Quote Originally Posted by TeraRamis View Post
You realize that a) there are literally thousands of word changes over that same time span that this game does not use, b) Eorzea is not Earth, and - most crucially - that c) in your anal desire to score points, you're completely overlooking my primary argument: that as there is no phonetic difference between 'alright' and 'all right,' there is no benefit to employing such dated text when the words actually being spoken by the characters sound no different as a result.

This isn't some situation where you've got a drawf speaking broken, highland tongue, 'an' yeh need all tha muffed up word play that ye've got tah convey jus' how strong ah' brogue tha lad 'as' - it's drama club nonsense that seeks to (and fails) to set a mood in the most impractical manner possible. Because, again, alright and all right sound the same.
I’d like to point out that their usage of “all right” is actually modern accepted usage in edited writing. Alright is only typically used in informal settings, and isn’t actually as widely adopted as it seems to be.

In this specific case, “All right” is probably a conscious editors choice. Any instances of “alright” are likely oversights given the context. Eventually, “alright” will probably come into its own, just like every other word that’s dropped the second “l” and become a single word (although, altogether, always, etc). It just hasn’t happened yet.