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Subject: Why do Covies speak English?
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the grunt speciese made translators that they use only. and ive never understood an elite. srry.

  • 07.11.2004 6:28 PM PDT
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ASH55 - that really does not make any sense? First of all, why would the grunts learn to speak english right now anways and THEN join the covenant?? like, uuhhh im really not following, actaully dont even try to explain cause I dont care. Second, you say the covenant speaking army eh? well then maybe you can tell me what the covenant language is? if i think back, i remember that the covenant is a collective of aliens, soooooooooooo each different alien probably speaks there own language.

oh hey, this is getting me thinking, maybe the grunts languge is english? Therefore the elites speak there own language, the jackals speak there on language, the hunters......etc. However then that leaves the question on how do the covies interact and understand each other>? they must have some unifed language they all understand right? Maybe they use english as there unifed language to understand each other, nnooooo thats too farfetched. doesnt work out.

  • 07.11.2004 6:30 PM PDT
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hi guys,

this is what I know -

The covenant had been studying us for quite some time, enough to get a good grasp on human languages. why? because its what any good military force would do. if you know youre enemies language then you can intercept transmissions for espionage purposes.

The Humans, the chief included, have covenant voice translation software built into their command nueral interface.

  • 07.11.2004 6:31 PM PDT
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Johny Joe where did you find that info on the grunts making translators?

  • 07.11.2004 6:32 PM PDT
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lmao! covies......getting along.....LMFAO! they kill each other. ever seen a hunter shmuck a grunt out og his way? or a jackel "accidentialy" hitting a grunt with a fully charged plasma pistol? this is why covies loose on ground, and win in flight.

  • 07.11.2004 6:32 PM PDT

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ASH55 - that really does not make any sense? First of all, why would the grunts learn to speak english right now anways and THEN join the covenant?? like, uuhhh im really not following, actaully dont even try to explain cause I dont care. Second, you say the covenant speaking army eh? well then maybe you can tell me what the covenant language is? if i think back, i remember that the covenant is a collective of aliens, soooooooooooo each different alien probably speaks there own language.

oh hey, this is getting me thinking, maybe the grunts languge is english? Therefore the elites speak there own language, the jackals speak there on language, the hunters......etc. However then that leaves the question on how do the covies interact and understand each other>? they must have some unifed language they all understand right? Maybe they use english as there unifed language to understand each other, nnooooo thats too farfetched. doesnt work out.


Ok what I meant is why would the covenant speak english as their language? (Its like you learning chinese and using it in the Marines or something - example) And second: I think the grunts simply speak english because it makes the game more fun. Thats all I was trying to say. Im pretty sure they have a universal covenant language other wise how would that arrange themselves?

  • 07.11.2004 6:35 PM PDT
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Covies don't speak English Cortana translates there language to ours.

  • 07.11.2004 6:39 PM PDT
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No one speaks "English" in the halo universe... people just have a common language and the Covies traslated it like people translated "grunt speek" :P

  • 07.11.2004 7:37 PM PDT
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Hey, here's the answers geniuses

Because its funny.

  • 07.11.2004 7:41 PM PDT
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"Please! I have wife and kid."

  • 07.11.2004 7:46 PM PDT

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