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[Linadae]

I'm sure it's been covered but as to the names with no vowels, I know (from reading the lore forums) that the entire Sea wolf naming conventions have been taken from the Old Norse/Scandinavian languages. And if you look at Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and other areas where Viking cuture flourished, you will note several major settlements, mountains, rivers, and volcanoes bearing names with no/very few vowels. And that is because in their language some consonants are considered vowels.

Much like in Japan how L and R and...I think...B and V (citation needed) are interchangeable.

Trust me, Koji-Fox is not messing with your brain. It's all in the naming conventions thread in the Lore Forums including his reasoning.

Also, Localization is more than just translation. There are jokes and references that Americans won't get or will be offended by. Same with the French and German translantions. Not everyone has been blessed growing up immersed in a second culture hell, many of us barely understand the one we were born into, (myself included). So these are things that have to be changed into something that the other countries could enjoy equally.

Lost in Translation isn't just a movie after all.