Arse

korkibucek

Interesting that NPC's in this game say Arse, not ass.

What is the reason for the British English Version of this?

Regards,

Kenny Powers.

Reignskream

This is customer support part of the forums. Thats all im saying.

korkibucek

Reignskream wrote: »

This is customer support part of the forums. Thats all im saying.

Oh I am sorry if this is the wrong forum.

However is there a general forum that I am not aware of?

Vlas

How about the PvE forums?

Turelus

Well arse is a bum, ass is a donkey.
Silly Americans and their "English"

korkibucek

Turelus wrote: »

Well arse is a bum, ass is a donkey.
Silly Americans and their "English"

American English = International English

Its a shame that this game has opted for many British English slang phrases.

My personal opinion is that the game should be 100% American English.

Crassius

Riiiiight. So no French or German localisation for them then?
Derp.

Saerydoth

British slang sounds a lot more classy to me. I actually like the way arse sounds, and I even say it IRL instead of ass. And I'm American. Maybe I've just been watching too much Dr Who, but yeah.

Aenima_pt

American Inglish is a fair modern language compared to British English thats why the latest is used in most movies and videogames that feauture a medieval theme. See Lord of the Rings as a example.

starkerealm

korkibucek wrote: »

Interesting that NPC's in this game say Arse, not ass.

What is the reason for the British English Version of this?

Regards,

Kenny Powers.

Blame the Bretons? *shrugs*

RunAway

I notice this when NPC's say "The word beginning with B ending in D".

Edit - They censored the word, which is silly as this game is rated mature and the NPC's say it several dozen times throughout the game...

Saerydoth

Aenima_pt wrote: »

American Inglish is a fair modern language compared to British English thats why the latest is used in most movies and videogames that feauture a medieval theme. See Lord of the Rings as a example.

Well, British English of today is just as "modern" as American English is. But you're right in that British dialects are used much more frequently in media that features a medieval theme. Not to mention, a lot of the time they cast British and Australian voice actors to do the voice work. Although Michael Gambon is Irish.

It's scary, but just by watching 7 seasons of Doctor Who, I can easily pick out the different English accents. Welsh (the Welsh English accent that is, not the Welsh language which is different), Irish, Scottish, English, Australian, American, they all sound totally different to me now.

korkibucek

Saerydoth wrote: »

British slang sounds a lot more classy to me. I actually like the way arse sounds, and I even say it IRL instead of ass. And I'm American. Maybe I've just been watching too much Dr Who, but yeah.

LOL you should go to London and join in all the posh gold sellers in Trafalgar Square.

BTW Mike Trout = Amazing

babylon

korkibucek wrote: »

Turelus wrote: »

Well arse is a bum, ass is a donkey.
Silly Americans and their "English"

American English = International English

Its a shame that this game has opted for many British English slang phrases.

My personal opinion is that the game should be 100% American English.

Actually more countries use British English spellings. American English is more only for American countries. British English is the international model.

Also, you guys need to start using metric. What year do you think this is - 1753?

And you put your days/months/years around the wrong way. You people do months/days/years (bigger/smaller/biggest instead of smallest/bigger/biggest). See how silly this is?

Commonwealth English

This is the variety of choice in more than a hundred countries.

Commonwealth English is the most important language variety in Australia, Anguilla, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, the Cook Islands, Dominica, the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guernsey, Ireland, Jamaica, Isle of Man, Jersey, Malta, Montserrat, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, the Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United Kingdom.
It is widely used, especially by the educated elite and is an officially used language in Botswana, Cameroon, Eritrea, Fiji, the Gambia, Ghana, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritius, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Samoa, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, South Africa, Southern Sudan, the Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Commonwealth English is not an official language, nor the most important language, but is the variety widely used by the educated elite in Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, Chile, Cyprus, French Guiana, Jordan, Malaysia, Mozambique, Northern Cyprus, Oman and Surinam.
English is only one of the 24 official languages of the European Union (EU) but it is the one most commonly used in EU institutions and all "112" emergency centres within the EU are legally required to be capable of connecting you to an English speaking operator. Commonwealth English spelling such as used in Cyprus, Ireland, Malta and the United Kingdom is the official standard of the European Union and it is usually the variety of English that tends to be taught in European schools. A widespread and high degree of English fluency has been achieved in the Flanders region of Belgium and such countries as Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Greenland), Finland, Germany (particularly areas formerly occupied by British and French troops), Hungary, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland - especially in those under 60. However, the strong influence of US media has increased the use of US English in these countries in the last 25 years. Moreover US spell checkers, being the default English variety selected for word processing, have also had a deleterious effect leading to a somewhat confused situation.

US English dominates in the United States of America, the British Indian Ocean Territory, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Liberia, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau and the Philippines.
It is not an official language, nor the most important language, but when used by the educated elite, US spelling predominates in Israel, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, parts of Berlin previously occupied by US forces and much of Latin America.

Canada uses a mixture of British English rules for spelling and US English for vocabulary and many idioms. An exception to this rule is for terms related to motor vehicles, in which US English terminology and spelling are exclusively used ("tire" instead of "tyre", "gas" or "gasoline" instead of "petrol", "truck" instead of "lorry", etc.).

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Valn

korkibucek wrote: »

Interesting that NPC's in this game say Arse, not ass.

What is the reason for the British English Version of this?

Regards,

Kenny Powers.

Well you're speaking English and the English invented it. Oh and the world doesn't revolve around you

Valn

korkibucek wrote: »

Turelus wrote: »

Well arse is a bum, ass is a donkey.
Silly Americans and their "English"

American English = International English

Its a shame that this game has opted for many British English slang phrases.

My personal opinion is that the game should be 100% American English.

But English accents and phrases are so much better when they're swearing though. And it's a shame that there's a person like you who feels the way you do.

Auralia

Well Iam from Australia and our English is British derived and spelled the british way. Like I always say arse, armour and colour. Thank god, I prefer british english than American. Where as Americans say ass, color and armor.