2004 5:40 PM PDT
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HALO SUXZ

  • 07.11.2004 5:48 PM PDT

SB-117

I know the story could of changed considerably since 2000 but in E3 2000, The elite says to the marine "Your destruction is the will of the gods and we are their instrument" so basically its not a chip inside MC if all the marines can hear in perfect(with a worty accent though) english aswell.

  • 07.11.2004 5:52 PM PDT
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hey jhony_joe you know what yur avatar looks like? it looks like yur mom when im done fukin her

  • 07.11.2004 5:53 PM PDT
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everyone here the fish johny_joe is NOT me. anywho, ash is right.

  • 07.11.2004 5:54 PM PDT

"The strength of the pack is the wolf, the strength of the wolf is the pack."

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me..."

ODST for life

umm hey dude could you try and keep things clean.

  • 07.11.2004 5:55 PM PDT
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Yea lets stay calm, i think "johny_ joe" was trying to make it look like "Johny Joe" hated halo 2. check the names its obvious Johny Joe didn't say that.
in "fall of reach" the way all the marine were able to understand it was because the covie had translated it, and had said it in english. to my knowledge all the humans can translate iis gruntish, but only a little. notice how u can hear a few english words from the grunts in halo: ce. but all your hear from the elites are loud grunting noises.

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  • 07.11.2004 5:57 PM PDT
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So thank for all the replies but im CONFUSED? Do the marines have translating chips in their helmets or does the MC have a chip, or did the covenant just study the the enlish and learn to speak it themselfs?(but if they studied it why would only the grunts speak english?)

  • 07.11.2004 6:02 PM PDT
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I'm trying to get the books, but my library has been holding it until today, so i get first strike tomrrow. I wish i could get TFoR first... : (

  • 07.11.2004 6:03 PM PDT
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covenent studies. as you can tell, MC cannot under stand the elites, jackels, or hunters. why would they need a chip for grunts only? all they say is "HE KILLED ELITE!! WAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" totaly pointless.

  • 07.11.2004 6:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: Elite for Life
I'm trying to get the books, but my library has been holding it until today, so i get first strike tomrrow. I wish i could get TFoR first... : (


try a biiig book store, like chapters.

  • 07.11.2004 6:04 PM PDT
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Well there JOHNY JOE, actaully the grunts have quite an expansive vocabulary, you should check out one of the old posts of ppls favorite grunt sayings, theres tons.

Plus, if the covies DID study the human language, why oh why would only the grunts speak it? huh? like, it makes sense that the covies studies humans, i remember reading about that but when they were studying humans, you'd think, if they were ganna study the language, everyone would learn it and they would probably learn more than :what to say right before your going to die. ex: grunt - "Were all ganna DIE!"

  • 07.11.2004 6:14 PM PDT

SB-117

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Well there JOHNY JOE, actaully the grunts have quite an expansive vocabulary, you should check out one of the old posts of ppls favorite grunt sayings, theres tons.

Plus, if the covies DID study the human language, why oh why would only the grunts speak it? huh? like, it makes sense that the covies studies humans, i remember reading about that but when they were studying humans, you'd think, if they were ganna study the language, everyone would learn it and they would probably learn more than what to say right before your going to die. ex: grunt - "Were all ganna DIE!"


Well if you learnt chinese right now and joined the an english speaking army which language would you speak eh?

Replace "chinese" with "human english" and "english speaking" with "covenant speaking" in the sentence above to see it from the covenants view. I have no idea why the grunts speak english though other than to amuse us with their funny comments.

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  • 07.11.2004 6:20 PM PDT
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Elites speak English they say Die Infidel!

  • 07.11.2004 6:21 PM PDT

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