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Posted by: Spartan 100

Posted by: Th3Bl4ckKn1ght

Posted by: Spartan 100
I'm confused.


Read the Halo Novels, then come back.

OP: I'm pretty sure it was established by one of the authors of the novels, not a Bungie member.

I'm insulted.


lol

  • 10.19.2011 1:31 PM PDT
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If you mean the actual whistle tune, I don't think it has even been thought of. Probably just a plot element that has not been established outside the books. I'd love to hear it, though.

  • 10.19.2011 1:54 PM PDT

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Posted by: Dream053

Posted by: oaklandp8ntbalr
I think you are asking if Bungie created Olly-Olly-Oxen-Free ?
If so....

Olly Olly Oxen Free has been around for a very long time. We used it when playing Hide & Seek as kids. There was a 1978 film with that as its title. So Bungie definitely didn't make it up themselves.
I'm well aware that Bungie did not invent the phrase. I'm also well aware that they didn't implement it into their fictional universe; Nylund did that.

As another user said, I was asking whether or not the six-toned whistle that the Spartans used as a code between one another was actually ever established as a tonal progression in real life by the caretakers of the Halo lore at some point in the past. I imagined it to be something that may have been asked or discussed at a convention or panel, if anything, and thus, very difficult information to find.

So, yeah, whether or not the tone-specific whistle actually had six, specific notes assigned to it, or whether it was never explored, even within the walls of Bungie HQ (or Nylund's mind).

In either case, it would be a fun question at a convention booth to ask.


Although I maintain a large vocabulary, I still don't understand what you're saying. Please dumb it down to 5th grade level for me :P

  • 10.19.2011 3:50 PM PDT

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I'm sure the author had a tune in mind to go along with it. But in most cases in the stories it was simply said, not whistled.

  • 10.19.2011 3:57 PM PDT

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Well, it's fan made but it's the only thing I could find. You have to listen to some soundtrack first right here.

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Posted by: oaklandp8ntbalr
Although I maintain a large vocabulary, I still don't understand what you're saying. Please dumb it down to 5th grade level for me :P
Cutting out context: I want to know what the Spartan's whistle from the novels sounds like. The whistle that consists of six tones and serves as a code between the Spartan-IIs. It is likely that no musical notes were actually ever assigned to the whistle, officially, but I decided to ask if anyone had any information on that, anyway, just in case.

That's as plain as I can make it.

Anyhow, thanks for the responses, folks. It was a long shot, but I tried my luck.

  • 10.21.2011 3:27 PM PDT

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