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Subject: An Intentional Peculiarity...???
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Ok... I was just browsing through some of the older weekly updates and I spotted something in one of Frankie's answers to a forum members questions in the update on 5/12/2006.

The forum member asks Frankie to clear up exactly what Cortana says in the trailer. He responds in the following way:

"I have defied gods and demons."


"I am your shield, I am your SWORD."


"I know you, your past, your future."


"This is the way the world ends."


Now, this is probably the most pedantic I have ever been in my life but... can you spot the anomaly?

Yes.... why is the word SWORD in capitals? Everything else is as it should be... except that word. Why is that? There is something in it I'm certain.

  • 06.02.2006 2:49 PM PDT
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He did so because after the trailer came out people wondered whether Cortana said "sword" or "source". The caps emphasize the correct dialogue.

  • 06.02.2006 2:52 PM PDT
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An afterthought...

Maybe there'd been some confusion over that particular word in the forums?

It might be that. Does anybody know if there was confusion over that word in the teaser?

  • 06.02.2006 2:52 PM PDT
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its an anagram... rearrange the letters and you get words. get it? its a double entendre...

  • 06.02.2006 2:52 PM PDT
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Thanks man.
Posted by: skoldpadda
He did so because after the trailer came out people wondered whether Cortana said "sword" or "source". The caps emphasize the correct dialogue.



Ha! Shortest. Thread. Ever.

  • 06.02.2006 2:53 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

i think people need to stop reading so much into this trailer is what i think. you guys are gonna make yourself nuts

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Dude,

Look... I felt stupid posting this and, as soon as I'd typed it, I realised what could have easily explained his emphasis. This was quickly confirmed for me.

I still feel dumb!

Nevermind.

That said, Bungie are kinda partial to their little clues and Easter Eggs.

  • 06.02.2006 2:56 PM PDT
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you mean you "realized"

  • 06.02.2006 2:57 PM PDT
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Nope... I'm English, therefore I 'realised'.

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Nope I'm 100% sure its "realized." I truly hope you "realize" the errors of your ways

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Posted by: Fancy Doof
its an anagram... rearrange the letters and you get words. get it? its a double entendre...


Uh, theres no anagram there.

  • 06.02.2006 3:03 PM PDT
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There are frequent inconsistencies between the British ( or English) and American spellings of certain words. E.G., "color" and "colour", as well as "realize" and "realise".

  • 06.02.2006 3:03 PM PDT
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I know, I was just busting his chops.

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Nope.... I'M 100% certain... I absolutely and utterly 'realised'. I couldn't have 'realized' unless I had been the victim of a subtle warp in time/space and momentarily thought in Americanise.

HA! You, sir, have been out-witted. Now, let this matter rest.

  • 06.02.2006 3:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: Master__Chief
Posted by: Fancy Doof
its an anagram... rearrange the letters and you get words. get it? its a double entendre...


Uh, theres no anagram there.


Anything can be an anagram. You just have to rearrange the letters and form something else. If you rearrange "sword" you can get "words." And depending on how you read words, you'll get two different results from the sentence. Rearrange sword and get words, the actual word "words", or you can just get other words. Double entendres are fun!

[Edited on 6/2/2006]

  • 06.02.2006 3:07 PM PDT
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I see. Hey... look.... an ENERGY SWORD

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Yes, let this matter rest. Honestly, it was never really my FAVORITE. We should stop the QUARRELING and the CRITIZING of one another. In the end, this ARGUMENT won't accomplish much at all.
HONORABLY yours,
Fancy Doof.
P.S. My favorite COLOR is green.

[Edited on 6/2/2006]

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Posted by: Fancy Doof
Yes, let this matter rest. Honestly, it was never really my FAVORITE. We should stop the QUARRELING and the CRITIZING of one another. In the end, this ARGUMENT won't accomplish much at all.
HONORABLY yours,
Fancy Doof.
P.S. My favorite COLOR is green.


HA!!!

  • 06.02.2006 3:43 PM PDT