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    Quote Originally Posted by LilimoLimomo View Post
    Oh no, a word I haven't seen before. Someone call the cops and get the manager.
    Forsooth, fam.
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    Localization talk?! Oh heck yeah.

    Here's a great read on that.

    https://leakedexperience.xyz/translation-crit/
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    it/its - 14 accessibility is bad, ease of access is not accessibility, jobs are boring. Transphobia ruins real attempts at criticism and it's whack.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arzalis View Post
    It is kinda silly. They're mixing archaic English terms without paying attention to what time period those words are from or if it makes sense they are being used together.

    It's hardly the end of the world, but it is very lazy on the writing team's part.
    I disagree. It's not laziness.

    I see it as a reflection (heh) of the many different cultures across Etheirys and also the result of localization team inserting a bit of their own creativity and fun into the game.

    FFXIV is all over the map in terms of time periods. We have medieval cities next to societies with automobiles, flying airships (with cannons, and missiles), and trains all built on the ruins of empires who had achieved sentient AI, bioengineering, and spaceflight among other things. That is not even taking into account any linguistic cross pollination which might happen from the occasional visitors who pop in from another reflection.

    The common tongue of Etheirys would be a hodgepodge in an even greater manner than English is. It's never bothered me.

    In fact, FFXIV has taught me several words I now use in my own vocabulary. 'Shite' and 'wending' immediately come to mind.

    Quote Originally Posted by gllt View Post
    Localization talk?! Oh heck yeah.

    Here's a great read on that.

    https://leakedexperience.xyz/translation-crit/
    Thanks Gllt!
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    Last edited by Kacho_Nacho; 08-30-2024 at 06:06 AM.

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    It's also worth looking into stuff like this whenever you're worried about "brain rot"

    https://medium.com/not-lost-in-trans...ok-18dc03e4298

    It's always existed, funny memetic slang is a normal in group out group via joke feature of language and culture itself

    And the majority of Old English-esque fiction is never about historical accuracy of speech but the illusion of it in a way that is convincing to enough people in modern times based on tropes they are familiar with, which changes from generation to generation depending on what they were exposed to

    And if no one makes creative decisions about these kind of things then no one gets exposed to anything
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    Last edited by gllt; 08-30-2024 at 06:25 AM.
    it/its - 14 accessibility is bad, ease of access is not accessibility, jobs are boring. Transphobia ruins real attempts at criticism and it's whack.

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    They might not have used "twelvemonth" before, but I'm pretty sure they've used "twelvemoon" in that case because I'm sure I've heard it before, and it doesn't feel out of place regardless.
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    I'd love to agree with OP, but they called it "Etheirys".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
    They might not have used "twelvemonth" before, but I'm pretty sure they've used "twelvemoon" in that case because I'm sure I've heard it before, and it doesn't feel out of place regardless.
    Oh my god I can't believe I didn't think to look this up. You're right.
    https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/w/inde...ult&fulltext=1
    It's like month and moon is interchangeable in this game or something.
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