Okay so Jorge calls the head scientist lady from ONI  "mom" and she sort of responds to that, but why does he have an accent and she does not?  Is this just a reference to the fact that she was the new female presence once he was taken into the Spartan project?  Also, why does Jun have a European accent when he is from Korea or Japan (probably Korea).  THESE ACCENTS CONFUSE ME!!!

He says "Ma'am", it just sounds like "Mom".

Jorge doesn't have an accent! What the hell! 
 
Oh wait, you're probably not English, I guess he does then. 

" He says "Ma'am", it just sounds like "Mom". "

I don't really get it either, but I'm pretty sure at some point the books mention that Dr. Halsey didn't have any kids

I thought it was a clone-trooper-esque New Zealand accent more than British myself.....didn't exactly listen carefully though.
 
Oh, and Jun's accent is kind of all over the place generally....at times I think it does sound asian, but sometimes it's more Italian/French sounding. And then at times he kind of forgets to kick the accent in until halfway through a line and sounds American for the first half of it.

I thought Jorge was South African, Kim was Ukrainian and Jun is like you say either Japanese or Korean.

My biggest beef is that it's spelled Jorge and pronounced 'George'....it's fuckin weird.

From what I can remember reading (and hearing), the English do call older women "mum" as a sign of respect. Armed with this knowledge I was not phased by Jorge's use of the term, if that is what he said. Mult-cultural and blahblahblah UNSC is a happy rainbow.

" My biggest beef is that it's spell Jorge and pronounced 'George'....it's fuckin weird. "

I totally thought that was his mom. It made sense with the awkwardness of the scene and such.

" My biggest beef is that it's spelled Jorge and pronounced 'George'....it's fuckin weird. "

Jorge was born on Reach and Reach was mostly a planet where Eastern Europeans moved to. They have their own language just like in the earlier levels where he is the translator for the team. Plus, he calls Halsey mom because she was the only mother-figure to the Spartan II program. She didn't play as big as a part with Spartan III and that is why Jorge has a much higher respect for her then the rest of noble team.

Just because Jun has an Asian appearance doesn't mean he's from the planet Earth.

Even though they call him George as in George Lazenby, I insist on pronouncing his name like whore-hey.

" @miracleboy said:

"Is this just a reference to the fact that she was the new female presence once he was taken into the Spartan project?"

Halsey created the SPARTAN-II program in which they abducted children for genetic augmentation. Jorge was recruited at the age of 6 and thus refers to her as "mom."  "

" From what I can remember reading (and hearing), the English do call older women "mum" as a sign of respect. Armed with this knowledge I was not phased by Jorge's use of the term, if that is what he said. Mult-cultural and blahblahblah UNSC is a happy rainbow. "

He clearly says "mom", you guys are crazy.

Found the voice actor of Jorge on IMDB. 
 
Hakeem Kae-Kazim, a Nigerian born actor trained in the UK which explains the English accent. 

" Okay so Jorge calls the head scientist lady from ONI  "mom" and she sort of responds to that, but why does he have an accent and she does not?  Is this just a reference to the fact that she was the new female presence once he was taken into the Spartan project?  Also, why does Jun have a European accent when he is from Korea or Japan (probably Korea).  THESE ACCENTS CONFUSE ME!!! "

" He clearly says "mom", you guys are crazy. "

He says Ma'am, pronounced marm.

Wow!  Thank you for all the info!  I was going to guess that because I read Fall of Reach but I didn't get why he was the only one who called her that.  

" @jessej07: No its ma'am, thats what it says in the subtitles. "

If you read the books they explain how racial/regional traits have been mixed alot more especially when humanity left to colonize other worlds. So you can have your Asian guy with an Eastern-European accent.

I live in Mexico and here you can only get Halo : Reach dubbed in Spanish, so all my guys are speaking Spanish :(

" @MichaelBach: That suck. It's nice to have it if you want but to remove the original VO completely is just moronic. "

I knew a guy named Jorge Accent once. He was kinda a dick.

" Wow!  Thank you for all the info!  I was going to guess that because I read Fall of Reach but I didn't get why he was the only one who called her that.   "

Like has been said...  He says ma'am, pronounced mom.  Not mom as in 'mother'.
It's a British thing, similar to pronouncing Lieutenant "leftenant".  Anyone who's ever seen Red Dwarf should have picked up on this immediatly.
 
Kryten refered to Kochanski as "mom" all the time, just as he refered to all the male crew members as "sir".

" @SpacePenguin said:

" @jessej07: No its ma'am, thats what it says in the subtitles. "

Yeah but I'm pretty sure in the books some Spartans straight up refer to her as Mom, and believe it or not...sometimes subs are different from what is actually said. "

I don't really want to do this but. Halo doesn't take place on earth. there are no such things as english accents. he has some kind of space accent.

He says "ma'am". If he'd say "mom" then why wouldn't it be so on the subtitles? Although if he did say mom, that wouldn't be too far fetched either considering that Halsey really is the only "mother figure" the Spartan IIs ever might've had.
 
Other than that, talking about the accents and pronounciations of names is a bit of pointless considering that the game takes place 542 years in the future and none of the Noble team members are from Earth.

Well, first it was ma'am, and also because the nice Dr. kidnapped all the spartan IIs when they were like six. It's the closest thing they would have to a mother.

I heard "mom" as well, and it didn't sound out of place to me based on how Spartans were created, but ma'am makes more sense now.

" Well, first it was ma'am, and also because the nice Dr. kidnapped all the spartan IIs when they were like six. It's the closest thing they would have to a mother. "

" @miracleboy said:

"Is this just a reference to the fact that she was the new female presence once he was taken into the Spartan project?"

Halsey created the SPARTAN-II program in which they abducted children for genetic augmentation. Jorge was recruited at the age of 6 and thus refers to her as "mom."  "

It's understandable why Jorge would call Dr. Halsey "Mom," she basically was. Though I'm almost certain that's what he called her. I didn't have subtitles on so I don't know for sure.
 
It would gave been more appropriate for him to call her "mom," anyway.

I feel as tho this is another one of thous topics where no one is reading what has already been posted. 
 
herp derp. 
 
Jorge said Mom but it means the same as Ma'am thats what Bungie said in the commentary. Stop being dumb.