- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
There's a nice section on it on HBO about it. Just search for "elite speak". See, its english run through a vocoder, backwards. I think what they use slows it down and runs it backwards. And I'm pretty sure they used Sgt. Johnson's voice.
So in other words, "ArrrrrROBODA!" would be "[Un]stoppable! Raah!" in english. And "Wort Wort Wort" would be Johnson's "Go Go Go". And so on.
As for grunts learning english, that should be in the Halo books somewhere. Can't remember off the top of my head.