Blizzard Campaign Insult

[Starquizer]

I wonder why blizzard added the word 'Son of a Bitch' in the expansion undead campaign. I mean its not logic to add insult like that; isn't that word is a modern insult, I mean that how in Azeroth word know such insult. Plus, isn't that should reduce blizzard credits. Well, my birth language isn't english so I don't know if this insult is just a simple thing or not.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Pretty sure they just put it there for kicks and giggles.

More importantly, all words and phrases of the English language have no place in Azeroth, because they can be Greek roots, or Latin roots, or obscure idioms in Australia, but they sure as hell aren't Dwarven idioms or roots from a language conceived by the Lich King, unless by some unforeseen measure, all the languages, accents and cultures went beyond "inspiration" and reached "they're exactly the same from pure chance".

No, at best, they're "translations" or "equivalents" to our language.

For example, Troll/Jamaican accents and the Native American-esque culture of the Horde. Also, try explaining the blademaster. No, I take that back. Don't even try. They're samurai. No exceptions.

 

[Starquizer]

Yes, I was wondering what language did blizzard used. I heard the word 'Lok Tar' in the Orcs campaign is it based on an ancient language or just non sense. Also, in the undead end cinematic, the language that Archimonde was saying in his ritual also based on a language or not.

 

[Steel_Stallion]

No, it's just lore language made up by Blizzard. It is possible that they loosely based the languages off of languages we know here in the real world.

It's best to think of anything spoken in English in Warcraft as a "translation" since we obviously won't be able to understand some random dialect Blizzard could make up.

 

[Trillium]

'Lok Tar' is from the random bunch of Orc Grunt quotes from WCII, such as 'Lok Tar', 'Zug-Zug' and other unpronounceable stuff. which, in turn, are based on some old comedy movie 'bout neadertalians =))

 

[X.e.r.e.X]

http://www.wowwiki.com/Orcish_(language)

Noes

 

[Trillium]

that was added later than lok'tar and such =))

proof (scroll to Grunt)

 

[Destroyer25]

I think Orcish names and culture are slightly based on the Scandinavians(Aka Vikings).

 

[punwisp]

Its a alternate universe. Each race has there own language, and most speak a common, human language. so really orcs and humans cant understand each other unless they spoke in each others languages, and when we play them, of course they will be english to us, so we understand them. How would you like to play a game with germans in it, and everything is in german? No english translations