# After 16 years, the Chola navy hoax / Thirisadai hoax has finally been addressed by Indian historian **URL:** \ **Category:** II - Discussion\ **Created:** [March 20, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/after-16-years-the-chola-navy-hoax-thirisadai-hoax-has-finally-been-addressed-by-indian-historian/271451 "2025-03-20T06:11:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![cucuct](https://forums.ageofempires.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@cucuct](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/cucuct)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/after-16-years-the-chola-navy-hoax-thirisadai-hoax-has-finally-been-addressed-by-indian-historian/271451/8 "2025-03-20T08:14:31Z")
Now for a question you don’t want to hear: **Do I care if the devs correct the unit’s hoax name?** My answer is I’ve stopped caring, and the hoax is publicized enough now, its damage is under control. However, since then, the FE devs have introduced **fake authencity** through inventing nonexistent ancient words, which are entirely of their own device. I care more about these cases, because they’ve polluted public resources like Google search. But I’m also not holding out hope. Fake Greek in AoM Retold, according to another poster: > [@\[Request\] Rename 'Gastraphetoros' back to its correct form](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/request-rename-gastraphetoros-back-to-its-correct-form/270829): > > The name of the [‘Chronicles’ archery range unit](https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Gastraphetoros_(Chronicles)) Gastraphetoros:x: doesn’t exist in any language. The correct form exists for centuries in written records of Greek language and its translations, and all over the internet, as either: SINGULAR PLURAL a) Gastraphetes:white\_check\_mark: Gastraphetai / Gastraphetae b)\* Gastraphet:white\_check\_mark: Gastraphets \*[declensions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declension) that come from Greek language are removed; common British practice. Gastraphetoros:x: starts to show results in s… Fake Old Norse, which I identified through my own research: > [@Dialogue Languages that need to be redone](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/dialogue-languages-that-need-to-be-redone/234679/65): > > Through the word “Bogsveigar”, the writer intended it to be the plural of bogsveigr, which they seem to assume means “archer” in Old Norse. “Bogsveigir” is the name of the scrapped archer [unit](https://antifandom.com/ageofempires/wiki/Bogsveigir) for the Norse culture in Age of Mythology. In the original AoM, its absence gives the Norse a weakness: without a human archer, they lack a cheap source of pierce damage. In the widely decried AoM Extended DLC, FE reinstated this unit, alongside giving units to other cultures that filll in their designat… You can also check out the Amharic words in AoE3DE: > [@Wrong location for the accent for the "Génie Troops" card](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/wrong-location-for-the-accent-for-the-genie-troops-card/216111/2): > > A few other misspellings: 1: The “House of Trastamára” card also have a misplaced accent in English (corrected in Spanish localization). Should be House of Trastámara. [Trastámara] 2: The new patch’s Egyptian revolutionary unit, “Khevite Fusilier” should be Khedivate Fusilier. The Khedivate of Egypt was a state ruled by a Khedive. 3: The Ethiopian card “Temenyas” is misspelt. Should be Temenjas. Since its meaning isn’t trivial to find, I’d propose renaming it to “Temenja Rifles” for clarity.… The devs’ history of updating for accuracy post-launch: [https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/dialogue-languages-that-need-to-be-redone/234679/63](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/dialogue-languages-that-need-to-be-redone/234679/63) > [@](#): > > If you read the [list](https://antifandom.com/ageofempires/wiki/Unique_technology) of defunct UTs, you can see that: > > - Ten out of ten UTs that received name changes have been functionally replaced. > That’s 100%. > - Zero UTs have been renamed solely for historical accuracy. > That’s 0%. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/after-16-years-the-chola-navy-hoax-thirisadai-hoax-has-finally-been-addressed-by-indian-historian/271451)._