When Australia was discovered by Europeans, Latin wasn't really of "far greater importance"
"The earliest recorded use of the word Australia in English was in 1625 in "A note of Australia del Espíritu Santo, written by Master Hakluyt", published by Samuel Purchas in Hakluytus Posthumus, a corruption of the original Spanish name Austrialia del Espíritu Santo for an island in Vanuatu."
1625? Latin was mostly a dead language even then except in cases of the Catholic clergy and the more scholarly folk. It wasn't even used to refer to the continent we now know as Australia specifically until the late 1700s.
Either way, find me a place in Europe that has such a silly sounding name that wasn't named within the last 200 years. Remember, the EC is essentially the birthplace of the game, yet it has one of the lamest names. It's the East Continent/Island? East of -what-?
Countries like France just mean "Land of the Franks" or Russia "Land of the Rus" Not that different to my mind. For example the Persians and Muslims named most of western Europe Frangistan (again means "Land of the Franks") since during the crusades they apparently adopted the habit of referring to all Christains from the area as Franks, regards less of their actual ethnic origin.
When Australia was discovered by Europeans, Latin wasn't really of "far greater importance"
1625? Latin was mostly a dead language even then except in cases of the Catholic clergy and the more scholarly folk. It wasn't even used to refer to the continent we now know as Australia specifically until the late 1700s.
And who the hell do you think generally ended up naming places? For a name to stick is had to be in common usage within texts, you know the texts that Clergy and Scholars wrote. Why do you think Latin names where used, because they were familiar to the people making the names, the explorers the chroniclers.
But largely you are missing the point. Culture should be IG and player driven. Just as people have had great success in game with naming geographical area's on Dwilight, it should be possible to encourage IG usage of a new title for the EC. Get enough people doing it and perhaps Tom would consider renaming it in the game elements that refer to it.
