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A Small Point for the Kayle Rework...

Camulos·2/9/2019, 9:44:06 AM·5 votes·4,136 views

This is going to seem like a nit-pick for the majority of people, but...

The spelling of the name Kayle"Kayle" should be "Kayel".

Now before the Kayle Mains all light the torches and sharpen the pitchforks, hear me out! Apart from the fact that phonetically the current spelling lends itself more towards "Kay-leh" than anything else, "-el" is a Hebrew suffix which is a very common feature of angelic names, because it means "of God" or "God's". Examples include; Michael, Gabriel, Gadreel, Azazel, Samael etc. So this spelling would better suit an angelic champion. "Kay" is fine, because it can either derive it's meaning from Arthurian legends where it would mean "Keeper of Keys" (despite being a male use of the name this would still fit the champion), or as a short form of Katherine which has several opposing meanings which can all be symbolic of her relationship with MorganaMorgana.

This is all just my two cents and I don't expect it to be changed, but it's just something that popped into my head that I can't shake off.

14 Comments

Sukishoo2/9/2019, 10:27:30 AM5 votes

That'd be like changing Kale (the vegetable) to Kael cause it's not spelled the way it's pronounced either :p

GreenLore2/9/2019, 2:14:24 PM5 votes

The problem is that your idea would also change the way the name is pronounced too, people would pronounce it "Ka-Yel" or something like that,which would be still quite different from the way Kayle is pronounced.

Stars Shaper2/9/2019, 9:49:58 AM2 votes

Would be neat to have it indeed but:

  • There is a really low chance they are going to change the name of an existing character, even if the change is minimal and would make more sense.
  • Any implication of existing religious belief is usually unwelcome in here as in other games.
bluefire mark 22/9/2019, 9:57:51 AM2 votes

By your logic we should rename illaoi illowe ir somethin. Spelling doesn't matter when naming, they're names after all. They can be made to be unique and all.

Camille Ferrøs2/9/2019, 1:36:27 PM2 votes

I like the idea behind it.

BioticFlux2/11/2019, 10:08:07 PM1 votes

Hmmm I like the idea, very interesting and well-described and substantiated reasoning!

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