Am I terrible at the name game?

[theunknownreturns]

Say it ain't so!

My friend and I were coming up with ideas and he was wanting to make a new world. He believes in the idea that elves only live with elves, and whole separate cultures can develop within a stones throw of each other (all you have to do is cross the imaginary borderline). These differences aside , I feelthat giving old races new names breaks stereotypes and raises the interest in players who have to rediscover things. I gave him my list of names and he said my names suck. So please tell me what you think.
Dwarf = babarak- babas for short (they are supposed to be the woodsy nature loving barbarians in this world) or babeirs (Bay bears)- beirs for short (name of local Bball team)
Celtic-like humans= ghels Founded by Gheller who followed the sings from his god to fertile land
Egyptians = Fains- ruled by the fane or fain
Ogre = Cqoteks- supposed to be like a mayan, or incan civ
Barbarian elves= Ush'Yealin (my fav!) They were masks to inspire fear and they use special bows

I personally hate almost all the names Jordan came up with for the Wheel of Time. ?Dark Friends? Why not fiends? Friends make them sound like they gather around campfires and tell ghost stories. Except Rand, Elayne, Perrin and Matt all the characters seem to have impossible to pronounce names and would be too complicated for daily use. Most would have a nickname. Then I downloaded the books on tape and head the reader pronounce the names and I hated them even more (and deleted the audio files!). I really like the series and it gives me something to do, but I hate the names and Ray loves them?! So just tell me if you think I'm way off base like 90% of all the people who try out for american idle.

[theunknownreturns]

Like a guy drinking cheap beer, I was hoping for a little more action. Well I'm out for two more weeks. I plan to ask for help getting the final critique of my players handbook but I truly fear I"m not going to get much feed back.

[lithuse]

Well, a lot of us have read your post, but just didn't know what to say. I personally didn't like his names, but neither did I like those in the wheel of time. My brain just sort of renamed them as I read them and I couldn't tell you what the real names are now. Your dm has a nice concept, but it is his game, and so you should leave the naming to him. If you don't like them enough not to play then maybe he should reconsider, but otherwise wait till it's your turn to DM before making demands for renames.
That's just my 2 cents, but I do not want to sound like I know anything about how your guys game or even how your group interacts. It sounds mostly like a personal dispute rather then a dnd question. ::shrug::

[theunknownreturns]

Well thanks for the honest opinions. It wasn't really an argument about who had a right to name what, lol. It was just a fact finding mission to see if my names had any kind of mass appeal. So I guess it was a personal flavor question than a true die hard DnD rules question. My names did receive a little better on another site, but I think they are too over flowing with niceties. Thank you especially Lithuse for responding.
Note: I was gone for two extra weeks so thats why no respond for a month.