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His speech was probably also there to tie in to Monty stating that Ozpin is literally the only character in the series who wasn't given a color name. Ozpin said the tradition came from a war that ended over 80 years ago, and World of Remnant: Aura showed a silhouette of Ozpin while saying that, with enough training, a person's Aura can make them "more than just a man." So, what does that tell you?

But yeah, I stand by the theory that says the characters in RWBY are speaking an entirely different language, and the whole show is translated to English for our convenience, as Remnant is a planet that's alien to our own.