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Category: Naming
Reference: 1785
Closed (accepted) by: Hiccup.

qwz » 2014-10-28 06:41:52

Shouldn't it really be "Rough World"? Arguments for this:
- The stylized title is clearly written in IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). ʌ is NOT an A. If you've used a dictionary you've certainly seen this.
- [rʌf] has the katakana loan word "rough" underneath it
- Any Japanese person looking at the cover would immediately understand it as rough. This gives the idea that it's a unpleasant, violent world
- "Raf" on the other hand gives the false impression that it's the name of the world or that there are Rafs there. No such thing exists in the game
- We transliterate Katakana in titles into the appropriate English word, so why not IPA?

Hiccup » 2022-05-05 09:41:25

This seems reasonable - I've changed the entry.