From what I understand the Japanese quest/FATE names are pretty dry too because I tried to tell a Japanese player what quest to look for and he literally had no idea which quests I was talking about because the names are radically different, so instead of having the guy who translated Zerowing they must have a guy who wanted to impress everyone with his cultural knowledge.

And the whole 'no publicity is bad publicity' argument is just dumb. No this isn't something enough to affect your gameplay, but FF14 has replaced WoW for the dumbest puns in a MMORPG. I suppose there are guys who wouldn't have continue playing if they didn't see a FATE like "Mud About You" but I really doubt it. The good ones don't count because every MMORPG tries to have good puns occasionally whenever it makes sense, so if some puns are good it's not more than what a typical MMORPG would get right.