Wait - How does Saurfang speak to Anduin?

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Shouldn't he be able to only speak Orcish?
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its not out of the question to learn a foreign language while in a foreign nations prison system.
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11/07/2018 02:17 PMPosted by Dirtytricks
its not out of the question to learn a foreign language while in a foreign nations prison system.


what? He's only been there for a like a few days, max.
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He race changed, cuz he's a traitor.

That's the new leper human model for next year's allied race- spoiler alert.
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He has previous dealings with Alliance members as he led both sides against the Silithus invasions during Vanila. He was giving a speech to both factions there.
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Sylvanas or Nathanos taught him. Or on the flip side, who cares?
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Because he knows common. He's spoken to other humans before.
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Babelfish
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11/07/2018 02:17 PMPosted by Dirtytricks
its not out of the question to learn a foreign language while in a foreign nations prison system.


11/07/2018 02:18 PMPosted by Keylime
11/07/2018 02:17 PMPosted by Dirtytricks
its not out of the question to learn a foreign language while in a foreign nations prison system.


what? He's only been there for a like a few days, max.

Not the first orc to be encounted. also a very common enemy. Makes sense to learn orcish as part of his education.
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He's also old and has fought a lot of battles. He's probably became fluent in the common tongue in his several decades of life.
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anduin bought orcish rosetta stone
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The orcs, and everyone else, all speak Common (the human language) as well as their native tongue. The orcs learned it way back when they first invaded Azeroth.

Common is just very widespread. And because so many races at one point or another have interacted with humans, they all picked it up. It's like an unspoken agreement that there should be one common language so everyone can actually communicate.

Native languages are still taught alongside Common, but those are usually only used when talking to someone from their own race.
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With his mouth?
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11/07/2018 02:28 PMPosted by Asana
The orcs, and everyone else, all speak Common (the human language) as well as their native tongue. The orcs learned it way back when they first invaded Azeroth.

Common is just very widespread. And because so many races at one point or another have interacted with humans, they all picked it up eventually. It's like an unspoken agreement that there should be one common language so everyone can actually communicate.

Native languages are still taught alongside Common, but those are usually only used when talking to someone from their own race.


^this. The only reason we can't talk to each other cross faction is because Blizz didn't want us trash talking each other.
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11/07/2018 02:16 PMPosted by Keylime
Shouldn't he be able to only speak Orcish?


Why do forsaken forget common?
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11/07/2018 02:32 PMPosted by Milynde
With his mouth?


A real orc would be talking with his fist.
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Technically speaking, Common is the language spoken by pretty much every NPC in WoW. The Common/Orcish divide is for gameplay reasons only.

In Lore, Common is a universal language and is not inherently tied to humans.
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11/07/2018 02:18 PMPosted by Keylime
11/07/2018 02:17 PMPosted by Dirtytricks
its not out of the question to learn a foreign language while in a foreign nations prison system.


what? He's only been there for a like a few days, max.


It's not the first time Saurfang's done time.
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fun fact!
all races speak common.

gameplay just limits it to build "immersion"
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Lorewise basically everyone speaks Common. It’s just for gameplay purposes that only Demon Hunters and Thallassian Elves can talk to eachother cross faction.

And Pandas too if I’m not wrong.