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I wonder how Orks had learned human language so quickly. Maybe there were the humans who taught them?
And if the Orks don't have genders, why they call themselves "Boyz"? Because many of the human soldiers are males? And if the Orks have seen only SoB in their lives, would they call themselves "Girlz?"

Orks speak Orky. it sounds like english but it isn't lol. Yarrick said during his time as ork captive on golgotha he managed to learn the ork language.

the reason they call themselfs boyz is because they're behaviour is like that to gangs (ok get the boys here and we'll do the old folk in) that sort of thing.

and no they have a name for female humans which applies for SoB's - Twiggies lol

Orkish or Orky is definitely a different language than a "Pig Gothic" commonly used by the Orks. It's made of groans and hits.

They definitely can't speak gothic. It would be coincidence of epic proportions if it was just a crude version of it, but it isn't . They talk like they do as a tongue in cheek way of making them sound primitive when they're talking with each other.

On the mean streets of Nottingham during the 70's and 80's.

Well Humans are in the galaxy for quite some time ( M25 to present 41'st millennium = around 16.000 years ). That's more then enough time for everyone to learn Human language...

And Orks don't know what gender is so they really don't know when they say "boyz" that's for male counterparts.

Brother Coa wrote:Well Humans are in the galaxy for quite some time ( M25 to present 41'st millennium = around 16.000 years ). That's more then enough time for everyone to learn Human language...

And Orks don't know what gender is so they really don't know when they say "boyz" that's for male counterparts.

Orks could all be male, besides just because your species doesn't have a gender doesn't mean you don't understand what a gender is.

I can just see this argument with an ork and an imperial guardsmen

Guardsman Jeeves - "you do realise you speak terribly bad english there old chap"

Ork - says nothing just drives his choppa into Jeeves head

lol

Cheesecat wrote:Orks could all be male,

They aren't. They have no male genitalia, and their species has no psychological distinction of maleness.

They learnt it from Charlotte Bronte novels...

purplefood wrote:They learnt it from Charlotte Bronte novels...

LMAO you mean like the Emperor for the last 10,000 years has been reading War and Peace

GentlemanGuy wrote:

purplefood wrote:They learnt it from Charlotte Bronte novels...

LMAO you mean like the Emperor for the last 10,000 years has been reading War and Peace

No, only the orks read classical literature.

Orks don't have a gender. They, as a single species, are fungus. The fact that they are similar to humanoid males is a whatever reason.

ok if we can get off the question of ork gender that be great because i'm getting a horrid image now :-P

Melissia wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:Orks could all be male,

They aren't. They have no male genitalia, and their species has no psychological distinction of maleness.

When does GW ever explicitly say that Orks don't have male genitalia?

purplefood wrote:

GentlemanGuy wrote:

purplefood wrote:They learnt it from Charlotte Bronte novels...

LMAO you mean like the Emperor for the last 10,000 years has been reading War and Peace

No, only the orks read classical literature.

You've not heard Shakespeare until you've heard it in it's orginal Orky?

So.. umm.. how do Orks.. you know.. make more orks?

Skarwael wrote:They definitely can't speak gothic. It would be coincidence of epic proportions if it was just a crude version of it, but it isn't . They talk like they do as a tongue in cheek way of making them sound primitive when they're talking with each other.

In Helsreach orks curse in Gothic, earning themselves even more wrath from the Black Templars.

This might not be canon, but I always considered that orks believed that whatever they spoke, the other races understood them, so they could speak practically any language if they thought they could.

tilarium wrote:

purplefood wrote:

GentlemanGuy wrote:

purplefood wrote:They learnt it from Charlotte Bronte novels...

LMAO you mean like the Emperor for the last 10,000 years has been reading War and Peace

No, only the orks read classical literature.

You've not heard Shakespeare until you've heard it in it's orginal Orky?

So.. umm.. how do Orks.. you know.. make more orks?

Ork blood is full of fungal spores so if an ork bleeds or dies, more will grow in the soil in that area.

They also release it simply by being alive, too. It doesn't require them to die.

In Fifteen Hours they made a point of decapitating dead Orks, as they had a tendency to not be completely dead. Then they torched them with flamers to take care of the spores. Because of their ability to molt spores, the Orks are not only an invasion force, but a full-on hostile ecosystem, composed of Squig, Gretchin, Snotlings, Orks, and the fungi upon which they sustain themselves.

As to where the Orks learned Gothic, it's a little known fact that in early M32 the Orks captured the Forgeworld Oratio Omnimodus, whose sole export was Rosetta Stone: Gothic. The rest is history...

I guess they can speak really messed up imperial gothic but its probably only the orks who have lived long enough that are able to speak it

calgar 2.5 wrote:

Skarwael wrote:They definitely can't speak gothic. It would be coincidence of epic proportions if it was just a crude version of it, but it isn't . They talk like they do as a tongue in cheek way of making them sound primitive when they're talking with each other.

In Helsreach orks curse in Gothic, earning themselves even more wrath from the Black Templars.

Really? Is that explained at all? Why would they know any word in another language?

The english/gothic speaking orks are purely for the readers/viewers benefit. Actual ork language is described as a series of guttural barks and blows to the head to get your point across.

Only a few smart ass orks can actually speak gothic.

^yeah.

Ever wonder why the eldar speak english? or the DE, or the servants of chaos, or the tau...

its just representative, so that we know what theyre saying.

Las wrote:^yeah.

Ever wonder why the eldar speak english? or the DE, or the servants of chaos, or the tau...

its just representative, so that we know what theyre saying.

Eldar speak Eldarin with each other, so do the Tau. GW even give the actual Tau and Eldar words. In this case English is really representative. But I doubt that they speak their native languages when talking to humans.
Servants of Chaos are the same humans, but under control of the Dark Gods, so they simply can speak human language. And Daemons are incredibly smart creatures which are able to speak any language they want.
As for the Orks, I think Orks such as Ghazghkull or Gorgutz can speak Gothic. Because humans understand them.

And it's easier to give threats when the person you're threatening can understand you.

Pig gothic? I wonder what a boy would do to a warlord to get his point across? I can't see a boy giving a boss a soft blow to the head without complaint.

That's my attempt at humour. I'm sure even the Warlord would be fine with it. My spell check is American, hmmm. Can't spell humour.

It never really occurred to me that orks would speak anything other than High Gothic. Hmm, interesting. I wonder what an ork would do if he had to have a long conversation over a vox?

zilegil wrote:I wonder what an ork would do if he had to have a long conversation over a vox?

Ask itself why the zog it's having a conversation when there's choppin' to be done!