regardless of country of origin, the rest of my theory still stands, as it was not difficult at all to figure out through context and common sense... if its not an aversion to a French sounding word then its just general nit-picking...
maybe it would have gone over smoother with some people if "13 Days" was shown as a sort of opening movie before the game begins, but considering the general opinion of Xenosagas cutscenes i doubt many would actually sit through a 45 minute cutscene explaining everything before being allowed to pick up the controller... i certainly would but from what ive seen, most wont...