(07-12-2015, 03:10 PM)Faye Wrote: This is pretty much how I feel. If we're basing everything on naming conventions, then we'll also have to assume Elezen speak French when there's just no evidence of that. I don't mind if people want to assume Doma has its own language--I just don't see any reference to it in the MSQ. Yugiri doesn't even have an accent and speaks flawless English (or whatever we'd like to refer to as the common tongue).To be honest, the naming conventions (especially for Ishgardians/Elezen) make no sense if they do not speak "French". You do not get to French pronunciation by speaking English. You can ask any French teacher you like for confirmation of that :-D
I have always played under the assumption that Ishgardians speak their own language, to the point where its part of Aya's every day roleplay (including her very obvious French-ish accent). The complete lack of any reference to this in the MSQ has given me more than a moment's pause, wondering if I'm just being completely silly, but it would make sense for the MSQ to smooth over these with the echo. Like many shows, and games, there is a sense that accounting for believable language barriers is distracting to the game itself, and they have a tendency to minimize them as much as possible. That doesn't mean we should necessarily dismiss them from an RP perspective.
Though, anyone whose insistent that they just do not exist, I can't really argue with either!
![[Image: 21282370099_a814a08664_o.png]](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/590/21282370099_a814a08664_o.png)
