I'm irked by inconsistent place naming. (Destiny)

by Funkmon , Friday, July 10, 2015, 16:55 (3661 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY
edited by Funkmon, Friday, July 10, 2015, 16:59

So, a large number of our European city names come directly from French. Cologne, for example, or Bruges, when the people who live there have the names Köln and Brugge respectively, regardless of the native language. When we are speaking English, the general thing to do is to use the English name. Here in this article, it's Cologne and the Rhine river.

Now, while I accidentally in normal conversation say things in German (like place names or food items), I don't think I'd type it officially in some kind of thing for my job.

I know I may be on the wrong side of history here, I mean Treves is now known as Trier, the German name, and I personally prefer using the native terms for the cities when I can pronounce them, but we can't throw out English writing conventions for taste.

Otherwise, good update. Glad it has new info, and I like the new quest UI.