Lallation

Lallation (ラレーション) is a process by which the English s "R" and "L" are incorrectly substituted for one another. Lallation is a. When Ace Combat games are from Japanese to English, the letters "R" and "L" tend to be incorrectly substituted in names of units and locations.

Description
Languages spoken worldwide, including English, tend to have two s: one, and one. To English speakers, lateral consonants sound like the English "L", whereas rhotic consonants sound like the English "R". This is exemplified in the words led and red.

The Japanese language, however, only has one liquid consonant that is as "R" but can also be romanized as "L", depending on the phonetic context. This leads to Japanese speakers having difficulty discerning between the English "R" and "L", since they sound very similar.

The slang term is derived from the lallation process (the "L" in "English" being replaced by "R").

Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
The crater next to Farbanti is correctly referred to by in-game dialogue as "Ryker Crater" (レイカークレーター). The maps of Strangereal released afterward incorrectly changed the crater's name to "Laker Crater".

Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
The name of Galm Team is a lallation of, the guardian of 's gate. Ace Combat: Joint Assault is the only game since to change the unit's name to "Garm".

The Ruchs Transport Unit should have been named "Luchs Transport Unit". In keeping with Belka's similarities to the, "Luchs" is German for "lynx".

Directus was initially displayed as "Dilectus" in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War briefing maps. Since both are real Latin participles, it's unclear which spelling would have been correct.

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy
The ACE COMBAT 3D: CROSS RUMBLE Original Soundtrack features a track incorrectly titled "Zone of Endress". It plays during the player's first encounters with Zone of Endless.