Oh, yeah, had forgotton about that, though I have to say, it seems to be only Normans rather than French getting that treatment, maybe it's just the Isle of Britain? Though, the Scottish names tend to be more noticable. The Scots and the Irish both were completely seperated from the Roman Empire, and I just want to know why Ireland is given Gaelic names, yet Scotland isn't. Perhaps it was for familiarity, which is why I presume they'd bastardised (pun intended) Williame's name, and enthusiasts of the play 'Macbeth' would have raged if they saw his name unanglicised?
Names go much deeper than placenames, which is a reason why I wouldn't want to mod them, and I just want consistancy with the base game, at the very least. If the reason is for familiarity to English names, than wouldn't the Byzantine Emperors be using English names, like Constantine? I just want an explanation for this massive inconsistancy. The Norman and Saxon names mainly differed in localised spelling and pronounciation, but are noticably the same names, wheras the Scottish Gaelic names to the Anglicised names are as visually and verbally different as Richard and Rupert. Not to mention, Máel Muire isn't even related to the name 'Miles.' Miles is the Latin word for soldier, or knight, wheras Máel Muire means 'servant of Mary.'